Morality is not determined by the church you attend nor the faith you embrace. It is determined by the quality of your character and the positive impact you have on those you meet along your journey
All the great religions have Love as the greatest commandment. It's as simple as that and as hard as that. It's very easy to love those you agree with; not so easy to love the idiots of this world. But love the idiots we must.
I am heading out the door to a class of 24 4th graders (85% classified as a member of a minority). Only bad teachers would have to or want to resort to spanking. Good teachers have acquired classroom management skills that inspire their students to respect one another and their teacher. Thank goodness for good teachers.
‘Liberals suck!’: Conservatives freak out after sci-fi TV show omits ‘under God’ from pledge
The CW network’s new science fiction television show Star Crossed outraged conservative Christian viewers on Monday when it predicted that the words “under God” would no longer be in the Pledge of Allegiance in the near future.
The show, set in 2024, tells the story of a romance between a human girl named Emery and an alien boy named Roman, who has been allowed to attend her high school even though most of his fellow aliens were imprisoned in internment camps after coming to Earth.
Just minutes into the premiere episode, Emery makes her way to her first high school class, where other students are reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,” the students say.
Although the pledged recite by the students at the futurist high school was exactly as it was written in 1892 before the words “under God” were added, conservatives on Twitter lashed out and vowed never to never watch the show again.
Arizona Senate Passes Bill Allowing Anti-Gay Discrimination
The Arizona Senate passed a "religious freedom" bill Wednesday, which would effectively allow businesses to deny services to LGBT people.
The bill passed on a party line vote, according to the Arizona Republic. The Republican House majority has already recommended passage of a similar bill in that chamber.
They are examples of one of two kinds of legislation that gay rights advocates worry could lead to LGBT discrimination, as TPM has reported. It requires the government to have a compelling reason to interfere with an individual's exercise of their religion. That broad language, advocates say, would in practice allow for businesses to discriminate against gay people.
Kentucky is the only state thus far to enact such a law, but similar bills have been introduced this year in Idaho and Mississippi.
Thanks for the links. All of it is spot on. Even the movies that HAVE been done, glamorize the most violent depictions of man's inhumanity to man, graphic violence, pain and death. Yet people swarm the theaters and pastors show it in their churches to children. Put the same things in a video game? The same folks go off the ledge and accuse parents of horrible, vile things.
All the great religions have Love as the greatest commandment. It's as simple as that and as hard as that. It's very easy to love those you agree with; not so easy to love the idiots of this world. But love the idiots we must.
ReplyDeleteI love you Sarah Palin.
Caroll, did that hurt? OK, I'm game. I love you Sarah Palin.
DeleteEverything in moderation, please.
DeleteThere's no reason to hate The Screechy Wretch(tm) because hate just splashes back on the hater. (See Wretch(tm), Screechy for proof)
But there's no reason to leave thoughtful judgment by the wayside, either.
If everything and everyone receives our love, it trivializes the very concept of love. Perhaps it's better to save our love for those who deserve it.
Screechy deserves only scorn, ridicule, pity and rejection. And from all appearances, she gets plenty of it.
Would be nice if people let pythons be pythons
DeleteYou’re a bigger person than me.
ReplyDeleteI am heading out the door to a class of 24 4th graders (85% classified as a member of a minority). Only bad teachers would have to or want to resort to spanking. Good teachers have acquired classroom management skills that inspire their students to respect one another and their teacher. Thank goodness for good teachers.
ReplyDelete“Tea Party Kills Billy Graham” — A True Headline You Won’t be Reading
ReplyDeletehttp://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankschaeffer/2013/10/tea-party-kills-billy-graham-a-true-headline-you-wont-be-reading/
‘Liberals suck!’: Conservatives freak out after sci-fi TV show omits ‘under God’ from pledge
ReplyDeleteThe CW network’s new science fiction television show Star Crossed outraged conservative Christian viewers on Monday when it predicted that the words “under God” would no longer be in the Pledge of Allegiance in the near future.
The show, set in 2024, tells the story of a romance between a human girl named Emery and an alien boy named Roman, who has been allowed to attend her high school even though most of his fellow aliens were imprisoned in internment camps after coming to Earth.
Just minutes into the premiere episode, Emery makes her way to her first high school class, where other students are reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,” the students say.
Although the pledged recite by the students at the futurist high school was exactly as it was written in 1892 before the words “under God” were added, conservatives on Twitter lashed out and vowed never to never watch the show again.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/19/liberals-suck-conservatives-freak-out-after-sci-fi-tv-show-omits-under-god-from-pledge/
4 Reasons Why 2014 Elections Should Scare Democrats
ReplyDeletehttp://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/the-huge-republican-advantage-2014-midterm-elections
Arizona Senate Passes Bill Allowing Anti-Gay Discrimination
ReplyDeleteThe Arizona Senate passed a "religious freedom" bill Wednesday, which would effectively allow businesses to deny services to LGBT people.
The bill passed on a party line vote, according to the Arizona Republic. The Republican House majority has already recommended passage of a similar bill in that chamber.
They are examples of one of two kinds of legislation that gay rights advocates worry could lead to LGBT discrimination, as TPM has reported. It requires the government to have a compelling reason to interfere with an individual's exercise of their religion. That broad language, advocates say, would in practice allow for businesses to discriminate against gay people.
Kentucky is the only state thus far to enact such a law, but similar bills have been introduced this year in Idaho and Mississippi.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/arizona-senate-anti-gay-discrimination
Wouldn't it be nice? But I don't see it happening anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links. All of it is spot on.
ReplyDeleteEven the movies that HAVE been done, glamorize the most violent depictions of man's inhumanity to man, graphic violence, pain and death. Yet people swarm the theaters and pastors show it in their churches to children.
Put the same things in a video game? The same folks go off the ledge and accuse parents of horrible, vile things.