February 2012
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Feb 28th
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Ethicists Argue for Post Birth Abortions | Blogs |... →
nikosnature: muzical84: Well, it WOULD be consistent with legal abortion… Soon you’ll see prochoicers marching for infanticide. It’s only a matter of time.
Feb 27th
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“Will you look at me and with all your heart tell me it will be alright?”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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HEY! For the 1st time ever I have over 200 followers! Yeah, I’m behind everyone else. I’m sure I’ll lose some ‘cos … well, I’m not someone you’d call lacking in unpopular opinions. :P Anyway, I’ll enjoy it for the 12 hours I have them! XD Thanks to all my followers. Especially the new ones! =) You’re all in my prayers. I don’t do this...
Feb 27th
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I don't like this. →
I’m not a conspiracy theorist in any way. But … this is frightening. Drones that are able to watch us? What for? Who will use them? On whom will they be used? Who decides when this tech is used? I don’t like this. I’ve read too much science fiction to like this. (No, that wasn’t a joke.) Just read this. Really. It’s potentially … nation changing.
Feb 27th
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“I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.”
– Dorothy Day (via blakebaggott)
Feb 27th
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The Spectrum of Beauty
There is a Spectrum of Beauty in the world that runs from the sublimely gorgeous to the abject ugly. I witnessed the extremes today. The 1st was a wedding. It was lovely, simple, elegant, heartfelt. Pretty much everything the beginning of a bride & groom’s life together should be. It left me feeling good about the world around me, as if anything were possible & all good things could...
Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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“The public have always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are...”
– Oscar Wilde (via jeffreyoverstreet)
Feb 27th
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"How the hell did we get to a place where...
thanksandyes: “We live in a nation of laws that generally impose rights and duties. We often prioritize them but even the rights we hold dearest have limits. There is the age old example of the right of free speech being limited by the inability to shout “Fire” in a crowded theater. I imagine a religion holding ritual human sacrifice as a central tenet would have a hard time finding cover under...
Feb 26th
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“What would I become if all you have given me was taken away?”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott) Me, Tyler. You would be me.
Feb 26th
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Cleaned!
I cleaned & vacuumed my living & dining rooms. Which are kinda the same room, in a way. This Lent I’m really gonna try to keep up on being tidy around here. I can let my … life frustrations get the best of me & get a “forget it” (or, maybe, a little stronger) attitude about keeping house. So I really wanna work to change all that this Lent. It’s all about...
Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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“There is no key to happiness.The door is always open.”
– Mother Teresa (via worldasweknowit)
Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Figure That 98% of Catholic Women Use Birth... →
nikosnature: glitter-femin1sts: opinionlizard: Says LifeNews.com, one of the most biased pro-life reading material sites around. ^^ boom http://www.lifenews.com/2012/02/13/figure-that-98-of-catholic-women-use-birth-control-debunked/ http://www.whatswrongwiththeworld.net/2012/02/how_to_lie_with_statistics_exa_1.html glitter-femin1sts, so we should really be listening to … who?...
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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anotheractivist reblogged your link: The very definition of Straw Man fallacy This is a very thought out, though over complicated argument. See you’re arguing for an imaginary friend of yours. who… (SIGH) Yet again … Straw Man fallacy. That’s all this *argument* consists of. Every single point anotheractivist makes is a complete misrepresentation of Christianity. Assumption...
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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quietly-living-life asked: Why be pro-life? I mean, do you know what hyperemesis gravidarum, pre-eclampsia, and ectopic pregnancies are? Do you know how physically hellish pregnancy can be for a woman? Do you know all of the different ways that pregnancy can cause mental and emotional distress to a woman? Do you know how emotionally scarring it can be to give a child up for adoption? Or do you just not care about any of...
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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A full response to the 'Mandatory Organ Donation... →
nikosnature: moochiethinks: I was abducted & you were banging patchouli: What do they mean by ‘life begins at conception’? nikosnature: bangingpatchouli: Bangingpatchouli - People who say this aren’t talking about ‘life’ in a literal biological way. They are referring to a religious idea that at the moment an egg is fertilized, it becomes ensouled. This is an important distinction...
Feb 22nd
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bangingpatchouli reblogged your link: I was abducted & you were banging patchouli: What do they mean by ‘life begins at conception’? And this my friends is how you diminish and dehumanize the worth of a woman. This is how you argue that she is nothing… Straw Man. Never, ever did I even attempt to argue the worth of a woman. Please, do not put words in my mouth. Women, like...
Feb 22nd
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I was abducted & you were banging patchouli: What... →
nikosnature: bangingpatchouli: People who say this aren’t talking about ‘life’ in a literal biological way. They are referring to a religious idea that at the moment an egg is fertilized, it becomes ensouled. This is an important distinction because that is really the sticking point for them, but they frame their assertion as though they are talking about a biological event, which makes it...
Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Life Is Weird
fathershane: When Barack Obama was campaigning for president in 2008, he declared that marriage is between a man and a woman. For the most part, his position was treated as a nonissue. Now Rick Santorum is campaigning for president. He too says that marriage is between a man and a woman. What a different reaction he gets. The rest… by William McGurn in today’s Wall Street Journal.
Feb 22nd
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“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his...”
– St. Francis of Assisi (via dearanalogue)
Feb 22nd
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A Reason to Change: Lent isn't the Problem →
blakebaggott: I’m getting a little frustrated with Protestants criticizing the tradition of Lent as a whole. Just because you may have Catholic friends or acquaintances that practices it legalistically or practices it while showing no sign of genuine love for Christ… that does not mean that… What Blake points out is exactly why the Catholic Church uses Matthew 6: 1-18 as the Gospel...
Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Anonymous asked: It's highly offensive to sit here...
nikosnature: I don’t think love between two men is romantic.  They might think it is, but really, they are experiencing intenese philial love.  Not eros.  If you read what I said, you would see that I think that the two men or two women could be higher than one between a woman and a man in some circumstances.  But I think it would be folly to say they were the same.  I think they are...
Feb 21st
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myisrael: wisdomofscripture: Calvinist: Every non-reformed person on the face of the earth: HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE IN PREDESTINATION? IT’S WAY TOO HERETICAL! I WANT TO KNOW HOW IT COULD MAKE ANY SENSE TO YOU! YOUR GOD IS A MONSTER, AND CALVIN WAS SATAN’S SERVANT! Calvinist: I read the Bible (: Hahaha, basically.   *I am not saying either is correct. I’m just pointing out how accurate this is...
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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“It is a great service, then, to help others and allow them to help us, so that...”
– Pope Benedict XVI - in his 2012 Lenten address. I want to emphasize: “… and allow them to help us …”
Feb 21st
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“Concern for others entails desiring what is good for them from every point of...”
– Pope Benedict XVI - in his 2012 Lenten address.
Feb 21st
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Have You Decided What You're Giving Up For Lent?
becket: Ash Wednesday is just around the corner.  Do you know what you’re giving up for Lent yet?  Here’s a list from Aggie Catholics of some more original things to fast from! Fast on bread and water on Fridays. Fast from TV. Fast from snacking or candy. Fast from the radio in your car. Fast from Facebook, Twitter, and/or the internet. (NOTE: if you do decide to fast from Facebook, we have...
Feb 21st
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“Let us be concerned for each other, to stir a response in love and good works.”
– Hebrews 10:24
Feb 21st
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Off today? Why don't you read the Holy Father's... →
bethestraw: Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for Lent 2012 It’ll take you about ten minutes. Come on. You can spare that. Print it out. Make yourself some tea. Read it. Reflect on it - meditate on your upcoming Lenten journey. It’ll be worth it. Here’s a taste to whet your appetite: “We must not remain silent before evil. I am thinking of all those Christians who, out of human regard or purely...
Feb 21st
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queenelizatits asked: hello!
Feb 21st
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Anonymous asked: Honey, someone is impersonating Obama on Saturday Night Live. It's not being called racism, it's being called comedy. Grow a sense of humor. What's wrong with you?
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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I kind of hope
myisrael: myisrael: that my future wife doesn’t like grape flavored stuff. That means I’ll get it all. Wow, this is the olive theory.  I hadn’t even seen HIMYM yet. I don’t watch HIMYM often so I’ve never heard of the Olive Theory. But … If I ever have a band, I’ll name it The Olive Theory. (And, yes, now that it’s out there in the collective unconscious,...
Feb 21st
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