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Not to really start something, I am just curious. I always hear about Christians boycotting anti-Christian products, but I am curious to see if non-Christians are boycotting the companies that have advertised during the numerous Jesus TV shows this spring.
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Now THAT'S a silly thing. What the Hell is an 'anti christian' product? a Marilyn Manson album? You wouldn't buy that ANYWAY, so why boycott it?
Of course, there are so many versions of "Christian" out there, many who take their problems with such things to an extreme (like boycotting "Batman" because it's a "symbol of evil," trying to ban Halloween, and other idiotic nonsense like that) that a boycott can't be effective anyway.
No, I won't boycott stuff advertised during the 700 Club, but I generally won't buy anything religious in the first place (unless it deals with religion in a way that TRPTB probably don't want the 'commoners' thinking about, like the lost gospel books), and I occasionally buy the things that the 'christians' are boycotting, just to be contrary. (For example, I LOVED "The Last Temptation of Christ" and "Monty Python's The Life of Brian.")
To paraphrase gleanings from the writings of Jefferson, Franklin, and others: "If the priests don't like it, it probably has some good qualities."
------------------ "Nobody knows this, but I'm scared all the time... of what I might do, if I ever let go." -- Michael Garibaldi
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Your missing the point. (For example) If GTE sponsors the latest bad remake of the Gospels would any group of people change their service?
PS: There is a lor of evidences against the gospels of Thomas and Phillip, ect. Read about it yourself if your willing to buy them. ------------------ For general reading, read a book called "God and Evil" by Dr. Michael Peterson
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I *LOVED* "The Life of Brian"! Although some just viewed it as a disrespectful parody if the Christian Gospel, I immediately realized that it was nothing of the sort. Around 1 BCE/CE/BC/AD/Whatever, there were many people running around Roman-occupied Judea trying to throw off the yoke of Roman oppression. TLOB was a wonderful comedy about this very fact, and a wickedly witty commentary on all sorts of religious overboardism (of course it's a word! I used it, didn't I? You understood it, right?).
I wonder how many people recognized the tralfamadorians when they made their brief, but frenetic appearance? I suspect that 1st of 2 might've, but who else?
--Baloo
P.S.: I never boycott anything. My purchase decisions are governed by 2 factors:
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And, most importantly, Number 3: Will it enhance my Babe-Magnet factor?
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<button=pressed> Nope! Sorry. That one didn't make the cut.
The older you get, the more you begin to realize that if any characteristic needs to be moved to the bottom of the "She's-gotta-be-like-this..." list, it's looks. Mind you, I don't recommend you choose a partner you find physically repulsive, but there's a lot more important characteristics that looks. <\button>
Sorry. That just "slipped out".
(It's true, but unrelated to the topic. Ignore this post.)
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Hmm, for a smiley misplaced I have gone and wrought the incursion of pressing Baloo's button.
There was supposed to be a at the end there.
And if anyone knows about how looks are unimportant it's me. I'm uglier than hell.
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Give it nary a thought, U-M. Someone will still find you attractive. Several someones, more than likely, and then you'll have the delicious (but sometimes unpleasant) task of figuring out which of the ones that like you is really the best one for you (and her for you, unless you're looking for a male, in which case, insert the correct gender-specific pronouns ).
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at the end there.
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