TheEncogitationer
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School November 12th 2023 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 7 months agoReg,
I only read some of the Unherd article as I was getting annoyed, not with the Sade of Atheism but with the realization that I will be constantly finding articles about how an atheist found Jesus!! Like all the stories about C.S Lewis. FFS!!
It’s already happening on YouTube:
Maybe she’ll…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School November 12th 2023 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 7 months agoReg,
Well, now that I think about it, there is some good in the Ayaan Hirsi Ali story:
Neither Atheism as a philosphical position nor any Atheist that I have heard of says that Ayaan Hirsi Ali is going to Hell on account of her mere belief. In fact, no one goes anywhere on account of mere belief.
Also, despite her belief, neither Christianity…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Use of the term People of Color (POC) in the forum Small Talk 2 years, 7 months ago
Fellow Unbelievers,
I recently received a survey from a firm contracted by the hospital where I stayed. In addition to questions about the quality of my care, I also was asked about my “Race” and “Ethnicity.”
My reply to both questions was: “I am not interested in stupid prizes, so I am not playing stupid games. My ‘Race’ and ‘Ethnicity’ are…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School November 12th 2023 in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 7 months agoReg,
Damn! That is a big disappointment that someone as smart as Ayasn Hirsi Ali gave up Atheism for Christianity. And what is this doing on a Web Site called UnHerd? Isn’t she just re-herding herself? And for what amounts to a Post Hoc,Ergo Propter Hoc Fallacy and a False Dilemma Fallacy!
Just because great things such as The Enlightenment,…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunni Islam and Shia Islam Together Again…And Against Us! in the forum Politics 2 years, 7 months ago
Jake,
I just now seen I typed “Kake” instead of Jake. My apologies for not getting my glasses prescription renewed.
Although I will say, to use the parlance of the young folks today, that the cut of your jib and the nub of the jist of your words are indeed “cake.”
Now, to work on points for style, the idea of being an Emperor of the World…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunni Islam and Shia Islam Together Again…And Against Us! in the forum Politics 2 years, 7 months ago
Kake and Robert,
Believe it or not, there is something good to come of all this: You get a how-the-other-half-lives tutorial on what’s like to be falsely accused of bigotry and how turgid and ponderously stupid it gets.
You also get an idea of why more and more people are not so much renouncing education, but taking The Eric Hoffer Fellowship…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunni Islam and Shia Islam Together Again…And Against Us! in the forum Politics 2 years, 7 months ago
Unseen,
I made no analogy. I simply took three positions, condemning self-inflicted, senseless death caused by religious nonsence, condemning a mass-merdering group motivated by religion named Hamas, and upholding the Natural Right of self-defense for Israelis, Jews, and humqns in generql.
The only common denominators they all have is that they…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunni Islam and Shia Islam Together Again…And Against Us! in the forum Politics 2 years, 7 months ago
Jake and Robert,
Pro Tip: Take it from one like me who fits the bill.
When you are condemned and banned on a Survivalist/Prepper Forum as a religious bigot for mourning the senseless death by oil-lamp fire of an Amish mother of 6 children who opposed non-Bibical technology and you are condemned as Islamophobic and a bigot on an Atheist Forum…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunni Islam and Shia Islam Together Again…And Against Us! in the forum Politics 2 years, 7 months ago
Unseen,
I’m sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinians. Hamas, at least, has found a way for the Palestinians to vent their frustration and outrage, to get the world to take a closer look at the injustices inflicted on the Palestinian people. Condemning Hamas, thus, is equivalent to telling the Palestinians to just go back to suffering in s…
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunni Islam and Shia Islam Together Again…And Against Us! in the forum Politics 2 years, 7 months ago
Davis,
Nope. Nice try Enco. Another one of your standard strawmen. No one here is sympathetic to Hamas. No one condones what they have done (though one member does try to explain context a little too much on the Hamas side).
You can simultaneously disagree with everything Hamas does and stand for and be absolutely horrified by the excessive… -
TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunni Islam and Shia Islam Together Again…And Against Us! in the forum Politics 2 years, 7 months ago
Jake,
Maybe the Wokester Progressive types would be less sympathetic to Hamas if it were revealed that the Hamas underground tunnels had miniature halal chicken ranches…vhere zee animals are to be BRED UND SLAUGHTERED!!!
Dr. Strangelove–Peter Sellers–“An Astonishingly Good Idea”
Und “ten wo…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School November 5th 2023. in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 7 months agoReg and Fellow Unbelievers,
I should add the obligatory disclaimer that what is funny in the movies would not be funny in real life. Don’t use firearms in altered states of consciousness and above all never fire firearms in the air! 32 feet per second is 32 feet per second and whatever is going at that speed plus the speed of a bullet can come…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School November 5th 2023. in the forum
Sunday School 2 years, 7 months agoReg,
Inside the Church of the Straw Graspers.
While consenting adults certainly have the right to do with their minds and bodies as they wish and have the responsibility to pay the freight and certainly shouldn’t be oppressed or subsidized by the State, psychedelic religion is certainly nothing new.
A lot of forensic and medical experts…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Is the Middle East Crisis a Prelude to Armageddon? in the forum Theism 2 years, 7 months ago
Michael17,
I don’t know what “reframing from sin” even means, so as George Carlin would say: “Don’t waste your prayers on me! I’m going to Hell!” 👹😈😁
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunni Islam and Shia Islam Together Again…And Against Us! in the forum Politics 2 years, 7 months ago
Unseen,
Going round and round with you is indeed bananas. And unlike this so-called “meaningful dialogue,” at least Peanut Butter and Jelly is nutritious and life-affirming.
Again, go join all of your terrorist apologists in the bocce ball fire-ant field!
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunni Islam and Shia Islam Together Again…And Against Us! in the forum Politics 2 years, 7 months ago
Davis,
Ackshuyally, according to U.S. Immigration Law, Arabs and Persians are classified as “White” and Muslims can be of any arbitrary racial or ethnic classification. And Arab Muslims were the brokers in the Transatlantic Slave Trade going between African Animist Kings and European Christians. And Arab Muslims still engage in Sub-Saharan…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Is the Middle East Crisis a Prelude to Armageddon? in the forum Theism 2 years, 7 months ago
Michael17,
So God is the author of both good and evil, just like it was attributed to him in Isaiah 45:7 and he is dickless, hopeless and useless when it comes to doing good. Gotcha, Mike!🙄
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Is the Middle East Crisis a Prelude to Armageddon? in the forum Theism 2 years, 7 months ago
Michael17,
Even if Papal crime and corruption and Manifest Destiny in The Americas was a fulfillment of a prophesy, why should we worship and respect a supposed God that lets it all happen and does nothing?
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunni Islam and Shia Islam Together Again…And Against Us! in the forum Politics 2 years, 7 months ago
Unseen,
I’m fondly reminded of this scene from Star Trek: The Next Generation with your quaint verbiage (Fast forward to 2:26-2:51)
To answer your question above, the Israeli Defense Force would avoid civilian casualties anywhere if Hamas got the fuck out from behind human shield civilians and…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunni Islam and Shia Islam Together Again…And Against Us! in the forum Politics 2 years, 7 months ago
Unseen,
“Vulgar.” It’s been a while since I’ve heard that one. 😁
I thought that one was exclusive to scold-y Church Ladies.
I never thought it would come at me from some Postmodern Everything-is-Everything-Until-I-Say-Otherwise Mass Murder Shill.
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