Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side
By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.
According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.
The study...
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By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.
According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.
The study...
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Its funny, I shop around sites like this lookinf at people's profiles of interests, and of course whenever you do you're always mentally on the lookout for one that you like as well. I feel like a fraud half the time because I'll look at something and go "Wow! They like ***?? I LOVE that too!!!" And its the truth, I do. I have a...
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phrogg:
I really have to counter your "skillz I have none" with: you have significant skills with language and in writing. You've been told this, of course (?)
Its happening. Its a thrum-thrum-thrumming singing through me that says things are changing again. I feel as I once felt when I first came down here, like I am standing on the edge of a cliff with my nose lifted to the wind, breathing in the scent of salt sea air and storm wind, tinged with spices from exotic lands. Something is shifting in the...
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luis:
Feliz compleanos chica. \\
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wild_zero:
"No one can take away this pain. I suppose the only wisdom I have is--if it hurts, change it. Find a new job, move away, take a vacation, do something radical, make a shift. "
this is what i've decided to do differently. i'm looking just accepting things the way they are and pushing through. it's essentially a bad trip and i'm stuck in the middle. if i break through, i'll be better for it.
"Only the living feel pain, a void is only numbness, emptiness, and pain is the body's way of saying something is terribly, terribly broken and needs reshaped. Even emotional pain. And though you might not see the broken glass strewn on your path, though you might think the pain you feel is your fault because you cant see it even when you step on it, thats not the case. Dont blame yourself for the sins of the world."
i don't. granted, most of that was composed drunk and/or stoned, but i seriously think that letting it all go, all this mental noise, is in part, key to growing out of this entrapment and becoming a better person.
"Entropy wears away everything eventually. Even pain. Even regret. Even sorrow. Sometimes your worst enemy can also be your best friend."
entropy just is. just like the robots just are what they are. it and they cannot be destroyed. they just have to be accepted. i'm trying to learn acceptance.
"This probably hasnt helped, and I dont know how to explain, but I sincerely hope you find your way from the darkness and into light again. Take care."
i'm certainly trying, in spite of what i may say or do.
this is what i've decided to do differently. i'm looking just accepting things the way they are and pushing through. it's essentially a bad trip and i'm stuck in the middle. if i break through, i'll be better for it.
"Only the living feel pain, a void is only numbness, emptiness, and pain is the body's way of saying something is terribly, terribly broken and needs reshaped. Even emotional pain. And though you might not see the broken glass strewn on your path, though you might think the pain you feel is your fault because you cant see it even when you step on it, thats not the case. Dont blame yourself for the sins of the world."
i don't. granted, most of that was composed drunk and/or stoned, but i seriously think that letting it all go, all this mental noise, is in part, key to growing out of this entrapment and becoming a better person.
"Entropy wears away everything eventually. Even pain. Even regret. Even sorrow. Sometimes your worst enemy can also be your best friend."
entropy just is. just like the robots just are what they are. it and they cannot be destroyed. they just have to be accepted. i'm trying to learn acceptance.
"This probably hasnt helped, and I dont know how to explain, but I sincerely hope you find your way from the darkness and into light again. Take care."
i'm certainly trying, in spite of what i may say or do.
2:19 am. Not even CLOSE to sleepy. Have to be up in less than 4 hours.
*sigh*
*sigh*
eeek_the_kat:
Seems to be a rash of sleeplessness going around.
I have my first tattoo.
Its not tough, in fact, its kinda cute, and its most certainly not done yet (whaddaya want, I'm a po' mutha-fucka).
But I like it. Fuck y'all to hell and back again anyway, I think its cool!
'Sides, how many people can say they got their tattoo in Las Vegas?
Its not tough, in fact, its kinda cute, and its most certainly not done yet (whaddaya want, I'm a po' mutha-fucka).
But I like it. Fuck y'all to hell and back again anyway, I think its cool!
'Sides, how many people can say they got their tattoo in Las Vegas?
alaspooryorick:
we wants us a pic
laputa64:
i definently can't claim to be that cool.
The three surviving Artan adepts communicated the friar's location, and a scant second later that location was the intersection of three expanding spheres, each comprising several thousand sewing-needle-sized flechettes, produced by three RG 2253A antipersonal rifle grenades in simultaneous airbursts at an altitude of precisely 3.5 meters.
What remained of the friar wasnt recognizable as human.
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What remained of the friar wasnt recognizable as human.
I pull myself up to the lip of the...
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Wow, thats freakin hysterical in that it's-so-pathetic-it's-funny kind of way.
So at midnight someone feels they have to call me up just to call me a cunt and hang up. The really hysterical thing is they hide their number from caller ID, but don't disguise their voice!!! *dies laughing* Could they BE any more obvious? Or rather, couldshe be any more obvious? Yes, I...
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So at midnight someone feels they have to call me up just to call me a cunt and hang up. The really hysterical thing is they hide their number from caller ID, but don't disguise their voice!!! *dies laughing* Could they BE any more obvious? Or rather, couldshe be any more obvious? Yes, I...
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alaspooryorick:
It would only be childish if you posted identifying details so that WE could all phone her to call her a cunt and hang up. :cough: :cough:
laputa64:
i would be irritated and want to complain too. how lame.
My pentacle came back last night.
I have this necklace that has an open back, its just a curve of metal that hugs the neck, and I switch out the pendants that hang upon it. When I sleep the pendants usually come off in the night, but I dont sweat it because I always find them in the bedsheets come morning. At least, until the...
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I have this necklace that has an open back, its just a curve of metal that hugs the neck, and I switch out the pendants that hang upon it. When I sleep the pendants usually come off in the night, but I dont sweat it because I always find them in the bedsheets come morning. At least, until the...
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laputa64:
weird.
I came up with the most wonderful idea the other day. It might be the first time in almost two years I cracked a smile not backed by any of the things that have haunted me. I was overwhelmed by a feeling of the most blissful peace I could have imagined.
I dont know how to pull this off.
I dont even know if I...
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I dont know how to pull this off.
I dont even know if I...
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So we arrive at 4 pm. People change clothes, mill, help out here and there, plot, plan, and otherwise feel all tingly with nerves and otherwise useless. People did makeup, gossiped, skated, and fought back butterflies as the doors opened and people poured in.
In the end we had over eight hundred people attend our event, and that wasnt even the final count, and only...
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In the end we had over eight hundred people attend our event, and that wasnt even the final count, and only...
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___k:
Heheh I know a ROLLERGIRL!
I may just have to call you next time I need an ass kickin'...
Congrats on the victory; I wish I could've been there to see it. I know you all rocked.
Maybe next time.
[k]
[EDIT: yTpo]
[Edited on Jul 18, 2005 3:18AM]
I may just have to call you next time I need an ass kickin'...
Congrats on the victory; I wish I could've been there to see it. I know you all rocked.
Maybe next time.
[k]
[EDIT: yTpo]
[Edited on Jul 18, 2005 3:18AM]
My door just opened itself.
Excuse me while the skin crawls off my neck.
Excuse me while the skin crawls off my neck.
Cheers!
[Edited on Oct 25, 2005 2:34PM]
[Edited on Oct 25, 2005 2:35PM]
I don't know what's wrong with thwe URL thingy, but the name of the group is: Of Heaven and Heretics, under "Cerebral", I think.
[Edited on Oct 25, 2005 2:37PM]
By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
What's it like being a religion correspondant, I wonder? What does that resume look like?