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This is the time of year when you can spot the hardcore Chrstians. We go to church on Good Friday. Not everyone does, even those who are regular churchgoers. For one thing, the service is on a weekday. For another, the services are, frequently, held in...
by MeJean
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on Sat Mar 30, 2024 at 06:37 PM PDT
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If there’s one thing Republicans love more�than obstructing progress, it’s obstructing progress while�taking credit for the goodies that flow from the thing they tried�to obstruct. Every Democrat-
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 06:00 AM PDT
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The Colorado State Open Thread is devoted to our square(ish) state and those who care about it. You can participate in this whether you live here or not, whether you care about Colorado or not, or whether you are human or not. I am concerned about...
by ColoTim
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on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 06:00 PM PST
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I inadvertently fell asleep on the couch before writing my pithy opening tonight! So let’s just start with a smart, well-prepared, emotionally mature young girl: Indiana girl, 10, given award for saving lives: In Henry County, Indiana: The Henry County...
by elenacarlena
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on Sat Jan 20, 2024 at 05:07 PM PST
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When it comes to religious faith nowadays, an apt description might be what former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once wrote about pornography: “I know it when I see it.” To tell you the truth, I’m not seeing much of it – faith, I mean -- when I...
by RickElia
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on Sat Jan 20, 2024 at 05:40 AM PST
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I don’t know if you saw it and if you did whether or not you read it. Read what? The Atlantic article from 31 October;� The Polite Zealotry of Mike Johnson , by Peter Wehner. If you haven’t ...
by TexDem
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on Fri Nov 03, 2023 at 07:30 AM PDT
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So according to the GOP, it’s apparently acceptable to just shout down inconvenient questions that you don’t want to answer? The next time a Republican asks a stupid, misleading question about a topic that has already been debunked a dozen times...
by bilge
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on Wed Oct 25, 2023 at 01:16 PM PDT
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Republicans have gone full Fascist since W, and his sidekick Dick, took the US into Iraq based on bogus fabricated BS. Since T***p & Putin orchestrated their hostile takeover of our government, the ...
by WarrenPease
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on Mon Feb 20, 2023 at 04:00 AM PST
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If you look at the GOP’s past history of who they support, it’s a no brainer. 1- The GOP supported a child molester who ran for Senate in Alabama. 2- The GOP supported a rapist for the Supreme Court. 3- The GOP supported an Ohio representative who...
by danarheaelliott
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on Sun Nov 20, 2022 at 06:54 AM PST
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Date: July 21, 2022Author: G.S.Croft Now, I don’t call myself a ‘Christian’. Sure, I absolutely could. I spent two years in a Christian Discipleship program where I studied, not merely ‘read’, but studied The Bible nearly every single day. Not only...
by Frostlight
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on Sat Sep 10, 2022 at 06:00 AM PDT
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No doubt Australia’s prime minister Scott Morrison hoped his recent declaration on 60 Minutes that “I’ve worn out the carpet on the side of my bed ... on my knees, praying and praying” would have boosted perceptions of his character, recently attacked...
by Alan Austin
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on Mon Feb 28, 2022 at 02:38 AM PST
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Pissed off a person on NextDoor this week. Ok, nothing new about that, for some reason people on NextDoor get up set if you are living a better life then they are. What did it this time was my refusal to join in the ranting about the property tax bills...
by Brutus R Yates
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on Fri Dec 10, 2021 at 04:28 PM PST
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In a separate diary (When Pro-Lifers Kill Their Children, Legally) Art4D8 included this parenthetic: And, by the way, if God “hates” abortion so much then why does God cause so many of them? Because miscarriage = spontaneous abortion = act of God. [I...
by LeirsinnDave
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on Thu Nov 25, 2021 at 09:42 AM PST
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A Pew Research Center report[i] describes how religious people kill their children, legally. Children, as in living, breathing kids—not the pea-sizes bits of human tissue that pro-lifers endlessly fret about. Thirty-four states “offer legal shield for...
by ArtD48
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on Thu Nov 25, 2021 at 06:48 AM PST
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Throughout this whole dance surrounding the passage of the Build Back Better infrastructure bills, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have been allowed to get away with unspeakably shitty behavior because we have all hoped—deep in our hearts—that once they...
by liberality
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on Sat Oct 02, 2021 at 12:49 AM PDT
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Bear with me — this diary is unlikely to make much sense. When I was studying and practicing to become a Southern Baptist preacher, I had a recurring nightmare. The dream started at the end of a hymn just before I took the pulpit. I had prepared...
by johnboatner
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on Wed Jan 13, 2021 at 07:55 AM PST
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Republicans across the country continue to express shock and horror that the policies and behaviors they have long supported now affect them. After four years of vocally defending a sexual predator who puts children in cages, embraces white...
by ZawnVillines
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on Thu Dec 17, 2020 at 08:16 AM PST
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We only have to go back 2 years to discover the levels of hypocrisy these gasbags exhibit now over Trump’s refusal to concede an election he’s clearly lost. In 2018, Stacy Abrams refused to concede her race for GA governor. But as most of us...
by DannyB
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on Wed Nov 11, 2020 at 10:26 AM PST
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One has to remember that an Amendment to the Constitution is PART of the Constitution, and since it is LATER than the original text of the Constitution actually becomes more relevant. And so I remind you that the Bill of Rights was ratified by a...
by teacherken
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on Tue Oct 13, 2020 at 07:04 AM PDT
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I have been reading your comments, they are great. I was pleasantly surprised to learn there are people out there as jaded as I am. While Mr. Trump’s Evangelical supporters are willing to overlook his many personal flaws because he...
by Portland True Blue
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on Fri Oct 09, 2020 at 09:31 PM PDT
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