Way to go, America! Looks like we got through one more year without becoming a Handmaid's Tale theocracy, being taken over by sharia law, or rounding up all the Christians and putting them in FEMA camps, so all in all, we'd have to say the state of Church and State is as contentious as ever.
<i>When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, &quot;Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don&#039;t believe?&quot; </i>--Quentin Crisp
My neighbor invited me to join his church which was an Evangelical White Supremacist Unitarian Universalist sect. They went around burning question marks on people&#039;s lawns.
The Eleventh Commandment is: Anyone who wants to put the Ten Commandments in our public space should be required to a) know them all; b) follow them all. Let&#039;s review:
- No other gods (ruh roh! no more Santa Claus) - No graven images (ruh roh! no more pix o&#039; Jebus) - No name in vain (ruh roh! no more talking) - Keep Sabbath holy (ruh roh! no more shopping or teevee on Sunday) - honor father and mother (ruh roh! no Social Security or Medicare cuts) - no murder (ruh roh! no more stand your ground) - no stealing (ruh roh! no more creative accounting on tax returns) - no lying (ruh roh! no more Fux News) - no coveting neighbor&#039;s wife (ruh roh! no more porn) - no coveting anything else (ruh roh! no more &quot;greed is good&quot;)
I don&#039;t know if Satan is responsible for yoga, but he was definitely responsible for <a href="http:\/\/lulumum.blogspot.com\/2013\/03\/lululemon-see-through-yoga-pants.html" target="_blank">Lululemon&#039;s yoga pants</a>. Though admittedly there are those who feel this was <a href="http:\/\/www.change.org\/en-CA\/petitions\/lululemon-return-recalled-yoga-pants-to-the-free-market" target="_blank">some of his best work</a>.
And for those who think the Bible means EXACTLY what it says there are exceptions depending on who is speaking (from Bible answer site &#039;GodQuestions.org&#039;) <i> Question: &quot;Why is God a jealous God?&quot;
Answer: It is important to understand how the word &ldquo;jealous&rdquo; is used. Its use in Exodus 20:5 to describe God is different from how it is used to describe the sin of jealousy (Galatians 5:20). When we use the word &ldquo;jealous,&rdquo; we use it in the sense of being envious of someone who has something we do not have. A person might be jealous or envious of another person because he or she has a nice car or home (possessions). Or a person might be jealous or envious of another person because of some ability or skill that other person has (such as athletic ability). Another example would be that one person might be jealous or envious of another because of his or her beauty.
In Exodus 20:5, it is not that God is jealous or envious because someone has something He wants or needs. Exodus 20:4-5 says, &ldquo;You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God...&rdquo; Notice that God is jealous when someone gives to another something that rightly belongs to Him.
In these verses, God is speaking of people making idols and bowing down and worshiping those idols instead of giving God the worship that belongs to Him alone. God is possessive of the worship and service that belong to Him. It is a sin (as God points out in this commandment) to worship or serve anything other than God. It is a sin when we desire, or we are envious, or we are jealous of someone because he has something that we do not have. It is a different use of the word &ldquo;jealous&rdquo; when God says He is jealous. What He is jealous of belongs to Him; worship and service belong to Him alone, and are to be given to Him alone.
My typo: the site is <b>GotQuestions.org</b>.
<i>When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, &quot;Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don&#039;t believe?&quot; </i>--Quentin Crisp
The Founders forgot to put Jeesus in the Constitution. INPEACH!
My neighbor invited me to join his church which was an Evangelical White Supremacist Unitarian Universalist sect. They went around burning question marks on people&#039;s lawns.
The Eleventh Commandment is: Anyone who wants to put the Ten Commandments in our public space should be required to a) know them all; b) follow them all. Let&#039;s review:
- No other gods (ruh roh! no more Santa Claus) - No graven images (ruh roh! no more pix o&#039; Jebus) - No name in vain (ruh roh! no more talking) - Keep Sabbath holy (ruh roh! no more shopping or teevee on Sunday) - honor father and mother (ruh roh! no Social Security or Medicare cuts) - no murder (ruh roh! no more stand your ground) - no stealing (ruh roh! no more creative accounting on tax returns) - no lying (ruh roh! no more Fux News) - no coveting neighbor&#039;s wife (ruh roh! no more porn) - no coveting anything else (ruh roh! no more &quot;greed is good&quot;)
Its amazing how God&rsquo;s preferences vary depending upon on the preferences of the nutbag who is speaking for him.
G-L-O-R-I-A in excelsis!
I don&#039;t know if Satan is responsible for yoga, but he was definitely responsible for <a href="http:\/\/lulumum.blogspot.com\/2013\/03\/lululemon-see-through-yoga-pants.html" target="_blank">Lululemon&#039;s yoga pants</a>. Though admittedly there are those who feel this was <a href="http:\/\/www.change.org\/en-CA\/petitions\/lululemon-return-recalled-yoga-pants-to-the-free-market" target="_blank">some of his best work</a>.
Listening to the voices in your head. How could that possibly go wrong?
And for those who think the Bible means EXACTLY what it says there are exceptions depending on who is speaking (from Bible answer site &#039;GodQuestions.org&#039;) <i> Question: &quot;Why is God a jealous God?&quot;
Answer: It is important to understand how the word &ldquo;jealous&rdquo; is used. Its use in Exodus 20:5 to describe God is different from how it is used to describe the sin of jealousy (Galatians 5:20). When we use the word &ldquo;jealous,&rdquo; we use it in the sense of being envious of someone who has something we do not have. A person might be jealous or envious of another person because he or she has a nice car or home (possessions). Or a person might be jealous or envious of another person because of some ability or skill that other person has (such as athletic ability). Another example would be that one person might be jealous or envious of another because of his or her beauty.
In Exodus 20:5, it is not that God is jealous or envious because someone has something He wants or needs. Exodus 20:4-5 says, &ldquo;You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God...&rdquo; Notice that God is jealous when someone gives to another something that rightly belongs to Him.
In these verses, God is speaking of people making idols and bowing down and worshiping those idols instead of giving God the worship that belongs to Him alone. God is possessive of the worship and service that belong to Him. It is a sin (as God points out in this commandment) to worship or serve anything other than God. It is a sin when we desire, or we are envious, or we are jealous of someone because he has something that we do not have. It is a different use of the word &ldquo;jealous&rdquo; when God says He is jealous. What He is jealous of belongs to Him; worship and service belong to Him alone, and are to be given to Him alone.
</i>All clear now?
I prefer the Agnostic Apathetics. Don&#039;t know, don&#039;t care.
But the flannel shirts are still ugly.