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RE: Stupid things religious people say
March 30, 2022 at 6:26 pm
(March 30, 2022 at 6:21 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: In the case of the easter hare, those beliefs persisted long after the point at which they would have been associated with Eostre as a fertility goddess, and into christianized populations.
That’s the point - hares don’t seem to have been associated with Eostre at all. They were, however, almost immediately associated with the virgin birth and the resurrection, primarily because hares were believed to be hermaphroditic and could reproduce without sex.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
March 30, 2022 at 6:33 pm
I think that's why grimm called it unintelligible.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
April 3, 2022 at 5:48 am
Opening prayer begins with their belief that Trump is the current president
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
April 13, 2022 at 6:33 am
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OK, I don't want to call Dan Aykroyd stupid, I mean he is an adorable guy, but, boy, when he starts talking about his beliefs it really becomes mental.
Like I was skimming through some book of essays where there is one by Dan Aykroyd. Now, Dan is a spiritualist, but he did grow up catholic so you can see how these beliefs all mixed up "nicely" in his head, especially when he describes what he thought was happening during John Belushi's funeral (last two sentences)
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
April 13, 2022 at 9:41 am
(April 13, 2022 at 6:33 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: OK, I don't want to call Dan Aykroyd stupid, I mean he is an adorable guy, but, boy, when he starts talking about his beliefs it really becomes mental.
Like I was skimming through some book of essays where there is one by Dan Aykroyd. Now, Dan is a spiritualist, but he did grow up catholic so you can see how these beliefs all mixed up "nicely" in his head, especially when he describes what he thought was happening during John Belushi's funeral (last two sentences)
and has he got any evidence for this??
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
April 13, 2022 at 9:44 am
(April 13, 2022 at 9:41 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: (April 13, 2022 at 6:33 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: OK, I don't want to call Dan Aykroyd stupid, I mean he is an adorable guy, but, boy, when he starts talking about his beliefs it really becomes mental.
Like I was skimming through some book of essays where there is one by Dan Aykroyd. Now, Dan is a spiritualist, but he did grow up catholic so you can see how these beliefs all mixed up "nicely" in his head, especially when he describes what he thought was happening during John Belushi's funeral (last two sentences)
and has he got any evidence for this?? Evidence?? We don' t need no stinking evidence....
We have FAITH......
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
April 13, 2022 at 10:13 am
Ha, yeah, Dan doesn't have any evidence, he would just accuse you of being in a "religion" of scientism.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
April 22, 2022 at 6:37 am
Rachel Hamm, a Republican candidate for secretary of state in California, claimed in an interview that God will commit voter fraud on her behalf to cancel out Democrats if they try to steal the election from her.
"I would pray that I win," said Hamm. "One thing that I have been doing is praying that if anyone tries to steal a vote, that God would send the angels to steal the vote back. To make it an honest vote."
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
April 22, 2022 at 10:23 pm
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
April 22, 2022 at 10:26 pm
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