Tag: religion
member name: Bert B.
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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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April 04, 2007 12:21 AM EDT --
If I were God, Creator of Everything, what would I do about the current mess here on Earth? What would I do about the great danger posed by the confrontation between Islam and the Christian . . .
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March 11, 2006 05:42 PM EST --
I just finished reading a book called "Under The Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakauer. The subtitle is "A Story of Violent Faith." It's about the Mormon religion…from . . .
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April 10, 2007 12:02 AM EDT --
This is the second of a series of dialogues between my friend Al, who is a devout Christian, and me. The first one is called A Question of Faith.
We were on our second beer, which is usually . . .
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January 05, 2006 08:06 PM EST --
One of the joys of the Internet is that it is easy to pick a subject…in this case, quotes regarding religion by prominent historical figures…and mine a seemingly inexhaustible lode of information. . . .
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March 18, 2006 02:56 PM EST --
"When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not care to support it, so that its professors are obliged to call for the help of . . .
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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 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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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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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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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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