Friday, 25 March 2011
- on Does God belong in the classroom? just nowOf course God belongs in the classroom: how else can one teach about sadism, brainwashing and the control of others? Indeed, teaching how religions support war and sectarian violence should be mandatory.
- So, like, you know, this article is, like, a bit over my, you know, head?
- on A victory for UK plc 7 minutes agoWell, with the speed that WPP moves its headquarters about, expect it to move again when the three-year tax waiver expires
- on Mary Dejevsky: Is public anger finally going to erupt? 17 minutes ago"disabled people were going to have to choose between enforced work and penury"
There is a subtle hint of discrimination here: implying that disabled people, unlike the rest of us, should not have to work to avoid penury. Or were you implying that they are not capable of work?
- True, and mere beauty cannot account for science. It has been said that art takes away precision, but adds manipulation. It certainly obliterates part of the intellect. One of the things myth and mystery gives us is fear, and with it the ability to oppress or control others. Sadly, science just seems to take all that away.
The other day I saw a surgeon cure a child. I could tell you that his spirit spoke to the child's spirit as he waved his magic wand of science. But that wouldn't teach you how to save the next child.
- Well, maybe the west is just tired of egging people on to revolt, then abandoning them - as we did in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Iraq and Iran.
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Pastor Loses Job Amidst Rob Bell Debate
Commented Mar 24, 2011 at 16:08:35 in Religion
Hell is an idea created by the Devil to make God look like a sadist.
As if God hadn't already done a pretty good job of that early in the first testament, long before we even get to the Book of Job.
What? The state broadcaster will not support the numbers racket?
What is this world coming to?
- Gosh, you mean the NHS is not McDonalds?
We should change that immediately: we don't want a system where some providers are better than others - all should be exactly the same, even if that same is mediocre.
- 50 years late? Does this mean that we should put up statues within months for anyone who does anything amazing and then visits Britain?
- May Mr True-May learn not to say what is true - if he wants to have a job that is exposed to media scrutiny. He needs to learn to do the things that make a successful program while saying PC things and waffling. Never, never tell the media why things really work - they pick it to pieces and hand you your hat.
- on Row over role of Nato splits coalition forces 9 hours agoWar run by committee. Not a great recipe for success.
- Well good for him. The hard message last time, now just marking time and waiting for them to work. A sensible approach with a reticent recovery - given that the last government doubled spending in 10 short years, without raising the revenue to pay for it.
- on Why Osborne’s leaked his budget 22 hours agoThat's not a doughnut, that's a hole surrounded by sweet bread.
- on Christina Patterson: Are we really all middle class now? 22 hours ago"Not nice collages of the Tudors, like I did at primary school"
Had you said "Not nice collages of the Tudors, as I did at primary school" we would also have been able to tell your class.
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The Twin Elephants in the Room
Commented Mar 24, 2011 at 16:11:59 in Green
Until we start to see people who have more than two children as unacceptab