Fullerene Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, AFCDannyFTH said: If you need commandments from a book written by people who didn't know where the sun went at night in order to go through life and not be a c*nt, you're probably a massive c*nt. It is worse than that. They claim their book is the word of God which would suggest he didn't know where the sun went either. Maybe a more convincing holy book would have been one that accurately explained stars, planets and other astronomic bodies thousands of years before we learn these things for ourselves. Maybe not for me but it would be a start. Edited October 19, 2020 by Fullerene 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 What i'd like to see is a proper cartoonist like Gary Larson or one of the viz team have a go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 I’m sure Britain has seen a drop but some places are seeing a big rise in religious belief. The USA is not one of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Peel Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, coprolite said: Loving the amateur theology on this thread, absolutely barking. These cartoon of Mohammed (peace be upon him) are really not worth the arseache they've caused. Like most political cartoons they are unfunny shit. What i'd like to see is a proper cartoonist like Gary Larson or one of the viz team have a go. This is what proper satire looks like: Yes, to kill somebody over a Cartoon,is beyond reason, I can remember being slightly miffed , when at age 7, i realised,Oor Willie,The Broon Twins,and Lord Snooty ,were the same person with a different haircut though. Edited October 19, 2020 by Douglas Peel Daftness 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: I’m sure Britain has seen a drop but some places are seeing a big rise in religious belief. The USA is not one of them. That selection of countries is a bit skewed, Belarus, Spain and Russia had recent histories where your statement could affect your job prospects in the earlier figures. And possibly the latter in the cases of Russia and Belarus. Edited October 19, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFCDannyFTH Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: It is worse than that. They claim their book is the word of God which would suggest he didn't know where the sun went either. Maybe a more convincing holy book would have been one that accurately explained stars, planets and other astronomic bodies thousands of years before we learn these things for ourselves. Maybe not for me but it would be a start. That is a cracking point. Would love to see a religious person try to explain why there is no mention in holy scriptures of anything outwith our planet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: I’m sure Britain has seen a drop but some places are seeing a big rise in religious belief. The USA is not one of them. Aye it’s dropped to 78%. Whoop de do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, AFCDannyFTH said: That is a cracking point. Would love to see a religious person try to explain why there is no mention in holy scriptures of anything outwith our planet. What about the star the wise men followed to track down the baby Jesus? I think someone's identified it as a comet or something. P.S. It was the Islamic world who did all the hard work on astronomical measurements, Copernicus and Galileo just added a smidgeon to freak out the Christian world. Edited October 19, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 10 minutes ago, welshbairn said: What about the star the wise men followed to track down the baby Jesus? I think someone's identified it as a comet or something. P.S. It was the Islamic world who did all the hard work on astronomical measurements, Copernicus and Galileo just added a smidgeon to freak out the Christian world. Jupiter, Saturn and Mars in close proximity. In other words not a star at all. Oops. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, welshbairn said: P.S. It was the Islamic world who did all the hard work on astronomical measurements, Copernicus and Galileo just added a smidgeon to freak out the Christian world. As Neil Degrasse Tyson likes to point out, two thirds of all stars have Arabic names. Mesopotamia was a centre for learning about everything. Arabic numerals are what we still use today. As well as Algebra. Then some religious guy said stop doing all that and everything changed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Fullerene said: Jupiter, Saturn and Mars in close proximity. In other words not a star at all. Oops. So close that they appeared as one shiny thing in the firmament? Impressive. Incidentally my theory from watching documentaries on C5 is that Jesus went on a decade long gap year when he was about 18 and picked up some Eastern philosophy in India which he passed on to his disciples on his return. The wise men might have been part of that, integrating his thoughts into a narrative after he was long dead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 25 minutes ago, Fullerene said: Arabic numerals are what we still use today. A little off topic but that reminds me of the furore we had over here a couple of years ago when conservatives learned that children were being taught Arabic numerals in school. "This is typical of the anti-American liberal agenda!" and "MY child will never learn Arabic numerals!" were just two examples I saw on my own Facebook page. But hey, we can't call them stupid otherwise they'll vote for Trump and it will be our fault. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 51 minutes ago, AFCDannyFTH said: That is a cracking point. Would love to see a religious person try to explain why there is no mention in holy scriptures of anything outwith our planet. Or anything outside the middle east. Presumably the big guy was keeping an eye on everyone else alive at the time too. It's almost as if the bible was written by humans based on their own knowledge of history up to that point. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 All the stuff about not eating pork and prawns was probably about the lack of fridges at the time. And the habit of pigs to eat up anything early agriculturalists were trying to grow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 minute ago, welshbairn said: All the stuff about not eating pork and prawns was probably about the lack of fridges at the time. And the habit of pigs to eat up anything early agriculturalists were trying to grow. ...and circumcision because water was too precious to waste on something as trivial as washing. Yet a huge percentage of male babies are still mutilated today, even in developed countries.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Shotgun said: ...and circumcision because water was too precious to waste on something as trivial as washing. Yet a huge percentage of male babies are still mutilated today, even in developed countries.. America's a bit unusual in the non Muslim or Jewish world I think, in that circumcision is the norm for most people. I got off with a Californian girl as a teenager who was fascinated by the complete penis, almost like a disgusting relic(I had washed). I don't consider male circumcision as anywhere like the same issue as female circumcision, but it's curious why they do it. Circumcised males seem to enjoy or fail in sex much the same as uncircumcised, so it doesn't seem a big deal to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, welshbairn said: America's a bit unusual in the non Muslim or Jewish world I think, in that circumcision is the norm for most people. I got off with a Californian girl as a teenager who was fascinated by the complete penis, almost like a disgusting relic(I had washed). I don't consider male circumcision as anywhere like the same issue as female circumcision, but it's curious why they do it. Circumcised males seem to enjoy or fail in sex much the same as uncircumcised, so it doesn't seem a big deal to me. Too much information. How did we get from beheading teachers to you getting a w**k? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 28 minutes ago, welshbairn said: All the stuff about not eating pork and prawns was probably about the lack of fridges at the time. And the habit of pigs to eat up anything early agriculturalists were trying to grow. Yes. Every bout of severe food poisoning was obviously a sign from above not to eat that stuff. Surprised it was not a much longer list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Too much information. How did we get from beheading teachers to you getting a w**k? Gobble as it happens. On a pedalo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Gobble as it happens. On a pedalo. I've heard enough thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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