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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views." Well if he can do so without putting anyone else in harm's way then that's his prerogative and no harm done. However if he's doing so without following guidance regards masks, social distance, etc.... Then he's no better than the nutbag conspiracy theorists! | |||
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"He is giving me a discount for being NHS so obviously a kind old soul." Or that your hot and he's not that Christian    | |||
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"No, I don't share those views. Although during a chat with a lady at work she started to talk about covid being an act of god and how he will protect the good. What a load of old bollocks!! I told her that I didn't want to have that conversation with her and walked off. " The subtext being all those that have died were bad people...what all of them? | |||
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"I'm not a Christian, but when I was we were told the story of a devout believer stuck in a flood who refused a boat, a helicopter, a life jacket, and drowned. God would save him. "My god, my god, why did you not save me?" "My dear beloved son, I sent you a helicopter, a boat, and a lifejacket. Why did you refuse?""  | |||
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"But then I suppose if it helps people get through it... Still bollocks though "..and in their ignorance they become super spreaders in the meantime. | |||
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"I'm not a Christian, but when I was we were told the story of a devout believer stuck in a flood who refused a boat, a helicopter, a life jacket, and drowned. God would save him. "My god, my god, why did you not save me?" "My dear beloved son, I sent you a helicopter, a boat, and a lifejacket. Why did you refuse?"" As a practicing Christian I totally agree with this. I remember the priest actually quoting this in church many years ago! | |||
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"I'm not a Christian, but when I was we were told the story of a devout believer stuck in a flood who refused a boat, a helicopter, a life jacket, and drowned. God would save him. "My god, my god, why did you not save me?" "My dear beloved son, I sent you a helicopter, a boat, and a lifejacket. Why did you refuse?" As a practicing Christian I totally agree with this. I remember the priest actually quoting this in church many years ago!" can I ask a serious question and I'm not taking the piss. What's the difference between a Christian and a practicing Christian? | |||
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"But then I suppose if it helps people get through it... Still bollocks though
..and in their ignorance they become super spreaders in the meantime."This particular woman has since the word go worn an exempt lanyard, after that chat I doubt she is. | |||
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"I'm not a Christian, but when I was we were told the story of a devout believer stuck in a flood who refused a boat, a helicopter, a life jacket, and drowned. God would save him. "My god, my god, why did you not save me?" "My dear beloved son, I sent you a helicopter, a boat, and a lifejacket. Why did you refuse?" As a practicing Christian I totally agree with this. I remember the priest actually quoting this in church many years ago!can I ask a serious question and I'm not taking the piss. What's the difference between a Christian and a practicing Christian?" I'm not sure there is any difference in the two really. Probably the same as the difference between a Doctor and a Practicing Doctor or a Lawyer and a Practicing Lawyer? --- Or to give a slightly more affirmative answer, I suppose some people may describe themselves as nominally being Christian (their faith may have lapsed) whereas somebody else may say that they are a Practicing Christian (still have faith, go to church, pray etc?) -- | |||
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"Dammit, now the thread's in the Virus rooms and I'm going to have to read bleach worthy comments... "You daft sod | |||
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"But then I suppose if it helps people get through it... Still bollocks though
..and in their ignorance they become super spreaders in the meantime."Correct. They infect their elderly parents, who end up in hospital | |||
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views." Never mind the bible quote, how was your building work quote?? | |||
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views." Yes...choosing not to live in fear is a good thing,,doesn’t mean you won’t get sick or die , or those you love won’t , but even in the worst situations you can stay confident and not lose hope, Mother Teresa,,Victor Frankl, Nelson Mandela are good examples | |||
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"God created man....with a free will..therefore own responsibility for their own choices...not god" lol. That's the Universal 'I don't need to look after humanity, they have free will' get out of Jail Free God Card. Along 'God works in mysterious ways'. And He/She/It mysteriously poisons the Planet, and we say . . . 'Everything happens for a reason' While thinking about Pavlovs Dog while watching our loved ones die while still thinking 'God never gives us more than we can cope with'. Well except by death by deadly virus, war . . . . | |||
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"I'm not a Christian, but when I was we were told the story of a devout believer stuck in a flood who refused a boat, a helicopter, a life jacket, and drowned. God would save him. "My god, my god, why did you not save me?" "My dear beloved son, I sent you a helicopter, a boat, and a lifejacket. Why did you refuse?" As a practicing Christian I totally agree with this. I remember the priest actually quoting this in church many years ago!" Church occasionally pops into my head 
Basically we were taught, God gives us many things: including scientists. | |||
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"God created man....with a free will..therefore own responsibility for their own choices...not god" So that’s where Bozo & his band get it from.. | |||
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views. Yes...choosing not to live in fear is a good thing,,doesn’t mean you won’t get sick or die , or those you love won’t , but even in the worst situations you can stay confident and not lose hope, Mother Teresa,,Victor Frankl, Nelson Mandela are good examples " Not sure about Mother Theresa | |||
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views. Yes...choosing not to live in fear is a good thing,,doesn’t mean you won’t get sick or die , or those you love won’t , but even in the worst situations you can stay confident and not lose hope, Mother Teresa,,Victor Frankl, Nelson Mandela are good examples Not sure about Mother Theresa" Why ? She was in the midst of other people’s immense suffering for decades and never lost hope and managed to smile regularly abs crack jokes and generally be cheerful and bring a lot of comfort to dying people | |||
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views. Never mind the bible quote, how was your building work quote??" God took care of it  | |||
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"God created man....with a free will..therefore own responsibility for their own choices...not god lol. That's the Universal 'I don't need to look after humanity, they have free will' get out of Jail Free God Card. Along 'God works in mysterious ways'. And He/She/It mysteriously poisons the Planet, and we say . . . 'Everything happens for a reason' While thinking about Pavlovs Dog while watching our loved ones die while still thinking 'God never gives us more than we can cope with'. Well except by death by deadly virus, war . . . ." Where does it say that in the bible ? Pretty sure it doesn’t say that , quite the opposite , no ones immune to suffering, amd Christians should expect to suffer more!!!! You been reading the Facebook version ? | |||
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views. Yes...choosing not to live in fear is a good thing,,doesn’t mean you won’t get sick or die , or those you love won’t , but even in the worst situations you can stay confident and not lose hope, Mother Teresa,,Victor Frankl, Nelson Mandela are good examples Not sure about Mother Theresa Why ? She was in the midst of other people’s immense suffering for decades and never lost hope and managed to smile regularly abs crack jokes and generally be cheerful and bring a lot of comfort to dying people " https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mother-teresa-wasn-t-saintly-person-she-was-shrewd-operator-unpalatable-views-who-knew-how-build-brand-a7224846.html | |||
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views." I don't believe in God, but I'll pretend... what if God's way of protecting people was to use scientists to tell people to stay home and wait for a vaccine? Cal | |||
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views. I don't believe in God, but I'll pretend... what if God's way of protecting people was to use scientists to tell people to stay home and wait for a vaccine? Cal" And if God created man and man made the vaccine,then surely that's heaven sent? Same as anything man made that religious people deny that saves lives. | |||
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views. I don't believe in God, but I'll pretend... what if God's way of protecting people was to use scientists to tell people to stay home and wait for a vaccine? Cal And if God created man and man made the vaccine,then surely that's heaven sent? Same as anything man made that religious people deny that saves lives." Most religious folks don't deny science or medicine. For example the Vatican has approved the Covid vaccine (despite being derived from a cell line from an aborted foetus) and The Pope had himself has been vaccinated and encouraged Catholics worldwide to do the same. | |||
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views. I don't believe in God, but I'll pretend... what if God's way of protecting people was to use scientists to tell people to stay home and wait for a vaccine? Cal And if God created man and man made the vaccine,then surely that's heaven sent? Same as anything man made that religious people deny that saves lives. Most religious folks don't deny science or medicine. For example the Vatican has approved the Covid vaccine (despite being derived from a cell line from an aborted foetus) and The Pope had himself has been vaccinated and encouraged Catholics worldwide to do the same." Unfortunately, not all Catholics agree with the Pope on it though. I'm glad he has followed the science on it. | |||
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views. I don't believe in God, but I'll pretend... what if God's way of protecting people was to use scientists to tell people to stay home and wait for a vaccine? Cal And if God created man and man made the vaccine,then surely that's heaven sent? Same as anything man made that religious people deny that saves lives. Most religious folks don't deny science or medicine. For example the Vatican has approved the Covid vaccine (despite being derived from a cell line from an aborted foetus) and The Pope had himself has been vaccinated and encouraged Catholics worldwide to do the same. Unfortunately, not all Catholics agree with the Pope on it though. I'm glad he has followed the science on it." | |||
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"No, I don't share those views. Although during a chat with a lady at work she started to talk about covid being an act of god and how he will protect the good. What a load of old bollocks!! I told her that I didn't want to have that conversation with her and walked off. " Very disrespectfull of you | |||
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"No, I don't share those views. Although during a chat with a lady at work she started to talk about covid being an act of god and how he will protect the good. What a load of old bollocks!! I told her that I didn't want to have that conversation with her and walked off. Very disrespectfull of you" I'd say it's more disrespectful for someone to thrust their views upon you uninvited than to make it clear you don't want to have that conversation. | |||
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"I'm not a Christian, but when I was we were told the story of a devout believer stuck in a flood who refused a boat, a helicopter, a life jacket, and drowned. God would save him. "My god, my god, why did you not save me?" "My dear beloved son, I sent you a helicopter, a boat, and a lifejacket. Why did you refuse?" As a practicing Christian I totally agree with this. I remember the priest actually quoting this in church many years ago!can I ask a serious question and I'm not taking the piss. What's the difference between a Christian and a practicing Christian?" I was christened as a baby but I don't practice it, I don't go to church only weddings and funerals I'm sure there is maybe some more folk who got christened or baptised in another religion that don't practice it too | |||
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"No, I don't share those views. Although during a chat with a lady at work she started to talk about covid being an act of god and how he will protect the good. What a load of old bollocks!! I told her that I didn't want to have that conversation with her and walked off. Very disrespectfull of you" To be clear I didn't say to her that what she said was a load of bollocks. Also I think it's kind of wrong to talk about personal religious beliefs to someone in their workplace! | |||
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"No, I don't share those views. Although during a chat with a lady at work she started to talk about covid being an act of god and how he will protect the good. What a load of old bollocks!! I told her that I didn't want to have that conversation with her and walked off. Very disrespectfull of you I'd say it's more disrespectful for someone to thrust their views upon you uninvited than to make it clear you don't want to have that conversation." | |||
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"Makes sure you put the blood of a lamb on your door and everything.. Must be true, I got away without so much of a cough and I’m an angel-honest "Lol | |||
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"Makes sure you put the blood of a lamb on your door and everything.. Must be true, I got away without so much of a cough and I’m an angel-honest
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"Had a workman round giving me a quote for some outside building work. We got chatting about the virus and he explained that as a Christian he had put his life into Gods hands so continues to work with confidence as he believes God will protect him. He then quoted something from the bible about swords. I wish it were that simple but wondered if anyone else shared these views. Yes...choosing not to live in fear is a good thing,,doesn’t mean you won’t get sick or die , or those you love won’t , but even in the worst situations you can stay confident and not lose hope, Mother Teresa,,Victor Frankl, Nelson Mandela are good examples Not sure about Mother Theresa Why ? She was in the midst of other people’s immense suffering for decades and never lost hope and managed to smile regularly abs crack jokes and generally be cheerful and bring a lot of comfort to dying people https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mother-teresa-wasn-t-saintly-person-she-was-shrewd-operator-unpalatable-views-who-knew-how-build-brand-a7224846.html" How are her views of contraception / abortion relevant ? Sounds like that article was written purely to attack her views , which is fair enough , lead a pathetic selfish life then write an article about someone who’s surpassed you in every single way possible , and attack their beliefs, this is to be expected. | |||
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"Christianity is the biggest and longest cult there every was, its away back when it was first created to control people, men in power used it to put the fear into people, women were persecuted, humiliated punished all because the local minister fallowed a book that was written by men along time ago, the interpretation of this said book is all down to the reader and how he wants to convey the,message.My father I thought was an intelligent man was a minister and we were beaten as children, and preach about the sins of people. It's a way to ensure people follow blindly and didn't question the lunacy of it all. To question it brings the wrath of the believer, to say you have another faith, you are shot down. Nah its all a big con and anyone on here who says they are a practicing Christian on here are hypocrites sorry, if you follow the bible you sure as hell wouldn't be on a swingers site.. Just saying "I’m curious.... where in the bible does it say you can’t join a swingers site? Sounds like you had a bad experience in a religious cult or something , maybe the bible version you read had been edited or misinterpreted, because a central theme is to question and challenge not blindly follow , the bible even says to ‘test everything that is said’ and even goes on to say ‘test me’ | |||
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"I'm Christian, and not just in name. If practising means actively going to church, then no, only very infrequently since the death of my mother several years ago and onset of both some emotional health issues and family issues (some on here know). I'm also a believer in science, evolution, free will, compassion, the goodness of man, and the depravity and evil of man. I don't believe that covid is a plague sent by god. And I don't believe that the "righteous" will be protected by god. If god wants anything, it is for people to take responsibility for their own thoughts and actions. Certainly not to use god as a weapon and shield, as a means to absolve oneself from responsibility." | |||
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"The only way to truly understand a book is to read it in its native verse and a faithful reproduction of the original texts. Thats going to be very hard to do with the Bible as its largely the King James rewrite that is now used and quoted." I never read anything that old and can’t read Greek. Only ever read the Message summary version and bits of NIV, and can understand what it’s going on about, you can ask lots of questions to the right people and see it in action fairly easy if you look, it’s not a theoretical / academic thing | |||
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"People who believe in religion are as stupid as flat earthers. And people who start sentences with "as a Christian" as the fucking worst. " You may be right I just don't see the need to be insulting to them or their beliefs. It's just being offensive for the sake of being offensive. | |||
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"Let's not go after peoples religious beliefs. Come on we are better than that surely. Its the height of intolerance and ignorance. " | |||
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"People who believe in religion are as stupid as flat earthers. And people who start sentences with "as a Christian" as the fucking worst. You may be right I just don't see the need to be insulting to them or their beliefs. It's just being offensive for the sake of being offensive. "
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"Let's not go after peoples religious beliefs. Come on we are better than that surely. Its the height of intolerance and ignorance. " Is it though? It is after all a belief not a fact even if its likely that someone called Jesus existed (fact) that he was the son of God is unprovable (a belief). Religion is given the same protection discrimination wise as Gender and Sexuality when it should not be classed the same. It should be no more illegal to discriminate against someone for thinking that Manchester United are the greatest football team ever than it is to believe in a God. Both are just what you may believe along with millions of others but its not fact. Gods and Prophets Kings and Queens Lords and Ladies All part of a hierarchical system for keeping the masses under control. | |||
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"Let's not go after peoples religious beliefs. Come on we are better than that surely. Its the height of intolerance and ignorance. Is it though? It is after all a belief not a fact even if its likely that someone called Jesus existed (fact) that he was the son of God is unprovable (a belief). Religion is given the same protection discrimination wise as Gender and Sexuality when it should not be classed the same. It should be no more illegal to discriminate against someone for thinking that Manchester United are the greatest football team ever than it is to believe in a God. Both are just what you may believe along with millions of others but its not fact. Gods and Prophets Kings and Queens Lords and Ladies All part of a hierarchical system for keeping the masses under control." So it's ok to be discriminated against if you are religious? | |||
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"People who believe in religion are as stupid as flat earthers. And people who start sentences with "as a Christian" as the fucking worst. " And you are a genius presumably? | |||
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"Let's not go after peoples religious beliefs. Come on we are better than that surely. Its the height of intolerance and ignorance. Is it though? It is after all a belief not a fact even if its likely that someone called Jesus existed (fact) that he was the son of God is unprovable (a belief). Religion is given the same protection discrimination wise as Gender and Sexuality when it should not be classed the same. It should be no more illegal to discriminate against someone for thinking that Manchester United are the greatest football team ever than it is to believe in a God. Both are just what you may believe along with millions of others but its not fact. Gods and Prophets Kings and Queens Lords and Ladies All part of a hierarchical system for keeping the masses under control." "All part of a hierarchical system for keeping the masses under control" You see I don't share that belief. But I'm choosing not to insult or belittle you. That's all I'm saying. Let's not be so intolerant. Stronger together | |||
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"I just think there's no need to attack religion. Not protecting yourself or others is ridiculous regardless, and is not supported by most religious beliefs." Quite. In fact churches, mosques and temples are doing huge amounts to help people and actively fight against the conspiracy theories. Many food banks run from religious buildings and my local Sikh temple regularly go out to feed the homeless. I am atheist but support the right to follow a faith of your choice and cannot deny the good they can do. | |||
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"I just think there's no need to attack religion. Not protecting yourself or others is ridiculous regardless, and is not supported by most religious beliefs. Quite. In fact churches, mosques and temples are doing huge amounts to help people and actively fight against the conspiracy theories. Many food banks run from religious buildings and my local Sikh temple regularly go out to feed the homeless. I am atheist but support the right to follow a faith of your choice and cannot deny the good they can do." | |||
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" So it's ok to be discriminated against if you are religious?" Is it okay to discriminate if you are religious? | |||
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" So it's ok to be discriminated against if you are religious? Is it okay to discriminate if you are religious?" Nope Is it ok to be discriminated against? | |||
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"Will ever get back to normal my pay at work is half for nearly a year getting harder to live now prices keep going up in shops and utilities " The prices are notably going up everywhere for some reason. | |||
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" So it's ok to be discriminated against if you are religious? Is it okay to discriminate if you are religious? Nope Is it ok to be discriminated against?" Yes, in certain circumstances its probably okay to discriminate. I doubt there is a person alive who does not discriminate to some degree or has discriminated in the past. | |||
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"People who believe in religion are as stupid as flat earthers. And people who start sentences with "as a Christian" as the fucking worst. " As a Christian, I never start a sentence with "as a Christian". (Yes I know, irony. Or satire or something). I also never force my beliefs on others, in fact seldom mention them unless relevant in discussions such as this. I don't attack people who have different beliefs than me. I do comment on the good or evil that I see in peoples behaviour, but I don't see good/evil as being any kind of supernatural forces. Life is not black and white, it is shades of grey, decisions can be complex, sometimes well meaning choices can have bad results. I suppose at core, unpacking from any specific religious text or framework, I feel that people have a choice to either think about the well-being of others (even if often getting it wrong), or to think only about what they can do to help themselves. Putting it another way... Just because you're Christian, it doesn't mean that you are christian in behaviour. And you can act with christianity, without needing to be Christian. | |||
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"People who believe in religion are as stupid as flat earthers. And people who start sentences with "as a Christian" as the fucking worst. As a Christian, I never start a sentence with "as a Christian". (Yes I know, irony. Or satire or something). I also never force my beliefs on others, in fact seldom mention them unless relevant in discussions such as this. I don't attack people who have different beliefs than me. I do comment on the good or evil that I see in peoples behaviour, but I don't see good/evil as being any kind of supernatural forces. Life is not black and white, it is shades of grey, decisions can be complex, sometimes well meaning choices can have bad results. I suppose at core, unpacking from any specific religious text or framework, I feel that people have a choice to either think about the well-being of others (even if often getting it wrong), or to think only about what they can do to help themselves. Putting it another way... Just because you're Christian, it doesn't mean that you are christian in behaviour. And you can act with christianity, without needing to be Christian." In effect take the religion out of Christianity. | |||
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"People who believe in religion are as stupid as flat earthers. And people who start sentences with "as a Christian" as the fucking worst. As a Christian, I never start a sentence with "as a Christian". (Yes I know, irony. Or satire or something). I also never force my beliefs on others, in fact seldom mention them unless relevant in discussions such as this. I don't attack people who have different beliefs than me. I do comment on the good or evil that I see in peoples behaviour, but I don't see good/evil as being any kind of supernatural forces. Life is not black and white, it is shades of grey, decisions can be complex, sometimes well meaning choices can have bad results. I suppose at core, unpacking from any specific religious text or framework, I feel that people have a choice to either think about the well-being of others (even if often getting it wrong), or to think only about what they can do to help themselves. Putting it another way... Just because you're Christian, it doesn't mean that you are christian in behaviour. And you can act with christianity, without needing to be Christian." As an atheist, I have no opinion on religion, not can I tell people how to be religious, but a little bit of common sense is required in interpreting the meanings of the stories, 500 yrs ago people thought if they threw someone into a river and they drowned they were pure, but if they floated, they were evil and had to be killed???? This makes no sense, but it's people taking literal meanings out of interlectual teachings | |||
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"People who believe in religion are as stupid as flat earthers. And people who start sentences with "as a Christian" as the fucking worst. As a Christian, I never start a sentence with "as a Christian". (Yes I know, irony. Or satire or something). I also never force my beliefs on others, in fact seldom mention them unless relevant in discussions such as this. I don't attack people who have different beliefs than me. I do comment on the good or evil that I see in peoples behaviour, but I don't see good/evil as being any kind of supernatural forces. Life is not black and white, it is shades of grey, decisions can be complex, sometimes well meaning choices can have bad results. I suppose at core, unpacking from any specific religious text or framework, I feel that people have a choice to either think about the well-being of others (even if often getting it wrong), or to think only about what they can do to help themselves. Putting it another way... Just because you're Christian, it doesn't mean that you are christian in behaviour. And you can act with christianity, without needing to be Christian. As an atheist, I have no opinion on religion, not can I tell people how to be religious, but a little bit of common sense is required in interpreting the meanings of the stories, 500 yrs ago people thought if they threw someone into a river and they drowned they were pure, but if they floated, they were evil and had to be killed???? This makes no sense, but it's people taking literal meanings out of interlectual teachings" I think the point is believing in sometning | |||
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"People who believe in religion are as stupid as flat earthers. And people who start sentences with "as a Christian" as the fucking worst. As a Christian, I never start a sentence with "as a Christian". (Yes I know, irony. Or satire or something). I also never force my beliefs on others, in fact seldom mention them unless relevant in discussions such as this. I don't attack people who have different beliefs than me. I do comment on the good or evil that I see in peoples behaviour, but I don't see good/evil as being any kind of supernatural forces. Life is not black and white, it is shades of grey, decisions can be complex, sometimes well meaning choices can have bad results. I suppose at core, unpacking from any specific religious text or framework, I feel that people have a choice to either think about the well-being of others (even if often getting it wrong), or to think only about what they can do to help themselves. Putting it another way... Just because you're Christian, it doesn't mean that you are christian in behaviour. And you can act with christianity, without needing to be Christian. As an atheist, I have no opinion on religion, not can I tell people how to be religious, but a little bit of common sense is required in interpreting the meanings of the stories, 500 yrs ago people thought if they threw someone into a river and they drowned they were pure, but if they floated, they were evil and had to be killed???? This makes no sense, but it's people taking literal meanings out of interlectual teachings" Only 300 years ago in fact (Mary and Elizabeth Hicks executed as witches in England, 1716). And there are still plenty of people around who would execute the likes of me as being the modern equivalent of witches, as being someone that they use religion for an excuse to persecute, if they thought they could get away with it. | |||
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. A dangerous one at that as that probably means he isn’t taken measures to avoid spreading the disease seriously | |||
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"Will ever get back to normal my pay at work is half for nearly a year getting harder to live now prices keep going up in shops and utilities The prices are notably going up everywhere for some reason." Profiteering? | |||
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"Why do people care of someone else believes in something? Has faith? Chooses a religion.? What business is it of anyone else? " Everything we believe or don't believe is everybody's business. That's the World we share with all those around us. We have a right to comment. We have a right to express. Likewise, we have a right to accept or deny any other notion or idea. Well in the West we do at least. | |||
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