Topic: Culture Wars (Read 78190 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #480 on:** November 12, 2010, 07:11:12 AM »

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Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), who will seek the Energy and Commerce Committee chairmanship maintains that we do not have to worry about climate change because God promised in the Bible not to destroy the world again after Noah’s flood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7h08RDYA5E#

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #481 on:** November 12, 2010, 07:50:20 AM »

On behalf of my state, I apologize.

Mongrel · « **Reply #482 on:** November 12, 2010, 05:59:30 PM »

"Illinois Fundies.

I hate Illinois Fundies."

Brentai · « **Reply #483 on:** November 12, 2010, 07:24:25 PM »

I like how the specific problem with that set of quotes is also the specific problem with many people's misconception of the environmental crisis: It's not the world that's going to die, it's just us.

Classic · « **Reply #484 on:** November 12, 2010, 08:38:46 PM »

Quote from: TED-9000 on November 12, 2010, 07:50:20 AM

On behalf of my state, I apologize.

They have heavy sticks. Please take this into account as a factor mitigating our cowardice.

Shinra · « **Reply #485 on:** November 13, 2010, 02:49:04 PM »

I once heard a quote that was something to the effect of;

"The world can only be 4,000 years old! The proof is all right there, in the bible - in the bible, it says god made the world in six days, and on the seventh day, he rested!. It's right there in the bible!"

I think it's ironic that in the early 1800s we elected a a man who was very nearly an atheist to the presidency, but it would have been political suicide for anyone in that room to interrupt him and say 'the bible has nothing to do with the preceding of government, and in relation to the preceding of government you are entitled to neither your free speech nor your freedom of religion'.

Mongrel · « **Reply #486 on:** November 21, 2010, 03:55:13 PM »

Westboro clowns are going to up the crazy-stakes

I can only applaud their race to the bottom, though I do hope someone stops them before they actually protest at a child's funeral, for the love of God.

Interesting note about the trouble they had in OK: Apparently no one in town would fix their car (haha!), but not only that, a fellow I knew was in town then. They asked him for the time and he refused to tell them.

That's right. He literally wouldn't give them the time of day.

Büge · « **Reply #487 on:** November 21, 2010, 06:38:34 PM »

When you said 'Westboro clowns,' I immediately thought of the kind with floppy shoes and red noses, and just how surreal a protest by them would be, especially at a child's funeral.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #488 on:** November 21, 2010, 07:11:23 PM »

What in the Fuck Has Obama Done So Far?

Mongrel · « **Reply #489 on:** November 21, 2010, 07:54:52 PM »

There's a trite quote in there somewhere about unworldly well-intentioned intellectuals being the most susceptible to bad rationalizations for immoral acts, but any amount of pondering the situation makes me too depressed to come up with such a quip (or reinvent an old one).

Royal☭ · « **Reply #490 on:** November 21, 2010, 08:09:23 PM »

I'm confused by what you mean.

Brentai · « **Reply #491 on:** November 21, 2010, 08:10:30 PM »

I think he's completely ignoring you, Soup.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #492 on:** November 21, 2010, 08:19:13 PM »

Inconceivable.

Mongrel · « **Reply #493 on:** November 21, 2010, 08:43:59 PM »

Yeah, that was a (poorly worded) comment on the contents of the link, not on anything Constantine s-

OH WAIT, I GET IT. AHA.

Thad · « **Reply #494 on:** November 21, 2010, 09:03:30 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on November 21, 2010, 03:55:13 PM

Westboro clowns are going to up the crazy-stakes

I can only applaud their race to the bottom, though I do hope someone stops them before they actually protest at a child's funeral, for the love of God.

The trouble is they're very careful to ensure they never do anything illegal. If the law states you have to stay n feet away from the service, they'll stay n feet away from the service.

At this point they're quite clearly daring people to physically attack them. First one to raise a hand gets sued.

Of course, I'm not sure they've thought as far ahead as "trial by jury".

Brentai · « **Reply #495 on:** November 21, 2010, 09:42:44 PM »

This is of course only if people attack them publicly.

Hope none of them have children. Sort of.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #496 on:** November 22, 2010, 04:58:25 AM »

Quote from: Brentai on November 21, 2010, 09:42:44 PM

Hope none of them have children. Sort of.

It's all one really, really large family. But, last I read, all the daughters were "Saving themselves for Jesus", which means they would never even get married.

That doesn't mean there might not accidentally be some new Phelpses in the world, but at least the cancer isn't actively spreading.

Mongrel · « **Reply #497 on:** November 22, 2010, 08:32:40 AM »

"Saving themselves for Jesus" could also man Phelps doesn't want to share.

Thad · « **Reply #498 on:** November 22, 2010, 08:35:43 AM »

Quote from: Constantmean on November 22, 2010, 04:58:25 AM

It's all one really, really large family. But, last I read, all the daughters were "Saving themselves for Jesus", which means they would never even get married.

From the interview I saw with the oldest girl a few years back, it wasn't so much that she was "saving herself for Jesus" as she legitimately believed we were living in the end times and it would be cruel to bring children into the world.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #499 on:** November 22, 2010, 08:40:24 AM »

Tomato, tomato.

Quote from: Mongrel on November 22, 2010, 08:32:40 AM

"Saving themselves for Jesus" could also man Phelps doesn't want to share.

Any chance to call attention to the creepy "Religious Ceremony" that is the Purity Ball.

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