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"I'm thinking of getting nailed if that counts." Thanks for that..blew coffee through my nose | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am "Yes, Shag. Good Friday is obviously quite sombre. I'll be going to mass this afternoon, and of course today is a day of abstinence, at least (I'm not too good at the fasting bit, but I won't be having a big feed). Then I'll attend mass on Sunday, when the resurrection is celebrated. A blessed Easter to you.  | |||
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"I'm thinking of getting nailed if that counts. Thanks for that..blew coffee through my nose "Well, it clears the sinuses...  | |||
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"I'm thinking of getting nailed if that counts." Ha ha me too  xx | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am "Ohh good threads shag. Christian faith threads ways get a bit spicy. Personally no. But I respect people who have their faiths. Hope you have a great Easter. | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am
Ohh good threads shag. Christian faith threads ways get a bit spicy.
Personally no. But I respect people who have their faiths. Hope you have a great Easter. " | |||
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"I always wondered how you'd be part of a website /lifestyle like this and hold religious beliefs, when for the most part, most reigions only view sex as a thing to be done within marriage. How do you square that circle.." Church of the Cherrypickers | |||
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"I always wondered how you'd be part of a website /lifestyle like this and hold religious beliefs, when for the most part, most reigions only view sex as a thing to be done within marriage. How do you square that circle.. Church of the Cherrypickers" | |||
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"Like all christian celebrations it's a made up date that was placed over he top of existing pagan celebrations. Easter is the worst offender, supposedly about the crucifixion but it's a different date every year, almost like they didn't know when it supposedly happened? So, no I won't be celebrating. " Not really, it's always the first Sunday after the full Moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. To answer your question Shag, not personally. I'm atheist but it is in my mind as I was brought up in a Christian household. | |||
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"I always wondered how you'd be part of a website /lifestyle like this and hold religious beliefs, when for the most part, most reigions only view sex as a thing to be done within marriage. How do you square that circle.. Church of the Cherrypickers" Are you talking about picking cherries and baking a pie? And then eating that pie.? | |||
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"So this guy was nailed to a cross so that we could eat more chocolate? " You didn't even mention the buns ..... | |||
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"Anyone think Jesus was just a chippie tradesman who embellished his stories to impress his mates at the local inn OR that his mum microdosed him from birth after being bred at gangbang? " Not really. The bible wasn't written until a few centuries after his death .... | |||
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"So this guy was nailed to a cross so that we could eat more chocolate? You didn't even mention the buns ....." He had nice buns? I bet his body was perfect wasnt it. It has to have been. Never seen him depicted as an ugly dude. | |||
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"Whether one believes or not OP my moto is to be respectful to people who do, as long as those beliefs do not harm others. I therefore wish you a blissful day. "I agree with you to a large extent BUT an even better moto is to respect EVERYBODY. Respect for those who don't believe and do no harm to others also. | |||
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"So this guy was nailed to a cross so that we could eat more chocolate? You didn't even mention the buns ..... He had nice buns? I bet his body was perfect wasnt it. It has to have been. Never seen him depicted as an ugly dude. "He's a middle eastern white dude in all my booky wookies | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am
Yes, Shag. Good Friday is obviously quite sombre. I'll be going to mass this afternoon, and of course today is a day of abstinence, at least (I'm not too good at the fasting bit, but I won't be having a big feed). Then I'll attend mass on Sunday, when the resurrection is celebrated.
A blessed Easter to you.
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"Whether one believes or not OP my moto is to be respectful to people who do, as long as those beliefs do not harm others. I therefore wish you a blissful day. "Show me a religion that doesn’t harm people! | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am
Ohh good threads shag. Christian faith threads ways get a bit spicy.
Personally no. But I respect people who have their faiths. Hope you have a great Easter. "Yes, they seem to get that, ty, happy easter to you too | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am "Why are you thinking of him op? | |||
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"Imagine if Jesus would’ve been on Fab. What would happen if you typed ‘pass?’ "Passover ? | |||
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"No Shag I will NOT be celebrating Easter. Like many , many others I am non religious. I'm happy for you to celebrate what you believe on any given day. I'm not so sure of you celebrating it in here though bit of a dichotomy in my eyes, for a believer. (Mark7:20) " Ty, happy easter to you too | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am "Happy Easter Friday Shag | |||
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oooh i will be - seeing how many easter eggs I can consume in celebration of an event that demands chocolate be eaten in huge quantities - along with a note of disappointment to Cadbury's that the eggs are super thin this year so in reality they consumption rate has to be higher -my fridge filled with eggs of the chocolate variety.
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"I'm off to Lidleth now to see what Jesus has put in the Middleth." hopefully its reduced !  | |||
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"I'm off to Lidleth now to see what Jesus has put in the Middleth." Hopefully it’s a revelation! | |||
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"I'm thinking of getting nailed if that counts. Ha ha me too xx"And me | |||
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"I always wondered how you'd be part of a website /lifestyle like this and hold religious beliefs, when for the most part, most reigions only view sex as a thing to be done within marriage. How do you square that circle.." We are all sinners, so that is why they have a confession booth where you can be forgiven. I think there would be a lot of hail Mary’s said in penance if some of you naughty lit went in and confessed.. | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am ". It’s good that you will be celebrating and thinking of Jesus. I am Greek Orthodox as we follow the Julian calendar where as I believe you follow the Gregorian calendar.So for me this year Good Friday will be on 3rd May and Easter Sunday will be on 5th May.Either way I will spend a bit of time thinking of Jesus on both our Easter’s | |||
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"I'm off to Lidleth now to see what Jesus has put in the Middleth. hopefully its reduced ! "By the third day it will have stopped working that's for sure. | |||
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"Whether one believes or not OP my moto is to be respectful to people who do, as long as those beliefs do not harm others. I therefore wish you a blissful day. "Ty, happy easter to you too | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am
Happy Easter Friday Shag "Hi becs, ty, happy easter to you too | |||
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" oooh i will be - seeing how many easter eggs I can consume in celebration of an event that demands chocolate be eaten in huge quantities - along with a note of disappointment to Cadbury's that the eggs are super thin this year so in reality they consumption rate has to be higher -my fridge filled with eggs of the chocolate variety.
Happy Easter ... egg weekend "Hi gottogiggle, ty, happy easter to you too | |||
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"The Great fire of London destroyed over 800 churches. Henry 8th fell out with papacy and dissolved monasteries and nunneries 1536. Must have been difficult back then. " Still we've come a long way in 500 years religious persecution is much more efficient now. | |||
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" We are all sinners, so that is why they have a confession booth where you can be forgiven." knowledge is power, and the church found a clever way to find out any wrong doings by the people. | |||
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"I'm genuinely intrigued, if this were a thread about Muslim faith... Oh let's just say Ramadan. Would the contributions be any more respectful? Would people choose their responses more carefully? Are those of Christian faith any less equal when it comes to public fora? " | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am . It’s good that you will be celebrating and thinking of Jesus. I am Greek Orthodox as we follow the Julian calendar where as I believe you follow the Gregorian calendar.So for me this year Good Friday will be on 3rd May and Easter Sunday will be on 5th May.Either way I will spend a bit of time thinking of Jesus on both our Easter’s "That is good, ty, happy easter to you too | |||
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"I always wondered how you'd be part of a website /lifestyle like this and hold religious beliefs, when for the most part, most reigions only view sex as a thing to be done within marriage. How do you square that circle.." That’s life - compromise and as others have mentioned, cherry pick. All mainstream religions have a similar attitude towards sex which is that it is for procreation to provide the next generation of believers. Shame really as sex is soooo much more fun - if our society was based on that of the bonobos rather than the chimpanzee, wonder where we’ll be now? In forum groups extolling the virtues of monogomy and abstinence I bet lol Xx | |||
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"I'm not Shag but I'm happy that you are. My dad will be too, he's probably off to church on his mobility scooter shortly. Nobody is 'celebrating' a crucifixion though, they're marking it and using the day to reflect." Hi nicecouple, ty, happy easter to you too | |||
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"I personally prefer this version: He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! Now, piss off! As, after having 'oles knocked in your feet and hands, it's a serious pain, walking on water. "Crucifixion? It's too good for them. You've had a hard time! Five years I've been here and they only turned me the right way up last night!  | |||
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"I'm genuinely intrigued, if this were a thread about Muslim faith... Oh let's just say Ramadan. Would the contributions be any more respectful? Would people choose their responses more carefully? Are those of Christian faith any less equal when it comes to public fora? " This. I have also noticed the same too | |||
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"I personally prefer this version: He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! Now, piss off! As, after having 'oles knocked in your feet and hands, it's a serious pain, walking on water.
Crucifixion? It's too good for them.
You've had a hard time! Five years I've been here and they only turned me the right way up last night!
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"No shag I never think of him because I’m not a believer but when I went with Eve to mass last Sunday I did think oh wow it’s cold in here and other such crass thoughts but I never give you god a single thought but you fill your boots and enjoy your festive long weekend. T" Ty. I will enjoy it, happy easter to you too | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am "Have a good Easter weekend shag. Room for all points of view and beliefs. | |||
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" oooh i will be - seeing how many easter eggs I can consume in celebration of an event that demands chocolate be eaten in huge quantities - along with a note of disappointment to Cadbury's that the eggs are super thin this year so in reality they consumption rate has to be higher -my fridge filled with eggs of the chocolate variety.
Happy Easter ... egg weekend Hi gottogiggle, ty, happy easter to you too "thank you - enjoy your weekend Shag | |||
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"Whilst I'm know the religious meaning behind the Easter holidays, I not thinking about them, I'm thinking about what to do on my days off and about chocolate." oooh a fellow chocolate worshipper | |||
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"I'm genuinely intrigued, if this were a thread about Muslim faith... Oh let's just say Ramadan. Would the contributions be any more respectful? Would people choose their responses more carefully? Are those of Christian faith any less equal when it comes to public fora? " You can’t slag Islam off as those fuckers still kill people for so called blasphemy, we stopped the Christian’s doing that a while back | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan." I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) | |||
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"I'm thinking of getting nailed if that counts." So that's why it's called Good Friday! | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens)" Don’t like the truth then? | |||
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I’m a lapsed Catholic so won’t be bothering with the religious side but enjoying the extra 2 days off work
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" oooh i will be - seeing how many easter eggs I can consume in celebration of an event that demands chocolate be eaten in huge quantities - along with a note of disappointment to Cadbury's that the eggs are super thin this year so in reality they consumption rate has to be higher -my fridge filled with eggs of the chocolate variety.
Happy Easter ... egg weekend Hi gottogiggle, ty, happy easter to you too
thank you - enjoy your weekend Shag "Hi gottogiggle, ty. I will enjoy the weekend, enjoy the weekend you too | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then?" I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? | |||
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"Anyone think Jesus was just a chippie tradesman who embellished his stories to impress his mates at the local inn OR that his mum microdosed him from birth after being bred at gangbang? " Well the Romans gang banged the nails in so…! | |||
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I do wish nothing but good wishes to people of whatever faith in how they celebrate their faith in acceptance and tolerance of others.
Happy Easter forumites | |||
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"I'm doin a Jesus today.....I'm going out the savvy, and won't be home till Monday "Have a good one. | |||
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"I'm doin a Jesus today.....I'm going out the savvy, and won't be home till Monday "We gonna find you under a rock somewhere ? | |||
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"Jesus died so we could eat chocolate." omg how worthy is that | |||
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"I'm doin a Jesus today.....I'm going out the savvy, and won't be home till Monday
Have a good one."Thanks x | |||
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"Can’t be many if any religious people on here surely, everyone is committing adultery "Oh lordy..they had sex too during Jesus reign and swinging was also allowed. Jesus had many girls at his beck and call | |||
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"I'm doin a Jesus today.....I'm going out the savvy, and won't be home till Monday
We gonna find you under a rock somewhere ?"Prob in a cave hungover somewhere | |||
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"Jesus died so we could eat chocolate.omg how worthy is that "Died and went to heaven | |||
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"Can’t be many if any religious people on here surely, everyone is committing adultery
Oh lordy..they had sex too during Jesus reign and swinging was also allowed. Jesus had many girls at his beck and call"Swapping wives is aged old. Regardless of Jesus. | |||
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"Can’t be many if any religious people on here surely, everyone is committing adultery
Oh lordy..they had sex too during Jesus reign and swinging was also allowed. Jesus had many girls at his beck and call"They might have had sex becs but the Bible states in many chapters and verses that ...... Sex outside of marriage is a sin. Adultery is a sin. Divorce is a sin. And those having sex outside of marriage or committing adultery were to suffer death by stoning. | |||
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"Happy pilfered Pagan festival weekend everyone "Yes ....The death and resurrection of Jesus is just the Winter Soltice | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then?" There is only one truth after all | |||
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"Happy pilfered Pagan festival weekend everyone "What did the Romans ever do for us eh ? | |||
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"Rather morbid celebrating someone's death, don't you think? No offence to anyone of a religious nature but, if you think about it, we don't even celebrate the deaths of some of the most vile, evil people in history. In answer to ypur question, Shag, No, I won't, but I will wish you a happy Easter old bean." Personally, I don't feel that I am celebrating a person's death, I am celebrating a person's transition through to eternal life. | |||
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"Happy pilfered Pagan festival weekend everyone
What did the Romans ever do for us eh ?" | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic?" There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case | |||
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"The first time I had a prostate orgasm I shouted 'Jesus fucking Christ!' I suppose I'm a believer?" Haha | |||
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"Happy pilfered Pagan festival weekend everyone
What did the Romans ever do for us eh ?"There’s the orgies…. | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? There is only one truth after all" You can have your own opinion but not your own facts | |||
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"No, religion is an absurd outdated concept which is responsible in one way or another for mire suffering than anything else, god does not exist & anyone who genuinely believes it does is a deluded nut job, god is nothing more than early man's first & worst attempt to explain what they didn't understand, I can understand primitive cave dwellers running around in bear skins wearing a bone through their nose while shaking a spear at the moon, but modern man, no. " Get off the fence!! | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case " I'd agree with the first part yes. The political takes from some of these people are pretty bad though (I find) Richard Dawkins's twitter feed, for example, can be somewhat of a train wreck of a read.. (I think he's a good biologist though) | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I'd agree with the first part yes. The political takes from some of these people are pretty bad though (I find) Richard Dawkins's twitter feed, for example, can be somewhat of a train wreck of a read.. (I think he's a good biologist though)" Dawkins is not short of critics but as you say he’s a superb scientist and has done some fantastic work. Read “God is not great” by Hitchens if you haven’t already, it’s a brilliant book | |||
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"Happy pilfered Pagan festival weekend everyone
Yes ....The death and resurrection of Jesus is just the Winter Soltice "Isn’t that Christmas? | |||
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"Happy pilfered Pagan festival weekend everyone
Yes ....The death and resurrection of Jesus is just the Winter Soltice
Isn’t that Christmas?"Yes. Easter is the pagan one for days being longer than nights | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I'd agree with the first part yes. The political takes from some of these people are pretty bad though (I find) Richard Dawkins's twitter feed, for example, can be somewhat of a train wreck of a read.. (I think he's a good biologist though) Dawkins is not short of critics but as you say he’s a superb scientist and has done some fantastic work. Read “God is not great” by Hitchens if you haven’t already, it’s a brilliant book " I actually think some of hitchens' most interesting work was towards the latter half of his life. His Henry Kissinger critique is excellent. | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I'd agree with the first part yes. The political takes from some of these people are pretty bad though (I find) Richard Dawkins's twitter feed, for example, can be somewhat of a train wreck of a read.. (I think he's a good biologist though) Dawkins is not short of critics but as you say he’s a superb scientist and has done some fantastic work. Read “God is not great” by Hitchens if you haven’t already, it’s a brilliant book I actually think some of hitchens' most interesting work was towards the latter half of his life. His Henry Kissinger critique is excellent." And the Kennedy one | |||
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"Like all christian celebrations it's a made up date that was placed over he top of existing pagan celebrations. Easter is the worst offender, supposedly about the crucifixion but it's a different date every year, almost like they didn't know when it supposedly happened? So, no I won't be celebrating. " That old chestnut. For anyone who wants to learn something today we offer up this… https://historyforatheists.com/2016/12/the-great-myths-2-christmas-mithras-and-paganism/ | |||
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"Happy pilfered Pagan festival weekend everyone
Yes ....The death and resurrection of Jesus is just the Winter Soltice
Isn’t that Christmas?"Yes ....the sun does not move for 3 days 22nd 23rd 24th then rises again as it heads to summer and days start getting longer. Jesus is a Solar Deity | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case " I am an atheist myself. I like hearing people like Dawkins/Harris/Hitchens. I wholeheartedly agree that religions have done a lot of harm and they still do in many countries. But... getting rid of religions completely has lot of other side effects which we are not ready to face. Other than politics around religion, religion filled another role - the basis of both purpose of life and morals. When you remove religion, we have a situation where people do not have a sense of purpose thereby leading to psychological issues. And without religion, there is no basis for morality either. That's the reason why we have huge conflicts on political issues among people. Conflicts which never end. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted these issues a century back. As for the debates around religion, it's useless to have because religious arguments exist in a realm that scientific empiricism cannot argue about. The only time I have these debates is when one's religious views affect other people and they try to take away other people's rights. As long as people have their religions to themselves, it's fine and even healthy in a way. After all, Schrodinger himself was an ardent fan of one specific school of Indian philosophy/religion. | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am "They crucified Jesus to stop his mouth moving and influencing people, different methods are available like arresting street preachers from preaching, not much has changed. | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am "I've got a big wooden cross that I could put someone on in the garden if they fancy it. Tied on, not nailed of course. | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am
They crucified Jesus to stop his mouth moving and influencing people, different methods are available like arresting street preachers from preaching, not much has changed."There are other ways to stop someone's mouth moving rather than crucifying. | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am
They crucified Jesus to stop his mouth moving and influencing people, different methods are available like arresting street preachers from preaching, not much has changed.
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I am an atheist myself. I like hearing people like Dawkins/Harris/Hitchens. I wholeheartedly agree that religions have done a lot of harm and they still do in many countries. But... getting rid of religions completely has lot of other side effects which we are not ready to face. Other than politics around religion, religion filled another role - the basis of both purpose of life and morals. When you remove religion, we have a situation where people do not have a sense of purpose thereby leading to psychological issues. And without religion, there is no basis for morality either. That's the reason why we have huge conflicts on political issues among people. Conflicts which never end. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted these issues a century back. As for the debates around religion, it's useless to have because religious arguments exist in a realm that scientific empiricism cannot argue about. The only time I have these debates is when one's religious views affect other people and they try to take away other people's rights. As long as people have their religions to themselves, it's fine and even healthy in a way. After all, Schrodinger himself was an ardent fan of one specific school of Indian philosophy/religion." Absolute and utter bollocks, it’s apologists like you that allow these lunatics to keep lying to people and fucking their children, no fucking religion has morals, they are the opposite | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am
They crucified Jesus to stop his mouth moving and influencing people, different methods are available like arresting street preachers from preaching, not much has changed.
There are other ways to stop someone's mouth moving rather than crucifying."Freedom of speech is the best policy, you know who the lunatics are and where they are, you just need to educate people to understand they’re talking bollocks | |||
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"Today starts easter and it is a big celebration in christianity, today marks the crucifixion of jesus, are you celebrating and thinking of him? I am
They crucified Jesus to stop his mouth moving and influencing people, different methods are available like arresting street preachers from preaching, not much has changed.
There are other ways to stop someone's mouth moving rather than crucifying.
Freedom of speech is the best policy, you know who the lunatics are and where they are, you just need to educate people to understand they’re talking bollocks "For myself freedom to question is more important than freedom of speech, if you question certain things these days you are called all sort of things in an attempt to shut up the question. | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I am an atheist myself. I like hearing people like Dawkins/Harris/Hitchens. I wholeheartedly agree that religions have done a lot of harm and they still do in many countries. But... getting rid of religions completely has lot of other side effects which we are not ready to face. Other than politics around religion, religion filled another role - the basis of both purpose of life and morals. When you remove religion, we have a situation where people do not have a sense of purpose thereby leading to psychological issues. And without religion, there is no basis for morality either. That's the reason why we have huge conflicts on political issues among people. Conflicts which never end. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted these issues a century back. As for the debates around religion, it's useless to have because religious arguments exist in a realm that scientific empiricism cannot argue about. The only time I have these debates is when one's religious views affect other people and they try to take away other people's rights. As long as people have their religions to themselves, it's fine and even healthy in a way. After all, Schrodinger himself was an ardent fan of one specific school of Indian philosophy/religion. Absolute and utter bollocks, it’s apologists like you that allow these lunatics to keep lying to people and fucking their children, no fucking religion has morals, they are the opposite " As I said, I don't like religious views being forced on others or religion being an entity of power or religion playing a role in politics. But an individual following a religion to get a sense of contentment, without affecting other people shouldn't be of a problem to anyone? As for morals, I never said religious morals are good morals. There is no absolute morality that nature gives us. We need to build it ourselves. Religions served as a foundation for building some morals which some may consider good and others may consider bad. But without it, we haven't figured out any new foundation yet. Hence all the never-ending political/moral debates which keep going around in circles. | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I am an atheist myself. I like hearing people like Dawkins/Harris/Hitchens. I wholeheartedly agree that religions have done a lot of harm and they still do in many countries. But... getting rid of religions completely has lot of other side effects which we are not ready to face. Other than politics around religion, religion filled another role - the basis of both purpose of life and morals. When you remove religion, we have a situation where people do not have a sense of purpose thereby leading to psychological issues. And without religion, there is no basis for morality either. That's the reason why we have huge conflicts on political issues among people. Conflicts which never end. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted these issues a century back. As for the debates around religion, it's useless to have because religious arguments exist in a realm that scientific empiricism cannot argue about. The only time I have these debates is when one's religious views affect other people and they try to take away other people's rights. As long as people have their religions to themselves, it's fine and even healthy in a way. After all, Schrodinger himself was an ardent fan of one specific school of Indian philosophy/religion. Absolute and utter bollocks, it’s apologists like you that allow these lunatics to keep lying to people and fucking their children, no fucking religion has morals, they are the opposite As I said, I don't like religious views being forced on others or religion being an entity of power or religion playing a role in politics. But an individual following a religion to get a sense of contentment, without affecting other people shouldn't be of a problem to anyone? As for morals, I never said religious morals are good morals. There is no absolute morality that nature gives us. We need to build it ourselves. Religions served as a foundation for building some morals which some may consider good and others may consider bad. But without it, we haven't figured out any new foundation yet. Hence all the never-ending political/moral debates which keep going around in circles." Ooh religious handbags at dawn, now now kids play nicely.... Mr | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I am an atheist myself. I like hearing people like Dawkins/Harris/Hitchens. I wholeheartedly agree that religions have done a lot of harm and they still do in many countries. But... getting rid of religions completely has lot of other side effects which we are not ready to face. Other than politics around religion, religion filled another role - the basis of both purpose of life and morals. When you remove religion, we have a situation where people do not have a sense of purpose thereby leading to psychological issues. And without religion, there is no basis for morality either. That's the reason why we have huge conflicts on political issues among people. Conflicts which never end. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted these issues a century back. As for the debates around religion, it's useless to have because religious arguments exist in a realm that scientific empiricism cannot argue about. The only time I have these debates is when one's religious views affect other people and they try to take away other people's rights. As long as people have their religions to themselves, it's fine and even healthy in a way. After all, Schrodinger himself was an ardent fan of one specific school of Indian philosophy/religion. Absolute and utter bollocks, it’s apologists like you that allow these lunatics to keep lying to people and fucking their children, no fucking religion has morals, they are the opposite As I said, I don't like religious views being forced on others or religion being an entity of power or religion playing a role in politics. But an individual following a religion to get a sense of contentment, without affecting other people shouldn't be of a problem to anyone? As for morals, I never said religious morals are good morals. There is no absolute morality that nature gives us. We need to build it ourselves. Religions served as a foundation for building some morals which some may consider good and others may consider bad. But without it, we haven't figured out any new foundation yet. Hence all the never-ending political/moral debates which keep going around in circles. Ooh religious handbags at dawn, now now kids play nicely.... Mr " I thought atheists(I am one myself) are the rational ones and love having debates. Instead, all I am seeing in this thread are petty comments without any argument. | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I am an atheist myself. I like hearing people like Dawkins/Harris/Hitchens. I wholeheartedly agree that religions have done a lot of harm and they still do in many countries. But... getting rid of religions completely has lot of other side effects which we are not ready to face. Other than politics around religion, religion filled another role - the basis of both purpose of life and morals. When you remove religion, we have a situation where people do not have a sense of purpose thereby leading to psychological issues. And without religion, there is no basis for morality either. That's the reason why we have huge conflicts on political issues among people. Conflicts which never end. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted these issues a century back. As for the debates around religion, it's useless to have because religious arguments exist in a realm that scientific empiricism cannot argue about. The only time I have these debates is when one's religious views affect other people and they try to take away other people's rights. As long as people have their religions to themselves, it's fine and even healthy in a way. After all, Schrodinger himself was an ardent fan of one specific school of Indian philosophy/religion. Absolute and utter bollocks, it’s apologists like you that allow these lunatics to keep lying to people and fucking their children, no fucking religion has morals, they are the opposite As I said, I don't like religious views being forced on others or religion being an entity of power or religion playing a role in politics. But an individual following a religion to get a sense of contentment, without affecting other people shouldn't be of a problem to anyone? As for morals, I never said religious morals are good morals. There is no absolute morality that nature gives us. We need to build it ourselves. Religions served as a foundation for building some morals which some may consider good and others may consider bad. But without it, we haven't figured out any new foundation yet. Hence all the never-ending political/moral debates which keep going around in circles. Ooh religious handbags at dawn, now now kids play nicely.... Mr I thought atheists(I am one myself) are the rational ones and love having debates. Instead, all I am seeing in this thread are petty comments without any argument." Keep debating, the mosques will carry on being built, the children will still be abused, we are going backwards because people are too afraid to face up to facts. | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I am an atheist myself. I like hearing people like Dawkins/Harris/Hitchens. I wholeheartedly agree that religions have done a lot of harm and they still do in many countries. But... getting rid of religions completely has lot of other side effects which we are not ready to face. Other than politics around religion, religion filled another role - the basis of both purpose of life and morals. When you remove religion, we have a situation where people do not have a sense of purpose thereby leading to psychological issues. And without religion, there is no basis for morality either. That's the reason why we have huge conflicts on political issues among people. Conflicts which never end. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted these issues a century back. As for the debates around religion, it's useless to have because religious arguments exist in a realm that scientific empiricism cannot argue about. The only time I have these debates is when one's religious views affect other people and they try to take away other people's rights. As long as people have their religions to themselves, it's fine and even healthy in a way. After all, Schrodinger himself was an ardent fan of one specific school of Indian philosophy/religion. Absolute and utter bollocks, it’s apologists like you that allow these lunatics to keep lying to people and fucking their children, no fucking religion has morals, they are the opposite As I said, I don't like religious views being forced on others or religion being an entity of power or religion playing a role in politics. But an individual following a religion to get a sense of contentment, without affecting other people shouldn't be of a problem to anyone? As for morals, I never said religious morals are good morals. There is no absolute morality that nature gives us. We need to build it ourselves. Religions served as a foundation for building some morals which some may consider good and others may consider bad. But without it, we haven't figured out any new foundation yet. Hence all the never-ending political/moral debates which keep going around in circles. Ooh religious handbags at dawn, now now kids play nicely.... Mr I thought atheists(I am one myself) are the rational ones and love having debates. Instead, all I am seeing in this thread are petty comments without any argument. Keep debating, the mosques will carry on being built, the children will still be abused, we are going backwards because people are too afraid to face up to facts." Pretty sure you haven't seen my posts in political sections
I have been vocally fighting against people defending Islamic intrusion into personal rights. I believe that anyone should have the right to mock/criticise religious figures and we as a country should get rid of laws affecting free speech. Religions should never get any kind of protection from speech. Religion is not same as race/ethnicity.
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I am an atheist myself. I like hearing people like Dawkins/Harris/Hitchens. I wholeheartedly agree that religions have done a lot of harm and they still do in many countries. But... getting rid of religions completely has lot of other side effects which we are not ready to face. Other than politics around religion, religion filled another role - the basis of both purpose of life and morals. When you remove religion, we have a situation where people do not have a sense of purpose thereby leading to psychological issues. And without religion, there is no basis for morality either. That's the reason why we have huge conflicts on political issues among people. Conflicts which never end. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted these issues a century back. As for the debates around religion, it's useless to have because religious arguments exist in a realm that scientific empiricism cannot argue about. The only time I have these debates is when one's religious views affect other people and they try to take away other people's rights. As long as people have their religions to themselves, it's fine and even healthy in a way. After all, Schrodinger himself was an ardent fan of one specific school of Indian philosophy/religion. Absolute and utter bollocks, it’s apologists like you that allow these lunatics to keep lying to people and fucking their children, no fucking religion has morals, they are the opposite As I said, I don't like religious views being forced on others or religion being an entity of power or religion playing a role in politics. But an individual following a religion to get a sense of contentment, without affecting other people shouldn't be of a problem to anyone? As for morals, I never said religious morals are good morals. There is no absolute morality that nature gives us. We need to build it ourselves. Religions served as a foundation for building some morals which some may consider good and others may consider bad. But without it, we haven't figured out any new foundation yet. Hence all the never-ending political/moral debates which keep going around in circles. Ooh religious handbags at dawn, now now kids play nicely.... Mr I thought atheists(I am one myself) are the rational ones and love having debates. Instead, all I am seeing in this thread are petty comments without any argument. Keep debating, the mosques will carry on being built, the children will still be abused, we are going backwards because people are too afraid to face up to facts. Pretty sure you haven't seen my posts in political sections
I have been vocally fighting against people defending Islamic intrusion into personal rights. I believe that anyone should have the right to mock/criticise religious figures and we as a country should get rid of laws affecting free speech. Religions should never get any kind of protection from speech. Religion is not same as race/ethnicity.
But one should be able to follow any religion as an individual without expecting others to follow the rules they set."And where did those “ individuals” get their religion from? Indoctrination by organised religion, parents, teachers as children, you can’t have one without the other | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I am an atheist myself. I like hearing people like Dawkins/Harris/Hitchens. I wholeheartedly agree that religions have done a lot of harm and they still do in many countries. But... getting rid of religions completely has lot of other side effects which we are not ready to face. Other than politics around religion, religion filled another role - the basis of both purpose of life and morals. When you remove religion, we have a situation where people do not have a sense of purpose thereby leading to psychological issues. And without religion, there is no basis for morality either. That's the reason why we have huge conflicts on political issues among people. Conflicts which never end. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted these issues a century back. As for the debates around religion, it's useless to have because religious arguments exist in a realm that scientific empiricism cannot argue about. The only time I have these debates is when one's religious views affect other people and they try to take away other people's rights. As long as people have their religions to themselves, it's fine and even healthy in a way. After all, Schrodinger himself was an ardent fan of one specific school of Indian philosophy/religion. Absolute and utter bollocks, it’s apologists like you that allow these lunatics to keep lying to people and fucking their children, no fucking religion has morals, they are the opposite As I said, I don't like religious views being forced on others or religion being an entity of power or religion playing a role in politics. But an individual following a religion to get a sense of contentment, without affecting other people shouldn't be of a problem to anyone? As for morals, I never said religious morals are good morals. There is no absolute morality that nature gives us. We need to build it ourselves. Religions served as a foundation for building some morals which some may consider good and others may consider bad. But without it, we haven't figured out any new foundation yet. Hence all the never-ending political/moral debates which keep going around in circles. Ooh religious handbags at dawn, now now kids play nicely.... Mr I thought atheists(I am one myself) are the rational ones and love having debates. Instead, all I am seeing in this thread are petty comments without any argument. Keep debating, the mosques will carry on being built, the children will still be abused, we are going backwards because people are too afraid to face up to facts. Pretty sure you haven't seen my posts in political sections
I have been vocally fighting against people defending Islamic intrusion into personal rights. I believe that anyone should have the right to mock/criticise religious figures and we as a country should get rid of laws affecting free speech. Religions should never get any kind of protection from speech. Religion is not same as race/ethnicity.
But one should be able to follow any religion as an individual without expecting others to follow the rules they set.
And where did those “ individuals” get their religion from? Indoctrination by organised religion, parents, teachers as children, you can’t have one without the other "There is a difference between teaching the views of one religion, letting them decide if they want to follow it or not and forcing them to follow it, like parents punishing children or governments having blasphemy laws. I have known quite a few people who became atheists at some point and going back to embrace religion later. No one forced them to. But they never expected others to change their behaviour just to accommodate them which I think is a fair game. | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I am an atheist myself. I like hearing people like Dawkins/Harris/Hitchens. I wholeheartedly agree that religions have done a lot of harm and they still do in many countries. But... getting rid of religions completely has lot of other side effects which we are not ready to face. Other than politics around religion, religion filled another role - the basis of both purpose of life and morals. When you remove religion, we have a situation where people do not have a sense of purpose thereby leading to psychological issues. And without religion, there is no basis for morality either. That's the reason why we have huge conflicts on political issues among people. Conflicts which never end. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted these issues a century back. As for the debates around religion, it's useless to have because religious arguments exist in a realm that scientific empiricism cannot argue about. The only time I have these debates is when one's religious views affect other people and they try to take away other people's rights. As long as people have their religions to themselves, it's fine and even healthy in a way. After all, Schrodinger himself was an ardent fan of one specific school of Indian philosophy/religion. Absolute and utter bollocks, it’s apologists like you that allow these lunatics to keep lying to people and fucking their children, no fucking religion has morals, they are the opposite As I said, I don't like religious views being forced on others or religion being an entity of power or religion playing a role in politics. But an individual following a religion to get a sense of contentment, without affecting other people shouldn't be of a problem to anyone? As for morals, I never said religious morals are good morals. There is no absolute morality that nature gives us. We need to build it ourselves. Religions served as a foundation for building some morals which some may consider good and others may consider bad. But without it, we haven't figured out any new foundation yet. Hence all the never-ending political/moral debates which keep going around in circles. Ooh religious handbags at dawn, now now kids play nicely.... Mr I thought atheists(I am one myself) are the rational ones and love having debates. Instead, all I am seeing in this thread are petty comments without any argument. Keep debating, the mosques will carry on being built, the children will still be abused, we are going backwards because people are too afraid to face up to facts. Pretty sure you haven't seen my posts in political sections
I have been vocally fighting against people defending Islamic intrusion into personal rights. I believe that anyone should have the right to mock/criticise religious figures and we as a country should get rid of laws affecting free speech. Religions should never get any kind of protection from speech. Religion is not same as race/ethnicity.
But one should be able to follow any religion as an individual without expecting others to follow the rules they set.
And where did those “ individuals” get their religion from? Indoctrination by organised religion, parents, teachers as children, you can’t have one without the other
There is a difference between teaching the views of one religion, letting them decide if they want to follow it or not and forcing them to follow it, like parents punishing children or governments having blasphemy laws. I have known quite a few people who became atheists at some point and going back to embrace religion later. No one forced them to. But they never expected others to change their behaviour just to accommodate them which I think is a fair game.
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"If you check history Romans never used a cross it was X shaped and they did not nail them to it same as Santa has flying reindeer but a bit more sinister" Don’t start the Santa debate again it will all kick off | |||
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"Rather morbid celebrating someone's death, don't you think? No offence to anyone of a religious nature but, if you think about it, we don't even celebrate the deaths of some of the most vile, evil people in history. In answer to ypur question, Shag, No, I won't, but I will wish you a happy Easter old bean." Maybe you don’t understand it what that death signifies , how he chose to allow it , always knew it had to happen and not defend himself or try to avoid it happening and what happens next. I got the cake and balloons out | |||
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"If you check history Romans never used a cross it was X shaped and they did not nail them to it same as Santa has flying reindeer but a bit more sinister" It’s very well documented & multiple sources verified by textual analysis. Hanging, slow death by suff*cation , legs nailed to the tree & then broken so he couldn’t take any weight on them. A spear in the ribs to let the fluid drain out | |||
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"Atheist so no. But i do like Easter eggs which of course are utterly pagan. I'm an atheist too. But I'm not a militant one -and dislike the new atheist movement. (dawkins/harris/hitchens) Don’t like the truth then? I'll answer that with another question. Do you think it's impossible for an atheist to be wrong about a topic? There is zero evidence to support any religion and massive evidence to prove the harm that is done by all religions, difficult to be wrong on that count? Everyone can be wrong were human but not in this case I am an atheist myself. I like hearing people like Dawkins/Harris/Hitchens. I wholeheartedly agree that religions have done a lot of harm and they still do in many countries. But... getting rid of religions completely has lot of other side effects which we are not ready to face. Other than politics around religion, religion filled another role - the basis of both purpose of life and morals. When you remove religion, we have a situation where people do not have a sense of purpose thereby leading to psychological issues. And without religion, there is no basis for morality either. That's the reason why we have huge conflicts on political issues among people. Conflicts which never end. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted these issues a century back. As for the debates around religion, it's useless to have because religious arguments exist in a realm that scientific empiricism cannot argue about. The only time I have these debates is when one's religious views affect other people and they try to take away other people's rights. As long as people have their religions to themselves, it's fine and even healthy in a way. After all, Schrodinger himself was an ardent fan of one specific school of Indian philosophy/religion. Absolute and utter bollocks, it’s apologists like you that allow these lunatics to keep lying to people and fucking their children, no fucking religion has morals, they are the opposite As I said, I don't like religious views being forced on others or religion being an entity of power or religion playing a role in politics. But an individual following a religion to get a sense of contentment, without affecting other people shouldn't be of a problem to anyone? As for morals, I never said religious morals are good morals. There is no absolute morality that nature gives us. We need to build it ourselves. Religions served as a foundation for building some morals which some may consider good and others may consider bad. But without it, we haven't figured out any new foundation yet. Hence all the never-ending political/moral debates which keep going around in circles. Ooh religious handbags at dawn, now now kids play nicely.... Mr I thought atheists(I am one myself) are the rational ones and love having debates. Instead, all I am seeing in this thread are petty comments without any argument. Keep debating, the mosques will carry on being built, the children will still be abused, we are going backwards because people are too afraid to face up to facts. Pretty sure you haven't seen my posts in political sections
I have been vocally fighting against people defending Islamic intrusion into personal rights. I believe that anyone should have the right to mock/criticise religious figures and we as a country should get rid of laws affecting free speech. Religions should never get any kind of protection from speech. Religion is not same as race/ethnicity.
But one should be able to follow any religion as an individual without expecting others to follow the rules they set.
And where did those “ individuals” get their religion from? Indoctrination by organised religion, parents, teachers as children, you can’t have one without the other
There is a difference between teaching the views of one religion, letting them decide if they want to follow it or not and forcing them to follow it, like parents punishing children or governments having blasphemy laws. I have known quite a few people who became atheists at some point and going back to embrace religion later. No one forced them to. But they never expected others to change their behaviour just to accommodate them which I think is a fair game.
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"If you check history Romans never used a cross it was X shaped and they did not nail them to it same as Santa has flying reindeer but a bit more sinister It’s very well documented & multiple sources verified by textual analysis. Hanging, slow death by suff*cation , legs nailed to the tree & then broken so he couldn’t take any weight on them. A spear in the ribs to let the fluid drain out" More detail please | |||
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"I'm thinking of getting nailed if that counts." love it haha | |||
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"Line on the left, one cross each" He's not thr Messiah he's a very naughty boy, now fuck off Mr | |||
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"If you check history Romans never used a cross it was X shaped and they did not nail them to it same as Santa has flying reindeer but a bit more sinister" It is more akin to what we call a St Andrews Cross. The type you will see in most BDSM clubs. | |||
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"I always wondered how you'd be part of a website /lifestyle like this and hold religious beliefs, when for the most part, most reigions only view sex as a thing to be done within marriage. How do you square that circle.." Religion and God are two very different things. Organised religion is really big business. The Bible comprises the Old and New Testaments. The Old Testament is basically a history book, the New Testament is guidance for a fulfilling life. The two are different and should be read differently. However, if we take the Old Testament and look at the Ten Commandments, a pretty good list on how to live a good life. The commandment "Thou shalt not commit adultery.” (Exodus 20:14) is simply a commandment that says don't cheat. It does not say, don't share. As swingers, sharing is not a problem. Going behind your partner's back is. | |||
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