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I asked you a simple question "Do you actually believe that in the 21st century, Christianity promotes rape, genocide, slavery and infanticide?" You answered with a waffly "yes". The mouthpieces for the message of christianity are priests. Yes? It's your belief that in the 21st century, the message of Christianity is rape, genocide, slavery and infanticide. Thus, please explain how priests as the purveyors of that brutal message can be allowed to stand in churches up and down the land each Sunday promoting death and rape etc. Alternatively, you could take a moment and concede that you're talking utter boll0x.

So you genuinelybelieve that in the 21st century, Christianity promotes rape, genocide, slavery and infanticide. Wow. How has my local priest managed to avoid being arrested for conspiracy to commit murder, rape etc?

Didn't see him play Senor Duck. I've only picked players I've seen. Case was close but JWP shaded him on workrate despite being an inferior player.

MLG, one question if I may, a simple yes or no answer is required. Do you actually believe that in the 21st century, Christianity promotes rape, genocide, slavery and infanticide?

No. I'll make sure I've had a pee before hand and have sufficient fuel and food/fluid for such an arduous journey. The 200 mile journey on the other hand is a different matter.

Yep. This has turned into the most random thread ever.

If nobody else wants to ask a question, I'll ask an easy one. We've all played at left back at least once for saints, and our names all have links to objects as per the clues. Who are we? Harvest Water Drinking Fruit Fire engine Penis Archery Flour Cue

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Impossible to pick a 5, but: Niemi JWP Bale Ekelund MLT

I'm glad you can see the risk in travel - coming into the country from a hot spot is the same as travelling within our borders from a hot spot.

Feck me. I'll go back to the gardening. MLG, get a grip of yourself. And a hobby.

Well if nobody knows, then it's OK. Jeez. This is why we will end up with more deaths, a longer "lockdown" and probably a deeper recession, than other countries.

Highlighting one act of stupidity does not justify another.

Are you serious or on a wind up? It's pretty obvious. On a long trip you'll likely stop for fuel, a pee, food, a break etc. On a 2 mile trip you won't. The more we stop, the more we come into contact with others, doors, etc etc. Plus a 200 mile trip brings with it a much greater chance of a breakdown thus 3rd party contact, and/or an accident thus monopolising medical staff and hospital space.

Unless someone googles this, it's a 1 in 90 guess!

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I have no issue with that. I've said above that people can have a different concept of god. It's not all Morgan Freeman on a cloud.

Yes, that's the one. Read all those words. He wasn't religious. As I've said over and over, many people who have come to have a belief in a God are not religious. Try to separate God, religion, prayer. 3 different things that can exist as a belief separately of each other. Einstein said, and I repeat "Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous". Essentially, he was saying that coincidences are gods calling cards. His theory. Not mine.

Then focus on Einstein. Look at his scientific theories, not least the theory of relativity. Do you challenge his opinion? Look at his God theories, not least his words "Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous". Does the opinion of Einstein not, at least, merit respect?

Indeed, I focused on Einstein as he was a scientist, and I wanted to see what MLG had to say about the belief of a legendary scientist in an intangible deity.

And go back through history. That Albert Einstein was arguably one of the finest and rational thinkers of all time. He believed in God. To MLG he must be an irrational crackpot. To everyone else he's a genius who's work has had a huge influence on the philosophy of science, and developed the theory of relativity being one of the two pillars of modern physics. But MLG knows best.

Yep, music was poor. I also got it into my head for some reason that Ray's character was written for Tom Hardy but that they had to make do with some stand in who looked a bit like him.

You'd need to ask them but it could be peace for another, or for suffering to stop, or direction, or anything, but what does it matter to anyone? Sure, if they've got a poorly child and pray for divine intervention and avoiding a medic then that's effecting someone, but praying that their poorly child who's in a hospital, for example, gets well does nobody any harm. Who says that they are praying for anything directly for themselves? You're falling into the MLG position of your assumptions clouding an objective view. The bottom line is that if prayer gives someone some kind of comfort or peace, where is the harm? On the last bit, people believe in God without believing in any particular religion. Others believe in a God that's a God that they choose to believe in, not necessarily your understanding of what they may believe is God. Either way, it impacts on nobody else thus its a private matter for them.

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