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Would you kill your own son -- to save others?

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:43:39 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: Would you save your own son if it meant killing others?

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Tags: religion, faith, bible, nick gisburne, atonement, jesus

Another Story of Religious Child Abuse

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:01:23 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: More bone headed tales of misguided cult followers believing muttering pleas to their invisible friend will magically cure disease. Unfortunately, in this case, the recipient of the "prayer treatment" died for no reason. And because of religious brainwashing the 16 year old agreed to this non-treatment. Sad indeed.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Teenager from faith-healing family dies in Oregon

GLADSTONE, Ore. - Authorities say a teenager from a faith-healing family died from an illness that could have been easily treated, just a few months after a toddler cousin of his died in a case that has led to criminal charges.

Tuesday's death of 16-year-old Neil Beagley, however, may not be a crime because Oregon law allows minors 14 and older to decide for themselves whether to accept medical treatment.

Nelson said a catheter would have saved the boy's life. If the condition had been dealt with earlier, a urologist could easily have removed the blockage and avoided the kidney damage that came with the repeated illnesses, Nelson said.

Benton said a board member of the Followers of Christ church contacted the authorities after Beagley died at his family's home. The teen had been sick about a week, and church members and his family had gathered to pray Sunday when his condition worsened, Benton said.

Tags: religion, prayer, cult, science, superstition

Quotations by Abraham Lincoln

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:46:02 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: ""In religion, Mr. Lincoln was about of the same opinion as Bob Ingersoll, and there is no account of his ever having changed. He went to church a few times with his family while he was President, but so far as I have been able to find out, he remained an unbeliever. Mr. Lincoln in his younger days wrote a book, in which he endeavored to prove the fallacy of the plan of salvation and the divinity of Christ."

Clip Source: www.positiveatheism.org

My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer and stronger with advancing years and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.

The only person who is a worse liar than a faith healer is his patient.

It is an established maxim and moral that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false is guilty of falsehood, and the accidental truth of the assertion does not justify or excuse him.

When the Know-Nothings get control, it [the Declaration of Independence] will read: "All men are created equal except negroes, foreigners and Catholics."

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Tags: religion, ab lincoln, christianity, atheism, freethought, freedom

Thomas Jefferson - Establishments of Religion Undermine Rights

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:26:19 GMT

clipped by: deezplace
clipper's remarks: Religion has a lot to answer for.

Clip Source: etext.virginia.edu

"The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and ingrafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against the civil and religious rights of man." --Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah Moor, 1800.

"History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes." --Thomas Jefferson to Alexander von Humboldt, 1813. ME 14:21

"In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own." --Thomas Jefferson to Horatio G. Spafford, 1814. ME 14:119

"The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error." --Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1788. ME 7:98

Tags: religion, rights, liberty, jefferson

God's Plan

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:12:28 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: Miracles and mysterious ways.

Clip Source: www.atheist-community.org

Tags: humor, faith healing, medicine, prayer, religion

Is religion a threat to rationality and science?

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:03:56 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: Daniel Dennett and Lord Winston -- public debate.

Clip Source: richarddawkins.net

Is religion a threat to rationality and science?

Prof Daniel Dennett and Lord Winston present their arguments ahead of tonight's public debate

Yes, says Prof Daniel Dennett

No, says Lord Winston

If religion isn't the greatest threat to rationality and scientific progress, what is? Perhaps alcohol, or television, or addictive video games.

People are revered for their capacity to live in a dream world, to shield their minds from factual knowledge and make the major decisions of their lives by consulting voices in their heads that they call forth by rituals designed to intoxicate them.

"You cannot lose by professing belief in God - if He does not exist you lose nothing, and if He does exist, you will be rewarded in the afterlife." Dennett argues that it is better to live as if there is no God, attempting to make the world a rational and better place.

The debate on religion versus science will take place tonight at the British Council.

Tags: bible, christian, church, faith, religion, daniel dennett, lord winston

Why True Christians Shouldn't Care About the Environment

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:02:12 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: Accepting the Bible without excuses for what it says. They are not hypocrites; they are not liars. They believe it's true, and takes it at its word.

Clip Source: www.landoverbaptist.org

Anyone who has read the Bible and believes every word will agree that worrying about our environment and trying to conserve energy (among other things) is an act of defiance against the Living God. Friends, the Lord will take care of everything. God made the Earth and the Heavens and if He wants to destroy it all, He will! In fact, one of the things that makes folks True Christians™ in the first place is that we are PRAYING for the destruction of this planet. You see, God actually wants us to use up all the resources, because when everything is gone, it will signal the return of sweet Jesus to come kill all the Muslims, Catholics, Mormons, Hindus and Tree-Hugger-know-it-alls.

The sissy Christians who pick and choose whatever Bible verse they like to fit their latest agenda will burn in Hell and give off just as pleasing a scent to the nostrils of the Lord as any hell bound, America hating Muslim will.

Why True Christians Shouldn't Care About the Environment

Tags: church, bible, christian, faith, religion, environment

Child Homicide: When Prayer Fails

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:32:54 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: Podcast with Shawn Peters, author of "When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children and the Law"

Also, Susan Jacoby, author of "The Age of American Unreason".

And a host of others. Visit FFRF podcast page to find some very interesting people on freethought topics.

Clip Source: www.ffrf.org

April 5, 2008 - When Prayer Fails: Child Homicide via Prayer: The unnecessary, tragic deaths of two children last month whose respective parents let them die of preventable diseases in the name of faith will be discussed with Shawn Francis Peters, author of When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children and the Law. Dan Barker's "Pagan Pulpit" exposes the biblical admonitions to rely on faith to heal. Also featured: clips from "Fitna," the controversial Internet movie about Islam by Dutch parliament member Geert Wilders, an update on a Congressional probe of prosperity preachers, and a recording of Tom Lehrer, born April 8, singing his classic "Vatican Rag."

March 29, 2008 - Guest: Author Susan Jacoby: Journalist and freethinker Susan Jacoby, author of the new book, The Age of American Unreason, who also wrote Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, is interviewed on this weekend's show.

Tags: faith, bible, christian, christianity, faith healing, prayer, pseudoscience, religion, child homicide

Diabetic girl dies as parents pray

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:04:45 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: "She said her family believed in the Bible and that healing came from God. But she insisted that they were not "crazy religious people"

"Even after her death, her parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, who did not belong to any organised faith, prayed over her body in the hope that she might be resurrected."

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Diabetic girl dies as parents pray instead of calling for medical aid

An 11-year-old girl died from diabetes after her parents prayed for her recovery rather than calling for medical assistance.

Madeline Neumann died on Sunday in Wisconsin, from an undiagnosed but treatable ailment.

Dan Vergin, the local police chief, said she had been ill for a month, suffering symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, loss of appetite and weakness.

"She just got sicker and sicker until she was dead," he said.

Police are now preparing a report for prosecutors. However, legal action against the parents may be prevented by a Wisconsin state statute against failing to act to protect children from bodily harm.

The statute contains an exemption for what it refers to as "treatment through prayer". Mrs Neumann, whose husband is a former policeman, said they had never expected her daughter to die. She suffered from diabetic ketoacidosis, which left her with too little insulin.

Tags: faith, faith healing, prayer, bible, christianity, christian, religion

Zeitgeist, The Movie [Final Version is now Ready]

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:56:01 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: A movie that explains the roots and basis for religious control (Christian and Pagan); economic control, and media control of the masses. How it all works and operates. And how you've been fooled.

Clip Source: video.google.com

Zeitgeist, The Movie | Final Edition [ ENG...

Tags: mind control, banking, bible, capitalism, christian, christianity, economics, faith, globallization, religion

Chaldean archbishop seized

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:08:40 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: What could possibly be the reason for kidnapping this fellow and killing his aides? Are religious differences the cancer of the human race? Did god tell them to do this?

Did the archbishop's prayers not reach god? Was god listening at all?

What would have been the result if there was no god?

Why do we let this virus infect the human mind?

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Iraqi Chaldean archbishop seized

Gunmen have kidnapped the archbishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and killed three of his aides, his church says.

Most of Iraq's estimated 700,000 Christians are Chaldeans - Catholics who are autonomous from Rome but recognise the Pope's authority.

Many have been targeted since the 2004 invasion by Sunni extremists groups.

In January, bombs exploded outside three Chaldean and Assyrian churches in Mosul. Several Christian priests have also been kidnapped or killed during the past five years.

Archbishop Rahho had just left the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mosul, where he had been leading afternoon prayers, when his car was ambushed by armed men, a church spokesman said.

The gunmen opened fire on the car, killing his two companions and driver, before kidnapping the archbishop, he added.

"It's a terrible time for our church - pray for us," he added.

Tags: faith, religion

Hook, line and rapture -- too funny!

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:46:40 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: This one had me buckled over, especially when god gave him the non-fiction version of the bible!

I completely lost it.

Clip Source: youtube.com

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Hook, line and rapture

Tags: pat condell, rapture, bible, christian, christianity, faith, religion

The Religion of the New World Order

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:12:10 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: "...it has now become obvious that the desired world political unity will never be achieved without bringing an end to religious conflict. This is why New Age global planners have quietly given birth to the United Religions Organization. They believe that the future of our world depends on all of us becoming tolerant and respectful of each other's beliefs."

"Interfaith Christian? There is no such thing. Add this term to your list of oxymorons."

Clip Source: members.toast.net

The Religion of the New World Order
Interfaithism

Pope John Paul II
Embrases the Quran and kisses it

Revelation 13 describes a time when the people of the world will find a common form of worship.

While the Interfaith movement appears on the surface to be harmless enough, in reality this is the beginning of the end. Ultimately, we will be forced to make a decision between Jesus and Satan. We will choose between our exclusive claim on Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior vs. a watered-down anti-biblical document. We will be asked to accept that spiritual truths can be found in all of the world's religions and that there is more than one path to heaven. A Bible-believing Christian cannot agree to this.

They believe that the future of our world depends on all of us becoming tolerant and respectful of each other's beliefs.

Tags: new world order, faith, interfaith, bible, christian, christianity, globallization, religion

Non Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:34:56 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: ''Toeing the party line for the church is not my job; telling the truth is my job. I don't fear saying that certain Republican policies are painful for God to endure.''

Clip Source: www.happynews.com

Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Donald Miller still loves God and Jesus. Don't misunderstand him.

His problem is with Christianity, at least how it's often practiced.

For him, the word conjured up conservative politics, suburban consumerism and an ''insensitivity to people who aren't like us.''

Supporters say Donald Miller's authentic, graceful approach to God has finally given a voice to their brand of Christianity.

Christians longing to connect to God without ties to the religious right

Christians tired of the ''life is perfect'' mantra

the conservative religious network was many people's baseline for Christianity.

''These people are absurd. I've been a Christian all my life and I don't even know Christians this weird,''

''Unchristian.''

was this underlying hostility for homosexuals and Democrats and, well, hippie types.

your Christian faith doesn't have to look exactly like everybody's else's

God isn't a Republican.

Tags: taking, back, christianity, from, the, weirdos

New Testament - on Women's rights

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:53:18 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: So many translations; so many interpretations; but sometimes they all say essentially the same thing... women are second class citizens... thus saith the Lord.

Is the word of god "subject to" the culture of the times? Or do we change the interpretation of god's word to fit our sensibilities at the time?

Perhaps we create god's word as we go. Certainly our interpretation does.

Clip Source: bible.cc

<< 1 Corinthians 14:34 >>

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
the women must keep silent. They don't have the right to speak. They must take their place as Moses' Teachings say.

King James Bible
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.

(15) Women are commanded to be silent in public assemblies, and they are commanded to ask of their husbands at home.

1 Corinthians 11:5 But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.

Young's Literal Translation
Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

Bible in Basic English
Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.

Tags: bible, christian, christianity, dominionism, faith, freedom, morality, religion