tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post9056874065448318418..comments2024-03-29T08:14:13.708-04:00Comments on THE BLOG: Leyritz guilty!!!!! (of misd only) acquitted on manslaughter !!Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-35992747253335001782010-11-22T23:35:38.465-05:002010-11-22T23:35:38.465-05:00"7:24 A.M., Satan is speaking through you. Th..."7:24 A.M., Satan is speaking through you. The bible predicted you when it told us that in the last days, there would be many scoffers. Choose this day who you will serve, but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."<br /><br />7:24am here. Satan is speaking through me? Lol. For real, that line made me laugh out loud. It made me think of that hilarious scenes from the Exorcist where the demon girl tells the priest that his mother sucks cocks in hell. Thank you. So is this the end of days? If so, please let me know so I can stop busting my ass as a lawyer and blow my savings on strong herb and strippers. Sorry, but I will choose to serve neither your god nor your devil because I don't believe in either one. The tooth fairy is cool though; she once left me five bucks for a single tooth. That being said, I donate to charities (avoiding the religious ones of course), I recycle religiously (pun intended), and I generally do a pretty good job of not being an asshole in everyday life. If you say I'm damned then I'm damned. I'm really not sweating it too much. And if I do end up in hell, at least I know that blow jobs are still available.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-6518569690211203262010-11-22T14:37:07.720-05:002010-11-22T14:37:07.720-05:00RE: "We follow Biblical teachings in our atti...RE: "We follow Biblical teachings in our attitudes and actions."<br /><br />IMHO the problem with that- in this day and age it is impossible to live everyday life according to the Bible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-26670610081641758122010-11-22T12:27:12.013-05:002010-11-22T12:27:12.013-05:00@Sunday, November 21, 2010 8:46:00 PM--
Questions...@Sunday, November 21, 2010 8:46:00 PM--<br /><br />Questions-- do you not believe several Biblical Verses conflict with Modern Life or Today's lifestyle?<br /><br />Over some years, I've seen reports or lists of things that the Bible<br />(e.g.King James) has specifically prohibited, but for the large part<br />have been ignored by us who live in more modern times. Besides, thou<br />shall not eat shrimp or pork, there have been other biblical injunctions that are considered "passe".<br /><br />Other than the ten commandments which we break daily, what are the biblical injunctions that we ignore daily? These could range from divorce to very silly such as not eating shrimp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-58723839332572665752010-11-22T10:18:54.460-05:002010-11-22T10:18:54.460-05:007:51 here
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Fair enough. Last word from me, ...7:51 here<br /><br />@8:56<br /><br />Fair enough. Last word from me, too.<br /><br />Thing one: I wasn't born a Christian. I became a believer at age 35. So not really an indoctrination thing at all. Just a grace thing.<br /><br />Thing two: Grace covers everything. Hate/division is not part of the equation at all. Ask the gay folks who work for me (and get domestic partner health benefits and maternity leave), ask the unwed moms who sing in our choir at church, ask the muslim family who just moved into their Habitat house my church and three others did in a "blitz build." <br /><br />Being a Christian means I have very little interest in anyone else's shortcomings. I'm too aware of how enormous are my own sins and failings; I'm too grateful for my own salvation and i know I didn't/couldn't save myself. And hate? Not an option. I'm commanded to love.<br /><br />I get that you've probably dealt with some Christian who have been asshats. Or you've heard they have. I'm sorry for that. But that's not who HE is or what the believing is about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-72538234756715984172010-11-21T20:46:37.639-05:002010-11-21T20:46:37.639-05:00@7:51
At Rumpole's suggestion I'm going t...@7:51<br /><br />At Rumpole's suggestion I'm going to throw in the towel. He's right, there are plenty of blogs devoted to religious "discussion." And you're also right in that you will never convince me(you do recognize that you have the burden of proof in that you are the one that claims God exists). And sadly I will never convince you either. Too much religious indoctrination growing up (after all you were not born a Christian, you are one because your parents were and they raised you that way. If you were born in Afghanistan you would be a Muslim).<br /><br />You almost had me though when you mentioned swinging a hammer for Habitat for Humanity. I considerd it. Until I went to their website and read their mission statement:<br /><br />"We witness to the Word of God and the love of Jesus Christ for all persons through our words and actions."<br /><br />"We follow Biblical teachings in our attitudes and actions."<br /><br />What is the "Word of God" or the "Biblical teachings" you follow in, for example, homosexuality? Here's a sample (by no means all inclusive):<br /><br /> According to the Bible, homosexuals:<br />are abominable to God (Lev. 18:22), are worthy of death for their vile sex practices (Lev. 20:13; Rom. 1:32), are called dogs as filthy, impudent & libidinous (Deut. 23:17,18; Mat. 7:6;Phil. 3:2),liars & murderers (Jn. 8:44), filthy & lawless (2 Pet. 2:7,8), natural brute beasts (2 Pet. 2:12), likened unto dogs eating their own vomit, sows wallowing in their own feces (2 Pet. 2:22) and they have no hope of Heaven (Rev. 22:15).<br /><br />Sorry dude, just not into all that hate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-73326345573369939822010-11-21T13:26:08.223-05:002010-11-21T13:26:08.223-05:001:05 P.M. and 11:14 A.M. from 11/18 speaking
7:51...1:05 P.M. and 11:14 A.M. from 11/18 speaking<br /><br />7:51 is a great Christian who has hit the nail on the head. <br />You know, God doesn't need us to validate him, but he wants us to know him personally because of his great love for us. The one true God is Yahweh. HE became the God of the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, the Savior. I don't understand why atheists work so hard to convince people of a negative, that God does not exist. These efforts prove that they know God actually exists, but they have decided to hate his love and goodness. 7:24 A.M., Satan is speaking through you. The bible predicted you when it told us that in the last days, there would be many scoffers. Choose this day who you will serve, but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-16440357889818895492010-11-21T10:15:22.717-05:002010-11-21T10:15:22.717-05:00I will let this go on as long as you want, althoug...I will let this go on as long as you want, although to paraphrase from my college days, you guys should go get a room or exchange emails. <br /><br />What I was concerned about was drawing those fire and brimstone people who have their own thriving on line community. They tend to believe that their only goal in life is to convert people to their way of thinking and they also tend to spread the word of available blogs that will allow them to preach and then I have a 150 comments a day I have to delete and it becomes a big pain to run this machine. And trust me- I speak from experience on this issue. <br /><br />But no worries. Have at it.Rumpolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-68116437511579531052010-11-21T09:50:45.506-05:002010-11-21T09:50:45.506-05:007:51
@5:19 (cont. . . .)
And all this on the for...7:51<br /><br />@5:19 (cont. . . .)<br /><br />And all this on the forum (thanks Rump for letting us go on) started with a straw man: "Christians are bad because they only help those who will be preached to." I know for a fact that's not so, and so do folks -- even non-believers -- who have ever been where the work is being done, whether that's San Pedro Sula or Perrine.<br /><br />So we're not having an argument. I'm not here to convince you of anything or make you a believer -- not something a man can do, anyway. There's no FAIL for me. Really just want to knock down that straw man, and happy to answer questions if asked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-46897606869164382342010-11-21T09:49:41.023-05:002010-11-21T09:49:41.023-05:007:51 here
@5:19
You made me laugh out loud at the ...7:51 here<br />@5:19<br />You made me laugh out loud at the notion of atheist insurgents screaming "Richard Dawkins!!!" as they run toward a group of theology students, evil intent in their hearts, driven by the vision of NO virgins awaiting them in NO paradise.<br />But my point stands: It' not just that Pol Pot or Uncle Joe were personally atheists. Each one's political system was intensely, expressly atheistic and their regimes virulently, intentionally targeted believers -- not as byproduct or consequence, but as a cornerstone of their politics/strategy. Certainly the goal included eliminating one belief system and inculcating -- by force if need be -- another.<br />Those deaths were attributable to that belief set.<br />And understand, I hardly think I'll convince you of anything on this topic in this forum. I wasn't speaking metaphorically when I said I understand faith as a gift. Read Luther and Calvin and Francis Schaeffer and you'll see what I'm talking about -- the notion (simplified here) that the sovereignty of God extends to when/where that gift is given.<br />So it makes no sense for any believer to be proud of the status or take credit for it, or to blame anyone who's not. (Saved by grace (a gift of God) not works (i.e. anything I did/could do) so no one can boast.) <br />Put it this way, I know Richard Dawkins is more exorcised about believers than any believer OUGHT to be about him. I've read Dawkins a lot (I was a bio student when "The Selfish Gene" crystallized and transformed how all of us thought about the process of evolution.) and the trouble is much of what he does these days amounts to construction and destruction of elaborate straw men.<br /><br />(cont. . . . )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-21259090887198405762010-11-20T21:47:19.134-05:002010-11-20T21:47:19.134-05:00Somebody just interested, or might you need co-cou...Somebody just interested, or might you need co-counsel on a difficult case?abe laesernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-51012676797841580822010-11-20T20:18:43.534-05:002010-11-20T20:18:43.534-05:00I will never understand why someone who believes i...I will never understand why someone who believes in an all powerful and all knowing G-d would think that He needs any of us to acknowledge His existence or pray to Him in a particular way. <br /><br />I believe in G-d. I don't believe He cares whether we believe in Him, what religion we follow or whether or not we spend any time (let alone hours a day) praying to Him. He doesn't need our validation and will judge us on our actions, not our words. I have far more respect for those who strive to better the world irrespective of their beliefs (or lack thereof) than those who simply pray or attend services but live out their lives selfishly. <br /><br />BTDTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-82703561499328898702010-11-20T19:20:46.055-05:002010-11-20T19:20:46.055-05:00Let's go Heat! Tonight another W!Let's go Heat! Tonight another W!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-63790278394570691272010-11-20T17:19:28.755-05:002010-11-20T17:19:28.755-05:00Stalin's and the Khmer Rouge's atrocities ...Stalin's and the Khmer Rouge's atrocities were committed in pursuit of a political system (communism). Much like North Korea uses its Juche system for total control. Certainly you know that virtually all totalitarian regimes abolish religion because it competes with the indoctrination of the masses and its elimination is politically expedient, not because their leaders all of a sudden become free thinking and have purged their minds of religious pollution. Look at Hitler's 6 million deaths in pursuit of fascism. They are not typically attributed to Catholicsm even though he arguably was a Catholic (or a self-loathing Jew)and even though these deaths clearly occurred with the complicity of the Catholic church (Pope Pius then and Pope Benedict then and now). According to your logic, the current deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan are then attributable to religion because both Bush and Obama are Christian? Of course that's ridiculous.<br /><br />Sorry original 7:51. FAIL FAIL FAIL. My original request was to name atrocities in the name of Atheism, (you know, like someone shouting out Richard Dawkins instead of Allah Akbar as they fly a plane into a building). Not autocratic rulers who prohibit religion along with all other competing thoughts and beliefs, religious or otherwise, in pursuit of maniacal control of their country. <br /><br />To DS:<br /><br />That's great news about the Pope. Remove homophobe from his list of accomplishments. Now he's merely a former Nazi and current protector of pedophiles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-32490489709932539302010-11-20T15:34:29.572-05:002010-11-20T15:34:29.572-05:00Here is the YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com...Here is the YouTube video:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUL98hSWBVwAll in a days work?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUL98hSWBVwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-2445359532909785472010-11-20T14:30:47.481-05:002010-11-20T14:30:47.481-05:00From http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort...From http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/sfl-leyrtiz-acquitted-in-fatal-dui-20101121,0,7368259.story<br /><br />A jury in Florida on Saturday acquitted former major league baseball player Jim Leyritz of DUI manslaughter in a 2007 crash that killed a mother of two.<br /><br />However, Leyritz was convicted on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail. Leyritz had faced up to 15 years in prison if convicted on the manslaughter charge.<br /><br />Sentencing was set for Nov. 29.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-83142002095321740652010-11-20T14:17:48.477-05:002010-11-20T14:17:48.477-05:00Word from another Good Christian, from the Herald ...Word from another Good Christian, from the Herald on Sat.<br />DS<br />VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI says in a new book that condoms can be justified for male prostitutes seeking to stop the spread of HIV, a stunning comment for a church criticized for its opposition to condoms and for a pontiff who has blamed them for making the AIDS crisis worse.<br /><br />Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/20/1935390/pope-says-condoms-ok-for-male.html#ixzz15qsH6kDCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-49135289580386089972010-11-20T14:04:23.522-05:002010-11-20T14:04:23.522-05:00HR
\ From the Herald
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A jury in Florida on Satur...HR<br />\ From the Herald<br />DS<br />A jury in Florida on Saturday acquitted former major league baseball player Jim Leyritz of DUI manslaughter in a 2007 crash that killed a mother of twoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-5669786783139117642010-11-20T13:49:45.530-05:002010-11-20T13:49:45.530-05:00Are not most Tea Partiers GOOD CHRISTIANS?
WWJD?
D...Are not most Tea Partiers GOOD CHRISTIANS?<br />WWJD?<br />DSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-1113598973054225222010-11-20T10:13:15.399-05:002010-11-20T10:13:15.399-05:00what happened yo Abe Leaserwhat happened yo Abe LeaserAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-79161620266288681282010-11-20T09:42:06.248-05:002010-11-20T09:42:06.248-05:009:36:
Your post is a wonderful description of the...9:36:<br /><br />Your post is a wonderful description of the view one must have when you're wearing your own sphincter muscle around your neck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-35505969143176932342010-11-20T09:37:47.402-05:002010-11-20T09:37:47.402-05:00Original 7:51 here.
@5:02, well, just for starter...Original 7:51 here.<br /><br />@5:02, well, just for starters:<br /><br />Khmer Rouge: 1.4 to 2.2 million deaths with 1 million documented executions.<br /><br />Josef Stalin: 2.2 to 4 million deaths attributed to the engineered famine in the Ukraine alone.<br /><br />Two philosophies completely and expressly inimical to any God-belief.<br /><br />But agreed that in our human history, there is plenty of blood to go around on many hands, believer and otherwise.<br /><br />@2:41: Strange thing is,when it comes to suffering -- of which there's also plenty -- when grandma gets better, we praise Him. When she doesn't, we still praise Him. David -- a guy who, for an example, engineered the death of his friend so he could sleep with the fellow's wife -- said "Though He slays me, yet will I praise Him."<br /><br />I know it doesn't make sense - nobody's love makes sense to anyone who doesn't share it; faith is a gift and looks ridiculous to anyone who doesn't have it. <br /><br />God didn't love David because of who David was; doesn't love me because of who I am. He loves because of who He is. (Amazing grace . . . that saved a wretch like me.)<br /><br />@2:58: That's not much of an argument. Again, go to Honduras after Mitch or NOLA after Katrina, or Haiti after the quake. You will see direct, massive, effective aid -- food, medical, housing, etc -- being rendered by legions of believers -- at their own expense -- who expect nothing in return. The original challenger here was Christians only help people who will let the proselytize. That's just not so -- if you want to proselytize against faith, you'll need another argument,<br /><br />(Want a local example: Find out how many folks in Miami have gotten houses through Habitat for Humanity. (It's nearly 400k worldwide.) And, by the way, although we are a Christian ministry, ANYONE who wants to can come and swing a hammer or wield a paintbrush. You can find a project just about any Saturday somewhere in town. You'll have a blast, and no one will preach at you.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-3561859832782062652010-11-20T08:37:33.085-05:002010-11-20T08:37:33.085-05:009:36 pm - And which religion in the "right&qu...9:36 pm - And which religion in the "right" one? Is Islam? Judaism? Scientology? Gimme a break. Just because science isn't yet able to explain how life or the universe began doesn't mean that some mysterious invisible being created it. This is what's called the "god of the gaps" - if science can't explain it, then "god" must have a hand in it. Same thinking applied when we didn't know what gravity was or thought the sun revolved around the earth. (RIP Galileo, another victim of religious persecution.) Of course, I have no explanation as to how creation began. But I can tell you that I'm pretty certain that an invisible, all-knowing, "father" didn't create it in 7 days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-89855856670879827852010-11-20T07:24:52.535-05:002010-11-20T07:24:52.535-05:00There is no god. God is as real as the tooth fair...There is no god. God is as real as the tooth fairy. Religion is all about money and mind control and power. A brilliant idea for manipulating the masses, but total bullshit. I get the culturally religious types, but true believers are wack jobs and many are hypocritical douches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-19521260666600019382010-11-19T23:52:52.956-05:002010-11-19T23:52:52.956-05:00rump, i for once agree with you . I avoid alternat...rump, i for once agree with you . I avoid alternate jurors because every time they say they would have voted for acquittal, the few times the trialmaster has lost, the jury came back guilty. on the other hand, when the alternate tells us they thought the defendant was guilty, the verdict is usually not guilty. talking to jurors in a criminal case is foolish. but, in a civil case it is very valuable. the trialmaster.the trialmasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-24413575824971098052010-11-19T23:48:06.889-05:002010-11-19T23:48:06.889-05:00Robert Allen Rosenblatt is an attorney who will st...Robert Allen Rosenblatt is an attorney who will stop at almost nothing in defense of his client. He is dogged- to almost vicious. Not a pleasant person to litigate against, and I should know. But he gets results for his clients. <br /><br />Ask Abe. He will tell you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com