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Originally posted by 5mn_Major View PostAnd the balance of society rates religion as even more highly important.
It appears your argument works against your point."The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir
"Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth
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Originally posted by unofan View PostRoughly half of all people have below average intelligence, and average ain't exactly great.
Originally posted by St. Clown View PostThose post graduates include a lot of MBA degrees. Just saying.Originally posted by St. Clown View PostYes, people with less education are more likely to believe in the supernatural ghosts and zombies. Consider me surprised.
Originally posted by Kepler View PostAs can clear, logical, secular humanist thinking.Go Gophers!
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Originally posted by 5mn_Major View Post80% say its at least fairly important. Not average by any math I know.
Also, saying something is fairly important doesn't mean you're in agreement, it can mean a variety of things. I think religion is at least fairly important because if I were to go around badmouthing Zombie Jesus to the masses, I wouldn't make very many friends in this country, would I?"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir
"Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth
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Originally posted by 5mn_Major View Post80% say its at least fairly important. Not average by any math I know.In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher'.
Originally posted by burdI look at some people and I just know they do it doggy style. No way they're getting close to my kids.
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Are the previous arguments really worth abandoning?
Originally posted by St. Clown View PostHolding a majority opinion doesn't make one right. It just means more people agree with you. Congratulations on most people being wrong.
Your new claim is that religion is not important in society? What facts can you provide that outweigh 80% of society saying it is?Go Gophers!
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Originally posted by St. Clown View PostThose post graduates include a lot of MBA degrees. Just saying.
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Originally posted by 5mn_Major View PostAre the previous arguments really worth abandoning?
Trying to track with this new line of reasoning...
Your new claim is that religion is not important in society? What facts can you provide that outweigh 80% of society saying it is?
1) I said that holding a majority opinion does not make your opinion correct. The majority of people believe in magic from a deity that likes to occasionally commit genocide in the name of love( ). I say they were stories told to keep the natives in line, giving them hope, and tricking them into making more little people so that their tribe could grow to, hopefully, someday become the dominant force in their known world.
2 (from another post) ) Saying religion is important isn't the same as claiming adherence to it. I'm not an adherent to any religion, but I'm also not going out into public to profane anybody's invisible friend - I save that for this place. Why? Because I don't see a need to rile up the average dunderheads who might be willing to bomb me, or shoot me, or torch a small wooden structure in effigy that sits upon my front lawn, or hang me. So I would answer that religion is important to me - because of the irrationality of others. I'm not alone in this line of thinking, and therefore I don't believe that the 80% figure is adherence to a religion. There's a group of people who simply recognize its misplaced importance in the lives of others, and therefore call it a significant force in society."The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir
"Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth
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Originally posted by St. Clown View PostI'm confused at your confusion.
1) I said that holding a majority opinion does not make your opinion correct. The majority of people believe in magic from a deity that likes to occasionally commit genocide in the name of love( ). I say they were stories told to keep the natives in line, giving them hope, and tricking them into making more little people so that their tribe could grow to, hopefully, someday become the dominant force in their known world.
Originally posted by St. Clown View Post2 (from another post) ) Saying religion is important isn't the same as claiming adherence to it.
You said:
Originally posted by St. Clown View PostHolding a majority opinion doesn't make one right. It just means more people agree with you. Congratulations on most people being wrong.
Originally posted by St. Clown View PostSo I would answer that religion is important to me - because of the irrationality of others. I'm not alone in this line of thinking, and therefore I don't believe that the 80% figure is adherence to a religion. There's a group of people who simply recognize its misplaced importance in the lives of others, and therefore call it a significant force in society.Go Gophers!
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So ala carte Christianity goes hand in hand with ala carte reading comprehension. So much for that, Mr. Magoo."The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir
"Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth
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Originally posted by mookie1995 View PostBlanket scientist is potential broad.
As in hoping sociologist isn’t includedCornell University
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A Jesuit is unhappy with Dumpy.
Naked cruelty, sheer stupidity and gross incompetence lead to the disgraceful mistreatment of these children. We treat our pets better than this. But that's no surprise: migrants and refugees have for so long been described as animals. The sin here is immense.
Here we see the malign effects of such a grave grave sin. Motivated by selfishness (Go back where you came from!), magnified by cruelty (They got what's coming to them!), cloaked in lies (We didn't say that!), we see the results: physical suffering, misery, confusion, despair.
And, finally, people refusing to take responsibility, denying complicity and passing on blame, completes the portrait of sin. But all involved in this--from the president to those who are taking children away from their parents--are cooperating in evil.
Until the last child is returned to his or her parents, the sin will remain. Even then, all those involved in this will have to beg forgiveness from God. Because in the fullness of time, the ones in trouble will not be the migrants. It will be those who sinned against them.Last edited by Kepler; 06-21-2018, 11:39 AM.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostA Jesuit is unhappy with Dumpy.
I have no doubt our conservative Catholic posters will renounce their support for Dump and the GOP in order to reassert their belief in justice, kindness, morality, and Christian virtues.CCT '77 & '78
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