This is the statement that got me is so much trouble the other day.
“In my opinion, people who state with absolute certainty that there IS no God are every bit as annoying and obnoxious as people who state with absolute certainty that not only IS there a God, but HERE is what he THINKS!”
Let’s take [...]
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The very concept of “faith” means believing in something you can’t prove. It means you put your hope into something that you don’t know for sure will happen. For instance, every night when I go to sleep, I have “faith” that I will wake up in the morning. I have no way of knowing for [...]
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There’s a letter to the editor in the online version of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that I believe should get wide distribution.
Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are [...]
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Haiti was practically destroyed by an earthquake yesterday.
Instead of using this as an occasion to come together as human beings, two notable conservative hate-mongers are using this to stoke their particular brand of hatred.
On the 700 Club today, Pat Robertson — the taste of having said God caused 9/11 to punish America for gays and [...]
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It took some doin’ but I got this site back to a state of order. Now that I’m all moved into my new domain, it’s time to go put on the Packers Paraphernalia, sit back with a glass of sherry and a fine seegar, watch the Ravens (hopefully) whup the Patriots, then (if there IS [...]
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I just shared this, to a lesser degree, on the website of an Internet friend. (And if you enjoy the short-form poetry you see from Labi Siffre on my Twitter page, treat yourself to a look at his site — http://www.intothelight.info/ozz/)
Recent events, as you might suppose, have me thinking about mortality, eternity, the reason for [...]
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