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Much fun to be had yesterday watching "The Big Questions" on BBC1 - the liberal and raving loony wings of the Anglican church sat tearing strips off each other while a smug Catholic sat in the front row grinning himself to death.
It all comes down to how you interpret the Bible, and whether you believe it to be the word of God or not apparently. Given the New Testament was written about 400 years after the fact it's pretty funny to see those who are prepared to treat it as a contemporaneous record of events defending their position.
"As you travel through life don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things" - George Carlin
Joined: May 10 2002 Posts: 47951 Location: Die Metropole
Ferocious Aardvark wrote:He's hardly the only priest who ever felt the urge to kiss the ring though is he?
I have yet to read anything about his church castrating young boys either to 'help' them against homosexuality or as a punishment for speaking out about abusive priests, as per the stories now coming out of the Netherlands, which also include the revelation that a former Dutch PM knew what his church was doing and help keep it secret.
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Joined: May 25 2002 Posts: 37704 Location: Zummerzet, where the zoider apples grow
If ever there was a case of religion attempting to trump common sense, then these three should be thrown out of office on the grounds that if lunatics cannot vote, they should certainly not be allowed to serve in Parliament.
They are now asking the ASA for scientific evidence that god cannot heal. They're even citing the case of Patrice Muamba
If ever there was a case of religion attempting to trump common sense, then these three should be thrown out of office on the grounds that if lunatics cannot vote, they should certainly not be allowed to serve in Parliament.
They are now asking the ASA for scientific evidence that god cannot heal. They're even citing the case of Patrice Muamba
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Joined: Jan 15 2007 Posts: 11924 Location: Secret Hill Top Lair. V.2
Can't the SAS just covertly bump them off and then they won't have to prove anything.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
Joined: May 25 2002 Posts: 37704 Location: Zummerzet, where the zoider apples grow
Sandra The Terrorist wrote:Can't the SAS just covertly bump them off and then they won't have to prove anything.
Now corrected
The older I get, the better I was
Advice is what we seek when we already know the answer - but wish we didn't
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full-frontal lobotomy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kirkstaller wrote: "All DNA shows is that we have a common creator."
cod'ead wrote: "I have just snotted weissbier all over my keyboard & screen"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin." - Aneurin Bevan
Joined: Jan 15 2007 Posts: 11924 Location: Secret Hill Top Lair. V.2
cod'ead wrote:Now corrected
Now my post just looks silly, I can manage it all on my own without you helping out.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
Joined: May 25 2002 Posts: 37704 Location: Zummerzet, where the zoider apples grow
Sandra The Terrorist wrote:Now my post just looks silly, I can manage it all on my own without you helping out.
You need to use the quote facility if you really want to take the piss
The older I get, the better I was
Advice is what we seek when we already know the answer - but wish we didn't
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full-frontal lobotomy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kirkstaller wrote: "All DNA shows is that we have a common creator."
cod'ead wrote: "I have just snotted weissbier all over my keyboard & screen"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin." - Aneurin Bevan
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