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POPSBank boss says 'we do God's work' Another example of religion being used to justify a position. I think it belittles religion and the religious. The misuse of religion gives an insight into the way they handle taking someone's last cents, before sending them to jail for not being rich. They would also believe that there is a special place in the afterlife for them and it is all good. They don't believe in suffering now to achieve glory in the next life (Mother Theresa and those types can have all of that - and a small donation - will suffice) The bonuses will be awarded to compensate workers for having to listen to people who seemed to have morals, over the last couple of years; and a reward for adjusting to honesty until the smoke cleared.
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POPSWalmart Caskets: Buy Your Final Resting Place Online If you are going to buy one of these things it would be a good idea to find out who makes it (is it American made or did it come from China). You wouldn’t want it to fall apart on you. Not that you would know. Which invites shoddy workmanship, because after all it only needs to hold together until it’s in the ground. Alternative burial: http://www.thechicecologist.com/2009/01/green-funerals-and-eco-burials-a-renewal-to-the-earth/ And http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eco-afterlife-green-buria
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POPSChina: new warriors at terracotta army site more: Xu said the army officer was found lying on its stomach behind four chariots, and was largely intact compared with other newly-discovered warriors, according to Xinhua. “The original colors have faded after more than 2,000 years of decay, but a corner of the officer's robe suggested it was in colors other than the grey-ish clay,” he said. The latest excavation is the third in the site's largest pit — one of three open to the public — since 1974 when the army of terracotta warriors and horses was discovered by a peasant digging a well. Up to 5,000 more life-size figures are believed to still be buried in the pit and awaiting excavation. The Terracotta Army is one of the greatest archaeological finds of modern times, and was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1987.
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POPSTrakr, The Hero of the September 11 Attacks When he and his dog returned to Halifax at the end of their Ground Zero mission he was hauled before his police superiors and disciplined. At the time of the attacks Symington had been off work on sick leave for three months suffering from stress. The first that his bosses learnt of his rescue dash to New York was when they saw him and Trakr amid the rubble on television. Unimpressed, they suspended and later sacked him. Symington refuses to dwell on that sorry episode, preferring to talk about his new cloned charges. He has called one of the puppies, fittingly, Deja Vu; the others are Trustt, Valour, Prodigy and Solace. He intends to train them up as search and rescue dogs. "If they show the same intelligence, courage and determination as Trakr they will help to save other lives."
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POPSWicked Sufferings of Hell Hell, according to many religious beliefs, is an afterlife of suffering where the wicked or unrighteous dead are punished. Hell is almost always depicted as underground. Hell is traditionally depicted as fiery within Christianity and Islam. Some other traditions, however, portray hell as cold and gloomy.
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POPSDozens of Mummies Found in Rock Tombs Although the depictions of gods on their coffins varied over time, even the earliest Egyptians used decorated caskets to protect the physical body and the ka--a person's life-force--during the afterlife.
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POPSBritain's (and America's) Secret Religion--Deism
This recent article begins with "the world's most famous atheist" becoming a Deist, i.e. Professor Antony Flew. The reason was this: New scientific discoveries persuaded him, he said, “that intelligence must have been involved” in producing life. In other words, natural reason necessitates belief in a Creator. But the article goes on to describe the difference between Deism, Atheism, and Theism. Any discerning reading (contrary to modern Christian attempts) of America's founders and documents absolute supports that they were not Christians, but Deists, whom, like Thomas Paine, sometimes quoted the Bible, but denied its historical trustworthiness and inspiration, and denied miracles recorded, etc.. It appears Deism is likely to be revived as natural "intelligent design" (which is Deistic, but anti-scriptural philosophy) is made popular and too difficult to deny. Deism is incompatible with Christianity but compatible with Freemasonry, like the Founders.
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POPSNear-death experiences: Heaven can wait Tunnels, bright lights, visions of the deceased. Do near-death experiences really offer a glimpse of the afterlife – or is there a more rational explanation? Roger Dobson reports
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POPSAhhh! The White Light Cometh By ignoring perfectly reasonable explanations of so called near-death experiences, theists hope to rescue their otherwise evidence lacking positions. Just to remind people, personal anecdotes are not proof of anything. Anecdotes make good advertising copy but fail to provide any reputable proof.
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POPSOklahoma legislator proposes resolution to condemn Richard Dawkins Obviously hasn't been following the kerfuffle in England about the pro and anti attempted visitors. He probably doesn't follow much more than his man, with a direct contact to a god, tells him. (I say "man" deliberately because he probably gets equally upset when women demand rights, or the icecream truck runs over his dog.)
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