What is greed??

[Teresa]

"I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature."
Thomas Jefferson

"In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty."
Thomas Jefferson

a very few of our founding fathers were quite enlightened in several ways, including science & religion. Benji is the dude...

Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.
-- Benjamin Franklin

He [the Rev Mr. Whitefield] used, indeed, sometimes to pray for my conversion, but never had the satisfaction of believing that his prayers were heard.
-- Benjamin Franklin, from Franklin's Autobiography

I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies.
-- Benjamin Franklin

 

[Mango]

You may now return to your original programming.

I just had a vision of 6th standing on the corner of 30A tomorrow with a shaven head, flowers and pamphlets wearing a white robe.

 

[scooterbug44]

?The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion?- George Washington

 

[6thGen]

Quick exercise. To Whom did we appeal to for the dissolution of our relationship with Great Britain? To Whom did we seek protection from when we did so? Who did we acknowledge gave us the right to do so?

C'mon, people. Let's try to at least show pretense of intellectual honesty.

 

[6thGen]

I just had a vision of 6th standing on the corner of 30A tomorrow with a shaven head, flowers and pamphlets wearing a white robe.

Is that really necessary from a moderator?

 

[elgordoboy]

how bout right here.

"morality is the result of our brain's convergence due to evolution"

expound on the relation to morality and evolution and how evolution produces morality? And what does "our brain's converging mean?

My apologies, I read your posts as 6thGen did and his is the answer I would've given. I thought you having a hard time understanding what was said while it seems you were simply disagreeing with it.

Do you really want to get in a quote contest on the Founders and God? (Hint: You don't)

Did you get beaten up in High School regularly? Here is your chance to tell me you were accelerated and they graduated you at 7 years of age.

 

[elgordoboy]

Is that really necessary from a moderator?

I don't think her comment was judgemental. Though I understand how you might be feeling picked on and would view it as such.

 

[6thGen]

Did you get beaten up in High School regularly? Here is your chance to tell me you were accelerated and they graduated you at 7 years of age.

Pffft. You say that implying I went to a public school.

 

[Miss Critter]

Quick exercise. To Whom did we appeal to for the dissolution of our relationship with Great Britain? To Whom did we seek protection from when we did so? Who did we acknowledge gave us the right to do so?

C'mon, people. Let's try to at least show pretense of intellectual honesty.

There is a marked difference between spirituality and religion, between faith and dogma.

 

[6thGen]

I don't think her comment was judgemental. Though I understand how you might be feeling picked on and could view it as such.

My problem stems from the fact that she's free to slam me when I beat up on someone, and has in the past, but proceeds to post a negative stereotype of me. It's perfectly fine (and expected) from you. No hurt feelings, just asking for a little less hypocrisy.