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Speak No Evil, Do No Evil, Abide No Evil ... FTFY

I was thinking about the old adage "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" and determined that it is not good advice. Someone who aims to "see no evil" and "hear no evil" is potentially ignoring wrongdoing. I am talking about real evils here (oppression, genocide, torture, rape, murder, etc.) and not made up evils (e.g., sex, drugs, rock & roll). Therefore I propose a new adage, "Speak No Evil, Do No Evil, Abide No Evil"

Speak No Evil - This was worth keeping. I don't care to speak ill of others (even if it is true), spread rumors, or outright lie. This does not mean I will not speak about evil (i.e., injustice, crime, etc.)

Do No Evil - this is just the Golde

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Dear God, Please help the people of Haiti that you blessed with an earthquake and, before that, almost universal poverty and squalor. You are great!

When people pray for those affected by such horrible tragedies, it really enforces for me the absurdity of prayer and belief in a god who intervenes in the world. I'm sure there were many people praying for the Haitians last night, especially at Wednesday night Baptist services here in the southeast US. I would like to ask these people why their god did not help the Haitians by lifting them out of their poverty before the earthquake or by preventing the earthquake. Their god is either not omnipotent or not benevolent or neither. Most of them would probably reply with "God works in mysterious ways", but that is bullshit and a cop out for not dealing with the absurdity and irrationality of

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My fundy neighbor told me she knew in her heart that Jesus Christ was real. I pointed out that her heart was a pump and not capable of thought or knowledge.

She looked at me like I was crazy, muttered something about praying for me, and went back to her house.

It really bugs me when someone says they know in their heart that something is true. That's the same as saying that they have faith that something is true despite the lack of any supporting evidence. Does this bother anyone else?

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University of Tennessee cannot recruit a decent quarterback because he was aborted as a fetus - crazy letter to the editor

This is the basic point of a letter to the editor of the Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel. As "proof" the writer offers the story of Tim Tebow's (Florida QB) mother not choosing an abortion - due to God's will - when she fell quite ill while pregnant. These letters are often the source of much hilarity for me, but this is much more bizarre than most.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/nov/09/tim-tebow-story-one-faith-strength

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