Strega

@Strega

Of course, the main problem the Sikhs have is that they insist on wearing their dastars (the head wrapping) which means that for The Great Unwashed, they must be Muslims even though vast numbers of Muslims do not wear anything resembling a turban.

BTW, maybe you know the answer. Is Sikhism an evangelical religion? Do they actively…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
@strega – it seems that there are seven passages in the Bible condemning homosexuality. This article proposes that they don’t mean that, but other kinds of non-standard sexual activity. Looks like intellectual gymnastics to me. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0146107915577097

It’s conjecture, but I think the two mai…[Read more]

@strega – it seems that there are seven passages in the Bible condemning homosexuality.  This article proposes that they don’t mean that, but other kinds of non-standard sexual activity.  Looks like intellectual gymnastics to me.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0146107915577097

Belle Rose wrote:
@strega

You are in our home now. Please respect the house rules.

I’m pretty sure he’s fucking with us

So climb out and see, Sister.  Sitting inside the Bus with fear is an evil spirit  “f#cking with you.  And deceiving in acting you looked at the evidence is another evil spirit f#cking with you, Sister.  That is not what your fe…[Read more]

@strega

You are in our home now. Please respect the house rules.

I’m pretty sure he’s fucking with us

@Strega – I met some Rastafarians at the Notting Hill Carnival one year.

I used to frequent “The Elgin” on Ladbooke Grove, which is on the Notting Hill Carnival rout. I worked nearby and would often get lunch there. It was a real dopers bar back then. I got to know some Rastafarians (they were even on Tops of the Pops) as they insisted I poured…[Read more]

@Strega

Everything you rightly pointed out notwithstanding, even today there are Catholics doing relevant research in just about all areas of science. They are blind to the church’s flaws or don’t consider them flaws, one or the other, but if I wanted to do research in evolution, paleontology, cosmology, etc., I don’t think there’s any way to do…[Read more]

@Strega and Popebeanie

I appreciate your kind words. Thank you.

@Strega,

Thanks for the greetings, I am encouraged by those that read my posts even if we are worlds apart in  belief 🙂

Davis, Sorry to hear about the passing of your mum. If we remember people with fondness and that brings us joy then who needs Heaven when their echoes can be heard whenever we pause to listen to them.

@Strega – You got me there! 😊

@Strega – Math is a tool, not a mystery to be unfolded 🙂

I have been reading the AP Calculus book that my niece is studying. It is a mystery to me 🙂