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POPSWhy Too Much Praying Is A Bad idea It seems to me that a lot of praying, instead of achieving its intended purpose of praise and glorification instead reduces a deity to a petty servant. Internet evangelist Stuart Shepard issued a call to pray that Barack Obama's planned speech in a stadium in Denver gets rained out. That goes beyond petty into the realm of the ridiculous and juvenile.
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POPSOriginal First Page of the Bible They recently discovered a smaller scroll hidden in the cylinder of the first scroll of the ancient Biblical scriptures, believed to be the actual "first page" of the Bible. When deciphered, it read ...
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POPSAtheists Stunned by Amazing Toast that Does Not Resemble Charles Darwin Whatsoever
The image, said nonbelievers, was further evidence that there is no God, and that the universe is what it is by chance, not the hand of a creator. But religious leaders were quick to say that the toast may still be significant . Details appeared on the Atheist News Service, based in Massachusetts, which specializes in irreligious broadcasts. They reported that the toast, served to Richard Dawkins at breakfast one Tuesday, did not reflect the image of the man who first advanced the concept of evolution. Noted atheist P.Z. Myers, a scientist and someone who did not ever meet Charles Darwin, said he was convinced the toast did not show Darwin. "As you can see from the photo, this toast doesn't look anything like Darwin. Just plain, ordinary toast. Maybe if you squint, you can see a squid...no, I'm just kidding. It just looks like toast." "I'm sure it's delicious with butter, but it doesn't even resemble Christopher Hitchens, much less the author of The Origin of Species."
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POPSSeven Cardinal & Contrary Virtues Most people are aware of the seven deadly (or cardinal) sins, but few are aware that there are two sets of seven virtues as well, one set standing in direct contrast to the sins. I find it interesting that a page devoted to atheism had a concise and easily found description of these attributes, but the religious sites I visited required wading through reams of theology much too extensive to clip. There is a clip on the Seven Cardinal Sins posted at http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B17AB9AE-948C-4C29-8867-F0FC3434B26B/ by Sheroug.
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POPSTANJ (There Ain't No Justice)!! There's more information at http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/240542/. Actually, the teller was told he'd be fired if he accepted the money, so he chose to resign. Apparently, he plans to pursue a career in law enforcement.
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POPSFred Phelps, Westboro Baptist Get Slammed! It's about time this bastard got some comeuppance! Phelps takes homophobia to extremes. It's one thing to disapprove of or publicly denounce homosexuality, but Phelps and his family blame gays for everything from the decline of western civilization to yesterday's heartburn. I can think of no better example of religion perverted by hate. This is a real test in my belief in Voltaire’s quote, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”. At times like this, I prefer Tom Stoppard’s version: “I agree with everything you say, but I would attack to the death your right to say it.” In this case, it’s probably best to let Phelps et. al. continue to show the world what asses they are. I can’t imagine any reasonable person, left, right, conservative or liberal, agreeing with Westboro Baptist’s brand of venom. In case you're not familiar with the Phelps clan, check out some of the links in the clip.
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POPSA Children’s Treasury Of Poverty Iconography The Comics Curmudgeon is Josh Fruhlinger, whose daily blog at http://joshreads.com/ offers snarly commentary from Josh and his readers on the comic strips you love to hate. He also comments on editorial and political cartoons at Wonkette, the DC Gossip.
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POPSFeds to look into Lee County Sheriff Scott's 'Hussein' Obama comment at Palin rally For the record, it's John Sidney McCain III and Sarah Louise Heath Palin. Gee..."Heath"...does that mean she's a heathen? And Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. The investigation, though, is not for what Sheriff Scott said, but that he was speaking ex cathedra as a law enforcement official, by virtue of the fact that he was in uniform and on duty at the time he spoke. Had he been in civvies and on his own time, it wouldn't be an issue.
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POPSWil S**t Hapen? This smacks of petty paranoia. Comments at the source offered some creative solutions: "waterguns full of bleach or urine, just like releasing poisonous snakes, just like the balloons filled with hydrochloric acid... this is just police fantasy. There is a big difference between being prepared for a situation and preparing for a fictional tactic that you came up with yourself" "Carry empty buckets and fill them on-site. Ex-Lax helps. " I can see it now: "Is that a bucket of feces?" "No, officer. It's a firkin of feces." "Oh. Okay, then."
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POPSToday, We Are All Marxists! Yes, today, everyone has become a Marxist. Groucho Marxist, that is. 2 October 2008, is the 118th anniversary of his birth. A master of wit, who, unlike Don Rickles, made one feel complimented to have been insulted by him. All hail, Marx and Lennon (see http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/laughstore_2013_1230600), and don't neglect to check out the rest of the quotes at the clipsource.
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POPSTruth About The Media, Simply Stated It does no good to argue whether "the media" (as if there is such a monolithic beast) is liberal, conservative, both or neither. What is certain is that they are, indeed, a hungry pack but not as co-operative one, yapping after every scrap lest another member of the swarm get a little extra and tearing at each other's throats rather than consider the public interest. Wolves have more dignity - they hunt co-operatively.
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POPSNot So Fast, Christian Soldiers - War or Crusade? Have you ever noticed that almost all religious wars involve monotheistic religions? I have looked and cannot come up with an instance when one polytheistic culture waged religious war against another polytheistic culture. There's always a monotheist involvement - maybe that's because with only one god, the monos think they have more to lose. Read the clip source and the original article
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POPSA More Perfect Union... This struck me as being both profound and moving. Learning by doing? Learning by being? The author of this piece feels what our country is about more deeply than a thousand flag-wrapped poseurs put together.
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POPSTop Censored News Stories of 2007 - Part 1 It doesn't matter whether you get your news from the networks, Fux News, the New York Times or the Washington Times - there are always important stories that fall through the cracks. Here are links to some of them. I couldn't clip the whole thing at once, so it's split into three parts.
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POPSTop Censored News Stories of 2007 - Part 3 It doesn't matter whether you get your news from the networks, Fux News, the New York Times or the Washington Times - there are always important stories that fall through the cracks. Here are links to some of them. I couldn't clip the whole thing at once, so it's split into three parts.
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POPSBarack Star There's a lot I could say about this, but I'll leave it open for a bit.
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POPSHealth Benefits of Global Warming Those cold-related deaths are a real problem that needs immediate action. It'll also be a boost for the air conditioning industry and all those Americans who want to flock south for lower wages so they can keep warmer. We might have a problem with heat-seeking Canadians trying to sneak across the border.
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POPSThe Politics of Fear From the source: First, they were attached to equipment to measure skin conductivity, which rises with emotional stress as the moisture level in skin goes up. Each participant was shown threatening images, such as a bloody face interspersed with innocuous pictures of things such as bunnies, and rise in skin conductance in response to the shocking image was measured. The other measure was the involuntary eye blink that people have in response to something startling, such as a sudden loud noise. The scientists measured the amplitude of blinks via electrodes that detected muscle contractions under people's eyes. Subjects who had expressed a high level of support for policies "protecting the social unit" showed a much larger change in skin conductance in response to alarming photos than those who didn't support such policies. Personal addendum: I disagree with the use of the word "dictate"; it should have been "indicate"
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POPSBush Administration Plans to Blame You for Iraq The article goes on to say: The United States in 2007? No, Wilhelmine Germany in 1917 and 1918, as its military dictators, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and his loyal second, General Erich Ludendorff, pushed Germany toward defeat and revolution in a relentless pursuit of victory in World War I. Having failed with their surge strategy on the Western Front in 1918, they nevertheless succeeded in deploying a stab-in-the-back myth, or Dolchstoßlegende, that shifted blame for defeat from themselves and Rightist politicians to Social Democrats and others allegedly responsible for losing the war by their failure to support the troops at home.
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