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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 2 hours, 1 minute ago
WISH I KNEW HOW TO DO THAT DEVILTRY IN ITALICS.
Use the quote function, or the ” blue button (block quote on/off).
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 3 hours, 2 minutes ago
I think they’re all authoritarian in various ways. Religion forms a moral domain – with a goal (worshipping God, enlightenment) and methods of achieving it (religious observance). Morality has a light and a dark side, like the moon. Authoritarianism is the dark, harsh, punishing side of morality and hence, religion.
Islam is currently the mo…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 3 hours, 53 minutes ago
Simon says,
Muslim people don’t lose their wits, or common intelligence, just because their religion is oppressive. They have to know how to find how to live some kind of life in that stifling environment. That takes intelligence.
Where’s the reproductive selection pressure, in this situation, against intelligence?
WISH I KNEW HOW TO DO THA…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 4 hours, 53 minutes ago
Generations upon generations of mindless devotion, fear, and authoritarian control resulting in retardation of normal curiosity and intellectual exploration might be inheritable in terms of intelligence? It would certainly aid the mind virus of Islam to dumb down its hosts. IDK
Muslim people don’t lose their wits, or common…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer started the topic Charlotte, NC Fundamentalist Christian Preacher Tells All on His Dogma!! in the forum Politics 4 hours, 54 minutes ago
Fellow Unbelievers,
This is a very interesting story and video I couldn’t resist sharing! It is always jarring and awakening to see such candor from the religious!
Pastor Loran Livingston just down the road from me in Charlotte, NC tips the hand of Fundamentalist Christianity on it’s stance about the Enlightenment ideals of the Founding Fathers…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 4 hours, 55 minutes ago
Why does Islam seem so authoritarian compared with other religions? Is it really more authoritarian than some of the Christians?
I have been reading a bit and finding out about Hinduism. They encourage free-thinking and free enquiry – within a rigid framework of rituals connected with ideas of sacredness and purity, and “feudal ethics” (the c…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 5 hours, 2 minutes ago
Adults, one hopes, cooperate for the good of a collective (family, community, employer, club, whatever). That comes over time with life experience and maturity.
We also coooperate just to get things done that we need to achieve and benefits we need to gain. We also cooperate because socially we enjoy it – a benefit gained through…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 5 hours, 11 minutes ago
Religion impacts lives in a number of unfortunate ways.
I have been listening to a slew of apostates of Islam tell their stories and not only is antisemitism more virulent (ubiquitous too) than i realized but the degree of control over every aspect of life is shocking. It is such a blatant and horrific cult. One of the many revelations to me is…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 5 hours, 48 minutes ago
Kids are narcissists.
I wasn’t saying they’re fantastic. They are monsters compared with adults. But they seem to be born with innate cooperation skills that aren’t taught.
Compared with a chimpanzee, a 3-year old child is a great team player.
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 7 hours, 56 minutes ago
’m not a parent. According to laboratory experiments, they develop the skills by around the age of 3. I should have been more precise. The point is they don’t need to be taught, they do things like respect commitments and help those in need (much of the time) automatically. That in turn looks like the best coopera…
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