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16knots
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Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian
10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!
6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.
4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."
3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.
2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.
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| Sep 1 @ 9:51 PM |
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Loreli
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I'm just a Christian person trying to be the best I can for any person it may benefit.
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| Sep 1 @ 11:23 PM |
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hammertime
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Knots
Good one. I've seen that a long time ago. Its amazing how Christians maintain their suspension of disbelief despite all the reality that is around them. They can not possibly jusify their faith in any possible way yet insist their fantasy is true without any evidence.
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| Sep 2 @ 6:30 AM |
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Blondino
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when you take it way too far and crucify yourself ...........etc.
>>>> Self Crucifiction <<<<<< 
Millions of people in the mainly Roman Catholic country of the Philippines celebrate Easter every year, with some penitents following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ even up to the point of being nailed to a cross.
Hooded flagellants mimic the crucifixion before whipping themselves with chains to absolve them of their sins
A flagellant aims to share the pain of Jesus as he is beaten by a man with glass fragments embedded in a piece of wood
Crucifixions are an annual event in the Philippines, despite opposition from Church leaders who want less violent ceremonies
http://patdollard.com/2008/03/filipinos-crucify-15-yr-old-boy-for-easterwhy/
this also goes for other extreme behaviours of self violence ....
(in any religion )
“If we can’t stop flagellants from whipping their own flesh, the best thing these penitents can do is ensure that their whips are clean and well maintained,” said Health Secretary Francisco Duque.
“We are not trying to go against tradition because whipping has somewhat already become some form of atonement for sins for some of us.
 step too far
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| Sep 2 @ 6:54 AM |
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bevrice
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Thanks, knots, you can't call me a fundamentalist anymore, now. 
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| Sep 2 @ 7:08 AM |
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bevrice
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http://www.theologyonline.com/
Top Ten Signs You're a Foolish Atheist
originally posted by Danielle Kekoa on the DBC Women's Fellowship Website
10. You vigorously deny the existence of God, yet you frequently blame Him for all the "evils" in the world, all the natural disasters, and everything else under the sun that is wrong in modern society.
9. You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when creationists say that people were created in the image and likeness of God, but you have no problem with the evolutionist claim that we all evolved from slime by a cosmic accident.
8. You criticize fundamental Christians who believe the Bible, and say that it can't possibly be true because it's just a book written by mere men, yet you never question any of Darwin's writings or Richard Dawkins' books.
7. You can't seem to understand the primary differences between fundamental Muslims and fundamental Christians (hint: strap-on TNT. Plus - Muhammad says, “kill innocent people and yourself if you love me.” Jesus Christ said, “I’ll die for you because I love you”).
6. You say the Bible is full of fairytales and fables, yet you believe all life forms including plants, trees, insects, birds, fish, reptiles and mammals evolved from one species into another - As if evolution isn’t the biggest fairytale of them all.
5. You laugh at the Supernatural, even though scientists have calculated the odds of life forming by natural processes to be estimated less than 1 chance in 10 to the 40,ooo power – But you find nothing wrong with believing that billions of years full of random mutations would result in the impossible.
4. You accuse fundamental Christians of being intolerant, judgmental and hateful, while you foam at the mouth calling them freaking lunatics, ignorant, weak-minded, stupid fundies, and hateful bigots.
3. You ignore scientific concepts like cause and effect, and you don't realize that a closed system can be defined however the observer wants, so you throw out technological phrases to try to ignore the implications of thermodynamics by saying the laws of physics are not set in stone.
2. While all evidence, logic and reasoning point to a Creator and absolute truth, you prefer to hide behind relativism and a theory of evolution which does not, in fact, describe the creation of the universe at all, or why concepts of good and evil or morality exist.
1. *Atheism fails to adequately explain the existence of eternal, unchanging truths, for it rejects the existence of an eternal unchanging mind. Atheism cannot offer man any eternal significance whatsoever. Temporary meaning in life is insufficient, for our accomplishments die with the death of the universe -- there is no ultimate purpose in a universe void of God.
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| Sep 2 @ 8:06 AM |
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hammertime
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Philippines crucifixions have got to be a specular event. I have suggested more than once to SOC to fly down there during Easter and "hang around" for the fun. Perhaps another voice in his head will tell him to go. Maybe while he's down there he'll hook up with a Filipino girl who gets turned on by all the bleeding and moaning and show him what he's been missing for the last 25 years.
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| Sep 2 @ 8:18 AM |
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bevrice
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It is already a tourist spectacle, they don't need your endorsement, hammer.
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| Sep 2 @ 8:21 AM |
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hammertime
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So SOC is going? Thats good. Wouldn't you want him nailed to a cross like Jesus so he can maybe take that next step in the insanity you and him worship? Maybe he can get crucified and start getting laid again. No?
[Edited on 9/2/2008 8:23 AM]
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| Sep 2 @ 8:22 AM |
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Blondino
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Philippines crucifixions have got to be a specular event. I have suggested more than once to SOC to fly down there during Easter and "hang around" for the fun. Perhaps another voice in his head will tell him to go. Maybe while he's down there he'll hook up with a Filipino girl who gets turned on by all the bleeding and moaning and show him what he's been missing for the last 25 years.
I heard about it today for the first time ..... apparently Mexico has self flagellation for Easter
FOR SOME women in the Czech Republic, Easter is a time to dread. Because today, all over the country, men will be beating women in public, without fear of arrest or prosecution. They are upholding one of Europe's more bizarre - and controversial - traditions: the Easter beating of women.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_200204/ai_n12607004
Easter seems to be filled with violence
.>>>>> Self Flagellation in Mexico .. <<<<<
nutters in all religions
[Edited on 9/2/2008 8:26 AM]
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| Sep 2 @ 8:25 AM |
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hammertime
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FOR SOME women in the Czech Republic, Easter is a time to dread. Because today, all over the country, men will be beating women in public, without fear of arrest or prosecution.
I like this one. This one Bev can participate in and not feel left out.
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| Sep 2 @ 8:27 AM |
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Blondino
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But a lot of Czech women complain that men are abusing the tradition. "I've hated Easter since I was a child," says Barbora Gomezova. "When I was 11 I was with a group of girls; we were attacked by a group of older boys, around 16 years old. They had been drinking, and, instead of willow branches, they were using electric cables as whips. They hit us a lot around the legs; I had bruises all over my legs.
"The worst thing was that I felt so powerless, they were hitting me with electric cables and I had no way to fight back."
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| Sep 2 @ 8:47 AM |
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hammertime
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All three desert dogmas treat their women like cattle. Its nothing to pretend has any good to it.
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| Sep 2 @ 9:21 AM |
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yashaenka
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If anyone ever read the history of the 3rd and 4th century Romans and their copying all of the Greek Gods and then renaming them and also the idea of a one God borrowed from the Greeks not to mention the Romans declaring the Christian faith as a state religion you would end up tossing the bible into the circular files where it belongs.
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