comment by Kung Fu Cantona 🙏🏼 🇵🇸 (U18082)
posted 22 seconds ago


Thank you for being a sensible voice on here.
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👍

No worries mate

comment by Plump Pumped (U22314)
posted 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
Live by the rules and beliefs of the country you live in.
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Who is to say they aren't?

Law abiding, tax paying citizens with a right to practice their faith.

People of faith should not be provoked, ridiculed or mocked based on their religion.

The role of the state is to protect all its citizens and not marginalise and/or villify minorities. France is institutionally anti Muslim from the top through its many incendiary endorsements of satirical depictions of a figurehead Muslims hold in high esteem to the statues it's passing through parliament.

All citizens should strive to assimilate into the rules, customs, traditions of a country to an extent, the fact many don't is the reason for a lot of the divisions. The UK is no different in that respect.
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Well clearly some dont agree with Frances freedoms.

comment by Kung Fu Cantona 🙏🏼 🇵🇸 (U18082)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago


Thank you for being a sensible voice on here.
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By sensible im guessing he says something agree with?

comment by Plump Pumped (U22314)

I'd disagree, religion is not there to be mocked or ridiculed. It should be critiqued.

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Unfortunately many people don't know the difference. You get stupid people mocking instead of critiquing, and just make things worse.

comment by Reddevilsdouble II (U22313)
posted 31 minutes ago
comment by Plump Pumped (U22314)
posted 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
Live by the rules and beliefs of the country you live in.
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Who is to say they aren't?

Law abiding, tax paying citizens with a right to practice their faith.

People of faith should not be provoked, ridiculed or mocked based on their religion.

The role of the state is to protect all its citizens and not marginalise and/or villify minorities. France is institutionally anti Muslim from the top through its many incendiary endorsements of satirical depictions of a figurehead Muslims hold in high esteem to the statues it's passing through parliament.

All citizens should strive to assimilate into the rules, customs, traditions of a country to an extent, the fact many don't is the reason for a lot of the divisions. The UK is no different in that respect.
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Well clearly some dont agree with Frances freedoms.
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Not freedoms, restrictions

Behaviour of "some" does not and should not equal poor treatment for the rest.

comment by Reddevilsdouble II (U22313)
posted 41 minutes ago
comment by Kung Fu Cantona 🙏🏼 🇵🇸 (U18082)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago


Thank you for being a sensible voice on here.
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By sensible im guessing he says something agree with?
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I don't follow the beliefs in this country and the Muslim population is growing.

Sleep well.

comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 5 hours, 35 minutes ago
comment by Diallo Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Plump Pumped (U22314)
posted 12 seconds ago
comment by Diallo Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 4 minutes ago
I think the issue arises from the importance people give to religion.

It's great if it's kept personal but if it affects everyone then perhaps it isn't the greatest force for good.
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We are hard wired to be spiritual beings, it's always there. For some it is central to their lives, for others it' s a subject they dip in and out. For others it is meaningless.

I respect all views and everyone's perspective on religion. However, I will not openly mock them or ridicule any aspect of their belief system. Presence (however big or small) or absence of religion in a person makes them who they are.
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I won't mock anyone for their beliefs but I think I do have the right to at least question talking snakes, Noah's Ark etc. I'd expect to be laughed at if I said I talked with a snake yesterday!
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This is where I despair at religion and to a degree take peoples views with a pinch of salt.

The original sources are not the way they appear today. The word snake wasn't used for example. Not only that but a description of a walking standing talking "thing" is also revealed and it's later we get the slithering and being on the belly etc, a punishment if you will.

But even without the mistranslations and adding to stories I always wonder how on one hand we can accept evolution from a tiny thing to where we are now yet laugh at other stuff.
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We don’t have to accept evolution on faith.

We can look at the overwhelming evidence of its work in action: Linnean familial structure of species, the molecular family tree, the fossil record, biogeography, lab-based micro-evolution we can actually watch happening in real time, deep anatomical resemblances, DNA evidence, and the intertwining and mutual confirmation of combinations of the above.

There’s no need to take anything on faith as far as evolution and natural selection are concerned. It’s one of the - if not *the* - best confirmed scientific theories mankind has proposed.

Why is it that if I were to talk to God, it’s called praying, yet if god talks to me it’s called paranoid schizophrenia?

comment by Be A Grizzly (U2206)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why is it that if I were to talk to God, it’s called praying, yet if god talks to me it’s called paranoid schizophrenia?
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Part of the brain that deals with spirituality is the parietal cortex. This is the area most active with people suffering from schizophrenia, coupled with the voices in their head could explain the part about god talking to them.

comment by Plump Pumped (U22314)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Be A Grizzly (U2206)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why is it that if I were to talk to God, it’s called praying, yet if god talks to me it’s called paranoid schizophrenia?
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Part of the brain that deals with spirituality is the parietal cortex. This is the area most active with people suffering from schizophrenia, coupled with the voices in their head could explain the part about god talking to them.
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So there's a fine line or no line at all between being mentally unwell and believing in a deity.

Sounds about right to me

comment by Colemanballs (U22246)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Plump Pumped (U22314)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Be A Grizzly (U2206)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why is it that if I were to talk to God, it’s called praying, yet if god talks to me it’s called paranoid schizophrenia?
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Part of the brain that deals with spirituality is the parietal cortex. This is the area most active with people suffering from schizophrenia, coupled with the voices in their head could explain the part about god talking to them.
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So there's a fine line or no line at all between being mentally unwell and believing in a deity.

Sounds about right to me
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Yet mental illness has increased in society as atheism has increased.

comment by Colemanballs (U22246)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by Plump Pumped (U22314)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Be A Grizzly (U2206)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why is it that if I were to talk to God, it’s called praying, yet if god talks to me it’s called paranoid schizophrenia?
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Part of the brain that deals with spirituality is the parietal cortex. This is the area most active with people suffering from schizophrenia, coupled with the voices in their head could explain the part about god talking to them.
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So there's a fine line or no line at all between being mentally unwell and believing in a deity.

Sounds about right to me
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But if your spirituality is zero to start with then it's just voices in the head, there's no god!

- Atheist hears just voices
- Person of belief hears god talking to them and voices

It's a fine line indeed.

Not for one moment Im suggesting people of faith are mentally ill, they are in a heightened sense of spirituality at its max to varying degrees to non belief. Just google parietal cortex and you'll see it is centrally located meaning it affects other functional areas of the brain including sight.

comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Colemanballs (U22246)
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posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Be A Grizzly (U2206)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why is it that if I were to talk to God, it’s called praying, yet if god talks to me it’s called paranoid schizophrenia?
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Part of the brain that deals with spirituality is the parietal cortex. This is the area most active with people suffering from schizophrenia, coupled with the voices in their head could explain the part about god talking to them.
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So there's a fine line or no line at all between being mentally unwell and believing in a deity.

Sounds about right to me
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Yet mental illness has increased in society as atheism has increased.
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Or science detecting it sooner and people being more open about it?

comment by Diallo Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Colemanballs (U22246)
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comment by Be A Grizzly (U2206)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why is it that if I were to talk to God, it’s called praying, yet if god talks to me it’s called paranoid schizophrenia?
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Part of the brain that deals with spirituality is the parietal cortex. This is the area most active with people suffering from schizophrenia, coupled with the voices in their head could explain the part about god talking to them.
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So there's a fine line or no line at all between being mentally unwell and believing in a deity.

Sounds about right to me
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Yet mental illness has increased in society as atheism has increased.
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Or science detecting it sooner and people being more open about it?
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Or more people on the planet than ever before.Or persons previously of faith suddenly realising they've wasted their lives on a false deity and losing it mentally.

Who knows the reason why.....fooking god knows

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comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 12 minutes ago
It’s funny when colonist killers talk about freedom and protecting values and rights. I will never listen to these people. Slaughter over 1.5 million Algerians and inflict tourture and horrendous war crimes and can’t even apologies and then give it the holier than thou act.
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They are a secular Country so you can't accuse them of having any sort of holier than thou act.

comment by Diallo Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 55 minutes ago
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posted 19 minutes ago
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comment by Be A Grizzly (U2206)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why is it that if I were to talk to God, it’s called praying, yet if god talks to me it’s called paranoid schizophrenia?
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Part of the brain that deals with spirituality is the parietal cortex. This is the area most active with people suffering from schizophrenia, coupled with the voices in their head could explain the part about god talking to them.
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So there's a fine line or no line at all between being mentally unwell and believing in a deity.

Sounds about right to me
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Yet mental illness has increased in society as atheism has increased.
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Or science detecting it sooner and people being more open about it?
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Doubt it. It's pretty easy to detect a schizophrenic. Never came across any when I was younger, now I come across them more than I'd like.

comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Diallo Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 55 minutes ago
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posted 19 minutes ago
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posted 6 minutes ago
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posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Be A Grizzly (U2206)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why is it that if I were to talk to God, it’s called praying, yet if god talks to me it’s called paranoid schizophrenia?
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Part of the brain that deals with spirituality is the parietal cortex. This is the area most active with people suffering from schizophrenia, coupled with the voices in their head could explain the part about god talking to them.
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So there's a fine line or no line at all between being mentally unwell and believing in a deity.

Sounds about right to me
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Yet mental illness has increased in society as atheism has increased.
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Or science detecting it sooner and people being more open about it?
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Doubt it. It's pretty easy to detect a schizophrenic. Never came across any when I was younger, now I come across them more than I'd like.
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That's care in the community in a nutshell (no pun intended)

comment by Colemanballs (U22246)

Or more people on the planet than ever before.Or persons previously of faith suddenly realising they've wasted their lives on a false deity and losing it mentally.

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More people wouldn't affect the percentage going up.

People without religion leave a void in their lives. Some can fill it, others struggle with meaning and purpose.

comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 13 seconds ago
comment by Colemanballs (U22246)

Or more people on the planet than ever before.Or persons previously of faith suddenly realising they've wasted their lives on a false deity and losing it mentally.

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More people wouldn't affect the percentage going up.

People without religion leave a void in their lives. Some can fill it, others struggle with meaning and purpose.
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So do you need religion to have a meaning and purpose in your life?

How sad is that.

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comment by Colemanballs (U22246)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 13 seconds ago
comment by Colemanballs (U22246)

Or more people on the planet than ever before.Or persons previously of faith suddenly realising they've wasted their lives on a false deity and losing it mentally.

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More people wouldn't affect the percentage going up.

People without religion leave a void in their lives. Some can fill it, others struggle with meaning and purpose.
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So do you need religion to have a meaning and purpose in your life?

How sad is that.
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Like I said; some can fill this needs with something else, such as a modern religion like liberalism for instance. Others struggle to find anything, and some go back to religion.

comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Colemanballs (U22246)

Or more people on the planet than ever before.Or persons previously of faith suddenly realising they've wasted their lives on a false deity and losing it mentally.

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More people wouldn't affect the percentage going up.

People without religion leave a void in their lives. Some can fill it, others struggle with meaning and purpose.
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"People without religion leave a void in their lives."

Really? Even if I thought that were true, I would agree with Richard Dawkins on this one: wanting something to be true is not a good reason to believe it is true.

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comment by Be A Grizzly (U2206)
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Why is it that if I were to talk to God, it’s called praying, yet if god talks to me it’s called paranoid schizophrenia?
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Part of the brain that deals with spirituality is the parietal cortex. This is the area most active with people suffering from schizophrenia, coupled with the voices in their head could explain the part about god talking to them.
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So there's a fine line or no line at all between being mentally unwell and believing in a deity.

Sounds about right to me
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Yet mental illness has increased in society as atheism has increased.
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Or science detecting it sooner and people being more open about it?
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Doubt it. It's pretty easy to detect a schizophrenic. Never came across any when I was younger, now I come across them more than I'd like.
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That's care in the community in a nutshell (no pun intended)
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So what you're saying is lack of traditional/religious values has weakened community as we knew it?

comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 1 minute ago
Coleman’s

They definitely are not an example of good humanity. That’s for sure.
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Past or present.

I'm not defending their past as many countries including North African countries have very dodgy pasts when it comes to colonialism and slavery.

But I agree with their stance on religion.It's not up to the state to force religion on the impressional youth.If religion is forced upon children then that's down to the parents and not the state.