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		<title>By: Sara</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticalmonkey.com/christian-license-plate/comment-page-1#comment-1039</link>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hip Chick...if that IS your real name...

Not sure whether you yourself are a Christian or not...but if you are, would you say childish name calling is Christian? Would you say that it&#039;s productive? 

This nation was founded on freedom and basic human rights--including the rights of each of us to worship, or not, as we see fit. Our founding fathers were very aware of the pain and suffering caused by the theocracies of Europe, and they sought to avoid such problems here. 

I don&#039;t actually think a Christian licence plate violates anyone&#039;s religious freedom, any more than a Christian bumper sticker. My only point in this article was that it is hypocritical for Christians to say that they want Christian plates, while at the same time saying that they didn&#039;t think other religions deserved the same. Seems single-minded. That was my point--no more, no less. 

&quot;In God we Trust&quot; was placed on coins during the 1860&#039;s, largely as a result of popular demand. Frankly, I don&#039;t think our money should make a statement about God at all...I say this BECAUSE of our constitution. Not sure which constitution YOU&#039;RE referring to...have you not read the first amendment? 

I would comment on your last sentence about driving off a cliff, but honestly, I have no idea what you mean by that...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hip Chick&#8230;if that IS your real name&#8230;</p>
<p>Not sure whether you yourself are a Christian or not&#8230;but if you are, would you say childish name calling is Christian? Would you say that it&#8217;s productive? </p>
<p>This nation was founded on freedom and basic human rights&#8211;including the rights of each of us to worship, or not, as we see fit. Our founding fathers were very aware of the pain and suffering caused by the theocracies of Europe, and they sought to avoid such problems here. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t actually think a Christian licence plate violates anyone&#8217;s religious freedom, any more than a Christian bumper sticker. My only point in this article was that it is hypocritical for Christians to say that they want Christian plates, while at the same time saying that they didn&#8217;t think other religions deserved the same. Seems single-minded. That was my point&#8211;no more, no less. </p>
<p>&#8220;In God we Trust&#8221; was placed on coins during the 1860&#8242;s, largely as a result of popular demand. Frankly, I don&#8217;t think our money should make a statement about God at all&#8230;I say this BECAUSE of our constitution. Not sure which constitution YOU&#8217;RE referring to&#8230;have you not read the first amendment? </p>
<p>I would comment on your last sentence about driving off a cliff, but honestly, I have no idea what you mean by that&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Ted Goas</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticalmonkey.com/christian-license-plate/comment-page-1#comment-1038</link>
		<dc:creator>Ted Goas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Hip Chick - It would have been nice if you were a little more constructive and gave us something to talk about. Instead you left a rant that looks like it was written by a teenager. Thanks for wasting our time.

BTW nice of you to call us cowards and then not use your real name in the comment,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Hip Chick &#8211; It would have been nice if you were a little more constructive and gave us something to talk about. Instead you left a rant that looks like it was written by a teenager. Thanks for wasting our time.</p>
<p>BTW nice of you to call us cowards and then not use your real name in the comment,</p>
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		<title>By: Hip Chick</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticalmonkey.com/christian-license-plate/comment-page-1#comment-1035</link>
		<dc:creator>Hip Chick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow! What a bunch of losers you all are. Talk about intolerance. This nation was founded on Christianity. How do you justify in your distorted perspective the &#039;In God We Trust&#039; motto of the United States &amp; it&#039;s CONSTITUTION. Pin heads. You are a group of naive pin heads, cowering in this site. Hey look, you of you just drove off a cliff, hurry or you&#039;ll be left behind...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow! What a bunch of losers you all are. Talk about intolerance. This nation was founded on Christianity. How do you justify in your distorted perspective the &#8216;In God We Trust&#8217; motto of the United States &amp; it&#8217;s CONSTITUTION. Pin heads. You are a group of naive pin heads, cowering in this site. Hey look, you of you just drove off a cliff, hurry or you&#8217;ll be left behind&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Matthew Ellard</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticalmonkey.com/christian-license-plate/comment-page-1#comment-481</link>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Ellard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m a member of the Skeptic&#039;s Society forum.  You have received comments from John Murie, who attacks false prophets.  John has been posting the following on the UK, JREF and out forum this &quot;gem&quot;.....http://www.skepticforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&amp;t=10823#p146370

Performing Telekinesis BY 14 May 2009
by highflyertoo » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:57 pm 

Hello critical thinkers and those who are n&#039;t Skeptics .

I John Murie of Western Australia will according to supporting dreams of the future,will be able to move light and heavy objects with the power of my mind . The objects are household items , cups , plates tables and chairs.

My many dreams over the past twenty years having been coming true . I have dreamed of buildings being torn down and replaced with the new in shape , size and colour .

The most notable building that has finished completion is the Bunbury Central City Library, for it is not long after it&#039;s completion that I attain the power of Telekinesis on a scale that would make Hollywood stand back.

I am a Religious person who has seen spirit forms in the night and in the day.

I am not lying .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a member of the Skeptic&#8217;s Society forum.  You have received comments from John Murie, who attacks false prophets.  John has been posting the following on the UK, JREF and out forum this &#8220;gem&#8221;&#8230;..http://www.skepticforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&amp;t=10823#p146370</p>
<p>Performing Telekinesis BY 14 May 2009<br />
by highflyertoo » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:57 pm </p>
<p>Hello critical thinkers and those who are n&#8217;t Skeptics .</p>
<p>I John Murie of Western Australia will according to supporting dreams of the future,will be able to move light and heavy objects with the power of my mind . The objects are household items , cups , plates tables and chairs.</p>
<p>My many dreams over the past twenty years having been coming true . I have dreamed of buildings being torn down and replaced with the new in shape , size and colour .</p>
<p>The most notable building that has finished completion is the Bunbury Central City Library, for it is not long after it&#8217;s completion that I attain the power of Telekinesis on a scale that would make Hollywood stand back.</p>
<p>I am a Religious person who has seen spirit forms in the night and in the day.</p>
<p>I am not lying .</p>
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		<title>By: Dean</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticalmonkey.com/christian-license-plate/comment-page-1#comment-476</link>
		<dc:creator>Dean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good Right-Wing Weirdo.  Maybe I&#039;ll see you there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good Right-Wing Weirdo.  Maybe I&#8217;ll see you there.</p>
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		<title>By: Right-Wing Weirdo</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticalmonkey.com/christian-license-plate/comment-page-1#comment-475</link>
		<dc:creator>Right-Wing Weirdo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A large part of what gets a specialty license plate made, is volume.  If there isn&#039;t enough support for it, it doesn&#039;t happen.

That said, the topic is really irrelevant.  If there are enough petitioners for a Christian License Plate, or a Gay Pride License Plate, etc, it is a go.

If not, it doesn&#039;t happen.

There just aren&#039;t enough Gays or Athiests interested in such a thing.  It&#039;s not prejudice.  Just numbers.

Odd how the supposedly open-minded are always finding ways to push down anyone who disagrees with them...

&quot;How dare a whole bunch of people sufficient in number to promote something they care about actually do so!  I hate them, so it is bad!&quot;

The anti-religious zealots are far worse than the peope they claim are shoving religion down their throats.  Reading rants like this is about all a rational person needs to think that maybe, just maybe, the Christians might be on to something...  

They certainly behave better and have more respect for others than the god-haters.  I&#039;ve yet to experience having &#039;religion shoved down my throat,&#039; but I&#039;ve lost track of the thousands of &#039;we hate religion&#039; activists I&#039;ve had to endure...

Makes me want to start going to church.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A large part of what gets a specialty license plate made, is volume.  If there isn&#8217;t enough support for it, it doesn&#8217;t happen.</p>
<p>That said, the topic is really irrelevant.  If there are enough petitioners for a Christian License Plate, or a Gay Pride License Plate, etc, it is a go.</p>
<p>If not, it doesn&#8217;t happen.</p>
<p>There just aren&#8217;t enough Gays or Athiests interested in such a thing.  It&#8217;s not prejudice.  Just numbers.</p>
<p>Odd how the supposedly open-minded are always finding ways to push down anyone who disagrees with them&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;How dare a whole bunch of people sufficient in number to promote something they care about actually do so!  I hate them, so it is bad!&#8221;</p>
<p>The anti-religious zealots are far worse than the peope they claim are shoving religion down their throats.  Reading rants like this is about all a rational person needs to think that maybe, just maybe, the Christians might be on to something&#8230;  </p>
<p>They certainly behave better and have more respect for others than the god-haters.  I&#8217;ve yet to experience having &#8216;religion shoved down my throat,&#8217; but I&#8217;ve lost track of the thousands of &#8216;we hate religion&#8217; activists I&#8217;ve had to endure&#8230;</p>
<p>Makes me want to start going to church.</p>
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		<title>By: Dean</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticalmonkey.com/christian-license-plate/comment-page-1#comment-474</link>
		<dc:creator>Dean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with you about intolerance.  As a christian we are to model intolerance and non-judgement yet I know many who are neither tolerant nor non-judgemental.  That&#039;s why unfortunately christians are often deemed as hypocrites.  I am often guilty of this myself. 

The only safety net we have is to say that we are all born into sin.  I sin everyday.  But because Christ died on the cross he paid the price for my sin, which is death.  He died and rose again, conquering the power of sin. I believe in Jesus and what he did for me and because of that I am saved and my sin is forgiven.  All my sins including those I&#039;ve done, those I&#039;m doing, and those I will do are fogiven.

I think that because of this many christians feel it&#039;s their job to tell others how they should live their lives.  However, it&#039;s not their job.  It&#039;s God&#039;s job.  It&#039;s their job to provide the opportunities for people to search/find/stumble upon God and to treat others as Jesus would, with love and compassion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with you about intolerance.  As a christian we are to model intolerance and non-judgement yet I know many who are neither tolerant nor non-judgemental.  That&#8217;s why unfortunately christians are often deemed as hypocrites.  I am often guilty of this myself. </p>
<p>The only safety net we have is to say that we are all born into sin.  I sin everyday.  But because Christ died on the cross he paid the price for my sin, which is death.  He died and rose again, conquering the power of sin. I believe in Jesus and what he did for me and because of that I am saved and my sin is forgiven.  All my sins including those I&#8217;ve done, those I&#8217;m doing, and those I will do are fogiven.</p>
<p>I think that because of this many christians feel it&#8217;s their job to tell others how they should live their lives.  However, it&#8217;s not their job.  It&#8217;s God&#8217;s job.  It&#8217;s their job to provide the opportunities for people to search/find/stumble upon God and to treat others as Jesus would, with love and compassion.</p>
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		<title>By: The Monkey</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Monkey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dean, I hope your interpretation is more accurate than mine! I don&#039;t feel bad about TOLERANT Christians, it&#039;s just the intolerance of some that I don&#039;t agree with. Cheers!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dean, I hope your interpretation is more accurate than mine! I don&#8217;t feel bad about TOLERANT Christians, it&#8217;s just the intolerance of some that I don&#8217;t agree with. Cheers!</p>
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		<title>By: Dean</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I read the questions and had a different interpretation of the results.  I don&#039;t see it as those folks who voted yes to the Christian plates saying &quot;I want my religion but no one else can have theirs&quot;. I saw it as &quot;Yes, I&#039;d like my religion on a license plate. I don&#039;t feel great about other religions because I feel they are misled.&quot;  

That&#039;s not saying that people of other religions shouldn&#039;t be allowed to broadcast it on their license plate but that those who voted no won&#039;t feel good about them doing it.

It&#039;s not about a lack of tolerance (although I definitely feel that Christians in general - particulary in the U.S - lack tolerance).

Just like you wouldn&#039;t feel good about Christians having their religion on their plate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read the questions and had a different interpretation of the results.  I don&#8217;t see it as those folks who voted yes to the Christian plates saying &#8220;I want my religion but no one else can have theirs&#8221;. I saw it as &#8220;Yes, I&#8217;d like my religion on a license plate. I don&#8217;t feel great about other religions because I feel they are misled.&#8221;  </p>
<p>That&#8217;s not saying that people of other religions shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to broadcast it on their license plate but that those who voted no won&#8217;t feel good about them doing it.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not about a lack of tolerance (although I definitely feel that Christians in general &#8211; particulary in the U.S &#8211; lack tolerance).</p>
<p>Just like you wouldn&#8217;t feel good about Christians having their religion on their plate.</p>
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		<title>By: Eddie Pittman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eddie Pittman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The real question: does the license plate matter!  Will it make you believe in the religion?  Will it make you doubt your own religion?  Nothing should shake your faith!  If you believe aliens from mars planted seeds to produce earth, they should make a license plate for that!  It does not matter!  It only comes down to one point:  people will think what they want, when they want; and if they wish to express their ideas by displaying a simple license plate, let them.  It is only your doubt in your own faith that disturbs you when viewing it!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The real question: does the license plate matter!  Will it make you believe in the religion?  Will it make you doubt your own religion?  Nothing should shake your faith!  If you believe aliens from mars planted seeds to produce earth, they should make a license plate for that!  It does not matter!  It only comes down to one point:  people will think what they want, when they want; and if they wish to express their ideas by displaying a simple license plate, let them.  It is only your doubt in your own faith that disturbs you when viewing it!</p>
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