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nwr Member Posts: 6408 From: Geneva, Illinois Joined: Member Rating: 5.1 |
This Salon report gives some background on how the current controversy started.
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9076 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.7 |
You are presenting these points as if they are from the author of the article.
None of these points are in the article. In the article the word married is not used. Nothing about home at all. All of these points come from the second link you provided not the first article. The second link has a list of a number of things that are separate and not from the article or a book by the same author. This link is from a website from a born againer. You can tell from her description of herself that the site is rife with bias. So therefore in the post where you criticized me for expecting you to stand behind your post and you claim this info came from a researcher.
How can I vouch for their accuracy, when I'm not the one who did the research ? However, Philip Jenkins is professor of history and religious studies at Penn State University, he wrote a book about ''The myth of the pedophile priest'' as he calls it. Now I find out that none of this came from him. These claims are from a Father Dwight Longenecker. There are a number of problems with your post. First of all you present the points as your own. They are not. Yes you post a link to the place where you got them, but you should have put them in a quote box so that readers could see they were not you points. Then you presented info as if it came from university professor and from his book. The good father is being very deceptive in claiming that these points came from Mr. Jenkins book. I would actually call it lying. That is why I questioned your source. I see you have no idea what the original source even said. So how about you go find support for the statements made by Longenecker. There are 2 references to ephebophilia(notice how it is spelled) in Mr. Jenkins' book. Neither says homosexuals are more prone to it. You should no better than to post crap as some sort of authoritative source. Oh how do I know what is in the book? I did something called research.http://www.amazon.com/...sis/dp/0195145976#reader_0195145976 You might want to try it before you jump all over someone for asking for you to defend a spurious source you use. The burden of proof is on you to show any legitimate reason to think his research is bullshit. Until then you are just showing your bias.
Gee it ain't his research you palmed off. Your post clearly showed your bias. I certainly am not showing any. All I want is facts. Go ahead and show me that the statements are backed by factual evidence. That is all I want. PS.Cut and pastes not put in a quote box are rarely a good idea. Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
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archaeologist Inactive Member |
This should be an interesting thread, I think. I've even heard my liberal friends saying we shouldn't allow it because the families of the 9/11 victims don't want it. not knowing whatothers have said, here are my thoughts: the muslims are not dumb and they would know that seeking permission to build near ground zero would cause problems. they may have the right to build there but they should have enough sense to decide not to. but arabs are known for building over important sites of non-muslims that way they can claim it is muslim hioly ground and bar others form it. we see this througout the middle east, especially in israel and where former byzantine churches had been built. now i am thinking that the right to free religion does not include constructing buildings and such can be barred by the government if they so choose without worry. regardless of the precedent of previously constructive religious structures.
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hooah212002 Member (Idle past 802 days) Posts: 3193 Joined: |
now i am thinking that the right to free religion does not include constructing buildings and such can be barred by the government if they so choose without worry. regardless of the precedent of previously constructive religious structures. On what grounds, then, would the government have for not allowing a run down old Burlington Coat Factory to be turned into a religious center that is blocks away from ground zero? "A still more glorious dawn awaits
Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise A morning filled with 400 billion suns The rising of the milky way" -Carl Sagan
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DrJones* Member Posts: 2284 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 6.8 |
but arabs are known for building over important sites of non-muslims
You do realize that arabs and muslims are not the same thing right? It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds soon I discovered that this rock thing was true Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet All of a sudden i found myself in love with the world And so there was only one thing I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang along ling long - Jesus Built my Hotrod Ministry Live every week like it's Shark Week! - Tracey Jordan Just a monkey in a long line of kings. - Matthew Good If "elitist" just means "not the dumbest motherfucker in the room", I'll be an elitist! - Get Your War On *not an actual doctor
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jar Member (Idle past 394 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
archaeologist writes: but arabs are known for building over important sites of non-muslims that way they can claim it is muslim hioly ground and bar others form it. we see this througout the middle east, especially in israel and where former byzantine churches had been built. And Christianity is known for having destroyed religious sites, materials, writings and even customs of all other religions it encountered. Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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subbie Member (Idle past 1255 days) Posts: 3509 Joined: |
And Christianity is known for having destroyed religious sites, materials, writings and even customs of all other religions it encountered. But that's okay, because Christianity is the One True Religion and the others are liars, frauds, cheats and baby eaters. And Jesus told them to do that. Except where he didn't, but they ignore that part because they don't like it. Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus. -- Thomas Jefferson For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and non-believers. -- Barack Obama We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
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bluescat48 Member (Idle past 4190 days) Posts: 2347 From: United States Joined: |
You do realize that arabs and muslims are not the same thing right? Yes, some Arabs are Muslims, but some Arabs are Christian. Some Muslims are Arabs, but some Muslims are Persians, Pakistanis, Bengalis, Malaysians and several groups from Africa South of the Sahara. There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002 Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969 Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008
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jar Member (Idle past 394 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
And these days an increasing number of WAS
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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Dr Adequate Member (Idle past 285 days) Posts: 16113 Joined: |
the muslims are not dumb and they would know that seeking permission to build near ground zero would cause problems. How would they know that? There've been mosques near Ground Zero for years and no-one complained, let alone tried to turn it into a national issue. Of course, if the wingnuts had complained previously, it would have been the Blessed Saint George who'd have been explaining that the President doesn't have the power to cut the First Amendment out of the Constitution with his special Executive Scissors, and so back then it was in no-one's interest to make a fuss about it; just as no-one was demonstrating against high taxes until Obama lowered them; and just as no-one cared about "czars" until Obama followed the example of every other recent President by appointing them.
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Rrhain Member Posts: 6351 From: San Diego, CA, USA Joined: |
quote: What's next? An anyeurism if he keeps it up. No, it is nothing like any of those things. Hitler was the cause of Auschwitz. Islam did not cause the terrorist attacks. GWB destroyed Baghdad. Islam did not destroy the towers. And there is a sushi place not too far from Pearl Harbor. I guess the Muslim families who lost their loved ones in the terrorist attacks don't count for anything. What's that? Not everybody who died who died in the towers was non-Muslim? Actual Muslims were killed? How can that be? Everybody knows there aren't any Muslims in the United States let alone New York State or New York City and none of them ever worked in the World Trade Center. Everybody knows that they were warned about the attacks at least if not actually carrying out interference to prevent rescue workers from responding. There certainly weren't any Muslims among the rescue workers. And because of that, there shouldn't ever be any locations where Muslims gather in the United States anywhere. This has nothing to do with "insulting gestures." It is plain bigotry, pure and simple. Rrhain Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time. Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can use mine.
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Rrhain Member Posts: 6351 From: San Diego, CA, USA Joined: |
ringo writes:
quote: Your wish is granted. There's a mosque being built in Temecula, CA (just outside of San Diego, nearly 3000 miles from New York) that is being protested due to its "terrorist" implications (because any time two Muslims get together, they're plotting jihad, doncha know.) Rrhain Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time. Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can use mine.
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Rrhain Member Posts: 6351 From: San Diego, CA, USA Joined:
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slevesque writes:
quote: You mean you've forgotten about Timothy McVeigh? The largest terrorist act the country had ever seen was carried out by a Christian on somewhat religious grounds. Christians seem to forget about all of the terrorist acts they carry out: WacoAtlanta Olympics bombing Tiller murder LA Jewish Community Center shooting Oh...and then there was that whole Holocaust thing, the genocide of the American Indians, slavery, the invasion of Iraq by the United States, etc. Yeah, Christians never carry out terrorist acts in the name of their god.
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Rrhain Member Posts: 6351 From: San Diego, CA, USA Joined: |
slevesque writes:
quote: You don't see any connection between those two? The reason married people (not just men) are more likely to abuse children than unmarried people is due to the access to the child. When the child you are going to abuse is sleeping in the room down the hall, it's much easier to carry it out than if you have to have a parent give you their child. It's why though it is true that girls are more likely to be the victim of sexual abuse overall, when it comes to touching by someone that isn't the parent of the child, it's boys who are more likely to be victims. Why? Because we as a society don't have a problem with leaving our boys alone with other adults. Girls, however, tend to get looked after more.
quote: Incorrect. While they tend to be between men and boys, they are not "homosexual" beyond a simplistic counting of penises and vaginas.
quote: Incorrect. Instead, they have asked the abusers themselves whether or not they consider themselves gay or straight and the overwhelming majority of them identify as straight. It is because they cannot handle a relationship with a mature person of the opposite sex that they go for the androgyny of a younger person. The real issue with the Catholic church's sex scandal isn't so much that it happened so much as it is the coverup that ran rampant within the Church: The refusal to bring any sort of punishment upon those who were found out to be abusing children, the shuttling of abusers from one diocese to another where they could find fresh meat, the refusal to notify authorities, etc. There's a retreat just outside Albuquerque where I used to live that was used as a "treatment center" for priests caught abusing kids where they were kept for a while and then shipped out again.
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Off-topic banner. Rrhain Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time. Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can use mine.
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Rrhain Member Posts: 6351 From: San Diego, CA, USA Joined: |
bluescat48 writes:
quote: In fact, most Muslims aren't Arabs. Indonesia is the largest group. Rrhain Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time. Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can use mine.
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