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Entries from April 30th, 2005

Is ‘Duty’ Still in the Dictionary?

April 30th, 2005 · No Comments · Complaints&Criticisms

I read this and then I had to ask “doesn’t anyone remember the word, duty?”
Read this to learn how the USSR is coming to a school near you…..
Shades of Stalin! cloaked in a candy coating no less….

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Is Americanism a Religion?

April 30th, 2005 · No Comments · Christian, Contemporaries

I read this article….. I think it is worth reading and thinking about. I found this site via The Doctor Is In
America as a Religion
I wonder what Parableman would have to say? this is a topic he has addressed in a different way before….
And in the little compendium of thought on this page, it says [...]

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You will want to read this: America, Skunks, Music, Freedom

April 30th, 2005 · No Comments · Contemporaries

…this is a post that has it all, packaging excellent commentary and insightful observations on what makes America great….
The Doctor Is In » The Skunk
Filed under: Music — Dr Bob

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Christianview: True vs. False

April 30th, 2005 · Comments Off · Christian

As I was reading yet another report on the struggle of an Islamic dominated country to adopt democracy ( this time, Afghanistan), something struck me. So often the wording in the religious debate, now, is fundamentalism vs. “reasonable” religion, but suddenly this verse came into my mind:
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet [...]

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You May Now Call Me

April 29th, 2005 · No Comments · Conviviality, Uncategorized

Sister Nail Gun of Enlightenment
This is for ♥Greg♥ , my favorite attiude problem.
I may be late, but eventually I nail it.
(but I really like this one: The Pepper Spray of Compassion)
And what is his alias? Sibling Cattle Prod of Courteous Debate.
You can get yours.
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Unitarian isn’t your cup o’tea? You must be more the aggressive type, [...]

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If You Hunger For More Info On Mifflin

April 29th, 2005 · No Comments · politics

Ohio For Blackwell: An Unofficial Blog for Supporters of Principled Conservatism for the Buckeye State » Glenn Beck rips Mayor Mike Coleman
has a discussion on the topic.
Really, I don’t think it is right to just sweep this under the rug. Yes, people use news to further their political agenda…. but sometimes that is how [...]

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One On the Church Before Lights Out/ and a few other things

April 28th, 2005 · 5 Comments · fragments

Maxed Out Mama wrote some things on the reactions to the New Pope and opined on some of the desired changes, and of actual changes seen in the mainstream of the Christian denominations.
Basically the question is asked, Why complain and try to change the church when there are other choices?
Or as MOM so succinctly summarizes:
“if [...]

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A Jot And A Tittle

April 28th, 2005 · No Comments · blogdom

Not a Biblical reference really, just to say a bit of something: the more I blog, and the more time I spend reading blogs the more it impresses me that there is such a wide spectrum of thinking out there. There is careful thinking and many sharp observations, and there is the most muddled up [...]

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Cause and Effect

April 28th, 2005 · No Comments · Quotes

” For decades, the propaganda war has always accompanied and served, justified, the shooting war. ” – Gerald Steinberg, who heads the Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation at Bar Ilan University.
From Ocean Guy

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On A Personal Note

April 28th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Clannish -Family, Conviviality

Not that anyone really cares…from the indications of the traffic here…. but my personal life is looming rather large. I use that word, looming. Mainly because I really like blogging, it is a creative outlet for me and much easier and less time consuming than making webpages. But it is more insistant on regular time.
Though [...]

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