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HBO's Questioning Darwin: Creationists Go Full Retard. Pope Francis Calls Christian Fundamentalism As 'Not Healthy' Prepare to hear more howling from conservative critics of the Holy Father. Pope Francis has called out Christian fundamentalism for being ‘not healthy.’ Photo of Pope Francis from Agencia Brasil, a public news agency, via Wikimedia Commons. Pope Francis attacked Christian fundamentalism as “not healthy.” On Friday, La Civiltà Cattolica published remarks that Pope Francis made in November during a meeting with the leaders of men’s religious orders. The pontiff once again blasted those who stick to extreme ideology and attacked fundamentalism for being blind to reality. “It is not a good strategy to be at the center of a sphere,” the Pope stated. Ah, thinking. Pope Francis referred to a letter written by Father Pedro Arrupe in which he spoke of poverty and how “some time of real contact with the poor is necessary.”

In short, if we don’t do this, we risk becoming heartless conservatives who believe in hating everything and everyone instead of being more like Jesus. 10 POLITICAL Things You Can't Do While Following Jesus. A spark of understanding. My first encounter with Unitarianism.By Bernadette Siegel Fall 2009 In late December 1945, my husband Arthur and I were living in San Francisco where he was a doctor stationed with the Coast Guard. We had been married the previous August. The previous December he had been in the South Pacific on an attack transport from which he wrote many letters telling about the heartbreak of treating all the wounded.

So we were looking forward to our first New Years as a married couple. But the Coast Guard needed a doctor on weather tender, and Arthur was scheduled to ship out on December 31. Her name was Mariel Hoffman, and I immediately liked her for her warmth, intelligence, and naturalness. I don’t remember the name of the film, but I do remember the newsreel.

I was quite taken aback and wondered what in the world could have affected her so much. In all my twenty-two years, no one had ever said anything remotely like that to me. Twelve years later I joined a Unitarian church. Dan Barker Speaks and Sings at Rock Beyond Belief. Whichcom.pdf (application/pdf Object) Nagging in Marriage Is More Common Than Adultery But Can Also Lead to Divorce. Ken Mac Dougall bit into the sandwich his wife had packed him for lunch and noticed something odd—a Post-it note tucked between the ham and the cheese. He pulled it out of his mouth, smoothed the crinkles and read what his wife had written: "Be in aisle 10 of Home Depot tonight at 6 p.m. " Mr. Mac Dougall was renovating the couple's Oak Ridge, N.J., kitchen, and his wife had been urging him to pick out the floor tiles.

He felt he had plenty of time to do this task. She felt unheard. "I thought the note was an ingenious and hysterical way to get his attention," says his wife, Janet Pfeiffer (whose occupation, interestingly enough, is a motivational speaker), recalling the incident which occurred several years ago.

Her husband, a technician at a company that modifies vehicles for handicapped drivers, didn't really see it that way. Quotes About Atheism (323 quotes) - StumbleUpon. “Stood in firelight, sweltering. Bloodstain on chest like map of violent new continent. Felt cleansed. Felt dark planet turn under my feet and knew what cats know that makes them scream like babies in night. Looked at sky through smoke heavy with human fat and God was not there.

The cold, suffocating dark goes on forever and we are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. Existence is random. Was Rorschach. Does that answer your Questions, Doctor?” I Am An Atheist: 16 Things Atheists Need Christians to Know.