Non-IT News Thread
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@nerdydad 1. Translations that span thousands of years are not reliable. When a tiny percent of the population is literate, they are dependent on the honesty of the translators. Since those translators are human, all their work is shite.
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"Give until it hurts, because you don't need earthly riches, you peasants..."? Nice. No wonder the dark ages lasted so long.
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Atheists and agnostics not only don't demand payments from anyone, they also don't provide young boys for the enjoyment of their highest ranking leaders. They're not a drain on tax dollars (because they pay taxes), and they don't hold undue influence on world affairs. But yeah, the church is great. Without the church, we wouldn't have had all those great, awesome wars!
Disclaimer: I was raised in a Baptist church, and could see the inherent hypocrisy by the time I was 7 or 8. So no sale on "give us money or you go to hell" or any of the other BS churches spew.
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Remember.... Religion is like a penis. Many people have one, it's ok to be proud of it, but under no circumstances should you go waving it around in public or shoving down someone's throat without permission.
If the church had followed that dictum, the world would probably be a better place now.
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@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:
- Atheists and agnostics not only don't demand payments from anyone...
Deists fall into this category too.
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
"While you are here, do you know about Jesus?"
And watch how many people dive back into the flood waters to take their chances with the snakes and gators?
Thats their choice, but at least the church would be doing what it was originally meant to do.
I thought the original goal of the church was as a money grab to help people as they traveled. With the expectation of leaving something of value to the church as a form of gratitude. . . .
The purpose of the church is many things:
- Help imperfect people become more like Christ
- Spread the Good News of the Gospel to everybody.
Sorry to do this, but you're wrong.
The purpose of the church was there to act as a hostels as people would pass through. They would speak about religion and expect items in return. Ie to Make money.
Churches and religion are built around earning money for the Church.
I've never heard that before - where did you learn this?
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
"While you are here, do you know about Jesus?"
And watch how many people dive back into the flood waters to take their chances with the snakes and gators?
Thats their choice, but at least the church would be doing what it was originally meant to do.
I thought the original goal of the church was as a money grab to help people as they traveled. With the expectation of leaving something of value to the church as a form of gratitude. . . .
The purpose of the church is many things:
- Help imperfect people become more like Christ
- Spread the Good News of the Gospel to everybody.
Sorry to do this, but you're wrong.
The purpose of the church was there to act as a hostels as people would pass through. They would speak about religion and expect items in return. Ie to Make money.
Churches and religion are built around earning money for the Church.
I've never heard that before - where did you learn this?
I assume this dates back to nearly 0 AD?Arts history class from college (most worthless class ever) but totally based on identifiable facts.
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
"While you are here, do you know about Jesus?"
And watch how many people dive back into the flood waters to take their chances with the snakes and gators?
Thats their choice, but at least the church would be doing what it was originally meant to do.
I thought the original goal of the church was as a money grab to help people as they traveled. With the expectation of leaving something of value to the church as a form of gratitude. . . .
The purpose of the church is many things:
- Help imperfect people become more like Christ
- Spread the Good News of the Gospel to everybody.
Sorry to do this, but you're wrong.
The purpose of the church was there to act as a hostels as people would pass through. They would speak about religion and expect items in return. Ie to Make money.
Churches and religion are built around earning money for the Church.
I've never heard that before - where did you learn this?
I assume this dates back to nearly 0 AD?You get into a really difficult question there. If you mean the church using the term Christian, it is much later. If you mean in general, it was millennium old by the time of Christ. So you have to specify if you are talking about a specific implementation of the concept, or the concept itself.
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I'm not sure how I feel about this.
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Frankfurt to evacuate 70,000 after British WW2 bomb found
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Frankfurt to evacuate 70,000 after British WW2 bomb found
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41113605I thought this was the same one mentioned on the news this morning, but the numbers don't match.
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If only there could be a place to teach critical thinking skills.....
Canadian university loses $10m in phishing scam
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
If only there could be a place to teach critical thinking skills.....
Canadian university loses $10m in phishing scam
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41116177
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Determined bloke walks across the country to have a chat with some pollies about pressing issues:
http://www.watoday.com.au/act-news/clinton-pryor-arrives-in-canberra-after-walking-from-western-australia-20170903-gy9ty7.html -
There was a tiger on the loose in N Ga apparently...
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/henry-county/police-investigating-reports-of-tiger-on-i-75/603877558
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@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:
There was a tiger on the loose in N Ga apparently...
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/henry-county/police-investigating-reports-of-tiger-on-i-75/603877558
Ha ha ha. What did I tell you about keeping your tiger on a leash?
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:
There was a tiger on the loose in N Ga apparently...
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/henry-county/police-investigating-reports-of-tiger-on-i-75/603877558
Ha ha ha. What did I tell you about keeping your tiger on a leash?
I thought that was a euphemism...
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@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:
There was a tiger on the loose in N Ga apparently...
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/henry-county/police-investigating-reports-of-tiger-on-i-75/603877558
Ha ha ha. What did I tell you about keeping your tiger on a leash?
I thought that was a euphemism...
Only when there's not a real live tiger roaming your neck of the woods.
Edit: I feel bad they had to kill it though.
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BIG KITTY Now DEAD KITTY
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
Agreed.
Not sure that I see this as a bad thing. The senate has consistently battled to keep nuclear waste where it was created, rather than disposing of it in a safe mountain somewhere. Which was a big part of the "keep it there" initiative. States not wanting truck / trains going through their states with millions of pounds of nuclear waste.
Renewable energies should be implemented as often as possible. All sky scrapers should have solar panels installed on the tops.
Wind turbine tech should be developed into new sky scraper construction so as to generate additional power.
Sea turbines with wind and solar combinations should be built.
Nuclear power produces a ton of energy, but also way to much extremely volatile waste. I'd happily throw out $800 million to not build another reactor.
