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		<title>Top 5 Reasons Why Lent is Bullshit</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/03/09/top-5-reasons-why-lent-is-bullshit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.  GIVE IT UP.  Every Lent it never fails: my Facebook news feed is loaded with Christian acquaintances posting what superfluous toy or food they have decided to deprive themselves of for 40 days.  I vaguely recall a passage in the gospels where Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for publicly displaying their fasting and how god will not "count" it on the list he is supposedly making and checking (twice).  You poor martyrs!  How terrible that you have to do without soda, candy, chocolate, video games, TV, etc for a WHOLE FORTY DAYS.  Have you given any thought as to all those who live in abject poverty and NEVER have ANY of that stuff?  How arrogant of you to think that your god will reward you for giving up such luxuries when so many starve to death every day because they have nothing to eat?  Four years ago I gave up eating all processed sugars, sodas, fast food and excess.  I have never owned a video game and have not owned a TV for 3 years.  I do this because it benefits my health and encourages exploration of the world.  I fail to see how you giving up candy for Lent and complaining about it does anything to benefit you or those who go without every day of their lives.  For Lent, try giving up God and see how clear things become.

2. FISH. If you have ever cooked a meal for Christians on a Friday in Lent, you know about how they "deprive" themselves on Fridays in Lent (only 4-5 Fridays in the year) and make a big deal to make sure everyone knows they can't "eat meat".  The last time I checked, fish was meat.  This whole fish on Fridays tradition has an interesting metamorphoses through history.  Fasting rules for Catholics in particular used to be very strict.  It progressed from no meat allowed on EVERY Friday of the year to only Wednesday and Fridays during Lent and then lastly to "no meat" on only Fridays during Lent.  Then, as people tend to do, the faithful found a loophole in their rules because they did not "count" fish as meat by saying that it came from water animals, not land animals.  After decades of their flock bending the rules so they could have fish on Fridays, the Catholic Church under Pope Paul VI decided to allow Fish on Fridays in 1966.  Now, I don't mind accommodating my vegan friends, people with allergies or intolerance to certain foods.  What does bother me is the "poor me" message that "fasting" Christians bring to my dinner table and to the world.    McDonald's even caters to their "fast" season, commercializing and capitalizing on the pointless tradition of one religion.  I fail to see how eating expensive fish, now in short supply is a sacrifice.

Another problem with Christians eating Fish on Fridays is overfishing and how much Christianity has helped to decimate global fish populations.1 Fish is an expensive, rare meat on our over-fished planet.  Christians are happy to help themselves to the almost extinct Tuna and Salmon in the name of their religious "fasting".  Eating a delicacy is a far cry from depriving one's self in the name of Jesus. I also fail to see how encouraging people to consume fish during Lent is an example of good stewardship of the earth.

3. OBESITY. The thin priest will talk about it, but the fat ones won't touch the subject.  Gluttony, one of the 'seven deadly sins', plagues a large swath of the faithful across all Christian divides.  They sit in their pews and hear about how they should give in charity, deny themselves pleasures.  Yet they exit church each Sunday to find a doughnut at the community hall and fail to connect how eating 2 to 3 times the amount of calories needed to live each day equates to starving children dying in third world countries.  Even here on American soil, families are finding it difficult to find enough food to survive and the pious obese flock to church every Sunday to be reassured by their pastor that they are checking off all the necessary dates to be admitted into heaven.  This type of hypocrisy abounds during Lent when the biblical reading encourage homilies about abstinence, moderation, charity and self denial.  Obesity is perhaps the most un-Christian behavior of all, exercising gluttony, sloth, greed, addiction, destruction of your "god-given" body and a complete lack of compassion for those who have no food to eat.  I fail to see how being 200 pounds overweight exemplifies Christian behavior.

4. TRADITION. If you ask a Christian why they celebrate Lent, the common response is because Jesus went into the desert for 40 days.  There he supposedly ate no food and was tempted by the Devil.  The irony in this is that to remember this improbable story, Christians "deprive" themselves of American comforts and "fast" on Fridays, even though they found the loophole of eating meat.  It is almost as meaningless as reenacting the cannibalism of eating the flesh and blood of Jesus with wafers and cheap wine.  Oh wait... they already do that.

5. HISTORY. Let's put the record straight.  There are rumors out there that Pope Paul IV had monetary interest in seeing a budding new fishing industry succeed.  It is not improbable, but still devoid of sources.  Pope Paul IV was rumored to have had a mistress who's husband owned a fishing fleet.  What is known about Pope Paul IV was his strong Antisemitism and his major role during the Inquisition.   In 1555 he issued canon law forcing Jews to live separate from Christians, which created the Roman Ghetto.  He strengthened and reorganized the Inquisition and believed that outside of Catholicism there was no salvation.   He also had fig leaves painted over the nudes in the Sistine Chapel. 2, 3

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REFERENCES

1. The Pope and the Price of Fish, Full article

2. Pope Paul IV, Biography

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		<title>Documentary: The God Who Was Not There</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/03/08/documentary-the-god-who-was-not-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where do you think this quote comes from? "He who will not eat of my body and drink of my blood, so that he will be made one with me and I with him, the same shall not know salvation"  Sounds like it came from John's gospel and indeed, John did say something very similar when he put these word's into Jesus' mouth: "Unless you eat of the flesh of the son of Man and drink his blood, you have not life in yourselves. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will live in me and I in him"  The first quote is from the Mysteries of Mithra, a deity who was worshiped hundreds of years before the gospel writers.  Mithra's popularity as a deity grew alongside Christianity, with it's high point occurring in the 3rd Century AD.  Mithra's narrative parallels that of Jesus with striking similarity.

Get information on the Documentary at TheGodMovie.com]]></description>
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		<title>Atheists for Political Office</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/03/05/atheists-for-political-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a great new organization set up to support non-theistic candidates for public office.  If you are a non-theist and need assistance running for a political office, consider contacting EnlightenTheVote.com 

I hope to see them promoting non-theist candidates on their site and helping the growing majority of non theists in America have a prominent political voice.  Atheists are now at 15% of the total American population, more than Jews, Gays, and many other much smaller total populations with large voices in American politics.  Stay informed and sign up for their email alerts.]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Confession: Plea Bargaining</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/03/04/catholic-confession-plea-bargaining/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Venn Diagram: Priest, Confession, Police... Five Hail Marys... Five Months in Jail]]></description>
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		<title>Dennett: Religious Feet held to the Fire</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/03/03/dennett-religious-feet-held-to-the-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel C. Dennett frequently contributes to NewsWeek but this recent article caught my attention.  Mr. Dennett, renown atheist, philospher and best selling author tackled the subject of religious taboos in American culture. The following is a quote from Dennett's article titled 'Religious No Longer A Protected Class':]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus is related to Frankenstein, Zombies and Dracula</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/03/01/jesus-is-related-to-frankenstein-zombies-and-dracula/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<title>Morality is explained through Science</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/26/morality-is-explained-through-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith and Letters to a Christian Nation, explains how Human morality is best explained by science and not by religions.  Listen to his interview on California public radio.]]></description>
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		<title>Bonobos share like Humans</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/25/bonobos-share-like-humans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bonobo monkeys are similar to Chimps.  The major difference is their social behavior.  Chimp communities are run by males, prone to fighting, group battles and infanticide.  Bonobo communities are run by the females.  They spend a large part of their day grooming each other, having sex with multiple partners and playing in groups.  Bonobos show a great deal of compassion for each other and even for other animals. Their motto could
Bonobos having sex missionary style, a favorite sex position of the Bonobos easily be "make love, not war". ]]></description>
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		<title>Medieval Christian Torture Devices</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/24/medieval-christian-torture-devices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ProudAtheist, find out what the "Pear of Anguish" was used for.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Strong Religious Communities correlate with Immoral Behaviors</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/23/strong-religious-communities-corrallate-with-immoral-behaviors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dawkins has covered this in his book The God Delusion, but this 10 year study has concurred that the more religious a region is, the higher its social ills and immoral behaviors will be.]]></description>
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		<title>Map of Atheism.  Where are you?</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/22/map-of-atheism-where-are-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This interactive map shows a map of each country/continent on a scale of atheism.]]></description>
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		<title>What Could be Better Than Marriage?</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/15/what-could-be-better-than-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the legal and financial pros and cons of marriage?  This article covers everything you need to know to decide if marriage or a tailored partnership is best for you and your partner.  

The average US wedding costs about $35,000 in 2008.  If a new couple invested that money in IRA with an annual rate of 9%, they would have 1.26 million dollars by the time the reached 65.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of Toxic Chemicals Found in Babies umbilical chords</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/12/hundreds-of-toxic-chemicals-found-in-babies-umbilical-chords/</link>
		<comments>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/12/hundreds-of-toxic-chemicals-found-in-babies-umbilical-chords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BPA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[EWG performed a study on chemicals found in newborn's umbilical chords.  Among the compounds found in the tissues samples were BPA, Teflon, flame retardant found in couches and bedding, the total number of toxic chemicals was 232.  Many of the chemicals found in the babies umbilical chords were components of make up and personal products that women continue to use throughout pregnancy.  ]]></description>
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		<title>How to Become an Atheist</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/11/how-to-become-an-atheist/</link>
		<comments>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/11/how-to-become-an-atheist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atheism And Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agnostic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[leprechauns]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://liberatedmind.com/?p=1366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today you can learn how to do just about anything by using the internet, even how to become Atheist.  On WikiHow, you can DIY yourself to Atheism by challenging your superstious notions. 

To introduce the topic, WikiHow provides an excellent explaination of what an Atheist is.  Clarified here is the true meaning of atheism, which is a basic rejection of god-claims.  Some atheists take this a step further and claim definitely that "there is no god or gods".  I fall somewhere in between.  I reject the claims about gods, and given the body of evidence in nature, science and my own experiences I am more confident that there are no gods than I am that there might be gods.  In the same way that I cannot disprove the claim that Leprechauns exist, I cannot disprove the claim that god exists.  However, the likelihood of god existing is on par with the likelihood of Leprechauns existing.  I am willing to change my position if  provable, repeatable evidence was provided for a supernatural entity.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Prenatal cosmetic use may determine if a child has behavior issues</title>
		<link>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/10/prenatal-cosmetic-use-may-determine-if-a-child-has-behavior-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://liberatedmind.com/2010/02/10/prenatal-cosmetic-use-may-determine-if-a-child-has-behavior-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chrystine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conduct Disorder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DBP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fragrance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://liberatedmind.com/?p=1354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a women is pregnant, the makeup she wears, the deoderant she uses and the lotions she uses may effect her baby's behavior later down the road.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that high levels of phthalates found in a women's blood during pregnancy directly correlate with behavioral issues in their child at ages 4-9 years. ]]></description>
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