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I respect Catholics, just not the whining about persecution from American members of the most popular sect of the most popular religion in this country. Come on! You're reaching and reaching back way past any history of the past several generations! :rolleyes: There's oppression here and now and...

Oh, I don't believe that bullies are bullies because they've been bullied themselves sort of garbage. Mean people choose to be mean for a variety of reasons...sometimes - a lot of the time - it's because they've always been on top. :wisdom:

Of course i thought you'd agree. I guess that's the picture that should have been painted a while back. Everyone can relate to high school awkwardness. :p A few big-bad bully apples tent to taint the whole bunch. That's exactly what creates a counter-punch like Marilyn Manson. I don't think...

Not *just* excuses, but you have to realize it in a context. Think back to high school when there's a clique of popular kids that all seem to have common interests and basically have dominion over the place. Consider that most of these kids are probably good people, but a few key members who are...

Nope. Not at all. I'm here to tell you that the one group that has made the lives of gays in America the most miserable is Christians. Hands down. Accept no substitutions. They have the biggest bigots by far. That is certainly not to say they are the only ones, but I am saying that the...

That's not quite what I said on several counts. There's quite a difference between changing a person's beliefs and standing up against hate-speech being thrown at somebody. I still think self-proclaimed religious folk are called to set a higher standard. Fair, shmair. It's up to each...

That's all really cool, but it is up to every individual, especially those with a spiritual calling, to stick up for the oppressed when even the little things arise in daily life. I do that for a wide variety of things! The fact that most Americans consider themselves Christian and that I have...

Exactly. However, it seems that far too many Christians remain silent when such issues arise and that creates the perception that they're perfectly okay with the extremists speaking for the whole. It's up to Christian individuals and their churches to improve their perception, but I guess too...

Religion, like anything, is merely a tool. The intent behind its use is what's important. It comes down to the intended goal. Sometimes, a lot of times, accepting someone else and living by example is just about all that can be done. This thoughtful, dare I say Jesus-like method is seldom taken...

Hmmm. Well, since I’ve been asked about it there’s little in the Bible I do agree with aside from the general idea of personal renewal. In no particular order, things like demons inhabiting animals and making them talk, painting independent knowledge-seeking as a bad idea, a person living...

Well, here we go. The new latest trailer for The Smurfs Movie and yes, they're tossing smurfin' adjectives around left and right in the marketing. It doesn't look like the Smurf movie I'd want to see, but one of the characters, I think it's Clumsy Smurf, does look a little cute. I believe the...

You've got a point with the newspapers. That is a very popular view by many people and I think a few particular papers do have their own biases about many hot-button topics, but that certainly doesn't represent most or all of them. In fact, this NPR rep kept uncomfortably shoveling food in his...

Completely agreed. On a personal note - proselytizing has personally affected my life. My family, for the most part, accepts me and encourages me no matter who I'm dating, but I have one particular family member who still has this false assumption that I'll come around, do a 180, settle down...

Well, you believe it is and I respect that, but one cannot state that as fact until the afterlife - such is the concept of faith that is at the heart of Christianity. So such a proclamation without "I believe" before it is condescending and forcefully dismissive to those who believe differently...

:) Yes I did and I appreciate that very much. Still, the Bible has a lot of strange or ambiguous passages that require much explanation and investigation. I used to do just that and always felt unsatisfied and decided that it's just not for me. Again, that doesn't mean I flipped through a Bible...

Ick, ick ick! It's insensitive, hard-line, half-baked posts like this that completely turn-off most non-Christian folk I know. Just sayin'. It aint witnessing or sharing the word - it's making yourself feel superior while preaching to the choir and I think a person, especially a "Christian...

I still don't understand what horrible thing was said in that hatchet-job NPR sting video. Basically the guy from NPR's funding department stood his ground and contradicted the potential investor's antisemitic statements and refused to take any money at the meeting. He said that most people in...

Integration and updates of classic MC elements should be crucial. MC was once the premiere resource for Muppet news yet has turned into an ad-driven forum with a sluggish reputation for reporting current events. The card section was abandoned and the forum has largely become a lawless place...

The Muppet Vinylmation Series Two was supposed to be out by now, but for some reason it's been in a holding-pattern. I do think this is planned as the silence before the Muppet publicity storm that will begin late this summer. Right or wrong, that's just my take on what's happening. I do expect...

LOL! Yes. I'm lucky to be a white male in America. I can't dance worth spit, but I have an easier time of many other things. :eek: Yes, I realize how un-pc that was!