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"	Saturday, November 4, 2006 Little furry bloggers update If you look in the left hand column of this blog template, there is a link rotating script that I have loaded the user names and links of a number of bloggers into. I get around to editing this script every once in awhile, adding new names, deleting the names of those who are no longer active on... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 12:06 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink) Friday, November 3, 2006 We all love to quote Albert Einstein Acknowledged by most people as one of the most intelligent members of our species, Albert Einstein's thoughts, summations and opinions carry a great deal of weight. Especially when used to lend credence or validity to a contention. I have to chuckle at the attempts of religious folks to hijack the... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:42 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (11) (permalink) Thursday, November 2, 2006 Raising your kids without religion In some of my older postings I have covered some of the antics of those around me when I made it clear that my children were not going to be raised with any form of Christian influence. My side of the family lobbied for Catholicism while the born again in laws wanted to spray my kids with Jesus... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 2:18 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink) Wednesday, November 1, 2006 Satan's smarter brother Stupid It seems that everyone knows who Sylvester Stallone is but most people have to think for awhile to come up with his brother's name. He does have a younger brother named Frank who toils in relative obscurity in the entertainment business. Frank is not anywhere near as successful as his elder brother... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:44 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink) Tuesday, October 31, 2006 Proof of the existence of hell? A little while back an individual arrived here on Blogit who was intent on proving to us all that hell is not only real but that "witnesses" can attest to its existence. Long used metaphors for heaven and hell have been the sky above us and beneath the ground respectively. The "heavens" becoming... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:43 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (14) (permalink) Monday, October 30, 2006 Where will Jimmy Baker and Tammy Faye go when they die? There are still a great number of people in this world that adhere to the notion of good people going to a good place when they die and bad people being condemned to eternal suffering when they expire. This fundamental idea is an underlying premise for all religious beliefs and further permeates our... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:17 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (13) (permalink) Sunday, October 29, 2006 The bible thumpers will be bitchin about halloween soon Every year about this time we are treated to the mindless ramblings of those who want to spoil the fun of others pertaining to halloween. Sadly most of these attempts are based in nearly complete ignorance of how the annual event that we celebrate as halloween came about. (sources: The Discovery... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 6:41 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (16) (permalink) Not so intelligent design Yet again the old and very tired chestnut of Intelligent Design (creationism) being taught in the schools alongside of other origin theories raises its ugly head. Under attack specifically is the theory of evolution. In recent years we have seen religious groups intent on having their way, lead an... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:56 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink) Saturday, October 28, 2006 On my worst behaviour There are a few things that I have done on Blogit over the years that I have been here that I wish I could take back. I would however hazard a guess that what I feel minor regret about is not what some of our fervent followers of the dead prophet might think I should be sorry for. I don't regret one... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 12:37 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (5) (permalink) Friday, October 27, 2006 What if the fundies are right? If there is one thing that I think we can all agree on, it is that we have seen a few extremely fervent believers here on Blogit over the years. Some of them becoming well known to other bloggers and enjoying some success in developing a Blogit readership, while some arrived with a whimper and sank... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:41 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (14) (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"

Saturday, November 4, 2006

Little furry bloggers update

If you look in the left hand column of this blog template, there is a link rotating script that I have loaded the user names and links of a number of bloggers into. I get around to editing this script every once in awhile, adding new names, deleting the names of those who are no longer active on... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 12:06 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink)

Friday, November 3, 2006

We all love to quote Albert Einstein

Acknowledged by most people as one of the most intelligent members of our species, Albert Einstein's thoughts, summations and opinions carry a great deal of weight. Especially when used to lend credence or validity to a contention. I have to chuckle at the attempts of religious folks to hijack the... Sign in to see full entry.

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

Thursday, November 2, 2006

Raising your kids without religion

In some of my older postings I have covered some of the antics of those around me when I made it clear that my children were not going to be raised with any form of Christian influence. My side of the family lobbied for Catholicism while the born again in laws wanted to spray my kids with Jesus... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 2:18 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink)

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Satan's smarter brother Stupid

It seems that everyone knows who Sylvester Stallone is but most people have to think for awhile to come up with his brother's name. He does have a younger brother named Frank who toils in relative obscurity in the entertainment business. Frank is not anywhere near as successful as his elder brother... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:44 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink)

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Proof of the existence of hell?

A little while back an individual arrived here on Blogit who was intent on proving to us all that hell is not only real but that "witnesses" can attest to its existence. Long used metaphors for heaven and hell have been the sky above us and beneath the ground respectively. The "heavens" becoming... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:43 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (14) (permalink)

Monday, October 30, 2006

Where will Jimmy Baker and Tammy Faye go when they die?

There are still a great number of people in this world that adhere to the notion of good people going to a good place when they die and bad people being condemned to eternal suffering when they expire. This fundamental idea is an underlying premise for all religious beliefs and further permeates our... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:17 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (13) (permalink)

Sunday, October 29, 2006

The bible thumpers will be bitchin about halloween soon

Every year about this time we are treated to the mindless ramblings of those who want to spoil the fun of others pertaining to halloween. Sadly most of these attempts are based in nearly complete ignorance of how the annual event that we celebrate as halloween came about. (sources: The Discovery... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 6:41 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (16) (permalink)

Not so intelligent design

Yet again the old and very tired chestnut of Intelligent Design (creationism) being taught in the schools alongside of other origin theories raises its ugly head. Under attack specifically is the theory of evolution. In recent years we have seen religious groups intent on having their way, lead an... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:56 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink)

Saturday, October 28, 2006

On my worst behaviour

There are a few things that I have done on Blogit over the years that I have been here that I wish I could take back. I would however hazard a guess that what I feel minor regret about is not what some of our fervent followers of the dead prophet might think I should be sorry for. I don't regret one... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 12:37 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (5) (permalink)

Friday, October 27, 2006

What if the fundies are right?

If there is one thing that I think we can all agree on, it is that we have seen a few extremely fervent believers here on Blogit over the years. Some of them becoming well known to other bloggers and enjoying some success in developing a Blogit readership, while some arrived with a whimper and sank... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:41 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (14) (permalink)

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