At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
Sky fairies. Could you be anymore inflammatory?
comment by Andrew Cole (U22481)
posted 12 minutes ago
Sky fairies. Could you be anymore inflammatory?
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Yes, but I chose not to be out of respect.
Governments no longer need hokey religions to control people in the era of social media and data analytics.
comment by Andrew Cole (U22481)
posted 30 minutes ago
Some people should have a little more respect for other people's beliefs / religions.
That said, the murder of innocent people should be condemned by ALL, whatever the motivation for the killing.
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It's a bit weird innit?
Respect my right to freedom of belief
Haha you believe in...
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 26 minutes ago
At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
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Like the Chinese and the uighars?
Pretty hard to stop tbh it's a clash of cultures. Good to see the French Government taking a stand on Freedom of speech though
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 26 minutes ago
At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
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Like the Chinese and the uighars?
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Not a solution I’d advocate for. Re-education doesn’t need to happen in camps when we have schools. Government restrictions on religion are happening worldwide already, including in Europe. It’s a natural evolution.
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 17 seconds ago
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 26 minutes ago
At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
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Like the Chinese and the uighars?
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Not a solution I’d advocate for. Re-education doesn’t need to happen in camps when we have schools. Government restrictions on religion are happening worldwide already, including in Europe. It’s a natural evolution.
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Think it's the wrong approach personally.
These restrictions will lead to bad things imo and historically there is plenty of evidence for that.
The problem with religion is that even the non-extremists hold extreme views. You can go onto social media and see for yourself that the advocacy of violence is being normalised by people incensed by a drawing.
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 51 seconds ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 17 seconds ago
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 26 minutes ago
At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
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Like the Chinese and the uighars?
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Not a solution I’d advocate for. Re-education doesn’t need to happen in camps when we have schools. Government restrictions on religion are happening worldwide already, including in Europe. It’s a natural evolution.
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Think it's the wrong approach personally.
These restrictions will lead to bad things imo and historically there is plenty of evidence for that.
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“As long as there has been one true God, there has been killing in His name.”
Religion is totally illogical. People should know better.
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 10 minutes ago
The problem with religion is that even the non-extremists hold extreme views. You can go onto social media and see for yourself that the advocacy of violence is being normalised by people incensed by a drawing.
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Social media is fecked imo. Really shouldn't be used as the source of any evidence
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 51 seconds ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 17 seconds ago
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 26 minutes ago
At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Like the Chinese and the uighars?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not a solution I’d advocate for. Re-education doesn’t need to happen in camps when we have schools. Government restrictions on religion are happening worldwide already, including in Europe. It’s a natural evolution.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Think it's the wrong approach personally.
These restrictions will lead to bad things imo and historically there is plenty of evidence for that.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
“As long as there has been one true God, there has been killing in His name.”
Religion is totally illogical. People should know better.
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I don't think I'm illogical and I'm religious.
I don't think killing is simply a symptom of God. I find that a really lazy view tbh.
No it’s not a symptom of God. It’s a symptom of the nature of man, which led past leaders to create deities as a means to bend the masses to their will. Men have used Gods to justify their atrocities for thousands of years. Our ancestors were duped because they didn’t know better. What’s our excuse?
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 4 minutes ago
No it’s not a symptom of God. It’s a symptom of the nature of man, which led past leaders to create deities as a means to bend the masses to their will. Men have used Gods to justify their atrocities for thousands of years. Our ancestors were duped because they didn’t know better. What’s our excuse?
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Same armour ancestors imho. We follow like sheep rather than look at what they claim
Anyone who thinks wars were based on religion being the main cause are wrong
There's absolutely no problem with religion as long as they keep it to themselves.
I'm almost jealous of the strength that can be derived from it but if you're going to go around judging and imposing those beliefs on someone else you can go and suck Satans balls!
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 44 minutes ago
The problem with religion is that even the non-extremists hold extreme views. You can go onto social media and see for yourself that the advocacy of violence is being normalised by people incensed by a drawing.
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So every Muslim who is a non-extremist, which according to this world do not exist, all agree with the violence?
comment by *Robbing Hoody - Clandestine Boat Pleb (U6374)
posted 9 minutes ago
There's absolutely no problem with religion as long as they keep it to themselves.
I'm almost jealous of the strength that can be derived from it but if you're going to go around judging and imposing those beliefs on someone else you can go and suck Satans balls!
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There is a difference between propagating a belief, as in door knocking mormons or the fella on a box in the town and imposing beliefs via threats and violence
In my life time I see democracy being imposed on regions through out the world via bullets and bombs not religion
I know dozens of Muslims who I honestly don't think could be better people, it's got very little to do with any one particular religion imo.
The world is littered with extremely violent weird Christian's anyway, that's for sure.
comment by Robb Thee Rashford (U22311)
posted 10 hours, 51 minutes ago
comment by Picasso (U21397)
posted 6 seconds ago
comment by Not My Manager (U3245)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Picasso (U21397)
posted 53 seconds ago
Keep prodding the bear..........
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with cartoons?
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With cartoons....?
To you they might be a bit of fun, but to others they are highly offensive.
Funniness / offence is in the eye of the beholder.
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There’s a huge gap (or should be) between seeing an offensive cartoon and beheading elderly people. Now that is offensive.
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Looks like this is totally lost on Picasso. What an imbecile. People getting killed and he’s there telling everyone how highly offensive a cartoon is...talk about priorities. Disgraceful
Theist Religion by definition is believing in baseless nonsense. The danger is if you can believe and ultimately care about one bit of baseless nonsense then you're always ripe/open for something else bend your mind even further into fantasy
What kind of a religion cannot handle satire? Also this notion of depicting Muhammad is a new fad, South Park had him in an episode years ago and no one tired to kill trey Parker.
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 13 seconds ago
Theist Religion by definition is believing in baseless nonsense. The danger is if you can believe and ultimately care about one bit of baseless nonsense then you're always ripe/open for something else bend your mind even further into fantasy
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What a load of bol lox
Believing in theistic religion can be as much an informed choice as believing in anything
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 13 seconds ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 13 seconds ago
Theist Religion by definition is believing in baseless nonsense. The danger is if you can believe and ultimately care about one bit of baseless nonsense then you're always ripe/open for something else bend your mind even further into fantasy
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What a load of bol lox
Believing in theistic religion can be as much an informed choice as believing in anything
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How so?
"Theist
a person who believes in the existence of a god or gods, specifically of a creator who intervenes in the universe."
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 13 seconds ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 13 seconds ago
Theist Religion by definition is believing in baseless nonsense. The danger is if you can believe and ultimately care about one bit of baseless nonsense then you're always ripe/open for something else bend your mind even further into fantasy
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What a load of bol lox
Believing in theistic religion can be as much an informed choice as believing in anything
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How so?
"Theist
a person who believes in the existence of a god or gods, specifically of a creator who intervenes in the universe."
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My own journey is the best example.
I don't necessarily agree with that definition. Especially the last bit. Intervention is a huge issue that's been discussed in detail and first stand up to that definition
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posted on 3/11/20
At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
posted on 3/11/20
Sky fairies. Could you be anymore inflammatory?
posted on 3/11/20
comment by Andrew Cole (U22481)
posted 12 minutes ago
Sky fairies. Could you be anymore inflammatory?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yes, but I chose not to be out of respect.
Governments no longer need hokey religions to control people in the era of social media and data analytics.
posted on 3/11/20
comment by Andrew Cole (U22481)
posted 30 minutes ago
Some people should have a little more respect for other people's beliefs / religions.
That said, the murder of innocent people should be condemned by ALL, whatever the motivation for the killing.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It's a bit weird innit?
Respect my right to freedom of belief
Haha you believe in...
posted on 3/11/20
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 26 minutes ago
At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Like the Chinese and the uighars?
posted on 3/11/20
Pretty hard to stop tbh it's a clash of cultures. Good to see the French Government taking a stand on Freedom of speech though
posted on 3/11/20
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 26 minutes ago
At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Like the Chinese and the uighars?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not a solution I’d advocate for. Re-education doesn’t need to happen in camps when we have schools. Government restrictions on religion are happening worldwide already, including in Europe. It’s a natural evolution.
posted on 3/11/20
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 17 seconds ago
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 26 minutes ago
At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Like the Chinese and the uighars?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not a solution I’d advocate for. Re-education doesn’t need to happen in camps when we have schools. Government restrictions on religion are happening worldwide already, including in Europe. It’s a natural evolution.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Think it's the wrong approach personally.
These restrictions will lead to bad things imo and historically there is plenty of evidence for that.
posted on 3/11/20
The problem with religion is that even the non-extremists hold extreme views. You can go onto social media and see for yourself that the advocacy of violence is being normalised by people incensed by a drawing.
posted on 3/11/20
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 51 seconds ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 17 seconds ago
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 26 minutes ago
At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Like the Chinese and the uighars?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not a solution I’d advocate for. Re-education doesn’t need to happen in camps when we have schools. Government restrictions on religion are happening worldwide already, including in Europe. It’s a natural evolution.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Think it's the wrong approach personally.
These restrictions will lead to bad things imo and historically there is plenty of evidence for that.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
“As long as there has been one true God, there has been killing in His name.”
Religion is totally illogical. People should know better.
posted on 3/11/20
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 10 minutes ago
The problem with religion is that even the non-extremists hold extreme views. You can go onto social media and see for yourself that the advocacy of violence is being normalised by people incensed by a drawing.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Social media is fecked imo. Really shouldn't be used as the source of any evidence
posted on 3/11/20
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 51 seconds ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 17 seconds ago
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 26 minutes ago
At some point, governments are going to have to ban the worship of sky fairies and drag people kicking and screaming into the modern era.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Like the Chinese and the uighars?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not a solution I’d advocate for. Re-education doesn’t need to happen in camps when we have schools. Government restrictions on religion are happening worldwide already, including in Europe. It’s a natural evolution.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Think it's the wrong approach personally.
These restrictions will lead to bad things imo and historically there is plenty of evidence for that.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
“As long as there has been one true God, there has been killing in His name.”
Religion is totally illogical. People should know better.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't think I'm illogical and I'm religious.
I don't think killing is simply a symptom of God. I find that a really lazy view tbh.
posted on 3/11/20
No it’s not a symptom of God. It’s a symptom of the nature of man, which led past leaders to create deities as a means to bend the masses to their will. Men have used Gods to justify their atrocities for thousands of years. Our ancestors were duped because they didn’t know better. What’s our excuse?
posted on 3/11/20
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 4 minutes ago
No it’s not a symptom of God. It’s a symptom of the nature of man, which led past leaders to create deities as a means to bend the masses to their will. Men have used Gods to justify their atrocities for thousands of years. Our ancestors were duped because they didn’t know better. What’s our excuse?
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Same armour ancestors imho. We follow like sheep rather than look at what they claim
Anyone who thinks wars were based on religion being the main cause are wrong
posted on 3/11/20
Same as our
posted on 3/11/20
There's absolutely no problem with religion as long as they keep it to themselves.
I'm almost jealous of the strength that can be derived from it but if you're going to go around judging and imposing those beliefs on someone else you can go and suck Satans balls!
posted on 3/11/20
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 44 minutes ago
The problem with religion is that even the non-extremists hold extreme views. You can go onto social media and see for yourself that the advocacy of violence is being normalised by people incensed by a drawing.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
So every Muslim who is a non-extremist, which according to this world do not exist, all agree with the violence?
posted on 3/11/20
comment by *Robbing Hoody - Clandestine Boat Pleb (U6374)
posted 9 minutes ago
There's absolutely no problem with religion as long as they keep it to themselves.
I'm almost jealous of the strength that can be derived from it but if you're going to go around judging and imposing those beliefs on someone else you can go and suck Satans balls!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
There is a difference between propagating a belief, as in door knocking mormons or the fella on a box in the town and imposing beliefs via threats and violence
In my life time I see democracy being imposed on regions through out the world via bullets and bombs not religion
posted on 3/11/20
I know dozens of Muslims who I honestly don't think could be better people, it's got very little to do with any one particular religion imo.
The world is littered with extremely violent weird Christian's anyway, that's for sure.
posted on 3/11/20
comment by Robb Thee Rashford (U22311)
posted 10 hours, 51 minutes ago
comment by Picasso (U21397)
posted 6 seconds ago
comment by Not My Manager (U3245)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Picasso (U21397)
posted 53 seconds ago
Keep prodding the bear..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------
with cartoons?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
With cartoons....?
To you they might be a bit of fun, but to others they are highly offensive.
Funniness / offence is in the eye of the beholder.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
There’s a huge gap (or should be) between seeing an offensive cartoon and beheading elderly people. Now that is offensive.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Looks like this is totally lost on Picasso. What an imbecile. People getting killed and he’s there telling everyone how highly offensive a cartoon is...talk about priorities. Disgraceful
posted on 3/11/20
Theist Religion by definition is believing in baseless nonsense. The danger is if you can believe and ultimately care about one bit of baseless nonsense then you're always ripe/open for something else bend your mind even further into fantasy
posted on 3/11/20
What kind of a religion cannot handle satire? Also this notion of depicting Muhammad is a new fad, South Park had him in an episode years ago and no one tired to kill trey Parker.
posted on 3/11/20
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 13 seconds ago
Theist Religion by definition is believing in baseless nonsense. The danger is if you can believe and ultimately care about one bit of baseless nonsense then you're always ripe/open for something else bend your mind even further into fantasy
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What a load of bol lox
Believing in theistic religion can be as much an informed choice as believing in anything
posted on 3/11/20
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 13 seconds ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 13 seconds ago
Theist Religion by definition is believing in baseless nonsense. The danger is if you can believe and ultimately care about one bit of baseless nonsense then you're always ripe/open for something else bend your mind even further into fantasy
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What a load of bol lox
Believing in theistic religion can be as much an informed choice as believing in anything
----------------------------------------------------------------------
How so?
"Theist
a person who believes in the existence of a god or gods, specifically of a creator who intervenes in the universe."
posted on 3/11/20
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Jinja Ninja (U19849)
posted 13 seconds ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 13 seconds ago
Theist Religion by definition is believing in baseless nonsense. The danger is if you can believe and ultimately care about one bit of baseless nonsense then you're always ripe/open for something else bend your mind even further into fantasy
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What a load of bol lox
Believing in theistic religion can be as much an informed choice as believing in anything
----------------------------------------------------------------------
How so?
"Theist
a person who believes in the existence of a god or gods, specifically of a creator who intervenes in the universe."
----------------------------------------------------------------------
My own journey is the best example.
I don't necessarily agree with that definition. Especially the last bit. Intervention is a huge issue that's been discussed in detail and first stand up to that definition
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