http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:48:06 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:48:06 of Christianity a "social problem", that is like saying that the 300 year war also known as the Inquisition where untold thousands of women were tortured and burn alive as a "social problem". I do not see this as a social problem. Nor do I see it as part of the conflict between the Muslims and Chr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/21 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:30:14 persecuted, unless all of those folks stand up and defend these children, then they forfeit any claim they have to being persecuted in my book. Those who attend any Church which professes to be Christian, they need to bring this story to their ministers and their church leaders. This needs to be ta... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/20 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:38:37 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/17/world/main5392572.shtml

(AP) The nine-year-old boy lay on a bloodstained hospital sheet crawling with ants, staring blindly at the wall.

His family pastor had accused him of being a witch, and his father then tried to force acid down his throat as an... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/19 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:21:51 The wisdom of that time said if she were a Witch, the water, medium of Christian Baptism would reject her and she would float. Did not matter in most cases it was the old if you were accused, you were guilty. The results were the same. You were either drown, or killed. In the US, I believe the ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/18 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:19:35 if the rules were changed so that if a member of Congress accepted funds from a company and then there was legislation introduced that affected the industry that that company was engaged in, that the member of congress had to recuse him/herself from any vote on that legislation. And if say both of... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/17 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:01:29 sure the Vatican has plenty of copies of those, find some people who can read and understand the languages that they are written in. Mostly Greek I think. After getting all that together then do are corrected translation from the original. If they take one of the already existing translations, the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/16 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:24:00 So all of those persons out there who are so adamant about not making birth control or condom use widely available. Those who think that the use of any birth control is equal in their eyes to abortion. This is where your opinion and your religious convictions are leading us. to world wide hunger,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/15 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:02:43 I am thinking of maybe starting a campaign to go somewhere with this. I would appreciate you input on it. It goes like this.

It would apply to every member of the House and the Senate.

If they have received any money from any special interest group that is involved with legislation workin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/14 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:11:55 Someone needs to jerk these jerks into the present time. Obama is the Elected President of these United States. The election was not voided or stolen. The Majority of the voters in the USA Elected him to lead this countty. Maybe these bright children need to check out





TITLE 18 > PART... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/13 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:28:51 Was shredding the Constitution and Bill of Rights during their eight year rein in Washington DC, running up that almost $8 Trillion Dollars in Debt to depose the ruler of Iraq and to ignore the terrorist threat in Afghanistan? Where were these guys when Bushco rammed Thur the TARP bail out with no ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/12 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:55:00 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00002385----000-.html

This is the current law.

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 115 > § 2385Prev | Next § 2385. Advocating overthrow of Government
How Current is This? Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, nec... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/11 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:19:29 "Morality is the sum of the choices a person makes, it comes out of a personal set of values, that is, one's way of living inside a worldview and the ethical framwork it implies. Where one's ethics will give a person and idea about what the ideal type of "good" might ge, given his/her worldview, t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/10 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:22:28 right to control women.
"In most primitive societies it was unthinkable that male sexual desires should take precedence over the needs of mothers and their children. Patriarchy everywhere sought to change this, through religious sanction. Women were to serve men's sexual urges even when preoccup... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/9 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:13:38 refuse to support them with their donations and labor, the sects will continue down a path that would be as terrible or maybe even worse than it was to begin with. Wake up and smell the coffee. The moderate Christians can no more rein in the fundies than the moderate Muslims can rein in their fund... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/8 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:42:19 http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/losing-my-religion-for-equality-20090714-dk0v.html

Losing my religion for equality JIMMY CARTER
July 15, 2009

Illustration: Dyson
Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God.


If the Chris... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/7 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:13:07 Right Wing nuts who insist on bring guns to places where the President is going to be. They claim to be asserting their 4th amendment rights. With the hate being spouted by the commentators on Fox and such, I am afraid it is just a matter of time before one of their listeners tries to do something... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/6 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:24:59 Message from Superintendent McCullough

Recent news reports have implied that there was a relationship between the decisions made by the Arlington Independent School District regarding two different events: one, President Obama’s recent address to students and the other, a 2011 Super Bowl comm... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/5 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:37:29 There are many books available at your public library or available at your local bookstore and from online seller such as amazon.com that will inform you of these stories. There were no less than 16 saviors prior to the birth of the Christian Savior Jesus. All were Virgin born, birth dates or Dec ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/4 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:02:36 You know who Thomas Paine. He also wrote Common Sense.... One of those guys who was involved in a revolution. 1776. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson. Those guys, 4th of July.

Other books you might want to read. The Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerby and one more The Book You... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/3 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:47:51 The Republican party just loves using that phrase, especially when they are putting on their "holier that thou" act. I really just do not understand what they consider as "Family Values". On what do they base these values on. So I really would like some help on this one.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/2 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:45:29 One only has to look at "The Dark side of Christian History" by Helen Ellerby. This type repression if left unchecked would make the Muslim Fanatics look like a Sunday Tea. The Muslim Fanatics are no worse in the treatment of their Women that the Christian church has been in its treatment of Women.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jemelanson/1 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:04:22