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Palehorse

#1380
December 02, 2009, 05:22:19 PM
. . .or when the church starts encroaching upon government as it does here in Anderson and certainly to a much larger extent in Florence SC!
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Exterminator

#1381
December 02, 2009, 05:25:19 PM
Maybe the title of the thread should be, "People Who Believe In An Invisible Man Living In The Sky Suck," because there ain't no god, ergo, no suckage.
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

Exterminator

#1382
December 02, 2009, 05:27:47 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on December 02, 2009, 04:35:38 PM
Now, why is this in the God Sucks topic?

As soon as you mentioned South Carolina, I knew.
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

Locutus

#1383
December 02, 2009, 06:41:21 PM
Bingo Ex!

That state is chock full of nutjobs and zealots.



One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Locutus

#1384
December 02, 2009, 06:44:01 PM
Here's an example of exactly what I'm talking about:




From their website:

ChristianExodus.org was founded in November of 2003 in response to the moral degeneration of American culture, and the rampant corruption among the powers that be. The initial goal was to move thousands of Christian constitutionalists to South Carolina to accelerate the return to self-government based upon Christian principles at the local and State level. This project continues to this day, with the ultimate goal of forming an independent Christian nation that will survive after the decline and fall of the financially and morally bankrupt American empire. We have learned, however; that the chains of our slavery and dependence upon godless government have more of a hold on us than can be broken by simply moving to another State.

As many like-minded Christian activists pursue independent Christian living without relocating, the scope has expanded to promote "personal secession" though many and various tracks, wherever they can be implemented. The long process of disentanglement from idolatrous dependencies includes such practices of moving towards a home-centered economy, with intentional community, home-schooling, home-gardening, house churches, health-cost sharing, private exchange, unlicenced ministry, and any other way in which we might live free and godly lives in Christ Jesus, without prostrating ourselves to eat from the hand of the imperial magistrate.


:eek:


The lot of those people are clearly nuts.
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Anne

#1385
December 03, 2009, 05:03:22 PM
Kinda sounds like a hippy commune without the free love doesn't it?

My kids lived in SC and one of the things they were asked at the end of their job interviews and/or their first day on the job is what was their affiliation. The one who is Catholic got an Oh is response and the one who is Methodist got a I guess we can deal with that reaction to their answers. They both had very good jobs. They have since moved on to FL and VA to even better jobs, with no questions about their "affiliation".
"A discontented man will find no easy chair." Ben Franklin

Palehorse

#1386
December 03, 2009, 05:55:48 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 02, 2009, 06:41:21 PM
Bingo Ex!

That state is chock full of nutjobs and zealots.

No doubt! Mississippi and Alabama got nothin on them!  :spooked:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Locutus

#1387
December 03, 2009, 07:03:21 PM
Quote from: Anne on December 03, 2009, 05:03:22 PM
Kinda sounds like a hippy commune without the free love doesn't it?

My kids lived in SC and one of the things they were asked at the end of their job interviews and/or their first day on the job is what was their affiliation. The one who is Catholic got an Oh is response and the one who is Methodist got a I guess we can deal with that reaction to their answers. They both had very good jobs. They have since moved on to FL and VA to even better jobs, with no questions about their "affiliation".

But that kind of shit is illegal!  Regardless of how "core of the bible belt" they believe themselves to be, religious affiliation (or non-affiliation) has no place in the workplace.  It shouldn't be asked about, and shouldn't be discussed in the context in which you and Palehorse have described it.
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Palehorse

#1388
December 03, 2009, 07:16:53 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 03, 2009, 07:03:21 PM
But that kind of shit is illegal!  Regardless of how "core of the bible belt" they believe themselves to be, religious affiliation (or non-affiliation) has no place in the workplace.  It shouldn't be asked about, and shouldn't be discussed in the context in which you and Palehorse have described it.

That was exactly my point in relating the experience my colleague has been through, and what I told her. But they do it and get away with it in these areas and it is just plain wrong and they should be punished for it!
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Palehorse

#1389
December 03, 2009, 07:34:38 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 03, 2009, 07:03:21 PM
But that kind of shit is illegal!  Regardless of how "core of the bible belt" they believe themselves to be, religious affiliation (or non-affiliation) has no place in the workplace.  It shouldn't be asked about, and shouldn't be discussed in the context in which you and Palehorse have described it.

It is a violation of federal civil rights law. . .
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

dan foster

#1390
December 03, 2009, 10:29:03 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on December 03, 2009, 07:34:38 PM
It is a violation of federal civil rights law. . .

Why don't all those folks just do the rest of us a favor and kill themselves to be with jesus, directly, vice having to put up with "the magistrate" holding sway over them?  If they were real christians, they would drink the poison kool aid as in Jones Town, and be with their maker without any interference from "this here godless state".
"Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established." -- Ludwig Feuerbach, The Essence of Christianity, 1841

"A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world" Louis Pasteur

"It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so." -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Locutus

#1391
December 03, 2009, 10:31:32 PM
Quote from: dan foster on December 03, 2009, 10:29:03 PM
Why don't all those folks just do the rest of us a favor and kill themselves to be with jesus, directly, vice having to put up with "the magistrate" holding sway over them?  If they were real christians, they would drink the poison kool aid as in Jones Town, and be with their maker without any interference from "this here godless state".

Bingo!  But they won't because they're either:

1.  Too scared to do it.
2.  Too uncertain of their own beliefs to do it.
3.  Both.
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Locutus

#1392
December 03, 2009, 10:33:08 PM
It's all a bunch of bullshit regardless of how any of them try to segregate themselves from organized religion.  When it comes right down to it, most of 'em aren't that certain in their beliefs to to ahead an pull that trigger and trust in ole' Jeebus.  :wink:
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Henry Hawk

#1393
December 03, 2009, 10:55:52 PM
are you guys smoking dope?....
"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - It all makes sense to me now...


"The future ain't what it used to be."– Yogi Berra

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Exterminator

#1394
December 04, 2009, 09:07:42 AM
Every chance we get.  :yes:
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.
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