Monthly Archives: September 2009

Ky. church ordains sex offender as minister

Posted on September 30, 2009 by The Great One

Don’t you just love it? A convicted sex offender is now the new minister of a Louisville, Kentucky church. But wait, this is very, very important… the church’s pastor believes in the “redemptive power of Jesus Christ.” Isn’t this just … Continue reading →

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Ala. deputy’s hand, severed in attack, reattached

Posted on September 29, 2009 by The Great One

Rednecks and religion; only bad things happen when this combination comes together… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press Tue Sep 29, 3:45 pm ET ASHLAND, Ala. – A deputy whose hand was chopped off by a suspect wielding a bush ax had … Continue reading →

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New signs at Mormon plaza say anyone can be barred

Posted on September 29, 2009 by The Great One

No comment necessary. TGO Refer to brief story below. Source: Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY – New signs at a Mormon church-owned plaza in downtown Salt Lake City put visitors on notice: Anyone can be asked to leave for any … Continue reading →

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AP Newsbreak: US, Cuba held unannounced talks

Posted on September 29, 2009 by The Great One

What the Castro’s want, as if stealing a country and then owning it for an entire fifty years isn’t enough, is lifting of the embargo. Anyone with half a brain knows that communism is a failed ideology. If it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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John Adams: Liberty of Conscience

Posted on September 28, 2009 by The Great One

We think ourselves possessed, or, at least, we boast that we are so, of liberty of conscience on all subjects, and of the right of free inquiry and private judgment in all cases, and yet how far are we from … Continue reading →

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Mark Twain: Witches

Posted on September 28, 2009 by The Great One

During many ages there were witches. The Bible said so. The Bible commanded that they should not be allowed to live. Therefore, the Church, after doing its duty in but a lazy and indolent way for eight hundred years, gathered … Continue reading →

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Bertrand Russell: “Beauty” and “Harmony”

Posted on September 28, 2009 by The Great One

I do not understand where the “beauty” and “harmony” of nature are supposed to be found. Throughout the animal kingdom, animals ruthlessly prey upon each other. Most of them are either cruelly killed by other animals or slowly die of … Continue reading →

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Robert G. Ingersoll: “Ingersoll’s Vow”

Posted on September 28, 2009 by The Great One

When I became convinced that the Universe is natural – that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood, the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. … Continue reading →

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