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So here we are 8p Christmas Night. All the gifts are unwrapped. All the food devoured. Kids off playing with their new toys. The parents winding down with some drinks and desert. A big sigh of relief exudes from everyone as the stress of the holiday season evaporates.So here we are 8p Christmas Night. All the gifts are unwrapped. All the food devoured.... more
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“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
- Benjamin Franklin
“In the affairs of the world, men are saved, not by faith, but by the lack of it.”
-Benjamin Franklin
“Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.”
-Benjamin Franklin
“Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the Common Law.”
-Thomas Jefferson
“We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication.”
-Thomas Jefferson
“I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world,
And I do not find in our particular superstition (orthodox Christianity) one redeeming feature.
They are all alike founded on fables and mythology.”
-Thomas Jefferson“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
- Benjamin... more
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Science: most of the time it's telling you how cute the thing threatening to eat the galaxy is, how it could travel through time if it could just discover the thing that would be able to travel through time, or telling our penises things they already get. But now, science has decided it's its job to tell us when Jesus ate dinner.
I didn't realize there was a controversy over when the last supper happened. But then, I know that there are entire message boards devoted to Star Trek ship registry databases and the in service lifespan of an Excelsior class starship. Some people take their favorite fiction genres very seriously. I just assumed that Easter fell on a Sunday, because we all had the day off and would have plenty of time to find any eggs that the kids didn't discover so that the yard wouldn't start smelling like a semi-pro fart competition by Wednesday afternoon. But naturally, as with just about anything pertaining to this two thousand year old Tolkien novel, even Jesus' last sit down nosh is surrounded in controversy. And I'm not talking about the Da Vinci kind, this one doesn't center around the painting (the original which, if I understand correctly, was painted on the back of the Declaration of Independence) but about, brace yourself, contradictions in the bible itself! I know!
So Paul, George and Ringo apparently said in their respective chapters that the meal took place during Passover, while Davey Jones said it was before. And since it's so damned important to know exactly when Jesus had his last bagel and lox, some damned Professor at Cambridge decided to figure it out with damned science. He will of course be damned as a heretic only to be forgiven a few centuries from now, because that's how the church rolls.
I think the least important detail of the entire story of the Last Supper, is PROBABLY the day on which it took place. But apparently this contradiction of when they tucked into a nice brisket makes it hard to take the Gospels as... gospel. But in a book full of giants, talking snakes, eight hundred year old men and a guy on horseback, flying down from the sky wearing a stack of crowns, I think I can let a simple confusion on exactly what day Matt last passed the basket of knish to JC, go.
I, personally, wish Easter wasn't a holiday. Not because I hate brightly colored egg searches or hollow garden critter shaped chocolate flavored treats. I wish Easter wasn't a holiday, so that I could see the kind of insanity that would ensue if someone proposed to make it a national holiday, today. It would be magnificent! Imagine, in this day and age, trying to get a nationally observed holiday celebrating the execution of a major religious figure from a big book of Godly sword and sorcery. I guess it would be a lot like trying to get anything NOT Jesus related to be observed by anyone. Remember when Muslims wanted to build a place of worship on the same hemisphere as "Ground Zero"? Imagine them trying to get a dirty A-rab holiday recognized in God's America!
Oh, how I wish I could see something like that. The parade of stupidity that would certainly bring out. The disputes and arguments, all of which would directly contradict which ever arguer's book almost entirely. The world is so horrible, so many people are idiots enough on their own, why do we feel the need to spark up a holy book club bitch fit just to come up with some other reason to be dicks? But as much as Team Jesus whines and cries about people calling Christmas vacation "Winter Break" or Easter egg rolls "Spring Oblong Circle Tumbles", imagine if anyone would dare to tell them that they couldn't have a new holiday celebrating the ass kicking of a lifetime that their son of God took, as Mel Gibson so lovingly chronicled on film.
And you know, on a mostly unrelated note, it seems odd how much Mel hates the Jews when he made so much money with his movie about the most famous one... Oh well. Where was I? Oh right, Jesus got the shit kicked out of him... You know, for me...
Have a pastel egg. It's what Jesus would have eaten.
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http://vanfullofcandy.comScience: most of the time it's telling you how cute the thing threatening to eat... more
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Judas is one of the most infamous figures in the Bible. His crime is considered by Christians as the most grievous of them all: the betrayal of the Son of God Himself. Judas Iscariot has forever been maligned by all of Christendom, but is this dubious reputation at all deserved? Should the supposedly treasonous apostle be held accountable for something that was meant to happen? http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/403-judas-be-forgivenJudas is one of the most infamous figures in the Bible. His crime is considered by... more
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Lo and behold, the Bible has gotten too liberal, according to a group of conservatives. And it needs a little editing.
That's the inspiration behind the Conservative Bible Project, which seeks to take the text back to its supposed right-wing roots.
Yes, even scripture is not orthodox enough for the modern conservative. Not that it's the fault of the author(s), exactly. The group cites a few reasons why the Bible is too progressive: "Lack of precision in the original language ... lack of precision in modern language" and "translation bias in converting the original language to the modern one."
So how can the Bible be conservatized? The group has proposed a Wikipedia-like group editing project. Some of the ideas would only bring the translation closer to the original. But others would fundamentally change the text.
1. Framework against Liberal Bias: providing a strong framework that enables a thought-for-thought translation without corruption by liberal bias
2. Not Emasculated: avoiding unisex, "gender inclusive" language, and other modern emasculation of Christianity
3. Not Dumbed Down: not dumbing down the reading level, or diluting the intellectual force and logic of Christianity; the NIV is written at only the 7th grade level[3]
4. Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms: using powerful new conservative terms as they develop;[4] defective translations use the word "comrade" three times as often as "volunteer"; similarly, updating words which have a change in meaning, such as "word", "peace", and "miracle".
5. Combat Harmful Addiction: combating addiction by using modern terms for it, such as "gamble" rather than "cast lots";[5] using modern political terms, such as "register" rather than "enroll" for the census
6. Accept the Logic of Hell: applying logic with its full force and effect, as in not denying or downplaying the very real existence of Hell or the Devil.
7. Express Free Market Parables; explaining the numerous economic parables with their full free-market meaning
8. Exclude Later-Inserted Liberal Passages: excluding the later-inserted liberal passages that are not authentic, such as the adulteress story
9. Credit Open-Mindedness of Disciples: crediting open-mindedness, often found in youngsters like the eyewitnesses Mark and John, the authors of two of the Gospels
10. Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness: preferring conciseness to the liberal style of high word-to-substance ratio; avoid compound negatives and unnecessary ambiguities; prefer concise, consistent use of the word "Lord" rather than "Jehovah" or "Yahweh" or "Lord God."
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/05/conservative-bible-projec_n_310037.htmlLo and behold, the Bible has gotten too liberal, according to a group of... more
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August 15 marks the end of the Blessed Virgin Mary's earthly life and the assumption of her body and soul into heaven.
We all have read about the many sightings of the Holy Mother over the years, but what do you do when an image of her miraculously appears in a glass you once used for coffee? Share it with others!
With the recent downturn in the economy many of us are in need of a miracle. Then again, we're always in need of miracles, or at least in need of proof that miracles are possible. What is a miracle?
Many people that have seen this glass in person, have described themselves as getting chills and having the hair on the back of their necks stand up. Others have commented on the bluish hue (aura) that can be clearly seen surrounding the image.
What else can YOU see in the photo?August 15 marks the end of the Blessed Virgin Mary's earthly life and the... more
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