Setanta
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 04:40 am
Australia, from afar, doesn't seem all that bad, but there is a sinister side--the latest wave of militant creationism had its origins in Australia in the 1980s. As for religious clubs--i'd say those are not uncommon in the United States. So long as they don't do it on the public nickel, there's nothing wrong with that either. It's bullshit like praying at football games and the like which should not be tolerated.
spendius
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 05:27 am
@Setanta,
Quote:
which should not be tolerated.


The authentic voice of totalitarian atheism.
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spendius
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 05:47 am
@hingehead,
Another well written contribution hinge.

Quote:
robust scientific findings, such as those of evolutionary biology;


Isn't "robust" usually associated with strictness and discipline and discomfort though. Yes indeed--let's get robust. Although I fear that if evolutionary biologists in schools do get robust there will be a lot of trouble.

I'm not sure that "a wide range of essentially harmless sexual conduct involving consenting adults" is a particularly robust mode of expression. But at least it alerts and orients us as to the real agenda of highly educated Australian alpha males.

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physician-assisted suicide


It is called murder in the UK and the not very religious authorities here investigate any cases that appear. It is hardly fair to try to claim that opposition to physician-assisted suicide is exclusively a religious preoccupation.
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hingehead
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 05:52 am
@Setanta,
I have to confess a deep loathing for sports stars who 'thank god' on winning a tournament. Well your god clearly has time on his hands and thinks a trophy for you is more important the infinite ills that befall the rest of the inhabitants of this planet.

Merry non-denominatonal festive period to all.
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Setanta
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 05:59 am
Wee fish ewe
A mare egrets moose
Wee fish ewe
A mare egrets moose
Wee fish ewe
A mare egrets moose
And a hippo gnu deer . . .
hingehead
 
  2  
Fri 24 Dec, 2010 06:05 am
@Setanta,
It's 10pm xmas eve here Set. Wishing you some joy over this non-secular holiday period.
farmerman
 
  2  
Fri 24 Dec, 2010 06:06 am
@Setanta,
A rather specieous entry there.

Festivus Grandii.
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Setanta
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 06:07 am
It's seven a.m. here . . . the madess has scarce begun. In the U.S., this would be the last, mad rush of shopping for all the jokers who did not yet purchase gifts. Canada, however, shuts down early on Xmas eve. Most people will be getting off work at lunch time.
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farmerman
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 06:08 am
@hingehead,
Get to bed and keep a piece by yer pillow , save that some drunken fat guy in really gay apparel tries to cum down yer chimney.

You can render him a castradii.
hingehead
 
  2  
Fri 24 Dec, 2010 06:15 am
@farmerman,
Red balls and shears it is, blest be ye FM.
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Setanta
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 06:58 am
There was an interesting "op-ed" piece on CBC radio this morning. The woman who called in complained that people, in the name of multi-culturalism, make a big deal out of Chanukah, Diwali, Kwanza . . . but that nobody wants to say "Merry Christmas," because it is deemed to be insensitive. She asked why one celebration would be acceptable and not another. She says she says Merry Christmas to all of her friends when she sees them on Christmas Eve. The woman who called in is a Muslim from the Indian subcontinent.
Thomas
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 07:15 am
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:
The woman who called in complained that people, in the name of multi-culturalism, make a big deal out of Chanukah, Diwali, Kwanza .

I agree with the complaint, and wish people a "merry Christmas", myself. (That is to say, I do so once I get over the offense I take about the lack of respect non-physicists pay to Newton Day.) December 25 is a national holiday with a proper name, which is Christmas. Consequently, I say "merry Christmas" in the same spirit in which I say "happy New Year", "happy Fourth", and so on for any other national holiday.
Setanta
 
  1  
Fri 24 Dec, 2010 07:17 am
The woman was very well-spoken, and obviously knew what she wanted to say before she called in. I suspect that no Muslims, Jews, Jains, Sikhs, etc. ever turned down a Christmas bonus check.
panzade
 
  1  
Fri 24 Dec, 2010 07:41 am
@hingehead,
The band IMO is very very good. The number of proselytizers coming out of Australia is growing every day. There's something going on but I'm not sure what., Hinge.
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reasoning logic
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 07:46 am
This is a must see for everyone! There may be 15 parts

http://www.youtube.com/user/Neanderthalcouzin#p/c/5AA711F6433B5B47/0/KnJX68ELbAY
dlowan
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 07:53 am
@Thomas,
Thomas wrote:

Setanta wrote:
The woman who called in complained that people, in the name of multi-culturalism, make a big deal out of Chanukah, Diwali, Kwanza .

I agree with the complaint, and wish people a "merry Christmas", myself. (That is to say, I do so once I get over the offense I take about the lack of respect non-physicists pay to Newton Day.) December 25 is a national holiday with a proper name, which is Christmas. Consequently, I say "merry Christmas" in the same spirit in which I say "happy New Year", "happy Fourth", and so on for any other national holiday.


I don't get my knickers in a knot about it all...kinda tailor the greeting to the recipient.

I don't think Christianity is generally scary enough here to worry about it too much.

As Set says there's some damn scary fringe groups...and one of the scary fringe buggers has a seat in Parliament and has some influence in a hung Senate...but most christians here are perfectly reasonable.
spendius
 
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Fri 24 Dec, 2010 08:16 am
@reasoning logic,
The narrator does rather exploit the fact that there is nobody present to say--"hang on a minute dude--what you just said is---well ---lost---because he's saying something else already. It's a shut out.

It misses the point too. We have to actually do something and he doesn't say what it is.

Is he in favour of sexual promiscuity or not and if not, as you can bet on, what mechanisms is he offering to inhibit it? He rather avoids the matter, has it on Ignore in other words, and it is what matters about this subject. There's nothing in evolution to inhibit promiscuity. In fact evolution functions on it.

So he leaves us all confused. He's right in everything he says but none of it is any use to us. He is never going to be drawn on secular inhibitions to promiscuity.

reasoning logic
 
  1  
Fri 24 Dec, 2010 08:22 am
@spendius,
You did not alow him to finish the videos are hours long, Let him finish then come back and prove him wrong.

Thanks Spendius
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Setanta
 
  2  
Fri 24 Dec, 2010 08:46 am
@dlowan,
dlowan wrote:
. . . but most christians here are perfectly reasonable.


So . . . you're sayin' that you're not a Christian?
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Intrepid
 
  1  
Fri 24 Dec, 2010 09:05 am
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:

The woman was very well-spoken, and obviously knew what she wanted to say before she called in. I suspect that no Muslims, Jews, Jains, Sikhs, etc. ever turned down a Christmas bonus check.


Those cheques would be in appreciation for what the employees contributed during the year. They are not religious based.
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