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CNN.com - Church says girl's communion not valid - Aug 19, 2004 |
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9:29 am EDT, Aug 21, 2004 |
This just ISN'T Christian..... This article points to one of many of my problems with organized religion. What has the content of the wafer has to do with accepting Jesus as your Savior? Why should the content of the wafer have anything to do with your acceptance into the church? More importantly, do the church leaders honestly think that Jesus Christ would deny this little girl communion on account of a digestive order? [ Because, dude, if it's not wheat it won't *actually* transmute into the body of Christ. Only wheat has the power to become the flesh of Jesus. Rice wafers only transmute into Jesus' sweat, or if you're really lucky, a hair or something. And that's just not sufficient. I guess she'll just have to burn in hell. Stupid religion. Morons seem to attribute a lot of hateful and malicious viewpoints to Jesus. If the word Christian actually meant "follower of the teachings of Jesus" rather than "psychotic, rigid, moralist who conflates any part of the bible necessary to reinforce hate and bigotry" i might still call myself one. -k] CNN.com - Church says girl's communion not valid - Aug 19, 2004 |
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11:21 am EDT, Aug 17, 2004 |
Ok for work, and funny as heck. Pinky the cat |
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Freedom to Tinker: SHA-1 Break Rumored |
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9:37 am EDT, Aug 17, 2004 |
] There's a rumor circulating at the Crypto conference,
] which is being held this week in Santa Barbara, that
] somebody is about to announce a partial break of the
] SHA-1 cryptographic hashfunction. If true, this will have
] a big impact, as I'll describe below. And if it's not
] true, it will have helped me trick you into learning a
] little bit about cryptography. So read on.... Freedom to Tinker: SHA-1 Break Rumored |
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FBI keeps an eye on GOP Protesters |
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| Topic: Elections |
12:51 pm EDT, Aug 16, 2004 |
Wonder if the Defcon speech had anything to do with this? FBI keeps an eye on GOP Protesters |
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WFTV.com - News - Woman Sent To Jail For Smoking Around Kids |
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6:09 pm EDT, Aug 14, 2004 |
I would think there would be better use of jails and taxpayer's money..... Looks to me like the justice system is helping the ex husband here turn the screws on his ex wife a bit. WFTV.com - News - Woman Sent To Jail For Smoking Around Kids |
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Bush says national sales tax worth considering - Aug. 11, 2004 |
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2:42 pm EDT, Aug 13, 2004 |
] Opponents say such a system would not be in the best
] interests of the poor and the middle class who would pay
] the same tax rate as the wealthy even though they have
] less disposable income.
Nothing I'd like to see better than for the IRS to go bye bye.
As opposed to saying "everyone pays the same tax rate" and "if you want a lower tax cut your spending". Bush says national sales tax worth considering - Aug. 11, 2004 |
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