April 2011
38 posts
Focus on the Family is a force for evil →
azspot: I’m just going to go ahead and say this: Focus on the Family is not a Christian organization. I don’t say this lightly. I’m one of those Christians willing to tolerate a pretty big tent. If you want to call yourself a Christian—and you’re at least vaguely trying—great. There’s room for people of faith to disagree. But .. there’s not quite enough room for Focus on the Family. Not in my...
Apr 30th
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White Evangelical Christians are the group least...
changingmyperspective: link to source The results from a recent poll published by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (http://www.pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Tea-Party-and-Religion.aspx) reveal what social scientists have known for a long time: White Evangelical Christians are the group least likely to support politicians or policies that reflect the actual teachings of Jesus. It...
Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 27th
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“The transgendered community has to be protected. I just don’t have any tolerance...”
– Barack Obama (via andythenerd)
Apr 26th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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“Without equivocation or hesitation I fully and completely admit that I deny the...”
– Peter Rollins (via azspot)
Apr 24th
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Apr 22nd
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“He wrote, But are you OK? I told him, That’s a very complicated question....”
– Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, pg. 81
Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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“She laughed enough to migrate an entire flock of birds. That was how she said...”
– Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, pg. 80 This references an earlier line: “Our laughter kept the feathers in the air.  I thought about birds.  Could they fly if there wasn’t someone, somewhere, laughing?” I think it stands just wonderfully on its own though. 
Apr 18th
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Apr 17th
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Apr 15th
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Apr 14th
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Apr 14th
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“Anyone who can be discouraged from writing should be.”
– Ian Irvine (via jeffreyoverstreet) Anna, are you following Jeff?  I feel like you maybe should be if you’re not.
Apr 12th
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“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us...”
– crime and punishment, fyodor dostoevsky (via annapear) I doubly like this - for itself, and for the fact that it’s from Crime and Punishment.
Apr 10th
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Apr 9th
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“I am really stunned, and I am angry as a woman, that we have come to this after...”
– Senator Patty Murray (Democrat, Washington) (Abortion Dispute Complicates Budget Negotiations - NYTimes.com) It’s times like this when I wish I could somehow teleport every single woman and man who wants the Republicans to shut the fuck up about Planned Parenthood and pass the fucking budget...
Apr 8th
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“If we were to set out and establish a religion in polar opposition to the...”
– Tony Campolo (via changingperspective)
Apr 8th
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Apr 8th
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On M&M's and Statistics
So I’m doing my stats homework, and there’s a pretty standard, straightforward question: list the sample space (possible outcomes) of each item, and whether or not all outcomes are equally likely.  If they aren’t, explain why. But I love statistics, and information, and data, so when the situation was “The color of a randomly selected M&M candy”, where most...
Apr 8th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 6th
thewithywindle asked: DUDE. http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-secret-sex-lives-of-spu-students/Content?oid=7435772
Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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“Every 21 seconds, our next possible leader receives a crappy public education,...”
– Answering the Anti-Abortion Billboard (via azspot)
Apr 3rd
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