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		<title>By: Jose</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thumbs up Marek; you&#039;r the only one that really told it like it is in reality, all others are living a full fairy tales worthless and deceptive lives, ignorance is indeed the worst weapon to one self preservation, some but little understand the terms Panem Circus, ********, Totalitarian Regimes, Anarchism, even to hard to see that jesus and mary Magdalene themselves were scientifically proven to be agnostic jewish but that todays existing churches and faiths has them fixed to their tastes.

Love+Peace ..... mssg: Embrace Humanity First and them we will become CIVILIZE human beings !!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thumbs up Marek; you&#8217;r the only one that really told it like it is in reality, all others are living a full fairy tales worthless and deceptive lives, ignorance is indeed the worst weapon to one self preservation, some but little understand the terms Panem Circus, ********, Totalitarian Regimes, Anarchism, even to hard to see that jesus and mary Magdalene themselves were scientifically proven to be agnostic jewish but that todays existing churches and faiths has them fixed to their tastes.</p>
<p>Love+Peace &#8230;.. mssg: Embrace Humanity First and them we will become CIVILIZE human beings !!</p>
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		<title>By: Jerald Morris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jerald Morris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You simply do want to believe that America has been taken over by the Prince of Darkness and The Constitution and Bill of Rights have been Hi-jacked and laid to rest. Preach Christ, but remember the enemy will kill you anyway. They believe in the paycheck not the Gospel. Tough bananas, but Jesus made it clear the end will come, welcome to end. Praise God, man must fall, why, because Good Triumphs over Evil. The Evil has arrived, and God&#039;s goodness will prevail, Bye Bye Evil doers, you had your choice to listen to the truth of Christ and traded it for the beast.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You simply do want to believe that America has been taken over by the Prince of Darkness and The Constitution and Bill of Rights have been Hi-jacked and laid to rest. Preach Christ, but remember the enemy will kill you anyway. They believe in the paycheck not the Gospel. Tough bananas, but Jesus made it clear the end will come, welcome to end. Praise God, man must fall, why, because Good Triumphs over Evil. The Evil has arrived, and God&#8217;s goodness will prevail, Bye Bye Evil doers, you had your choice to listen to the truth of Christ and traded it for the beast.</p>
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		<title>By: 50 Random Facts That Make You Wonder What In The World Has Happened To America</title>
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		<dc:creator>50 Random Facts That Make You Wonder What In The World Has Happened To America</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] #18) On June 18th, two Christians decided that they would peacefully pass out copies of the gospel of John on a public sidewalk outside a public Arab festival in Dearborn, Michigan and within 3 minutes 8 policemen surrounded them and placed them under arrest. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: jpjp</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Jesus never commanded anyone to go and deliberately provoke others.&quot;  So said Jeff.   Does anyone read the Gospel? (those are the words of Jesus, not St Paul.
      Jesus charged the apostles with the task of preaching the gospel to ALL nations (everybody)....he told them to &quot;shake the dust from their shoes as a warning&quot; (as they left) to any town that rejected HIS words.   He said that the fate of towns that rejected Him would be &quot;worse than Soddom and Gommorrah&quot;.  
     Jesus called religious leaders a &quot;Brood of Vipers&quot; for their hippocracy.   He called Peter (his own disciple) a &quot;Satan&quot; (tempter) when Peter suggested that he would protect Jesus from those who wanted to kill Him.
      In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said that &quot;Blessed are you who suffer persecution and endure every kind of evil for My sake&quot;.
He said that &quot;You think I caome with the olive branch, but I come with the sword of division&quot;.   He was tortured and executed for His preaching, as were 11 of the 12 apostles.   Ten days after HIs resurrection, the apostles (who had been hiding, fearing for their lives) were given the courage to boldy preach in front of large crowds inthe center of Jerusalem.
    If their is one thing that is certain about Jesus and Christianity, it is that  there is an expectation for all His followers to proclaim the &quot;Good News&quot; (the meaning of the word Gospel) to the whole world, and that anyone doing so could expect ridicule and condemnation for it.  Notice that at least one of the Christains in this story is a former Muslim, probably converted by Christians who proclaimed the Good News on the streets or in jail.  Some of the people who preach to homosexuals are formerly active gay people who have left teh lifestyle.   Those who preach hate of anyone miss the point of the Christain message completely.
Some anti-homosexual preaching that espouses hate has made it to the media.....I have never heard it in my own life.....I wonder who is behind it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Jesus never commanded anyone to go and deliberately provoke others.&#8221;  So said Jeff.   Does anyone read the Gospel? (those are the words of Jesus, not St Paul.<br />
      Jesus charged the apostles with the task of preaching the gospel to ALL nations (everybody)&#8230;.he told them to &#8220;shake the dust from their shoes as a warning&#8221; (as they left) to any town that rejected HIS words.   He said that the fate of towns that rejected Him would be &#8220;worse than Soddom and Gommorrah&#8221;.<br />
     Jesus called religious leaders a &#8220;Brood of Vipers&#8221; for their hippocracy.   He called Peter (his own disciple) a &#8220;Satan&#8221; (tempter) when Peter suggested that he would protect Jesus from those who wanted to kill Him.<br />
      In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said that &#8220;Blessed are you who suffer persecution and endure every kind of evil for My sake&#8221;.<br />
He said that &#8220;You think I caome with the olive branch, but I come with the sword of division&#8221;.   He was tortured and executed for His preaching, as were 11 of the 12 apostles.   Ten days after HIs resurrection, the apostles (who had been hiding, fearing for their lives) were given the courage to boldy preach in front of large crowds inthe center of Jerusalem.<br />
    If their is one thing that is certain about Jesus and Christianity, it is that  there is an expectation for all His followers to proclaim the &#8220;Good News&#8221; (the meaning of the word Gospel) to the whole world, and that anyone doing so could expect ridicule and condemnation for it.  Notice that at least one of the Christains in this story is a former Muslim, probably converted by Christians who proclaimed the Good News on the streets or in jail.  Some of the people who preach to homosexuals are formerly active gay people who have left teh lifestyle.   Those who preach hate of anyone miss the point of the Christain message completely.<br />
Some anti-homosexual preaching that espouses hate has made it to the media&#8230;..I have never heard it in my own life&#8230;..I wonder who is behind it.</p>
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		<title>By: jboogy</title>
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		<dc:creator>jboogy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jeff,you are truly a wise man. excellent post, thanks for taking the time to write it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jeff,you are truly a wise man. excellent post, thanks for taking the time to write it.</p>
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		<title>By: Marek</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are so many issues with everything. We are and have been lied to forever about almost everything. Including and mainly religion.
Insulting anyone is not my intention, but how in the world do you believe in a religion when at it has ALWAYS represented EVIL. The Vatican should be immediately abolished and everything that is stored in its secret libraries should be shown... What information is so valuable that you cannot show the public? Why in our history has information been repressed at such a level? Control, nothing more. Someone is scared to let the public know the truth , WHY?

How is it fair that religion has the right to tell me that I will burn in HELL for eternity or until Judgement day because I do not believe in Jesus?
I love everything about life, and the beauty we create, I respect my neighbor, I don&#039;t preach, condemn, insult, yet I am to burn in hell. BS

Seems most of you that found this website and have commented are fairly intelligent people who have studied up on things and came to there own conclusions. Please study religion, don&#039;t let yourself be brainwashed. You need a guide, look at the origins of EVERY known civilization, and let it be known that something had to start somewhere. NOT poof god appeared and decided to create, you really still believe this fairy tale?

The Sumerian Empire, has over thousands of scrolls, hieroglyphs, pictures paintings, as to were we started and how it started, including star charts, code of laws, mathematics we do not have a clue as to how they work. A.Dam E.ve started there.

 The evidence is there, oh let me guess, GOD put that there to test your faith? Like dinosaur bones? Uneducated brainwashed answers that just frustrate.
Greeks, Roman, Chinese,East Indian, Muslim nations Native americans, Nubians, EVERY race on our planet has it recorded, and has the same proof of where we came from, the stars.

This world is a free for all, nobody cares, sorry, this multiverse. 

Look at the size of our own galaxy, go online and find a map, then take a look whats around that galaxy, we are surrounded by millions of galaxies with suns very close to our own, how can you think we are alone? How can you be so arrogant to think we are important compared to the rest of all that out there?

I believe there is a creator, I believe the bible and other religious documents have truth in them, yet have been misinterpreted, I believe in the balance of things, YING and YANG, you will always have good and you will always have evil, dark and light, this is the natural order of things...

There is a massive UFO disclosure about to happen, the USA has covered this up on a major level while the rest of the world is waiting for them to speak up because it was the american government who made a deal with our visitors. Technology for specimens, live human specimens, and mainly children are being taken, this doesnt alarm anyone ...there is a lot more then just a devastating financial crises looming, a lot more then just losing your rights to freedom of speech, you are being lied to on ever level.
 Please youtube the Rick Simpson story, Run from the cure, they rather us die from cancer and diseases than cure us , WHY cause they make more when you are dying, and then finally croak, are you kidding me we live in a world were life has no value over money...
Please look at what the gov is doing to young blacks , and the poor people , instead of helping them out, they are feeding them with crack and crystal meth, and completely destroying any chance at any life. Youtube American war on drugs Last white hope I think its titled. WHY? Its cheap labor, fill the prisons up and have them work for free, we are over populated anyways and its another way to make a fortune off of the legal procedure, prisons, what is the number , off the top of my head, isn&#039;t it $60 000 for one inmate a year? Why is it that ghettos have the usual liquor store and gun store next to each other? Its horrible...
Basically its 5 minutes past 12, its too late, it is. USA is Fk-ed.
The education systems is only for the wealthy, health care is a pure joke, I lived in the usa for 4 years, and truly I have met the most uneducated humans in the developed world by far. Yes there are stupid people everywhere, but the level and the amount of people that are like that in the USA is unreal. On top of that the ignorance and arrogance they portray in the world is unreal. The southern part of the states is by far the worst, The do not have language skills, education, and even health is sub par...
I lived in Sweden for 2 years, THEY PAY THEIR STUDENTS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
Germany health care is free, dentist one card, doctor one card, you name it ONE HEALTH CARD does all, and this is a country that took it hard cause of the world wars...

USA is pure EVIL, not the citizens, please dont take my harsh words as total insults, I&#039;ve had my fill of ignorant americans that travel the world telling everyone they are Canadian because they know they will get treated horribly, what comes around goes around, but my issue is I am Canadian and everything you lemmings do effects us. Our stupid Government isnt as corrupt as yours, but we are very close. You need to stand up for your country and fight for your freedoms and your constitution, because as a Canadian I do believe that the American constitution is the best thing any nation could have done for its people, but some smart foul bastards took advantage of people feeling comfortable example Federal Reserve, Standard oil, many pharmaceutical companies. 
Did you know that Rockefeller and Henry Ford Funded and supplied HITLER , NAZI germany, yea ammunition used to kill American solders. They got them comfy with credit, and the opportunity to buy without even having the money, blinded them with sports and entertainment. Didn&#039;t a great Caesar say &quot;give the people bread and games and they are distracted&quot; 

And My thoughts on abortion, seriously Men mind your F-in  business your not a women nor do you have the right to tell her what she does with her body... Maybe you should get raped and carry that burden for the rest of your life, every single day forever you will be reminded of how you got raped and your life destroyed. We have enough bastard children that grow up with out the knowledge of love or what a family is, and the odd ones that create something is not justifiable to the many that destroy and hate, and with reason. But thats another problem with this world, you can&#039;t save everyone, and over population is a major concern. Too many problems, we need to work together peacefully to solve this problem, but I know its too late, good luck to you all , you&#039;ll need it</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are so many issues with everything. We are and have been lied to forever about almost everything. Including and mainly religion.<br />
Insulting anyone is not my intention, but how in the world do you believe in a religion when at it has ALWAYS represented EVIL. The Vatican should be immediately abolished and everything that is stored in its secret libraries should be shown&#8230; What information is so valuable that you cannot show the public? Why in our history has information been repressed at such a level? Control, nothing more. Someone is scared to let the public know the truth , WHY?</p>
<p>How is it fair that religion has the right to tell me that I will burn in HELL for eternity or until Judgement day because I do not believe in Jesus?<br />
I love everything about life, and the beauty we create, I respect my neighbor, I don&#8217;t preach, condemn, insult, yet I am to burn in hell. BS</p>
<p>Seems most of you that found this website and have commented are fairly intelligent people who have studied up on things and came to there own conclusions. Please study religion, don&#8217;t let yourself be brainwashed. You need a guide, look at the origins of EVERY known civilization, and let it be known that something had to start somewhere. NOT poof god appeared and decided to create, you really still believe this fairy tale?</p>
<p>The Sumerian Empire, has over thousands of scrolls, hieroglyphs, pictures paintings, as to were we started and how it started, including star charts, code of laws, mathematics we do not have a clue as to how they work. A.Dam E.ve started there.</p>
<p> The evidence is there, oh let me guess, GOD put that there to test your faith? Like dinosaur bones? Uneducated brainwashed answers that just frustrate.<br />
Greeks, Roman, Chinese,East Indian, Muslim nations Native americans, Nubians, EVERY race on our planet has it recorded, and has the same proof of where we came from, the stars.</p>
<p>This world is a free for all, nobody cares, sorry, this multiverse. </p>
<p>Look at the size of our own galaxy, go online and find a map, then take a look whats around that galaxy, we are surrounded by millions of galaxies with suns very close to our own, how can you think we are alone? How can you be so arrogant to think we are important compared to the rest of all that out there?</p>
<p>I believe there is a creator, I believe the bible and other religious documents have truth in them, yet have been misinterpreted, I believe in the balance of things, YING and YANG, you will always have good and you will always have evil, dark and light, this is the natural order of things&#8230;</p>
<p>There is a massive UFO disclosure about to happen, the USA has covered this up on a major level while the rest of the world is waiting for them to speak up because it was the american government who made a deal with our visitors. Technology for specimens, live human specimens, and mainly children are being taken, this doesnt alarm anyone &#8230;there is a lot more then just a devastating financial crises looming, a lot more then just losing your rights to freedom of speech, you are being lied to on ever level.<br />
 Please youtube the Rick Simpson story, Run from the cure, they rather us die from cancer and diseases than cure us , WHY cause they make more when you are dying, and then finally croak, are you kidding me we live in a world were life has no value over money&#8230;<br />
Please look at what the gov is doing to young blacks , and the poor people , instead of helping them out, they are feeding them with crack and crystal meth, and completely destroying any chance at any life. Youtube American war on drugs Last white hope I think its titled. WHY? Its cheap labor, fill the prisons up and have them work for free, we are over populated anyways and its another way to make a fortune off of the legal procedure, prisons, what is the number , off the top of my head, isn&#8217;t it $60 000 for one inmate a year? Why is it that ghettos have the usual liquor store and gun store next to each other? Its horrible&#8230;<br />
Basically its 5 minutes past 12, its too late, it is. USA is Fk-ed.<br />
The education systems is only for the wealthy, health care is a pure joke, I lived in the usa for 4 years, and truly I have met the most uneducated humans in the developed world by far. Yes there are stupid people everywhere, but the level and the amount of people that are like that in the USA is unreal. On top of that the ignorance and arrogance they portray in the world is unreal. The southern part of the states is by far the worst, The do not have language skills, education, and even health is sub par&#8230;<br />
I lived in Sweden for 2 years, THEY PAY THEIR STUDENTS TO GO TO SCHOOL.<br />
Germany health care is free, dentist one card, doctor one card, you name it ONE HEALTH CARD does all, and this is a country that took it hard cause of the world wars&#8230;</p>
<p>USA is pure EVIL, not the citizens, please dont take my harsh words as total insults, I&#8217;ve had my fill of ignorant americans that travel the world telling everyone they are Canadian because they know they will get treated horribly, what comes around goes around, but my issue is I am Canadian and everything you lemmings do effects us. Our stupid Government isnt as corrupt as yours, but we are very close. You need to stand up for your country and fight for your freedoms and your constitution, because as a Canadian I do believe that the American constitution is the best thing any nation could have done for its people, but some smart foul bastards took advantage of people feeling comfortable example Federal Reserve, Standard oil, many pharmaceutical companies.<br />
Did you know that Rockefeller and Henry Ford Funded and supplied HITLER , NAZI germany, yea ammunition used to kill American solders. They got them comfy with credit, and the opportunity to buy without even having the money, blinded them with sports and entertainment. Didn&#8217;t a great Caesar say &#8220;give the people bread and games and they are distracted&#8221; </p>
<p>And My thoughts on abortion, seriously Men mind your F-in  business your not a women nor do you have the right to tell her what she does with her body&#8230; Maybe you should get raped and carry that burden for the rest of your life, every single day forever you will be reminded of how you got raped and your life destroyed. We have enough bastard children that grow up with out the knowledge of love or what a family is, and the odd ones that create something is not justifiable to the many that destroy and hate, and with reason. But thats another problem with this world, you can&#8217;t save everyone, and over population is a major concern. Too many problems, we need to work together peacefully to solve this problem, but I know its too late, good luck to you all , you&#8217;ll need it</p>
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		<title>By: k</title>
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		<dc:creator>k</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post Jeff!  I get so tired of people who claim to be Christians who are simply using their self-proclaimed faith as a weapon.  Using it to try to bolster their ego against their crushing insecurities and self-loathing.  These people call themselves Christians but they aren&#039;t looking for what is right, they are trying to make themselves feel superior to someone else.  These are people who use their church as a social club, not as a place to truly try to become better people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post Jeff!  I get so tired of people who claim to be Christians who are simply using their self-proclaimed faith as a weapon.  Using it to try to bolster their ego against their crushing insecurities and self-loathing.  These people call themselves Christians but they aren&#8217;t looking for what is right, they are trying to make themselves feel superior to someone else.  These are people who use their church as a social club, not as a place to truly try to become better people.</p>
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		<title>By: babzc</title>
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		<dc:creator>babzc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I often pray my morning prayer simply&quot; God ill go on out and do anything you need me to do today, but please don&#039;t make it standing on a street corner proselytizing&quot;
can i get an amen ?
Yes, they certainly had a right to pass out tracts anywhere and arresting them was wrong and anti-american. But did the lord require that of them , or were they just showing off?Were they truly doing exactly what  the Christ had asked of them that day ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I often pray my morning prayer simply&#8221; God ill go on out and do anything you need me to do today, but please don&#8217;t make it standing on a street corner proselytizing&#8221;<br />
can i get an amen ?<br />
Yes, they certainly had a right to pass out tracts anywhere and arresting them was wrong and anti-american. But did the lord require that of them , or were they just showing off?Were they truly doing exactly what  the Christ had asked of them that day ?</p>
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		<title>By: babzc</title>
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		<dc:creator>babzc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The biology of the situation seems to be that homosexual men and women are born that way.If you believe that God is involved in the forming of every baby , that He knows you  even in the womb, by hating gays aren&#039;t you questioning God and His creation?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The biology of the situation seems to be that homosexual men and women are born that way.If you believe that God is involved in the forming of every baby , that He knows you  even in the womb, by hating gays aren&#8217;t you questioning God and His creation?</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I understand the point that is being made here, but what you are forgetting is that there have always been limits on freedom of speech - in fact we probably have more freedom of speech now than our grandparents did (ever hear of the McCarthy era?).  The problem is that Christians all too often want to tiptoe right up to the line of infringing on the rights of others and then lean way over it, and then shout that they are the abused party.

In virtually all these examples, the people involved were going out of their way to be offensive.  Let&#039;s put the shoe on the other foot: Suppose there were a bunch of Satanists handing out their literature outside of your church on Sunday morning?  I&#039;ll bet you would not be crying out for their free speech rights.  How about if some guy was walking around outside your child&#039;s school holding up pictures of dismembered kittens and puppies - would you be in favor of their right to do that? (And if you would be, you are a very sick individual!)

Yet you have people who think it is their right to show gruesome pictures of aborted babies in public areas (even if children might be present). And you have people who deliberately try to provoke confrontation by handing out religious messages in places where they are highly likely to be viewed as unwelcome or offensive. If you go to a public beach and hand out your literature to willing takers, and don&#039;t try to make people lose their lunch by showing disturbing images, that&#039;s one thing, but you don&#039;t hear of people getting arrested for that.  But when you deliberately try to provoke people of another faith, or people that the church has historically condemned and for the most part spewed venom and hate toward, that crosses the line. And if the police try to stop you, it&#039;s probably more in the interest of preventing a riot or other confrontation than in limiting your free speech rights. Did you ever consider that maybe the cops are doing their job, and trying to keep you and anyone else from being injured due to your own stupidity?

Jesus never commanded anyone to go deliberately provoke others.  But we have this subset of people - CINOs - that take the teachings of Jesus and either totally ignore them, or turn them upside down. But then two, most fundamentalist Christians have very little idea of what Jesus actually taught, because the churches like to emphasize the teaching of Paul (the false apostle, who just sort of appointed himself to the position - so he fell off a horse and had a near-death experience, that does not make him more important than Jesus!) and de-emphasize the teachings of Jesus. If Christians actually followed Jesus they would know better than to deliberately provoke the authorities.

I am totally convinced that if there is an antichrist coming anytime soon, it&#039;s going to come right out of the fundamentalist churches that think they are so close to God, or perhaps out of the Republican party that panders to Christian fundamentalists by telling them what they want to hear, but after they get elected they totally blow off any promises they made.  The whole abortion issue is an example - everybody from dogcatcher on up wants the endorsement of Right to Life because they know it will get them votes, but less than 1% of those guys really have any commitment on the matter.  And then you have the slick evangelists that use abortion as a bogeyman for fundraising purposes, and what they really care about is getting your money (NOT God&#039;s money, God never demanded that Christians tithe - read your Bible in context and don&#039;t let a preacher lead you down a twisty trail of unrelated verses to create a doctrine out of thin air), so they can live a very comfortable lifestyle, and behind your back they laugh at you for being so gullible.

Those of you that teach and preach hate toward other people (for whatever reason), do you really think you&#039;re going to heaven?  And if if you do, do you think the rest of us want to be in the same heaven with you folks (at least until you realize how much it goes against what Jesus taught to go around hating in his name)? I know, you think there is only one other alternative (and that it involves a lot of flames and suffering) but that&#039;s also something the church made up by stringing unrelated verses together (plus dipping into Dante&#039;s Inferno).  There actually is such a place, sort of, but it&#039;s only for sinning angels, not for people.  Don&#039;t ever think for a minute that preachers don&#039;t lie about things like that to scare you into being dependent on them, and on the church. It scares them silly that you might actually figure out that you can follow Jesus without having anything to do with them (in case you hadn&#039;t noticed, Jesus never had one good word to say about organized religion).

For those who might find this message offensive, well, maybe that how people who are not Christians might feel when you go onto their turf and try to tell them things they don&#039;t want to hear.  And I&#039;m actually not trying to be offensive, I just wish Christians would truly follow Jesus instead of lying preachers that make up doctrines out of thin air by stringing unrelated verses together (I&#039;ve even seen them take HALF a verse and try to connect it to another completely unrelated verse to prove a point!) and relying about 90% on the writings of Paul and maybe 10% (if you are generous) on the teachings of Jesus.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand the point that is being made here, but what you are forgetting is that there have always been limits on freedom of speech &#8211; in fact we probably have more freedom of speech now than our grandparents did (ever hear of the McCarthy era?).  The problem is that Christians all too often want to tiptoe right up to the line of infringing on the rights of others and then lean way over it, and then shout that they are the abused party.</p>
<p>In virtually all these examples, the people involved were going out of their way to be offensive.  Let&#8217;s put the shoe on the other foot: Suppose there were a bunch of Satanists handing out their literature outside of your church on Sunday morning?  I&#8217;ll bet you would not be crying out for their free speech rights.  How about if some guy was walking around outside your child&#8217;s school holding up pictures of dismembered kittens and puppies &#8211; would you be in favor of their right to do that? (And if you would be, you are a very sick individual!)</p>
<p>Yet you have people who think it is their right to show gruesome pictures of aborted babies in public areas (even if children might be present). And you have people who deliberately try to provoke confrontation by handing out religious messages in places where they are highly likely to be viewed as unwelcome or offensive. If you go to a public beach and hand out your literature to willing takers, and don&#8217;t try to make people lose their lunch by showing disturbing images, that&#8217;s one thing, but you don&#8217;t hear of people getting arrested for that.  But when you deliberately try to provoke people of another faith, or people that the church has historically condemned and for the most part spewed venom and hate toward, that crosses the line. And if the police try to stop you, it&#8217;s probably more in the interest of preventing a riot or other confrontation than in limiting your free speech rights. Did you ever consider that maybe the cops are doing their job, and trying to keep you and anyone else from being injured due to your own stupidity?</p>
<p>Jesus never commanded anyone to go deliberately provoke others.  But we have this subset of people &#8211; CINOs &#8211; that take the teachings of Jesus and either totally ignore them, or turn them upside down. But then two, most fundamentalist Christians have very little idea of what Jesus actually taught, because the churches like to emphasize the teaching of Paul (the false apostle, who just sort of appointed himself to the position &#8211; so he fell off a horse and had a near-death experience, that does not make him more important than Jesus!) and de-emphasize the teachings of Jesus. If Christians actually followed Jesus they would know better than to deliberately provoke the authorities.</p>
<p>I am totally convinced that if there is an antichrist coming anytime soon, it&#8217;s going to come right out of the fundamentalist churches that think they are so close to God, or perhaps out of the Republican party that panders to Christian fundamentalists by telling them what they want to hear, but after they get elected they totally blow off any promises they made.  The whole abortion issue is an example &#8211; everybody from dogcatcher on up wants the endorsement of Right to Life because they know it will get them votes, but less than 1% of those guys really have any commitment on the matter.  And then you have the slick evangelists that use abortion as a bogeyman for fundraising purposes, and what they really care about is getting your money (NOT God&#8217;s money, God never demanded that Christians tithe &#8211; read your Bible in context and don&#8217;t let a preacher lead you down a twisty trail of unrelated verses to create a doctrine out of thin air), so they can live a very comfortable lifestyle, and behind your back they laugh at you for being so gullible.</p>
<p>Those of you that teach and preach hate toward other people (for whatever reason), do you really think you&#8217;re going to heaven?  And if if you do, do you think the rest of us want to be in the same heaven with you folks (at least until you realize how much it goes against what Jesus taught to go around hating in his name)? I know, you think there is only one other alternative (and that it involves a lot of flames and suffering) but that&#8217;s also something the church made up by stringing unrelated verses together (plus dipping into Dante&#8217;s Inferno).  There actually is such a place, sort of, but it&#8217;s only for sinning angels, not for people.  Don&#8217;t ever think for a minute that preachers don&#8217;t lie about things like that to scare you into being dependent on them, and on the church. It scares them silly that you might actually figure out that you can follow Jesus without having anything to do with them (in case you hadn&#8217;t noticed, Jesus never had one good word to say about organized religion).</p>
<p>For those who might find this message offensive, well, maybe that how people who are not Christians might feel when you go onto their turf and try to tell them things they don&#8217;t want to hear.  And I&#8217;m actually not trying to be offensive, I just wish Christians would truly follow Jesus instead of lying preachers that make up doctrines out of thin air by stringing unrelated verses together (I&#8217;ve even seen them take HALF a verse and try to connect it to another completely unrelated verse to prove a point!) and relying about 90% on the writings of Paul and maybe 10% (if you are generous) on the teachings of Jesus.</p>
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