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Posted in: Religion in the Courts
  toms
09-02-2005, 1:24 PM
#8
Frankly, if i was a muslim and they insisted I swore on the bible then I'd be well happy... would mean i could make up whatever i wanted and they couldn't get me for perjury... daft on the court's part though... ;)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tolerance means people you don't agree with, too.
  toms
08-25-2005, 9:42 AM
#61
Not diarys, but letters and historys and such. Basically, God would speak through the authors in the letters. Some of the stuff written is really amazing. Im not saying a human couldn't write it. But yeah, when Paul would write a letter I think God s...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tolerance means people you don't agree with, too.
  toms
08-24-2005, 8:20 AM
#52
I'm a little confused here luke... You state that the bible is a collection of things like letters and private diary thoughts that were never meant to be made public. But then you appear (i may be wrong) to be one of those christians who believe th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tolerance means people you don't agree with, too.
  toms
08-22-2005, 10:37 AM
#30
When ripping in "Christians" it can never mean ALL christians, because there are so many different denominations, groups, beliefs etc.. who all claim themselves to be christian... and within each group there are huge variations in the actio...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tolerance means people you don't agree with, too.
  toms
08-19-2005, 12:50 PM
#15
Its interesting to note that the exact same moral conservatives who bemoan the loss of christian morals, the laxity of today's standards and the corruption of today's society are often quick to condemn Islam for its strict moral laws and policies. (...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tolerance means people you don't agree with, too.
  toms
08-19-2005, 8:02 AM
#10
I think everyone (especially skinwalker) has answered with pretty much everything i wanted to say. Basically its only the certain brand of christianity that insists on interfering with my life that i have problems with. I did want to pick up one mi...  [Read More]
Posted in: When Should U.S. Troops Be Pulled Out Of Iraq?
  toms
08-25-2005, 6:38 AM
#24
All the pre/post WW2 fiddling and country carveup was a very bad idea, and has been responsible for many of the problems in the world today. Though of course it should be pointed out that most of the motivation of the British empire builders was to b...  [Read More]
Posted in: When Should U.S. Troops Be Pulled Out Of Iraq?
  toms
08-23-2005, 11:05 AM
#15
A lot of other countries do have troops in iraq, including a number of countries that weren't keen on the invasion in the first place. However I think the US does still have by far the largest number of troops. I may be wrong, but i have a feeling al...  [Read More]
Posted in: When Should U.S. Troops Be Pulled Out Of Iraq?
  toms
08-22-2005, 8:23 AM
#12
Why is everyone talking as if only the US has troops in Iraq? This is based purely on news broadcasts, but the feeling comes over that the American troops are less welcome than the British troops, and as the wording of the question clearly states 'Un...  [Read More]
Posted in: When Should U.S. Troops Be Pulled Out Of Iraq?
  toms
08-19-2005, 8:09 AM
#8
I think they should stay or go depending on the wishes of the democratically (well mostly) elected Iraqi government. If they are asked to stay then they should stay, if they are asked to leave (unlikely and a bad idea right now) then they should leav...  [Read More]
Posted in: the President's support of "intelligent design."
  toms
08-18-2005, 8:14 AM
#48
His scientific advisors have been saying for weeks that he didn't know what he was talking about. I guess the question is whether you think (a) He gave a reasonable answer but was misquoted out of context. (b) He gave a dumb answer without thinking...  [Read More]
Posted in: the President's support of "intelligent design."
  toms
08-09-2005, 9:16 AM
#36
It does seem to be a new, or at least growing, phenomemon that more and more people seem to be taking the bible literally. There is no legal "seperation of church and state" as such in the UK, and there are loads of Faith Schools (mainly...  [Read More]
Posted in: the President's support of "intelligent design."
  toms
08-08-2005, 12:16 PM
#33
Another takeoff of intelligent design here, with this guy's equally provable Flying Spaggetti Monster Theory http://www.venganza.org/) Bush's science adviser, John Marburger, was quoted in The New York Times this week as saying intelligent design wa...  [Read More]
Posted in: the President's support of "intelligent design."
  toms
08-05-2005, 6:48 AM
#25
One more thing.. I honestly think Religion DOES belong in schools, but of the academic comparative variety (as opposed to the "this is the TRUTH" and/or devotional approach used in private religious schools) That seems to be what happens i...  [Read More]
Posted in: the President's support of "intelligent design."
  toms
08-04-2005, 12:35 PM
#14
Well, its a theory... not sure i'd take it that far......  [Read More]
Posted in: the President's support of "intelligent design."
  toms
08-04-2005, 11:06 AM
#12
The answer to the final question is clearly No. Would it be possible for a politician of a non-christian religion to become president, even if they were sufficiently pious? I suspect the answer to this would also be no. As the third world continue...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tom Tancredo
  toms
08-23-2005, 1:24 PM
#40
Well, the majority of the london bombers last month were british, so i guess we should bomb Leeds? Or when the IRA set of bombs in london we should bomb northern ireland catholics? Or churches in the irish republic? Or irish bars in boston where mos...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tom Tancredo
  toms
08-23-2005, 6:39 AM
#35
COOL. Next time some random guy from NYC shoots anyone abroad I'll be all up for going to NYC and shooting a few random priests in the churches... sounds like fun....  [Read More]
Posted in: Magical thinkers opposed to Magical thinkers
  toms
08-16-2005, 11:10 AM
#19
I agree with you about the story and mythic figures. Ultimately, it seems to me, that this entire debate comes down to one point: If you don't like the idea of the Harry Potter books (or any other fantasy tale for that matter,) that's great, don't...  [Read More]
Posted in: Magical thinkers opposed to Magical thinkers
  toms
08-16-2005, 8:36 AM
#17
Evolution and Christianity contradict each other, one has to be wrong! Its common sense, a contradictory statement proves itself wrong. Only if you take every word of the bible (whatever translation you happen to have to hand) as being the literal t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Do video games corrupt our youth?
  toms
08-10-2005, 8:09 AM
#61
"everything in moderation" is the phrase that springs to mind. Spending all day doing any one thing is bound to be counterproductive... be it playing games, watching tv, browsing web, or whatever. I've got games on my pc, games on my gamec...  [Read More]
Posted in: Do video games corrupt our youth?
  toms
08-09-2005, 10:05 AM
#53
Like rock and roll in the 1950s, games have been accepted by the young and largely rejected by the old. Once the young are old, and the old are dead, games will be regarded as just another medium and the debate will have moved on. Critics of gaming d...  [Read More]
Posted in: Do video games corrupt our youth?
  toms
08-04-2005, 10:47 AM
#51
I seem to remember a fair bit of blood when you face-plant in Tony hawk. You should try watching a few skate videos... kind of like jackass but without the weird naked guy. Thats where jackass spawned from, and where a lot of the attitude of TH gam...  [Read More]
Posted in: TV Alert: Who Wrote the Bible?
  toms
08-22-2005, 8:18 AM
#7
On a slightly related note I saw a bit of a documentary on the BBC last night which was mainly about Muslims in British Society. The bit i saw though was talking about how the Saudi Royal Family have spent millions producing free and cheap translatio...  [Read More]
Posted in: Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)
  toms
09-05-2005, 10:27 AM
#274
http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/pa_jack.jpg) http://www.thinkgeek.com/pennyarcade/swag/7a15/)...  [Read More]
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