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by Mike Norman I’ve had a couple of pints on an empty stomach. I need to get some groceries so that breakfast is not some abysmal fiasco.
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LDS (Mormon) Stake Presidents Blog
Brothers and Sisters it has come to my attention this morning that my blog was nominated for certain Brodie awards and in fact won the title of “Best Humor/Satire Site or Blog” for 2011. Words cannot even begin to express how disappointed I am right now.The following was written in the late 19th century by a young man familiar with the two Mormon churches: The Utah LDS Church and the Midwest Reorganized LDS Church founded by Joseph Smith III: “’ Except you believe, ye shall be damned’ is the first proposition in the church.’ … In art, in science, in every department of life, intelligence is never required to give credence to or act upon any proposition unless it is capable of demonstration, actual demonstration, or it is based upon apparrent (sic) fact, apparent even though their causes and mode be hidden.
The last son of Joseph Smith understood the power of doubt | The Political Surf
Why I Am Not a Christian
A fellow freethinker by the name of John Ransom engaged me to compose a statement of why I am not a Christian. I should summarize my case, he said, simply and clearly so everyone can understand where I'm coming from.
Vatican: Priests Have Been Raping Nuns to Avoid Hookers with HIV | AlterNet
Let us take a moment to recall Pope Benedict's view of what caused the Holocaust:
Vatican: Priests Have Been Raping Nuns to Avoid Hookers with HIV | AlterNet
Let us take a moment to recall Pope Benedict's view of what caused the Holocaust:
Jainism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jainism ( / ˈ dʒ eɪ n ɪ z əm / ; Sanskrit : जैनधर्म - Jainadharma , Tamil : சமணம் - Samaṇam), is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings . Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation .
Military Religious Freedom Foundation | The Constitutional Conscience of the United States Military
MRFF founder Mikey Weinstein participated in [USAFA Dean of Faculty] Born’s deposition, and said he believes that she did not tell the truth when directly asked if she had ever used the term “counter-insurgency” to describe any conduct of students or faculty at the Academy.
For the most part we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs. Our beliefs, like the fashion of our garments, depend on where we were born.
Why I Am an Agnostic (Robert G. Ingersoll)
Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side' - Times Online
London is the global capital for “divorce tourism” with marriage break-ups involving foreign nationals accounting for a sixth of cases before the courts. The legal system is also witnessing a surge in disputes between the international super-rich over business deals, contracts, children and money, leading to worries about the widening gulf in access to justice with British taxpayers who more and more find themselves unable to afford to go to law. Inquiries by The Times have found: • a significant increase in international divorce, now estimated to involve 24,000 of the 150,000 divorces in England and Wales each year; • a dramatic rise in the number of commercial disputes, in which one or both parties were foreign. The percentage rose from 65 per cent in 2008 to 81 per cent in 2011; • a huge rise in cases involving “tug of love” disputes between parents tIf I were to ask you who do you believe is the most discriminated minority group in the United States today, what would your answer be? Okay, to make it simpler, who would you identify as the group most prejudiced against from a list that includes Blacks, Muslims, Jews, Latinos, Gays and Lesbians, or new immigrants?
Are Atheists The Most Discriminated Against Minority? | Rationalists's Blog
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