This new Pope is quite the politician.
Whenever he seems to get bogged down with the Bible, he rearranges, and
reinterprets it. Catholics are totally confused, and many have decided
to just "do their own thing".
The best story I've seen lately was on 60 Minutes last night about "Nuns on the Bus".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/29/nuns-on-the-bus-kick-off-immigr...
Premium cable television has focused many a show on the segregation produced by religion,as have many authors.Stephen Hawking is the most famous.
http://www.articlesfactory.com/articles/science/the-most-notable-stephen...
I encourage and invite you to come to some JAM(Jacksonville Atheists Meetup) meetings. When the first atheist monument was dedicated in Starke June 29th 2013, the ONLY people that had to be escorted off public property(The Bradford County Courthouse), was a small group of Christians. They were all white,carried rebel flags,and continued to try to disrupt the dedication from across the street by playing loud gospel music.Young white males circulated through the multicultural event trying to pass out pamphlets condemning all non-believers to an eternity with satan.First, you must believe in god to believe in satan.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/monument.to.atheism/33030.htm
Famous Atheists:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-90...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_are_some_famous_atheists
The best story I've seen lately was on 60 Minutes last night about "Nuns on the Bus".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/29/nuns-on-the-bus-kick-off-immigr...
Premium cable television has focused many a show on the segregation produced by religion,as have many authors.Stephen Hawking is the most famous.
http://www.articlesfactory.com/articles/science/the-most-notable-stephen...
I encourage and invite you to come to some JAM(Jacksonville Atheists Meetup) meetings. When the first atheist monument was dedicated in Starke June 29th 2013, the ONLY people that had to be escorted off public property(The Bradford County Courthouse), was a small group of Christians. They were all white,carried rebel flags,and continued to try to disrupt the dedication from across the street by playing loud gospel music.Young white males circulated through the multicultural event trying to pass out pamphlets condemning all non-believers to an eternity with satan.First, you must believe in god to believe in satan.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/monument.to.atheism/33030.htm
Famous Atheists:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-90...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_are_some_famous_atheists
ElMundo: Atheists never proselytize
because they are not a religion. The Christians at the Atheist monument
dedication were all white.White males circulated through the crowds
trying to give out pamphlets.If the violators of our rights had been
green horses,I would have identified them as such.
Jesuit priesthoods formed in 1520.That particular priesthood has remained stagnant,ancient,dogmatic,strict,and unproven in principles.Catechism, catechumen - Catechism comes from Latin catechismus, "instruction by word of mouth," and is literally a series of questions and answers; a catechumen is a young Christian preparing for confirmation. Catechisms differ among the Christian religions. Atheists have extensively studied and many have been a part of religion for many years.The answers to their specific questions have been answered by science, not men posing as gods in Medieval drag. Gay priests?Pedophiles?No women priests?Wars in the name of god?Tell me what is so good about religion?It's a social meeting place with a backdrop of one book written by people,that allowed the killing of a man.Not a group I would ever want to associate.
The biggest draw for religion is people in fear.They are scared of death.Believers want to live in a La-La Land(heaven). It just doesn't happen that way.There is no soul.There is just the moment, and what you do in deed that is good is remembered.Deadbeats and murderers go to the same place as civic leaders and priests.Nobody escapes death.You either rot in the ground and support a booming funeral business, or are cremated and disposed of in an urn,to the wind,sea, or vacuum cleaner bag.It doesn't matter because you are dead.And that's Christianity.
Other religions are far more appealing, if that's your thing.I love to read fiction,but I don't live fiction.
Jesuit priesthoods formed in 1520.That particular priesthood has remained stagnant,ancient,dogmatic,strict,and unproven in principles.Catechism, catechumen - Catechism comes from Latin catechismus, "instruction by word of mouth," and is literally a series of questions and answers; a catechumen is a young Christian preparing for confirmation. Catechisms differ among the Christian religions. Atheists have extensively studied and many have been a part of religion for many years.The answers to their specific questions have been answered by science, not men posing as gods in Medieval drag. Gay priests?Pedophiles?No women priests?Wars in the name of god?Tell me what is so good about religion?It's a social meeting place with a backdrop of one book written by people,that allowed the killing of a man.Not a group I would ever want to associate.
The biggest draw for religion is people in fear.They are scared of death.Believers want to live in a La-La Land(heaven). It just doesn't happen that way.There is no soul.There is just the moment, and what you do in deed that is good is remembered.Deadbeats and murderers go to the same place as civic leaders and priests.Nobody escapes death.You either rot in the ground and support a booming funeral business, or are cremated and disposed of in an urn,to the wind,sea, or vacuum cleaner bag.It doesn't matter because you are dead.And that's Christianity.
Other religions are far more appealing, if that's your thing.I love to read fiction,but I don't live fiction.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/-Don-Redman-Must-Go-Facebook-group-aims-to-...
A major problem with qualifying for the CC, is that you do not have to be educated. Redman,like the Council member before him for District 4,Suzanne Jenkins,doesn't have an education past High School. He relies on the support from the Baptist Church,just as Suzanne. Personally,I like Suzanne,but she is no leader.
Our CC works like our do nothing Congress. The Mayor is always blamed,but never helped by the CC.The objective of most Council members is the Mayor's job for themselves.
Some of the worst comments were so derogatory from the Council that it amounted to "slave language" being used to describe a budget:
Richard Clark: ..."I’d call it lazy if it weren’t so utterly incompetent."
City Council President Bill Gulliford echoed Clark.
Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-07-15/story/council-mayor-browns...
We have this budget problem because we spent money we don't have, and have made up the difference with pension fund money.Our pensions were stolen,just like Congress keeps raiding Social Security when they run out of money.
Basic economics says you must have positive cash flow to sustain a budget.When the pension programs were established we had the money.Now we don't.Where did it go?POOF!It grew legs and walked into pockets it wasn't intended for,leaving the intended broke in their old age.Those of us that are retired or semi-retired understand this concept.The last thing you want to do is run out of money before you die.Successful retirees never put their eggs in one basket.Retirees that are okay saved like crazy during their lifetimes.
There are still people that don't care about paying borrowed money back. Many cannot get a loan except from Finance companies.They don't care that they're paying extraordinary interest to already wealthy people.They don't really ever expect to pay the money back anyway.But guess what?Their heirs now get sacked with that debt.Nice way to leave your own when you die....
My last point,is that this is the South.Each Sunday about 11:00AM the biggest hour of segregation goes on in churches.The conversations in white churches and black churches are bigoted,selfish,and egotistical. Interfaith,once-in-a-blue-moon,breakfasts are a thing of the past.Last time Jacksonville had one "somebody"forgot to invite religious leaders other than Christians.That was a priceless amusing "sin". And let's not forget we have a growing,now huge atheist group.Atheism will be the next social hurdle to get over.Atheists have strong beliefs that just don't include imaginary friends.They are not psychopaths,but boy can I give you a list and a half of religious psychopaths,and sociopaths beginning with religious pedophiles.