tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post2015432343191736949..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: A Few Thoughts on ReligionJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-66911914226316364712017-04-23T20:29:05.249-05:002017-04-23T20:29:05.249-05:00I don't like that itchy raft either.I don't like that itchy raft either.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432655336850088680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-75775094638742747882017-04-21T18:36:17.631-05:002017-04-21T18:36:17.631-05:00Religion is a Choice. When a person uses Religion ...Religion is a Choice. When a person uses Religion properly without forcing their own beliefs onto others -- it can be used as a spoon to scoop up food for thought and share knowledge~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-48012727503223655202017-04-20T17:48:55.651-05:002017-04-20T17:48:55.651-05:00Except that in today's world, it DOES the form...Except that in today's world, it DOES the former, and threatens the latter...<br /><br />How is that, you say?<br /><br />Churches don't pay many taxes, including those that support police and rescue forces. So non-believers of their faiths pick up their bill. Pocket picked.<br /><br />And with some of the fundies I've seen, if they could get away with breaking a non-believers leg, they'd do it in a split second. As it is, they "offer" eternal torture to them.talontshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529847632826061298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-317298853426074482017-04-20T17:24:04.684-05:002017-04-20T17:24:04.684-05:00Just remember, "traditional marriage" di...Just remember, "traditional marriage" didn't exist before the bible created it.<br /><br />All those people getting "married" 6000+ years ago? Nope, doesn't count (then again, they couldn't have existed 6000+ years ago. Or something.)<br /><br />It seems that's the ridiculousness that some people think everyone else should believe too.talontshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529847632826061298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-82491964625607278472015-02-28T08:13:32.919-06:002015-02-28T08:13:32.919-06:00Well written and expresses my own view on it so ve...Well written and expresses my own view on it so very perfectly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-24738585784213673162015-02-22T00:55:29.937-06:002015-02-22T00:55:29.937-06:00This above all is what I like about you, Jim. Alw...This above all is what I like about you, Jim. Always willing to accept critique and always trying to improve your message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-39060302909264228002015-02-21T21:51:03.655-06:002015-02-21T21:51:03.655-06:00I love seeing many of these words come from someon...I love seeing many of these words come from someone else. I am glad I have had the pleasure of reading this entry!!!!Joe McGillhttps://www.facebook.com/joe.mcgill.14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-35593510133303827502015-02-20T16:51:12.559-06:002015-02-20T16:51:12.559-06:00Quite eloquently put!Quite eloquently put!ladyblughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00585823633211190187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-36657446909739619862015-02-20T13:41:22.731-06:002015-02-20T13:41:22.731-06:00My faith demands much of me. It asks nothing of yo...My faith demands much of me. It asks nothing of you.Steven Chabahttps://www.facebook.com/steven.chaba.9noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-83931062790670318472015-02-20T13:13:52.077-06:002015-02-20T13:13:52.077-06:00My husband uses the phrase 'slamming your di...My husband uses the phrase 'slamming your dick on the Bible.' I find in my email this morning I'm being 'followed' on Disqus by Soldiers Sanctuary Lightfighters and their God, Guns, and Guts forum. Should I be concerned, Jim?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-66984149328274864372015-02-20T12:09:48.456-06:002015-02-20T12:09:48.456-06:00Well said, Jim. Well said!Well said, Jim. Well said!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597574344440624620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-61470064348991411072015-02-20T12:09:18.244-06:002015-02-20T12:09:18.244-06:00Well said, Jim. well said!Well said, Jim. well said!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597574344440624620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-12111517321376123352015-02-20T11:21:22.177-06:002015-02-20T11:21:22.177-06:00Touche'Touche'Stork1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10514557290516554795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-55194064691665632142014-08-21T19:02:28.583-05:002014-08-21T19:02:28.583-05:00Whoa, Jim, baby, bubala, Look, leave me out of thi...Whoa, Jim, baby, bubala, Look, leave me out of this. This is between you humans and those 3 guys over there arguing about who came first, who killed whose son, and how they got that chick to claim she was a virgin when she clearly was well known around the manger, wink wink, nudge nudge.<br /><br />I'm just sitting down here in the deep waiting for the stars to be right, Dreaming.Cthulhunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-66080450285009954172014-08-07T13:55:38.227-05:002014-08-07T13:55:38.227-05:00Many people misuse the term "agnostic".
...Many people misuse the term "agnostic".<br /><br />Gnostic/Agnostic addresses "can it be known?" Theist or Atheist addresses whether a person accepts the proposition that a deity (or deities) exists. <br /><br />If you don't say "yes" when asked "do you accept the existence of diety X?" then you are an atheist in re that particular deity. I don't see the answer "I don't know" as being a yes, agnostic is not some position in the middle ground.<br /><br />A person can be an agnostic theist (I can't know if the deity exists but I accept that it does) just as another person might be a gnostic atheist (I do know the deity doesn't exist and therefore I don't accept that it exists). The same is true for gnostic theists and agnostic atheists. The vast majority of atheists I know fall into the latter camp, as they accept that there is some ever-so-faint chance that a given deity might be lurking somewhere in the universe but in the absence of any evidence to believe it exists there's no reason to not provisionally determine that it doesn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-58788647698797770232014-08-03T12:01:28.849-05:002014-08-03T12:01:28.849-05:00It's okay. That's a syndicated feed from A...It's okay. That's a syndicated feed from AATTP. AATTP has my permission to publish my material. <br /><br /><br />Thanks for looking out for me though, I appreciate it // Jim<br />Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-91339717755335450602014-08-03T11:58:17.429-05:002014-08-03T11:58:17.429-05:00Am I reading your words on http://crooksandliars.c...Am I reading your words on http://crooksandliars.com/2014/08/john-boehners-monster-how-irrational ? I kept looking for quotes or an acknowledgement, but no. Please tell me I am wrong!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-86660290792351539922014-07-31T00:40:52.177-05:002014-07-31T00:40:52.177-05:00"This is a defining criteria with me."
..."This is a defining criteria with me."<br /><br />The most minor of nits in yet another outstanding column: Criterion is the singular of criteria. <br /><br />Anon so far, but a big fan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-58523650389127127562014-07-30T20:17:19.661-05:002014-07-30T20:17:19.661-05:00Valerie DeBenedette
To me the Jesuits were always ...Valerie DeBenedette<br />To me the Jesuits were always the Vatican's shock troops; always the first in to proselytize to the "heathens." This is in no way a knock on them for it is the Jesuits as a group who tend to be worldly, highly educated, and leaders. Most papal nuncios (ambassadors) are jesuit trained: a great many of them are scientists of the first rank. I am thinking of LeMatre here.<br /><br />whitelillyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-28867013487204373232014-07-30T18:22:00.395-05:002014-07-30T18:22:00.395-05:00my thoughts..
religion is for people arfiad of g...my thoughts.. <br /><br />religion is for people arfiad of going to hell, spirituality is for people who have already been there<br /><br />well said Mr Wright, well said <3<br /><br />grim_chicknAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-77012277833081277772014-07-30T11:19:24.484-05:002014-07-30T11:19:24.484-05:00I laughed, StevoR. I know I shouldn't have, bu...I laughed, StevoR. I know I shouldn't have, but I did. Still chuckling. *Blushes*pecooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07808659105665044897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-57789347453445612022014-07-30T03:23:00.677-05:002014-07-30T03:23:00.677-05:00JZ - Of course the root of the problem here is th...JZ - Of course the root of the problem here is the evangelical imperative at the core of the two radical monotheisms that were born out nomad Semetic culture in the Middle East. The older monothesim, ie Judaism, out of which they both sprang was not evangelical at all. You were either of the tribe or excluded from the tribe. But then along come a bunch of pushy radicals who not only want to change the terms, and allow everyone in to the chosen sect, but soon they are out after killing anyone who wasn't keen to convert. A quick way to boost your attendance rates at Sunday Sermon no doubt, but the source of uncountable suffering and evil and misery ever since. <br /><br />"Evangelical Atheism" is not a force for that kind of action, it is clearly a reaction to the unceasing proselytizing, often backed by violence, of Christians and Muslims. I can't see too many atheists getting at all het up about pantheism of any flavor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-61173872006091096212014-07-29T23:43:50.994-05:002014-07-29T23:43:50.994-05:00Ramen!
Jim, you have summed up exactly how this...Ramen! <br /><br />Jim, you have summed up exactly how this agnostic feels too. I don't know if there is a god or not and I have friends on both sides of the religious / atheist divide but I do know I detest what the followers of some religions so hypocritically and hatefully do supposedly in the names of peaceful, forgiving compassionate supernatural deities. <br /><br />BTW. I thought you were going for an old crude joke at the start here : Why is the Bible like a penis? <br /><br />A: They both get shoved down your throat by a priest! StevoRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506855815096149912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-58297605160438831902014-07-29T21:35:15.478-05:002014-07-29T21:35:15.478-05:00Love it! Let the choir say Amen!Love it! Let the choir say Amen!Shahidah58https://www.blogger.com/profile/10718830098577714567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-92024037031357438562014-07-29T21:19:09.714-05:002014-07-29T21:19:09.714-05:00BB - Thanks for your thoughts on language. I'...BB - Thanks for your thoughts on language. I'm not here to delve into the weeds on the definition of religion or the existence (or not) of Santa Clause, Jesus, Mohammed, the Easter Bunny or ice cream. Just saying that regardless of the degree of passion one has about the existence (or not) of "God" it's OK as long as they don't try to involve me - and politics does affect me because the job of politicians is to write the laws of the land and appoint the judges who interpret those laws.<br /><br />Jason - I would love to know how and by whom it was proven in the early 20th century that the all-powerful nature of God as claimed in the Christian Bible doesn't exist, thus giving absolute proof to Atheists that the Christian God doesn't exist. Really - I swear I missed that one in history class.<br /><br />JZinFLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com