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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School August 18th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 2 months agoHowever, and I don’t know why, the professional birth charts that people can draw up seem to be very accurate.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School August 18th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 2 months agoI find that those newspaper astrology columns say things that are generically true for everyone, that’s why people think they’re accurate. You could read any one of the twelve signs, and think it applies to you.
However, and I don’t know why, the professional birth charts that people can draw up seem to be very accurate. Mine has a Grand T…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School August 18th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 2 months agoHave a great week everyone!
The difference between faith and insanity is that faith is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence whereas insanity is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence.
William Harwood (Dictionary of Contemporary Mythology, London, 1st Books,…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School August 11th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 2 months agoI think I would fell safer with a monkey at the helm rather than Mr. Magoo.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School August 11th 2024 in the forum
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School August 11th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 3 months agoThe Christian idea of heaven and hell never made sense to me. Is there some kind of binary division between good people and bad people? No, there isn’t. So, apparently you only get in to heaven if you believe in Jesus. Anything else is “hating God”. If God exists, he has the morals of a toddler.
I think heaven or hell makes sense in the cont…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School August 11th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 3 months ago_Robert_ wrote:
There is no cosmic karma, the only consequences are relatively immediate or null.Yes, a Christian said to me that heaven and hell must exist, otherwise there is no ultimate justice.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School August 11th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 3 months agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
DEBATE: Is Morality Objective? – Alex O’Connor vs. Craig Biddle.The usual complete load of old tosh that you get whenever moral philosophers have discussions. I think that no two of them agree on anything. Their ideas are bollocks.
However, they do raise some excellent questions, and if I am going to make asser…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School August 11th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 3 months agoThanks, Reg 🙂
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School August 11th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 3 months agoHave a great week everyone!
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Why do the Brits do mysteries so much better… in the forum Small Talk 2 years, 3 months ago
There’s an English county called Somerset, which is quite rural and pretty. No-one knows what it’s named after, but it might be “summer farmstead”, or a number of things.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Why do the Brits do mysteries so much better… in the forum Small Talk 2 years, 3 months ago
Unseen wrote:
A recent count I saw was 334Yes, it’s been a running joke in this country: don’t move there or you’ll get murdered.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Why do the Brits do mysteries so much better… in the forum Small Talk 2 years, 3 months ago
My American friend. This was his first evening in Ireland after a long day walking and we went into a busy “tourist” pub. My English friend thought it would take too long to be served food as he really wanted a steak dinner. I asked the server in Irish (Gaeilge) to get him one, without waiting for the menu. Ten minutes later he was eating the…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Why do the Brits do mysteries so much better… in the forum Small Talk 2 years, 3 months ago
In this situation, if Reg says “3 please”, the barman knows he means Guinesses.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Why do the Brits do mysteries so much better… in the forum Small Talk 2 years, 3 months ago
Before pubs, in the middle ages or whatever, there were ale houses run by individuals who may have been brewing their own beer…
God made Guinness. Guinness drinkers make beer. Beer drinkers make lager.
An Irishman, an Englishman and an American walk into an Irish pub for the first time. The fronkey farmer raises his hand to the barman with 3…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Why do the Brits do mysteries so much better… in the forum Small Talk 2 years, 3 months ago
Before pubs, in the middle ages or whatever, there were ale houses run by individuals who may have been brewing their own beer. I don’t know, probably a number of brewing companies started their own pubs. Apparently these are called tied houses, but we don’t call them anything. The opposite of a tied house is a free house where there is no re…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer posted an update 2 years, 3 months ago
I will get back to you on that Simon. I know some victims and some of the investigators.
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Simon Paynton posted an update 2 years, 3 months ago
@regthefronkeyfarmer – I want to mention the Catholic mother and baby homes scandal in my book. I think the Catholic Church in Ireland was a classic example of where patriarchy has taken advantage of an existing power structure. In this case, it’s taken over the Irish Catholic Church entirely. That’s been its downfall, in addition to the kiddie…[Read more]
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Simon is there anything peculiar about patriarchy? Or is it simply the case that wherever power resides abuse occurs?
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Patriarchy is a system of domination and control that is always looking for a host (according to the theory). So it’s not a system of abuse, but it encourages abuse. Also there’s paedophilia, always looking for opportunities for abuse. So the second has piggy-backed on the first in my opinion.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Why do the Brits do mysteries so much better… in the forum Small Talk 2 years, 3 months ago
Unseen wrote:
BTW, for the Americans, what’s the difference between a pub and a bar?A pub is a public house – a whole building dedicated to meeting and drinking. A bar is technically a counter with a rack of bottles behind it. A bar is more like a facility where they serve you drinks, than a public house, a comfortable home from home full of…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School August 4th 2024 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 3 months agoBelated thanks, Reg!
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-40334789.html