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The Bible: Real, Fiction, or somewhere in between?

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I think we all have moments where we grab the 2.5" paintbrush out of frustration with a person or group we don't agree with. It was only a few weeks ago that you reminded me that Flag doesn't "want" martial law, he's just nutty to the point that he concern-trolls us about it.

And shortly before that there was Bob, reminding me that Board is hopeless. On that point, I agree. :)
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I think we all have moments where we grab the 2.5" paintbrush out of frustration with a person or group we don't agree with. It was only a few weeks ago that you reminded me that Flag doesn't "want" martial law, he's just nutty to the point that he concern-trolls us about it.

And shortly before that there was Bob, reminding me that Board is hopeless. On that point, I agree. :)
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What does that say about things that the main point of agreement is hopelessness! :eek:

And in addition to Flag, we have our host of lefties that are just as, or more nutty. Just don't want them to feel left out, as they don't get the recognition they deserve.
 
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Bob Gray said:
What does that say about things that the main point of agreement is hopelessness! :eek:

And in addition to Flag, we have our host of lefties that are just as, or more nutty. Just don't want them to feel left out, as they don't get the recognition they deserve.
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I'm not sure Flag counts as a righty. He seems to have left Cartesian space and is vectoring off into some heretofore unknown dimension.

Neither the righties nor the lefites here are particularly "nutty." We've got a few who like to pull tails, and a few who clearly bring their empty heads to Townhall or Redstate at the start of each day to fill up on talking points, but based on the comments to most political discussions in national forums the insanity quotient here is VERY low, which makes the discussions worth having.

5 minutes of looking at Freep or DU is enough to make this place look like the Diogenes Club.
 
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Kepler said:
I'm not sure Flag counts as a righty. He seems to have left Cartesian space and is vectoring off into some heretofore unknown dimension.

Neither the righties nor the lefites here are particularly "nutty." We've got a few who like to pull tails, and a few who clearly bring their empty heads to Townhall or Redstate at the start of each day to fill up on talking points, but based on the comments to most political discussions in national forums the insanity quotient here is VERY low, which makes the discussions worth having.

5 minutes of looking at Freep or DU is enough to make this place look like the Diogenes Club.
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I think your perception that this place is much better than most places (not familiar with Freep or DU (other than the Pioneers)) says a lot about the quality of interaction that goes on in public spaces around the country. I'm sure you're right there are places much worse. If a person every bothers to read comments on the bottom of any news article dealing with a hot button issue, one can see how crazy people get when interacting online. But that doesn't mean at the end of the day this place is anywhere near a model of decorum and how to respectfully have discussions on issues people differ on. I know you'll differ with me on that, but I'd say at least part of that is that this board has a lot more leftie-leaning posters, so the lefties don't get jumped on if they post something controversial.
 
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I know you'll differ with me on that, but I'd say at least part of that is that this board has a lot more leftie-leaning posters, so the lefties don't get jumped on if they post something controversial.
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Part of that may be just how far right some righties here are (to them, everybody looks left), but I agree there are more posters on the political threads to the left of the current center of mass of the American electorate than to the right of it, for a variety of reasons (hockey states are bluer, college hockey fans have some connection with a university, etc). It is also possible to be out on the political fringe without being nutty -- Bernie, for example, strikes me as totally sane and practical, and not at all the stereotype of the "out there" radical of either side.
 
Re: The Bible: Real, Fiction, or somewhere in between?

Nice piece about the purpose of the OK Baphomet statue and the ancillary effects on the right's surreptitious attempt to act like Christianity is our state religion.

BTW, since there's no link in the article here, once again, is the Item Of Interest. It's gorgeous -- I would definitely buy a figurine for Candlemass services.

Edit: they're on Amazon, but yikes! I'm a cheap Satanist.
 
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Nice piece about the purpose of the OK Baphomet statue and the ancillary effects on the right's surreptitious attempt to act like Christianity is our state religion.

BTW, since there's no link in the article here, once again, is the Item Of Interest. It's gorgeous -- I would definitely buy a figurine for Candlemass services.

Edit: they're on Amazon, but yikes! I'm a cheap Satanist.
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and I thought we were dominant, with 70 percent of the population and all the other blah, blah, blah. I just can't remember which narrative I'm supposed to follow from moment to moment.
 
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and I thought we were dominant, with 70 percent of the population and all the other blah, blah, blah. I just can't remember which narrative I'm supposed to follow from moment to moment.
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Even if you were 99.9% you wouldn't get to be the state religion.
 
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Kepler said:
Even if you were 99.9% you wouldn't get to be the state religion.
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Not that anyone is remotely interested in such a thing, obviously. But I know that's a popular boogeyman people trot out.
 
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Not that anyone is remotely interested in such a thing, obviously. But I know that's a popular boogeyman people trot out.
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Much like the "the war on religion."

When you write "defense of marriage" laws justified by nothing more than a scriptural admonition, that is theocracy. You may not call it that, but it's just another kind of Sharia.
 
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