en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2181101 Comments by Eyes_Open http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/01/is-the-freedom-of-religion-hypocritical/#IDComment790538524 Here, here! The pendulum is swinging back, away from the monotheist, and that scares them. As well it should considering how they forced their religion on the world at the tip of the sword and the barrel of a rifle. They assume that as they lose more of the population to the old ways, or to no way at all, that the same will happen to them. This only shows their ignorance in that the older religions moved peacefully through the world. But, unfortunately, first you must upset the masses before they will settle into a peaceful place. And the monotheist will always resort to violence to get and maintain power, regardless of what they say. Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:15:34 +0000 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/01/is-the-freedom-of-religion-hypocritical/#IDComment790538524 http://forward.com/articles/191918/new-york-baby-infected-with-herpes-after-metzitza/#IDComment790489726 I guess you ignore the stories about male circumcision causing permanent damage to the penis or nerve damage, or hey, herpes infections. Until you've heard a child screaming during the procedure, you probably can convince yourself that it isn't mutilation. Just like you can convince yourself that a girl in a short skirt was looking to get raped, until it happens to someone you know. Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:32:15 +0000 http://forward.com/articles/191918/new-york-baby-infected-with-herpes-after-metzitza/#IDComment790489726 http://forward.com/articles/191918/new-york-baby-infected-with-herpes-after-metzitza/#IDComment790488569 Hmmm. Like forcing Muslims to stop female circumcisions? Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:26:54 +0000 http://forward.com/articles/191918/new-york-baby-infected-with-herpes-after-metzitza/#IDComment790488569 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770488204 You can't handle the truth, so you create your own version of reality and hope no one questions it. ROFLMAO. Thu, 19 Dec 2013 11:01:34 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770488204 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770101151 "lame quotes by unknown people" Wow, so you don't know who Ferdinand Magellan, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, or Susan B. Anthony are? Maybe you should study a little more history before you try to debate historical facts with the adults. As far as the prayer, they have also had Hindu prayers and Wiccan prayers and Atheist 'speeches' to open congress, does that mean that all of congress was Hindu that day or Wiccan that day or Atheist that day? Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:39:23 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770101151 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770096956 How did we get this far off topic? Well, just look up the thread to figure that one out. WTE commented on how the republicans were looking like idiots because of the fundamentalist and I corrected him, that the fundamentalist idiots were the one that took control of the TEA party, not the entire Republican party. Which prompted Roger to claim that the founding fathers were basically all good Christians, which we know isn't the case. And it just snowballed from there as it always does when people want to believe that everyone that has ever done anything good MUST have the same beliefs as them, regardless of the facts to the contrary. Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:28:42 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770096956 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770059705 As we all know, the Christians were regularly killing non-Christians in this country, openly and without remorse, until the justice system became well enough established to start arresting the murderers and putting them to death for their actions. It's the law, not religious beliefs, that stopped Christians from killing people of other beliefs. As proof, it's still going on in parts of the world where laws and policing are less widespread than they are in the United States. Many African nations have priest that regularly kill people "in the name of Christ", believing that your religion gives them the right to do so. Whether or not this is really what Christ intended or would have wanted isn't the debate, it is fact that followers of the faith are doing these things in his name, regardless, and have since shortly after the time when he supposedly died. ( I only say supposedly because all the date from his life are suspect, from birth till death) Wed, 18 Dec 2013 15:59:58 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770059705 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770035427 Nah, you're just butt hurt because I won't stick up for your religion after Christians spent the last 1700 years trying to kill and destroy everyone that didn't believe the way Christian authorities demanded them to. You've become overly emotional at the failure of your religion to wipe out all other religions in the world through genocide and misinformation. It seems to be bothering you that my religion has been around more than 10 thousand years before your cult even came into existence. Or is it the fact that every religious holiday that you celebrate can be traced directly back to the original holiday that my people celebrated before your religion existed? You can't even come up with your own days of worship without looking to my people for inspiration. Nice try, but your 'logic' is as feeble as your religion, friend. Wed, 18 Dec 2013 15:12:21 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770035427 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770024737 LOL, now your just being funny. How does showing quotes from the founding fathers, showing their beliefs, make me an atheist? just because I'm willing to recognize what others believe doesn't mean that I agree with their beliefs. Or is it just because I can show that the founding fathers weren't following your beliefs that you assume that I and everyone else that doesn't agree with you must have no beliefs whatsoever. News flash, a person can acknowledge and respect others beliefs without believing in them, themselves. Proving that Spain is on the Iberian Peninsula doesn't make me Spanish. Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:51:52 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment770024737 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769984499 And by going public with any of that information he would have been pinpointed, unless he was outside the reach or the American government, which would require going to a country without extradition agreements. Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:06:57 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769984499 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769983193 I don't deny their beliefs, but as you can see in the quotes I posted above, in reply to ML, many of the Founding Fathers rejected more than just the organized church, they rejected Christianity as a whole. While still believing in a 'supreme' being, they didn't believe that it was the god of Christian belief, or even that this being had any effect or interest in our lives. Then to the extreme was Thomas Paine a a few others that were outspoken atheist. Herbal medicine was regularly practiced by the wives of these men, which was considered anti-Christian, if not all out witch craft. Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:03:35 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769983193 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769980164 The Founding Fathers didn't write the preambles for the states, try to stay on topic, straw man argument will get you no where. The Founding Fathers also wrote the Treaty of Tripoli, which states unequivocally that the Unites States of America is NOT a Christian nation, or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation, but a secular nation that welcomes people of all religions, and people of no religion. And that we will wage no war in the name of any religion or against any religious group except in the instance of self defense. "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." -- Stephen Roberts "The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church." --Ferdinand Magellan "Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies." - Thomas Jefferson "History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government." - Thomas Jefferson "In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people." - James Madison " The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity." - John Adams "The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony Quotes are easy to find, and as you can see, even Susan B. Anthony wasn't a devoted follower of the invisible man. Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:55:41 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769980164 http://www.storyleak.com/dem-senator-teachers-defend-shootings-pepper-spray-guns/#IDComment769565563 That is an easy one, if they know they might get shot at by the staff, they put on body armor. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:18:26 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/dem-senator-teachers-defend-shootings-pepper-spray-guns/#IDComment769565563 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769563895 The majority of the founding fathers were Deist, not Christians. And the TEA party isn't made up of deist, at least not anymore. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:14:45 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769563895 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769561967 Do you know it isn't referred to as red China anymore? Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:10:12 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769561967 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769561565 Surveillance and identification technology is much more sophisticated now, as Snowden is very aware, than they were in the Nixon years. He would have been caught in no time at all. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:09:18 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769561565 http://www.storyleak.com/dem-senator-teachers-defend-shootings-pepper-spray-guns/#IDComment769519965 Actually, knowing that a staff member MAY be carrying would be enough reason to plan to find resistance. Anyone that has ever been in a combat situation knows that you plan for the worst possible scenario, and that is basically what these gunmen create, a combat situation. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:35:25 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/dem-senator-teachers-defend-shootings-pepper-spray-guns/#IDComment769519965 http://www.storyleak.com/dem-senator-teachers-defend-shootings-pepper-spray-guns/#IDComment769445923 But they do know that any or all of the teacher may be carrying. The policy itself isn't a secret, which is a deterrent to any sane person. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:05:53 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/dem-senator-teachers-defend-shootings-pepper-spray-guns/#IDComment769445923 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769302650 Now, to be honest, it's the fundamentalist that took over the TEA party that are making the Republicans look like idiots, Roger may be one of them, but share the credit with the others. I'll never understand how they can stand with a straight face, talk about how religious they are and how they want the country to follow in the teachings of Christ, and in the next breath tell you that you should oppose social reform and socialized medicine. Christ was all about helping the poor at the expense of the rich, the TEA party has become all about helping themselves at the cost of everyone else. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:01:22 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769302650 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769299551 China is our biggest trading partner, how does that make them our enemy? If America truly considered China an enemy it wouldn't be selling most of our assets to it. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:55:08 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/edward-snowden-man-year/#IDComment769299551