Bad journalism...

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My brother jajy1979's response to a particularly irritating piece of lousy local journalism

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[firinel.livejournal.com]

Wow, assinine. Next, there'll be politicians asked what they think about the validity of medical procedures! (oh wait...)

Hopefully the station'll actually listen, but sadly, I find that doubtful.

[calebbullen.livejournal.com]

I do like the idea of mentioning on any crime story what religious books a suspect has in his or her home.

I think that when the public is finally made to realize that these cannibal religions promote crime, they'll finally come to the one TRUE faith, agnosticism.

[jajy1979.livejournal.com]

Go ahead, they have their station's phone number on their website which I linked. Though I doubt you'd get very far with them. Honestly I don't expect them to do anything except file mine in the trash bin with every other complaint they don't like. The only reason we even watch channel 19 (CBS) is because it is less offensive than 48 (NBC) and comes in better than 31 (ABC). Without cable we don't get many choices.

I generally like most of the pagans I know, I detest seeing them attacked for stuff that people don't understand. Of course, I can empathize some given the number of times I've tried to explain what the hell a Deist is to the locals.

I swear we need a religious exposure class in schools... My father insisted upon it when I was home schooled. ALL of them, from Jainist to Buddist, Shinto to Islam. It was enlightening, though I don't think it strengthened my faith in Christianity in the least given I've left the Church in favor of a theology and philosophy that suits me better than the Christian doctrine.

[jajy1979.livejournal.com]

I'd sleep on it, but I don't feel like being the next Rip Van Winkle.

[jajy1979.livejournal.com]

Side note: I watched the minister on TV, and I think if you dig you can find the video on the station website. I felt he was quite flippant in his attitude towards Wiccans, making them sound like lost little children who didn't know any better. It was rather a cross between nausiating and infuriating to actually listen to the guy.

an interesting thing i thought you would see...

[peepinturtlejin.livejournal.com]

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Whose Soul Is It Anyway?
I recently saw a pro-life activist on a debate show who succinctly summed his argument thusly: At the precise moment of conception, the fetus (actually, he meant "zygote") is imbued with a soul. Therefore, destroying a fetus (or a zygote) is just as bad as killing a postnatal human. Simple, right?

Unfortunately, the host of the show did not ask two important questions that immediately leap to the forefront of a free thinking person's mind:

1. Since identical twins are formed when a zygote splits in two, would the resulting two people then, by definition, share a soul?

2. Chimerism is the very rare phenomenon in which two separately fertilized zygotes fuse, eventually becoming a single fetus. Since both zygotes would have been imbued with a soul at conception, would the person resulting from the fusion of the two thus possess two souls?

These ignorant, elitist media schmucks just don't ask the right questions.
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Re: an interesting thing i thought you would see...

[jajy1979.livejournal.com]

I think a great deal of the problem stems from the deliberate attempts at manipulating our educational system to produce substandard thinkers and mindless consumer drones for the corperate world. We don't teach people how to ask questions, investigate, or understand things anymore. We dismiss, discourage, and downright intimidate those who would actually try and find new answers and ideas. It's actually a very hostile environment to the free thinking individual (no matter what political, social, or theological bent they may have) in this society. We are, as a whole, completely unwilling to accept change from the status quo. Depressing isn't it?

Re: an interesting thing i thought you would see...

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

well said.