Faith and Religion

[Rico1304]

Regarding f above

 

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Pious_Christians_Against_Shellfish

 

You couldn't make this shit up.

I'm sure I read somewhere that all the religious rules about food are basically Health & Safety rules (gone mad).

 

Everyone knows shellfish can be dodgy especially if you're shitting in rivers and pigs had a very widespread parasite that's only killed when meat is cooked above a certain temperature- difficult to gauge on a fire. So the rules were don't eat them as you may die.

[Dr Arthur De Sabre]

I love that they're described as "Hate Preachers" when they're just saying stuff that's in the Bible, because nearly nobody has the intellectual courage to take the tiny logical step of describing the Bible as hate speech.

To be fair the second book is a lot more mellow than the first, too much smiting and plagues, until the hippy takes over.

[Rico1304]

To be fair the second book is a lot more mellow than the first, too much smiting and plagues, until the hippy takes over.

Matthew 5:17

[Chairman Meow]

I'm sure I read somewhere that all the religious rules about food are basically Health & Safety rules (gone mad).

 

Everyone knows shellfish can be dodgy especially if you're shitting in rivers and pigs had a very widespread parasite that's only killed when meat is cooked above a certain temperature- difficult to gauge on a fire. So the rules were don't eat them as you may die.

 

Sounds unlikely.

 

It's far more convincing that a beardy man in the sky doesn't want us to eat it. I presume it's because he wants all of the bacon to himself. 

[Rico1304]

There was a documentary on this week about Muslims leaving the faith and the problems they face. Fucking weird.

[Dr Arthur De Sabre]

Matthew 5:17

Did the Jesus fella kill anyone, smite anyone, or put a plague of locusts or any of that shite? He was generally a good egg, who made sure everyone got a bevy and a feed, brought a few people back from deaths door and kicked the money lenders out. Son of god? Only in the same way as we all are, hung out with some ne're do wells and a hooker. Not his fault people have been killling in his name for a couple of Millenia, I think he was pretty progressive kind of fella.

 

Plus I'm sure if you got a few different people to tell stories of say Einstein or Shankly or Nietzsche or Lincoln, three them through babelfish a couple of times into Ancient Greek, then olde englishe, you'd end up with a bit of a distortion on the message.

 

I'm not a religious man, but to hang out the Jesus fella is a bit poor form.

[PestiRed]

Did the Jesus fella kill anyone, smite anyone, or put a plague of locusts or any of that shite? He was generally a good egg, who made sure everyone got a bevy and a feed, brought a few people back from deaths door and kicked the money lenders out. Son of god? Only in the same way as we all are, hung out with some ne're do wells and a hooker. Not his fault people have been killling in his name for a couple of Millenia, I think he was pretty progressive kind of fella.

Plus I'm sure if you got a few different people to tell stories of say Einstein or Shankly or Nietzsche or Lincoln, three them through babelfish a couple of times into Ancient Greek, then olde englishe, you'd end up with a bit of a distortion on the message.

I'm not a religious man, but to hang out the Jesus fella is a bit poor form.

Nah, he was one of those "my dad's dead hard" gobshites. "No one enters the kingdom of God except through me" basically translates as you'll all burn in hell forever unless I tell my dad that you're ok

[Dr Arthur De Sabre]

Nah, he was one of those "my dad's dead hard" gobshites. "No one enters the kingdom of God except through me" basically translates as you'll all burn in hell forever unless I tell my dad that you're ok

I reckon he was mistranslated, gathered the folks around and said look I know the doorman don't act the cunt and we'll all get in.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Wasn't sure where to put this.  Another skeleton in the closet of the Catholic church

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/07/catholic-church-children-buried-at-tuam-ireland

 

 

 

It has been confirmed that significant numbers of children’s remains lie in a mass grave adjacent to a former home for unmarried mothers run by the Bon Secours Sisters in Tuam, County Galway. This is exactly where local historian Catherine Corless, who was instrumental in bringing the mass grave to light, said they would be. A state-established commission of inquiry into mother and baby homes recently located the site in a structure that “appears to be related to the treatment/containment of sewage and/or waste water”, but which we are not supposed to call a septic tank.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Rico's ahead of you, in the Darwin vs the Bible thread.

[halewood pete]

Wonder how green Jesus is doing?

[Dr Arthur De Sabre]

True faith is much bettter than losing my religion. Although temptation is arguably better than both.

[stringvest]

I think this lad demonstrated his Faith in an inappropriate way, as well as an inappropriate town.

 

https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/priest-sorry-dressing-hugh-hefner-simulating-sex-male-playboy-bunnies-public-display/

[Rico1304]

Cardinal George Pell (3rd from the top) charged with historic sex offences. Cunt.

[Gym Beglin]

The boy was circumcised in July 2013 when he was three months old, and apparently staying with his paternal grandparents, who are Muslim.

His mother originally contacted social services, then contacted Nottinghamshire Police on 24 November 2014.

There was an investigation but the force deemed it not to be a criminal matter, and the case was referred to the General Medical Council.

[Strontium]

Cutting pieces off your baby, not a criminal matter. Outstanding.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Cutting pieces off your baby, not a criminal matter. Outstanding.

 

I think that's misrepresenting it a little bit. It's done for medical reasons as well as religious reasons. On top of that, the doctor shouldn't have allowed it if he didn't have permission from the guardian, IMO.

[skend04]

I can't find the link again but there are lines of thought that if you wiped out all religion and all evidence of it, the human mind is such that we would just reinvent it in time. We are built to have faith so i find it's a bit pointless pissing and moaning about it. Humans with or without organised religion have a great propensity to be cunts.

 

Close the thread.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

I think that's misrepresenting it a little bit. It's done for medical reasons as well as religious reasons. On top of that, the doctor shouldn't have allowed it if he didn't have permission from the guardian, IMO.

 

Having read a little more, I realised I had misinterpreted things I had heard before. I thought circumcision was carried out a lot more for general medical and hygiene reasons rather than just a few very specific ones. It seems I was wrong.

 

Lock them all up.

[Jose Jones]

Cardinal George Pell (3rd from the top) charged with historic sex offences. Cunt.

When I was on jury duty a couple of years ago the case was historic abuse in a catholic boys school in Ballarat, which is where Pell was a priest. There has been a lot from that time and town come to light and he's been dodging accusations for years that he helped cover it up.

It's become rather political down here too, in that right wing politicians and commentators have supported him and reckon it's all a lefty atheist beat up. I can see any Pell trial (if it happens) becoming very complicated.

[setreal]

I can't find the link again but there are lines of thought that if you wiped out all religion and all evidence of it, the human mind is such that we would just reinvent it in time. 

 

That is not how it works though. Religion and mythos is intrinsically linked to human history, you can't just wipe it out or all evidence of it or even pretend to do it or make assumptions based on doing it. One of the best parts in "Dialectic of Enlightenment" is the thesis that "Mythos is the first step to demythologization". Very brief and simply put: When people started believing that "God throws rods of lighning when there is a thunderstorm" they were using their rationality as opposed to just running and hiding. Because they started looking for a cause, they understood the concept of a cause. And from then on it has been a struggle of ever so gradually developing rationality vs the mythos it initially created (and other opponents as well of course).

 

"We are built to have faith" - that is simply not true, I don't have any faith and I know plenty of people who don't have any either.

[Rico1304]

I can't find the link again but there are lines of thought that if you wiped out all religion and all evidence of it, the human mind is such that we would just reinvent it in time. We are built to have faith so i find it's a bit pointless pissing and moaning about it. Humans with or without organised religion have a great propensity to be cunts.

Close the thread.

Maybe in an historic sense but it's not necessary now. Do away with it all!!!

 

(I know that's impossible and I don't care which God you love as long as it doesn't impact on anyone else)

[Rico1304]

Fucking horrific

 

https://twitter.com/hobbsshazia/status/882509270268481536

[skend04]

Fucking horrific

 

https://twitter.com/hobbsshazia/status/882509270268481536

Should really be in the inequality thread because men have been doing this since before Jesus was a sperm in his dad's ballsack.

[Fowlers God]

Some of the comments.

 

I could get 2 years for leaving a bacon Sarnie on Mosque steps but can get away with this.

 

1) no one in their same mind would think that FGM is ok.

2) You are inciting hatred by leaving a Bacon Sarnie

 

Wtf is wrong with people?