Tag: beliefs
member name: Bert B.
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April 02, 2006 01:00 PM EDT --
I was reading about the numerous bills being proposed in state legislatures around the country that defend a pharmacist's right to refuse service to people who are trying to fill prescriptions for . . .
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June 04, 2006 08:14 PM EDT --
Ken Santucci and I have a lot in common. We are both retired aerospace engineers living in Southern California, both around seventy years old. He worked for the old North American Aviation . . .
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October 28, 2008 09:00 PM EDT --
THE BIG NEWS on the Internet yesterday was that federal authorities arrested two skinhead cretins who were plotting to kill over a hundred black people, including Barack Obama.
Now, these . . .
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October 13, 2009 11:06 PM EDT --
My experiences here on Gather have included a number of interchanges with devout Christians. Most of these have been pleasant enough, but I am a nonbeliever, so many of them were somewhat . . .
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June 28, 2008 11:09 PM EDT --
Some people do not like what their kids will experience in public schools, so they "educate" them at home. Is this good or bad?
First, I must admit that I have some bias here. . . .
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November 05, 2008 02:09 PM EST --
I am happy that Obama won. I think it shows that Americans showed that they could see past the race issue. The result is not so much a rejection of McCain...although his campaign disillusioned . . .
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November 21, 2008 12:49 AM EST --
Devout religious believers often deplore the “moral relativism” of liberal/progressive thought, claiming that absolute moral standards, as defined by their sacred scriptures, are necessary . . .
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May 13, 2009 10:54 PM EDT --
Kara Neumann of Weston Wisconsin died on Easter Sunday.
She died of diabetic ketoacidosis, a result of undiagnosed and untreated juvenile diabetes. This is a treatable disease, and Kara should . . .
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September 27, 2009 08:54 PM EDT --
This is the fifth in a series of fictional discussions with my imaginary friend Al.
To understand the background for this piece, I recommend that you read one or more of the previous . . .
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October 02, 2009 12:24 PM EDT --
This is a continuation of an earlier piece. There was clearly a lot more to say on this subject, so…here’s Part 2…and it may not be the last.
Here is a link to the first part: . . .
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October 19, 2009 11:00 PM EDT --
People who are opposed to abortion view the fetus as a human being. They believe that human life is sacred, and that destroying it, even in its earliest forms, is a mortal sin. Many “pro-lifers” . . .
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June 13, 2006 11:21 PM EDT --
This article appeared on the AlterNet web site today. I think it is an important issue. Here, we have a vaccine that is "100 percent effective at protecting against the most prevalent . . .
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February 07, 2006 12:27 AM EST --
News Flash!!!
Religious Right questions Ohm's Law.
Says it's "just a theory with no proof."
WASHINGTON, DC - Religious Right leaders James Dobson and Pat Robertson . . .
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February 18, 2009 12:27 AM EST --
Moral or ethical dilemmas are often presented in an attempt to manipulate us to accept a particular point of view, no matter how distasteful we find it. In many cases, the dilemma is bogus, . . .
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January 04, 2006 10:05 PM EST --
My birthday is December 21st and our wedding anniversary is New Years Eve…this year was our 45th. This juxtaposition of major milestones in my life has always made the holiday season a bittersweet . . .
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April 10, 2006 02:11 PM EDT --
A headline in the LA Times caught my eye today: "Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies." The article describes lawsuits filed by several religious groups attacking policies . . .
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April 13, 2006 09:43 PM EDT --
Dealing a major blow to the separation of government and religion, the U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled that members of a Christian sect could use a hallucinogenic tea as part of their religious ritual. . . .
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April 15, 2006 01:46 PM EDT --
The county attorney for Barren County in Kentucky sent a "survey" to all state legislators and legislative candidates asking them whether they "accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior." . . .
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August 24, 2008 04:07 PM EDT --
If you are a practicing atheist, then you are practicing a religion.
Don’t try to deny it. I’ll prove it to you.
When you get up every morning and go to bed every night, don’t . . .
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October 29, 2009 03:43 PM EDT --
In an article on the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) web site, writer Kimberley Daniels warns her readers to steer clear of Halloween candy.
She says that “…most of the candy . . .
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