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In the game of blog n roll, I provide the topic and the tunes, and you provide the talk.  Today's topic is human and animal suffering and why God allows it to happen under his watch.  The photo you see is one that won a Pulitzer prize in 1994 for Kevin Carter. Today's tune, How many...
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Bakersfield is more intricate and interesting a place than many might assume. It shares many similarities with other California towns of the same size, and yet is vastly different from most of them. Our town is friendly, conservative, tightly knit and somehow conversely hostile, aggressive, and...
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 Again!! It's happened AGAIN. The Myspace Police deleted one of my paintings from my index because it could be traumatic to "children as young as fourteen" and stunt their growth or something. Come on, Eileen … there are worse things for them on television! Hell, there are...
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In response to Greg Goodsell's article on religious themes in "The Golden Compass:" I think this whole "controversy" is ridiculous.  Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is, simply put, quite brilliant.  I'm eagerly anticipating the hordes of fearful Christian...
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I have more questions than answers today, and my questions have to do with faith, and, more specifically, Jesus. Do you believe that Jesus is a personal Jesus that you can actually talk with on a daily basis?  Do you believe that Jesus is the son of the living God?  Do you believe he...
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Lately I've been pondering religion. I'm not generally a religious person, though I would say I'm somewhat spiritual, and I've often wondered if I were to join a religion which would I choose. I have researched a few of the major religions and think I have narrowed each one to a generalized...
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Elton John recently spoke out against religion, specifically religion of the organized variety, which he says promotes hatred of gays, divisive rancor, and war.  Lately, he's been blaming the church for all of the evils in the world.   In the process, I'm sure many religious folks...
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