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A country with an overarching culture and absolutely minimal smaller highly distinct areas is not particularly diverse. Yes, there is diversity in neighbourhoods but after a few generations they homogenise within the culture. This doesn’t happen in Chechnia, Dagestan, Tartarstan, Merv, North Ossetia etc. And in any case, large Russian cities are…[Read more]

I’m not so clear on the rational side.

I also think that what the Catholic Church covered up by way of abuse, puts them squarely in the unacceptable range. However, in other news…

They accepted that the Earth moved around the sun, only because the evidence that was surfacing was so damn obvious that they had to. So they switched sides to kee…[Read more]

Russia alone (that is without the former 14 other republics) have cultures which range from Turkic, Asian, relatives of Inuit/Eskimos, Finnic, Slavic, from the Caucuses and a LOT more. Linguistically, they natively have languages from over seven completely different language families which vary from Tartar, Mongolic, Sino (Chinese related),…[Read more]

Ehhh…the BBC may only seem left leaning by American standards. It is famously “neutral” and in fact, whenever there is a conservative government they tend to be tepid about criticism of that government, and often do “both sides-sim” where they seem to cover both sides as though they are equally valid even when the conservative policy is…[Read more]

Alright, Michael, now I understand – prophecy is a sort of evidence to help people feel their faith is well placed.

How does this prophecy lead specifically to the abrahamic god?  Why could this prophecy not be pointing at a different root cause, or god, or even a group of gods?

If we accept that prophecy is real and is a ‘magic’ phenomenon (for…[Read more]

Michael, in your belief system, what purpose does the prophecy serve?  Please try to answer me without ‘beasts’ and ‘horns’, etc. I’m not asking about the content or delivery mechanism of these prophecies, just their purpose

Those’ll be the ‘unorthodox perspectives’ I was referring to, Robert.

The aspect of Michael I was pointing out, was his good manners. As far as his beliefs are concerned, everyone’s free to attack them. Or even try to clarify them.

Michael and I have just discovered we share a disbelief. Neither of us believes in hell, eternal torture or vengefu…[Read more]

Hi Popie, thanks for posting this.

I agree that Michael may have some unorthodox perspectives, but he does not insult or mock anyone and never has, in all the years we’ve known him.

I respect him for that.

Hi Michael

Are you saying there’s no ‘hell’ or post life torture?

Hi Michael

Just to be clear, are all these prophecies leading us to ‘Armageddon’ or are they just random predictions about life in general, like a mystical horoscope?

Well hello Michael! Long time no see 🙂

I’ve got about an hour to kill in my car, later so I’ll have a read of what you’ve been thinking recently, then.

Good to hear Strega!

It would be nice to see someone respond to Autumn once in a while without mischaracterising her statements/position, inventing claims she never made and relent and concede a point once in a while.

It would be nice to see someone respond to Autumn once in a while without mischaracterising her statements/position, inventing claims she never made and relent and concede a point once in a while.