If you think Reagan is better than Johnson, Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Madison, T. Roosevelt, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, or JFK then you’re wrong.
The latter part regarding the misogyny and anti-gay stuff is the kind of religiosity I’m referring to when I say that we shouldn’t be expected to respect religion. If you think that homosexuality is a crime against god, then I don’t respect your opinion and I don’t think that anyone should respect your opinion. If you believe women shouldn’t be allowed to drive, or should be forced to wrap themselves in burkas and other oppressive garb, then I don’t respect your opinion. The list goes on and on. It doesn’t necessarily mean that I find all of those individuals that think that way to be totally unworthy of respect, but their religious views are. I don’t think that that’s unreasonable and no one else should either.
If I’m allowed to play devil’s advocate (guess chyron needs new representation), it wasn’t long ago that the consensus thought oppositely: that accepting gender norm heresies meant one’s opinion didn’t deserve respect.
The tables have turned on religion, at least in most Western countries, but how are we to grapple with “truth” in an objective way? Is it all about consensus?
How about just letting people live their lives?
People generally don’t do that. They enjoy poking in other peoples’ business and telling them how to think. …Members of this forum are also not exempt.
Don’t be ridiculous. There’s a big difference between telling you that your opinion on X movie is silly and telling suspiciouscoffee that he shouldn’t be gay because it’s a sin against God and he’s going to hell unless he “converts.”
But relevant to this thread, many religions tell people to do lots and lots of poking into other people’s business. And that’s one of the places I think religion can go and stick its head in a tauntaun.
Also, this is the religion thread. It’s not like I’m harshly criticizing people’s religions in the Fan Preservations section or the NFL thread.
Unless I’m the only person in the room, I don’t want to be there at all.
If they think Reagan is in the top ten, then they’re nuts.
In a 2014 Quinnipiac poll, Reagan was chosen as the greatest president since WWII by the greatest number of respondents. Same in their 2018 poll.
That just means that the greatest number of of respondents were fucking wrong.
I don’t care how popular he is.
I’ve not seen much Paul Rudd comedy. I saw him in Halloween 6 and he was just hilarious so maybe I should check out some more of his work.
I haven’t seen this film yet, though I’ve planned on watching it some time for a while…
Harry Dean Stanton
Now I have to right away.
Watch Pretty in Pink. It’s great.
I’ve noticed that Frink seems to watch a lot of random movies I’ve never heard of. I think that’s great.
We the Democratic party to move to the left and abandon all of it’s corporate bullshit holdovers from the Reagan era. Reagan had a horrible administration by the way.
I didn’t think you were that old.
Since when do you have to live through a historical event to be educated on it?
Quite often. Being sufficiently educated to pass a meaningful value judgment on an administration or historical event is generally not an easy task. Sounded like you were speaking based on your own experience of that time, especially since the consensus is that Reagan was terrific 😉
That’s not the consensus and I know what I’m talking about. I’m well read on American history and Reagan’s presidency. I’m not an expert but I have more than a layman’s understanding of him.
We the Democratic party to move to the left
Take it to the out of context thread.
Fucked up writing aside, I’m still right.
We the Democratic party to move to the left and abandon all of it’s corporate bullshit holdovers from the Reagan era. Reagan had a horrible administration by the way.
I didn’t think you were that old.
Since when do you have to live through a historical event to be educated on it?
We the Democratic party to move to the left and abandon all of it’s corporate bullshit holdovers from the Reagan era. Reagan had a horrible administration by the way.
The latter part regarding the misogyny and anti-gay stuff is the kind of religiosity I’m referring to when I say that we shouldn’t be expected to respect religion. If you think that homosexuality is a crime against god, then I don’t respect your opinion and I don’t think that anyone should respect your opinion. If you believe women shouldn’t be allowed to drive, or should be forced to wrap themselves in burkas and other oppressive garb, then I don’t respect your opinion. The list goes on and on. It doesn’t necessarily mean that I find all of those individuals that think that way to be totally unworthy of respect, but their religious views are. I don’t think that that’s unreasonable and no one else should either.
Well, then he shouldn’t have written his holy book to be almost completely contradictory to enlightened morality and science.
I’m not getting into this with you.
Oh, of course not. It’s not just your god’s holy book I find objectionable, by the way. I feel the same way, if not more strongly, about the Koran and Islam and I’d be happy to get into that if anyone cares.
Only really the old testament is like that, save for a few sections in the new testament. And they were all written by various men, not like they couldn’t have fucked up what they were supposed to put or added things to suit themselves.
I actually would argue that the morality of the New Testament is as repugnant and hypocritical as the Old Testament. Jesus Christ claims to be a God of love yet consigns all those who do not kiss his ass the way he wants them to into eternal hellfire. He’s supposed to be a god of forgiveness yet tells those who act as stumbling blocks to children (or believers, it’s not clear exactly what he’s referring to) would have been better off drowned. He says that the one who dares to blaspheme the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness. He says it’d be better for Judas to never have been born, etc. etc. Christ condemns the death penalty but then Peter kills the man and woman that try to scam his church money collection. Also, by today’s standards, in the narrative of Revelation it’s impossible to honestly come away from that viewing God as less destructive than Satan and his Antichrist. And those are just the more intense flaws I see with it on a moral level. As it relates to today’s world, the New Testament has incredibly misogynist and anti-gay sentiments as well that do still shape the views of many of our politicians and voters in this country. Of course it was written by men, I get that and don’t expect ancient writing to fit today’s moral standard, but if we think of it as a book that was orchestrated by God himself, then it’s just not impressive to me and I find it unfortunate that people think it’s an appropriate source to gleam their morality from.
Cops in DC and New York are exploiting tragedy in order to make it easier for them to get away with murdering people. Cops typically shoot people whenever they want anyway so this could be dangerous.
Well, then he shouldn’t have written his holy book to be almost completely contradictory to enlightened morality and science.
They are.
They’re all the same.
As embarrassing as this is, I used to be a biblical literalist.
Why? And what changed your view?
Not sure.
I personally always related to Data and Seven of Nine, and it wasn’t until a couple years ago that I realized that a lot of people on the Spectrum or who just struggle with understanding people really relate to Data. I’d they’re much more impressive representations of social disfunction/disorder than Sheldon.
What if you don’t like therapists, don’t like your friends or family, and are allergic to dogs?
Get a monkey.
I saw King Kong at too young of an age. They frighten me.
As embarrassing as this is, I used to be a biblical literalist.
The only time I could see it being worth including on a resume is if you’re applying for a job QA testing real-time strategy games.
Even then, if it were phrased that way and mentioned “Age of Mythology” specifically, it would still be a bad idea to put it on a resume.
No, putting “playing Age of Mythology” on your resume is a bad idea.
I disagree but you are entitled to your opinion.
It’s not an opinion. There is a 100% chance that putting such a “strength” on your resume would guarantee that you would not get hired by any professional place of employee.
