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"	Monday, August 21, 2006 When religion and culture clashes A recent posting here on Blogit reminded me of an incident that took place way back when I was in grade school. Grade 7 to be precise, we were all little brushcut numbnuts just beginning to comprehend the birds and the bees. "Beginning" is the operative word, information on the subject of human... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 6:55 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink) Sunday, August 20, 2006 How do you answer this? I have always wondered how persons that believe the bible to be the inerrant word of God explain "The Apocrypha", or the 14 books that were edited out of the bible about 125 years ago. The official party line of the God squad is that the books are secondary canons, or for the eyes of only... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 11:26 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (13) (permalink) Saturday, August 19, 2006 My Blogit Insult Hall of Fame There was a time when much acrimony and atrocious behavior could be found on this site and particularly in this category. Fervent believers "defending their beliefs" authored the vast majority of the acidic remarks and insults left as comments for others. I began saving some of the more classic... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:58 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (17) (permalink) Friday, August 18, 2006 Get it through your thick skull I feel like saying this in comments sometimes, I'm sure we all do but then we realize that we have no right to say such a thing to other Blogit members. Still, we have the opportunity to learn so much about others, what they believe, why they believe or do not believe, yet we still see some who seem... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 8:30 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink) Thursday, August 17, 2006 Waiting for the second coming Every once in awhile throughout history there has been an upsurge in a widespread belief that Jesus is about to return. The second coming is imminent, it is only a matter of days if not hours, to hear some people tell it. My question is always the same to these people: How many times do you have to... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 9:24 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink) Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Blessed R We - sorry about your luck I lifted the quotation you see further down the page off of the crazies forum that I mentioned in last evening's post. HERE...if you click on this link be prepared to be disappointed in humanity yet again. It would be a little different if this was just a handful of crazy people talking crazy with... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 6:55 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (22) (permalink) Tuesday, August 15, 2006 I take it all back - I know better now There was a time not so long ago when I thought that Blogit somehow had the market cornered on religious loonies. You do have to admit, we have seen our share of religious nutcases come and not always go from Blogit....but our nutcases aren't that bad. Some of them don't seem so bad at all when they... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 5:22 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink) A compelling reason to believe in God 101 "101" has become in modern day vernacular, a term describing an introduction to, or a beginner's guide to a comprehensive understanding of the basic principles in a field of study. Where for some the notion that our world, specifically our environment and all living things in it are the result of a... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:19 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink) Monday, August 14, 2006 Those that love to hate If you are posting in this category here on Blogit with subject matter that is anything but drippy gooey, love is the answer, let us all follow Jesus type of stuff, it won't be long before someone comes along and says that you are filled with hate. Apparently you are not filled with hate if you spew... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 7:56 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink) Sunday, August 13, 2006 Another Sunday, another day of false worship This morning you can be sure that the usual suspects, congregated in the usual buildings, muttered the usual prayers, belted out the usual hymns and generally did all of the things they normally do in worship of some invisible guy they invented. It is not enough to have completely fabricated the... Sign in to see full entry. Posted by: gomedome at: 10:14 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (11) (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"

Monday, August 21, 2006

When religion and culture clashes

A recent posting here on Blogit reminded me of an incident that took place way back when I was in grade school. Grade 7 to be precise, we were all little brushcut numbnuts just beginning to comprehend the birds and the bees. "Beginning" is the operative word, information on the subject of human... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 6:55 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (9) (permalink)

Sunday, August 20, 2006

How do you answer this?

I have always wondered how persons that believe the bible to be the inerrant word of God explain "The Apocrypha", or the 14 books that were edited out of the bible about 125 years ago. The official party line of the God squad is that the books are secondary canons, or for the eyes of only... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 11:26 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (13) (permalink)

Saturday, August 19, 2006

My Blogit Insult Hall of Fame

There was a time when much acrimony and atrocious behavior could be found on this site and particularly in this category. Fervent believers "defending their beliefs" authored the vast majority of the acidic remarks and insults left as comments for others. I began saving some of the more classic... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:58 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (17) (permalink)

Friday, August 18, 2006

Get it through your thick skull

I feel like saying this in comments sometimes, I'm sure we all do but then we realize that we have no right to say such a thing to other Blogit members. Still, we have the opportunity to learn so much about others, what they believe, why they believe or do not believe, yet we still see some who seem... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 8:30 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (7) (permalink)

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Waiting for the second coming

Every once in awhile throughout history there has been an upsurge in a widespread belief that Jesus is about to return. The second coming is imminent, it is only a matter of days if not hours, to hear some people tell it. My question is always the same to these people: How many times do you have to... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 9:24 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (6) (permalink)

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Blessed R We - sorry about your luck

I lifted the quotation you see further down the page off of the crazies forum that I mentioned in last evening's post. HERE...if you click on this link be prepared to be disappointed in humanity yet again. It would be a little different if this was just a handful of crazy people talking crazy with... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 6:55 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (22) (permalink)

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

I take it all back - I know better now

There was a time not so long ago when I thought that Blogit somehow had the market cornered on religious loonies. You do have to admit, we have seen our share of religious nutcases come and not always go from Blogit....but our nutcases aren't that bad. Some of them don't seem so bad at all when they... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 5:22 PM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (10) (permalink)

A compelling reason to believe in God 101

"101" has become in modern day vernacular, a term describing an introduction to, or a beginner's guide to a comprehensive understanding of the basic principles in a field of study. Where for some the notion that our world, specifically our environment and all living things in it are the result of a... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:19 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (4) (permalink)

Monday, August 14, 2006

Those that love to hate

If you are posting in this category here on Blogit with subject matter that is anything but drippy gooey, love is the answer, let us all follow Jesus type of stuff, it won't be long before someone comes along and says that you are filled with hate. Apparently you are not filled with hate if you spew... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 7:56 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (8) (permalink)

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Another Sunday, another day of false worship

This morning you can be sure that the usual suspects, congregated in the usual buildings, muttered the usual prayers, belted out the usual hymns and generally did all of the things they normally do in worship of some invisible guy they invented. It is not enough to have completely fabricated the... Sign in to see full entry.

Posted by: gomedome at: 10:14 AM . . . Share Your Thoughts: (11) (permalink)

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