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  Does christianity induce insanity?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  this is happening in western australian indigenous communities .... quote: "some american-based preachers are distributing emails and videos warning that covid-19 vaccines are evil and the work of satan, and the notion has infected some christian communities in the west australian outback.. veteran aboriginal health worker kathy watson said people spreading false information about the covid-19 vaccination and its links to the devil were "mad".".

  see more at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-06/anti-vacc-church-speaks-out-against-misinformation/100430208.

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  Political ideology is just as dangerous as religious fanaticism - yes, I absolutely agree.

  When we think of suicide bombers we often think of Al Qaeda nutters.

  But members of Kurdish separatist groups have blown themselves up in Turkey (I think).

  Political ideology can sometimes be more subtle than religious fanaticism but it is still dangerous.

  We have biological males - beards penis, testicles, the lot - using female only spaces such as toilets because they claim to be women. This is going on because of trans ideology. If, like me, you believe in questioning things, you can't question this because you're shouted down as a 'terf'.

  This is a big issue with ideologies - people who adopt them typically don't want them questioned, even though potential damage could be done.
  
  
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  Does christianity induce insanity?

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
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  this is happening in western australian indigenous communities .... quote: "some american-based preachers are distributing emails and videos warning that covid-19 vaccines are evil and the work of satan, and the notion has infected some christian communities in the west australian outback.. veteran aboriginal health worker kathy watson said people spreading false information about the covid-19 vaccination and its links to the devil were "mad".".

  see more at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-06/anti-vacc-church-speaks-out-against-misinformation/100430208.

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  There are probably many factors involved in the mental health of West Australian indigenous people.

  What is their mean IQ? Might that also be a factor?
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  No more Questions from MINIMUS

  by was a new boy in

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  minimus former jw, prolific poster on jwn died.. minimus.

  joined 19 years ago.

  started 4,139 topics.

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  This is just so sad.

  RIP Min.

  I'll miss you buddy.
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  The Stupidity Of The Biden Administration Knows No Bounds

  by Simon in

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  so picture this, you are suddenly withdrawing troops after 2 decades in a country and, well, its all gone to shit.. how do you ensure that your vulnerable citizens and allies can get out when the airport is surrounded and no one can get through?.

  option 1: it's a trick question surely?

  you don't get yourself into this mess in the first place - you withdraw the citizens first, not last, duh!.

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  @Ultimate Axiom - are you pleased that Biden went through with Trump's initial plan?

  Why didn't Biden reverse Trump's plan, like he did with Trump's border wall policy?
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  Three and a half more years of Biden ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  how is the biden administration doing so far?.

  biden reversed trump's plans for the border wall, and now america has thousands of illegal immigrants entering from mexico.. strangely, biden didn't reverse trump's plans for withdrawal from afghanistan, and instead pressed ahead with his own brand of lunacy, literally running away from afghanistan and abandoning its people to the taliban.. what is it with biden?

  is he senile or just incompetent?

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  Guess who's next in line to be President--------------Nancy Pelosi! - and at 81, she's even older than Biden.

  Something tells me that Biden will die before she does, though.
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  Three and a half more years of Biden ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  how is the biden administration doing so far?.

  biden reversed trump's plans for the border wall, and now america has thousands of illegal immigrants entering from mexico.. strangely, biden didn't reverse trump's plans for withdrawal from afghanistan, and instead pressed ahead with his own brand of lunacy, literally running away from afghanistan and abandoning its people to the taliban.. what is it with biden?

  is he senile or just incompetent?

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  How is the Biden administration doing so far?

  Biden reversed Trump's plans for the border wall, and now America has thousands of illegal immigrants entering from Mexico.

  Strangely, Biden didn't reverse Trump's plans for withdrawal from Afghanistan, and instead pressed ahead with his own brand of lunacy, literally running away from Afghanistan and abandoning its people to the Taliban.

  What is it with Biden? Is he senile or just incompetent? Foreign policy was supposedly his strong suit but after recent events that belief looks very silly.

  Would Kamal Harris be any better as president? For me, she's largely an unknown quality but she does laugh like a hyena whenever she's asked a difficult question. Not exactly reassuring.

  The main point is this: Americans, and the rest of the world, have three and a half more years of this.

  What else will happen from a president who can't find his way from his airplane to the front door of the White House?

  Will Biden accomplish anything good in his time as president?

  Will there be more debacles, and covering from mainstream media?
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  Let The Right One In (2008) - good little film!

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  so i saw let the right one in (2008) for the first time a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed it.. it's a good little film - the two leads were very young at the time of filming but did an excellent job.

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  This is a good scene from the film ...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5SAyvu9jCM

  I wish I could post others but the library's admin won't let me. Bastards! lol
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  Taking The Knee 14 months after George Floyd's death

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  taking the knee became popular among sportspeople immediately after the death of george floyd in may 2020.. most football (that's soccer to you yanks) players are still taking the knee before matches more than a year later.. what has it achieved?

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  what do expect it to achieve in the future?.

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  One issue I have with Taking The Knee is this: taking a knee or kneeling is a gesture that already has a meaning.

  A man might go down on one knee (i.e. 'take a knee') to ask for his fiancee's hand in marriage. Why does he kneel? Well, it's obviously meant to convey the idea that the man values the life of his fiancee more than he does his own.

  When Muslims pray they go down on both knees and bow so that their forehead touches the ground. Why? Obviously it's because they believe that the recipient of their prayers is infinitely higher than they are, so they literally make themselves as physically low as it's possible to be.

  Whenever I see footage or photos of footballers taking the knee, I cannot help but think to myself, what are they kneeling before?

  Had Colin Kaepernick just stood and raised his fist instead of kneeling, he could at least have linked his protest back to the 1968 Olympic games protest, etc. But using the gesture of kneeling as a form of protest against racial injustices or perceived racial injusticies just doesn't make sense to me.

  I never saw Tommy Carlos, Muhammad Ali, Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King take a knee, lol.
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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

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  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  They also didn't notify allies such as the British so they could properly secure consulates and embassies and arrange to extract citizens (which non-US countries are still doing). - yep, it was completely unilateral.

  Biden didn't discuss anything with anybody. He just abruptly withdrew American troops.

  What a nice guy, huh
  
  
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  Taking The Knee 14 months after George Floyd's death

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  taking the knee became popular among sportspeople immediately after the death of george floyd in may 2020.. most football (that's soccer to you yanks) players are still taking the knee before matches more than a year later.. what has it achieved?

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  I was having a conversation (I use the term loosely) on FaceBook about this matter. I asked the guy what did he expect taking the knee to achieve and he came up with something like,

  'It has achieved much already - it has outed racists and that's a good thing, blah blah blah ... '

  ^^^ Translation: racist incidences have actually increased since taking the knee became popular, lol.

  My point of view is this: I think taking the knee is a poor way to fight racism. It doesn't really achieve anything, save for dividing us based on skin colour, as Punk pointed out.

  Sure, genuine racism should be fought, I'm with that. Those morons who racially abused Saka and Rashford on social media - give then lifetime bans, get the police involved, whatever.

  I just get the idea that taking the knee is a waste of time.

  If I was a black footballer I probably wouldn't do it. I wouldn't want to kneel before any ideology, whatever colour I am.