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Moshav Band

“Tefila”


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  1. WrathofG-d
    1 | July 8, 2009 11:21 am

    If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?


  2. WrathofG-d
    2 | July 8, 2009 11:28 am

    Game show looks to convert atheists

    What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists?

    Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of non-believers.

    The prize for converts will be a pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion — Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews and Tibet for Buddhists.

    But religious authorities in Muslim but secular Turkey are not amused by the twist on the popular reality game show format and the Religious Affairs Directorate is refusing to provide an imam for the show.

    “Doing something like this for the sake of ratings is disrespectful to all religions. Religion should not be a subject for entertainment programs,” High Board of Religious Affairs Chairman Hamza Aktan told state news agency Anatolian after news of the planned program emerged.

    The makers of “Penitents Compete” are unrepentant and reject claims that the show, scheduled to begin broadcasting in September, will cheapen religion.

    “We are giving the biggest prize in the world, the gift of belief in God,” Kanal T chief executive Seyhan Soylu told Reuters.

    …


  3. BuddyG
    3 | July 8, 2009 11:30 am

    re: #1 by WrathofG-d

    If a muslim blows himself up in a forest and no one is around to be killed, does he still go to heaven?


  4. BuddyG
    4 | July 8, 2009 11:39 am

    Passenger Self-Service

    /really


  5. WrathofG-d
    5 | July 8, 2009 11:55 am

    What if you had a blog and no one showed to read it – would it still exist?


  6. BuddyG
    6 | July 8, 2009 12:40 pm

    What if you mutated and Charles didn’t see it? Would it still be evolution?


  7. Rodan
    7 | July 8, 2009 12:44 pm

    re: #2 by WrathofG-d

    I saw that, hey I didn’t see your post, sorry about posting mine. I didn’t do a refresh. Normally if I see one, I scedule mine an hour and a half.


  8. BuddyG
    8 | July 8, 2009 12:57 pm

    From Russia with a Whole Lotta Love


  9. Speranza
    9 | July 8, 2009 1:11 pm

    I was looking at some of the LGF archives from April 2002 and Charles Johnson was totally different back then, than he is today. Back then there was no moral relativism, no equivocating, and no political correctness. No threads on creationism and ID back then. So sad to see what a difference seven years can make.


  10. WrathofG-d
    10 | July 8, 2009 1:26 pm

    Michael Jackson Converted to Islam?


    The Way You Mecca Me Feel
    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1954666.ece


  11. Intravenousdemilo
    11 | July 8, 2009 1:29 pm

    Jermaine talked about helping convert Michael to Islam after Jermaine’s conversion. Forgot where I saw that.


  12. BuddyG
    12 | July 8, 2009 1:30 pm

    re: #9 by Speranza

    I guess you could say Charles “evolved”


  13. Rodan
    13 | July 8, 2009 1:31 pm

    re: #10 by WrathofG-d

    He seemed to get into different religion. I read he was into the Kabala, Then Islam and also Evangelical Christian.

    Who knows with this guy!


  14. BuddyG
    14 | July 8, 2009 1:32 pm

    re: #10 by WrathofG-d

    That would explain his interest in children. Just being hadith and following Mo’s example.


  15. Rodan
    15 | July 8, 2009 1:32 pm

    re: #11 by Intravenousdemilo

    Jermaine was NOI, so its the Black Power UFO Islam. I can see Michael getting into that!


  16. WrathofG-d
    16 | July 8, 2009 1:35 pm

    re: #15 by Rodan

    Louis Farrakhan attended the Jackson family lunch in Beverly Hills after the spectacle at staples.


  17. WrathofG-d
    17 | July 8, 2009 1:38 pm

    re: #15 by Rodan

    The NOI (Nation of Idiots) on Michael Jackson.

    Louis Farrakhan on Michael Jackson
    http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=1&i=3351


  18. Speranza
    18 | July 8, 2009 1:46 pm

    re: #12 by BuddyG

    I think that blog changed for the worse.


  19. vagabond trader
    19 | July 8, 2009 1:47 pm

    Did anyone notice the extremely creepy dark makeup mjs kids were wearing? Very disturbing.


  20. BuddyG
    20 | July 8, 2009 1:48 pm

    re: #18 by Speranza

    Devolution


  21. WrathofG-d
    21 | July 8, 2009 1:54 pm

    Small minded bloggers get confused again.

    Arizona State Senator: ‘This Earth’s Been Here 6,000 Years’

    Science | Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:58:10 am PDT

    Arizona Republican State Senator Sylvia Allen argues in favor of uranium mining on state land, because our planet has managed to last 6,000 years without any environmental laws, and look, we’re just fine.

    I can’t say enough how it’s time that we get beyond, and, and start focusing on the technology we have, and move forward into the future so that our grandchildren and, can have the same lifestyle we have, and, and, this earth’s been here 6,000 years and I know I’m goin’ on and on and I’ll shut up … It’s been here 6,000 years, long before anybody had environmental laws, and somehow it hasn’t been done away with.

    Phil Plait savors the crunchy irony:

    The irony, of course — and there’s always irony when creationism is involved — is that she’s talking about uranium mining, and it’s through the radioactive decay of uranium that we know the Earth is billions of years old. And she also praises technological achievements!

    How has said otherwise? Why can’t one support the theory of Creation and ‘technological achievements”? What “Creationist” (worth their salt) hates “technological achievement?” Sounds like the “If you dare believe in the possibility of Intelligent Design you are Anti-Science” canard.

    ____________
    (*Update) Difference of Opinion Is Cherished Again.

    12 witwwats 7/08/09 12:03:52 pm reply quote

    * -14

    I guess we’re all lucky that God is so small that Science can always be right and Religion always wrong.

    Sorry, I don’t agree.

    ___________________________

    21 doppelganglander 7/08/09 12:05:37 pm reply quote

    * 12

    re: #12 witwwats

    I guess we’re all lucky that God is so small that Science can always be right and Religion always wrong.

    Sorry, I don’t agree.

    You’ve got it backwards. Creationism assumes a very small God who cannot work through the majestic scientific theories we are only beginning to understand.

    It does?


  22. WrathofG-d
    22 | July 8, 2009 2:36 pm

    US takes 1,350 Palestinian refugees, relocates them in Southern California

    The State Department confirmed today that as many as 1,350 Iraqi Palestinians – once the well-treated guests of Saddam Hussein and now at outs with much of Iraqi society – will be resettled in the US, mostly in southern California, starting this fall.


  23. BuddyG
    23 | July 8, 2009 2:43 pm

    re: #22 by WrathofG-d

    Oh the irony


  24. WrathofG-d
    24 | July 8, 2009 2:45 pm

    re: #23 by BuddyG

    Laugh all you want but this will have a major impact in the future on the politics of Southern California, the ethnic make up, and the Anti-Israel policies of the State (and thus the Country).

    This is a time bomb.


  25. BuddyG
    25 | July 8, 2009 2:52 pm

    re: #24 by WrathofG-d

    Ironic that we take ‘em in after the Iraqis disowned ‘em.

    /tragic comedy


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