Weston Super Saint

Not the first time the USPS has been connected to dodgy shenanigans!

Lol. That must be the quickest volte face in the history of Saintsweb. All over the place pal!

How would you solve distancing in the classroom? Short of building probably twice the amount of classrooms in all schools in the next three weeks, I'm not sure it's possible. It's a matter of physical space isn't it?

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Didn't I cover this with this bit : Yes, I'm fully aware that the initial claim has been expanded and embellished to produce the parable / story of the good samaritan but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Can you point out where, in either of your links, it states that the story cannot be based on a claim which is then further embellished? Do you understand what the claim is in the parable of the good samaritan - or are you denying that there is one? Will you ever answer the question : why do you state that some claims need to be verified but others don't?

The good samaritan story is based on a claim. This really is simple stuff. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke 10%3A25-37&version=NIV The 'claim' is very simple but I'll spell it out for you - Love the Lord God and you will live. That is a pretty important claim as the converse would imply that if you DON'T love the Lord God, then you will not live for eternity. Has this 'claim' been 'checked out properly', if so, what evidence was produced to either confirm or deny the claim? Yes, I'm fully aware that the initial claim has been expanded and embellished to produce the parable / story of the good samaritan but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Will you at any point answer the question : why do you state that some claims need to be verified but others don't?

At no point have I said that stories should be verified - that's just you making stuff up again. I have, however, asked why you have stated that some claims need absolute verification (the ones you don't believe), but you have ignored the question why others (the ones you do believe), don't need to be verified. These are two seperate things - stories being one and claims being another. Do try and keep up and answer this very simple question - why do you state that some claims need to be verified but others don't?

How does this 'quota' system work? Who sets the parameters and what are they based on?

Why would you believe a fictional story, it's fictional? Why would you live your life around the values / morals from a fictional story, it's fictional? The point, which once again you have magnificently missed, is that you stated claims (not stories) need to be verified with facts. All of the verses quoted were claims as to what would happen if a person repented. The hypocrisy lies in the fact that you have not asked for verification of these particular claims. It's really not that difficult to comprehend. Unless of course you are now stating that the bible is just a series of made up stories?

I am well aware of what he quoted, pal. He quoted an awful lot of claims. In your world where stories don't need to be justified but claims do, I merely pointed out that you don't seem to be demading that any of these claims have been checked and verified. Hypocritcal wouldn't you say?

Odd that you seem to have just accepted all those, verbatim and haven't mentioned that any of them should be 'checked out' before doing so....

Again, as the original OP pointed out, he hasn't 'literally' copied, he has paraphrased. Why should he need to check any of the claims, surely they can also be classed as a 'story' - or again, is it only stories you agree with that don't need to be fact checked? As for your second point, your reference to the 'story Jesus used' is the very definition of 'confirmation bias' isn't it? How about just sticking to answering the questions rather than throwing insults around - it makes it look like you've lost the argument when you do that

What if the dog in the cemetry in Wales was named by a black person, would that then make it OK for it to have that name? Certainly seems very confusing....

Very true. I think that picture is taken from the video that Ms Butler posted on her social meeja. Maybe she had the camera on a 'mirror' setting or something - at one point it did look like she was sitting on the right hand side as well, but at another point in the video it looked like she was on the left... She is definitely sitting on the right in this pic, so it must have been left hand drive....

Lol. If you're quoting from the bible, you are using someone else's work - the clue is in the word 'quote'. Your example is very different from someone 'quoting' from the bible and I'm not sure why you've included it. Is there no 'confirmation bias' involved in the bible - take your example of the 'Good Samaritan story' have those claims been 'checked out properly'? Presumably, if they have, they will have produced some evidence which can be examined. What about other stories in the bible, have those claims also been 'checked out properly' or does your need to check out claims only apply to people / information you don't agree with?

You've answered a completely different question, one which I did not ask. My question is : So every time someone quotes from the Bible they aren't in any way using 'someone else's work' without putting any thought into it themselves?

Really? So every time someone quotes from the Bible they aren't in any way using 'someone else's work' without putting any thought into it themselves? Are they 'original' thoughts?

Lol. Isn't that exactly what everyone who has ever believed and quoted the bible has done, ever. Did you also credit them with a 'bit more intelligence'?

Best picture available at the moment...

According to the BBC, Dawn Butler specifically stated the cr was being driven by a black male friend... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53720835

Certainly seems to be the suggestion from Boris : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-53719575

I'm not sure whether someone's immigration status of either legal or illegal has got anything to do with the French has it? Not sure what your point is about French cooperation.

And yet, still not one single person that has officially 'recovered' from it, not even Boris or Dom!

Certainly seems that way - the radio 1 extra DJ that quit yesterday seems to have done so because a white person used the word on the BBC which he found offensive!

Apparently the man's family asked them to use the word.