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[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

The Cuddly One is not happy with the Catholic Church in the United States. I don’t think he will be happy with this art project to soak the Vatican in human blood.

FFRF asks Texas school district to stop imposing prayer at staff meetings.

New poll shows massive public backlash to anti-LGBTQ school policies.

UK Government awards £2.2m grant to homophobic and misogynistic mosque.

Pastor indicted alongside Trump returns to pulpit.

World of Woo: The Taopatch is pure pseudoscientific gibberish.

Environment: 1 Billion Human lives at stake due to Climate Change.

Absolutely all religions have this one unique flaw…

I logged into a laptop in Denmark during the week and formatted an attached USB disk that contained 100 copies of the Bible and 100 copies of the Quran. Seven atheists were watching which made it a public event. We will do it again next month but maybe burn the drive (or several) instead.

Celebrating World Humanitarian Day: Honoring Heroes of Compassion.

A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care — what’s next?

Care about animals? Then you need to stop treating them like humans.

A newly described fossil suggests that the ancestor of humans and apes arose in Europe, not in Africa.

How consciousness may rely on brain cells acting collectively – new psychedelics research on rats.

Never tell a scientist it’s “just a theory”.

Long Reads: Who believes unsubstantiated claims? America’s surprising partisan divide on Life Expectancy. What it’s like to escape an abusive, right-wing religion. The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies. Why there’s a rush to explore the Moon’s enigmatic South Pole. Our Earth, shaped by life.

Sunday Book Club: The Dawn of a Mindful Universe.

Some photographs taken last week.

While you are waiting for the kettle to boil……

Coffee Break Video:  The evidence for Jesus is worse than you think. Sky News Australia free thinking AI. A moral philosopher and an evolutionary biologist in conversation.  Stick figures meet existential angst in this acclaimed, darkly comedic short.

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

Have a great week everyone!

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

[StregaModerator]

Thank you, Reg!

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Reg,

The Cuddly One is not happy with the Catholic Church in the United States. I don’t think he will be happy with this art project to soak the Vatican in human blood.

You mean it’s not already? 🧛🦇

Care about animals? Then you need to stop treating them like humans.

Yep. Trying to make a dog or cat go full Vegan is a sure way to get the ASPCA and police justifiably called on you for cruelty to animals. Ditto with making infant humans go full Vegan getting a visit from Child Protective Services and police for child neglect and abuse.

I seen one woman who uses sweet potatoes strictly as a supplement to meat for the Yellow Retrievers she breeds and their coats are beautiful, but no going full Veganism. It’s not good for humans or many other living things.

Adult humans who are freaky like that, keep that Vegan shit to yourself and quit grazing on my lawn! 👨‍🦯

I logged into a laptop in Denmark during the week and formatted an attached USB disk that contained 100 copies of the Bible and 100 copies of the Quran. Seven atheists were watching which made it a public event. We will do it again next month but maybe burn the drive (or several) instead.

And to think it took cave dwelling for what, fourth days and nights for Muhammad (Peanut Butter Und Herring) to get one hundredth of that done, including the cribbing of characters and events from The Holy Bible. Not only are the contents of Al-Qu’ran retrograde, but the production values are too.
😁

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Reg,

Correction: Not “fourth” but “forty days and nights.” A very. common number in Abrahamic scriptures. Funny, I didn’t know they sold hooch in that size back then. 🍾🤪😁

[jakelafortParticipant]

No doubt Enco that knights in medieval Europe had a 40 days term of service.

Now how about answering Davis? I stopped questioning you about your ideology because you would not answer sticky questions. So will you stick to your refusal?

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Jake,

Here is what Davis specified that he wanted:

Ugh I cannot take anyone seriously if they propose that humans, outside of a collective system, sufficiently donate money, out of the goodness of their hearts, that sufficiently take care of other humans enough to ensure other’s don’t starve to death, have a house or that children don’t live in neglect.

Basically, Davis wants no one to suffer or die ever, and yet he gives no specifics on what is needed to accomplish this end, and no measurable, quantifiable sub-goals for achieving the ultimate goal.

He also insists that this be a collective, societal, government-run and government-provided effort and that private voluntary charity cannot do it, even though history of government anti-poverty efforts and reports from Ethiopian famines, Hurricane Katrina, California wildfires, and the present disaster in Maui clearly show that governments are incompetent and corrupt in their efforts and even make things worse.

I reply to this by saying that private, voluntary charity does the best that money can do in bad circumstances.

I also documented the extent to which private, voluntary donations from individuals and non-profit organizations and for-profit corporations assist with all manner of problems in society. (Oh! And lots of help also is one-on-one or below tax-deductible rates, so it also goes undocumented.).

I also showed that voluntary donation and legal transparency are an automatic check against incompetence and corruption in charitable work, something that coerced taxpayer-funded government aid cannot provide..

For all this, I’m accused of “copping out” and having no “intellectual dignity” to admit error.

🙄

How’s that for getting unstuck?

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[jakelafortParticipant]

Enco i am reminded of Stuckey’s. I wonder if they’re still in business.

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Jake,

That has me curious too. Their nut roll was delicious back when I could indulge. There was one up the road a piece but I think it changed ownership to another chain.

[jakelafortParticipant]

That is right. The nut roll for hatchet jobs like you and me. That is the one thing i remember from Stuckey’s. What a catchy name. Stuckey’s. i am stuck on Stuckey’s cuz Stuckey’s sticks to me. Their sugary nut roll has practically set me free..

[jakelafortParticipant]

Stuckey’s is a convenience store in the Southeast, Southwest, and Midwestern United States. It is known for its pecan log rolls and kitschy souvenirs. Additionally, Stuckey’s sells candy, apparel, and souvenirs, and other products online. Wikipedia
CEO: Stephanie Stuckey (Nov 2019–)
Founded: 1937

Stuckey’s kitsch. I can imagine dwellings, abodes, in the south filled with Stuckey’s wrappers and Stuckey’s kitsch. Founded in 1937. Wowzers. Some vets must have had a good Stuckey this or that before they went off to Europe or South Pacific and dreamed of coming back to gorge on Stuckey’s pecan rolls. Those were the days..

[jakelafortParticipant]

And how about that CEO? Stephanie Stuckey. Ya gotta love parents who name their kids in alliterative and catchy ways. That is so Peter Parker of em….

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

Enco i am reminded of Stuckey’s. I wonder if they’re still in business.

I will double check but I think they are. I have heard the name more than once when in GA.  I will be visiting my nieces who are students in Georgia Tech during Thanksgiving week. I think they have a HQ and a store nearby. Nearby is close enough to go hunting for pecan pie.

[DavisModerator]

Enco, thanks for strawmanning the shit out of me. Your cop out is such bullshit, I promise this is the last time I engage on anything tinted by your libertarian ideology.

All things in terms of people’s standards of living are quantifiable. Someone has a roof over their head or they don’t. Someone meets a threshold for an agreed standard of living or they don’t. People have the minimum required caloric intake or they don’t.

Your ability to run away, dodge questions, misdirect or engage in fallacies is impressive. I don’t want people to suffer, but above all I don’t want people to pointlessly suffer when it is easily avoidable and many countries demonstrate this is easily done with will and a lack of excuses and for which there is no evidence, in the history of humanity, that individuals sufficiently donate money to sufficiently help those suffering.

I asked you for evidence, you delivered excuses as expected. I will now happily ignore any of your further nonsense (posts in which I am convinced you are unable to engage with any intellectual integrity) as I should have done a lone time ago.

I won’t say anything more on this topic as you don’t currently seem capable of engaging in fair debate.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by  Davis.

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