http://randalflagg.net Your Source for Social News and Networking Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:32:17 CST en http://randalflagg.net/religion/church-to-offer-worship-services-for-dogs/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/church-to-offer-worship-services-for-dogs/ Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:32:17 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/church-to-offer-worship-services-for-dogs/ A Massachusetts church is scheduled to launch a new monthly worship service - for dogs.

Calvary Episcopal Church will offer later this month its first "Perfect Paws Pet Ministry" aimed at giving area pooches and their owners improved odds at getting canines into heaven.

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/steven-hassan-its-time-to-end-the-church-of-scientologys-tax-exempt-status/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/steven-hassan-its-time-to-end-the-church-of-scientologys-tax-exempt-status/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:09:30 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/steven-hassan-its-time-to-end-the-church-of-scientologys-tax-exempt-status/ For more than 25 years, the IRS denied tax-exemption to the Church of Scientology. The long-running policy flowed from an IRS determination in 1967 that Scientology was in fact a commercial entity operated solely for the benefit of founder L. Ron Hubbard.
In 1993, seven years after Hubbard's death, the IRS made a puzzling and highly suspicious reversal. It settled its tax bill with Scientology for just $12.5 million and conferred on it the title of tax-exempt "religion."

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/virginia-stamps-out-license-to-hate-dmv-recalls-plate-with-coded-racist-message/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/virginia-stamps-out-license-to-hate-dmv-recalls-plate-with-coded-racist-message/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:34:02 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/virginia-stamps-out-license-to-hate-dmv-recalls-plate-with-coded-racist-message/ A photo of the truck hit the Web a few days ago, went viral on car and other blogs and finally came to the attention of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an advocacy group for American Muslims. On Wednesday morning, the group complained to the DMV that the plate contained a white supremacist and neo-Nazi statement.A few hours later, the DMV agreed that the plate contains a coded message: The number 88 stands for the eighth letter of the alphabet, H, doubled to signify "Heil Hitler," said CAIR's Ibrahim Hooper. "CV" stands for "Confederate veteran" -- the plate was a special model embossed with a Confederate flag, which Virginia makes available for a $10 fee to card-carrying members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. And 14 is code for imprisoned white supremacist David Lane's 14-word motto: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/vatican-%E2%80%9Cforgives%E2%80%9D-beatles-ringo-starr-says-bugger-off/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/vatican-%E2%80%9Cforgives%E2%80%9D-beatles-ringo-starr-says-bugger-off/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:12:05 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/vatican-%E2%80%9Cforgives%E2%80%9D-beatles-ringo-starr-says-bugger-off/ Beatles' breakup Vatican City offered an apology to the Beatles and forgave the deceased John Lennon for boasting in the past that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus" which had sparked furious reactions from Catholics towards the band and even had the Pope involved who commented that Lennon was simply a youth carried away by his success in 1966.

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/bishop-blames-jews-for-criticism-of-catholic-church-record-on-abuse/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/bishop-blames-jews-for-criticism-of-catholic-church-record-on-abuse/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:57:56 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/bishop-blames-jews-for-criticism-of-catholic-church-record-on-abuse/ A furious transatlantic row has erupted over quotes that were attributed to a retired Italian bishop, which suggested that Jews were behind the current criticism of the Catholic church's record on tackling clerical sex abuse.

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/richard-dawkins-i-will-arrest-pope-benedict-xvi/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/richard-dawkins-i-will-arrest-pope-benedict-xvi/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:56:23 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/richard-dawkins-i-will-arrest-pope-benedict-xvi/ Richard Dawkins, the atheist campaigner, is planning a legal ambush to have the Pope arrested during his state visit to Britain "for crimes against humanity".

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/satanist-alan-linton-threatened-to-kill-schoolkids-pop-singer-cheryl-cole/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/satanist-alan-linton-threatened-to-kill-schoolkids-pop-singer-cheryl-cole/ Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:21:29 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/satanist-alan-linton-threatened-to-kill-schoolkids-pop-singer-cheryl-cole/ A satanist threatened to kill British singer Cheryl Cole and Scottish soccer star Artur Boruc then warned he would “wipe out Christianity” in a terror campaign.

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/sam-harris-science-can-answer-moral-questions/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/sam-harris-science-can-answer-moral-questions/ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:44:02 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/sam-harris-science-can-answer-moral-questions/ Hj9oB4zpHww

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/writer-j-d-shapiro-apologizes-for-battlefield-earth-/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/writer-j-d-shapiro-apologizes-for-battlefield-earth-/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:36:56 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/writer-j-d-shapiro-apologizes-for-battlefield-earth-/ This month, "Battlefield Earth," the blockbuster bomb based on the novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, won the Razzie for "Worst Movie of the Decade." J.D. Shapiro, the film's first screenwriter, accepted the award in person. Shapiro, who also wrote the screenplay for "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," "We Married Margo," and is developing a King Arthur spoof called "524 AD" (524AD.com), explains what it's like to be attached to one of Hollywood's most notorious flops.

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/death-of-all-219-democrats-who-voted-for-yesterday%E2%80%99s-health-care-bill/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/death-of-all-219-democrats-who-voted-for-yesterday%E2%80%99s-health-care-bill/ Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:35:17 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/death-of-all-219-democrats-who-voted-for-yesterday%E2%80%99s-health-care-bill/ The vitriol stemming from yesterday's health-care vote-from Randy Neugebauer's shout of "baby-killer" aimed at pro-life Democrat Bart Stupak on the House floor to slurs shouted at John Lewis and Barney Frank from crowds outside the Capitol building-has reached a new apex: a call for the death of all 219 Democrats who voted for the bill, through the power of prayer.

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/irish-american-priest-defends-expelling-schoolchild-of-lesbian-couple/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/irish-american-priest-defends-expelling-schoolchild-of-lesbian-couple/ Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:21:47 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/irish-american-priest-defends-expelling-schoolchild-of-lesbian-couple/ An Irish American pastor in Boulder, Colorado has defended his decision not to allow a child of a lesbian couple to continue to attend Catholic school in his parish. The child is currently in pre-school there.

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/stop-judging-everyone-based-on-your-religious-beliefs/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/stop-judging-everyone-based-on-your-religious-beliefs/ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:37:43 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/stop-judging-everyone-based-on-your-religious-beliefs/ I REALLY hate it when someone comes along and says my 2,000 year old book says you should be put to death because of the way you choose to live your life.
What right do these people have to go around judging other people for how they choose to live their life. Now I know the bible, the Old Testament - Leviticus does say this, well kind of.

"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them"

This wording also depends on the translation but basically it seems like the bible is saying, if your gay then you should be killed. What a wonderful loving god we have here.

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/pat-robertsons-contradictory-theology-god-wont-stop-a-tsunami-but-might-respond-to-gay-days-with-an-earthquake/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/pat-robertsons-contradictory-theology-god-wont-stop-a-tsunami-but-might-respond-to-gay-days-with-an-earthquake/ Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:38:16 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/pat-robertsons-contradictory-theology-god-wont-stop-a-tsunami-but-might-respond-to-gay-days-with-an-earthquake/ Responding to a question from ABC host George Stephanopoulos about why a God "so involved in our daily life" would allow a tsunami to kill hundreds of thousands of people, Rev. Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition of America, replied: "I don't think He reverses the laws of nature." That statement, on the May 1 edition of ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, conflicts with other meteorological comments by Robertson, who has repeatedly linked natural disasters to the will of God.

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/christopher-hitchens-shames-douglas-wilson/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/christopher-hitchens-shames-douglas-wilson/ Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:27:38 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/christopher-hitchens-shames-douglas-wilson/ Wn0sDwqsrrI

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-religious-nuts-beat-daughter-7-to-death-for-mispronouncing-word/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-religious-nuts-beat-daughter-7-to-death-for-mispronouncing-word/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:30:14 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-religious-nuts-beat-daughter-7-to-death-for-mispronouncing-word/ Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz adopted three kids from an orphanage in Liberia to live with their other six kids in a remote area outside Sacramento. As it turns out, the children might have been better off remaining in that lawless African shithole.

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/god-is-no-excuse/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/god-is-no-excuse/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:34:11 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/god-is-no-excuse/ We are all born, and we have no choice in that. We have no choice as to the situation we are born into, good or bad. We have no responsibility for negative hardships that exist at the time of our birth anymore than we can take credit for any inherent advantages. We come into this world blind, ignorant and incompetent and we learn about our environment, the limitations and the potentialities as we develop. Each one of us share this experience. In fact, this is one of the few universal things that we all share equally. We are born, we share the vulnerabilities as humans to illness, pain, hunger, violence and suffering, and then we die. These are facts. This is the situation that all of us share. These are the things we have in common that none of us can escape. These are the things that none of us can exercise any substantive control over. We are born, we are vulnerable and then we die.

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/westboro-baptist-church-plans-to-picket-funerals-of-boulder-plane-crash-victims/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/westboro-baptist-church-plans-to-picket-funerals-of-boulder-plane-crash-victims/ Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:02:28 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/westboro-baptist-church-plans-to-picket-funerals-of-boulder-plane-crash-victims/ Every human born into this world has a duty to obey the God of all creation. But this generation forgot God, teaching rebellion against Him, such that you're a freak if you strive to be obedient. You've instutitionalized pervsion, so God will keep cutting you off -- & we'll be there to make sure you know that you brought it on yourselves with your filthy manner of life?

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/we-can-quote-the-bible-too/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/we-can-quote-the-bible-too/ Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:32:52 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/we-can-quote-the-bible-too/

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/unpleasant-truths-vs-comforting-lies/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/unpleasant-truths-vs-comforting-lies/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:08:49 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/unpleasant-truths-vs-comforting-lies/

1 Flagg(s) ]]> http://randalflagg.net/religion/christians-claim-hate-crimes-law-an-effort-to-%E2%80%98eradicate%E2%80%99-their-beliefs/ http://randalflagg.net/religion/christians-claim-hate-crimes-law-an-effort-to-%E2%80%98eradicate%E2%80%99-their-beliefs/ Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:35:47 CST http://randalflagg.net/religion/christians-claim-hate-crimes-law-an-effort-to-%E2%80%98eradicate%E2%80%99-their-beliefs/ A Christian group in Michigan has filed a lawsuit alleging that a package of hate crimes laws named after murder victim Matthew Shepard is an affront to their religious freedom.
Filed by the Thomas More Law Center -- which bills itself as the religious answer to the American Civil Liberties Union -- the complaint claims that protecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people "is an effort to eradicate religious beliefs opposing the homosexual agenda from the marketplace of ideas by demonizing, vilifying, and criminalizing such beliefs as a matter of federal law and policy."

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