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I can't type much right now, but I figure I need to. My finger has
been killing me (feels like arthritis), but screw it.
I guess what I was meant to come here to write was that yes, I am struggling. I am struggling with the very fact that I am going to have to say "enough is...
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Interested in learning how to become more in touch with your body and spirit?
Come to the Beginning Workshop on Heart Rhythm Meditation for Physical Heart Health hosted by Jeanie Underwood.
Jeanie says, “Heart Rhythm Meditation develops a strong heart. By meditating...
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I remember the nuns from grade school, and Sister Mary Becker might even have placed in this competition: a beauty pageant for nuns.
Sister Claudine, no...
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Q: We are considering moving to the area. In regards to religion, we have heard the spectrum: from Bakersfield being the friendliest town in America for a pagan to Bakersfield being the pulse of the Bible belt of California.
What do you think of the churches in Bakersfield? How would you...
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When you're waiting for important information at the other end of the line, and you're put on hold, isn't it nice to at least have some background music? Well, for those who are sitting at the edges of their chairs in anticipation of the release of my interview with Chad Vegas, I've...
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Behold the latest e-mail from Brian Brown to show what's at stake should voters be suckered into opening a Pandora's Box by voting against Prop. 8. Emphases are mine:
"Grandma, my teacher says if grandpa was a girl, that's okay, you could still be married!"
That's one of the voices...
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So, only months after the Central Californian Diocese officially broke away from the Episcopal Church and joined the Anglican Church, it appears that Conservatives within the worldwide Anglican network are stopping short of a true breakaway from those they consider "liberal."
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That's it!! I remained silent through the first article. Now I have had it with Marylee Shrider trying to use ancient, old hat rhetoric and terms like "judicial tyranny" from the late '30's (*see article below) to shove her religious views down my throat! Yes,...
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I was reading the book of Matthew last night and got about half-way through Jesus' Sermon on the Mount when I realized that Jesus had very strong feelings against adultery. He even says that if a man marries a divorced woman, he is committing adultery.
LOTS of people today do this —...
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The authorities just raided a polygamist cult compound in Texas, "Fundamentalist Mormons" who are decried by the true LDS church they profess to follow. Law enforcement agents are in the process of relocating the slaves [read: women and children] imprisoned in this compound, or as...
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On February 10 and March 15, my face was everywhere. But if we walked past each other down at the Marketplace, you wouldn't even know me.
I am a masked and peaceful protester against the Church of Scientology -- I am Anonymous.
Prior to January of this year I knew...
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By BILL KACZOR, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 35 minutes ago
Florida's public school science standards for the first time will use the word "evolution," although the biological concept already was being taught under code words such as "change over time."
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He couldn't of said it no plainer. It is written in Psalms 93:1 "Yea, the world is established, it shall never be moved." He fixed Earth on a foundation of pillars. It says so right there in 1 Samuel 2:8 "For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on...
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The online magazine "Smith" asked their readers condense their life stories into a six word sentence. Everyone from popular actors to regular people like ourselves responded. I found it amazing how genuine and honest people were with their lives, but even more interesting was how a...
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Miracle of the Sun is a personal revelation that I'm releasing publicly with testimony of a supernatural and spiritual phenomenon that I, (Loci B. Lenar) witnessed during 1991 in northern New Jersey while traveling through the town of Dover into Wharton. Prior to the divine encounter, my...
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Blessings is a reflection of Christian tradition designed into a contemporary and colorful art print. The image and poetry is ideal for presenting as a gift to anyone in need of encouraging words. Download Free and print with your computer software by visiting the following...
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On several occasions during 2005, a luminous cross with an outline of a shield appeared on our backyard fence. Again in 2006, the same miraculous cross was visible on Palm Sunday. On September 3, 2007, the bright cross again appeared on our property. Through discernment,...
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When will religious people get it in their head that what others believe has nothing to do with them? NOBODY knows for sure what is on the other side of death, but most if religions want to continue to force their beliefs on others that believe different. History has shown us that if...
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A High School teacher in Mission Viejo, Ca is being sued over an anti-Christian statement he made during a lecture in a class on the development of Europe, of which Christianity was, right or wrong, good or bad, a large part. I say it's about time someone on the non believer side was called on...
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By Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service
With megachurches come mega crowds, mega money, and increasingly, mega security concerns.
The crowds—anywhere from 2,000 to 20,000 worshippers each weekend—can be an...
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A Memory of Mine
Just off the highway to Bristol, England,
Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass.
And the eyes of those two ponies
Darken with kindness.
They have come gladly out of the willows
To welcome my cousin and me.
We step over the barbed wire into the...
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1. How does Jesus feel about science?
Correct Answer: (Science is silly, vain and profane, and is at odds with Christianity.) “O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called” (1 Timothy...
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What will the lord think of next, lol this is obviosly pure satire, which I found it very funny. I've noticed that sometimes people will post things from the bible to back up their arguments, so here is some counter fire from their own war chest.
1. What is a woman's role in the...
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Pascal’s Wager
While I never actually knew the name to this “wager”, it has been used on me, and it’s just another scare tactic. For those of you that don’t know what Pascal’s Wager is, it is a illogical attempt to provide reasons to believe in an...
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Holy Hypocrisy?
Earl Paulk, bishop and founder of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church in Decatur, Ga., admitted to his congregation from the pulpit that he fathered a child with his brother's wife. D.E. Paulk, 34 years old, inset, always had believed he was the...
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The outcome of the bruhaha over the KHSD poster plan proves something I have known for a long time. That there are still many more Believers than there are non believers. This is not a slam or a raspberry to the non believers. How someone feels about such matters is their business and they...
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Just to bring this to light, I would like to expose you all to the dangers of irrational thinking based on religion. Unfortunately a mother lost her life due to refusing a blood transfusion.
These are the dangers when I'm asked to live and let live. Now twin babies will have to live without a...
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Well I guess it's nice to see a really active blogging community, as I've said before I truly appreciate everybodies input, I do change my mind in response (if it makes sense). I suppose the biggest reason that I have a beef with religion is not so much that for me (in my opinion) it seems...
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In a previous post some of us were discussing the pros and cons of religion and science; well you know the truth is we can dig up dirt on both all day. The point that I was trying to make is that science by it's very nature in our modern times is attempting to find the truth! The truth that is...
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Historical Retrospect on Pacifism in Religion
Early HistoryThe tenets of non-violence exists in all of the early Abrahamic religious traditions (Jewish, Christian and Muslim), the Darmic traditions ( Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism) and many pagan traditions. Secular movements use...
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This fascinating map displays a brief history of the world's most well-known religions in 90 seconds: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism, with periods of inter-religious warfare highlighted.
It has to make you wonder if you picked the right religion. What if...
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Once again it’s that time of year folks.............. The Muslim celebratory month of Ramadan!!!!!!!!!!!! (Muffled applause) I know what you’re thinking, "What the hell does a religious holiday celebrated by people we’re at war with have to do with me"? The answer to...
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Being a believer in God (I am Baptist), I think marriage should be only between a man and a woman. Gay marriage should be outlawed!
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I am the only person who knows exactly how I feel, exactly what I think, how I feel and what I believe. Nobody in the blogosphere, or anywhere else has that information, but I am still characterized by many of those who disagree with me as a card carrying member of any club that gets under...
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I was talking to Pax, in one of his threads, and the topic of freewill came up. Pax was talking about the belief that the Catholic Church is, to Catholics, the "bride of God". I brought up the irony I saw in the fact that God's wife might allow pedophile priests to do harm...
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I received the following e-mail, via the e-mail address here on bako.com.
I'm posting it for two reasons; a) It's just THAT funny. b) It's just that asinine. But, judge for yourself. I've also included my response (in red) and the final e-mail in the exchange...following my...
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So...what kind of atheist are you, anyway? You're *WHAT?*
*HEATHEN!*
http://quizfarm.com/run.php...
(My results:)
What kind of atheist are you?
You scored as a Scientific Atheist
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From the best Christian on earth, Betty Bowers:
Dear Bereft Brothers and Sisters in Mourning:
Verily, I am crying as I type. You can imagine my shock in hearing that Reverend Jerry Falwell had been found dead, lying in a pool of his own gravy. First Anna Nicole, now Jerry. ...
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As he sipped a mojito on the beach, the big guy took off his sunglasses between thumb and forefinger and spun them from one temple. All around were the black sands of a volcanic beach, palm trees bent low to dip fronds in water so blue and clear, the fish idling in the tide pools were...
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By the year 1 Reed the Aztec Nation had reached the apex of empire. The Aztecs had a very large and sophisticated empire and their economic and political systems rivaled many European systems. The capital city, Tenochtitlan, had an elaborate infrastructue complete with paved roads, fresh...
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The Code of Hammurabi was found in 1901 in Persia. Although scholars suspect there are others that preceed it, the tablet that was found is the earliest written code known (cite). There are two hundred and eighty two codes of law and many argue they resemble some of the concepts presented in...
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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about their religion;
respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the...
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A ZOROASTRIAN PRAYER
With bended knees, with hands outstretched, do I yearn for the effective expression of the holy spirit working within me: For this love and understanding, truth and justice; for wisdom to know the apparent from the real that I might alleviate the sufferings of men on earth....
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He had to be man to die, he had to be God to be sinless. When Christ died on the cross, God saw this as the payment for all of our sins. Christ was our substitute. He died in our place. The Bible tells us many things about His love for us, one notible is Isaiah 53:6 "The Lord has laid upon...
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The word Theocracy is derived from the two Greek words Qeo/j(Theos) meaning "God" and kra/tein (cratein) meaning "to rule." Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater USA believes in a Theocratic form of government. Besides Blackwater USA, he is also the Vice President of the...
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For the first time since 1979, religious leaders from America have met with an Iranian leader, in this case..yes, that man..Ahmadinejad. American Friends Service Committee General Secretary Mary Ellen McNish has a video up here, on google about her discussions with Ahmadinejad and...
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I know this will bring comments, and I know not all of you will agree with me, but it's my heart's conviction. So, this is my public forum in which to speak. So from my heart......
I mean, we've all heard about her - whether by word of mouth, news, internet, her story is...
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The channel 17 story about Dr. Gary Merrill was disheartening. He is apparently a pediatrician who refused to see a child because her mother had a piercing and a tattoo. Please, please, please...if you are NOT a Christian, please know that this guy doesn't represent a whole bunch of...
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You know as humans I think we can get greedy. We want things, I mean as we live here we are called to be servants of Jesus Christ but we also want. And becuase we have so much faith in our Lord and savior we pray to Him and ask Him of these things. And sometimes what we have to come to understand...
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