Royd

Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But their perspective is that most religions are basically trying to reach the same goal, and that none of them are necessarily wrong or right. The only thing they really "preach" about is tolerance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sort of a Mamby Pamby, what ever floats your boat kind of religion. Something that you can really get ahold of. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can tell which people belong to this sort of thinking. They are the ones who say that they are spiritual, but they don't believe in God. How nice. I interpret that to mean that they believe that they can live life as they choose, without consequences for stupidity [sin].

Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let me just put a thought out there. I'm not asking you to change anything. Here's my question: If you know that those phrases are really offensive to anyone, even if it's just one person, then why use it? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you can go through the day or through life avoiding a word that denigrates a group of people, you could surely do the same by not even using the the name of God or Jesus as a curse word or expletive, especially if you truly don't believe that either one ever existed.

Sort of a Mamby Pamby, what ever floats your boat kind of religion. Something that you can really get ahold of.

Quote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh, Lord...THAT old canard again? Do you wear a seatbelt because you're afraid? Do you have a reserve because you're afraid? Do you carry homeowner's/renter's insurance because you're afraid? Do you have a fire extinguisher in your house because you're afraid? No, most likely not - you have them to be prepared for a situation in which you need them. Owning a gun is no different. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They all help you to get the upper hand and stay in control when the situation is going downhill fast.

OK. I gotta ask. What is the problem with watching either Celine or Shania, as opposed to the slut, Maddona or Christina Aguilara. How about Sarah Brightman or Edith Piaf? Do I have to hand it over, and to whom?

Who chose to call them African-Americans, or Mexican-Americans, or, or?

I just did. I don't think the US government should be wasting their time with ANYTHING having to do with religion, there are much more important things to worry about. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Does that include secularism? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, and bowing to the rules of political correctness is a religion in itself.

I was working on #28 when the clock struck midnight.

So what would you have to define the man? His atheism, his politics, his sexual peccadillos? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, everything that we believe influences who we are. Kind of like Hillary believing that the only reason socialism fails is because she isn't running the show.

You should know by now that the burning of the Yule log doesn't actually make the days grow longer. It's just an olde religious superstition.

Does that include secularism?

Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think we need more of the right wing OVER THERE.. being fucking targets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So you're willing to kill more of our good people, who are willing to stand in the gap? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes its best not to respond to such lunacy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's an all volunteer service, so apparently, most of them do.

So you're willing to kill more of our good people, who are willing to stand in the gap?

I doubt if he would have turned up the heat on finding OBL. After all, it would probably contribute to global warming.

So what would you have to define the man? His atheism, his politics, his sexual peccadillos?

I recall a picture of George Washington kneeling to pray in the snow at Valley Forge. Do you think that was just a figment of someone's imagination? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, for you, history didn't start until the mid 1800's?

Anyone who needs a written law to tell them not to steal, kill, or cheat is a complete moron. Let's not waste time and money with all of this lawmaking BS.

I recall a picture of George Washington kneeling to pray in the snow at Valley Forge. Do you think that was just a figment of someone's imagination?

I thought that we didn't want a president who stuck his nose in other nations' business? That ought to work out perfectly.

You mean like illegal aliens, felons, and welfare losers?

How about ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel? Can we work on that?

Exactly. Play the hand you've been dealt.

Don't forget, you'll be paying $6 for a gallon of milk and $50 for a sheet of plywood. Are you looking forward to that, also?

Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- am so sick of the term 'Less fortunate.' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feel free to be as sick as you like. I think someone born with, say, Down's syndrome or cerebral palsy is distinctly less fortunate than you or me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who are you kidding? When liberals use the term 'less fortunate', visions of children with Down's syndrome or cerebal palsy don't pop into their heads. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who is the purveyor of this fortune which is bestowed upon some and withheld from others? About ten years ago, I spent three years in a black depression. It took another five years to climb out of the hole. Even today there are residual effects from it. I went through it without counselling, drugs, or alcohol. All of the thoughts that pass through one's mind, went through mine. I can't say whether I'm better or worse because of it all, but I look at it as one of life's wild rides, and accept the consequences. Should I also be in the line for a handout because I took a hit from Life's Little Lottery?

Does that include the 'Less Fortunate'?