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What's your biggest beef with religion?

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What's your biggest beef with religion?
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RE: What's your biggest beef with religion?
September 21, 2018 at 9:06 pm
(September 21, 2018 at 11:48 am)Minimalist Wrote:
(September 20, 2018 at 11:57 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: Lol. 

Geez, Min. Ya ever heard of the Greeks? The Romans? Not every ancient was a stupified Christian.

No, but they weren't much smarter.  After all Galen was one one of their top "physicians" and he came up with the theory of the 4 "Humours." 

Sure. And Thales postulated that everything is made of water. Spoiler alert: he was incorrect. But he got people thinking that the way the physical world behaves might have something to do with the fundamental nature of substances. ie. It doesn't rain "just because Zeus made it rain." Thales also predicted a solar eclipse. So while most of his countrymen were freaking out, thinking that they'd angered the gods, Thales was like, "No. The moon passed in front of the sun, you dumbasses."

A clear set of instructions for how to conduct investigations into reality don't come pre-loaded into the human brain. The merits of the scientific method needed to be discovered piecemeal over the centuries to arrive at modern physics and chemistry. I'll spare you the obligatory praise of Socrates, Min. But his contribution was indispensable. And his Greco-Roman successors knew enough to prize his method.

But if the case can't be made to you logically, Min, then I might just have to resort to appeal to emotion: Paul hated the Greeks for "not being foolish enough"--or something like that. Doesn't that mean that the Greeks must have been doing something right? Tongue
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RE: What's your biggest beef with religion?
September 21, 2018 at 9:56 pm
Biggest Religious Beef.

[Image: fc894bf15c1355eac06e6e7851010e6b--cow-de...-india.jpg]

I'm gonna be bummed if someone out lamed me.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: What's your biggest beef with religion?
September 21, 2018 at 10:06 pm
(September 21, 2018 at 9:56 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Biggest Religious Beef.

[Image: fc894bf15c1355eac06e6e7851010e6b--cow-de...-india.jpg]

I'm gonna be bummed if someone out lamed me.
That's banned beef, btw.
The word bed actually looks like a bed. 
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RE: What's your biggest beef with religion?
September 21, 2018 at 10:08 pm
Is that Lord Krishna on the side of that cow playing the flute?

Now I don't even want to have a hamburger. I just want to participate in an orgy. WTF.
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RE: What's your biggest beef with religion?
September 21, 2018 at 10:09 pm
(September 21, 2018 at 10:06 pm)DodosAreDead Wrote:
(September 21, 2018 at 9:56 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Biggest Religious Beef.

[Image: fc894bf15c1355eac06e6e7851010e6b--cow-de...-india.jpg]

I'm gonna be bummed if someone out lamed me.
That's banned beef, btw.

Not if you bring it with you to college/uni. The boys at Delta will just love it.
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RE: What's your biggest beef with religion?
September 21, 2018 at 10:11 pm
(September 21, 2018 at 10:08 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Is that Lord Krishna on the side of that cow playing the flute?
An absurd drawing, but yep.
(September 21, 2018 at 10:09 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:
(September 21, 2018 at 10:06 pm)DodosAreDead Wrote: That's banned beef, btw.

Not if you bring it with you to college/uni. The boys at Delta will just love it.
US Customs won't. Or at least, they'll pretend not to until it's far out of our sight.
The word bed actually looks like a bed. 
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RE: What's your biggest beef with religion?
September 21, 2018 at 10:13 pm
(September 21, 2018 at 10:11 pm)DodosAreDead Wrote:
(September 21, 2018 at 10:09 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Not if you bring it with you to college/uni. The boys at Delta will just love it.
US Customs won't. Or at least, they'll pretend not to until it's far out of our sight.

Tell them it's your therapy cow. I'll fake the Dr.'s note.
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RE: What's your biggest beef with religion?
September 21, 2018 at 10:14 pm
(September 21, 2018 at 9:56 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Biggest Religious Beef.

[Image: fc894bf15c1355eac06e6e7851010e6b--cow-de...-india.jpg]

I'm gonna be bummed if someone out lamed me.

As with poodles, the trim isn't the animal's idea/fault. I wonder if the beef from this critter tastes like regular beef?
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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RE: What's your biggest beef with religion?
September 21, 2018 at 10:15 pm
(September 21, 2018 at 10:13 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Tell them it's your therapy cow. I'll fake the Dr.'s note.
What do you want in return? tHeReS aLwAyS a pRiCe
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