So this must be what they mean by "christlike," charitable and honest.


First:

"Pastor Apologizes to His Denomination for Role in Sandy Hook Interfaith Service"


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/nyregion/lutheran-pastor-explains-role-in-sandy-hook-interfaith-service.html?_r=0

The lutheran church instructed its membership to accept Rev. Rob Morris's apology for participating in an interfaith service following the Sandy Hook shooting. Morris explained in and open letter that he had spent hours education his congregation about the differences between lutheranism and "the teachings of false religions such as Islam or Baha'i." 

Basically, the lutheran business model is so strict that its salesmen are banned from participating in trade shows with competitors? (But if such an event occurs, the salesman can use a get out of jail free card by explaining that he has previously trashed the competition's product.




Second:

Parking attendant, Freweyni Mebrahtu, who admitted in court Friday to stealing $895,000 (yeah, the number is correct). Official estimates of the loss were greater but the "prosecutors accepted her assertion that she did not steal during the Muslim holy days of Ramadan, and revised the loss attributable to Mebrahtu to $895,000."   I hate to quote fox news, but you can read all about it here:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/08/smithsonian-parking-lot-thefts-in-virginia-exceeded-1million/

nuf said

Okay, enough, please.

Organized religion is nonsense, it is ridiculous, it is just plain bad for humanity.

Following the end of the Alabama bunker hostage event and the rescue of a 5 year old boy, I heard countless interviews where god was praised as the force behind the rescue, where god was thanked for "looking out for the boy", that the boy was saved because of god's care, and on and on and on. Does that mean that the same "god" did not care about the 60 year old bus driver who was killed, did this same god only slightly care for the boy or why else would god not have prevented the event in the first place. Was this god to busy to look out for the other children killed in accidents or crimes in the past few days. Don't waste my time the "mysteries of god" crap, god is a construct of man, man is NOT a construct of god.

nuf said

People proudly say "I am a college graduate." Once a graduate always a graduate, the same is true with Boy Scouts. Once an Eagle Scout always an Eagle Scout. Sort of.

Following the Supreme Court's 2000 ruling allowing bigotry by the Boy Scouts of America,  I returned my Eagle award, pin and other paraphernalia to the national organization along with a letter explaining my belief that the organization did not practice the values it claims to hold. At that time, I  renounced my support of the organization and renounced any history I might have had with the association. I received a pathetic form reply offering no defense of their bias.  Last week I began to hope that my, and many others, efforts might have begun to sink in. I hoped that the BSA was coming to see the light, not that they were just responding to pressure from financial supporters. Today's (non)action by the organization shows exactly how the BSA works, they do not act based on moral right and wrong, Rather they seem to make all of their decisions based on what is only in their best financial interests.

So, once a college graduate, always a college graduate. But I am proud to say that I was, but am no longer, an Eagle Scout.

nuf said