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Offline KappaWing

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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #20 on: February 22, 2007, 06:45:07 pm
Quote from: TrashMan on February 22, 2007, 06:40:34 pm
If it's an election, then everyone has the RIGHT to elect whomever he wants FOR WHATEVER REASON HE WANTS..right?

What the hell is biased or predjudiced about?

Based on a single piece of information, these people think can judge if that person would make a good leader or not. That is prejudiced because they make the assumption that one will be a bad leader, simply because she is a woman (example). Making a connection that has no basis in reality, only in their indoctrinated mind.
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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #21 on: February 22, 2007, 06:53:59 pm
Quote from: TrashMan on February 22, 2007, 06:40:34 pm
If it's an election, then everyone has the RIGHT to elect whomever he wants FOR WHATEVER REASON HE WANTS..right?

What the hell is biased or predjudiced about?

Yeah, but they can still be biased; making a certain decision for reasons that you shouldn't be making that decision by. You shouldn't vote for somebody based on race, or homosexuality, etc. unless you sincerely believe that it will negatively affect their policies regarding the country.
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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #22 on: February 22, 2007, 06:56:52 pm
So none would vote for Rupaul..
  

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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #23 on: February 22, 2007, 10:57:35 pm
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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #24 on: February 22, 2007, 11:19:35 pm
Quote from: TrashMan on February 22, 2007, 06:40:34 pm
If it's an election, then everyone has the RIGHT to elect whomever he wants FOR WHATEVER REASON HE WANTS..right?

That's one of the major complaints about democracy...

The idiots don't know what they're ****ing voting about.
 

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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #25 on: February 23, 2007, 12:39:07 am
Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made
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To write the love of God above, would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky!
 

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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #26 on: February 23, 2007, 12:43:09 am
Is that really how much the crucifixion cost? Damn-- bargain at twice the price.

Folks, at prices like this you can't afford NOT to kill Christ!
« Last Edit: February 23, 2007, 12:49:29 am by Ford Prefect »
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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #27 on: February 23, 2007, 01:10:06 am
Yep, pretty much!  :nod:

I guestimated prices at today's standard based on Home Depot.  Couldn't find anything for lumber, so that's a pure guess.

I guess I should factor in all the labor that went into it though.  All the work riling up the crowds, 30 pieces of silver to Judas for betraying Christ, plus the wages of the Romans that flogged Christ, along with those that accompanied Him on His journey, plus the spear that cut him open to make sure he was dead.  Also the wages of the executioners.  So I guess it's a bit more thant I put there, but you get the idea.

Quote from: Ford Prefect on February 23, 2007, 12:43:09 am
Folks, at prices like this you can't afford NOT to kill Christ!

IDK if you were trying to be sarcastic or not, but sadly, this is more true than it sounds.  We need the salvation that comes from Christ on the Cross.  However, it's already done.  All you gotta do is realize that you and I are the reasons it had to happen, and accept the gift of somebody else taking the Death Penalty we most definitely deserve.

As to not derail the topic anymore, we may want to start a new thread about this.  Anyone up for a little debate?
Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made
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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #28 on: February 23, 2007, 01:20:24 am
Quote from: G0atmaster on February 23, 2007, 01:10:06 am
IDK if you were trying to be sarcastic or not, but sadly, this is more true than it sounds.  We need the salvation that comes from Christ on the Cross.  However, it's already done.  All you gotta do is realize that you and I are the reasons it had to happen, and accept the gift of somebody else taking the Death Penalty we most definitely deserve.
Nah, I don't believe in sarcasm when it comes to Jesus.
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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #29 on: February 23, 2007, 01:23:51 am
Quote from: Mars on February 22, 2007, 11:19:35 pm
Quote from: TrashMan on February 22, 2007, 06:40:34 pm
If it's an election, then everyone has the RIGHT to elect whomever he wants FOR WHATEVER REASON HE WANTS..right?

That's one of the major complaints about democracy...

The idiots don't know what they're ****ing voting about.


It's basically impossible for a declared athiest to win the presidency in America, as sad as that is.


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IDK if you were trying to be sarcastic or not, but sadly, this is more true than it sounds.  We need the salvation that comes from Christ on the Cross.  However, it's already done.  All you gotta do is realize that you and I are the reasons it had to happen, and accept the gift of somebody else taking the Death Penalty we most definitely deserve.


:wtf:


I think we got ourselves a fundie here!!!!!!
« Last Edit: February 23, 2007, 02:27:36 am by Kosh »
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Offline G0atmaster

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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #30 on: February 23, 2007, 01:29:45 am
Quote from: Ford Prefect on February 23, 2007, 01:20:24 am
Quote from: G0atmaster on February 23, 2007, 01:10:06 am
IDK if you were trying to be sarcastic or not, but sadly, this is more true than it sounds.  We need the salvation that comes from Christ on the Cross.  However, it's already done.  All you gotta do is realize that you and I are the reasons it had to happen, and accept the gift of somebody else taking the Death Penalty we most definitely deserve.
Nah, I don't believe in sarcasm when it comes to Jesus.

Well in that case, thank you, sir.
Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above, would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky!
 

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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #31 on: February 23, 2007, 03:15:02 am
Quote from: TrashMan on February 22, 2007, 06:40:34 pm
If it's an election, then everyone has the RIGHT to elect whomever he wants FOR WHATEVER REASON HE WANTS..right?

What the hell is biased or predjudiced about?

Well, say I was recruiting for a job, and you were the top candidate, but I decided I didn't like your accent and thus gave it to some other guy (let's just say he's, ummm, an arab-nationality homosexual aetheist).  Would that be a fair or right thing to do?  Would it be the best hiring strategy for the company?

Quote from: Ford Prefect on February 23, 2007, 12:43:09 am
Is that really how much the crucifixion cost? Damn-- bargain at twice the price.

Folks, at prices like this you can't afford NOT to kill Christ!

Damn right!  I'm off to find Tom Cruise* and a B&Q and make the next Messiah.

*because Ron Hubbard is dead already, and the Pope doesn't qualify as a leader of a loony fringe religion any more, what with Catholicism being too popular.
 

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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #32 on: February 23, 2007, 01:10:31 pm
Quote from: aldo_14 on February 23, 2007, 03:15:02 am
*because Ron Hubbard is dead already, and the Pope doesn't qualify as a leader of a loony fringe religion any more, what with Catholicism being too popular.

Only in the mind of protestants was the pope a leader of a fringe religion.

Catholics are the biggest, no other religion comes close to the numbers the catholics have.

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Offline aldo_14

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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #33 on: February 23, 2007, 01:19:57 pm
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on February 23, 2007, 01:10:31 pm
Quote from: aldo_14 on February 23, 2007, 03:15:02 am
*because Ron Hubbard is dead already, and the Pope doesn't qualify as a leader of a loony fringe religion any more, what with Catholicism being too popular.

Only in the mind of protestants was the pope a leader of a fringe religion.

Catholics are the biggest, no other religion comes close to the numbers the catholics have.

Just a reminder

I'm well aware of the size of Catholism, I think you missed my point.  Christianity itself wasn't always massed.
 

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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #34 on: February 23, 2007, 05:19:57 pm
Quote from: KappaWing on February 22, 2007, 06:45:07 pm
Quote from: TrashMan on February 22, 2007, 06:40:34 pm
If it's an election, then everyone has the RIGHT to elect whomever he wants FOR WHATEVER REASON HE WANTS..right?

What the hell is biased or predjudiced about?

Based on a single piece of information, these people think can judge if that person would make a good leader or not. That is prejudiced because they make the assumption that one will be a bad leader, simply because she is a woman (example). Making a connection that has no basis in reality, only in their indoctrinated mind.

I assume you pick your canditates on pure, unrelenting logic?

Peple pick whom they like. Exactly why is that or on what basis - who cares, who knows.
Hell, I like some pople and I don't know why I like them (charisma maby?)... I just do.

Logicly you should elect someone on how good a job you THINK he might do. At the end of the day the diplomats or books the candidate wrte mean little - you really don't know whom to trust. So I guess pople go by their gut feeling.

So I guess you would never elect someone you percieve as stupid.. Isn't that also a bias? A prejudice against stupid people? What makes you think he wouldn't make a good leader (hell, I see stupid epople ruling countries all over the world - if anything stupidity seems to be a requirement)

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Re: On the subject of religious bias in the US....
Reply #35 on: February 24, 2007, 01:06:33 am
It doesnt really matter... all you need to be president nowadays is the $100 million entry fee to start campaigning 2 years ahead of time, then the $100 million for the final 6 months.. oh and a bunch of talking tv heads that tell people what you had for lunch while you begged for money and told people how much you care.
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