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21. merry christmas

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 07:45 PM

Dec 2012

"And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live."
— Luke 10:25-28

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The great unmentionable evil. [View all] Whovian Dec 2012 OP

think I will send this off to fungus (aka focus on the family) niyad Dec 2012 #1

LOL. I'm sure they will take it to heart. Whovian Dec 2012 #2

nah, of course they won't. however, one of my favourite pastimes is to annoy the heck out niyad Dec 2012 #7

OOOOOH! I wanna order pizza's there too! Can you post their number? nightscanner59 Dec 2012 #37

I still think Gore Vidal wrote the finest essays in the 20th century. Many were carried by The byeya Dec 2012 #3

Particularly "United States" ("the" intentionally omitted) CitizenK9 Dec 2012 #34

I would add the name Bainbridge Bear Dec 2012 #70

Yeah, whatever. whathehell Dec 2012 #4

+1 Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #73

Rome was polytheist. As Larry Gonick (Cartoon History of the Universe) once said eridani Dec 2012 #5

No, it turned monotheist caseymoz Dec 2012 #10

Key word in your addressed post is WAS. Whovian Dec 2012 #13

It's a compound word Lordquinton Dec 2012 #22

Is English not a first language for you? Whovian Dec 2012 #23

Sidetrack caseymoz Dec 2012 #29

I think the word in question is "decimate" thucythucy Dec 2012 #54

Nice post! Welcome to DU! eom BlueMTexpat Dec 2012 #61

Read Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars to find out how "wonderful" the Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #83

The earth still is, last time I checked. n/t littlemissmartypants Dec 2012 #12

It started off that way DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #24

Decimation was a discipline method used on Roman soldiers. Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #46

K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #6

Oh...Sorry cbrer Dec 2012 #8

LOL x2 Whovian Dec 2012 #9

Namaste. littlemissmartypants Dec 2012 #11

Wonderful. n/t Whovian Dec 2012 #14

Peace Rider3 Dec 2012 #18

You're welcome. littlemissmartypants Dec 2012 #20

Beautiful picture - thank you for posting it. Raksha Dec 2012 #76

The sun god. ErikJ Dec 2012 #15

There's more to it than that. harmonicon Dec 2012 #16

Oh, what a bunch of shit. harmonicon Dec 2012 #17

I beg to differ. A 'god' or any other thing does not need to be real, simply believed to be real Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #48

On the contrary, the voices are real to them. harmonicon Dec 2012 #80

I kind of read that as his point. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #62

Why target monotheism then? harmonicon Dec 2012 #81

The Monotheism sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #19

The religions he speaks of were created by tribes and nations, not conscripted by them. Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #49

NO... SkyDaddy7 Dec 2012 #55

Monism is not sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #60

And in Jewish mysticism it's called Ayn Sof, which translates as something like "the Boundless." Raksha Dec 2012 #78

Desert Semites sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #85

merry christmas arely staircase Dec 2012 #21

actually, arely.... paleotn Dec 2012 #58

true but arely staircase Dec 2012 #59

But if this "Lord" exists why is it such a murderous cretin to millions of people and animals? Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #66

why do you assume the Lord plays a part in any of that? arely staircase Dec 2012 #84

So it's a hands-off deity? Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #86

i don't reject reason in the slightest, nor does my church ask me to do so arely staircase Dec 2012 #87

Gore Vidal. Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #25

"hence the loathing of women..." cherokeeprogressive Dec 2012 #26

well, look at this DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #27

Hindu India seems to have some gender issues... Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #77

Because I might run for office someday I will never state this in a public manner, it would slay me- cecilfirefox Dec 2012 #28

the polytheistic aztecs had to rip out a human heart just to make the sun come up everyday arely staircase Dec 2012 #33

There have been times of extreme violence in Hinduism grantcart Dec 2012 #47

He never did figure it out. Festivito Dec 2012 #30

I feel that Whovian Dec 2012 #31

How nice that you have an opinion. Festivito Dec 2012 #32

Gore Vidal - the man who called Roman Polanski's 13 year old rape victim cordelia Dec 2012 #57

Gore Vidal - The man who also called President Clinton "white trash". whathehell Dec 2012 #79

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #35

Who is what in that quote from the great Oz? Festivito Dec 2012 #43

This is not an appropriate post for GD. It does not meet the SOP. bluesbassman Dec 2012 #36

Noted that you do not care for things that might make one question Whovian Dec 2012 #39

I am so glad you have "noted" that Whovian. Unfortunately you're wrong. bluesbassman Dec 2012 #40

It is an OP about Gore Vidal, a great Democrat and American who we lost in 2012 Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #51

You should edit your post Bluenorthwest. bluesbassman Dec 2012 #67

Bookmarked WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #38

not at DU, it's not. it's mentioned weekly, such as your own post. the unmentionable evil HiPointDem Dec 2012 #41

The Greek Gods make more sense. tecelote Dec 2012 #42

Yep, pretty much what we have today too! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #52

Except that today we call them neocons and globalists and the 1% instead of gods, Raksha Dec 2012 #82

Exactly why we must not cut the military budget!!! grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #44

Bravo! RandiFan1290 Dec 2012 #45

What about giving it a rest Waiting For Everyman Dec 2012 #50

Give it a rest? The evangelical atheists are tireless. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #74

Religion is all politics and a control mechanism for the masses. Get them believing in something RKP5637 Dec 2012 #53

Religion has been a force for both good and evil. Unfortunately, I believe Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #56

Aah, yes. The ignorance of fundamentalist, evangelical athiesm... nonoxy9 Dec 2012 #63

a no-word comment farminator3000 Dec 2012 #64

Ah, yes, monotheism. It produces many conundrums. Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #65

It's no different than rolling the dice liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #68

Yep. Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #75

Really?...It seems to get SO much mention here, LOL..As for Vidal, whathehell Dec 2012 #69

Spot on, Gore! nt valerief Dec 2012 #71

The great unmentionable evil. The CCC Dec 2012 #72