Religion in the Modern World

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Home About Me Some Scary Stuff Blog Description Attempting to provide a different perspective on the things that we have come to accept and believe but this time around with a much mellower tone. Make no mistake however, patience with the bible lobotomized, (or those rendered dysfunctional by any holy book for that matter), is still in short supply. All I would ask anyone to consider is this; we all have a penchant to default to the notion of respecting the beliefs of others, my first response when someone tries to play that card against me is always the same . . . "you first"	Thursday, May 14, 2009 Turnaround is fair play- isn't it? A scenario that constantly repeats itself since I've been on Blogit is the faithful stopping into this blog to give me an outline of what they believe. It seems to always include themes based on some or all of the following notions; "My God is a God of love for all, he sacrificed his only son to die... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:00 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (45) (permalink) Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Learn to read English before commenting I'm sure that everyone on this site has dealt with comments from those attempting to refute our opinions that have completely missed the point. Subtleties are another thing altogether, if a statement is at all subtle, there are some around here that have no hope of ever understanding it. Where we... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:09 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink) Tuesday, May 12, 2009 This place ain't so bad I've always maintained that Blogit is what it is, you pays your money, you takes your chances. Once a person has been here awhile, initial expectations give way to reality, one determines what this place is, what it is not and makes their own personal choice as to go or stay. I've left a few times,... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:34 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (13) (permalink) Monday, May 11, 2009 France speaks French because God gave them free will What the hell's the matter with them Frenchies, they could speak English if they wanted to? My days on this site are numbered, I can't dumb it down to the level of woeful ignorance that we are witnessing recently around here. I'm sure there are others that feel the same way. Reading some recent... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 6:57 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (14) (permalink) Sunday, May 10, 2009 The truth about God must be told! Oh yeah really?.... which version of the truth? This is a common theme seen in religious discussion which has many different versions but it is fair to say that the truth has little to do with why someone makes such a proclamation. Even less to do with what they offer as the truth. It is invariably... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:42 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink) Friday, May 8, 2009 A question for all believers How do you bridge the myriad of inconsistencies inherent in your beliefs? It is a simple question on the surface and the answer is not that there are no inconsistencies in your religious beliefs because there surely are. Depending on the religion that one subscribes to and what of that religion's... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:52 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (12) (permalink) Thursday, May 7, 2009 The problems inherent with the word of God In the past, I have been asked what it is that I have against people who claim that their holy book of choice is the word of God? The answer to this is very simply; there is not a more unhealthy, destructive and potentially dangerous belief. Ultimately this belief is the precursor to the premise of... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:30 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (5) (permalink) Wednesday, May 6, 2009 God doesn't write scriptures, men do Travel to any end of this planet and you will run into someone that has a collection of ancient chronicles condensed into some form of sacred text and are calling it the word of God. This is true throughout the Orient, the middle east, the Asian sub continent, Europe and the Americas. In numerous... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:19 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink) Tuesday, May 5, 2009 This site is knee deep in knuckleheads again There have been periods of time over the years where Blogit was infested with rabid, bible thumping knuckleheads, what we are seeing currently is no different in that regard. With the same handful of tired themes dusted off and posted with a deluded certainty, we are again experiencing the... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:17 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (32) (permalink) Sunday, May 3, 2009 Numbers are a funny thing Funny in the sense that they are immediately subject to interpretation when they are rendered as statistics. We have all been guilty of utilizing statistics to solidify our contentions, I have done it many times. The difference between my rendering of statistics and the next person's, may vary... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:59 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (1) (permalink)

Blog Description

Attempting to provide a different perspective on the things that we have come to accept and believe but this time around with a much mellower tone. Make no mistake however, patience with the bible lobotomized, (or those rendered dysfunctional by any holy book for that matter), is still in short supply. All I would ask anyone to consider is this; we all have a penchant to default to the notion of respecting the beliefs of others, my first response when someone tries to play that card against me is always the same . . . "you first"

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Turnaround is fair play- isn't it?

A scenario that constantly repeats itself since I've been on Blogit is the faithful stopping into this blog to give me an outline of what they believe. It seems to always include themes based on some or all of the following notions; "My God is a God of love for all, he sacrificed his only son to die... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:00 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (45) (permalink)

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Learn to read English before commenting

I'm sure that everyone on this site has dealt with comments from those attempting to refute our opinions that have completely missed the point. Subtleties are another thing altogether, if a statement is at all subtle, there are some around here that have no hope of ever understanding it. Where we... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:09 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink)

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

This place ain't so bad

I've always maintained that Blogit is what it is, you pays your money, you takes your chances. Once a person has been here awhile, initial expectations give way to reality, one determines what this place is, what it is not and makes their own personal choice as to go or stay. I've left a few times,... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:34 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (13) (permalink)

Monday, May 11, 2009

France speaks French because God gave them free will

What the hell's the matter with them Frenchies, they could speak English if they wanted to? My days on this site are numbered, I can't dumb it down to the level of woeful ignorance that we are witnessing recently around here. I'm sure there are others that feel the same way. Reading some recent... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 6:57 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (14) (permalink)

Sunday, May 10, 2009

The truth about God must be told!

Oh yeah really?.... which version of the truth? This is a common theme seen in religious discussion which has many different versions but it is fair to say that the truth has little to do with why someone makes such a proclamation. Even less to do with what they offer as the truth. It is invariably... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:42 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (2) (permalink)

Friday, May 8, 2009

A question for all believers

How do you bridge the myriad of inconsistencies inherent in your beliefs? It is a simple question on the surface and the answer is not that there are no inconsistencies in your religious beliefs because there surely are. Depending on the religion that one subscribes to and what of that religion's... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:52 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (12) (permalink)

Thursday, May 7, 2009

The problems inherent with the word of God

In the past, I have been asked what it is that I have against people who claim that their holy book of choice is the word of God? The answer to this is very simply; there is not a more unhealthy, destructive and potentially dangerous belief. Ultimately this belief is the precursor to the premise of... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:30 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (5) (permalink)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

God doesn't write scriptures, men do

Travel to any end of this planet and you will run into someone that has a collection of ancient chronicles condensed into some form of sacred text and are calling it the word of God. This is true throughout the Orient, the middle east, the Asian sub continent, Europe and the Americas. In numerous... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:19 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink)

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

This site is knee deep in knuckleheads again

There have been periods of time over the years where Blogit was infested with rabid, bible thumping knuckleheads, what we are seeing currently is no different in that regard. With the same handful of tired themes dusted off and posted with a deluded certainty, we are again experiencing the... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:17 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (32) (permalink)

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Numbers are a funny thing

Funny in the sense that they are immediately subject to interpretation when they are rendered as statistics. We have all been guilty of utilizing statistics to solidify our contentions, I have done it many times. The difference between my rendering of statistics and the next person's, may vary... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:59 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (1) (permalink)

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