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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:23:25 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, my bad&#8230;.He told me &#8220;he got the letter&#8221;. Making false health claims about the benefits of products is seldom tolerated for long. Action can be taken quickly when needed.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.hpra.ie/news-events/news/article/urgent-warning-of-fraudulent-websites-and-adverts-promoting-illegal-medicines" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.hpra.ie/news-events/news/article/urgent-warning-of-fraudulent-websites-and-adverts-promoting-illegal-medicines</a></p>
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				<title>PopeBeanie replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum Politics</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:34:58 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll get back to responding on this forum, but one of Trump&#8217;s Shadow Docket &#8220;emergency&#8221; maneuvers is coming up within days. Be honest y&#8217;all, who here expects SCOTUS to do the right thing by not just kissing Trump&#8217;s ass?</p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:53:15 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know someone who was importing herbal teas from China. He was advertising it with various health claims on the box and selling it for a serious markup. He made a 7 figure profit in the first 9 months. He got a &#8220;cease and desist&#8221; type of letter from the Advertising Authority to tell me to remove all the unsubstantiated  health wording. He did&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49226"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-19th-2026/page/3/#post-61289" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 26th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 22:39:29 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had heard of &#8216;wooly buggers&#8217; before, up near Helen, in northern GA. Is it a Southern term? I often walk along the banks of the Chattahoochee and see fishermen there too. Never heard the term in Ireland in relation to fly-fishing for trout. Not my scene but big with some locals and tourists.</p>
<p>Anyway&#8230;.I hope Loomer gets herself further&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49216"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-26th-2026/#post-61277" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Strega replied to the topic Sunday School July 26th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:28:54 +0000</pubDate>

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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 26th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:53:23 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have a great week everyone!</p>
<p>“Heaven and Hell are not future destinations; they&#8217;re descriptions of social conditions. If the causes of suffering are earthly, then so are the remedies.”  &#8211; RTFF.</p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer started the topic Sunday School July 26th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:52:39 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new <a href="https://ncse.ngo/new-poll-canadians-and-americans-evolution-and-creationism" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">poll</a> of Canadians and Americans on evolution and creationism.</p>
<p>Most religious Americans <a href="https://prri.org/spotlight/flipping-the-script-most-religious-americans-support-legal-access-to-abortion/" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">support</a> legal access to abortion.</p>
<p>Schumer falsely claimed America&#8217;s founders <a href="https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/schumer-pushes-debunked-lie-about" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">called</a> the country “God’s noble experiment”.</p>
<p>UK government predicts one in five couples will opt for a <a href="https://humanists.uk/2026/07/16/government-predicts-one-in-five-couples-will-opt-for-a-humanist-ceremony-after-legal-recognition/" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">humanist</a> ceremony after legal recognition.</p>
<p>Students in <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/sboe-bible-curriculum-requirements/" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">Texas</a> will&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49211"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-26th-2026/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Thread in the forum Small Talk</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 23:24:20 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That will teach ya not to cover your ears when the promoter sirens sing&#8230;..&#8221;Oh brother where art thou&#8221; (by the excellent Coen brothers, is the best version of the Odysseus&#8230;.:-) and some great songs too&#8230;..</p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic February 17th 1600 in the forum Atheism</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:16:56 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Religion explained the unknown while the unknown was vast. Neuroscience explains why those explanations felt true. As our understanding of the mind grows, revelation is asked to compete not with disbelief, but with explanation.</p>
<p>Hypatia of Alexandria might have <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/hypatia-of-alexandria" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">said</a>&#8230;&#8230;&#8221;If the soul&#8217;s visions admit of natural explanation, then let us investigate&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49194"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/february-17th-1600/#post-61254" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer started the topic February 17th 1600 in the forum Atheism</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:55:26 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Religion does not conquer ignorance; it gives ignorance a vocabulary. It survives and coexists with ignorance because it explains ignorance cheaply.</p>
<p>Religion presents itself as ancient, armored, and metaphysically grand, but its vulnerability is embarrassingly biological. It depends on ordinary human cognition: agency detection, pattern hunger,&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49186"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/february-17th-1600/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>PopeBeanie replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum Politics</title>
				<link>https://atheistzone.com/groups/politics/forum/topic/the-new-powers-that-be/page/11/?view=all#post-61243</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:43:58 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well ok then, thanks for y&#8217;all being candid.</p>
<p>Now back to our regular programming, the Trump Show, Episode <em>Fudging with Elections</em>.</p>
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				<title>PopeBeanie replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum Politics</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:33:26 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been expecting American politics and authoritarinist success to keep getting worse, and they have. I don&#8217;t get why others here don&#8217;t seem to be as worried or bothered by it. So I hope it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m wrong. In any case, I ran into a more optimistic view that includes a more optimistic prediction, and it reminds me that we&#8217;ve survived similar&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49181"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/politics/forum/topic/the-new-powers-that-be/page/10/#post-61238" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
				<link>https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-19th-2026/page/3/#post-61234</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:56:40 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abby Martin is not new to being a liar.</p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:46:54 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is so much AI slop online selling <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000011001849/ai-influencers-health-supplements-fake-ads.html?smid=url-share" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">Woo</a> to the vulnerable and gullible at the moment. But when I hear sports people or footballers promoting it, I want someone nearby to vomit all over them.</p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:28:06 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Taco Bell &#8211; Lettuce spray their new investigation turns up something more solid.</p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:22:51 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My usually retort to &#8220;being born a Catholic&#8221; is &#8220;No, I was born an atheist, without no beliefs in any gods, just like you were too&#8221;&#8230;.</p>
<p>and&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Please explain to me why children need to pray? Better they to go to a church where they can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozAmXo2bDE" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">learn</a> to fly&#8221;.</p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:36:47 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was recently told by a student warrior that I cannot be a Zionist because I was an &#8220;Irish Catholic by birth&#8221; and &#8220;obviously I could never be Jewish&#8221;.</p>
<p>But I am a Zionist, I replied, and gave no more information. This bothered him greatly. His friend asked how was it possible for me to be a Zionist.</p>
<p>I replied &#8220;By using my right to&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49160"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-19th-2026/page/2/#post-61217" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:41:39 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>**INTERNATIONAL BAR, DUBLIN — NIGHT**</p>
<p>A crowded bar. REG is standing beside two women, CLAIRE and AOIFE. The conversation has reached the dangerous point where someone has asked what he is interested in.</p>
<p>**CLAIRE**</p>
<p>So what do you do when you’re not working?</p>
<p>**REG**</p>
<p>I think about why England survived Napoleon economically while Holland did&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49157"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-19th-2026/page/2/#post-61214" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:30:42 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, but you can install a local LLM on you home pc and &#8216;train it&#8217; to be something like a &#8220;Feynman  Teacher&#8221;. The teaching system needs a policy that treats the student’s demonstrated understanding rather than the completion of the immediate problem, as the objective.</p>
<p>EG &#8220;Discuss the impact of the rapid economic development of the country af&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49153"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-19th-2026/#post-61210" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:52:20 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, I think so. It think that is a very good question. An AI trained only on pre-1905 knowledge might be less capable than one trained today, because modern AI can challenge classical assumptions partly because its training already contains Einstein’s challenge. When present-day AI suggests questioning absolute simultaneity, it is not i&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49151"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-19th-2026/#post-61208" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:36:01 +0000</pubDate>

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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:28:37 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess we could call on Feynman again with his cure for &#8216;metacognitive laziness&#8217; and get students to learn the Feynman Technique first?</p>
<p>Explain the idea in plain language.<br />
Notice where the explanation becomes vague.<br />
Return to the source and repair the gap.<br />
Explain it again without hiding behind jargon.</p>
<p>AI could be built into that process rather&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49147"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-19th-2026/#post-61204" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:19:54 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Einstein’s originality did not emerge from knowing nothing that had gone before. He ‘stood on the shoulders of giants’ like Maxwell and Lorentz and others. Much of his work was reorganizing existing ideas around problems they had not fully resolved. For years Einstein clung to the prevailing cliché that the universe must be static. He later called&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49146"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-19th-2026/#post-61203" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Strega replied to the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:46:48 +0000</pubDate>

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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:17:12 +0000</pubDate>

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<p>A somewhat curtailed post today.</p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer started the topic Sunday School July 19th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:14:33 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/jul/11/times-opinion-the-problem-with-building-a-bridge/" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">problem</a> with building a bridge between church and state.</p>
<p>How political identity once <a href="https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/the-first-wave-left-with-conviction" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">drove</a> Americans out of Christianity—and why that&#8217;s no longer true.</p>
<p>The core function of religion has not primarily been moral instruction or existential comfort but managing <a href="https://secularhumanism.org/exclusive/placating-the-gods-the-core-of-religion/" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">relationships</a> with supernatural agents.</p>
<p>World of <a href="https://www.acsh.org/news/2026/07/17/celebrity-effect-when-and-why-we-trust-fame-more-evidence-50229" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">Woo</a>: When and why some p&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49140"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-19th-2026/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 04:41:48 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The live-studio, extended version recording of Escapism at the Honda Center is so notable, imo, and this reactor&#8217;s commentary is so enlightening (for me), I recommend watching it:</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="The Warning: &#039;Escapism&#039; Reaction | What An Incredible Rabbit Hole To Be In" width="670" height="377" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oSWhEGyPjFM?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 12th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:27:22 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jake &#8211; you might enjoy reading some of works by John Banville. He can have an unusual way with words that catches one off guard. His imagery is great. The landscape is being filtered through memory, grief, vanity, jealousy or desire. A cloud, a reflection in glass, a room at dusk or the surface of the sea tells us as much about the observer as&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49127"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-12th-2026/page/4/#post-61182" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:36:21 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope it clears up soon. Going to spend the whole day hikingwalking. Jake &#8211; Reading Dubliners as a &#8216;wee lad&#8217; is an <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2814" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">achievement</a>.</p>
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				<title>Strega replied to the topic Sunday School July 12th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:55:59 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last couple of days Reg. Tuesday it was sepia coloured outside. Felt I was in the 1890s. Today’s been a bit iffy. Tomorrow it’s going to be clear. We have local smoke trackers on our weather apps at the moment. It must be awful at the source.</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:19:21 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone impacted by the wildfire smoke? Folks in NY say it is a problem. Looks like it is in VT too.</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:38:27 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jake, people have been pointing out they’re very familiar with the traditional digestive disasters from Taco Bell and that this new explosive upgrade is of a completely different nature.  &#x1f937;&#x200d;&#x2640;&#xfe0f;</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:40:35 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jake. “Dya thinnk those Trump guffaw producing fuck ups are real or AI?”</p>
<p>The real tragedy is that we even have to ask.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, McCain of course. When I hear people ask if someone &#8220;has come out yet?&#8221;, I ask them &#8220;When did you come out as heterosexual?&#8221; or &#8220;When did you decide you were heterosexual?&#8221; depending on how concerned they seem to be about someone else&#8217;s sexuality. If they get all riled up I say &#8220;Oh calm down man, nobody here cares if you are straight or not&#8221;.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:34:24 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven’t yet had the time to think about the impact of his passing. I don’t fully agree with the sentiment that he became a MAGA Trumpist. I think he was clever (or diplomatic) enough to learn how to ‘speak Trump’. He remained in the Cain camp with foreign policy He was an interventionist in that regard while Trump instinctively does not see any&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49097"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-12th-2026/page/2/#post-61152" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:56:19 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The occam soccam obsccurantism blocker knocker is smoking.</p>
<p><em>&#8216;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84ZyRbb20-4" rel="nofollow ugc">member</a>, we don&#8217;t talk foolishness we talk trut&#8217;</em></p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:19:24 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Twenty past midnight here in Dublin. 18C / 66f but a cool breeze&#8230;.</p>
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				<title>Strega replied to the topic Sunday School July 12th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:05:26 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Reg so you don’t think this last weeks record breaking heatwave was caused by the gates of hell being opened for him?</p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 12th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:36:28 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have not this conspiracy theory yet so I might as well kick start it&#8230;..Lindsey Graham goes to Ukraine. He had just organized a major weapons shipment for them. He goes back to America and dies of a sudden cardiac event. Putin hated him&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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				<title>Strega replied to the topic Sunday School July 12th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:22:44 +0000</pubDate>

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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 12th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:59:35 +0000</pubDate>

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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer started the topic Sunday School July 12th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:58:30 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What fifty years of <a href="https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/the-nones-are-everywhere-now" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">data</a> tells us about Religion and Place.</p>
<p>Nope….the ‘Wall of Separation’ is not an <a href="https://religionnews.com/2026/07/07/from-augustine-to-jefferson-the-idea-of-separating-church-and-state-has-deep-religious-and-secular-roots/" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">attack</a> on religious freedom. Get your comments in <a href="https://www.historians.org/news/action-alert-submit-comments-on-the-presidential-religious-liberty-commission-draft-report/" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">today</a>! You could even try to <a href="https://americaprays.com/" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">pray</a> it away!</p>
<p>Most Australians have no religion, census could show if <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/11/australia-would-not-be-majority-religious-if-census-question-changed-survey-finds" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">question</a> was changed.</p>
<p>&#8220;Attempts to define British <a href="https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2026/07/report-most-brits-think-uk-is-a-secular-country" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">identity</a> in religious terms are divis&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49072"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-12th-2026/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 5th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:37:21 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of my clients is a large Dublin hospital. If I do have to travel to site, I aim to be there during lunch hour. A very good quality meal for $5 (staff canteen).</p>
<p>As for the Irish Star, do not be fooled by the humble tabloid layout, the celebrity-adjacent headlines, or the general impression that the editorial meeting takes place inside a&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49064"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-5th-2026/page/2/#post-61117" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 5th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:25:13 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;&#8230;and some commentary by me and then edited by AI.</p>
<p>1. Federal assumption of state debts<br />
The federal government took on the Revolutionary War debts of the states. This was politically explosive, but brilliant. It made creditors loyal to the federal government rather than just to individual states. In plain English: Hamilton tied the moneyed&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49062"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-5th-2026/page/2/#post-61115" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 5th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:20:55 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Enco &#8211; Yes, I found the Commentary article to be a very good read.</p>
<p>Here is another one I read recently. Taken directly from the Irish Times, July 4th. Written by David McWilliams, an Irish economist.</p>
<p><strong>It’s impossible to imagine the world without the dollar.</strong></p>
<p>The American republic is 250 years old today. On this auspicious anniversary, the s&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49061"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-5th-2026/page/2/#post-61114" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:11:51 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t post their new release &#8220;Ritual&#8221; because I don&#8217;t love. I don&#8217;t dislike it either, I just take it in as part of TW&#8217;s evolution, and I still believe they&#8217;re doing what they want to do, not just following orders from above.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, almost all of the all of the reactions I&#8217;ve seen have come in strongly loving it, including first time TW&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49051"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nobody-saw-this-coming/page/27/#post-61104" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 5th 2026 in the forum Sunday School</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:02:27 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>And if we’re to benefit from these proteins, we’d best get cracking and use AI and Ion Mass Spectrometry to observe and possibly craft these proteins as needed.</em></p>
<p>Understanding protein chains is one of the greatest initial accomplishments of AI. Before AI we had a very small library of knowledge on the structure of protein chains. Some sci&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49044"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-5th-2026/#post-61098" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:32:43 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Simon, here is a great read from a previous Sunday School&#8230;.<a href="https://johnjoemcfadden.co.uk/books/life-is-simple-how-occams-razor-set-science-free-and-unlocked-the-universe/" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">Life is Simple</a>&#8230;</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:12:44 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was surprised to read that <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r2vm6l72eo" rel="noopener" rel="nofollow ugc">Ireland</a> is to consider decriminalizing the possession of <em>all</em> drugs for personal use. I have smoked weed throughout my adult life (a few times a year) and nobody cares about it. But I suspect the religious objectors will be out in force again even though they keep losing (marriage equality, abortion, divorce). It will&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49038"><a href="https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-5th-2026/#post-61093" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:29:20 +0000</pubDate>

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