Tag: faith
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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September 10, 2006 01:53 PM EDT --
One of the things I find the most threatening that the Bush administration is doing is it's massive funding of "faith based" charitable activities. Even worse, it allows . . .
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October 18, 2006 03:54 PM EDT --
I read an interesting piece by Brooke Allen in the LA Times yesterday. Allen recently completed a book called, "Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers." This is a subject . . .
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December 05, 2007 01:41 AM EST --
This is the fourth in a series of conversations with my imaginary friend Al.
Here are the links for the first three:
A Question of Faith
Religion and Morality . . .
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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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January 28, 2009 11:20 PM EST --
Pope Benedict XVI, otherwise known as Joseph Ratzinger, is deemed infallible when it comes to matters of church dogma. According to the Church, God tells him what to say, and he cannot . . .
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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 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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