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Don't they, even think before they invent these name's? HOMOpod ROFLMA(TIUOFSASAF)O.

from the "Landover Baptist Church" (hint for the oblivious: this is not a real church): .....

23-Misbehaves at school.
24-Misbehaves at home.
25-Eats goth-related foods. Count Dracula cereal is an example of
this.
26-Drinks blood or expresses an interest in drinking blood. (Vampires
believe this is how to attain Satan. This act is very dangerous and
should be stopped immediately.)
27-Watches cable television or any other corrupted media sources.
(Ask your local church for proper programs that your child may watch.)
28-Plays videos games that contains violence or are of a role-playing
nature.
29-Uses the internet excessively and frequently makes time for the
computer.
30-Makes Satanic symbols and/or violently shakes head to music.
31-Dances to music in a provocative or sexual manner.
32-Expresses an interest in sex.
33-Masturbates.
34-Is homosexual and/or bisexual.
35-Pursues dangerous cult religions. Such include: Satanism,
Scientology, Philosophy, Paganism, Wicca, Hinduism and Buddhism.
36-Wears pins, stickers or anything else that contains these various
phrases: "I'm so gothic, I'm dead", "woe is me", "I'm a goth".
37-Claims to be a goth.

Oh wait a second. The UK list is supposed to be serious!!!

And many prominent scientists rejected the big bang theory, and string theory, etc. Eventually they came around. So did those within the church regarding Copernicus as more data became available and tools (telescopes, mathematics) improved.

It's not quite the same. In a true scientific setting, you'll never hear an idea be rejected because an authority figure or holy book said that it wasn't so. It will be rejected based on lack of supporting evidence. In a religious setting, if an idea contradicts what the religion teaches, there will either be someone who says that it can't be possible since it's against scripture or there will be a new interpretation made for when the fact contradicts a section of the holy text.

Imagine that we're looking back on scientific history and we find some writings of Aristotle who believed that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones. We know that that isn't true, so instead of saying that he was wrong, we interpret his writing. When he said "heavier" he really meant that an object resisted more wind. See? He was never wrong! Would you be convinced by this assertion? I doubt it.

The specifically cited biblical passages linked to in previous posts did not seem to state that the earth was flat, and seemed to show that the proponent's interpretation of scripture was quite a stretch.

Are you talking about this source? If you scroll down, there's an illustration of the cosmos as described by the Bible, which the rest of that source covers.

I'd also like to point out that you've completely ignored my statement that the Bible has been used to justify such atrocities as slavery.

Its an irrelevant straw man, off topic related to the church and science. Many scientists back in the day supported slavery and various atrocities as well.

No, it's quite relevant. It shows that religious minds are willing to use their faith to justify atrocities. And it's also important given that the Bible has a number of passages condoning slavery. I haven't seen any interpretations for what those are actually supposed to mean.

I was unable to find any genuine scientific claims for slavery, but I was able to find plenty of recent things like this 17-page message Baptist board thread from 2009 [NSFW] that use the Bible to justify their desire for it. These people are using the same Bible that you do. The only difference is that you have your own way of abstracting and interpreting the text so that you can feel free to safely ignore these passages. You do this because, despite god saying that it's okay, you know that slavery is wrong. (And yes, I'm comfortable making this assertion of your views on slavery because, given your dismissal of my argument, it seems that you wouldn't be in favor of treating people as property.)

Catholics are not a majority of christians in the US. Also the graph shows that those believing in a literal interpretation are declining and those with faith believing in evolution are increasing.

So Catholics believe that the Bible advocates evolution while other Christians believe that the same bible argue against evolution. Also, you may have missed some of the other data in that source:

40 percent of Americans still believe that humans were created by God within the last 10,000 years. ... Another 38 percent of respondents believe that humans have evolved from more basic organisms but with God playing a role in the process. ... A mere 16 percent of respondents subscribed to the belief of "secular evolution

http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=60991

For a long time I couldent belive people could be so dumb, so branwashed.

Untill I was fowarded this site: http://www.landoverbaptist.net/

Go through it, read a few posts, your gonna shit bricks. (It's so stupid I'm not 100% it's even real even tho the amaunt of posts sugest it is)

Just to get you started:
http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?p=508591 -> 5 Reasons why WOMEN should NEVER be on the Internet!, also read the first reply by Rev. Jim Osborne
http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?p=505253 -> The "For NOOBS" section, Not shure if this is a White supremecy site or a church....

etc, etc.
Basicly internet isn't all good.
PS: Freedom of speach should have a "IF ($spaker_dumenss_level > $max) { mute($speaker); }" clause.

For a long time I couldent belive people could be so dumb, so branwashed.

Untill I was fowarded this site: http://www.landoverbaptist.net/

Go through it, read a few posts, your gonna shit bricks. (It's so stupid I'm not 100% it's even real even tho the amaunt of posts sugest it is)

Just to get you started:
http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?p=508591 -> 5 Reasons why WOMEN should NEVER be on the Internet!, also read the first reply by Rev. Jim Osborne
http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?p=505253 -> The "For NOOBS" section, Not shure if this is a White supremecy site or a church....

etc, etc.
Basicly internet isn't all good.
PS: Freedom of speach should have a "IF ($spaker_dumenss_level > $max) { mute($speaker); }" clause.

For a long time I couldent belive people could be so dumb, so branwashed.

Untill I was fowarded this site: http://www.landoverbaptist.net/

Go through it, read a few posts, your gonna shit bricks. (It's so stupid I'm not 100% it's even real even tho the amaunt of posts sugest it is)

Just to get you started:
http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?p=508591 -> 5 Reasons why WOMEN should NEVER be on the Internet!, also read the first reply by Rev. Jim Osborne
http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?p=505253 -> The "For NOOBS" section, Not shure if this is a White supremecy site or a church....

etc, etc.
Basicly internet isn't all good.
PS: Freedom of speach should have a "IF ($spaker_dumenss_level > $max) { mute($speaker); }" clause.

"It's too risky for anybody to translate that [The Bible] into other languages. Mistakes can creep in... and that can lead to heresy. True Christians should only read English."

"If your original Hebrew disagrees with my original King James --- your original Hebrew is wrong. If your original Hebrew agrees with my original King James, your original Hebrew is right."

http://wanusmaximus.livejournal.com/1131751.html

At least a few of those quotes I recognise as having come from the Landover Baptist Church forum:

  http://landoverbaptist.net/

--Landover Baptist Church Pastor Harry Hardwick.