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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #25 on: July 01, 2016, 11:30:06 AM »
It is true that dangerous people infest all parts of society. I think the only way to combat them is for the rest of us to unite and control them. Everything that divides us into smaller groups is counterproductive, and religion is one of those things.

Religion is one of them, as you say, but it is humanly natural to divide into groups.  We are individuals.  Society can band together for a cause, that's very good, but each must be able to do their own thing in their own time, maybe with others who have similar interests.  Life would be so stark without that, we're not clones.
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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #26 on: July 01, 2016, 12:10:19 PM »
I have just come across this on another forum and feel very sick that anyone one can use god as an excuse for their own evil depravity and have it endorsed by other Christian extremists!

https://jennifermayers.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/americas-martyr-no-race-mixing/

A white woman shot her daughters for going out with black lads, because it is ungodly for the races to mix!

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #27 on: July 01, 2016, 12:18:30 PM »
Unutterably vile.
As a Christian I don't mind saying the mother (whose mental state we don't yet know so I say it cautiously in her case), and Jennifer Mayers, definitely, have committed sins which blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
Using religion as a respectable cover for committing any type of abuse is an unforgivable sin.
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« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2016, 12:23:07 PM »
Unutterably vile.
As a Christian I don't mind saying the mother (whose mental state we don't yet know so I say it cautiously in her case), and Jennifer Mayers, definitely, have committed sins which blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
Using religion as a respectable cover for committing any type of abuse is an unforgivable sin.

I wonder if there is any poster on this forum who would support Mayer's comments?

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #29 on: July 01, 2016, 12:35:40 PM »
I wonder if there is any poster on this forum who would support Mayer's comments?

I doubt it. She is just another example of how religion can addle a weak brain.

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #30 on: July 01, 2016, 12:47:48 PM »
I wonder if there is any poster on this forum who would support Mayer's comments?

None.
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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #31 on: July 01, 2016, 02:28:33 PM »
None.

I can think of one who might do so.

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #32 on: July 01, 2016, 02:43:02 PM »
Unutterably vile.
As a Christian I don't mind saying the mother (whose mental state we don't yet know so I say it cautiously in her case), and Jennifer Mayers, definitely, have committed sins which blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
Using religion as a respectable cover for committing any type of abuse is an unforgivable sin.
Quite agree, Brownie.
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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #33 on: July 01, 2016, 02:45:10 PM »
I can think of one who might do so.
I can think of one or two who would not agree in detail, but might well do in 'principal'.
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« Reply #34 on: July 01, 2016, 02:49:03 PM »
I can think of one or two who would not agree in detail, but might well do in 'principal'.

One of the now banned posters would more likely than not have relished shooting the black lads!

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #35 on: July 01, 2016, 02:56:00 PM »
I can think of one who might do so.

It doesn't do you any good to focus on the "one" whoever he is, and I've not seen him, nor does it give you any credit to mutter darkly about them, if they exist.  I note you have posted again about a "now banned person", why mention them at all even if not by name.  They are banned and a lot of us wouldn't know who you are talking about, nor want to.

I do not  believe there is one person on here who would murder their children because their children slept with person or persons of a different race, even if they didn't much like it.

The woman in the link you posted must be completely deranged and I have no words to describe the Jennifer Mayers person who has written about it with praise.  The pair of them would be up in arms to hear of an "honour killing" by someone of a different religion or race or both but that is precisely what they sanction.  Murder is murder.
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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #36 on: July 01, 2016, 02:57:20 PM »
It doesn't do you any good to focus on the "one" whoever he is, and I've not seen him, nor does it give you any credit to mutter darkly about them, if they exist.  I note you have posted again about a "now banned person", why mention them at all even if not by name.  They are banned and a lot of us wouldn't know who you are talking about, nor want to.

I do not  believe there is one person on here who would murder their children because their children slept with person or persons of a different race, even if they didn't much like it.

The woman in the link you posted must be completely deranged and I have no words to describe the Jennifer Mayers person who has written about it with praise.  The pair of them would be up in arms to hear of an "honour killing" by someone of a different religion or race or both but that is precisely what they sanction.  Murder is murder.
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« Reply #37 on: July 01, 2016, 04:39:29 PM »
It doesn't do you any good to focus on the "one" whoever he is, and I've not seen him, nor does it give you any credit to mutter darkly about them, if they exist.  I note you have posted again about a "now banned person", why mention them at all even if not by name.  They are banned and a lot of us wouldn't know who you are talking about, nor want to.

I do not  believe there is one person on here who would murder their children because their children slept with person or persons of a different race, even if they didn't much like it.

The woman in the link you posted must be completely deranged and I have no words to describe the Jennifer Mayers person who has written about it with praise.  The pair of them would be up in arms to hear of an "honour killing" by someone of a different religion or race or both but that is precisely what they sanction.  Murder is murder.

If you read my post I said that the now banned poster, would possibly have relished killing the black lads. This person is a self confessed racist and anti-gay bigot. Some will know well of whom I am talking!

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #38 on: July 01, 2016, 09:10:56 PM »
Created what Floo; strife?  Do you have any evidence that humans created a belief in a deity (aka religion)?

Again Hope, I've got to admit you never give up on this theme of yours?

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #39 on: July 01, 2016, 09:59:53 PM »
Well - What proof do we have a deity has made contact with US ???

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #40 on: July 02, 2016, 06:15:33 AM »
Well - What proof do we have a deity has made contact with US ???

None! That's why it's faith and not fact.

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #41 on: July 02, 2016, 06:34:44 AM »
floo, I did read what you wrote, you missed my point.
I said:   "I note you have posted again about a "now banned person", why mention them at all even if not by name."
Then in your reply you mentioned them again  ::).

Anyway not that important I suppose, except maybe to me, so let's move on.
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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #42 on: July 02, 2016, 07:53:44 AM »
One of the now banned posters would more likely than not have relished shooting the black lads!

Like you would relish something happening to them?

When Floo doesn't like someone, out come the daggers.

Floo, when you don't approve of something you are pretty severe yourself.

We don't know what a banned poster thinks because they're not here to tell us.

« Last Edit: July 02, 2016, 07:57:05 AM by Rose »

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #43 on: July 02, 2016, 08:00:28 AM »
If you read my post I said that the now banned poster, would possibly have relished killing the black lads. This person is a self confessed racist and anti-gay bigot. Some will know well of whom I am talking!

Someone ought to remove the knives from Floo before she hurts herself, or someone else.

 :o

I think Floo "relishes" condemning all sorts of things, sees the world in black and white and can't see past her nose when it comes to subtleties.

Saying an ex poster here would relish murdering someone because of the colour of their skin is a step to far.

I can guess who Floo is referring to, not because of anything that person has said, but because of past things Floo has said about them and her attitude towards them.




« Last Edit: July 02, 2016, 08:07:18 AM by Rose »

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #44 on: July 02, 2016, 08:06:38 AM »
Like you would relish something happening to them?

When Floo doesn't like someone, out come the daggers.

Floo, when you don't approve of something you are pretty severe yourself.

We don't know what a banned poster thinks because they're not here to tell us.



That was the point I was trying to make but am not sure it penetrated.
People are often banned, or suspended.   I have been so myself, not on here.  However not everyone who is banned is racist or violent, they could have been rude or something like that, lost their rag.  So it seems unfair to talk about them in their absence, unless we have something positive to say about them.  Based on that premise, it seems wrong to pick and choose whom we diss, eg this one was a bit nasty but that one was very nasty, so we can pull them apart, without mentioning names of course but people will know who is being talked about.  It also shows us up to be vindictive if we do that and there's no place for that on forums.
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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #45 on: July 02, 2016, 08:17:59 AM »
If you read my post I said that the now banned poster, would possibly have relished killing the black lads. This person is a self confessed racist and anti-gay bigot. Some will know well of whom I am talking!
Said poster was certainly against the practice of homosexuality, but whether they were/are a bigot, let alone a racist, is very much open to debate, Floo.
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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #46 on: July 02, 2016, 08:45:50 AM »
Well they ain't here now so they can go off and be bigoted, racist or both elsewhere - or maybe even find a forum where everyone else feels the same and be happy ever after in their little world  ;D.
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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #47 on: July 02, 2016, 11:34:56 AM »
Someone ought to remove the knives from Floo before she hurts herself, or someone else.

 :o

I think Floo "relishes" condemning all sorts of things, sees the world in black and white and can't see past her nose when it comes to subtleties.

Saying an ex poster here would relish murdering someone because of the colour of their skin is a step to far.

I can guess who Floo is referring to, not because of anything that person has said, but because of past things Floo has said about them and her attitude towards them.

Rose you make it up as you go along. You don't know me at all!

I don't relish condemning all sorts of things, I don't see the world in black and white.

WRONG! That particular poster made a lot of very nasty racist and anti-gay comments on this forum, and the forum they currently occupy!

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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #48 on: July 02, 2016, 01:31:56 PM »
Shall we give up now and go and have a lie down? 
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Re: Would the World be better off without religion
« Reply #49 on: July 02, 2016, 03:59:56 PM »
Unutterably vile.
As a Christian I don't mind saying the mother (whose mental state we don't yet know so I say it cautiously in her case)
Will never know, she was shot dead by the police when she refused to give up her gun.

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, and Jennifer Mayers, definitely, have committed sins which blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

I don't know about that but Jennifer Mayers seems to be barking or a troll or satire.

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Mrs. Sheats was the picture of elegance and I know she would not want to have to explain to her friends why she was carrying around a yellow mixed baby that her promiscuous daughters had created.

Seriously?

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