January 2012
139 posts
We need an American on the moon before the Chinese get there!
– Newt Gingrich
Did he honestly just say this?
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What is history?
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Me: I think I'm gonna go to sleep now.
Mind: What's the meaning of life though?
I’ve learned that there will always be a next time, and that I will submerge in...
– Madeleine L’Engle (via estincelle)
We live under the illusion that if we can acquire complete control, we can...
– Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water (via invisibleforeigner)
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Presidential candidate foreign policy chart.
Obama: War in Afghanistan, go to war with Iran.
Romney: Go to war with Iran, stay in Afghanistan, flirt with war with China.
Santorum: Go to war with Iran, Syria, North Korea and stay in Afghanistan.
Newt: Go to war with Iran, Syria, North Korea, Afghanistan and Cuba.
Ron Paul: "Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you"
If there’s anything I’ve learned, or I’m learning, it’s that whatever you’re...
– Rob Bell (via gwendolynlives)
Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are...
– Franklin D. Roosevelt (via haereticum)
The very idea of spirituality is to control yourself, not to criticize others....
– Dalai Lama
So Fox News just asked which of three candidates...
hyacinthmun:
enemyofthestatist:
Guess which one of the 4 participants WASN’T part of the question.
nice one, fox news.
roerig:
prayer circle for mediafire and rapidshare to not get shut down
This is too funny.
Let the record show on January 16, 2012, the good people of South Carolina…booed...
– Jon Stewart (via tripthruthewires)
Tell me: what are you going to do with your one wild and precious life?
– Mary Oliver
You want to destroy yourself? Cling to your warring emotions; they will devour...
– Father Robert Barron (via ourladyg)
Wherever the early Christians appeared, spreading Christ’s doctrine of love, the...
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via azspot)
Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is...
– Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Instead of the usual military revolt, it was time to show the pagans what the...
– N.T. Wright, Simply Christian p. 101 (In reference to Matthew 5:1-7:29)
Destructive to marriage is the self-fulfillment ethic that assumes marriage and...
– Stanley Hauerwas (via andrewtgates)
I do not know if this is or is not a violation of my “free will,” but that is...
– Stanley Hauerwas (via nomoresea)
The Republican Party Has Lost Its Way →
I have not watched an entire GOP presidential debate until last night. Here is what I witnessed:
Rick Perry declared that South Carolina was “at war” with the federal government over a host of issues. Actually, Rick, we have already been down that road. I believe it was 1861.
Ron Paul was booed when he said that we should apply the “golden rule” to U.S. foreign policy.
Newt Gingrich said...
Don’t let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic...
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (via eltigrechico)
The question of love is one that cannot be evaded. Whether or not you claim to...
– Thomas Merton (via lovelydeen)
Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents...
– Martin Luther King Jr.
War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from...
– Ron Paul (via dp-smurf)
Ron Paul: golden rule; audience: Boo. Smh.