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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agoEnco, i think you will like this article.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agoFollowing up on Pope’s cold calculations.
“Even then, cold objectivity leads me to concluding that there has never been an effectively humane solution, such that even a huge asteroid wiping out that area naturally, i.e. sans human intervention, could have been better for humanity.”
I naturally/kneejerkedly assume Pope is referring to Israel/Gaza…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic It's Joe Biden's Fault in the forum Politics 9 months, 1 week ago
[BUMP! perhaps in the spirit of overwhelming people with media content…
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PopeBeanie posted an update in the group
Artificial Intelligence 9 months, 1 week agoI once asked ChatGPT to tell me about the history of the rhythm “Oom, Pah Oom-Pah, Oom, Pah Oom-Pah”, and it actually knew immediately and exactly what I was asking about! And it jumped right into citing a bunch of musical history on that pop Latin rhythm.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic It happened. A day that will go down in infamy in the forum Politics 9 months, 1 week ago
Yes, USAID was not always used properly. But fixing the problems and adding better oversight to the projects it finances was a better (and in the long run , a more cost effective) solution than just pulling the plug on the whole thing.
Bolton was probably expecting this as his commentary over the last few years was not going to impress Trump. I…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton posted an update 9 months, 1 week ago
According to Joseph Henrich (“The Weirdest People in the World”):
The higher the percentage of people who believe in a contingent afterlife (hell and heaven) in a country, the lower the murder rate. By contrast, the greater the percentage of people who believe only in heaven, the higher the murder rate. That’s right, believing only in heaven…[Read more]
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Interesting. Does the sociological sampling include organizations like ISIS/ISIL, or would one’s belief in “contingent afterlife” vary across belief systems?
I’m not arguing against the premise in general, because I think it makes sense. But since the ultimate judge is most commonly considered to be God, then what people consider God/Allah to want…[Read more]-
(OMG [sic], and what about the views of atheistic Jews?)
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Atheistic Jews? Why Jews? Why not atheistic Greeks? Or atheists? Do Jews have to be singled out as nonhumans in every way possible?
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Side-note, have to wonder if Trump considers virgins to be a perk (kinda rhymes with perp) in an afterlife.
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I think it varies across belief systems, but after controlling for everything else, it’s the threat of hell and not the promise of heaven that keeps people in line.
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I see what you mean. Do Isis believe in hell? They obviously don’t think it’s a sin to kill infidels.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Fairly Random Tidbits in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 months, 1 week agoClear evidence, in only 18 seconds, that free will does not exist.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agoA wider Scope for Mr. Pope:
For what it’s worth, your generalization doesn’t apply to me.
I did mention once that some of Israel’s actions have the same outcomes as war crimes, but I don’t obsess over them, except for the Palestinian children who have no say.
Even then, cold objectivity leads me to concluding that there has never been an effe…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agoPopeBeanie Even then, cold objectivity leads me to concluding that there has never been an effectively humane solution, such that even a huge asteroid wiping out that area naturally, i.e. sans human intervention, could have been better for humanity. And easier for outsiders to accept. (How cold is that?)
Wow Pope, that’s some statement. Is it co…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agojakelafort wrote:
The very same who will obssess over Trump for crimes he has committed are the very same who will obssess over Israel for crimes it has not committed. And those same people will disregard the crimes of other nations and fight to preserve the right of 1 billion male Muslims to commit crimes.For what it’s worth, your…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic It happened. A day that will go down in infamy in the forum Politics 9 months, 1 week ago
The damage to American credibility goes far beyond economic policy. Shutting down USAID wasn’t a minor budget; it was a strategic self-inflicted wound to U.S. credibility and influence. The world sees it as a cynical and petty move, given that it was only about 0.1% of GDP. That’s pennies compared to GDP but it bought enormous goodwill and inf…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School August 24th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agoThanks, Reg!!
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Simon Paynton posted an update 9 months, 1 week ago
I’m currently reading “The Weirdest People in the World” by Joseph Henrich. It’s very interesting on the formation of religions and why people in the West are so individualist.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School August 24th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agoHave a great week Everyone!
“My morality isn’t borrowed from a Bronze Age tribe—it’s built on empathy, not authority. Morality needs neither heaven nor hell to function—just a working conscience and the ability to think beyond yourself. I sleep just fine knowing there’s no one keeping score.”
– me
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Unseen replied to the topic Canada is the new United States in the forum Politics 9 months, 1 week ago
Or…is Mexico going to be the new United States?
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Unseen replied to the topic Canada is the new United States in the forum Politics 9 months, 1 week ago
Trump’s tariff taxes are hollowing out America’s once world-class economy, much of the business going to Canada (and Mexico, too, to a lesser extent).
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agoAm not in any way negating or minimizing the significance of Trump as a criminal. But when i ask myself why his transgressions are so infuriating i think it is because his dalliances with our democracy threaten our institutions, our norms and our values. (They also illustrate how painfully stupid a significan minority of Americans are in electing…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agoWATCH: Nearly 500,000 Israelis rally for the release of the hostages in Tel Aviv
Nearly half a million Israelis gathered in Hostages Square and the surrounding streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, demanding the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and a comprehensive deal to end the war.
The mass rally followed a day of nationwide…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agoWATCH: Nearly 500,000 Israelis rally for the release of the hostages in Tel Aviv
Nearly half a million Israelis gathered in Hostages Square and the surrounding streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, demanding the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and a comprehensive deal to end the war.
The mass rally followed a day of nationwide…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 9 months, 1 week agoMy quote inspired by Pope’s.
The very same who will obssess over Trump for crimes he has committed are the very same who will obssess over Israel for crimes it has not committed. And those same people will disregard the crimes of other nations and fight to preserve the right of 1 billion male Muslims to commit crimes.
Yeah to be human!
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