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Well among Jackson's "weak points" is a genocide. OK, I'm going to go full Godwin's Law here and ask if you think it would be appropriate for Germany to have Hitler on a bill or Russia to have Stalin? Because THAT is what we are talking about here. Not a "weak point". We do a horrible job of...

I can tell you from having been on the receiving end of violations, that you are mistaken. The term "promotion" is vague, and too often is interpreted as "mentioning you exist = promoting". Here's how I've seen it work for years: A Christian wanders in here and sees we exist and are actually...

I can only echo what awitch said back somewhere on page 3... This subforum has a history of being an on and off haven for a few people to flagrantly violate the rules and make it very tough to have a decent conversation about anything. awitch mentioned the Muslim-bashing history. Well I left...

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I have one of these hanging over my front door. My (Jewish) neighbors brought it back as a present from Akka, where they have family and were visiting. And they know for me something from Akka is even more special to me. :) It seems to do pretty well repelling the evil eye. Or maybe it's the...

I love tai chi. Even in the poor state I'm in, I can do that, and it stretches more than one would think, and it clears the mind. I have difficulty with yoga, physically and mentally. Mentally while I'm holding position I go off compiling grocery lists or reviewing which muscles are involved...

Maybe someone had a beef with Amway? It's possible.

I've since come to terms with the problem by reading what Baha'u'llah taught on the subject. The other thing I heard growing up was how all those idolator Catholics were going to burn in hell for their idolatry. That was a little hard to buy too, since half our neighborhood were Catholics and...

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It was worth repeating :) Oddly I checked a "list of cults" on Wiki and among things you might actually consider cults in the modern sense, there sat the Christian Reformed Church. Uh...what? Half my family belongs to that. Funny they all still speak to unbelievers like me. I didn't know...

You need to add a third choice: WHO CARES?

Not only have Christians tried to impose their beliefs on me, in law, at work, and in my private life. They are trying to remove my sick daughter's MEDICINE and return her to a state where she cannot function at all, because of their unscientific, antiquated ideas about what hormone treatment...

At this point it's so far gone honestly I would rather read your comment than try to keep this on topic.

I've maintained for some while that we're all likely quite wrong about a lot. At least we're all in good company, eh?

I left you a PM, in case Red Fox would rather just not have to deal with the subject, because it is very upsetting.

I know a couple of people here that are the same way. I really do not understand why we should have someone honored on currency that committed genocide. We have decent people to choose from.

I think my other difficulty with understanding how Baptists could be Calvinists might have to do with my shock at moving South and running into exactly the diversity you mention. Baptists where I grew up were much closer in style of worship to the Reformed or Presbyterian, except for that adult...

I agree. Yes, there is exactly one (1) religion trying to impose itself on our secular in the US, in violation of the Constitution, and we all know which one it is. No, many people here do not appreciate theocracy. It's why our Constitution tries to prevent it. But it ain't coming from...

awitch is right though -- that's what the big noisemakers say in the name of Christ, and people mistakenly think that is what Christianity is all over or that it's representative, and they conclude they are just not even interested in looking at it. My 20-something kids' friends are very...

I guess where I was raised Calvinists were Reformed or Presbyterian, and Baptists were regarded as some other thing. Obviously there's theological overlap, but that can be said of any two denominations, no?