Taxed Enough Already!
HidingFromGoro.
Posted to Religion on Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 11:28:45 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
How much of your labor did the government steal with 2009 taxes?
If you were as hardworking as the top 400 earners (average daily income $945,000), the answer would be 16.62%.
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Underpants Bomber Emo Boy
Thalia.
Posted to Religion on Mon Jan 04, 2010 at 07:40:30 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
It appears that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, or as he is colloquially known the Detroit underwear bomber, was a frequent poster on Gawaher.com, an Islamic forum. Posting under the name "Farouk1986" he talked of being lonely, and possibly never getting enough affection. This puts a human face on someone who has become a caricature of terrorism. It unfortunately does not remove the impact he has had on the American psyche, or the expected TSA gropings we can all look forward to.
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Get Off My Lawn!
pO157.
Posted to Religion on Fri Dec 18, 2009 at 03:57:12 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
It's Christmas time again, which means that much of our political gab centers around what is or is not allowed on our public lawns.
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France refuses to surrender in fight against Scientology
pO157.
Posted to Religion on Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 07:53:03 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In a ruling that the church is calling "a modern inquisition," a court in France ruled that the Church of Scientology was guilty of organizational fraud and six of its members should be fined and imprisoned. Despite the requests of prosecutors the 3 judge panel refused to ban the church from their country.
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Bankrupt, Body, Soul and Wallet
Willard43.
Posted to Religion on Thu Oct 22, 2009 at 07:21:44 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Wilmington, Delaware Diocese files for Chapter 11.
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Shomer fucking shabbos!
pO157.
Posted to Religion on Mon Oct 05, 2009 at 03:57:48 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In Israel people take Shabbos (the Jewish day of rest) very seriously. Since the Jewish holy day in question usually prevents doing any work ways to get around this are numerous. One of the most common ways is the Shabbat Elevator, or an elevator that works without human intervention by stopping at every floor on a regular schedule, whether or not anybody actually gets into it. This special elevator has been around for years, but now one 90 year old influential religious official has declared that using it is a violation of Shabbos and thus should be avoided at all costs.
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Lutherans Down With Homosexuals
pO157.
Posted to Religion on Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 08:54:21 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The largest Lutheran denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, recently permitted gay men and women in committed relationships to serve as members of their clergy. The 559 to 451 took place at the denomination's national assembly in Minneapolis and immediately sent shock waves through the protestant world.
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God Says Bring Your Guns To Church
novy.
Posted to Religion on Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 09:40:55 PM EST (promoted by wetkarma). RSS.
Ken Pagano, pastor of Louisville, Kentucky's New Bethel Church, which belongs to Assembly of God, has invited members of his 150-member church to wear or carry their firearms to church as part of his "open carry celebration".
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I Cast You Out, Faggot Demon!
MayorBob.
Posted to Religion on Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 07:52:43 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
Homosexuality is defined as the "sexual attraction or sexual behavior between people of the same sex, or to a sexual orientation."
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Prisoners In Their Own Home
MayorBob.
Posted to Religion on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 08:21:17 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Among Orthodox Jews, the Sabbath is a particularly restrictive time. The Talmud identifies 39 melachot, or activities which are forbidden to be performed on the Sabbath. If you're an observant Jew living in Israel or in the midst of Orthodox communities of the West, you probably don't have a problem breaking melachot. But, if you're not, it gets a bit more chancier. Such is the plight of a couple with a holiday flat in England. Their need to obey Jewish law has run smack into the technology of the 21st century and their neighbors aren't willing to change any of it. As a result the Jewish couple believe they are being held prisoners in their own apartment.
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Breaking News: Disrespecting God
Thalia.
Posted to Religion on Sun May 31, 2009 at 03:28:36 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
George Tiller was one of a small number of doctors, and the only one in Kansas, who performed late term abortions. Tiller has been demonized by the abortion opposition movement, and had been recently acquitted of performing illegal abortions.
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Imagine This.
MayorBob.
Posted to Religion on Wed May 13, 2009 at 09:48:37 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
If you're in Liverpool, England on May 16th at 1200, 1230 and 1300 local time, prick up your ears. The song you hear being played by the bells at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral will be John Lennon's Imagine. You might think a song whose lyrics kick off with a stanza "Imagine there's no heaven" and segue onto "and no religion too" would be an odd choice for a church carillon to be pealing, but there you go. But the choice of the song is not without controversy.
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