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    03-24-2023, 10:30 AM
    It was indeed utterly repulsive in the ancient world when Christians adopted the sign of the cross. Exactly for the same reason that it would be...
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    03-24-2023, 09:43 AM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    You're not answering my question, John. My question is this: if the Post Office had hired this guy, and then after a bit of time in the job he...
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    03-24-2023, 09:32 AM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Good, you found a way to accommodate. That's appropriate, or he shouldn't have been hired. There are some positions where that couldn't have been...
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    03-24-2023, 09:20 AM
    I think they're afraid that Michelangelo was a groomer. I mean, centuries later, and David's willy is still hard as rock. The DeSantis crowd...
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    03-24-2023, 09:13 AM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    I dunno, John, But probably there'd be a way to accommodate. I mean, what if you had an Olympic team member get hired in the same kind of...
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    03-24-2023, 08:29 AM
    Best wishes indeed, Steven. Hope it's a brilliant day, and year.
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    03-24-2023, 08:28 AM
    TomF replied to a thread Trump is Toast in The Bilge
    Sad thing is, what Trump and the Trumpists are doing is very normal in the decline of democracies into authoritarian rule. It's textbook, actually....
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    03-24-2023, 08:17 AM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Progress in a discussion depends on finding enough mutual respect to listen to what the other person is saying, not merely to what you think they're...
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    03-23-2023, 03:12 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    What I'm arguing about the performative religiosity of Christo-Nationalist politicians ... is that it's performative, not genuine. I think the same...
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    03-23-2023, 02:31 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Does anyone actually think that Trump's a "Christian," for instance? There are many "accidentally open microphone" episodes where before or after...
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    03-23-2023, 02:21 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Trump is Toast in The Bilge
    If it's marmalade, it seems like it's gone off.
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    03-23-2023, 02:05 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Trump is Toast in The Bilge
    the toast has orange mold on it. Better off with the hash browns.
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    03-23-2023, 02:00 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    How about if a coalition of religious and "Irrelevantist" people decide to implement anti-trans or anti-gay policies? Really. You actually...
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    03-23-2023, 01:39 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    As I said earlier, John, while I'm not about to claim that being "An Irrelevantist" is your religion ... it is absolutely your baseline premise about...
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    03-23-2023, 01:26 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Trump is Toast in The Bilge
    Trump seems to be intending to have a pre-trial gag order imposed on him by a judge, when indictments do ultimately come. Restricting internet...
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    03-23-2023, 09:52 AM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Well said, CW.
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    03-23-2023, 08:28 AM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    I really waffle on that. It's certainly not any spirituality that I personally participate in. But if I truly, in my heart of hearts thought that...
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    03-22-2023, 09:59 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Full disclosure: the abortion clinic in my little town, (now closed due to the switch for 80% of abortions in my province to pharmaceutical) was on...
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    03-22-2023, 09:54 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    100% that mutual respect means mutual. And that there are many, many examples of religious folks showing none. I've already said that in a...
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    03-22-2023, 08:09 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    John, what you're not getting is the key point of my post. Your "Irrelevantist" premise is core to how you experience the world, and to how you...
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    03-22-2023, 03:51 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Where is trump? in The Bilge
    He's apparently raised about $1.5M since "leaking" the expectation. And doubtless he'll be able to use the absence of the indictment as "proof" that...
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    03-22-2023, 02:32 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Where is trump? in The Bilge
    There are some reports that he's said he wants to be handcuffed, preferably hands behind his back, for the visual impact in his later fundraising.
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    03-22-2023, 12:24 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Where is trump? in The Bilge
    Gaetz has apparently gone out saying that DeSantis is being a disloyal weenie for not saying loudly that he'd refuse to honour a New York (or...
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    03-22-2023, 11:17 AM
    TomF replied to a thread Trump is Toast in The Bilge
    They're not being subtle about the authoritarian turn.
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    03-22-2023, 10:53 AM
    TomF replied to a thread Trump is Toast in The Bilge
    Seems to me that crooks need to lawyer up too, in every proceeding. Trump's various defense attorneys are getting significant advertising exposure...
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    03-22-2023, 10:45 AM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    I get that, John. You really have been saying "sing Christmas carols in Christmas concerts" etc., I agree. You have been saying that coercing...
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    03-22-2023, 08:34 AM
    A data point towards proving the existence of a just God? Who's tired of this crap and isn't gonna take it anymore?
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    03-21-2023, 09:46 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Trump is Toast in The Bilge
    Word out tonight about the Mar a Lago documents case. Judge Howell last week ordered that one of Trump's lawyers had to answer further questions to...
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    03-21-2023, 09:34 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    You think mere words or images of persuasion or normalization of a viewpoint are innocuous? Risk no real consequences? Remind me, why did you...
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    03-21-2023, 07:24 PM
    TomF replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    No, they're not. Actually, they're all things which religious people have picketed because of their religious beliefs ... alongside non-religious...
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