An open letter to Admin (Page 5): Hmmm, I’ll look into that. 🤔...

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

agillot wrote:

Can a frozen embryo ride in an HOV lane , Now we can change the subject .

Hmmm, I’ll look into that. 🤔

goldstar46 Loc: Tampa, Fl

Linda From Maine wrote:

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Linda From Maine wrote:

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Bottom line is UHH is a private entity. We are guests.

Bingo!

NateB

Linda From Maine wrote:

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flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

terryMc wrote:

While I personally have no religious beliefs or affiliation, neither do I have a problem with religious imagery as long as there is no discrimination and anyone can post their pictures freely. I happen to like to photograph churches, temples, and other places of worship, and do so at every opportunity, mostly because of the artwork and architecture which is often stunning. But I think to be fair, if you ban some, you must ban it all. Likewise, if you allow some, you must allow it all.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

tommystrat wrote:

Clearly you have not visited the Christian Photogr... (show quote)

Dunno if it's "fear and hatred" but "stay off my lawn" seems appropriate! ;0)

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

Linda From Maine wrote:

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Yes Ma'am! (Salute!).

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

tommystrat wrote:

But I suppose that nowadays the issue of a Christian's faith is cause for immediate rejection, fear and hatred, as is so clearly expressed in your narrow post.

"Hartford Institute estimates there are roughly 350,000 religious congregations in the United States. This estimate relies on the RCMS 2010 religious congregations census. Of those, about 314,000 are Protestant and other Christian churches, and 24,000 are Catholic and Orthodox churches." From Google Search

I don't often participate in discussions like this for this very reason—characterizing any disagreement with today's Christian Nationalists as persecution, hatred, and fear is a very old tactic. Just as rushing to the side of the billionaires who own everything and have incalculable wealth and power and claiming they are victims because a large portion of the populace believes they should pay more in taxes, so is claiming that the largest faction of the religious population is being discriminated against, hated, persecuted and worse disingenuous (to be kind) inasmuch as their beliefs already dominate the culture in our society. We have Christian prayers before public events and meetings, Christian holy days are celebrated as national holidays, no one who calls himself a church is liable for taxes. ("Taxation without representation" has always been a big deal in the U.S. Well, what about representation without taxation? Churches seek an outsized say in government but refuse to pay the price of admission.)

I don't hate anyone. You can define fear in many ways, but basically, while I don't fear any religious belief, I do worry about the blatantly obvious attempts to install a Christian theocracy in the U.S. which would then mean rule by Biblical law. I worry because of the vast number of interpretations of what that kind of law would mean. We can see what it means to the Islamists who rule in various Middle Eastern countries, and it seems that while the Islamists themselves are not idealized, their form government based on their view of God's law is highly regarded.

You can argue that Islamic law is barbaric and not at all like what a Christian government would be, but they are both Abrahamic religions with a basis in the God of the Old Testament. Government rule based on the "teachings" of Jesus, who could easily be called a socialist or humanist, would never fly with today's fundamentalists who are all about denying the things that Jesus said should be freely given.

srg

terryMc wrote:

"Hartford Institute estimates there are roughly 350,000 religious congregations in the United States. This estimate relies on the RCMS 2010 religious congregations census. Of those, about 314,000 are Protestant and other Christian churches, and 24,000 are Catholic and Orthodox churches." From Google Search

I don't often participate in discussions like this for this very reason—characterizing any disagreement with today's Christian Nationalists as persecution, hatred, and fear is a very old tactic. Just as rushing to the side of the billionaires who own everything and have incalculable wealth and power and claiming they are victims because a large portion of the populace believes they should pay more in taxes, so is claiming that the largest faction of the religious population is being discriminated against, hated, persecuted and worse disingenuous (to be kind) inasmuch as their beliefs already dominate the culture in our society. We have Christian prayers before public events and meetings, Christian holy days are celebrated as national holidays, no one who calls himself a church is liable for taxes. ("Taxation without representation" has always been a big deal in the U.S. Well, what about representation without taxation? Churches seek an outsized say in government but refuse to pay the price of admission.)

I don't hate anyone. You can define fear in many ways, but basically, while I don't fear any religious belief, I do worry about the blatantly obvious attempts to install a Christian theocracy in the U.S. which would then mean rule by Biblical law. I worry because of the vast number of interpretations of what that kind of law would mean. We can see what it means to the Islamists who rule in various Middle Eastern countries, and it seems that while the Islamists themselves are not idealized, their form government based on their view of God's law is highly regarded.

You can argue that Islamic law is barbaric and not at all like what a Christian government would be, but they are both Abrahamic religions with a basis in the God of the Old Testament. Government rule based on the "teachings" of Jesus, who could easily be called a socialist or humanist, would never fly with today's fundamentalists who are all about denying the things that Jesus said should be freely given.

"Hartford Institute estimates there are rough... (show quote)

My personal rule is, if they demand a specific headgear, I want nothing to do with them. That includes red Maga hats.