I just don't know who to be angriest at
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13489641[^] Some people got rid of everything, even their kid's university fund. Part of me hopes they sue Hardold Campest & his snakeoil religion emporium out of existance, part of me is angry at them for being so gullible. The only upside is that it is likely that only the stupidest did this, hopefully this will improve the genepool as they can no longer compete with the less gullible. Good of the evangelicals to provide us with a demonstration of Darwinism!
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]I like the (far too few) quotes: "I can't tell you what I feel right now. Obviously, I haven't understood it correctly because we're still here." That's an easy one. What you haven't understood is that it's all bull. the newspaper quoted James Bynum, a church deacon, as saying "It's easy to mock them. But you can go kick puppies, too. But why?" So certified, qualified churchmen have also rightly identified them as sick puppies. And, of course, there's this: "Harold Camping has not been sighted since his failed prediction" Sure he hasn't. He's too busy moving into his new home in South America, along with his travelling companions -- several large suitcases full of cash. There may not be a God, there may not be a Heaven, and there may not even be a Hell worse than the one we already live in, but one thing is certain: There will never be a shortage of complete bleeding idiots.
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You're not the only ones thinking it... Some of us just make a slight effort to be "nice" about it :)
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Some of us just make a slight effort to be "nice" about it
Good. You be nice and I won't. ;)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13489641[^] Some people got rid of everything, even their kid's university fund. Part of me hopes they sue Hardold Campest & his snakeoil religion emporium out of existance, part of me is angry at them for being so gullible. The only upside is that it is likely that only the stupidest did this, hopefully this will improve the genepool as they can no longer compete with the less gullible. Good of the evangelicals to provide us with a demonstration of Darwinism!
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]I don't have the link with me at work, but there was a mother Missouri who murdered her children and tried to off herself to save them from the Tribulation. (Christians looking forward to the End Times are typically pre-Millenialists, meanging that they believe the time line is the Rapture, followed by a period of great trouble called the Tribulation which ends with the return of Jesus, who then destroys the world and remakes it into a paradise for the faithful. After a thousand years, this paradise earth is destroyed and the universe ceases to exist.)
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I don't think we should mock them. After all, we wouldn't mock somebody with ADHD - well I wouldn't.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
I don't think we should mock them.
You're kidding, right? These holier-than-thou cretins looked down and sneered at everyone who they decided would not be "saved", whilst wallowing in the mud of their superiority. They deserve every bit of mockery they get. I doubt very much they'll learn anything from the whole experience, though. They'll still see themselves as "the chosen", no matter how badly they live their lives and mistreat others.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
All Religions are Cults
But are all cults religions? (ignore me: strange day)
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digital man wrote:
But are all cults religions?
If you don't do The Time Warp regularly every Thursday (facing either Mecca or Parlophone), you're not allowed into the Rocky Horror cult.
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They deserve everything they got for being so stupid as to believe anything said at all in regards to religion. If they are so dim as to think that religion is for real then let's hope the ensuing poverty makes them realise how it is that the stupid and gullible are captured by these cults (All Religions are Cults).
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There is a quote in the BBC article that is quite telling: "I had some scepticism but I was trying to push the scepticism away because I believe in God," Here we have a True Believer ® saying that belief in God requires you to put aside all capacity for rational thought.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
WTF is wrong with Excel? I know of no Accountant that uses anything else!
Why do you bother asking the question, if you're going to answer it yourself?
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You're not the only ones thinking it... Some of us just make a slight effort to be "nice" about it :)
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Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)I'm glad someone else has picked up that banner and run with it, because it wasn't gonna be me.
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Consider this:* If this wack-job (or one of the many others like him) wanted to, he could successfully convince his followers to rise up and kill the non-believers.
- There a a lot of them - I mean, after all, they were all over the place looking glum and giving out pamphlets.*Yet another cause to worry. Quote, below, from clever Albert, at least begins to explain this. * With the world ending, and all, the smartest most-convinced amongst them would have charged their printing bill.
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Balboos wrote:
he could successfully convince his followers to rise up and kill the non-believers.
My response: "Bring it."
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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I agree with MW.
Dalek Dave wrote:
I know of no Accountant that uses anything else!
Yup it is great for Accountants, I just wish you would keep it away from structured data applications. When some pillock of an excel jockey says "I don't see your problem I can do it simply in excel, and it only takes me a few minutes" I just leave the room, it is somewhat like religion, you have your tools, I just refuse to use them!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Although I love being confrontational toward "Organized Religion" and "bible thumping freaks of nature", I do know some great Christians and Muslims who are really awesome people. I think what makes them great people is that they don't force their beliefs on people and they are not fanatical in their thinking. I think the key word in all of this is "fanatic". Whether it be Islam, Christianity, or the tooth fairy, if you are a fanatic then you are wrong.
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Slacker007 wrote:
I think the key word in all of this is "fanatic". Whether it be Islam Doctor Who, Christianity Star Trek, or the tooth fairy Star Wars series, if you are a fanatic then you are wrong.
Enfixed.
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Can I be fanaticly opposed to fanatics?
Ger
Go for it! We'll tell you how you're getting on. [btw, yer mam called. Don't forget you're expected for mass at 6.]
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"Blind spot" is a good description. I cannot understand how otherwise rational, clear-thinking people, often with an interest in science, can still believe in theistic religions. It's a mystery to me.
I think that is easy to explain. Most of us have been trained from an early age that it's better not to provoke god's wrath and were provided with a long list of things which are considered sins. This includes critical thinking. So, if you want to be religious for whatever reason, it's better to ban criticism from your mind as good as you can. Otherwise you will be in a dilemma.
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Balboos wrote:
he could successfully convince his followers to rise up and kill the non-believers.
My response: "Bring it."
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Balboos wrote:
he could successfully convince his followers to rise up and kill the non-believers.
My response: "Bring it."
My response: "Send it to John!"
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Balboos wrote:
he could successfully convince his followers to rise up and kill the non-believers.
My response: "Bring it."
My response: "Send it to John!"
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
I just hope they cart off their own dead/dying. I hate it when bodies litter the front yard - I'm running out of creative uses for them...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13489641[^] Some people got rid of everything, even their kid's university fund. Part of me hopes they sue Hardold Campest & his snakeoil religion emporium out of existance, part of me is angry at them for being so gullible. The only upside is that it is likely that only the stupidest did this, hopefully this will improve the genepool as they can no longer compete with the less gullible. Good of the evangelicals to provide us with a demonstration of Darwinism!
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]"the evangelist at the centre of the claim, Harold Camping, has not been seen since before the deadline." Maybe he was raptured? :-D
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13489641[^] Some people got rid of everything, even their kid's university fund. Part of me hopes they sue Hardold Campest & his snakeoil religion emporium out of existance, part of me is angry at them for being so gullible. The only upside is that it is likely that only the stupidest did this, hopefully this will improve the genepool as they can no longer compete with the less gullible. Good of the evangelicals to provide us with a demonstration of Darwinism!
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]How about being angry at the media for making this a front page news event for the last couple of weeks. Idiots. Marc
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Go for it! We'll tell you how you're getting on. [btw, yer mam called. Don't forget you're expected for mass at 6.]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)
Cant have been - mass is at 7:30
Ger
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I don't have the link with me at work, but there was a mother Missouri who murdered her children and tried to off herself to save them from the Tribulation. (Christians looking forward to the End Times are typically pre-Millenialists, meanging that they believe the time line is the Rapture, followed by a period of great trouble called the Tribulation which ends with the return of Jesus, who then destroys the world and remakes it into a paradise for the faithful. After a thousand years, this paradise earth is destroyed and the universe ceases to exist.)
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Can I be fanaticly opposed to fanatics?
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Ger Hayden wrote:
Can I be fanaticly opposed to fanatics?
No. However, you can be opposed to fanatics. :-D
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