religious people trip me out. I was listening to talk radio this morning on the way in, and the gist of it seemed to be that the HPV vaccination is a big conspiracy to... something. How can anyone possibly think that preventing cancer is a bad thing???
On 2/7/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A bill is coming up in the north carolina general assembly that would > allow > people in north carolina courts to swear oaths by "the bible or any other > text sacred to that person's religious faith" > > Anyway, the local conservative talk radio show host here in the afternoons > (WPTF Raleigh) seemed to think that this was a bad thing, because swearing > on the bible is tradition and it's been that way for a long time. > > Personally, I think you should be allowed to swear by any book you choose > - > or by no book at all, for the non-religious types out there. Pinky swear > on > your mother's grave. Whatever. > > I'd rather see a jewish person swear on the Torah, or a muslim person > swear > on the koran. Some christians might choose not to swear on the bible, > because they seem to believe the bible says you shouldn't ever take oaths. > (I don't agree) > > For that matter, if some schmuck decides to swear his or her oath on "Who > Stole My Cheese", or "The Far Side Anthology" or "The Anarchist's > Cookbook" > (uh oh, I've just been put on a government watch list), so be it! > > Yes, it's a tradition. So was slavery. > > -- > I'm not certified, but I have been told that I'm certifiable... > Visit http://www.opensourcecf.com today! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227304 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
