Don't Give In To The Annoying Bell Ringers



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Did you know that the Salvation Army is an "evangelical part of the universal Christian Church"? 

Did you know that they abhor the idea of abortion, and claim that in instances of unwanted pregnancy, the "situation should be accepted" and "the pregnancy [should] be carried to term"?   I wonder: if you are raped, will they also expect you to accept the situation?  What f**ktards!

 Did you know that the they think that persons who are suffering greatly under the cloud of a terminal disease should not be allowed to end their own lives, in order to end their own meaningless suffering?  (Not to mention, ending the seemingly never-ending string of billing statements from the hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacies, etc. that will put their family into bankrupcy.)  Because we have absolutely no rights over what we do with our own damned bodies (as of right now), but, hopefully, that will change with time.

Did you know that, under their creed, $5 poker night with your buddies is out of the question?  Gambling is a sin, don't you know.

Did you know that the Salvation Army thinks that, if you are a homosexual, you should abstain from having a sexual relationship with your partner?  No nookie for you.

Did you know that they "oppose pornography in all of its forms"?  Damn, I like a little erotica now and then.  =)  What about me, dammit?!?

These people are spreading their intolerant, bigoted views in the guise of charity, and have been getting away with it for too long.  Next time you see a bell ringer in front of your local shopping center this season, tell them what you really think of their position and, perhaps, admonish the bell ringers for working for such a hateful organization.

Got nothing to do with football....everything to do with waaaahhhh!

Okay, it seems that the 'anti-xtian bigots' are picking on some football guy, Tim Tebow. (apparently he plays for the Bronco's, or something)
Actually, fauxnews is using him as a poster-child for being picked on. (poor babies)

It’s become something of a sport to attack Christians in this nation.

Really?

In recent days a cross was removed from a Christian chapel on an Army base because it violated regulations.

Yes, it violated regulations.  What's the problem?  Regulations are there for a reason.

Symbols of the Christmas season have been removed from public squares and public schools because they might offend non-Christians. And in Washington, D.C., Christian teenagers were forced to pray in a gutter after police told them it was illegal to pray on a sidewalk outside the Supreme Court.

Yep, there's this thing called the 'seperation between church and state.'

Backtracking

Ya'll probably know that, last week, Pat Robertson gave advice to a man whose wife was suffering from Alzheimer's; he told him to divorce her (F%CK "for better or worse; in sickness and health).  Well, now he's decided to backtrack and be the hypocrite that we all knew he is. 

In the video this week, he says, "I never would tell anybody to leave their sick spouse," although that is exactly what he did last week.  What a liar!

Perry Interview Clip

I've been a little under the weather the last couple of days, so I apologize for not posting more, but I did happen to find the clip I was looking for the other day.

This guy wants to run our country, yet he can't figure out that abstinence-only education = higher teen pregnancy and abortion rates.  Yeeaaahhhhh.....he's what we need, all right...

if we want to become a third world nation!!!

Question Dodger

Scary Spyce (aka Michelle Bachmann) was confronted on "Meet the Press" about her views on homosexuality, but like any other politician, she is very good at dodging questions.  I almost hope that she wins the Republican nomination, because this crazy chick would ensure a second term for President Obama.  =)

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Offended By The Submission Question?

Michelle Bachmann has commented publicly about her submissiveness to her husband and was questioned about this very topic by journalist, Byron York.  While I think this question is extremely valid, Ronald S. Martin, a CNN contributor, has taken offense.

As someone who didn't find the sexism in the Newsweek cover photo flap, I believe there is no doubt that the reason York only questioned Bachmann on submission had everything to do with her gender.

York's question was: "In 2006, when you were running for Congress, you described a moment in your life when your husband said you should study for a degree in tax law. You said you hated the idea. And then you explained, "But the Lord said, 'Be submissive. Wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands.' "

"As president, would you be submissive to your husband?"

 Yes, Ronny, it is a question of gender!  This question would not be posed to a male evangelical candidate.  Why?  Because the bible doesn't instruct husbands to be submissive to their wives.  Nucklehead!!!  He goes on to say,

When we look at many of the vital issues facing this country -- a rough economy, massive unemployment, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a continuing battle against terrorism, a fierce climate change debate, and a battle to get the nation's debt under control -- who in their right mind would waste time during a nationally-televised debate asking the only female GOP candidate about whether she would submit to her husband in the White House?

 Hmmm.....could it possibly be because, if she became President, we would all wonder who was really running the country?  I would wonder whether or not Marcus (her 'pray-away-the-gay' hubby) is President in all but name.  He continues,

I don't think for a second that a woman questioner would ask such a question in a presidential debate.

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!  If I were a journalist, right now, with the opportunity to interview this nutbag candidate, not only would I ask her the 'submission' question, but I would also question her about her belief in 'the end times'.  As a potential President, with the possibility of having control of nuclear launch codes, I would ask her about whether or not her belief in the 'rapture' would affect her decisions.  Would she create an apocalypse, or another world war, in order to bring about the rapture?

Byron York's question was right to ask the question and I applaud him for it!

Here is the actual footage...

Yeah For Sex Ed

Beginning this fall, the NYC school district will begin educating its 6th and 7th grade students about sex, including instruction on proper condom use.  Hurray for reason!!! 

My son and I were actually having a discussion about this earlier today.  I happened to ask him if he’d had sex-ed yet, but as of the end of his freshman year, he hadn’t (not surprising in the part of the country that we live in).  Of course, my husband and I have already had this conversation with our son many times and have provided easy access to condoms (should he ever feel the need to protect himself).   

As parents, who were once young people ourselves, we understand the surge of hormones that kids have to deal with and we understand that kids are going to have sex (whether we want them to or not).  I feel it’s important to educate our children about the STD’s that threaten, the potential for teen pregnancy and its challenges, and most importantly, how to protect themselves. 

The worst thing you could do is to make sex a dirty, unmentionable word in your house.  Making sex a comfortable topic, encouraging questions, and allowing your child to make their own (well informed) decisions leads to nothing but good things.

Of course, the religious groups are already pitching a fit over this initiative, but most of us have heard what ‘abstinence only’ education will get you (higher rates of teen pregnancy, increase of STD infection rates, increase in abortion rates, etc).  Unfortunately, the ‘righteous’ are in denial about the disastrous consequences of inadequate sex-ed. 

Get a load of Rick Perry being interviewed about this very issue:

There was a much better, and longer, clip floating around (somewhere on the internet) of the interview cited by the Young Turks.  I couldn't find it, but if someone knows where I could find it, would you please let me know?  It is an interview by Evan Smith, from the Texan Tribune, of Rick Perry.  Thnx.

IHOP Demons

Mike Bickle is the preacher from the International House of Prayer (IHOP) and was a part of the "Response" in Texas last week.  He says he sees real live demons....   lol     

This guy is insane!!!

This Woman Gives Me Nightmares

As a woman, I have to say that it would be nice to, one day, see a woman serve our country as POTUS, but NOT THIS WOMAN!  Newsweek is being blasted by the media for the pose of Michelle Bachmann that they placed on the cover.  Personally, I think that the cover photo is a good representation of how scary this woman is.  If this woman becomes President, I'm immigrating to Canada!!!!!
In this first video, Scary Spyce praises David Barton as a "gift to our nation"...



And this is a video of David Barton essentially telling people that, if christians ran America, the government would no longer help the poor. Yeah, what a gift!


Now, I don't dream; haven't since I was a child, but this woman gives me some very disturbing nightmares. 

Some Begin To See The Light

According to a story by NPR, there are those in the evangelical community who no longer believe in the validity of the 'Adam & Eve' story of Genesis. 

Dennis Venema, a biologist at Trinity Western University, replies: "That would be against all the genomic evidence that we've assembled over the last 20 years, so not likely at all."

The idea of an evangelical biologist seems oxymoronic to me, but that's beside the point. 

To many evangelicals, this is heresy.

"From my viewpoint, a historical Adam and Eve is absolutely central to the truth claims of the Christian faith," says Fazale Rana, vice president of Reasons To Believe, an evangelical think tank that questions evolution. Rana, who has a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Ohio University, readily admits that small details of Scripture could be wrong.

"But if the parts of Scripture that you are claiming to be false, in effect, are responsible for creating the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith, then you've got a problem," Rana says.

Again, this fundie has a Ph.D. in biochemistry?  From an accredited university?  What did they do, lie their way through college?
Of course, the fundies really do have a big problem if they open their eyes and face the scientific facts.  By denying the idea that human beings arose from just two individuals, they will essentially have to throw out the core tenets of their belief.  Why?  Because if there was no Adam & Eve, then there was no original sin; if there was no original sin, then the idea that god made himself mortal in order to knowingly participate in his own assisted suicide for the sake of absolving us of our 'original sin' becomes moot.  There would be no need for christ, his execution, or his resurrection.  It would all be completely meaningless.

 By golly, they've almost got it!!!

Small steps, right?  We've got to celebrate all of the small steps.  They will eventually get you somewhere.