Few would argue the fact that Citizens United has been a major player in the Republican primary...and many if not most would concede that none of it has been healthy ...
As if you needed another reason to not vote Romney.
Celebrity business magnate Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, telling reporters he will not mount an independent campaign if ...
In a perfect world, the Republican contest to find a nominee to face Barack Obama would go on forever...or at least until August. You cannot attach a number to the ...
I suspect there are a ton of conservatives secretly agreeing with Begala and while it's too early in the game for Dems to get cocky, it's difficult to not smile ...
Quotes don't get much better than this one by Bob Dole.
"Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?" asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly ...
After the beating Gingrich took last night, it's hard to imagine under what scenario he can make a comeback. Florida is going to Romney and for Gingrich to regain the ...
There's a lot out there on the President's SOTU, so I'll keep my thoughts short and sweet.
The speech did what it had to do which was target liberals and independents ...
The highlights from last night's debate.
- Newt Gingrich can't wait to become president so he can revisit the early 60s and overthrow Castro in Cuba. War, baby, war.
- Santorum, who ...
It appears that the South Carolina verdict is forcing Romney to start taking Gingrich seriously.
“We’re not choosing a talk show host, we’re choosing a leader,” Romney said, saying that their ...
Mike Huckabee offers advice to Mitt Romney concerning his unreleased tax returns.
Let him [Romney] make this challenge: "I'll release my tax returns when Barack Obama releases his college transcripts and ...
Via Political Humor...
"Mitt Romney is coming under fire because even though he is a multimillionaire, he only paid 15 percent in taxes. That's not a tax, that's barely a tip." ...
Good line.
My guess is that after Romney fails to beat Obama in the general, Huntsman will be back in 2016. The most electable guy in the field and he could ...
I found this pretty funny...and accurate. It comes from a reader over at Balloon Juice.
So, let’s review. The contenders for the GOP nomination are
A vulture capitalist who believes that any ...
Lively little debate going on at one of last week's posts with Libertarianism put under the microscope.
ocLiberal:
I know I am in sketchy territory here, (start the indignant shouting now) but ...
In the contest to determine the winner of the Far-Right Politics gold medal, rack up a few more points for Newt Gingrich.
“I think an intelligent conservative wants the right federal ...
Via Political Humor...
"Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary last night. See, this is proof that even the multimillionaire son of a multimillionaire can beat the odds ...
Story 1:
North Korea punishing those who 'didn't display enough sadness over Kim Jong Il's death'
North Korean authorities are reportedly punishing citizens who did not display enough sadness over the death ...
In case you missed the story, Pope Benedict made headlines this week by doing what it is popes do best - putting the irrational fear of God into his followers.
The ...
Romney was asked whether questions dealing with distribution of wealth and power were a matter of jealousy or fairness.
You know, I think it’s about envy. I think it’s about class ...
Every word out of O’Reilly’s mouth in this segment can be considered an idiot quote. .
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What a moron. According to this clown, atheists are jealous of Christians because the latter celebrate Christmas and apparently atheists don’t. We’re to believe, I presume, that on Christmas morning, O’Reilly is thanking the baby Jesus for the loofa or “felafel thing” that Santa left in his sock.
All that the ad on the bus was saying was that for those who do not believe in a god, they don’t need one to be good. Sounds like a positive message for atheists. Loofa boy thinks differently.
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Gretchen. The most sacred time for Christians is Easter.
If anything, I think the ads would be a little offensive to Atheists. They don’t need to be told to be good and they don’t need to be seduced into it by the promise of eternal life or frightened into it by the threat of eternal Hell.
It’s just another example of retailers playing all angles and exploiting any tact they might have to sell stuff. Because God knows, we don’t have enough stuff already.
Today I was staring at the Xmas tree and at the manger that I put under it. It made me think of the writings in the Bible. Here we have a man, so they write, of humble upbringings and highly spiritual. A prophet he was, so they write. Theologians were the only ones recording history in the time of Jesus. That made the documentation bias and someone distorted by those men that carefully redacted the story. They weaved a fabric of many stories and the purpose above it all was to show the divinity of Christ. If the stories are true, this man was one of immense spiritual advancement for his times.
There were many redactions written by women that were never published in the Bible. I don’t know much about it, but know it to be true. I wonder how Christ was depicted by them. I wonder if it was more honest and less divine. I don’t know. I am just wondering of the writings and their accuracy. Researched but could not find what I was searching.
Regardless of this, I also believe that the teachings of Christ in their core are exceptional and ones to be considered in our daily lives.
Wonder, if Christ was so spiritual, how he would feel about the lack of love amongst humans. How would he feel about the lack of respect that is becoming an acceptable behavior? Especially in the web were everyone has a say and many are angry? Yes there is something called freedom of speech, but your rights stop where mine start. Therefore this lack of respect just feeds additional anger and disrespect into what is what we call the “web.” I guess the word is appropriate. Dissemination of information with total lack of regard for the person reading it. Personal attacks constantly flock the wires in blogs. It is sad. And I know that Jesus would be turning in his grave.
Come on man!!! You can’t possibly be serious? Are you so vested in your unnatural hatred of everything about the big, bad, scary old F-O-X that you can’t see his remarks were tongue in cheek? He’s simply poking fun at you guys.
But I will give him this. I would echo his simple question, “Why?” Why is something like this even necessary, and why at this particular time of the year? Although I agree with the sentiment, why is it necessary to kinda go on the attack against “God” at Christmas?
It just all seems so useless. This is one of those where I would see the sign, and just grin and shake my head at how utterly STUPID it is.
But can anyone tell me what is it with Carlson’s eyes? She reminds me of that cross eyed lady that used to be on CNN, I think. I can’t remember her name but she was bad. She could look directly into two different cameras at the same time.
ME, I’m curious why you put a creche under your Christmas tree if you’re not a Christian. Is it for the family?
I’ve read the Gospel of Mary Magdalene (fragmentary). I believe it didn’t make the official Canon because it demonstrated that she had a greater understanding than the male disciples did of what Jesus was talking about regarding his philosophy and the events to come. The Catholic Church instead, decided to cast Mary Magdalene as a prostitute. If she was one, it was not mentioned in Mark, which is the closest narrative to the source gospel Q.
All of the common accounts in the four gospels occur in Mark. Narratives that are not common to Mark tend to be peculiar to the gospel in which the account occurs. There are stories of the Nativity in both Matthew and Luke, but they have been merged through the years.
Matthew tells that he is born in Bethlehem, but does not mention a census or shepherds. He does mention the Magi, which Luke does not, and Matthew gives an account of the slaying of the innocents by Herod and subsequent flight to Egypt. Luke tells of the journey to Bethlehem, the birth in a stable, the angels and shepherds, but no Magi, no infanticide and no flight to Egypt.
It is widely held by many theologians, that the Nativity story is fictional, and was fabricated to lend legitimacy to Jesus as the Messiah by incorporating scriptural prophesies into his birth story. That in no way means that Jesus never existed. He was a Pharisaic rabbi, and it was from their philosophy that his teachings originated. Here is a link that explains the different factions that existed in Jesus’ time and how they differed: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/sadducees_pharisees_essenes.html
I THINK JUST LIKE BILL THESE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO THEIR OPINIONS.ITS LIKE IN SCHOOL WHEN THEY SEND A LETTER HOME SAYING YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT THE HOLIDAYS BUT THERE WILL BE NO RELIGIOUS ASPECTS TAUGHT AND I THINK HOW IN GODS NAME CAN YOU LEARN ABOUT THESE THINGS WITHOUT MENTIONING THE WORDS GOD AND JESUS,ITS JUST NOT ABOUT SANTA AND THE EASTER BUNNY.I HAVE A FEW FRIENDS THAT DOT BELEIVE IN GOD WE RESPECT EACH OTHERS OPINIONS AND JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.BUT HERES SOMETHING ELSE THAT UPSET ME EARLY IN LIFE.WE WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL,MOST OF THE SISTERS WHO RAN THE SCHOOL WERE VERY NICE,BUT THERE WERE A FEW WHO WERE MEAN AND LIKED TO SCARE YOU AND PUT FEAR INTO YOU,THEY WOULD TELL US THAT IF WE DIDNT GO TO MASS AND CONFESSION EVERY WEEK OUR SOULS WOULD HAVE A BLACK MARK ON THEM SAINT PETER WOULD NOT LET US INTO HEAVEN AND WE WOULD GO TO HELL AND BURN IN SIN WITH LUCIFER.NICE HUH? SO I THNK NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO FORCE THEIR VEIWS AND OPINIONS ON YOU ,AND YES THE SISTER DID UPSET ME VERY MUCH,WE TOLD OUR PARENTS WE WERE GOING TO BURN IN HELL ,IT TURNS OUT THEY TRANSFERRD THE SISTER BECAUSE OF HER HARS VEIWS ON RELIGION,THEY SENT HER OFF TO ANOTHER SCHOOL TO SCARE MORE CHILDREN,ISNT THAT WHAT THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL USUALLY DOES JUST SEND THEM SOMEPLACE ELSE WHEN THEY”RE A PROBLEM?
Gretchen. The most sacred time for Christians is Easter.
If anything, I think the ads would be a little offensive to Atheists. They don’t need to be told to be good and they don’t need to be seduced into it by the promise of eternal life or frightened into it by the threat of eternal Hell.
It’s just another example of retailers playing all angles and exploiting any tact they might have to sell stuff. Because God knows, we don’t have enough stuff already.
Bad s**t
Today I was staring at the Xmas tree and at the manger that I put under it. It made me think of the writings in the Bible. Here we have a man, so they write, of humble upbringings and highly spiritual. A prophet he was, so they write. Theologians were the only ones recording history in the time of Jesus. That made the documentation bias and someone distorted by those men that carefully redacted the story. They weaved a fabric of many stories and the purpose above it all was to show the divinity of Christ. If the stories are true, this man was one of immense spiritual advancement for his times.
There were many redactions written by women that were never published in the Bible. I don’t know much about it, but know it to be true. I wonder how Christ was depicted by them. I wonder if it was more honest and less divine. I don’t know. I am just wondering of the writings and their accuracy. Researched but could not find what I was searching.
Regardless of this, I also believe that the teachings of Christ in their core are exceptional and ones to be considered in our daily lives.
Wonder, if Christ was so spiritual, how he would feel about the lack of love amongst humans. How would he feel about the lack of respect that is becoming an acceptable behavior? Especially in the web were everyone has a say and many are angry? Yes there is something called freedom of speech, but your rights stop where mine start. Therefore this lack of respect just feeds additional anger and disrespect into what is what we call the “web.” I guess the word is appropriate. Dissemination of information with total lack of regard for the person reading it. Personal attacks constantly flock the wires in blogs. It is sad. And I know that Jesus would be turning in his grave.
And I am not a Christian, but was raised as one.
Come on man!!! You can’t possibly be serious? Are you so vested in your unnatural hatred of everything about the big, bad, scary old F-O-X that you can’t see his remarks were tongue in cheek? He’s simply poking fun at you guys.
But I will give him this. I would echo his simple question, “Why?” Why is something like this even necessary, and why at this particular time of the year? Although I agree with the sentiment, why is it necessary to kinda go on the attack against “God” at Christmas?
It just all seems so useless. This is one of those where I would see the sign, and just grin and shake my head at how utterly STUPID it is.
But can anyone tell me what is it with Carlson’s eyes? She reminds me of that cross eyed lady that used to be on CNN, I think. I can’t remember her name but she was bad. She could look directly into two different cameras at the same time.
ME, very nice words.
ME, I’m curious why you put a creche under your Christmas tree if you’re not a Christian. Is it for the family?
I’ve read the Gospel of Mary Magdalene (fragmentary). I believe it didn’t make the official Canon because it demonstrated that she had a greater understanding than the male disciples did of what Jesus was talking about regarding his philosophy and the events to come. The Catholic Church instead, decided to cast Mary Magdalene as a prostitute. If she was one, it was not mentioned in Mark, which is the closest narrative to the source gospel Q.
All of the common accounts in the four gospels occur in Mark. Narratives that are not common to Mark tend to be peculiar to the gospel in which the account occurs. There are stories of the Nativity in both Matthew and Luke, but they have been merged through the years.
Matthew tells that he is born in Bethlehem, but does not mention a census or shepherds. He does mention the Magi, which Luke does not, and Matthew gives an account of the slaying of the innocents by Herod and subsequent flight to Egypt. Luke tells of the journey to Bethlehem, the birth in a stable, the angels and shepherds, but no Magi, no infanticide and no flight to Egypt.
It is widely held by many theologians, that the Nativity story is fictional, and was fabricated to lend legitimacy to Jesus as the Messiah by incorporating scriptural prophesies into his birth story. That in no way means that Jesus never existed. He was a Pharisaic rabbi, and it was from their philosophy that his teachings originated. Here is a link that explains the different factions that existed in Jesus’ time and how they differed:
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/sadducees_pharisees_essenes.html
I THINK JUST LIKE BILL THESE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO THEIR OPINIONS.ITS LIKE IN SCHOOL WHEN THEY SEND A LETTER HOME SAYING YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT THE HOLIDAYS BUT THERE WILL BE NO RELIGIOUS ASPECTS TAUGHT AND I THINK HOW IN GODS NAME CAN YOU LEARN ABOUT THESE THINGS WITHOUT MENTIONING THE WORDS GOD AND JESUS,ITS JUST NOT ABOUT SANTA AND THE EASTER BUNNY.I HAVE A FEW FRIENDS THAT DOT BELEIVE IN GOD WE RESPECT EACH OTHERS OPINIONS AND JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.BUT HERES SOMETHING ELSE THAT UPSET ME EARLY IN LIFE.WE WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL,MOST OF THE SISTERS WHO RAN THE SCHOOL WERE VERY NICE,BUT THERE WERE A FEW WHO WERE MEAN AND LIKED TO SCARE YOU AND PUT FEAR INTO YOU,THEY WOULD TELL US THAT IF WE DIDNT GO TO MASS AND CONFESSION EVERY WEEK OUR SOULS WOULD HAVE A BLACK MARK ON THEM SAINT PETER WOULD NOT LET US INTO HEAVEN AND WE WOULD GO TO HELL AND BURN IN SIN WITH LUCIFER.NICE HUH? SO I THNK NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO FORCE THEIR VEIWS AND OPINIONS ON YOU ,AND YES THE SISTER DID UPSET ME VERY MUCH,WE TOLD OUR PARENTS WE WERE GOING TO BURN IN HELL ,IT TURNS OUT THEY TRANSFERRD THE SISTER BECAUSE OF HER HARS VEIWS ON RELIGION,THEY SENT HER OFF TO ANOTHER SCHOOL TO SCARE MORE CHILDREN,ISNT THAT WHAT THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL USUALLY DOES JUST SEND THEM SOMEPLACE ELSE WHEN THEY”RE A PROBLEM?