Random Humorous Things - A Light-Hearted Thread

[AniKoferBo]

How much have religions always been tied into geopolitics?

[ignoramus]

How much have religions always been tied into geopolitics?

100%

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

How much have religions always been tied into geopolitics?

Going back to Egypt and Mesopotamia at least.  Also in China, The Indus Valley and Meso America.

Organised religion has always had a symbiotic relationship with the status quo, often legitimising who or what happened to be in charge . In turn, religions have always been allowed to shear their flocks.

 Still very much in all of those areas except the PRC which remains strongly anti religion.  The poorer a country is the more powerful are religions. There is strong correlation between religiosity, education and poverty. Affluent countries tend to replace organised religions with perhaps secular humanism or even simple hedonism. Probably just a coincidence. 

[The Architect Of Fate]

WW2 wizard duel 


The part WW2 that they don't teach you

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[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

[A. Secular Human]

Add a couple of red flags and it's...

"Been there, done that!"

[Fireball]

I had a '56 Chevy station wagon that I (over)loaded with roofing shingles one night, back when I was putting an addition on my previous house. I took side streets at 25 MPH because the headlights were pointing way high and the (manual) steering could have been power steering. I probably should have put down the second seat and shifted the load forward, but I was already tired enough as it was. Those shingles stayed in the car overnight.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I had a '56 Chevy station wagon that I (over)loaded with roofing shingles one night, back when I was putting an addition on my previous house. I took side streets at 25 MPH because the headlights were pointing way high and the (manual) steering could have been power steering. I probably should have put down the second seat and shifted the load forward, but I was already tired enough as it was. Those shingles stayed in the car overnight.

 Farrk.

Was a time I had a boarder. He was a gardener and had a small nursery in the back yard, which was very handy.  I bought a 6x4 trailer so we could take plants to Sunday flea markets. I never learned to reverse. Are you familiar with the term "jack knife"?  Well it did that, and sliced open the back door. Embarrassing  and expensive.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I had a '56 Chevy station wagon that I (over)loaded with roofing shingles one night, back when I was putting an addition on my previous house. I took side streets at 25 MPH because the headlights were pointing way high and the (manual) steering could have been power steering. I probably should have put down the second seat and shifted the load forward, but I was already tired enough as it was. Those shingles stayed in the car overnight.

 Farrk.

Was a time I had a boarder. He was a gardener and had a small nursery in the back yard, which was very handy.  I bought a 6x4 trailer so we could take plants to Sunday flea markets. I never learned to reverse. Are you familiar with the term "jack knife"?  Well it did that, and sliced open the back door. Embarrassing  and expensive.

When I was still living at home, Da donated twenty 50lb sacks of composted cow manure to a local youth club who grew veggies to donate to poor people. My brother and I were tasked with delivering it, and loaded all 20 sacks into the boot and backseat of Mike's 1972 Cortina.

We stopped for petrol on the way, and the man at the next pump saw how low the car was riding and said, 'Good lords, lads - whatchu got in there?' and Mikey answed, 'A half-ton of cow shite.' The man got angry and said, 'Just asking, boyo, no need for the smart mouth.'

Boru