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Owned by Unordained - Created on 07/07/2003 - Last edited on 11/01/2005  03/13/11 :: Message :: Marriage and Equal Rights 05/23/09 :: Article :: Three Million Dollars :: Entertainment to bait...I mean, convert... the masses.03/30/09 :: Article :: The Abortion Debate Is Stupid. :: It seriously is.03/15/09 :: Article :: God's Will :: My Take on how "God's Will" is used by christians09/23/08 :: Reference :: (link) :: Maslow's hierarchy of needs10/06/07 :: Reference :: (link) :: L0rdZ pR4y3r10/06/07 :: Reference :: (link) :: Are There Demonstrable Effects of Distant Intercessory Prayer? A Meta-Analytic Review09/29/07 :: Reference :: (link) :: Millet system of law09/08/07 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellIf a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. 09/04/07 :: Reference :: (link) :: The God Fuse06/10/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: MonkeySphere05/28/06 :: Quote :: George Bernard ShawThe fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. 05/12/06 :: Quote :: AristotleA tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. 01/12/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: Butt Seks for Jesus 11/06/05 :: Article :: Why should christians be surprised? :: 11/01/05 :: Folder :: Concepts10/18/05 :: Article :: Stub - Evolution &c :: 08/01/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonShake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
07/23/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: The Power of Nightmares07/21/05 :: Article :: New notes on marriage [Scratchbook] :: Have you read the fine print?06/16/05 :: Article :: Christians & Hypocrisy - FAQ :: Abstraction of hypocrisy, application to Christianity, distinct lack of resolution, and some bits about something else04/02/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: The War Prayer02/26/05 :: Article :: On teaching evolution in public schools ::  11/01/04 :: Quote :: ensisHere's a random wondering I had a moment ago. I think it proves true but it may need some work.
The difference between a fool and an atheist is that a fool scoffs at things he doesn't know he doesn't understand, and an atheist scoffs at things he knows he doesn't understand.
:) I'll work on it. 08/01/04 :: Article :: Don't ignore differences! :: The Vatican reminds us that women are different from men, hurray!07/01/04 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonThe legitimate powers of government extend to such acts as are only injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. 06/11/04 :: Article :: The sky is about to fall on our heads! :: ... or wondering why some people are obsessed with getting to the end of the world.05/07/04 :: Article :: Beware the demonizers :: How to spot crap on sight05/02/04 :: Article :: South Park and The Passion :: Thoughts on the movie's impact04/13/04 :: Article :: Justice, law, morality, ethics :: What would you like?04/08/04 :: Article :: Fighting fire with fire :: Dealing with terrorism when you aren't sure it's wrong04/08/04 :: Article :: Consent & Ethics :: Yes, I'm telling you not to tell me what to do. Got a problem with that?04/07/04 :: Article :: Moral Authority? :: 03/04/04 :: File :: Redux :: Quick-time video03/03/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Arguments for the Existence of God and their Refutation03/02/04 :: Image :: First Law of Thermodynamics :: 03/02/04 :: Article :: Anti-discrimination and the Church :: Should you be worried about gay marriage because your church doesn't want to officiate such things?02/12/04 :: Article :: Boobygate :: New and improved! Now easier to skim and ignore!!02/12/04 :: Quote :: CS Lewis: "The Weight of Glory""To be ignorant and simple now--not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground--would be to throw down our weapons and betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God, no defense but us against the intellectual attacks of the heathen. Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered."  02/06/04 :: Article :: Some Points to Ponder for the Ecclesiologically Perplexed :: How's the church doing?01/21/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Anti-Semitism: A Practical Manual01/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Text of the Dead Sea Scrolls01/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: How can you consider yourselves Christians when you are also gay?01/18/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Free Will vs. Predestination in Islam 01/16/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: The Weekly Standard - Marriage Defeatists01/03/04 :: Article :: Blood type :: A well-meaning preacher sticks his foot in his mouth ...12/18/03 :: Article :: Marriage answers from Ransom :: My answers to Unordained's questions on marriage12/17/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Legal Information Institute - Marriage: an overview 12/17/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: The Christian Research Institute - Rape, Marriage, and the Significance of Sex: Why Traditional Values Matter12/17/03 :: Article :: The three who didn't pray :: Four guys come out of a bar ...12/17/03 :: Article :: Marriage answers from Ensis. :: longwinded answers to questions posed by Unordained12/01/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Ban the Bible, A Persuasive Speech12/01/03 :: Quote :: Abraham Lincoln
We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness o [...] 11/26/03 :: Article :: Same God? :: Christianity ... Islam ... Judaism ... Are they all just worshiping the same God?11/26/03 :: Article :: Which god? :: Is my god better than yours? It is even a different god?11/23/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Praying Doesn't Help11/21/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Focus on the Family's review of Bruce Almighty11/21/03 :: Article :: Knight to Cell block C3. :: Crack is the incorrect way to kill a fetus11/09/03 :: Article :: Horseshoes and Handgrenades :: "Close enough" to what?10/19/03 :: Quote :: Winston ChurchillI am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the
great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. 10/03/03 :: Quote :: Woody AllenTo you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the loyal opposition. 09/28/03 :: Article :: Black Box Theology 1.2 :: Don't read it and it won't hurt you.09/04/03 :: Quote :: Arthur C. ClarkeYou can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Terry PratchettGod does not play dice with the universe. He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Edna St. Vincent MillayUpon this gifted age, in its dark hour,
Rains from the sky a meteoric shower
Of facts . . . they lie unquestioned, uncombined.
Wisdom enough to leech us of our ill
Is daily spun; but there exists no loom
To weave it into fabric. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Thomas ReidWe laugh at the Indian philosopher, who to account for the support
of the earth, contrived the hypothesis of a huge elephant, and to support
the elephant, a huge tortoise. If we will candidly confess the truth, we
know as little of the operation of the nerves, as he did of the manner in
which the earth is supported: and our hypothesis about animal spirits, or
about the tension and vibrations [...] 08/13/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Queer 'Aye' for Marriage07/28/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Outrageous Christianity 07/06/03 :: Article :: It's not my fault! :: ......*grumble*.....07/03/03 :: Article :: A God by any other name...(V1.2)?? :: Some differences are more important than others06/12/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Focus on the Family |
