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Belle Rose started the topic I saw this on Quora….what really matters when you’re about to die? in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 7 months ago

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What do you all think?

What actually matters at the end of life?
My aunt died two weeks ago, 2 days before her death me and my brother visited her in the hospital. We were only allowed 2 minutes with her. She was very sick. I can vividly remember walking up to her bed, knowing that those might be the last couple…[Read more]
Belle Rose replied to the topic The Jews claim that the Messiah is here, but is he the real one? in the forum Theism 3 years, 7 months ago

@strega

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

I’m pretty sure he’s fucking with us
Belle Rose replied to the topic The nicest bigot I’ve ever met in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 7 months ago

@Autumn

Damn foreigners are ruining America. Build another wall! Keep the Canadians oot!

WAIT!!!!!!!!!! Before you build that wall up paaalllleeeeezzzzz let me in!!!!…..lol
Belle Rose replied to the topic The nicest bigot I’ve ever met in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 7 months ago

@Reg

I think I will keep the $20…………

David Depape from British Columbia…he’s at least half rich white guy. I’ll split you for a 10
Belle Rose replied to the topic The nicest bigot I’ve ever met in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 7 months ago

Case in point. stupid people. Paul Pelosi got attacked with a hammer. Thankfully Nancy wasn’t home. Can you IMAGINE……..

while his actions may not have been racially motivated….I’m sure he was probably a stupid racist white guy. Anyone want to wager a 20 on that? 😂
Belle Rose replied to the topic The nicest bigot I’ve ever met in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 7 months ago

@Unseen my son has a Mexican last name, and first name is….not. I remember when we were trying to pick out a name for him, I wanted his first name to be some thing that would never be miss pronounced, that everybody has pretty much heard of in the US, and that was more of a classic name, not one of those pussy boy names you know? A manly name a…[Read more]
Belle Rose replied to the topic The nicest bigot I’ve ever met in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 8 months ago

@jakelafort

I don’t know where i am from. So not sure where i would go when US implements its final solution.

Ancestry dna test will tell you! 🙂
Belle Rose started the topic The nicest bigot I’ve ever met in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 8 months ago

At work recently, a lady asked me, “where were you born?” I said my answer….and her response was, “You’re a long way from home!”

She was a sweet old lady. Maybe 80 something….

But what she was really doing was insinuating that I needed to “go back to where I came from.” As my cousins say, “we didn’t cross the boarder. The boarder crossed us.”……[Read more]
Belle Rose replied to the topic Catholic Schizophrenia in the forum Theism 3 years, 8 months ago

😂 😂 😂
Belle Rose replied to the topic Catholic Schizophrenia in the forum Theism 3 years, 8 months ago

@Johan

I think you’re just trying to play a prank.
Belle Rose replied to the topic Catholic Schizophrenia in the forum Theism 3 years, 8 months ago

@Unseen

I think the Catholic church is just an institution that is always been about controlling people. It’s about control and that’s it.
Belle Rose replied to the topic The Jews claim that the Messiah is here, but is he the real one? in the forum Theism 3 years, 8 months ago

@Johan,

The Bible is not the Reality of things. It is just the Words of God.

“Just” the words of God? Question… Why is it do you think that the words of God would have needed to be “selected” by a council? I don’t know about you… But every “Council” I have ever encountered is the last place on earth you’ll find unbiased objectivity or pure…[Read more]
Belle Rose started the topic Let’s talk about Queen Elizabeth in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 9 months ago

I am watching from afar (in the US) all of the news on Queen Elizabeth and her upcoming funeral. I have seen mixed reactions on the news. Some people are not “mourning” her death. I don’t know enough about British history to understand what they are talking about. I’ve always ever known the Queen to just be this little old granny who loves her fam…[Read more]
Doug Hanlon and Reg the Fronkey Farmer are now friends 3 years, 9 months ago

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Doug Hanlon replied to the topic Advertising-A Hidden Fee in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 9 months ago

Ad can be extremely annoying. And only a fool expects them to be always truthful — although they’re usually smart enough not to state outright lies, but simply to suggest things: buy this car and you too – you overweight pallid dull-as-dishwasher schlumpf — will have a pretty girl riding next to you.

But … there is no alternative, or r…[Read more]
Doug Hanlon posted an update in the group Sunday School 3 years, 9 months ago

First, a warning: if anyone taking part in this thread works in, or may in the future work in, any school or university, any government job, or for any company of any size … then, do NOT express any other opinion besides one of these: ‘IQ is just what IQ tests measure … it has no relevance to anything else’ OR “group differences in IQ are a…[Read more]
- Davis replied 3 years, 9 months ago
  Doug would you like to cite the actual book so we can comment on something other than your paraphrasing of a text please?
  - Doug Hanlon replied 3 years, 9 months ago
    
    I haven’t paraphrased it. It’s an exact quote, although I have left out the two tribal/racial groups the author is comparing.
    The reason I didn’t give the author’s name (and book title) is that i didn’t want to provoke reflex poltiical responses. If I had said the author was Charles Murray, or some other well-known conservative, people would…
    
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  - Simon Paynton replied 3 years, 9 months ago
    It sounds to me like bad science, because intelligence is very multi-dimensional. Was the writer comparing one race (e.g., Arabs) with another (e.g., Chinese)? Jonathan Haidt compares the morality of liberals and conservatives, in a very multi-dimensional way.
    - Doug Hanlon replied 3 years, 9 months ago
      
      Yes, I like Jonathan Haidt very much.
      
      And I agree that the word ‘intelligence’ is way too broad.
      There is the ‘intelligence’ measured by IQ tests, so-called ‘G’, which is probably just brain-processing-speed.
      
      But I know through personal experience that there are all sorts of people who might do poorly on a standard IQ test — or the…
      
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Doug Hanlon replied to the topic Sunday School August 28th 2022 in the forum Sunday School 3 years, 10 months ago

It’s pointless to argue this issue in the abstract, since everyone can mouth generalities that all decent people would agree with.

So let’s take a concrete example: suppose someone does some research that indicates that one tribal group is more intelligent than another, for genetic reasons. Or suppose this person just expresses this as his…[Read more]
Doug Hanlon replied to the topic Sunday School August 28th 2022 in the forum Sunday School 3 years, 10 months ago

As the West declines, we will see the disease of ‘wokeness’ invade previously ‘neutral’ areas. In most cases, since most of our intelligentsia is ‘woke’, we’ll see ‘woke’ political criteria push aside the previous rules which governed things like what articles get published in scientific journals.

Researchers will adjust what they write in order…[Read more]
Doug Hanlon joined the group Sunday School 3 years, 10 months ago

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Doug Hanlon started the topic Greetings from an Unusual Atheist in the forum Introductions 3 years, 10 months ago

Greetings to all my fellow atheists here, and my best wishes [ie secular prayers] for you in your personal lives, in these turbulent times, facing an uncertain and possibly danger-filled future.

I grew up in Houston in the 1950s, surrounded by (notional) believers, forced to say the Lord’s Prayer every morning at school for the 12 years of my…[Read more]
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