Archives for the 'religion' Category
Into the Lion’s Den
brentdanley
Two Mormon missionaries FINALLY delivered a copy of the Book of Mormon tonight. I had ordered the books months ago. They stopped by earlier in the week and were surprised when I asked them about the book. They had no idea. Their visit, according to them, was coincidental.
We had an interesting discussion about prayer […]
Impossible Rules
When I was a Mormon missionary serving in Massachusetts in the early 1990s our message was quite positive. What we were selling was purpose, lasting peace, true happiness and strong families. Occasionally we found a credulous undereducated person who desired these things and we were able to seal the deal and persuade them to join […]
Right to Die
Assisted Suicide of Healthy 79-Year-Old Renews German Debate on Right to Die
By MARK LANDLER
NY Times, July 3, 2008
A woman’s desire to avoid life in a nursing home forces a country to confront the thorny ethical issue and casts an assisted-suicide advocate as Germany’s Jack Kevorkian.
But many here do not want Germany to follow the example […]
Sex Education and Censorship in America
Playboy Magazine is NOT pornography. It might be offensive to some, but it is certainly not obscene by any legal standard. Playboy contains articles by some of the best writers and interviews of the most interesting and high-profile personalities. Each issue also contains several pictorials featuring women whose dress ranges from fully clothed to completely […]
Noah and the Great Flood
I saw this beautiful watercolor hanging in a church where I worked last week. It’s amusing to me that a story that’s obviously for children is believed as literal truth by millions of otherwise intelligent adults.
Come on! Were there no rainbows pre-flood? Did the physics of light change after the flood? […]
An Atheist in Hillary’s Cabinet?
I recently had the opportunity to ask Hillary Clinton two questions at a campaign rally in Hampton, New Hampshire. I asked her, “How is your faith going to affect the decisions you make as president? Also, would you have an atheist in your cabinet?”
Interesting. Good question. I’ve never been asked this. […]
Mr. Deity
Funny stuff. Enjoy. Watch them all. Visit Mr. Deity.
From Crackle: Mr. Deity and the Evil - Season 1, Ep 1
Hillary and Religion
brentdanley
Yesterday the girls and I traveled to Brentwood, New Hampshire to attend a rally where President Bill Clinton was going to be campaigning for his wife, Hillary. His speech was refreshing and inspiring. During the question and answer period I stated that, “religion is a big deal to Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee […]
Belief-O-Matic
Which religion matches your personality? Take the quiz and post your results. Here are mine:
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
4. Nontheist (79%)
5. Liberal Quakers (72%)
6. Neo-Pagan (66%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (53%)
8. New Age (50%)
9. Taoism (50%)
10. Reform Judaism (38%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
13. […]
A Mormon Apostasy
brentdanley
People who know me at all know that I do not believe in god. In fact, I would label myself an antitheist. I haven’t been able to shake my disdain for theism from my sleeve.
Naturally, therefore, when I posted this picture to my Flickr photostream, some people were curious how I […]