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Tim Nicholson entitled to protection for his beliefs, and his claim over dismissal will now be heard by a tribunal
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/03/tim-nicholson-climate-change-belief
Karen McVeigh
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 November 2009 20.42 GMT...
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I posted a comment that I felt related to one of his topics & he deleted it.
people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/samheath/51412
His excuse was that I posted a video & some of his readers have dial up. After I noticed the deletion of my comment, I asked Sam why he didn't simply ask me to...
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This song is my answer to R.E.M.'s Losing My Religion. One day while I was on my way to prison (to work there as a psychologist, not to turn myself in for any particular crime), R.E.M.'s Losing My Religion came on my car radio. Though I had heard the song many times before and...
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This article about why humans swing their arms when they walk news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090728/sc_afp/sciencearmsoffbeat
illustrates another point I have been trying to get across. One of my fascinations is how the human mind creates a reality based on stories we tell ourselves. If you...
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What We Believe
Every spiritual organization should have a clear statement of what it believes and teaches, to guide its mission to the world and help people decide whether it is worth supporting. Today, some religious groups cling to outdated, highly detailed creeds that many of...
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The 8 Points of Progressive Christianity from The Center for Progressive Christianity
http://www.tcpc.org
By calling ourselves progressive, we mean we are Christians who...
Have found an approach to God through the life and teachings of Jesus....
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Hey my fellow humans, this story is pretty cool
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/...
It sheds some light on well homosexuality. For all those nay sayers who claim that it is unnatural for homosexuals to do what they do well, it happens in nature! With other species of...
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What is the Essence of the Way of Jesus?
by David Salyers
The essence of the message of Jesus is very simple and the Good News of the Gospel can be understood by even a child.
Our focus needs to be on following Jesus by following what he taught - namely the radical grace of his Great...
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A good day to live
I will take a break from my usual rants and all the heavy issues that we face in our state, nation, and species, and talk about something that has touched my life. As many of you know, my son was in a near drowning. Can you believe it, in my line of work I have come across...
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This year's repetition of the American Religious Identification Survey has released their results and found that the number of people who declare they don't identify with any religion has risen again, this time to fifteen percent....
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Colleges’ free speech a one way street article by Marlee Shrider
Did you guys read the paper today? (The Bakersfield Californian) Did you catch that article by Marlee Shrider? I found it to be very interesting, it got my skeptical cogs moving. In short she speaks about...
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No more Christmas cards with snowy winter views. Those carol singers knocking on your door should be wearing shorts and sandals, not wrapped up in scarves and mittens.
Using computer software to track the exact location of the Christmas star 2,000 years ago, astronomers have calculated that...
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Well again with the Christmas holiday looming, I'm stirred to write once more. Today I'm choosing an interesting topic, hopefully start to get some minds thinking on way or the other. The topic is whether I should or should not (as an atheist) teach my children about Santa Claus. This is a two...
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I put forth a challenge for any and all who can give me justification or reasoning on how Prop 8 is NOT a religious issue? But, Keeping in mind this point:
Prop 8 has NO bearing or affect on the teaching of homosexuality in school. Actually the state of california allows parents to take...
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http://bakersfield.wikispot...
So, WikiSpot is a place where one can easily create a Wiki page, for free. I decided to go ahead and generate one for Bakersfield. It's just bare bones right now, but I'd be really interested to see what a bunch of 'fieldians can accomplish with...
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I was saddened to come across this article today, discussing an evangelical man marrying a young girl, while engaging in polygamy and sex with a minor. You have to understand how hard this was for me to swallow, because all these prop 8 ads had me believing that gay marriage was the real...
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Well, probably. From Bill Maher and the guy who brought you "Borat," a documentary about religion: "Religulous"
http://movies.msn.com/movie...
"I'm not looking to form an anti-religion religion. That would...
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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...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/...
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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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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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