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Comment on I’m Back! by Rebekah C

Rebekah C — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:52:15 +0000

Yay! Thanks!

Comment on I’m Back! by Heather

Heather — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:45:37 +0000

I like it!

Comment on Don’t Let the Terrorists Win by BaronessBlack

BaronessBlack — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:58:48 +0000

Thanks for this. It’s good to hear people thinking through the issues.
There is always more that unites us than divides us. I was particularly struck by this when visiting the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus “Initially, the Muslim conquest of Damascus in 634 did not affect the church, as the building came to be shared by Muslim and Christian worshippers. ” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_Mosque
It’s interesting to see through history how communities and faiths have been tolerant and supportive of each other, as well as the times they’ve been intolerant and destructive. Although, wouldn’t it be great now to see a building that was part church, part mosque, and part synagogue? After all, technically, we all worship the same God, albeit in different ways and with different emphasis. But, I really believe if you look for the common ground, you can usually find it!

Comment on Don’t Let the Terrorists Win by Rebekah C

Rebekah C — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:48:45 +0000

Sunny you make a very good point. Racism and religious bigotry aren’t new here and I didn’t mean to imply that it was. I’m just really disgusted to see such simple-minded hatred being spewed by people who think they are better than the extremists who spew simple-minded hatred. It’s absurd. Whether individually practiced or respected or not, constitutionally, we have religious freedom. People also have that right to be bigoted assholes within their hearts but that doesn’t change the fact that legally, this is a simple issue and the “debate” is ridiculous.

I can’t help but wonder how long it will be before we’ve got “Muslim” camps. Hell maybe we can use the same ones we stuffed all the Asian people into during the LAST fear-driven hysteria. @@

Comment on Don’t Let the Terrorists Win by Sunny

Sunny — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:00:23 +0000

The problem with the premise of your argument is that America was founded on the principle of freedom from the religious persecution of Christians who weren’t welcome in their home countries in Europe. It was not founded on the principle of religious freedom for anyone else. And whether or not the more intelligent of our forefathers intended to include the religious freedom of non-Christians is, well, a matter of controversy. There was no religious freedom for the native tribes during the early years of European settlement. There was no religious freedom for those unwillingly imported from Africa, and there was no religious freedom for those who came here from Japan, China, Korea, or Vietnam.

It’s certainly not any different today. The attitude of “religious freedom for ME, but not for YOU” is still glaringly obvious in every sector of society, in every state, in every city, suburb, and rural area. Some places have managed to create microsocieties so that like-minded individuals can move together in the same circles, and the surrounding communities usually exist in a sort of uneasy tolerance that varies from polite but frosty smiles when people pass on the streets to barely-contained violence held to a simmer by vigorous law enforcement, but it is not the same as true accepance, and it is not true freedom.

I expect I’ll spend the rest of my life fending off my own extended family, missionaries, well-meaning parent groups, neighbors, teachers, administrators, law enforcement, and trying to avoid the notice of child services, because my religion isn’t tolerated here. The only reason pagans are off the front pages of newspapers today is because the most recent violent-crazy offender group happens to have called themselves Muslim. It wouldn’t take a very large event to change the tides and make another non-Christian group Public Enemy #1 again.

Comment on Don’t Let the Terrorists Win by Rebekah C

Rebekah C — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:55:31 +0000

No I had not seen that but it’s really just…wow!!! Can I post this to FB?

Comment on Don’t Let the Terrorists Win by christina

christina — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:34:54 +0000

yes, yes, yes.

have you seen this?

http://snarla.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/venn-diagram-al-qaeda-islam-muslims.jpg

it annoys me to no end that people keep insisting that muslims are the enemy when TERRORISTS are the real enemy, you know? *sigh*

Comment on Who is Thoughtful Momma? by Rebekah C

Rebekah C — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:48:44 +0000

I do, Luschka, and he’s a particularly fun one.

Comment on Weighty Wednesday-Off Week by Kristy

Kristy — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:02:25 +0000

I am going through the same kind of thing! One week, I lose and another week (EVEN THOUGH I have still made good choices), I gain a little. So it has been painstakingly slow to see progress. I have lost about 6 pounds in 7 weeks overall. If it makes you feel any better, keep it up, because next week you’ll most likely see a loss after the yuck week.

Comment on What’s Cooking, Ladies? by Assistantjobs

Assistantjobs — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:21:55 +0000

maybe it is just me but, I dont comprehend it. I’m sorry? is the significance of this story? can anyone please explain it to me. Perhaps it is my blonde hair kicking in but i am fairly baffled as to the intention? thanx