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Just to say that if you do not understand the beliefs of others you should not disregard the and try to make bad jokes out of them. But feel free, this is an o

Just to say that if you do not understand the beliefs of others you should not disregard the and try to make bad jokes out of them. But feel free, this is an open board.

DonHopkins 5y ago
Oh I have studied and regarded and understand their beliefs just fine, and if you haven't, or simply believe them without actually understanding what they really claim and how impossibly unscientific and implausible (and kinkily fetishistic) they are, then you should certainly read the Wikipedia articles about them and the citations I provided. If some people are so embarrassed for other people to know and understand what they believe, then perhaps they should choose to invent and subscribe to more plausible, less embarrassing beliefs, instead of trying to police jokes, and stop people from trying to educate other people about their own beliefs? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence The more intelligent people study religious beliefs, the less likely they are to believe them, so I strongly encourage everyone to read up on the fascinating Catholic doctrine of Transubstantiation, which is even more unscientific, ridiculous, and unbelievable than their childishly silly story about Noah's Ark, or even Homeopathic Quack Medicine. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transubstantiation https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transubstantiation >If you wake up tomorrow morning thinking that saying a few Latin words over your pancakes will turn them into the body of Elvis Presley, you've lost your mind, but if you think more or less the same thing about a cracker and the body of Jesus, you’re just a Catholic. —Sam Harris And trying to condemn the President of the United State's soul to eternal damnation in hell and declare him an anathema is not a joke or laughing matter, it's spiritual assault, and not very "Christian" of them to try to take on the role of God by judging people. Don't they have something better to do with their time and money, like paying off all the children they raped and abused to keep their mouths shut (who aren't already dead and buried in unmarked mass graves), and protecting all the Priests and Archbishops who repeatedly raped and abused them, confident that they could get away with it? Canada: 751 unmarked graves found at residential school https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57592243 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57592243 Catholic Priests Abused 1,000 Children in Pennsylvania, Report Says https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/us/catholic-church-sex-abuse-pennsylvania.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/us/catholic-church-sex-ab... A Catholic Archbishop Claims He Wasn't Sure Whether Sexual Abuse of Kids Was a Crime https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/06/a-catholic-archbishop-claims-he-wasnt-sure-whether-sexual-abuse-of-kids-was-a-crime/372490/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/06/a-catho...

Just to say that if you do not understand the beliefs of others you should not disregard the and try to make bad jokes out of them. But feel free, this is an open board.

DonHopkins 5y ago

Oh I have studied and regarded and understand their beliefs just fine, and if you haven't, or simply believe them without actually understanding what they really claim and how impossibly unscientific and implausible (and kinkily fetishistic) they are, then you should certainly read the Wikipedia articles about them and the citations I provided. If some people are so embarrassed for other people to know and understand what they believe, then perhaps they should choose to invent and subscribe to more plausible, less embarrassing beliefs, instead of trying to police jokes, and stop people from trying to educate other people about their own beliefs? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence The more intelligent people study religious beliefs, the less likely they are to believe them, so I strongly encourage everyone to read up on the fascinating Catholic doctrine of Transubstantiation, which is even more unscientific, ridiculous, and unbelievable than their childishly silly story about Noah's Ark, or even Homeopathic Quack Medicine. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transubstantiation https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transubstantiation >If you wake up tomorrow morning thinking that saying a few Latin words over your pancakes will turn them into the body of Elvis Presley, you've lost your mind, but if you think more or less the same thing about a cracker and the body of Jesus, you’re just a Catholic. —Sam Harris And trying to condemn the President of the United State's soul to eternal damnation in hell and declare him an anathema is not a joke or laughing matter, it's spiritual assault, and not very "Christian" of them to try to take on the role of God by judging people. Don't they have something better to do with their time and money, like paying off all the children they raped and abused to keep their mouths shut (who aren't already dead and buried in unmarked mass graves), and protecting all the Priests and Archbishops who repeatedly raped and abused them, confident that they could get away with it? Canada: 751 unmarked graves found at residential school https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57592243 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57592243 Catholic Priests Abused 1,000 Children in Pennsylvania, Report Says https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/us/catholic-church-sex-abuse-pennsylvania.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/us/catholic-church-sex-ab... A Catholic Archbishop Claims He Wasn't Sure Whether Sexual Abuse of Kids Was a Crime https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/06/a-catholic-archbishop-claims-he-wasnt-sure-whether-sexual-abuse-of-kids-was-a-crime/372490/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/06/a-catho...