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Is religion the root of all evil? by Selah on Wed Dec 31, 1969 6:00 pm |
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[url=http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=70050677&blogID=112762187&Mytoken=34028271-2C07-4665-8B7DC85222A414239973717]April 28, 2006[/url]
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Steve says my blogs are too long.... so I am attempting to write a shorter one (plus my lengthy first version was lost).
I believe that intolerance comes from many sources one big one is religon. Do I blame religon? That is to say, do I blame God? NO.
Do I blame people? YES.
People are not perfect and the most passionate people have a belief system one way or the other. I do - even when I was agnostic I had a belief system, granted it didn't revolve my world around God - it revolved around human decency something I believed all religious people seriously lacked. (Is Maggie Mormon mad???? Oh my....) Not to mention I felt women were seriously oppressed but that, alas, is for another blog. Maybe tomorrow.
Yes, LACKED They all lacked it ever single "belief system" person I had ever met. From my own conservative family (whom I love dearly and to this day disagree with their views on some issues) to my own husband. Yep - not a single belief based person I had ever met had ever changed my opinion: organized religon was the root of all evil.
But think about it - it's not God's fault, it is mens' faults because we are prone to the promptings of Satan - who can be quite convincing. He can mingle scripture with his own agendas. And since religon was upon the Earth his agenda is to divide from within and conquer. And I gotta say, he does a great job.
(It's not short is it? Sorry....)
I dated a born again who couldn't believe I refused to ban gay marriage, three of the best friends in my entire life were Scientologists and amazing people - wouldn't trade knowing them for anything, my best friend from highschool is gay and currently engaged (shout out to Cris!) and I love him for being him and being happy. I am pro-choice (don't get me wrong, I hate abortion but it's not my free will in question is it?).
Intolerance is evil. Regardless if you believe in God and Satan - it's plain evil. It doesn't help anything. My own husband was against organized religon because he was aethist and saw no good from it.
I have a testimony of the joy my churh and faith has brought me - but it's my life. Now, Jane, she thinks her faith and her lifestyle is the only way to heaven.... And that's her right as an individual. Although I hate her intolerance - it is her right and I can't be intolerant towards her for praticing it. I can only love her.
I have tried to look as God would look, and although I may be way outside the box (that's ok, that's who I am) I see my own babies times infinity. I feel love times eternity. And who am I to say that's wrong?
Love-
Amanda
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743 by Dr. Shades on Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:26 pm |
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Wednesday, January 15, 1992--Day 743
Today was "Seijinshiki," the coming-of-age ceremony, again. We went for Pollard Choro and also to see who we could meet. We were lucky, for even though my dode and I are both 22, the guy still let us go in.
The thing was way longer than Inuyama's was last year. [It was] totally boring, too. Afterwards it was hard getting into any sort of conversation at all. The kimonos were cool, but the chicks were (99% of them) butt ugly. Owariasahi really leaves something to be desired.
[We] played games again, then at home we opened the gifts we all got from Seijinshiki. The best one was an electric alarm clock. It's great, for for over two long years I've been using the same wind-up thing and have had to wind it every night. Finally, [I have] something different.
Took a long nap, then went with Cook to make copies. On the way home I called Yoshie and we arranged a time to meet. [And thus began my descent into fukedom during the last month of my mission. Meeting a member of the opposite sex from outside the district boundaries was verboten, of course. Yet my mindset was this: Having gone two full years before finally seeing some real, true-to-life success, there was no way in Hell I was going to see a repeat within a single solitary month. This is because I had no other investigators and one month simply isn't enough time to go from finding a person to seeing him or her baptized--at least, in Japan it isn't. So since I wasn't going to see any real success anyway before my mission ended, why not "cut loose" and have a little fun before my mission ended?] [It was] the first time I heard her voice since the day I transferred [away] from Okazaki. What a sweetie she is. I need her something fearsome.
Oh yeah, during/after Seijinshiki one girl asked if I was a Mormon missionary. I asked how she knew, and she said that I just had that "aura." Now is that just the coolest, or what? I have that "aura!" ([It's] rather surprising that I still have it, though.)
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742 by Dr. Shades on Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:34 pm |
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Tuesday, January 14, 1992--Day 742
It was raining this morning, so I called the Seto boys and cancelled district meeting. Later we played tennis, and I wasn't half bad. After that, we had a nice meal with the Yamaguchis. They always feed us well when we go over.
Today I got a letter from Matsubara Tomie in Nishio. Now that's one outstanding woman.
[I have] only one month left.
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741 by Dr. Shades on Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:28 pm |
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Monday, January 13, 1992--Day 741
We didn't do much but go and play video games, the four of us. Later I wanted to finish writing letters instead of dendo, so we did that.
Got another letter from that bitch Theressa. She doesn't know when to quit! Most human beings know the limits on common courtesy, but I guess [that] she's either unhuman or else a bit insane. What a wench.
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PHOTOS 127 by Dr. Shades on Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:25 pm |
 L-R: Me, Junko Masaka, Brother Salway photobombing.
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740 by Dr. Shades on Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:17 pm |
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Sunday, January 12, 1992--Day 740
I sure was busy at church today. Translating, coordinating, etc. etc. etc. On top of that, I had to give a talk on Hope with only a few minutes' notice. They'd warned me earlier, but had the wrong date written on the notice [that] they'd given me, so I was confused. I was lucky, for thanks to the Lord it turned out okay.
Mika was there. From the stand I got to see her take the sacrament for the first time. [It was] truly spectacular. She got to go to all three meetings for the first time today. She now has home teachers, Brothers Kishimoto and Fukunaga. [They're] good men, both. I'm glad.
I was running around with so much other stuff going on that I couldn't pay too much attention to Mika. She pretty much got along okay by herself and with the other members, so that was satisfying. [It's a] good sign, since I won't be around forever.
[We] went home and made two cakes, one for Yuka-chan and one for her mother, since Yuka's birthday was [on] the 1st and her mother's is [on] the 15th. Next we rode out and delivered them, candles burning and everything (once we got there). These two [birthday cakes] held their shape and frosting perfectly, unlike Mika's disaster back on August 26.
It was fun giving their cakes to them. [We knocked on the door and sang "Happy Birthday" as we handed Yuka her cake. Once we said our goodbyes and they closed the door, we immediately knocked on the door again and sang "Happy Birthday" once more as we handed her mom a cake of her own. I'm sure neither of them were expecting that.] Yuka's a sweetheart.
Gads, it's been a long time. I'm dying to make out with somebody.
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Re: 015 by Dr. Shades on Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:22 pm |
Bridget Jack Meyers wrote: I'm glad you clarified that the access you had to Sisters Woodward and Cordner was merely social access. ;) Ha! Yes, considering the times we live in, I thought it best to clarify. :-)
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RE: 038 by MsJack on Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:20 pm |
Dr. Shades wrote: I'm glad, however, that girls tend to be far more loyal than guys. [Is that actually true, or is it merely a stereotype?] A stereotype, and an incorrect one at that. Could have been different back in 1990 though. That was almost 20 years ago.
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Re: 015 by MsJack on Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:12 am |
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I'm glad you clarified that the access you had to Sisters Woodward and Cordner was merely social access. ;)
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RE: The Dishonor of Anonymity by Anonymous on Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:30 am |
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In response to Cinerpro:
I have been an equal-opportunity critic of anonymous speech on the internet, whether it be critical or supportive of the Church. Somehow I just don't think it honorable for a stake president, for example, to spend his time in lots of anonymous speech discussing his theories of church doctrine.
My post cites plenty of secular sources.
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RE: The Dishonor of Anonymity by Anonymous on Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:36 am |
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Here's to the Dishonor of Anonymity:
Robert Crockett
Latham & Watkins
355 S. Grand Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
[Bob edited this post to remove my personal residence and insert my office instead; I'm tired of my damaged mail box.]
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