Huckabee Commits Political Hari Kiri

[docrock]

Originally Posted by claydirt

You don't have to be a religious nut, who is in church every time the doors open, to be a mason. You CANNOT be atheist, a woman, a felon, a fool or someone who does not believe in a deity. Therefore masonry is not limited to one specific religion.

Hmm it was my understanding that there are women in masonry these days. I was only aware that you couldn't be an atheist.

[Chappy]

if religion is so good how bout this fine group (that if i ever met one in real life i would go to jail for killing with my bare hands) Westboro Baptist Church Home Page

[scpaintballer01]

Originally Posted by Chappy

if religion is so good how bout this fine group (that if i ever met one in real life i would go to jail for killing with my bare hands) Westboro Baptist Church Home Page

humm...no comment. those arnt Christians. those are idiots waving the Christian flag so that they have a "reason" for their beliefs. I dont consider them part of my religion because if i did, id probably have to include the White Supremacists groups.

[docrock]

Originally Posted by scpaintballer01

humm...no comment. those arnt Christians. those are idiots waving the Christian flag so that they have a "reason" for their beliefs. I dont consider them part of my religion because if i did, id probably have to include the White Supremacists groups.

Hmmm they read and quote the same bible and profess to believing it. Take a look at history and some of the things done in the ancient past and the not so ancient past with the bible and christianity being tagged onto them (note the same can be said of several other organized religions too).


The difference between the christianic crusaders invading and slaughtering villages of people in the early part of the second millennium and islamic extremists slaughtering villages in the early part of the third millennium...the islamists use modern explosives which kill in the blink of an eye vs. who knows how much time hacking/slashing/burning.

[Grendel]

No matter what belief structures there are there are always and have always been those who take it to the extreme. Extremeism has been evident in all religions, non-religions, philosophies, politics...etc. That is why I dislike generalizations so much. Like, "democracy is the best form of government out there". That could not be further from the truth. List how many long term democracies have survived more than a couple of hundred years? Heck though Americans spout the attributes of democracy most of Americans do not even realize we DO NOT have a DEMOCRACY. We have a representative republic. True Democracy is one step above Anarchy and a 1/2 of a step to the right of true socialist state. In a Democracy the citizens make the laws and rules in our country elected representatives make the laws.

Now I've gone off on a tangent sorry about that but you see my point about generalization?

[docrock]

True democracy in the age of computers and the internet does have interesting possibilities though...

[SCBrian]

Originally Posted by tate0301

LOL!! If you want to talk then start out by citing your own sources. I'm sorry I'm not familiar with "Wake up America". Actually all those comparisons came from a Congressional study of Constitutional roots.

Actually they came from here:
Judeo-Christian Roots of America's Founding Ideals and Documents
Word for word, quote for quote,
And the poster is Earl Taylor, Jr.
President of the National Center for Constitutional Studies



If I take some $ and buy a website, can I be president of the "National Center for Paintball Studies"

[scpaintballer01]

Originally Posted by docrock

Hmmm they read and quote the same bible and profess to believing it. Take a look at history and some of the things done in the ancient past and the not so ancient past with the bible and christianity being tagged onto them (note the same can be said of several other organized religions too).

so a man walks up to you and says: im micky mouse. im short, have big ears, kinda squeaky voice and make more money then you ever will in your life, times 100.

is he micky mouse?

i dont call those fools christians, nor do i call al qaeda musilm - they're terrorist.

[tate0301]

Nice try but not quite. This dude was referencing the same material that I was. Keep looking Hey you could even try the sources I listed!

Originally Posted by SCBrian

Actually they came from here:
Judeo-Christian Roots of America's Founding Ideals and Documents
Word for word, quote for quote,
And the poster is Earl Taylor, Jr.
President of the National Center for Constitutional Studies



If I take some $ and buy a website, can I be president of the "National Center for Paintball Studies"

[docrock]

Originally Posted by scpaintballer01

so a man walks up to you and says: im micky mouse. im short, have big ears, kinda squeaky voice and make more money then you ever will in your life, times 100.

is he micky mouse?

i dont call those fools christians, nor do i call al qaeda musilm - they're terrorist.

I need to recheck my database...I wasn't aware terrorism was a religion.