Gay Marriage revisited, Political postings discouraged

[thetroy]

First of all, I live in Mississippi - the place that actually got hit by Katrina. New Orleans was flooded by broken levees. Our Senators pushed the all-perils bill, I don't know what Louisiana's did. I know they asked for many times more Federal money than we did though. But I'm simply talking about insurance companies actually having to insure against real hazards. Apparently 79 Senators said no to that, after the House passed the bill. Again, the recent Midwest floods bring the issue back up. Are insurance companies just organized crime then, shaking us down and never having to pay?

Hey, those who donated, we're grateful for too. But the people who put their lives on hold for months or years to come physically help us rebuild, who've helped clean up and repair and rebuild thousands of homes, were almost all from Christian groups. You'll understand if we're even more grateful for that.

As far as the Christian radicals, again, that's about like saying the Muslim radicals speak for all Muslims. Is that what you're saying, Tim? I don;t think those people were among the million who came down here and got dirty in shitty hot weather to help rebuild homes and buiold new ones. I think those were the good guys.

What happened to make you so bitter, exactly, Tim? Whatever it is, I'm sorry for your personal trauma, but all of Christianity didn't do it to you.

Not that anyone cares, but I've done some research on the matter and have only found studies showing a correlation between being religious and being charitable. There's nothing to say that those same people wouldn't have done the same thing but as secular organizations were they not religious. Christianity/God itself is not causally related to being charitable.

[Jayster]

hey Troy ,

I'm gonna back you up !!!!!!!!!!!!I regularly attend a bible study --- to better understand the langauge as its written ,and I've yet to see how this can influence anyone poorly ,if you're a dick --- you'll still be a dick ,but if you see something that makes you want to look at the world a little differen't that's cool too !!!!!!!!
ok I digress - I've been with you fellows for 2 girls 1 cup ,and the scat ,and the ...........................

,I've even read the posts from horns666 ,some oddly funny shit .All of us have our ideas we call right --------------- just don't hate on people cause thier trying to do what they believe is right..enery one was cool with Annah ,as they should be - if I remember right ,what we should all do is try to not judge !!!Cause our glass house can be a cocksucker !!!!!!!!!!!!damn , sorry - struck a nerve

[hippietim]

What happened to make you so bitter, exactly, Tim? Whatever it is, I'm sorry for your personal trauma, but all of Christianity didn't do it to you.

Actually, this may surprise you but I'm not bitter at all. No life traumas at all. Heck, my parents even saved their divorce until I was 30

[bibz]

Should I start talkin' about my PP now..?

I see there was topics on pudology being discussed.

My pud is very facinating..colored in many shades of earth tones..and there's even rings around it..just like Saturn..and it's a ball point. It is the 10th or perhaps the 12th wonder of the world!

My pud is the 10 through 12th wonders of the world.

[Jack The Riffer]

Should I start talkin' about my PP now..?

I see there was topics on pudology being discussed.

My pud is very facinating..colored in many shades of earth tones..and there's even rings around it..just like Saturn..

Tuck it between your legs so it can explore Uranus.

[toejam]

Hey, I don't want to add fuel to the fire or anything, but I believe in the fucking easter bunny. Anybody got a problem with that?

I'm still wondering how jesus got resurrected as the easter bunny.

[Tekky]

I'm still wondering how jesus got resurrected as the easter bunny.

It's magic.

As far as the bible/morality/law things go...

Hasn't technological, scientific, and societal advances proven to us that when laws and rules are made that nobody forsees the changes that would make those laws moot? It's demonstrated daily in regards to state and federal laws, so how come the bible is so much different. Let's look back to the origins of organized religion. Most organized religions were devised to explain to man what could not be explained by what passed for science back in the day.

Adam and Eve? The world's population came about from a man and his rib? Genesis? The sun, moon, and stars are brought about by one entity's will? In one week, no less? (and on the 8th day, God created Rock 'N Roll - thank you Gene Simmons) Scientific advances have proven a lot of religious theories as false. Darwinism, the Big Bang (despite the contention that this theory brings), proves away a lot of biblical "truths".

Romans and Greeks had a god for just about anything they couldn't explain with science. For example, thunder and lightning, Gods were fighting. Now we know that it's positive and negative ions in the atmosphere.

Ultimately what I'm trying to say with my long-winded post is that everything evolves. Man, society, environment, and yes, laws. With this, I'm not saying that those who feel they need a guiding force in their life should abandon the bible and it's teachings. But some of those teachings are archaic and were written for a simpler kind of man in a simpler kind of time. They should be taken with a grain of salt.

Perhaps one of the best lessons came from the most unlikely of sources. Wasn't it Bill S. Preston Esq. and Theodore Logan who said: "Be excellent to one another."

[GodOfRhythm]

Romans and Greeks had a god for just about anything they couldn't explain with science. For example, thunder and lightning, Gods were fighting. Now we know that it's positive and negative ions in the atmosphere.

Greeks, maybe, though doubtful.

Romans, no. 'Gods' stood for various institutions. Not a transcendental being. That is wrong hineininterpretierung, by mixing it up with an Eastern view on gods being transcendental, which later, partially due to judaism, led to a wrong interpretation of Roman 'religion'.

[~K~]

Darwinism, the Big Bang (despite the contention that this theory brings), proves away a lot of biblical "truths".

it still blows my mind that there are people that still believe the earth is only a few thousand years old

[toejam]

Adam and Eve? The world's population came about from a man and his rib?

Wasn't Adam with a woman named Lilith before Eve?

[åron]

Hail Satan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCiTlMrMAhU

[Frigo89]

The Easter bunny is a big jerk, santa is a gigatic red asshole, and thanksgiving is irrelevant.

[Endrik]

I've met Santa in Rovaniemi... he was cool... cave me a high five

[shreddermon]

It's a little disappointing that such a positive thread about an issue that is so controversial in today's society is now degrading into a religious-bashing discussion. If this was good-natured humor, that would be no biggee. We should all be able to laugh at ourselves. But it seems to more of the flavor of condescending mockery.

A little bit of a double standard on the part of some of those who have been critical of not being open-minded and respectful of others' beliefs, don't you think? Why is it OK to mock someone's religious beliefs -whether you subscribe to them or not - but not OK with sexual identity issues? Either you're open-minded and respectful, or not.

[joelayres]

Either you're open-minded and respectful, or not.

Amen.