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Davis replied to the topic Emotional Blackmail in the forum
Humanism 4 years, 10 months agoHey Unseen,
If it were I…then I would do that (I have super strict limits with people in general and religion is definitely one of them). My mother is French Canadian, they are INSANELY polite (as you may know). They have a pretty hard time confronting people with personal beliefs and emotionally difficult confrontation. But I would imagine at…[Read more]
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Davis replied to the topic Emotional Blackmail in the forum
Humanism 4 years, 10 months agoIt’s possible Simon. It could be something she had been worrying about and came to the surface or it could be a recent struggle with mental health or both. In any case it is quite sad.
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Davis replied to the topic Emotional Blackmail in the forum
Humanism 4 years, 10 months agoMy parents are both virtually life long atheists. I believe they were baptised for social convenience but never attended weekly church or had any familiar religious activities. I was also baptised because their friends being my “god parents” meant so much to them. Apart from me visiting the church a couple times out of curiosity…that was also…[Read more]
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Davis replied to the topic Emotional Blackmail in the forum
Humanism 4 years, 10 months agoShe isn’t mentally ill. Depressed, perhaps. I wouldn’t blame someone who honestly believes in hell for being terrified of a friend burning for eternity. Any caring person who honestly believed in this shit would be terribly upset about it. Hell is the most grotesque religious concept ever devised. It is what makes Christianity and Islam two of the…[Read more]
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Davis started the topic Emotional Blackmail in the forum
Humanism 4 years, 10 months agoMy mother only has one religious friend who has been fairly tame with her religiousness in general (as she lives in a very secular society). She brings up God in passing (like “I will pray for this person”) but that is it and there was no attempt to convert anyone. The other day she calls up my mother and is in tears and inconsolable. She was…[Read more]
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Davis replied to the topic Let's talk about the last days of democracy in the United States in the forum Politics 4 years, 10 months ago
One major hurdle in the US are the extreme hurdles in making changes to your constitution! Most of the issues that hinder democracy in the US:
- Unlimited campaign contributions to parties
- Gerrymandering by the states
- The electoral college
- Limits on bogus voter suppression laws
- First past the post system
Would require constitutional…[Read more]
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Davis replied to the topic Sunday School 8th August 2021 in the forum
Sunday School 4 years, 10 months agoThe Tyranny that Europe is so well known for?
What the fuck?
During the wars: while the Nazis were doing atrocious things, your Southern states were segregating Black citizens by law, you interned innocent Japanese (and even German) citizens in awful camps and your soldiers committed crimes of war with absolute impunity (including mass rape and…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School 8th August 2021 in the forum
Sunday School 4 years, 10 months agoThanks Reg!
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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School 1st August 2021 in the forum
Sunday School 4 years, 10 months agoPOPIE!!!!!!!
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Davis replied to the topic The result of my biopsy is in and… in the forum Small Talk 4 years, 10 months ago
I do not know a single doctor who doesn’t recommend a good diet for improving health and especially serious conditions. After my kidney problems, my diet change really made ALL the difference in my improvement. Myths about super vegetables or super fruits is one thing. But a good diet without eating shit will improve anyone’s health. European…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School 1st August 2021 in the forum
Sunday School 4 years, 10 months agoThanks, Reg!!!
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Davis replied to the topic After death what? in the forum Small Talk 4 years, 11 months ago
Thanks unseen. Maybe we should all pray one day at the same time and maybe God will interfere with his already determined divine plan and make us all immortal!
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Davis replied to the topic After death what? in the forum Small Talk 4 years, 11 months ago
I just found out this week that I may need to undergo an operation in the future which has a 3% mortality rate within one year. I think that 3 out of a 100 chances is not negligible. A 10% chance of a serious illness is harsh unseen. I’m sorry to hear that. My fingers are crossed (which is useless, but less useless than thoughts and prayers).
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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School 25th July 2021 in the forum
Sunday School 4 years, 11 months agoThanks, Reg!
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Davis replied to the topic The horror of reading the Quran in the forum
Ridiculous Holy Books 4 years, 11 months agoNo doubt there is more violence in the Bible, and a larger amount of very graphic descriptions of cruelty and horror. They are both awful immoral books that cursed humanity from the day they were penned. The Quran however, is an endless repetitive cycle, you have the feeling you are being smacked on the head with a rolled up newspaper with…[Read more]
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Davis started the topic The horror of reading the Quran in the forum
Ridiculous Holy Books 4 years, 11 months agoI read through the Quran when I was younger (I read a lot of Holy Books) and before I realised the general horror of the history of religion and power structures, I read all these holy books more as bizarre cultural artefacts rather than what they are (books of utter endless terror). I’ve been contributing to an annotated holy book project. While…[Read more]
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Davis replied to the topic Are they all just grifters? in the forum Small Talk 4 years, 11 months ago
As I’ve said before the article does enter into hyperbole…but it is not an unreasonable piece over all and many of the critiques against them are reasonable. It is painful to see heroes in a bad light.
As for Enco I’ve seen these tropes a thousand times. Response: You don’t save western civilisation by supporting policies like racial profiling…[Read more]
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Davis replied to the topic Are they all just grifters? in the forum Small Talk 4 years, 11 months ago
It’s okay Jake. When someone keeps recycling the same tired nonsense, at some point you just got to start ignoring it.
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Davis replied to the topic England football in the forum Small Talk 4 years, 11 months ago
Scottish people were dancing in the street now that England lost. It’s hilarious. To be honest, the way English fans were booing the Italians during the penalties, I don’t feel sorry for them in the slightest. England foot ball fans are such an embarrassment.
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