morals

"If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong".

Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (1850-1894)

OR

your attitude toward morals is rebelious.

Reason

“So unless the Flores Hobbits became more primitive over time - a rather unlikely scenario - they must have branched off the human line at an even earlier date.”

Could an evolutionist claim that it would be an “unlikely scenario” for some form of animal to become more primitive ? Now here is something that is truly amazing, an evolutionist is saying exactly that. My question is simple. Why would it be an unlikely scenario ?

The drive to survive IS pure myth. In the Pirates there is a little dialogue. Speaking of the captain Will Turner asks “is that the reason for the …” and he makes some gestures. The response is immediate and to the point “Reason has nothing to do with it”. There can be NO reason why evolution would Always “improve” something. For the simple reason that ‘reason has nothing to do with it’ ! There can be no reason why anything evolves. Improvement and degeneration are both equally Myth. There can be No reason why anything becomes less primitive. Therefore there is No reason whatever why something could Not become more primitive over time.

Just How Dumb Do These Exponents of Evolution Think That We Are ? ? ?

100 for what

"""
The Italian scientist and oldest living Nobel laureate, Rita Levi-Montalcini, is celebrating her 100th birthday. Despite her age, she still works every day at the European Brain Research Institute which she founded in Rome. In 2004, the revered scientist intervened to defend the teaching of evolution in Italian schools when the then education minister wanted to remove it from school curricula. """

I still wait for someone to tell us how or why the origin of the species matters to our understanding of life ? ?

No one can prove what happened 10,000 years ago let alone 10,000,000 years. No one can disprove that everything was made within the last 10,000 years. No one can prove that we can see 10,000,000,000 light years into the past. On the other hand I can not disprove that we can see however far you seem to think that you can see.

In fact we have a hard time proving what happened yesterday, even if we have it on video ! !

Any one Can be a doctor quite successfuly without knowing where people came from. Anyone can be a vet without knowing where the critter came from. The point is IF you insist that we Have to teach evolution in school then you HAVE to agree that ALL the possibilities MUST be taught - otherwise get evolution OUT of the school along with all other references to the origin of everything and teach the kids what we DO know ! !

So Rita has lived for 100 years. That is good. And it is refreshing to know that she is still at work. But what for ? ? Has ANYthing that she learned been absolutely dependent on evolution ? ? How many hours of her 100 years of experience and knowledge would she have to give up if she gave up evolution ? ? Suppose she put 10,000 hours into it. Would her life be any different if we cut just that part out ? ?

Teach the kids to read and write. Teach them to add and subtract. Teach them how to build things. Teach them the things that we Know. And give them the freedom to work out their own interests.

Religion, TRUE religion, is for each person to choose what they want to believe (though I know that few really do alow their patrons that freedom) BUT school is manditory. OK, if you insist on that, then stick to what we know when we teach kids at school.

Artistix Esprexxion

Of course an “artist’s” freedom of expression can and must be curbed at times.
Freedom of expression can Not be argued or even discussed only at its point of expression. It must be discussed at the root from which it springs, the world view of the artist.

We All draw circles around what is good right pleasant pleasing proper acceptable lovely nice and what is not.

That there Are moral absolutes is Not in question. The question is not how big or how small should the circle be. The question is not should it encompass this area or that. The question Is ‘who gets to draw the circle’.
Right ?
Of course right ! !

That every human endevour is touched by the Absolute Universal Norm is Not in question. We have to be respectful of other peoples feelings or we prove that we are other than feeling human beings ourselves; something other than what we were made to be. Everyone expects good right pleasant pleasing proper acceptable lovely nice and rightly so. No one will Ever gain them at someone else’s expense ! You have to earn good right pleasant pleasing proper acceptable lovely nice yourself. OR have it freely and benevolently given to you. Being right And just are more important than someone’s feelings because there is an Absolute Universal Norm.

The circles that we draw Are Laws. Rules.

If you join a chess club, beyond any rules about who may or may not join and how or how you may not act while “attending” the club or functions thereof there Are the rules of the game. Without them chess is Not chess. Does our club play that a pawn that reaches the 8th rank can be exchanged for any piece that has been taken off of the board Or can one conceivably have 9 queens on the board, or any other piece that you want?

Therefore when the laws are broken the perpetrator is punished. Laws without equal and just punishment are not laws. Unless you can find a stand in you are dead meat because you broke the Absolute Universal Norm.

I don’t find anything wrong with you hurting my feelings over some religious practice. I don’t have any that are really worth my feelings.
But I will not give up God.

the circle of freedom

“ “ “ A film recently opened in Cairo has revived a controversy about the depiction of Copts in Egyptian drama.
The film, called One-Nil, tells the story of a Christian woman who is granted a divorce but cannot remarry because of the strict rules of the Egyptian Coptic Church.

She rejects a solution proposed by her lawyer that would allow her to divorce and get married again - convert to Islam - and instead conducts an illicit affair with the hero.

The rules of the Coptic Church prohibit its members from getting a divorce, with two exceptions: if one party proves adultery by the other or if one of the two parties converts to another religion.

The film is not the first of its kind to cause controversy.
About eight years ago a dispute raged when a TV drama series entitled Time of Roses depicted a Christian woman married to a Muslim man.

But it was another film entitled I Love Cinema … which was the most controversial. Its plot was considered by some to be critical of very religious Coptic Christians, who fast for about 200 days a year. The film was also criticised for shooting some of its scenes in a non-Coptic church although it was meant to depict a Coptic church.

"I cannot understand how an artistic work can be proscribed under the pretext of respect for the feelings of a few people. If we allowed ourselves to use respect for feelings to stop any artistic work, all forms of innovation and art would dry up," says Yusuf Sidhum, the editor of Watany newspaper.

The issue then is artistic freedom versus respect for the feelings of the few at a time charged with sectarian tension.” ” ”

May it be that a whole lot of “artistic expression” SHOULD dry up ?
Who but a few are creating the “Art” ?
The good editor seems to be saying that it is the few against the few without acknowledging that, that IS what he is doing. The issue Is AN artist decides to comment and use “artistic license” doing so against the feelings of an established group. ALSO there is what has become a non issue now a days it seems and that is respect of the young toward the old. The Coptic Church HAS been around for a long long time. Much Much longer than “Artistic expression” can claim to reach the masses – books, newspapers, movies, TV, Radio, Internet.

All of us draw circles. If said artist wants to draw a circle around the Whole world they DO need to recognize that there are already in existence a bunch of other circles. “I have to have MY movie show all over the globe ?” Politically there have been a few people who said the same thing and they have been roundly denounced, even by the very people who are claiming said “artistic license” ! !

As it happens Your Freedom stops six feet in front of MY nose !

TAKE NOTE - From there on in you have to get MY permission !

I bet everything that I have that the good editor would be VERY adamant about respect for feelings if some one were to punch him in the nose.

You say, “but that is not the same thing”

To which I reply

“Dry Up ! ! ! !”

dispicable speach police

“ “ “ Venezuelan beauty queen Dayana Mendoza visited the centre (at Guantanamo in Cuba) and wrote about it on the Miss Universe blog on 27 March.
Her remarks that she "didn't want to leave" the "calm and beautiful" place attracted some scathing reactions.
Her blog entry has now been removed, while a statement has been uploaded explaining the motives of her trip.
"We visited the Detainees camps and we saw the jails, where they shower, how they recreate themselves with movies, classes of art, books. It was very interesting."
She goes on to extol the virtues of the water around the bay - "soooo beautiful!" - and ends her entry: "I didn't want to leave, it was such a relaxing place, so calm and beautiful."
Her comments attracted plentiful news coverage and some ridicule from bloggers, one of whom exclaimed: "My God! Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity. This is horrendous."
The blog entry has now been removed from the Miss Universe website. ” ” ”

So has said blogger BEEN to Guantanamo her or his own self ? ?
So
as I asked already – has said blogger been there themself ??

I ask again …

Loooook what happens. Freedom of speech is Very Very politically policed to day as some of us have been saying for quite some time now; the person who has been there and seen it for her self is NOT allowed to express her view but some ________ blogger gets to express her or him self with the backing of who ever it was who took the comments off of the web page And most of the media ! ! ! ? !! ??? !

Would the comment been taken off if it had said that it is ugly and horrific and terrible and it should be wipped off the face of the globe and so on and on and on ? ? ? No of course not, it would have been haled as an other nail in the Bush coffin and it is wonderfull that we have an other BIG time Celeb who is just Soooooooooo politicalllly correct ! ! ! !

Again I ask has said motor mouth blogger Been to Cuba her or him self ? ? What EVER in the world gives motor mouth the right to silence some one whom HAS been there herself ?
IF motor mouth thinks that she or he has the Right to spout off (not having been there)
THEN the beauty queen has the right to tell it like she sees it (having been there) !

Who ever took the comment off the web has also committed a VERY reprehensible act ! !

white blue-eyed is was different

“”” President Lula said white, blue-eyed people - not Indians, nor black, nor poor people - had created and spread the crisis throughout the world.
"It is a crisis caused and encouraged by the irrational behaviour of white people with blue eyes," the president said" As I do not know any black or indigenous bankers,"

“””

Well welll wellllll !

Where would the world be without white blue-eyed people ?

Why did Mexico not put a man on the moon 2000 years ago ?
Why did Africa not put a man on the moon 2000 years ago ?
Why did the Middle East not put a man on the moon 2 or 3000 years ago ?
Why did India not put a man on the moon 2000 years ago ?
Why did China not put a man on the moon 2000 years ago ?

Who invented the automobile ?
Who invented the computer ?
Who invented the safety pin ?
Who ?
Who ?
Who ?

White blue-eyed people are Not inherently good people.
White blue-eyed people are Not inherently more intelligent.

I am Canadian and I am white and blue-eyed. I like to ask people who import themselves into Canada why they came here.

“Because back home it is so bad.”

Unfortunately there is getting to be such a Homo genius mix in North America and Western Europe that the difference is evaporating

but

what IS different ?

God’s new voice

“””
One of the world's most prestigious medical journals, the Lancet, has accused Pope Benedict XVI of distorting science in his remarks on condom use.
It said the Pope's recent comments that condoms exacerbated the problem of HIV/Aids were wildly inaccurate and could have devastating consequences.
The attack from the Lancet was unprecedentedly virulent.
The London-based Lancet said the Pope had "publicly distorted scientific evidence to promote Catholic doctrine on this issue".
"Whether the Pope's error was due to ignorance or a deliberate attempt to manipulate science to support Catholic ideology is unclear," said the journal.
"When any influential person, be it a religious or political figure, makes a false scientific statement that could be devastating to the health of millions of people, they should retract or correct the public record," it said.
”””

Science is NOT needed in order to comprehend – NO SEX, NO HIV ! (all other circumstances being equal – IE no sharing dirty needles or getting blood when it is necessary, from indiscriminate people who give blood and have the virus and who like passing on their own misery)

Science is NOT needed in order to comprehend – people LOVE doing things that are detrimental to their health, well being and even their life ! !

People NEED to become responsible for their own decisions and choices. When one famous man in Japan ate that fish there was an uproar. If he dies we will sue the restaurant and the chef and Japan and every one and every where else that we can think of to sue ! BUT the man said – I eat, I die, MY fault ! He did eat and he did die.

Why should I worry my self about providing condoms and sex ed to the world when it is their own obligation to get smart and be responsible ? ? ? I AM very much against providing public money for abortion. (I will discuss Real cases of rape separately) Why should I pay for a smoker to have Cancer therapy when I do not smoke ? ? Why should I pay for someone’s care when they have burned out their liver with alcohol when I do not drink, never have never will ? ? When I was in high school the principal came up with a “Brilliant” idea ! ! He proposed that the school have its own in house glasses insurance. He put a piece of paper on the wall for all glasses wearers to sign up. The only ones who did were a few boys who had to wear glasses to play in sports and regularly broke them.

I wonder why ??

Science may say ‘we will not have God rule over us’ but
so far the biggest contributions of science to the world are
The atomic bomb
Condoms
Gun powder and guns
Mercury treatment for wheat to get rid of a fungus
What ever that was to get rid of weeds
Dynamite
Fighter planes
Wasn’t there also mercury fillings for peoples teeth
The internal combustion engine
What was that stuff that expectant women used to get rid of morning sickness

Shall I go on

I will not have science or in particular the Lancet to be God ! !

I will be Prince

“””
Gordon Brown and Buckingham Palace have discussed plans to change the rules of succession to the throne, including giving royal women equal rights.
Downing Street said the scrapping of the ban on heirs to the throne marrying Roman Catholics was also discussed.
Mr Brown said people expected discrimination to be removed ”””

So I want my name to stand as number 50 in the list of people in succession to the throne of the Commonwealth. I plan to move that up to a much smaller number. I think it is time that Charles renounces his claim to be “Prince of Wales” and I will step into my proper place as Prince – Llewwellyn, and leave the throne to my youngest child. How unfortunate my youngest is a boy … But there you go maybe he can get a sex change. Wales is not, never was, a part of England, time to step up to the plate and remove the discrimination ! ! ! ! I will even magnanimously renounce my claim to the throne of the Commonwealth when I regain my Right-full place in Wales.

Con form

“”” But today a Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "The government has always stood firmly against discrimination in all its forms, including against Roman Catholics, and we will continue to do so.
Others opposed to reform (of the succession rules of the british monarchy) - including Tony Blair - have pointed out that the act does not prevent members of the Royal Family marrying whomever they choose. It simply removes them from the line of succession if that person is a Catholic. ”””

In Canada there was a big fuss about what a member of the RCMP can and can not wear. Unfortunately the Police caved. The Police wear a uniform – uniform standard clothing – so that we as citizens know when we are being confronted by an ‘officer of the peace’ (or at least we know that whom ever is Not wearing the uniform does not deserve the respect) If a person can not be a police person and wear the uniform as it is then find an other career! ! ! I do get VERY exhilarated with people who insist on their right to do what ever They want with No regard for respect of and toward other people. If you can not join a club or group for this or that reason go find one that you can or start your own and put your own restrictions on membership !!!! It all has NOTHING to do with “Fair” or Just. You have your own house and you decide who you will and will not let in … so buck up and accord the rest of us the freedom to do what we choose ! ! If you want into our circle soooooooo bad then Conform ! ! ! Discrimination against a person or group Is bad IF it is in reality predjuice and fear and superstition and genuinely unjust. If it is simply 'not fair' tooooo bad soooooooo sad ! ! ! Discriminating toward a person or group just because that individual or group feels like they are a mis fit is also BAD ! ! !

What is this – you can practice your own discrimination but I can’t ? ? ?

Pooooor Becca

""" The French foreign ministry has voiced "sharp concern" following the Pope's rejection of condom use to fight Aids.
The Roman Catholic Church says marital fidelity and sexual abstinence are the best way to prevent the spread of HIV. HIV/Aids was, he argued, "a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which can even increase the problem".
"While it is not up to us to pass judgment on Church doctrine, we consider that such comments are a threat to public health policies and the duty to protect human life," foreign ministry spokesman Eric Chevallier said.
But some activists were dismayed by the approach, saying condoms were one of the few methods proved to stop the spread of HIV.
Rebecca Hodes said "His opposition to condoms conveys that religious dogma is more important to him than the lives of Africans." """

Pooooor Becca.
Pooooooooor Poooooooor Becca.
This guy is the boss of the biggest government on earth and she thinks that she can judge him like this ? ? She would trade a group of HIV / AIDS people for one billion people who are religious enough to call themselves Catholic ? ? How much better does that make her than the one whom she is decrying ? ? Clearly that is what she is doing, trading one group for the other. Like the Pope does not have advisors ! Like Rebecca has all the answers. I have a hard time with people who slime to such low levels as she has. She thinks she has such a GREAT CAUSE and she is so Noble and so pure that she can call down the Pope ? ? IF (and since) her cause is a good one and has the well being of people at heart she Does NOT need to turn on someone else to try to make herself (or her cause) look good (she hasn't, she looks realllllllly bad now) !! I have no idea if what she said is true or not BUT she DOES NOT need to say it Becauses it only reflects back on herself !!! I am not Catholic and I will not ever put myself under his authority but still and all I do not need to call him down like that, he does hold a high position and respect is still a human virtue ! ! !

As for France - small pip popping off about what they know not ....
like the pope or not, like what he said or not, it is still true that THE ONLY known prevention for HIV IS mariage fidelity !!! Condoms do Not prevent it - they only possibly maybe cut down the odds for a few individuals. You have sex round robin and you take a chance condom or no ! They fall off. They are of not good enough quality. It only takes ONCE to get HIV. Right? Of course right !!!!
Church doctrine verses the protect human life ? ? ? once again some one some where knows not what he is talking about ! Once again France is little and the CHURCH IS BIG. BIG is NOT always right - in fact the Catholic Church has a whole bunch of things all wrong - not always right that is true but think before you go spouting off at the orface. THE world has not stopped HIV. The UN has NOT stopped HIV. Where on earth does HIV have the least effect ? ? Among those who wear condoms or among those who remain faithfull to ONE sex partner ? ? ?

school

Gerhard Schroeder was prepared to speak the unspoken thought, saying: "There are questions we have to answer here as a whole society."

In all cases, the shootings were carried out by lone male killers in their late teens, and their victims were teachers and pupils in schools they were either at or had recently left.

They were often intelligent, but where they left notes they saw themselves as failures.

A note left by one, known only as Sebastian B, in 2006, said: "What's it all for? Why should I work? To break myself and retire at 65 to die five years later."

German laws were tightened after that massacre

European Union states have already agreed to harmonise their laws by 2010, to ensure that guns are sold only to people over the age of 18 who are not deemed a threat to public safety.
Finland, where there have been two attacks on schools within a year, has today announced plans to increase the legal age for handgun ownership from 15 to 20.

Such an intelligent society
Like the guy who had a problem with alcohol. Monday wine and chaser Tuesday whiskey and chaser Wednesday vodka and chaser and so on so he decided he had to give up the chaser ! !

It is NOT the guns that are the problem.

“Each case is a lone male who is at school or just left school - They were often intelligent, but where they left notes they saw themselves as failures.” ! !

SCHOOL !

Hello ? ?

SCHOOL ! !