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jmowreader

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21. You'd be surprised...

Sun May 20, 2012, 03:16 AM

May 2012

The temperance "Christians" claim the word in the original texts that the whole world translates as "wine" really should translate as "grape juice." (If anyone can explain why the wedding guests at Cana were so happy about grape juice, I'd love to hear it.)

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88% of Baptist University’s Staff Quit Over Mandatory Anti-Gay Pledge [View all] Ian David May 2012 OP

A Religio-Politico Virus longship May 2012 #1

I am soo amazed.... physioex May 2012 #2

That part was really amazing to me, too Warpy May 2012 #8

The no drinking clause would get a lot of academics n2doc May 2012 #19

Or a non-drinking biologist for that matter. man4allcats May 2012 #28

The drinking clause is rather bizarre. It doesn't prohibit drinking, just sets up rules about it: cbayer May 2012 #29

Not so bizzare in context: Thou shalt not expose our doctrine as foolish JHB May 2012 #30

So if Jesus came back and turned water into wine for a big crowd n2doc May 2012 #31

They could, but they would have to do it in secret and not within 6 hours of contact with students! cbayer May 2012 #32

So do your drinking at home. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #40

political scientists, on the other hand, provis99 May 2012 #44

It's how the Taliban took power in Afghanistan. Initech May 2012 #6

sick? this is awesome news arely staircase May 2012 #38

Sorry. I was commenting on the school, not the profs longship May 2012 #42

and you are right the school is sick arely staircase May 2012 #47

They'll find some marginally qualified Ilsa May 2012 #3

umm Jesus probably drank and he CERTAINLY made if for others along with their fish and loaves lol n msongs May 2012 #4

You'd be surprised... jmowreader May 2012 #21

I find it interesting that Jesus was never seen doing the "Brita" thing ... TahitiNut May 2012 #24

Water was poison. sofa king May 2012 #27

oh yeah i have heard that bs a lot arely staircase May 2012 #48

"Shorter" they can't help. xfundy May 2012 #5

shorter kardonb May 2012 #7

Amen, indeed. Ohio Dem May 2012 #9

Good for them, but the university will probably find even worse RW morons to replace them. tanyev May 2012 #10

Kudos to the people with the courage skepticscott May 2012 #11

They do not "seek to honor Jesus Christ." What a complete lie. Zoeisright May 2012 #12

These are the people that worry about the institution of "Sharia Law" SnowCritter May 2012 #13

They should now change their name to Smaller University... n/t xocet May 2012 #14

Look at the number of open faculty positions Mrs. Ted Nancy May 2012 #15

Yikes. They are in some serious trouble. cbayer May 2012 #16

Here's the last archive.org snapshot of the link Paulie May 2012 #43

On the positive side, course exam questions just got easier. SDjack May 2012 #17

Even more simply, "Christ is the answer." TahitiNut May 2012 #25

Another obscure little backwoods school with a strict student/faculty code: dimbear May 2012 #18

I've noticed the Baptists standing up consistently for civil rights, even in North Carolina. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #20

Which Baptists have you been watching? skepticscott May 2012 #22

Well, 83% of the employees of that baptist college gave their employers the finger AtheistCrusader May 2012 #33

Well, don't forget that they were on board skepticscott May 2012 #34

Correct, I certainly should have said 'some'. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #36

I'm surprised they even have Science and Fine Arts departments. secondvariety May 2012 #23

Somewhere, Jesus is doing this; 47of74 May 2012 #26

I won't apply for jobs... a la izquierda May 2012 #35

In addition, the recent Supreme Court ruling about cbayer May 2012 #37

The Moral Majority's response Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #39

Jesus Pipes Jpeepers May 2012 #41

The Taliban Christians seem more interested in the Old Testament than the New. mwb970 May 2012 #46

Heh ... just got an email from HigherEdJobs.com ... eppur_se_muova May 2012 #45