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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School April 19th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 6 hours, 29 minutes agoEnco,
Funny stuff on cult/religion. Funny cuz of its accuracy. And as i’ve indicated here a discreet cult of say 500 carrying on precisely as hard core Muslims would be viewed as a departure from any form of decent way to live. Cult members would be seen as victims who outside world helps to deprogram.
The deliberate entanglement in the…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School April 19th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 13 hours, 6 minutes agoJake:
How many 10s or 100s of millions have died as a direct result of beliefs? Without looking at a search engine a group of educated people could come up with the goods to back the numbers i have given. Pol Pot was not a Scot.
There was one scholar who compiled the numbers of people murdered by their own government, not including warfare, in…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School April 19th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 13 hours, 16 minutes agoCan you imagine the opposition to critical thinking as a key aspect of curriculum K through 12 and into higher ed? The opposition to opposition of the imposition of reason would be viewed as treason. Parents having little Johny and Jane asking questions about the bs in the temple, mosque or church? They would freak. Magas would go wild. Obviously…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School April 19th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 15 hours, 35 minutes agoBy 1st grade our critical thinking students ought to be leary of hero worship, of any system of thought that requires faith. Oh my aching back latch. How stupid to drop your guard and accept on “good authority” the BS that follows.
If ya ain’t got the goods shut your fucking mouth or sell it to somebody who is no brighter than a rock baking in the sun.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School April 19th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 16 hours, 9 minutes agoYeah man, Enco.
Beliefs. How many times have i heard sentiments along the lines, ‘i don’t care about other’s beliefs as long as it does not affect me.’ Fooling a human is no more difficult than a dog that we train. There is nobody home in the majority of cases in which humans are hoodwinked by you name the ideology: communism, palestinianism,…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Can Belief Be Rational? in the forum Theism 18 hours, 2 minutes ago
Fullermingjr:
I don’t speak for Strega, but beliefs are rational if they are based on evidence. Belief in supernatural beings are not rational and many believers, both clergy and laity, will concede that.
Now, not all beliefs held by any given person are irrational or rational. People frequently compartmentalize their beliefs.
As one example,…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School April 19th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 18 hours, 36 minutes agoFullermingjr:
You wrote:
You asked where I work. I have worked in higher education for over 35 years as staff and recently as faculty, and I have watched the broader culture change. The changes in culture and law involve gender, pronouns, marriage, and related, and thus these changes impact corporate environments including policy.
I see.
Are…[Read more]
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fullermingjr started the topic Can Belief Be Rational? in the forum Theism 23 hours, 59 minutes ago
@strega – Interesting perspective. In the April 19th Sunday School thread, you responded to something I wrote and you said:
A religion is by definition a faith based construct, for which belief is required, not reason. [emphasis added]… I suppose Religion could be arational – that might fit.
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fullermingjr replied to the topic Sunday School April 19th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 1 day agoOk, that’s a fair question. The word “forced” is too strong. In the article, the employee was offended by the email. I mean “forced” in a similar way. The issue is corporate culture, and indeed, the broader culture. You asked where I work. I have worked in higher education for over 35 years as staff and recently as faculty, and…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum
Politics 1 day, 2 hours agoPatience, grasshopper, this is a two-parter.
1) Call me naive, I only learned about mogging today. Here’s a 1 minute intro:
2) Here it is in a Hegsethian context, within the Trumpian context. I like the whole episode but jump into it where it serves comedic effect wrt mogging, leaving 9 minutes to…[Read more]
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