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  1. gsa

    Alien Life: The Mockery of Jesus

    But that is just it: This is nothing but a PR move. Emphasizing doctrines that can be misinterpreted to give a false impression of the actual beliefs taught as Catholic doctrine. Nothing has changed substantively, and the dogma is as irrational as it always has been. Is it unfair to point...
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    Gender specific events

    I have always thought these events were bordering on the creepiness level we usually assign to child beauty pageants. If they are not gendered and creepy, then I'm sure strong advocates of these things wouldn't blink at a daddy son dance. As this author...
  3. gsa

    Alien Life: The Mockery of Jesus

    Except Pope Francis did not say Jesus would save atheists, he said that he had redeemed them, and everyone, through his sacrifice. But the Catholic doctrine of redemption is not the same as the Catholic doctrine of salvation, and he did not announce a major change in Catholic doctrine. Just...
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    Alien Life: The Mockery of Jesus

    Well why is it so easy to do? Maybe because atonement as a doctrine only makes sense if you believe that the Earth and humanity are at the center of the universe, believe that both were created a few thousand years ago, and then you can safely ignore the realities uncovered by reason, including...
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    Female Pedophiles & Sexual Predators

    Standing alone, this really doesn't mean much. You are talking about a more limited subset of criminal offenses, that being federal. And while the charges are sometimes the same, the circumstances are usually different, and those show up in sentencing. So a sentencing disparity is not that...
  6. gsa

    Slovakia is banning Muslim immigration.

    The guts? Try the mendacity. And I certainly hope not. This is about Syrian refugees, not broader cultural and immigration policy. And Slovakia is saying, sure, if there are Christians being persecuted, we welcome those Christians with open arms. But if they are Muslims, well, no. Because...
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    Should some atheists take the time to study religion/rituals/magic ect.?

    First off, the greatest scientists did LOTS of study into paranormal and supernatural claims. Guess what? Nada. Nothing replicable, certainly, and very little that even warranted further investigation. And there are so many studies, I mean so many, showing that scientists are on the whole far...
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    John Oliver Rakes Televangelists over the Coals

    Then we just disagree. Christians and Muslims and Jews are religiously affiliated, in a way that atheists and theists are not. Without doctrine, there is no fundamentalism. You are looking for a different term I think.
  9. gsa

    John Oliver Rakes Televangelists over the Coals

    Fundamentalism is fairly well defined, in such a way that it is inapplicable to atheism. You mean, I suppose, honest or unapologetic atheism. Fair enough. If Christians care about these lost causes, they should be out front convincing their flock not to give money to these charlatans and...
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    John Oliver Rakes Televangelists over the Coals

    There are no "fundie Atheists." In any event, he cannot hope to reach people who have been deluded into believing obvious lies. The target is the Internal Revenue Service and our absurd exemption system for any exploitation scheme that poses as a religious cult. Once they have to pay taxes...
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    Is It Wrong To Hate Abrahamic Religion?

    I am not talking about hatred of people. I am talking about hatred of ideas. Very, very bad ideas, and practices associated with those ideas. As I've said, we've learned from Christians that we can separate hatred of these abominable ideas and practices from the people that practice them, or...
  12. gsa

    What are your thoughts on Chruch's refusing to wed gays?

    Churches are not taxed in any state. As far as the sign, well, what was the reason for it? In general, I am opposed to any sign ordinance, and most of them are constitutionally deficient. You don't need to make a Supreme Court case out of it, just challenge it in a local court and that's that...
  13. gsa

    Is It Wrong To Hate Abrahamic Religion?

    Now this is a fascinating distinction. Leviticus is ignorant intolerance (considered the infallible and/or inerrant Word of God by perhaps a billion or more human beings mind you), and my commentary and inversion of Leviticus is "bigoted intolerance" because, why exactly? I should know better...
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    Is It Wrong To Hate Abrahamic Religion?

    Growing up, I was told repeatedly by Christians that we need to draw a distinction between the sin of people, i.e., the sin of homosexuality, and their "status" as a beloved image of God. So I propose that we invert that formula and see where it takes us. If I think that Abrahamic religion...
  15. gsa

    Religions Vs. Cults. Is there a solid difference?

    I would say so, yes. They believed in reincarnation, that they were the two witnesses described in the Book of Revelations, that Jesus had been reincarnated as a Texan, etc. So they were definitely unorthodox, but they held beliefs that we would have no problem describing as religious in most...
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    Religions Vs. Cults. Is there a solid difference?

    While they are popularly associated with that, the authoritarianism and insularity that we associate with cults can just as easily be found in religious bodies that would reject the cult label. What about the Haredim? Or the Amish? Or Mark Driscoll and the Mars Hill Church and the Acts 29...
  17. gsa

    Disproving the Bible

    There's not much evidence that Jesus was able to read and write, or that he could read and write Greek. Certainly, if that was the case, he managed to fail to record his own message. So I have no idea how you would discern that Jesus used the Septuagint, apart from the much later narratives of...
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    What are your thoughts on Chruch's refusing to wed gays?

    Right. The Southern Baptist Convention clearly supports Republican candidates, black churches usually support Democratic candidates, etcetera. It is a useless fiction.
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    The GOP campaign

    I find it interesting that Trump has a very loyal following that was undeterred by his debate performance and he comes in second when asked who won. Name recognition also comes through the campaign season. I find it very unlikely that Kasich stands a chance in the gruesome affair known as the...
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    Can I be Jewish for Halloween?

    Right.
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