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Current Events / Re: "No Religion" largest grou...
Last post by zorkan - May 12, 2024, 01:41:46 PMThere are plenty of people like that in the UK, and I don't know why.
Some people just like going to church (no problem with that), but others stand up on outdoor platforms to spout out their venom.
As there is no point in arguing with them, I just ask questions.
"Is slavery permitted by the Bible?"
"Is the Earth flat?"
"Is it 6000 years old?"
"How did kangaroos find their own way to the Ark?"
"How is a man born of a ghost?"
"Did the saints rise from their graves?"
By which time I'm getting bored at their absurd beliefs.
I can even discover they haven't even read the bible.
Fastest growing in UK:
https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/elim-is-one-of-the-fastest-growing-church-movements-in-the-uk-heres-why/13171.article
More recently with the influx of Hong Kongers the Chinese church is fastest growing.
https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/latest/news/chinese-church-is-the-fastest-growing-in-the-uk-report-finds/
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1011968
Some people just like going to church (no problem with that), but others stand up on outdoor platforms to spout out their venom.
As there is no point in arguing with them, I just ask questions.
"Is slavery permitted by the Bible?"
"Is the Earth flat?"
"Is it 6000 years old?"
"How did kangaroos find their own way to the Ark?"
"How is a man born of a ghost?"
"Did the saints rise from their graves?"
By which time I'm getting bored at their absurd beliefs.
I can even discover they haven't even read the bible.
Fastest growing in UK:
https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/elim-is-one-of-the-fastest-growing-church-movements-in-the-uk-heres-why/13171.article
More recently with the influx of Hong Kongers the Chinese church is fastest growing.
https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/latest/news/chinese-church-is-the-fastest-growing-in-the-uk-report-finds/
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1011968
#12
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Jokes Thread (Was named An...
Last post by Tank - May 12, 2024, 10:21:48 AM
#13
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Jokes Thread (Was named An...
Last post by The Magic Pudding.. - May 12, 2024, 09:40:59 AM
#14
Current Events / Re: "No Religion" largest grou...
Last post by Icarus - May 12, 2024, 04:37:44 AMNot many of us are outspoken without cause. It is prudent here to avoid conversations about religion. The ultra christian element can become rabid and dangerous. Their "turn the other cheek" deal does not seem to be working for them.
I am more than willing to enter into a spirited discussion when prompted to do so. But that depends on the mind set of the other person or persons. My usual attitude is to ignore the people who are unwilling to carry on a meaningful conversation.
The hard shell religious folk, along with the MAGA crowd, have a condition sometimes described as conditioned bias. The more you argue with them the more entrenched they become. When shown the fallacies in their reasoning they anchor their resistance even more firmly. When dealing with people of that variety there is no use talking to them..........
I am more than willing to enter into a spirited discussion when prompted to do so. But that depends on the mind set of the other person or persons. My usual attitude is to ignore the people who are unwilling to carry on a meaningful conversation.
The hard shell religious folk, along with the MAGA crowd, have a condition sometimes described as conditioned bias. The more you argue with them the more entrenched they become. When shown the fallacies in their reasoning they anchor their resistance even more firmly. When dealing with people of that variety there is no use talking to them..........
#15
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Game: The Next Person... (...
Last post by The Magic Pudding.. - May 11, 2024, 10:55:27 AMFalse, probably, I'm not sure.
I saw this interesting couple at the zoo
I interpreted it as a female regretting her life choices and a disapointed guy saying "hay, you used to love my effluvium"
The nxt has seen a capybara eaten by piranhas more than once on wildlife shows and thinks there're questions that need to be answered re the piranha related mortality rate of capybara when there's wildlife film persons about.
I saw this interesting couple at the zoo
I interpreted it as a female regretting her life choices and a disapointed guy saying "hay, you used to love my effluvium"
The nxt has seen a capybara eaten by piranhas more than once on wildlife shows and thinks there're questions that need to be answered re the piranha related mortality rate of capybara when there's wildlife film persons about.
#16
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Game: The Next Person... (...
Last post by Tank - May 11, 2024, 09:08:24 AMTrue. It has been bloody awful here so far this year and I finally got to go for a walk in a T shirt!
TNP has seen a baby Capybara?
TNP has seen a baby Capybara?
#17
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Game: The Next Person... (...
Last post by Recusant - May 11, 2024, 05:05:43 AMIndeed, more than one of us has mentioned his absence, and it's a pleasure to see posts from him again. 
TNP is enjoying the change in seasons.
TNP is enjoying the change in seasons.
#18
Laid Back Lounge / Re: what is the worst job you ...
Last post by Dark Lightning - May 10, 2024, 10:31:31 PMIn a book called "Venus on the Halfshell" by Kilgore Trout, There is a dog-like alien race, that in order for the Earth's ambassadors to deal with them needed to train their sense of smell. Training was available up to a Doctorate in "Anumology". The embassies were paying big bucks for all that education until they found out that there were people in the population who enjoyed such work.
Fun true story. I had eaten a beef and black bean burrito from Baja Fresh for lunch. The day after, I had cooked off a giant cloud of gas, and was getting up to escape the scene of the crime. One of my co-workers came in and commented that the beef stew smelled wonderful! I didn't have the heart to tell him. Then I had to sit in that effluvium and talk to him. 
Fun true story. I had eaten a beef and black bean burrito from Baja Fresh for lunch. The day after, I had cooked off a giant cloud of gas, and was getting up to escape the scene of the crime. One of my co-workers came in and commented that the beef stew smelled wonderful!
I didn't have the heart to tell him. Then I had to sit in that effluvium and talk to him. #19
Current Events / Re: "No Religion" largest grou...
Last post by Tank - May 10, 2024, 08:41:00 PMQuote from: zorkan on May 10, 2024, 01:03:28 PMQuote from: Tank on May 09, 2024, 10:48:01 PMThe 'Hitchens' effect?
Is that Hitchens's razor?
"what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence"
Not in this case. If you look at Recusant's post it's the synthesis of atheism in the American environment. A cycle of refinement that make atheists appear outspoken which means that only outspoken atheists bother to get involved in debate and around it goes.
#20
Laid Back Lounge / Re: what is the worst job you ...
Last post by Tank - May 10, 2024, 08:35:48 PM