Norm Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 13 hours ago, Ulysses said: One imagines that Uruguayans killed all their indigenous people with a passion and intensity few other South American colonial interlopers could match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesJambes Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 I think it's worth bearing in mind that Uruguay exists in the first place because the Church used religious justifications for colonising South America and killing or forcefully converting the natives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 minute ago, LesJambes said: I think it's worth bearing in mind that Uruguay exists in the first place because the Church used religious justifications for colonising South America and killing or forcefully converting the natives. No, I'm sure it has always been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesJambes Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 minute ago, ri Alban said: No, I'm sure it has always been there. My mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 12 hours ago, ri Alban said: Happy Easter! Please try not to choke on your eggs. Enjoy the Pagan holidays everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwindonJambo Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 7 hours ago, Joey J J Jr Shabadoo said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43601925 These believers don't seem to have much faith in their god helping them, now? Hope they spend the rest of their lives in extreme pain. 100 percent agree. They complain that they won't get a fair trial. So why did they join IS in the 1st place? Odious vile scum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 7 hours ago, LesJambes said: I think it's worth bearing in mind that Uruguay exists in the first place because the Church used religious justifications for colonising South America and killing or forcefully converting the natives. I think that's dubious. I see your point - but the biggest single reason why Uruguay exists is the UK. British people are really well received here, because it was Britain that created Uruguay, as a buffer state between Brazil and Argentina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Z Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 18 hours ago, shaun.lawson said: Really enjoyable post Justin, thanks hugely for that. I have nothing to add to it really - except to say, thanks for the kind words, provoking my thoughts and the background on Latvia, which is very interesting. Incidentally, I should clarify that I'm not Scottish. The image below should give you some idea of what some people have told me I sound like. That's great! Glad you felt my post was worthwhile! Likewise, I appreciate you wading in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 4 hours ago, SwindonJambo said: 100 percent agree. They complain that they won't get a fair trial. So why did they join IS in the 1st place? Odious vile scum. I wonder if they gave a fair trial to the people they murdered? That's a rhetorical question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 9 hours ago, shaun.lawson said: I think that's dubious. I see your point - but the biggest single reason why Uruguay exists is the UK. British people are really well received here, because it was Britain that created Uruguay, as a buffer state between Brazil and Argentina. Aye and Africa love Britain because they built them a lovely railway network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 2 hours ago, ri Alban said: Aye and Africa love Britain because they built them a lovely railway network. It is likely that I'd know more about the place I live than someone who has no doubt never even visited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 1 minute ago, shaun.lawson said: It is likely that I'd know more about the place I live than someone who has no doubt never even visited. Why? Millions of Scots know nothing about Scotland's history. Not their fault British propaganda. But hey you keep telling folk how the Empire was a force for good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said: It is likely that I'd know more about the place I live than someone who has no doubt never even visited. Only certain folk and Welsh go to South America to live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, ri Alban said: Only certain folk and Welsh go to South America to live. "Certain folk"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said: "Certain folk"? I'll gie ye a clue. Deutschlanders on the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 14 minutes ago, ri Alban said: I'll gie ye a clue. Deutschlanders on the run. You're a lunatic... but I think I like you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watt-Zeefuik Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 (edited) On 3/30/2018 at 10:07, LesJambes said: Well I for one am giddy with anticipation for your next tome on the benefits of theocracy and the evils of secularism. Are you just trolling or do you honestly believe that I've at any point in this thread done anything other than speak against theocracy and for secularism? Edited April 2, 2018 by Ugly American Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ri Alban Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 At least Science. And Religion have one thing in common. They make for some epic movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesJambes Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, ri Alban said: At least Science. And Religion have one thing in common. They make for some epic movies. I can't deny I was entertained by this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWafxnt3Zv0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Z Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Good, relatively short YouTube video. The examples: - A doctor whose fundamentalism-inspired lack of acceptance of evolution caused him to make a decision on a heart transplant that ultimately resulted in the death of a newborn. - Deanna Laney, who killed two of her children because she believed Yahweh told her to do so. Her third child survived but was hospitalised and suffered permanent disability. Yahweh of course told Abraham to kill his own son, so it's not like these instructions were out of character. This was a mother who likely loved her children very much, but when faced with an imagined faith dilemma, she chose faith. - The Schiable family, who have had two infant children die of pneumonia because they employed faith healing, instead of medicine, to "treat" them. Each case was easily treatable by modern medicine, but this "violated their religious beliefs". - Violence in Rohingya between Buddhists and Muslims. Deaths on both sides. - Aasifa, an eight-year-old Muslim girl raped and murdered by a member of a nearby Hindu group. - Families who banish or even murder their homosexual children because they are "abominations in the sight of God". "But it was just their beliefs, right? Their faith. What's the harm?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesJambes Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Justin Z said: Good, relatively short YouTube video. The examples: - A doctor whose fundamentalism-inspired lack of acceptance of evolution caused him to make a decision on a heart transplant that ultimately resulted in the death of a newborn. - Deanna Laney, who killed two of her children because she believed Yahweh told her to do so. Her third child survived but was hospitalised and suffered permanent disability. Yahweh of course told Abraham to kill his own son, so it's not like these instructions were out of character. This was a mother who likely loved her children very much, but when faced with an imagined faith dilemma, she chose faith. - The Schiable family, who have had two infant children die of pneumonia because they employed faith healing, instead of medicine, to "treat" them. Each case was easily treatable by modern medicine, but this "violated their religious beliefs". - Violence in Rohingya between Buddhists and Muslims. Deaths on both sides. - Aasifa, an eight-year-old Muslim girl raped and murdered by a member of a nearby Hindu group. - Families who banish or even murder their homosexual children because they are "abominations in the sight of God". "But it was just their beliefs, right? Their faith. What's the harm?" If people refuse medicine for themselves because god, I couldn't care less, Darwinism at work. But if they do that to their children they should be held responsible for the damage done, and have their children taken away from them. I've been addicted to Speakers Corner videos for a few months now. There's a few channels that film down there regularly, some very interesting conversations happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesJambes Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 More Speakers Corner vids for anyone interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSBHLT2drU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyhZn-9IVlw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Ks7iR9HgM BTW what is it with all the ginger converts to Islam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Z Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 21 minutes ago, LesJambes said: BTW what is it with all the ginger converts to Islam? Their lack of souls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesJambes Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 20 hours ago, Justin Z said: Their lack of souls ? Great to see another South Park fan here! Do you side with the Allied Atheist Alliance, United Atheist Alliance, or Unified Atheist League? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Z Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 9 hours ago, LesJambes said: ? Great to see another South Park fan here! Do you side with the Allied Atheist Alliance, United Atheist Alliance, or Unified Atheist League? Partial to the People's Front of Judea if I'm honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesJambes Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 9 hours ago, Justin Z said: Partial to the People's Front of Judea if I'm honest. Splitter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesJambes Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Good channel for atheism clips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Z Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) Edited April 22, 2018 by Justin Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jake Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 3 hours ago, LesJambes said: 3 hours ago, LesJambes said: isn't it easy and hip. Pffft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, jake said: isn't it easy and hip. Pffft Not as easy as going "Pffft" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidelight Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Smithee said: Not as easy as going "Pffft" They are walking slow in Houston, speechless in D.C. Edited April 22, 2018 by alfajambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 15 minutes ago, Smithee said: Not as easy as going "Pffft" Smithee. I'm agnostic. But it's easy to rip the bible. Let's hear it elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 25 minutes ago, jake said: Smithee. I'm agnostic. But it's easy to rip the bible. Let's hear it elsewhere. You do your thing bud, in the meantime I apologise to no man for saying how I feel about the religion that oppressed the country I grew up in and that I understand the context of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 8 hours ago, jake said: Smithee. I'm agnostic. But it's easy to rip the bible. Let's hear it elsewhere. Easy and amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 8 hours ago, Smithee said: You do your thing bud, in the meantime I apologise to no man for saying how I feel about the religion that oppressed the country I grew up in and that I understand the context of. 40 minutes ago, Ray Gin said: Easy and amusing. Fair enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 GQ Magazine lists the bible in their 'classic books not worth reading'. Christians not happy. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/23/gq-magazine-puts-bible-list-classic-books-not-worth-reading/541325002/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 19 minutes ago, Ray Gin said: GQ Magazine lists the bible in their 'classic books not worth reading'. Christians not happy. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/23/gq-magazine-puts-bible-list-classic-books-not-worth-reading/541325002/ Do you actually read GQ then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Z Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, jake said: Do you actually read GQ then ? Seeing as he's linked to a USA Today article, I'm gonna go ahead and surmise the answer is no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) 25 minutes ago, jake said: Do you actually read GQ then ? No, nor do I read USA Today. I do however like an Atheism group on Facebook which is where the link was posted. Edited April 23, 2018 by Ray Gin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsmak Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I also saw that in the Scottish Atheist group today ... Many laughs! Luckily they didn't say the Q'ran or they would be getting a very different response! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Z Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Theocracy in action. Saudi Arabia will execute 'atheist for insulting the prophet' Authorities became aware of Ahmad Al-Shamri in 2014 after he uploaded a series of videos reflecting his views on social media. He was subsequently arrested on charges of atheism and blasphemy, faced trial and was sentenced to death in February 2015. . . . After a lengthy appeals process, Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court ruled against Al-Shamri on Tuesday (25 April). . . . Those sentenced to death are killed by beheading or shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Z Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Haven't heard from this thread in a wee while . . . and now for something on the lighter side: If FL Town Bends Rules for Orthodox Jews, Satanist Will React With "Giant Dongs" Stevens is a local Satanic activist who has erected Festivus poles and Distress-ivus poles (that look like Donald Trump). He’s placed an image of an upside-down butt-plugged Jesus outside a local city hall. He hired someone to wear a costume of a giant phallus with Trump’s head before a presidential debate. He’s a provocateur. And the potential eruv means he’s coming up with his own alternatives: Stevens said he plans to “come to town with a platoon of giant dongs” should the eruv win approval, one for each of the nine poles. -- Absolutely love what the Satanic Temple have managed to do in the US because of the ridiculous current state of the law that as long as "equal opportunity" is granted all religions, it's not considered a church/state violation. It also doesn't hurt that this woman is one of the co-leaders of the Satanic Temple in Arizona: ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 On 22/04/2018 at 20:25, LesJambes said: Aye, cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmore Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Do atheists get less holidays than everybody else? Apart from annual leave, isn't most of our days off due to religion? Do atheists feel bad for taking these days off? I don't. The only good thing to come from religion is public holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Obviously it would be ridiculous and discriminatory to give some people more days off than others due to their religious beliefs. Personally I'd rather have the public holidays added to my annual leave so I can take them when I choose instead of on some daft religious day though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bigsmak Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 33 minutes ago, Justin Z said: Can you post a link to this as I can't read the article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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