secular

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arnaut_katalan: Welcome to Covenant Games
arnaut_katalan (arnaut_katalan)
and distribute Christian Games for the purpose of giving kids and parents alternatives to the secular games available today and to increase awareness that games can be fun, challenging, and ...
hipiejesusfreak: why does it seem like we've been over this before?
nicole (hipiejesusfreak)
secular institutions. may i please move down to georgia now? {EDIT} my mythology teacher is professing that the first...
pageofwands23: Rivival Tents
pageofwands23 (pageofwands23)
Things, that when you come from a culture that proscribes drinking alcohol, and dancing, and secular music, the only time that you can have a altering of your consciousness is......
punk_monkey25: Warped tour is so warped
punk_monkey25 (punk_monkey25)
went. It was really quite a disappointment. First off, it was my first secular concert, and just all the fallen people that were there. There was one ...
arriterre
Wilbur (arriterre)
directs a Pan-Arab version of Richard III focusing on Saddam Hussein’s early days as a secular Arab hero before he murdered his way through the Ba’ath party." *groan* Richard is Richard is ...
area51c4: Christian Worldview Test
Kevin (area51c4)
Secular Humanist Worldview Thinker Your score is: -68 points of 170 possible, -40% (This simply...
dk: best runon sentence ever
white knight, talking backwards (dk)
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nechamaz: Hello
nechamaz (nechamaz)
understand why. In many ways, we're very religious. Certainly to most of my secular friends we appear to be religious nuts; won't eat......
psudan: Iraqi Freedom
psudan (psudan)
with regards to the freedom of many of its citizens. Pre-war Iraq was a secular state, meaning the government obeyed civil laws rather than religious laws. No doubt ...
myriden_mercury
Saira, Sarah, Sara (myriden_mercury)
(81%) 4. Mahayana Buddhism (79%) 5. Theravada Buddhism (74%) 6. Jainism (73%) 7. Liberal Quakers (67%) 8. Reform Judaism (66%) 9. Secular Humanism (60%) 10. Hinduism (59%) 11. Sikhism (57%) 12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (50%) 13. Bah�'� Faith ...
bliss_girl: UN refuses to condemn killing in the name of religion
bliss_girl (bliss_girl)
July 27, 2005The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is the World Union of Humanist, Secular and Rationalist organisations, with 100 member organisations in about 40 countries. Here is a ...
sologue: This could certainly blow up in our face
Taylor Conant (sologue)
because we are not running the government, they are, in fact, autonomous. We've replaced a secular dictator with a budding pseudo-theocracy. This can't be good. Furthermore, maybe this says something for ...
anomalon (in indiy)
m a y b e (anomalon)
business design. Plan to print stickers this week. Familiarize and imprint. I have to focus secular. I have to allow romantics to be an eventuality rather than a goal. ...
a_modern_lady
Dial "N" (a_modern_lady)
Greta Garbo's dangly vagina and the women it loved. Studley will get a sentimental and secular burial ceremony under a pretty pear tree tomorrow. A clump of hair (with glued-on ...
twilightofhell: The Passing of Ages
twilightofhell (twilightofhell)
a trashed and scattered world to bathe in pernicious self-doubt. Creed mutely steals away, leaving a secular world in bereavement, their identities left as amorphous masses of nihilistic derailment. Mothers eating children, sons ...
tehpreacher: Oy
Teh Preacher (tehpreacher)
thought that maybe, just maybe, college would help me decide between the spiritual and secular worlds for me to pursue upon graduation. What it has done is made it...
maggiewatchie
margaret (maggiewatchie)
is good, because it needs tons of work. I've decided my degree recital will be all secular music. Or at least not blatantly sacred (no chorale-based works for this chica!).......
hollow_leg76
hollow_leg76 (hollow_leg76)
to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%) 3. Liberal Quakers (93%) 4. Secular Humanism (89%) 5. Neo-Pagan (74%) 6. New Age (66%) 7....
jacobluest
Jacob (jacobluest)
a Conservative synagogue that emphasizes intergenerational community 2. Jacob is Dead 3. Jacob is a thoroughly secular person 4. Jacob is last 5. Jacob is nestled in the heart of East San Diego 6. Jacob...
ctfdrummer: LOK FOR THE GOSPLE IN EVERYTHING... ITS THEIR.
jayson of the knigdom of ormond (ctfdrummer)
a master plan that he knew. the clearly read the bible too. now suppose this secular show by some stroke of providence has a christian on staff as a writer... ...
mazarin: Best. Onion. Ever.
Mazarin (mazarin)
to writing down. Like this: Proponents of Intelligent Falling assert that the different theories used by secular physicists to explain gravity are not internally consistent. Even critics of Intelligent Falling admit ...
priestofthevoid: {Hello!}
priestofthevoid (priestofthevoid)
I'm an aspiring writer, teacher, and self agrandizing defender of truth, justice and the secular way. I believe in equality and egalitarian values. I believe that if one's actions ...
jolly_joyful: music while you wait!
Phillip (jolly_joyful)
billboard, all tuned into the radio. It's part of some promo for a secular station, but I thought the idea was really clever, especially on days when buses ...
aa (in israeli): Disengagement and stuff
Ran Leonard (aa)
rift the nation. It sure was one hell of an experience for both us, the seculars and the religious. Us the secular people, mostly the young ones have this stigma that ...
goldenkitsune: Truth
Ravi (goldenkitsune)
t is truth cannot......
elysiankitten: Mormon? Er....no.
Ash (elysiankitten)
Thought (33%) 20. Mahayana Buddhism (32%) 21. Scientology (32%) 22. Theravada Buddhism (31%) 23. New Age (27%) 24. Jainism (27%) 25. Secular Humanism (27%) 26. Taoism (21%) 27. Nontheist (16%)......
biblegeekdannyb: Daily Readings 9/6
biblegeekdannyb (biblegeekdannyb)
We need the personal relationship with God to bust through all the noise of our secular culture and get at what God really wants. Luke - With all this rebelliousness afoot, ...
itastegood: Hurricane Benefit Show!!!
Danger Zone (itastegood)
Best 4 - Infidel 430 - How Ironic 5 - Animus 530 - Larissa 6 - So Far Gone 630 - Secular End 7 - Daybreak Ends 730 - This Will Destroy You 8 - It's Like Love 830 - ...
happyisntenough
Loey (happyisntenough)
i got a xanga account.and i split journal entires between LJ and Xanga in a.. secular/religious sense... so. I stopped using LJ.. cuz I didn't know how to intergrate with ...
pegruda
pegruda (pegruda)
the past century, humanism has been given various prefixes, from "scientific" to "evolutionary" to "secular." None, however, matter as much as the current prefix: "planetary." It places us fairly and...
peripatetic7
Ryley H. (peripatetic7)
night. - false I am homosexual. - false I've run away from home. - false I listen to secular music. - what is secular music? I collect comic books. - false I shut others out ...
therestoration: Kiss The Scars
therestoration (therestoration)
want to walk this road and not get lost To bleed myself dry of this secular want Break the silence in my soul Clutch me hard don’t let go All ...
ulf_rulz: Newspeak never spoke better...
Ulf Smidhr (ulf_rulz)
and women’s rights and capacity for people to realize their dreams. ...so we invaded the one secular government in the Middle East and ended their atrocious policies of......
ironjudaspriest
Journeyman (ironjudaspriest)
At the same time, back_stage (Taye Diggs) makes fun of ironjudaspriest (Alec Baldwin) for enjoying secular humanism. That weekend, kalwein (Tracey Ullman) breaks rubyhatchling (Elvis Presley)'s old 100-meter-dash record, but ...
zenzicube
The Sixth Power (zenzicube)
secular humanist since 9th grade, although I spent a period of several years during high school...
lucedelsole: Boo!
lucedelsole (lucedelsole)
as the most important religious festival od the year, Halloween has become a highly secular event. With a profile like that, it's sure to have an interesting history. ...
inferno0069: Take that, seventh-day adventists!
Chris (inferno0069)
Secular Humanism (98%) 3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (89%) 4. Liberal Quakers (84%) 5. Nontheist (84%) 6. Theravada Buddhism...
atla2267nta: remonstrate primary
atla2267nta (atla2267nta)
(if you allow me the boutade), a subtle French notable and somewhere, why, yes, a secular Muslim who didn’t believe much in mullahs or imams but who did indeed believe ...
simonmatt1100: Wow Sunday Oct. 30th!!
Bryan (simonmatt1100)
that (a kinda Catholic loser, a former Wiccan, a Christian of almost every denomination, a secular Hindu). Priyanka really showed me a different side of herself and I really appreciated ...
sugamimi: BEAUTIFUL
Harmonie (sugamimi)
our federal government is so...wary on the issue. I consider the U.S. to be a secular state--we have ABORTIONS......
mrtaco: Now here's something we don't see everyday
Michael (mrtaco)
WriterFri Nov 4,10:12 AM ET A Vatican cardinal said Thursday the faithful should listen to what secular modern science has to offer, warning that religion risks turning into "fundamentalism" if it ...
ozlaw: Clinical education and the midterm
ozlaw (ozlaw)
ike Christmas and Easter are accorded national status, while other holidays are not, in a secular state. And (uncharacteriscally) I'm not just arguing this for the sake of getting ...
carralynn74
carralynn74 (carralynn74)
secular world. It kills me how selfish, cold-hearted, and mean-spirited people are. People are how they...
opinionscount: Quotes Against Religion in our Public Schools:
Faye (opinionscount)
counterproductive to personal responsibility. Such a diversity of views is constitutionally protected; our secular government simply is not permitted to pick a side in religious debates." -http://www.sullivan-count...
untdrew: I love me some healthy debate...
Andrew (untdrew)
the claim of Jesus' divinity is farfetched. No, it's not farfetched to me. Look, the secular response to the Christ story always goes like this: he was a great prophet, obvi...
averydeadgirl
Avery (averydeadgirl)
didn’t know who he was then)Together these things were a blast to m catholic but secular mind set, but they......
dougsolo: Rawk of Ages
doug (dougsolo)
stians ’cause it’s easier to get into the market, so I’d rather listen to a secular band who is at least honest and true with themselves than a Christian band ...
charitysblog: A Tale of Two Christmases
Charity (charitysblog)
Well, that all depends on who you ask. For many Americans, Christmas is a secular celebration of peace, family, good-will, gifts, decorations, and Santa. Let’s not forget Christmas ...
gyilkosbalek: Holiday Greeting from Gyilkosbalek (Gabriel)
gyilkosbalek (gyilkosbalek)
holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or ...
fidrich: Christmas: The Festival of Disappointment
fidrich (fidrich)
be fooled. There are those amongst us who would have you believe that Christmas - secular Christmas, at any rate - is the celebration of love, goodwill amongst men and ...
lady_dewhurst: the stuff of life
lady_dewhurst (lady_dewhurst)
holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, ...
sleeperben
sleeperben (sleeperben)
We were dragged kicking and screaming into a war with Iraq, a secular......
al_khidr: Two sleeps to the first light...
db (al_khidr)
despite working in two retail jobs. I'm not Christian, and I certainly don't support the secular Christmas which seems to be the more popular format here in North America. The...
pejabunnie
Sasa no Kitsune (pejabunnie)
I take it for granted most of the time, but it really is a (secular) blessing.......
sandmanofcs
Eric the Staples slave (sandmanofcs)
er solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or ...
cloverthistle
Mel (cloverthistle)
Secular Gift-Giving Day. Take your pick. ;-)......
wellperhaps: happy Birthday, Big Guy
wellperhaps (wellperhaps)
to celebrate his birth. Sorry God, promise it won't happen next year. On a more secular note, i scored a pretty good loot this year. i got a slate, nike tweed...
scorishnerman: Christmas
scorishnerman (scorishnerman)
to church last night and it really solidified my contentment and satisfaction with the secular world. Maybe I'm missing something, but boy, what a crock. I do have to...
nfgmatt182: The True Meaning of Christmas kids...
Matt (nfgmatt182)
know him) although in the U.S and Europe it has slowly become more of a secular holiday. Jesus......
jusheureux: Commercialistic bang <3
dashboard altar boy rape (jusheureux)
If they say "defenestration," hit them in the face. It's a fun game. Christmas Post 2: Secular Capitalist Greed Edition ♥ Fuck whatever warm-fuzzy reason for the season the greeting card of ...
sim84d: Hope everyone had a merry Christmas
sim84d (sim84d)
a happy Kwanzaa... And a happy Ramadan... And a happy lesser-known religious holiday... And a happy lesser-known secular holiday... And a happy season even if you don't celebrate a holiday... And a sad, painful day...
_the_1_and_only
Adam! (_the_1_and_only)
of the ones that really matter, like Easter and Christmas? Think about it. Welcome to the secular world: religion is a sin.......
fem7940inism: Florence harpers fertilizes
fem7940inism (fem7940inism)
taken off political lists include two leading members of former Shiite Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's secular Iraqi National List. cankerworm irony!ampoules lubrication mandate digitally refuels:nonterminating: unsecured credit card debt settlement ...
grandpaharry
grandpaharry (grandpaharry)
"religious war," which is what it really is? Before Saddam was deposed, Iraq was a secular state. Saddam made sure that no religious zealots became powerful enough to depose him. ...
ladynyks
This is not the journal you're looking for (ladynyks)
interesting in return, same as my more angry posts recently. Hmh. How does one find secular sikhs or something to add to your lj-friends when anybody who lists sikhism or ...
thestarkiller
what's a duck? (thestarkiller)
prayer (and he'd even composed one already). When the minister replied that Singapore was a secular state and thus his idea was rather unfeasable, the guy......
onionsoupmix: Controversy in 2nd Grade...
onionsoupmix (onionsoupmix)
secular studies are not tip-top, but they are pretty good for the most part, at least...
babybalooga: jealousy
babybalooga (babybalooga)
like a nonChristian friend. This is bad. I feel like I was sucked into the secular world without even knowing it... and that's exactly what had happened. How dare we ...
orangeoctopi
orangeoctopi (orangeoctopi)
concert! Christian mosh pits are the best. The same amount of pushing, yelling, screaming as "secular" rock concerts, but everyone says sorry to each other lol. and Ryan Shrout is LOVE......
yonoshesteckler: oh my god my face is on FIRE!!!!
Yonoshe Steckler (yonoshesteckler)
and i swear to you it feels like my face is on FIRE! sweet secular jesus, i want this to stop! i was going to take a picture ...
fiaryeyes: nifty
Fiaryeyes (fiaryeyes)
the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards. 1. Neo-Pagan (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (99%) 3. Secular Humanism (87%) 4. Theravada......
ministry_victim: Of the Law and Experience
Winston Smith (ministry_victim)
secular opinion, life is meaningless. Pointless. It literally has no purpose. We have...
jemehair: Boredom perturbs the trapped mind
jemehair (jemehair)
ocal guy shuts up shop. In it there are about 15 or 20 articles on the secular society and whether or not we can co-exist. If a cartoon can be ...
razahnora: Die Religionen der Welt
razahnora (razahnora)
Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion Hinduism: 900 million Chinese traditional religion: 394 million Buddhism: 376 million primal-indigenous: 300...
j5s5s: NYC Schools discriminate against Christians
***** (j5s5s)
York City public schools sued the school district over its policy that the display of secular holiday symbol decorations is permissible during the Christmas holiday season while display of Nativity ...
revdode: Cartoony
revdode (revdode)
in a position of finding a section of Muslim opinions simply incompatible with a western secular society. I know this is being whipped up......
caremelmilk: Apartment? & 6 Day Count down
caremelmilk (caremelmilk)
a week. I'm starting the SIX day count down. Geez, I hadn't listened to secular music in like a week. And I got in the car with this guy named...
prudesa_rutila: is it a coincidence that valentine's day and venerial disease begin with the same letters?
Sherry (prudesa_rutila)
me because Noah and I have already agreed to raise the robotic dog as a secular humanist. •......
wastewater: stupid
wastewater (wastewater)
i'm honking at you, you fucking bible banger, i don't care. get your non-secular laws and culture out of my fucking life. but then i'm like, oh they...
maja8228
maja (maja8228)
(67%) 9. Islam (66%) 10. Orthodox Judaism (66%) 11. New Age (65%) 12. Orthodox Quaker (63%) 13. Mahayana Buddhism (63%) 14. Secular Humanism (57%) 15. New Thought (55%) 16. Scientology (53%) 17. Hinduism (51%) 18. Theravada Buddhism (49%) 19. Taoism (43%) 20. ...
jssesystems: National Catholic Reporter (National Catholic Repo
jssesystems (jssesystems)
secular -- are filled through NCR Classifieds each year.......
peledad24: American Jihad? - South Dacota Abortion Ban -
peledad24 (peledad24)
the rest of us. America's religiosity has been labeled as its least attractive characteristic by secular......
dcdestined: wow. america aint doin so well.
DCdestined (dcdestined)
secularnethical: secular secularnethical: n secularnethical: ethical RamonesGreen: meaning? secularnethical: do u know what the word secular means? RamonesGreen: not really.. secularnethical: okay secularnethical:...
acyle
Acyle (acyle)
secular Lent tradition. This year I am giving up elevators. There is a convenient...
rhinemaiden: Anyone know a few good artists?
Rhinemaiden (rhinemaiden)
after a bit of consideration, I think I am going to start weeding out my secular music. Anymore, it's the majority of what I listen to, but......
something_jive: many edits later
[Complicated Answer] (something_jive)
a conscious effort to avoid superlatives here. Happy Casamir Pulaski day! Always my favorite secular holiday. Mostly because I didn't ever know who he was until yesterday but school...
waaayofftopic: The Anti-Christ
waaayofftopic (waaayofftopic)
according to the teachings of Christ you could do a lot worse than a good secular liberal. Sure, they wouldn't actually believe in God, which I think is the number ...
veryinlovewith
veryinlovewith (veryinlovewith)
mall. "You know, one of those places with water fountains and luxury leather goods: secular heaven. And I was walking around with this extraordinary knowledge that I was ...
arroy_meall: National Catholic Reporter (National Catholic Repo
arroy_meall (arroy_meall)
secular -- are filled through NCR Classifieds each year.......
adventuremily: birthday
adventuremily (adventuremily)
of Shambhala Training in Vancouver on the first weekend of May. It is a secular meditation practice. It is something I have wanted to do for quite some ...
dorkface3000: The Christmas War - January 06 Blogger
dorkface3000 (dorkface3000)
It's about Jesus." I can't count the times I have heard Christians grumble against the secular aspects of our sacred holiday. Some think Santa is the devil. Others think......
fuerstjd: Dubai is cool
fuerstjd (fuerstjd)
emirate to be exact) it is. It is one of the most democratic and secular nations in the Middle East. You can actually buy alcohol in Dubai, which ...
hairouna
Perceivence (hairouna)
no place cramming its at least superficially illogical tenets down other peoples' throats in a secular society. Logic must work with something. It doesn't matter if the tenets are superifically illogical. It's ...
allnitecp: Not really a shocker, pretty much what I figured
allnitecp (allnitecp)
ew Age (83%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%) 7. Secular Humanism (74%) 8. New Thought (73%) 9. Bahá'í Faith (69%) ...
sub_cruce_lumen: Thinking
Eric Brown (sub_cruce_lumen)
secularists about whether religion or secular/atheist ideologies and people killed more people in history. I object...
made_to_shine: Monday # 10
made_to_shine (made_to_shine)
I should have left. Sometimes it's really hard to be a Christian in a secular setting. No one said it would be easy, I know, but I struggle......
viciouscycle216: al bloom rocks
ahg (viciouscycle216)
touch with its original Quaker values. Over the decades since Swarthmore officially became secular, the college has evolved and changed, not always for the better. A stronger connectio...
a_little_fate: April classes...
Becca (a_little_fate)
first nine chapters of Revelations along with Genesis 1-3... how the churches relate to the secular world in government, society, and the lives of individuals. Sunday 4/9, 10:00-1:00 in Kirkland Minimizing ...
sir_sami: United against a Hell that doesn't exsist....silly
sir_sami (sir_sami)
Good Friday, the day that everyone gets off of what they are doing except at secular college campuses. Thankfully, I normally have no classes on Fri. This is Boring. Apparently, Lauren and ...
angeleternyti: In the Sweedish news...
angeleternyti (angeleternyti)
customers gearing up for the upcoming gluttony of Påskafton. Easter celebrations and traditions for the secular Swede are nearly as sacred as Christmas to the Swedish culture. Even devout atheists pay......
kinders: The Divinely Inspired Word of the Hobgoblin
Kinders (kinders)
Secular-religious arguments are infuriating enough, but this sort of thing isn't even a genuine argument. Both...
dustindaulton: yay i really am atheist
dustin daulton (dustindaulton)
these beliefs are closest to me. the %'s ar ehow close they are. 1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (99%) 3. Liberal Quakers (84%) ...
caperbush: in Israel
Caperbush (caperbush)
energy and the way it amplified my faith. Now I am more drawn to secular people on the street, the unmistakably positive attitude......
ttavenner: Variables to Arts Funding
Tommy (ttavenner)
to give to other sectors. The study also found that: overall, arts donors' contributions to secular causes average 2.1 percent of their income, one of the highest shares of income found...
paxchristi: To L. Van der Vloet, Parkhill.
A lowly sinner. (paxchristi)
same sorts of things as Jean Vanier, wrote a book about spiritual living in a secular world called Life of the Beloved. It is all about claiming one's identity ...
russkaya_chica: Where's the line?
Lisa (russkaya_chica)
need those worldly things? I gave up makeup, decent clothing, jewelry, cutting my hair, secular music, etc. Even though I live over an hour from church, I was at just...
undaunted84: T.*IF at 5pm
Ch-Ch-Ch-Cecka (undaunted84)
secular alternative to TGIF. Seeing as the students of our department hail from a diverse...
sithvixen (in shepherdschapel): The Holy Bible vs the koran
Sith Vixen (sithvixen)
of various pagan historians mostly agree with it. Anyremaining discrepancies are something apt even by secular standards to beresolved in the Bible's favor in......
tavitha: Holiday Greetings for Everyone!
tavitha (tavitha)
holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, ...
ehreval: Abusing Jesus: An Open Letter to My Fellow Christians
ehreval (ehreval)
year, it’s just as natural that I grow more and more disgusted with the increasingly secular nature of the holiday. Christians have lamented for years that December 25th is less about ...
comealive: Merry Christmas to all
The Ramblin' Man (comealive)
holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, ...