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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Disturbing Passages in Holy Books |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 18 Nov 2024, 9:02 pm
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Replies: 352 Views: 18,161
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Deuteronomy 20:10-18 When you draw near to a town to fight against it, offer it terms of peace. 11 If it accepts your terms of peace and surrenders to you, then all the people in it shall serve you at forced labor. 12 But if it does not accept your terms of peace and makes war against you, then you... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Disturbing Passages in Holy Books |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 18 Nov 2024, 7:53 pm
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Replies: 352 Views: 18,161
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These "holy" books have seen more rewrites and edits than a Star Wars screenplay.
They belong in the sci-fi fiction section, along with the great works of L. Ron Hubbard. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Pay Attention to These 11 Early Signs of Loneliness |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 11 Nov 2024, 7:42 pm
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Replies: 4 Views: 279
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According to this, I have 12. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: [ P O L L ] I Voted. Did you? |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 05 Nov 2024, 8:29 pm
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Replies: 21 Views: 580
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ASPartOfMe wrote: I did the early voting thing and did it on Thursday. I put my ballot in the box on Friday here in the land of firebombed ballot boxes. There were three election workers under an umbrella there that morning. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Tucker Carlson Goes Off The Deep End |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 01 Nov 2024, 6:17 pm
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Replies: 8 Views: 666
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"Tucker Carlson Claims a Demon ‘Mauled’ Him While He Was Sleeping"
I'm thinking his conscience finally caught up with him for a long overdue ass whooping. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone with an IQ over 130 is automatically neurodivergent ? |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 30 Oct 2024, 3:23 pm
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Replies: 26 Views: 1,462
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I joined Mensa over 40 years ago and observed that most of us seemed to have chosen to avoid social immersion in high school and were only then (in our 20s and 30s) beginning to experiment with social encounters. I turned down Mensa membership almost 50 years ago when I was 16. I thought it lacked ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone with an IQ over 130 is automatically neurodivergent ? |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 30 Oct 2024, 3:21 pm
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Replies: 26 Views: 1,462
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I see this as a heritable characteristic similar to and perhaps overlapping with Aspergers... Interesting word choice. I've often said that Asperger's is a mixed percentage of genetics and environment, with the environment being influenced by parenting and adding up to 100% genetic influence as a r... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Didache |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 29 Oct 2024, 10:00 pm
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Replies: 30 Views: 1,205
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Well, now we know where Nostradamus got his material. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Forget incels, meet ‘femcels’ |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 26 Oct 2024, 11:32 am
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Replies: 34 Views: 1,778
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Doesn't seem like a real thing. But it does make a good movie plot. It'll be interesting when it comes out. I'm predicting at least 75% on Rotten Tomatoes. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What do cows like to read? |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 21 Oct 2024, 11:44 am
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Replies: 12 Views: 997
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All of this cud be true. I'll have to ruminate on it. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Meteorologists hit with death threats |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 11 Oct 2024, 8:22 pm
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Replies: 8 Views: 1,013
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How is it we can supposedly control hurricanes, but we can't control MTG??? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Israel's Endgame: Concentration Camps |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 09 Oct 2024, 7:43 pm
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Replies: 35 Views: 1,373
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"Oh, they want to take away our ability to transport and hide our Iranian missiles! That makes them evil!! !"
Boo freaking hoo. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Movies you hate that everyone else loved |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 30 Sep 2024, 8:22 pm
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Replies: 73 Views: 9,959
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Anything written by John Irving - especially The World According To Garp and Hotel New Hampshire. Pointless nonsense. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: The Most And Least Attractive "Male" Hobbies |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 23 Sep 2024, 8:06 pm
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Replies: 119 Views: 7,385
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I was expecting to see "ham radio" at the bottom of the list. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Anti-Arab racism here in the U.S.A. |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 23 Sep 2024, 7:56 pm
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Replies: 18 Views: 753
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Ironic that we perpetuate racism toward these people who came to the US to escape the same radicalism that we despise.
In 1980 I worked with an Iranian guy who, during the Iran hostage situation, came to the USA to escape persecution. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Harris adviser says quip on shooting intruder was ‘a joke’ |
old_comedywriter |
Posted: 23 Sep 2024, 11:57 am
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Replies: 14 Views: 1,110
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Someone breaking into your house is not a joke.
I have legal nonlethal weapons handy in case of a home invasion crime. |
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