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Originally posted by burd View PostI wonder what it does to you over time, gulping down demon seed.Cornell University
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More of this sh-t.
Australian sources report that a brother and sister in Tasmania have been ordered to pay over two million Australian dollars after a court rejected their argument that paying income tax “goes against God’s will.” Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot and Fanny Alida Beerepoot, who should be entitled to a substantial tax credit just because of those names, were charged with refusing to pay at least $930,000 in taxes and other charges. The two Christian missionaries told the court that they had paid taxes before 2011, but a “deepened spiritual relationship” had led them to realize that, in fact, paying taxes was contrary to the law of God.
I’m sure that, like me, the most pressing question you have right now is how the F did a couple of Christian missionaries earn so much money in the first place that they ended up owing over $900k of it in taxes? This may be the cumulative total they owed from 2011 to the present, but still, missionary salaries appear to have skyrocketed since the last time I checked on them (which I admit was never). The report unfortunately does not answer that question, (nor does this more detailed one that was actually trying to answer that question).
The Beerepoots, who are certainly blessed in the name department, told the Tasmanian Supreme Court that they believed God’s law was paramount and that it did not allow the diversion of His revenues to any earthly agency. “We rely on the blessings we receive from God,” Fanny Alida Beerepoot said, “which we give [back?] to him and not to an outside entity such as the tax office.” Requiring people to pay taxes took away their dependence on God, said Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot, and this explained why Australia is “cursed.”Cornell University
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CCT '77 & '78
4 kids
5 grandsons (BCA 7/09, CJA 5/14, JDL 8/14, JFL 6/16, PJL 7/18)
1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)
”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
- Benjamin Franklin
Banned from the St. Lawrence University Facebook page - March 2016 (But I got better).
I want to live forever. So far, so good.
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Originally posted by joecct View PostThey won't be the last either. What claim do atheists use when they try to scam the taxman?
"Sovereign Citizen" would work but those tend to be Bible Thumpers too.
It's probably some Bezosian Job Creator Mythos.Last edited by Kepler; 07-22-2019, 06:53 AM.Cornell University
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One thing I hated growing up: attending church in the suburbs, income (or lack of it) was an issue. If you weren't at least upper middle class, you weren't really welcome. On top of that, preachers would spew a lot of pro-life and anti-LGBT nonsense from the pulpit.
When I started checking churches in the city proper, lack of income wasn't an issue. People would buy coffee or lunch for me, and it wasn't a case of pity. Really helps that my current pastor is a lesbian and views me as a younger sister. Our church doesn't evangelize, instead we go out and DO.Facebook: bcowles920 Instagram: missthundercat01
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Originally posted by MissThundercat View PostOne thing I hated growing up: attending church in the suburbs, income (or lack of it) was an issue. If you weren't at least upper middle class, you weren't really welcome. On top of that, preachers would spew a lot of pro-life and anti-LGBT nonsense from the pulpit.
Parishioners had the same reaction to that as they have to church teachings throughout the entire history of the HMC: the dummies bought it, the smarties excused it as the corporate blather one expects when TPTB are protecting their brand. It's no different from Exxon proclaiming their commitment to the environment, Philip Morris stating with great dignity their concern for all their customers' health, or the GOP talking about racial justice. You just ignore it as self-evident, baked-in institutional hypocrisy, perhaps have a chuckle, and move along.Last edited by Kepler; 07-22-2019, 09:44 AM.Cornell University
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Kepler, please pass the microphone, cause it's smoking.
One other thing I hated growing up... when I was a teenager, it was all about marriage. "Save yourself for marriage. Don't have sex until marriage." There was nothing from anyone that said "being single is awesome and you are in no rush to find a partner." Hell, at my last church, if you weren't married, you were really nothing. There were events for married people all the time, but single people were constantly left out. Got so bad we had our own club that the church didn't know about. When I reminded this church you have single people and you need to take care of them too, I was basically laughed at.
In short, I received better dating advice from Motown (Shop Around, You Can't Hurry Love) than I did the church growing up. I also think pressuring kids to get married is the reason my peers got married in their 20s and were divorced by 30.Facebook: bcowles920 Instagram: missthundercat01
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Originally posted by MissThundercat View PostIn short, I received better dating advice from Motown (Shop Around, You Can't Hurry Love) than I did the church growing up. I also think pressuring kids to get married is the reason my peers got married in their 20s and were divorced by 30.
The idea of using sex as leverage for a ring ("Paradise by the Dashboard Light") captures the transactional moral sickness of so-called "family values" America. That was what teenage girls were raised on in this whole country for at least 40 years (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s) and in the backwards parts for 40 more and counting. There's nothing more loathsome than putting a mindless, craven, cowardly ideology ahead of people's health and happiness.
Whatever else Flyover has going for it, that makes it a hard no for any loved one of mine. We'll stay away from the Derp, thank you. I salute those of you who live with it and deal with it, but life's too short. Come somewhere where the average person has something alive in their mind and soul.
Life doesn't need to be so hard. Your neighbors don't have to be intolerant, insane imbeciles.Last edited by Kepler; 07-22-2019, 05:24 PM.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Kepler View Post"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? is the definitive song about teenage sex. Everything a teenage girl or boy needs to know is in it.
The idea of using sex as leverage for a ring ("Paradise by the Dashboard Light") captures the transactional moral sickness of so-called "family values" America. That was what teenage girls were raised on in this whole country for at least 40 years (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s) and in the backwards parts for 40 more and counting. There's nothing more loathsome than putting a mindless, craven, cowardly ideology ahead of people's health and happiness.
Whatever else Flyover has going for it, that makes it a hard no for any loved one of mine. We'll stay away from the Derp, thank you. I salute those of you who live with it and deal with it, but life's too short. Come somewhere where the average person has something alive in their mind and soul.
Life doesn't need to be so hard. Your neighbors don't have to be intolerant, insane imbeciles.Facebook: bcowles920 Instagram: missthundercat01
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Should have taken another day off. Today is stupid.Jordan Kawaguchi for Hobey!!
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Originally posted by MinnesotaNorthStar View PostShould have taken another day off. Today is stupid.Facebook: bcowles920 Instagram: missthundercat01
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"Holland Area Churches Reckon with LGBTQ Inclusion." Oh really, you think? When I came out, I thought Grace was the only church down here that would include me, so I went there.Facebook: bcowles920 Instagram: missthundercat01
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