Tag: life
member name: George McNaughton
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September 02, 2007 08:32 PM EDT --
I was sitting in Sunday School listening to the discussion leader handle a discussion on the writings of Paul. Paul is probably my least favorite writer in the Bible. In fact, I almost refused . . .
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February 13, 2007 03:47 PM EST --
Recently in comments to published articles the notion that infants and small children need baptism has been thrown out as part of the basis for the pro-life movement. I understand that various sects . . .
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February 19, 2007 07:47 PM EST --
I am sure someone has asked this question before, but it is a reasonable question. Why has fantasy become increasingly popular over the last thirty years?
You can understand why science fiction . . .
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July 22, 2007 12:01 AM EDT --
The police barricades, street vendors and the crowds are gone now. The barricades were gone by 7:00 pm. The streets were still lined with cars, but that was not for the Simpsons Movie premiere, . . .
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November 15, 2007 12:17 PM EST --
Because of the subject matter of some of my posts, Gatherites might jump to the conclusion that I am not a "believer" or that I do not support my Church (LDS), I want to correct that misconception. . . .
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July 14, 2006 06:53 PM EDT --
It appears to me that the American nuclear family consisting of a father, mother and kids is no longer functioning. Trying to force back the wheels of time, technological progress and the liberation . . .
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September 05, 2006 09:22 PM EDT --
This weekend I had the opportunity to skim several religious books by Swedenborg. I could not help being impressed with how consistent his ideas were with Mormonism regarding the hereafter. . . .
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February 28, 2007 09:00 PM EST --
As our grocery stores became bigger, the pressure on the owners to get people through the checkout lanes grew. You can make a lot of mistakes in the check out lane if you are adding things up manually. . . .
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September 13, 2006 10:47 PM EDT --
As expected, Bernie Saunders won the Democratic Primary race for the Senate Seat to be vacated by Sen. Jeffords who is retiring. That in and of itself is not much news since . . .
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August 21, 2006 06:58 PM EDT --
At the outset I wish to make it clear that I support universal health care coverage and a ban on public advertisement of prescription drugs. But, there is an issue which I rarely hear discussed and . . .
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September 14, 2006 09:19 PM EDT --
Why is it we have so little tolerance for public officials who kind of let their hair down and cut loose with funny stuff? Isn't there room in American politics for people like Jesse . . .
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November 01, 2006 08:18 PM EST --
It has become almost a cliche to talk about the fact that we are running at top speed to pay for gadgets we do not need and to take time off at places where we could probably live if we did . . .
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March 13, 2007 09:36 PM EDT --
Recently in a exchange of comments on a religious subject the definition of success came into play. The comment exchange was not adversarial and travelled a fair distance from where it started. . . .
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July 25, 2007 01:50 PM EDT --
Vermont Public Radio has been doing interviews regarding how the influx of second home owners and absentee owners is affecting community and taxes in Vermont. Vermont, unlike most of the country, . . .
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May 06, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
Indiana has not given its electoral votes to a Democratic Candidate since the 1960's. Is it likely to do so this year? Probably not. I remember from my youth my homestate sticking . . .
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September 12, 2006 09:13 PM EDT --
There is a long standing tension in American society which develops in cycles. In the 1890's William Jennings Bryan was unafraid to declare class warfare in America. . . .
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July 04, 2007 09:00 PM EDT --
Initially I called it my bog garden, but I came to realize that the bog was in the pond and the pond was beside or a feature of the garden, but not the garden. So with my sixth son, I began to imagine . . .
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August 31, 2007 12:26 AM EDT --
Okay, I realize its political suicide to admit to being a gay in Idaho. But, I don't understand all the hand wringing about whether a paper should out a gay Senator. Since when have the . . .
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November 13, 2006 08:39 PM EST --
Somehow it just doesn't make sense to me that our new furnace which burns corn is cheaper than fuel oil, propane and even wood pellets. It just does not make sense. Its true, but not logical. . . .
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October 21, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
Where are this generation's counter-culture and revolutionaries? How is it that they are standing quiet while their country's principles are trodden in the dust. Where is their protest . . .
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