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OK, this is on Hobby Lobby's home page...... (Original Post) Logical Jul 2014 OP
Silly bastards, their "god" doesn't even exist. NightWatcher Jul 2014 #1
I agree with you Cresent City Kid Jul 2014 #8
Isnt that the god damn MADDENING part of all this, there is NO GOD you stupid asses randys1 Jul 2014 #15
Now wait a minute. For a moment assume that this loving, benevolent.... wandy Jul 2014 #19
+1 madaboutharry Jul 2014 #26
It should be "their" god .. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2014 #41
May their stores be empty and their employees find new jobs WhiteTara Jul 2014 #2
X1000 onecaliberal Jul 2014 #3
The Governor of my Universe is Neil Degrasse Tyson tandot Jul 2014 #4
+1000! I agree!! n-t Logical Jul 2014 #5
Yes! madaboutharry Jul 2014 #27
I'm not sure he's the governor. Physics is the Governor Gore1FL Jul 2014 #29
Their son wants to put bible learnin' in public schools !! leftstreet Jul 2014 #6
This should be challenged... Cresent City Kid Jul 2014 #10
But, but they're Christians! USA R Christian! leftstreet Jul 2014 #14
I hear that. Cresent City Kid Jul 2014 #16
Would a "good book" really have all those killings in it? jmowreader Jul 2014 #34
See what I posted below starroute Jul 2014 #37
Thank you for pointing this out. Predictable that they got quote wrong Justice Jul 2014 #43
When I was like 7 years old, that kind of stuff was kinda comforting... BootinUp Jul 2014 #7
Same for me. About 20 I figured out it was all BS. n-t Logical Jul 2014 #9
quoting slave owners. well there's a HUGE hint nt msongs Jul 2014 #11
LOL! +1000 nt Logical Jul 2014 #13
The second quote is from James Madison. (n/t) OilemFirchen Jul 2014 #12
They cite Jefferson! Such super patriots they are! Bluenorthwest Jul 2014 #17
Jefferson was deist..not a Christian. nt kelliekat44 Jul 2014 #25
No quotes from St. Reagan? xfundy Jul 2014 #18
They take out full page ads in newspapers bloviating about Gawd and Murica. progressoid Jul 2014 #20
The "governor of the universe" is in the form of a human male? Dawson Leery Jul 2014 #21
Nah, the "governor" is his celestial weenie. winter is coming Jul 2014 #28
Strengthen the ACA! lovemydog Jul 2014 #22
And here is their Facebook page dflprincess Jul 2014 #23
All their 'hobby' ideas require shit purchased from their stores leftstreet Jul 2014 #24
Pinterest does have lots of neat crafts on it. winter is coming Jul 2014 #31
Well, isn't that obvious? jmowreader Jul 2014 #35
The replies on the Facebook page have made me physically ill BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #40
... RKP5637 Jul 2014 #30
Washington's Thanksgiving Prayer....really Historic NY Jul 2014 #32
"Believe what we tell you, or you are doomed.".. MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #33
The "Jefferson" quote is actually from James Madison starroute Jul 2014 #36
Great post! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #42
Jesus weeps. undeterred Jul 2014 #38
+1000 nt Logical Jul 2014 #44
What do they have to say about Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy? God...pfffft. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2014 #39

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
1. Silly bastards, their "god" doesn't even exist.
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 09:28 PM
Jul 2014

Before you alert on me, you can't prove I'm wrong and they're right, so stuff it.

Cresent City Kid

(1,621 posts)
8. I agree with you
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 09:37 PM
Jul 2014

But even if stipulate his existence for the sake of argument along with the directive to be fruitful and multiply, I would think he meant "Stop when you're done." Every sexual "moral" is intended to prevent a population shortage, a problem solved 7 billion times over.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
15. Isnt that the god damn MADDENING part of all this, there is NO GOD you stupid asses
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 09:50 PM
Jul 2014

and if you are a liberal who believes, fine, libs dont use their faith to discriminate, righty does

every chance they get

wandy

(3,539 posts)
19. Now wait a minute. For a moment assume that this loving, benevolent....
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 10:23 PM
Jul 2014

fair, just and honorable god they believe in actually does exist.

I am most sure that this loving, benevolent, fair, just and honorable deity would more than approve of their smart ass bragging.

Ok Hobby Lobby in according to your faith you have a few more bucks in your pocket at the expense of others.
Now stop gloating.

You aren't going to convince me about god either way.
But don't try to tell me these people aren't evil!

Gore1FL

(21,130 posts)
29. I'm not sure he's the governor. Physics is the Governor
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 11:33 PM
Jul 2014

Neil deGrasse Tyson is more like the Press Secretary!

leftstreet

(36,107 posts)
6. Their son wants to put bible learnin' in public schools !!
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 09:34 PM
Jul 2014
Hobby Lobby’s Steve Green launches a new project: a public school Bible curriculum


By David Van Biema | Religion News Service April 15

The Mustang, Okla., school board voted Monday (April 14) to adopt a Bible course developed by Steve Green, clearing the way for the Hobby Lobby president, whose suit against the Affordable Care Act is currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, to enter another charged arena at the borderline of church and state.

The board, whose district is practically in Hobby Lobby’s Oklahoma City backyard, agreed to beta-test the first year of the Museum of the Bible Curriculum, an ambitious four-year public school elective on the narrative, history and impact of the Good Book.

For at least the first semester of the 2014-15 year, Mustang alone will employ the program, said Jerry Pattengale, head of the Green Scholars Initiative, which is overseeing its development. In September 2016, he hopes to place it in at least 100 high schools; by the following year, “thousands.”



http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/hobby-lobbys-steve-green-launches-a-new-project-a-public-school-bible-curriculum/2014/04/15/e26a1176-c4d1-11e3-9ee7-02c1e10a03f0_story.html


Fuckin freaks

leftstreet

(36,107 posts)
14. But, but they're Christians! USA R Christian!
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 09:44 PM
Jul 2014

God, what if the plan is to have someone challenge it...it ends up at the Supreme Court...the same 5 Ivy League Catholic Assclowns rule in their favor !

Cresent City Kid

(1,621 posts)
16. I hear that.
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 09:55 PM
Jul 2014

I'm leery about letting them get the final say on anything, even with the occasional 5-4 vote I agree with. Obama has only held serve, replacing two left leaning justices. If the remaining 4 retire under a gop administration, corporations will be voting in 2020.

starroute

(12,977 posts)
37. See what I posted below
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 12:36 AM
Jul 2014

That "Jefferson" quote is actually from James Madison -- and it's from something he wrote in opposition to a "Bill establishing a provision for Teachers of the Christian Religion" that's all about how everybody has an inalienable right not to have anybody else's religious views imposed on them.

There's got to be some way to make use of that ...

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
22. Strengthen the ACA!
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 10:52 PM
Jul 2014

Let's not let yesterday's opinion stand. I just do not believe it will stand if we are sincere about not treating anyone as second class citizens. For all the grandstanding from Hobby Lobby and bs from the Court's majority, I do not believe the decision has anything to do with religious freedom. It has everything to do with equal protection under the law.

dflprincess

(28,075 posts)
23. And here is their Facebook page
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 10:56 PM
Jul 2014
https://www.facebook.com/HobbyLobby

They are accepting comments and even respond to some. Though I didn't see where they replied to anyone who brought up China and the abortion rate there.

leftstreet

(36,107 posts)
24. All their 'hobby' ideas require shit purchased from their stores
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 11:09 PM
Jul 2014

??

Not very creative

If you've ever seen that site Pin-Interest (??) or Instructables, there are some very, very creative people out there with some great ideas

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
35. Well, isn't that obvious?
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 11:48 PM
Jul 2014

Most retailers don't require you to go to the competition to buy shit for the projects they give out.

Fortunately, Michaels and Jo-Ann Fabrics have the things you'll need to complete a Hobby Lobby-designed project.

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
40. The replies on the Facebook page have made me physically ill
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 04:31 AM
Jul 2014

They have done such a wonderful job brainwashing all the fundies. I just can't see how we can get around a divided country where we can't even agree the basics like science, medicine & equality. My God...speechless.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
33. "Believe what we tell you, or you are doomed."..
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 11:44 PM
Jul 2014

The bell toll that all these religious zealots keep hearing… Now they can ring it more loudly.

I'm pretty sure Thomas Jefferson's turning in his grave. He realized how important a distinctive roll each of the three branches of government were supposed to have had.

Well, the SCOTUS sure fucked us on that now, didn't they?

starroute

(12,977 posts)
36. The "Jefferson" quote is actually from James Madison
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 12:31 AM
Jul 2014

And even funnier, it's from a document titled "Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments" written in opposition to a "Bill establishing a provision for Teachers of the Christian Religion." Maybe somebody ought to point that out to Green's son, who wants to put Bible courses in public schools.

Here's the context in which it appears:

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Madison

We hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, “that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the Manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.” The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right. It is unalienable; because the opinions of men, depending only on the evidence contemplated by their own minds, cannot follow the dictates of other men.

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