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Brazilian Judge Orders Recall of Playboy at Request of Catholic Priest PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 31 August 2008

Carol Castro as shown in Playboy Brazil, August issue Osvaldo Freixinho, a judge from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ordered the Brazilian version of Playboy magazine to recall its August issue which contained a photograph of actress Carol Castro, semi-nude and posing with a rosary. The recall was requested by the Rio-based Pela Vida Catholic youth institute and a priest from Goiás identified as Lodi.

Ricardo Brajterman, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said that the photograph "hurt the feelings of believers". According to Brajterman, the decision also ordered the magazine to refrain from using religious elements in future articles that include nudes. In February, Brajterman also obtained a court order prohibiting a parade float with allegorical references to the Holocaust from entering Rio's Carnaval.

The magazine continues being sold freely in Brazilian news stands three days after the court decision. The erotic essay is one of the most daring by the Brazilian version of the publication ever, including rare shots of frontal nudity.

Playboy Brazil says it has not yet been notified of Freixinho's ruling. If the magazine fails to follow the judge's order after being notified, it could be ordered to pay as much as 1,000 reais (US$ 617) per day in
fines.

Castro is a novela (soap opera) star of Globo network, Brazil's audience leader TV. Edson Aran, editor of Playboy Brazil called the polemic "a tempest on a teacup."

Talking to Dia FM, a Rio radio station, the actress called herself a good catholic and denied that she had any intention to shock, stir a scandal or challenge de Catholic church. She called the pictures artistic and in good taste. As for the rosary, she explained, it was just an allusion to a character in Dona Flor and Her Two Husband by Jorge Amado whom she is playing on the stage right now.

A spokesperson for the São Paulo archdiocese, Juarez de Castro, however, disagreed. For him, the picture is a flagrant disrespect "not only to the Catholic church, but also to the people's faith. It's fashionable to say that these pictures are a photo essay, but in truth they are not more than vulgar eroticism."

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Augustus
written by João da Silva, August 31, 2008
Any comment on the object in the pic accompanying the article? smilies/wink.gif
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written by Henry, September 01, 2008
To use religious symbols to promote pornography is disgusting and unacceptable.
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João
written by The Guest, September 01, 2008
I am back. I left a post for you and Forrest on the 3rd article below this one.
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João correction
written by The Guest, September 01, 2008
I left a post for you and Forrest on the 2nd article below this one.
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The Guest
written by João da Silva, September 01, 2008
I left a post for you and Forrest on the 2nd article below this one.


I got it and replied too. I suggest we all move to www.brazzil.com smilies/wink.gif
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Religion
written by jimbino, September 01, 2008
There is nothing disgusting about pornography. What is disgusting is religion of any kind.
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JIMBINO - WELCOME!!! Delighted by your comments
written by AUGUSTUS, September 01, 2008
Finally I have encountered a like-minded individual in this blog. As such, I whole heartedly welcome you to this blog, hoping that you will join my uncompromising opposition to Mythological intolerance along with uncompromising support for Freedom, Science, and tolerance launched at the Age of Enlightenment of the 18th & 19th Centuries.

Jimbino’s short entry not only is correct but it also implies the most basic aspect of my Worldview: Myth and Allegory - shockingly a significant presence in World of factual evidence and scientific hypothesis – continue attempting to impose its implacable and dogmatic intolerance upon everyone, while restricting the freedom of others who embrace opposing views and ideals…

Although I continued advocating the right for individuals to embrace, advocate and believe any issue, cause or philosophical view (the quintessential component of Western Societies), such right should never include the automatic moral basis of restricting the views, opinions and preferences of those who refuse to share their basic principles, scruples and alleged "sensitivities"! This act simply reflects the inherent intolerance, callous dogma and exceedingly primitive nature of religious beliefs of any type encouraged by their implacably authoritarian institutions along with powerful, concealed supporters bearing the authority to regulate on their behalf…

It’s simply unforgivable!
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JOAO - the obvious answer to your question
written by AUGUSTUS, September 01, 2008
Dear Sir
There is no need for expressing my “views” or “reactions” (after recovering the necessary "breath") to convey my “feelings” regarding the "picture" under consideration, which I’m certain you have already logically concluded... smilies/cheesy.gif Indeed I strongly suspect, you may have made the correct assumption... LOL

Yet, unlike other articles bearing similar pictures which have been the source of like-minded discussions on “this matter”, considering the significance of the issue at hand, this time around I have read, with exceeding outrage, the contents of the accompanying article, my views upon which may have already been sufficiently elaborated during the previous entry... smilies/angry.gif

I’m delighted to find you back “safe & sound” from a visit to my beloved Pauliceia.
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Additional remark for Joao (disappointed by "jeeves" criticism)
written by AUGUSTUS, September 01, 2008
After posting an entry (elsewhere), criticizing an alleged “jeeves” I finally realized that you must be the anonymous author of the entry (with clearly implicit disdain) correcting one of my (several) acknowledged blunders... I'm really disappointed by what appeared as an attempt (by someone I greatly respect) to either humiliate me or diminish the strength of my argument.

While I share your concern for the proper spelling of words in any language one knows, the determination of the “critic” should never preclude his/her pragmatic approach to greater issues (let alone the individual being criticized). I beg you to forgive my presumption when reminding you of inevitable occurrence of such blunders, specially in large texts (involving issues of significant nature) and particularly when any such blunder clearly appears correctly several times (such as the word MYTH) in the very entry you criticized...
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Augustus
written by João da Silva, September 01, 2008
After posting an entry (elsewhere), criticizing an alleged “jeeves” I finally realized that you must be the anonymous author of the entry (with clearly implicit disdain) correcting one of my (several) acknowledged blunders... I'm really disappointed by what appeared as an attempt (by someone I greatly respect) to either humiliate me or diminish the strength of my argument.
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Milord, would you mind NOT doing Cú Doce? You knew it was me right from the beginning. I am enchanted with your respects towards a humble commoner like me and it never occurred to me to "humiliate you" nor "diminish the strength of your argument". On the contrary, I was inviting you to join the elite club of intellectuals, adventurers, men of character, etc; smilies/grin.gif
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Joke!
written by dnbaiacu, September 01, 2008
There is nothing disgusting about pornography. What is disgusting is religion of any kind.

I had to get in on this one. smilies/smiley.gif
Most people know that pornography usually appeals to people compulsive behavioral issues and the sexually repressed. Although stimulating as any red blooded man will admit , if indulged in habitually , which usually ends up being the case , gives a distorted view of human sexually , which is in fact INTENSE AND SATISFYING between two SPIRITUALLY MINDED (a step above "religious") COMMITTED ( married) man and woman.
Stop with the ignorant propaganda promoting decadence. Fleeting pleasure which ends up crumbling families and societies at large. Truth is we all intuitively know this but low self-esteem addicts keep promoting otherwise.
Think of yourself as divine and you won't be so hasty in wasting your CREATIVE ENERGY "JACKING OFF". Take time to PLEASE and figure out ONE persons body.
People that promote pornography are usually CONJUGAL DUDS smilies/cheesy.gif
Everyone knows its pathetic to be whacking off habitually. And most would prefer not to if they had the choice.
If they HAD RELIGION , maybe they'd have to energy to ATTRACT and FIND SOMEONE smilies/grin.gif
What a Joke!
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Added thought on Pornography
written by dnbaiacu, September 01, 2008
I dare anyone challenge the above comment. Pornography isn't pretty behind the scences. DO YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER? And what about child pornography.? Or is your preference men?
Most of the ACTORS (ESSES) have serious issues. They are begging in their own way for spiritual healing. If you doubt that? Have a long heart to heart talk with ANY ONE of them. That's if you can get through the several MASKS it takes to get to the real person.
There is nothing disgusting about pornography. What is disgusting is religion of any kind.

Whack comment.! Totally irresponsible.. but welcome as an insight on some prevalent thinking.
Nice to see you Augustus. Do you care to debate me on this one?
You can't possibly "totally" agree with that statement.. You are too intelligent smilies/wink.gif
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dnbaiacu
written by João da Silva, September 01, 2008
I had to get in on this one.


You and Lord Augustus have some thing in common. Get into problems, big time. smilies/grin.gif
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Religious ICONS // RELIGION, BOTH INVENTIONS OF MEN?
written by JAY GLENN, September 01, 2008
Religious ICONS // RELIGION, BOTH INVENTIONS OF MEN?

JESUIS NEVER HAD A ROSIARY.

Watch your step Brazil; you don’t want a Brazilian inquisition do you.

More flesh shows in the Sistine Chapel.

Get a Grip, the Catholic Church is loosing its grip on the poor in Brazil.

This is just an example of its fear of loosing all there Influence.
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written by dnbaiacu, September 01, 2008

JESUIS NEVER HAD A ROSIARY.

AMEN to this! It is the TRUTH!
Give us more!
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FYI on Rosaries
written by dnbaiacu, September 01, 2008
 But when praying, do not say the same things over and over again, just as the people of the nations do, for they imagine they will get a hearing for their use of many words.

Matthew 6:7

Enough said! smilies/smiley.gif
It is understandable many peoples disdain for "religion" when you considered that many of the so-called "christian religions make up their on doctrines and traditions instead of following the "Popular Book".
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dnbaiacu
written by João da Silva, September 01, 2008
Nice to see you Augustus. Do you care to debate me on this one?


No way he is going to debate with ya. Lord Augustus is having his gin and tonic. Give him a break. smilies/cheesy.gif
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Anger, disappointment and profound objection! Dnb absurd / insulting entries!
written by AUGUSTUS, September 01, 2008
JOAO - Anything is postponed in defense against Religious intolerance! LITERALLY!

DNBCU
What makes you think you are entitled to claim the moral authority, let alone the knowledge to determine what is “appropriate” (or otherwise) for anyone other than yourself (and any youngster legally under your care)? Who or what appointed what is decent for others? When did you reach the extreme enlightened state of “knowing” everybody else’s particular circumstances, thereby permitting you to claim, so authoritatively whether (and how often) an individual in Minneapolis, Manaus or Melbourne should masturbate? Most importantly HOW DARE YOU even attempt to impose this REPULSIVE, unacceptable and unquestionably hateful Christian morality upon everybody else on this planet?!?!? Moreover, it did not escape me your specification “between man and woman” necessary demonstrating your intolerance of homosexuals? I must disclose the enormous disappointment felt while reading such unacceptable claims (entered by someone I used to respect, despite opposing worldviews). What happened to respect for others’ preferences and tolerance towards one’s opinions and natural (inborn) inclinations? Oh, yes, I forgot… Your beloved document has undoubtedly several sordid paragraphs (entered by various primitive charlatans legitimized as “prophets” or “sages” by time distortion, ideological manipulation, opportunistic interpretations and intolerant dogma). It is particularly this type of disgusting moral claim and unrealistic imposition upon others, one of the strongest sources and causes for my overwhelming hatred toward religion and their blind followers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!1

Perhaps you would think somebody hideously deformed or infected deadly disease, or perhaps in solitary confinement – without access to any form shape or type of your so-called “natural sexual” behavior?

If you have children, daughters (how sexist! Yet another horrific aspect), it’s not ANYBODY else’s problem! No issue, idea or fiction, which DOES include pornography (which does not promote harmful abuse or criminal behavior towards third parties), should be censured on behalf of those who may have any type of reason whatsoever to object to them!

I could not possibly express in any stronger fashion the extent of my outrage, disappointment and opposition to your latest statements. Kindly do not even try to pursue this matter, lest I may turn outright offensive to those who elect to subject themselves what I CONSIDER DISGUSTING AND OBJECTIONALBLE!
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JOAO - You should know me (to a certain extent) at this point
written by AUGUSTUS, September 01, 2008
Joao.
After several weeks of reading my fully uncensored (in addition to unedited) expression of views on various issues, along with reactions to certain comments, I would have expected that you would be in a position to assume (either by experience or extrapolation) that I have the proclivity of taking certain "jokes" as outright attacks towards my character (despite my awareness, when the adrenaline dissipates, that such behavior is hardly desirable). What is in one's nature, whenever feasible should be tolerated by others…

Regarding the "jeeves" interpretation, I turned so distressed while reading the entry (and reacted immediately thereafter) that I failed to make the connection with your customary "jeeves butler" joking entries, until the moment when I reached this thread and found your name!

P.S. Perhaps you should consider avoiding the classification of my reactions as being necessarily an indication of “Cu Doce” behavior) smilies/grin.gif
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Misunderstood Augustus
written by dnbaiacu, September 02, 2008
Trust me I am not "intolerant" of anyone. And I wasn't judging anyone specifically.
Your wordy argument , was just that.. wordy. You addressed everything I didn't address smilies/smiley.gif And I think you know that. You are just throwing smoke to get others to sympathize with the way you think.
Pornography , to date, is usually restricted to those over 18 ,by law , just like alcohol. Society at large conscientiously ,"innately" recognizes the dangers and sometimes crimminal acts that go into producing such material.
You put a lot of words in my mouth Augustus as any reader will see that I didn't say. I won't even bother to debate you on this one. The "informed" know what I am talking about.
I also will add, that I WORKED in the industry unfortunately , and of which I am not proud(let your imagination run wild and joke about it all you want)so I know first hand just how sad and pathetic the producers , actors ,and the addicted consumers are.
Study yoga,, chakras,, transformation of sexual energy into creative energy and you will see just how wasteful and unproductive a bad masturbation habit is. You are much too smart to be pretending "hopefully" that you don't know these things. The "enlightened" ( for the good of humanity) KNOW that you waste a lot of your on PERSONAL potential allowing your ejaculation to evaporate to the air. It doesn't even take a rocket scientist to figure that out. But I also know that the "enlightened " who use their knowledge to deliberately to corrupt the unsuspecting to better CONTROL them, know this also and promote a hedonistic way of life. (study some to the biogragphies of some of the great minds in history and see how much philandering and jacking off they did. Very little)
And that's EXACTLY WHY PORNOGRAPHY IS A MULT-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY. ! MIND CONTROL . Wasted potential.
There is a reason for everything my friend. Don't get it twisted. Most are CHOOSING to get their heads SCREWED.

DNBCU
What makes you think you are entitled to claim the moral authority, let alone the knowledge to determine what is “appropriate” (or otherwise) for anyone other than yourself (and any youngster legally under your care)?


I never made this claim.. You know where the claim comes from if anything. I just object to the statement that there is nothing disgusting about pornography. I also happen to agree to a large degree , as you know that "religion" (at large) is disgusting. My point was to not let blanket statements go unrebuffed. As if everyone is going to agree. SOMEONE has to give an intelligent counterargument.
Let the people choose.. It is their gift smilies/wink.gif
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written by observer, September 02, 2008
..we are seeing hubris exposed
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written by Thaddeus Blanchette, September 02, 2008
To use religious symbols to promote pornography is disgusting and unacceptable.


Uhm, since when are nude pictures of the human body pornography? It's not like the woman was dressing up as Mother Teresa and f**king donkeys, for Christ's sake!

You want to know who has "issues" and is probably "sexually repressed?" How about people who think denying the bodies' natural state is somehow Godly and think that those who find photos of said state interesting or pretty are doomed to an eternity of damnation and torture.

Riiiiiiiight. God gave us bodies, but for the love of Christ, DON'T LOOK AT THEM OR YOU'RE GOING TO HELL!!!

Dnbcu, I'll tell you who I'm worried about when I look at my daughter's future: it's not someone who enjoys masturbating off now and then (i.e.95% of the human race): it's the lunatic 5% of the planet like yourself who feel that a perfectly natural and enjoyable activity is tantamount to mortal sin.
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written by dnbaiacu, September 02, 2008
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Dnbcu, I'll tell you who I'm worried about when I look at my daughter's future: it's not someone who enjoys masturbating off now and then (i.e.95% of the human race): it's the lunatic 5% of the planet like yourself who feel that a perfectly natural and enjoyable


Hello smilies/smiley.gif
I never said anything about "mortal sin" or going to Hell. All of that is presumption and assumption. There ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH VIEWING THE BEAUTY OF A NAKED HUMAN BODY
After that God saw everything he had made and, look! [it was] very good.
Genisis 1:37
 And both of them continued to be naked, the man and his wife, and yet they did not become ashamed.
Genesis 2:25

After the "shame" there would be millions throughout history that cannot emotionally handle viewing a naked body without PERVERTING THE EXPERIENCE. Maybe YOU can Blanchette. But millions upon millions of others can't.. THIS IS THE PROBLEM. Some want to see CHILDREN HAVING SEX, PEOPLE URINATING ON EACH OTHER, S & M,, just to scratch the surface of things when you MARKET SEXUALITY! This is the real subject.. Don't get it twisted!. There are millions that will by FILTH that thousands are willing to sell , all in the name of profits. The victims are the addicted consumers, who are usually " CARENTES" ( for lack of better terms. And the photographed are usually kidnapped , coerced, in bad economic straits, have low self-esteem, or at best are so in search of one moment of fame , they will do anything at any cost.
The issue is millions aren't "balanced",, or emotionally capable , for whatever reason to handle viewing a naked body . Wantonly promoting pornography just excaberates a lot of societal ills.
Sorry, I am not a "lunatic"..You may "want" me to be to make yourself look better.. But it's not working.. And I am not even offended , if that is what you intended to do smilies/wink.gif I just present a different way of looking at things , as a poster should. Many try to make all this "liberalism" and "moral relativity" the rage. And unfortunately IS WORKING on the masses. But I won't be quiet with an alternative perspective ,which fortunately hasn't been completely lost or unappreciated.
When was the last time you've seen anyone ELITE pose nude for the SEXUAL GRATIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC? Doesn't happen right? Because they have sense enough to know it isn't appropriate. People of "noble birth" and "substance" promoting garbage that the oppressed are consumed and victimized by. So CLASSIC! Now THAT is disgusting! Pure hypocrisy!
Where is Monica Lewinsky?!! She's famous for one thing only worldwide. And still a nobody, no one would have ever heard of UNTIL she PUBLIC with her skills. MARKETING SEXUALITY just benefits business. If anyone can find something truly constructive about pornography. PLEASE let us all know! And I am NOT talking about EDUCATIONAL SEX MANUALS that DO have a productive place more or less.
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Augustus
written by João da Silva, September 02, 2008
P.S. Perhaps you should consider avoiding the classification of my reactions as being necessarily an indication of “Cu Doce” behavior


Henceforth, I shall refrain from using this expression and invent something else instead. smilies/cheesy.gif
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To the junkies.......giving reason to the judge :
written by ch.c., September 02, 2008
Just for your info there are many short videos available free online showing BRAZILIANS WHORES GETTING FILLED BY.....HORSES !!!!

and to dnbaianacu : you are somewhat right, but well over 500'000 brazilians children are forced into sex by BRAZILIANS !

And well over 20 % of your 5500 or so municipalities offer sex with children, as per brazilians stats not even foreign estimates !

Therefore Brazilian judges have time to handle some type of pornography, which by the way is legal, but no time to put in jail those forcing children to enter prostitution...that is illegal and shameful !

Hmmmmm !
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And there is nothing disgusting about pornography?!!!
written by dnbaiacu, September 02, 2008
Just for your info there are many short videos available free online showing BRAZILIANS WHORES GETTING FILLED BY.....HORSES !!!!

Wake up you MORAL RELATIVISTS!
Or is this the way humans will eventually EVOLVE into Centaurians? smilies/cheesy.gif
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DNBAIANACU????
written by dnbaiacu, September 02, 2008


and to dnbaianacu


Was this a type O? smilies/cheesy.gif
That's why I love this site! Absolutely love it! smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/grin.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/grin.gif
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written by Thaddeus Blanchette, September 02, 2008
After the "shame" there would be millions throughout history that cannot emotionally handle viewing a naked body without PERVERTING THE EXPERIENCE. Maybe YOU can Blanchette. But millions upon millions of others can't.. THIS IS THE PROBLEM. Some want to see CHILDREN HAVING SEX, PEOPLE URINATING ON EACH OTHER, S & M,, just to scratch the surface of things when you MARKET SEXUALITY!


DN, I simply don't see how the one thing logically follows the other.

I mean, there are foot fetishists out there too, right? And some of those guys are also bound to be pedophiles, etc. So does this mean we also need to ban all shoe ads, simply to be safe?

Secondly, there is absolutely no reputable scientific linkage between enjoying visual sexual stimulation and pedophilia. None whatsoever. You are making a classic scientific error here by ascribing a spurious linkage between something that is about as common as water (i.e. people enjoying visual sexual stimulation) and a very abnormal behavior (peodphilia). The fact that many pedophiles ALSO enjoy "normal" porn does not logically mean that there's a causal connection between the one thing and the other. You might as well say that eating tomatoes has a link to pedophilia because, after all, 95% of U.S. pedophiles eat tomatoes, probably about the same percentage that consume porn.

What you are doing is taking a common behavior you have umbrage with (porn) and falsely associating it with pedophilia by constructing spurious stats which would be just as "valid", scientifically speaking, if you were to launch a war against tomatoes.

Normally, I wouldn't give a rat's ass, DN, but the kind of confusion people like you cause in this debate causes resourses which would otherwise be used to hunt down REAL pedophiles to go into witch hunts against completely innocous forms of sexual behavior.

Want a REAL statistical correlation, at least in Brazil? If you want to find a pedophile, don't go looking in your local porn shop: go looking in your local CHURCH.

Oh, and by the way, your article that something needs must be banned for everyone because an incredibly small chunk of the population has "issues" with it? Totally spurious in Western jurisprudence. Our rights and responsabilities cannot be determined by the needs of a sick minority.

As for "moral relativism", frankly, I doubt you even know what the term means. It's not a philosophical position, you know.
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Augustus....Clarification
written by dnbaiacu, September 02, 2008
HOW DARE YOU even attempt to impose this REPULSIVE, unacceptable and unquestionably hateful Christian morality upon everybody else on this planet


I happen to admire you as a poster. smilies/smiley.gif I don't want to get on your bad side. I just have to stand up for my beliefs just as you stand up for yours. Truth be told I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOUR DISDAIN FOR RELIGION. The WHORE literally SCREWS things up. She's got people making comments like this:
those who find photos of said state interesting or pretty are doomed to an eternity of damnation and torture.

Riiiiiiiight. God gave us bodies, but for the love of Christ, DON'T LOOK AT THEM OR YOU'RE GOING TO HELL!!!

You should be repulsed by comments like this based on BIBLICAL MISEDUCATION. The "Popular Book" in all actuality doesn't even teach this concept. A sincere student of the "popular book" will discover the TRUTH about the dead.
5 For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all,
Ecclesiasted 9:5
 All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in She′ol, the place to which you are going.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Pretty self explanatory huh?.....
A sincere student would also have a little knowledge of Greek and Hebrew, to find out what the English word HELL means in those respective "Popular Book" languages..
FYI.. Just the "grave" .. Plain and simple
The "Lake of fire".. Just a symbol.. Never meant to be understood as HELL. It has a name , "Gehenna".. Symbolizing "eternal destruction" . "Tormenting" implied BONDAGE in the Greek of the period. So we are looking at an ETERNAL DEATHLIKE STATE. Nothing more nothing less.
Jer. 7:31: “They [apostate Judeans] have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, in order to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, a thing that I had not commanded and that had not come up into my heart.” (If it never came into God’s heart, surely he does not have and use such a thing on a larger scale.)

Illustration: What would you think of a parent who held his child’s hand over a fire to punish the child for wrongdoing? “God is love.” (1 John 4:smilies/cool.gif Would he do what no right-minded human parent would do? Certainly not!


Malachi 3:6 says
“For I am the Lord I have not changed.
 Every good gift and every perfect present is from above, for it comes down from the Father of the [celestial] lights, and with him there is not a variation of the turning of the shadow.
James 1:17

So all this Hell fire , eternal torment stuff is WHACK.! Pure quackery.. Never biblical!
That's why I LOVED Jay Glenns quote:
Get a Grip, the Catholic Church is loosing its grip on the poor in Brazil.

LONG OVERDUE !! smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/angry.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/angry.gif And her Protestant underlings are no better if they are teaching the same crap!
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Dnbcu - a diversion from the "main" issue (for now)
written by AUGUSTUS, September 02, 2008
Esteemed Dnbcu (my friend of opposing ‘philosophical/spiritual’ views)

Firstly, in order to lighten up the exchange between us, regarding this issue which is SO very difficult to reconcile, I have decided to take a break on this insufferable subject, with a fast, amusing observation: the never ending accidental misspellings of your name – LOL

I must confess that I simply consider it rather hilarious (I’m so sorry for the admission) whenever people accidentally turn your name into some of the most colorful "alternatives"
For instance, I will never forget, several few weeks ago, when somebody addressed you as DNACU - smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif
Now, the latest case is even funnier - DNBAIANACU !!!!! smilies/grin.gif smilies/grin.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif - this is FAR more comical!

Honestly, even in moments where my disposition appears exceedingly unsavory – such as now (I'm having the worst type of days) upon reading some of these variations, of your name, and MOST PARTICULARLY your reaction to them, I just can't stop laughing... Then again, you should have been prepared for such situations when you selected to utilize such "ending" for your designation... Any error ending in “CU” is bound to be comical….

Cheers
p.s. I shall comment on the unsavory subject again later tonight....
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On a smiling note to DNBAIACU !!!!!
written by ch.c., September 02, 2008
laughable your "Most are CHOOSING to get their heads SCREWED."
Are you telling and searing that YOU NEVER EVER WATCHED A PORNO MOVIE/ DVD VIDEO / CD OR VIA INTERNET FREE SHORT VIDEOS ?????????
And also never "screwed your head" with mono sex ??????

Come on. Come on !
Even virgins do !




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written by observer, September 02, 2008
Come on, this is so 1989..remember Madonna's video with the cross that caused a big dust-up and don't get me started with Linda Blair's 'character" and what she did with the cross in the book/movie The Exorcist
...now do we dare to share one anothers "histories" and 'cookies" on our hard drives..will we be a little red-faced smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/shocked.gif smilies/shocked.gif
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written by João da Silva, September 02, 2008
On a smiling note to DNBAIACU !!!!!


You call Dnb a CÚ and want to make amends by sending the poor fellow a SMILING note. smilies/wink.gif smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/grin.gif

This thread is getting hilarious!!
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God damn them, for that's precisely what they want.
written by Thaddeus Blanchette, September 02, 2008
This whole discussion here just reminds me how distorted public discourse has become and how people are so scared these days that they'll clutch like drowning men and women to any issue at all that will save them from having to look at the real problems which surround them.

In case you folks haven't noticed...

1) There's a (very probably unwinable) war being fought over the largest accessible reserves of the planet's main energy supply....

2) Like it or not, major climactic changes are occurring on the planet and our biosphere is seriously imperiled....

3) A good half of the human population of the planet doesn't have a pot to piss in and probably will not get one any time soon....

4) The consumer economy which maintains most of us posting here more-or-less comfortably afloat is about to take a HUGE dive....

5) For the first time since the Second World War, there's actually a global crisis regarding price increases for basic food supplies....

But hey! I know! LET'S GET UPSET ABOUT PORN, EVERYONE! LET'S FREAK OUT ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE!! LET'S REALLY GET OUR UNDIES IN A TWIST ABOUT SEEING TITS ON T.V.!!! Those are real burning problems for you right there, oh my.

Better yet, let's use a 3000 year old book, imperfectly transcribed by mostly illiterate desert nomads, imperfectly translated by Dark Ages monks and cut 'n pasted together by a Roman Emperor's hand-picked editorial committee as our guide for 21st century morality on this issue. Better yet, let's make believe that such a book can be understood as the absolute LITERAL truth about everything (as long as we limit our literal interpretations to my understanding of it, of course).

Yeah! That sounds like a great plan to me! That'll really dig us out of the shit-heap we seem to be turning this planet into.

Sometimes I wonder if the human race even deserves to survive. If we can let our big brains hoodwink us into debating trivia like this while the world rots around us, then we deserve to go the way of the dodo.

Which, of course, will please the holy roller fanatics to know end as they've been gleefully predicting the final days for several millenia now. Nothing would make these so-called godly individuals happier than to actually see fire and brimstone raining from the skies. Won't they feel confirmed in their importance then?

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Religion is the Enemy
written by GaussianBishop, September 02, 2008
How long are we going to put up with idiotic religious facist like pet-peeves? Pleeeasee! Aren't we supposed to enforce secularization in this god forsaken country of ours? Now every time a pedophilic little priest decides this or that thingy is "too offensive" they' just have to give a ring to some corrupted one-track mind judge and voilá, all it's forbidden.
I say all religions are evil, specially the catholic church and their 2 thousand yr old hipocrisy. Burn them all.
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written by Ric, September 02, 2008
How would you propose to do that? Are you willing to go to jail for it? Have you ever burned even one Catholic?

Is enforced secularization the law of the land where you live?

Don´t forget that not all of them can be boiled in oil or burned at the stake. They´re Friars.
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Thaddeus
written by dnbaiacu, September 02, 2008
, and by the way, your article that something needs must be banned for everyone because an incredibly small chunk of the population has "

Sorry but I don't have the energy this time around to debate you on things I NEVER said. You LIKE doing this I see. I never said anything about a ban. I commented on a statement that ," THERE IS NOTHING DISGUSTING ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY".
The writer of that statement never specified if he was talking about what YOU call NORMAL PORN or not. Just made a blanket comment and contrasted it with RELIGION. This is where I was compelled to speak my mind.
Maybe someone else is up to your debates on unspoken words. But I am a little tired today. We had the privelege of helping some "Gustav" evacuees . So my energy level is low. I am sure our fellow readers will understand decipher things for themselves smilies/wink.gif
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Cheers to you too Augustus
written by dnbaiacu, September 02, 2008
I will be looking forward to your posts smilies/smiley.gif smilies/smiley.gif I am glad we can make peace. It isn't that serious you.. It's all a choice....God given I might add smilies/wink.gif
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written by dnbaiacu, September 02, 2008
Are you telling and searing that YOU NEVER EVER WATCHED A PORNO MOVIE/ DVD VIDEO / CD OR VIA INTERNET FREE SHORT VIDEOS ?????????
And also never "screwed your head" with mono sex ??????

Come on. Come on !
Even virgins do !

My friend.. I am a recovering sex addict. And I managed a strip club. BEEN THERE DONE THAT!. smilies/smiley.gif So that's why I KNOW what I am talking about. I have come full circle. I know this arena and the SICKNESS involved. I am not a religious fanatic. Just found a better way to cope with ANXIETY. EVERYONE has their vice if they aren't PRAYING. smilies/wink.gif
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Joao
written by dnbaiacu, September 02, 2008

This thread is getting hilarious!!

Let's keep it this way.!!!! smilies/cheesy.gif I don't mind at all smilies/wink.gif
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The Thaddeus Tirade
written by dnbaiacu, September 02, 2008
Better yet, let's use a 3000 year old book, imperfectly transcribed by mostly illiterate desert nomads, imperfectly translated by Dark Ages monks and cut 'n pasted together by a Roman Emperor's hand-picked editorial committee as our guide for 21st century morality on this issue. Better yet, let's make believe that such a book can be understood as the absolute LITERAL truth about everything (as long as we limit our literal interpretations to my understanding of it, of course).

You were missed on another thread homie.
We were talking about the ET's that used the "illiterate desert nomads" that were granted "pyschic" ability by the Master of the Universe to solidify his thoughts in the 3,000 year old "book",.Which we are choosing to call the "popular book" to be on the safe side.
I think the Master Universe as well as a host of the ET"s with good and evil intentions are powerful enough to make sure a basic message is transmitted to the homo-sapiens that have this wonderful gift of "free -will" to choose who they will let control their thoughts. The planet earth is on stage and all the little "free moral agents" are part of the cast.


Yeah! That sounds like a great plan to me! That'll really dig us out of the s**t-heap we seem to be turning this planet into.

OH MY GAWD! (pun intended)
I thought the "MOVERS AND SHAKERS" of the world (you remember that one don't you?) have it all figured out? They've got everything under control right? The ones that don't believe in the "3,000 year old book?" The book of "myths"?
Let's leave it to them to see us out of this mess!!!
Reality Check!
The evil ET"s have it so wrapped up now,, It would make your little scientific/intellectual head swim if you recognized the truth about what is really going on.
That "popular book" hasn't been aroud THREE THOUSANDS YEARS for nothing! smilies/wink.gif
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Don't worry GuassianBishop....
written by dnbaiacu, September 02, 2008
I say all religions are evil, specially the catholic church and their 2 thousand yr old hipocrisy. Burn them all.

It's coming soon enough.. Just be ready
And the ten horns that you saw, and the wild beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her devastated and naked, and will eat up her fleshy parts and will completely burn her with fire. 17 For God put [it] into their hearts to carry out his thought, even to carry out [their] one thought by giving their kingdom to the wild beast, until the words of God will have been accomplished. 1

Revelation 17:16,17
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GaussianBishop - I fully (and wholehartedly) agree w