easynow
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Popcorn anyone?
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Post by easynow on Dec 24, 2022 19:18:58 GMT
Maxi Jazz of "faithless" getting plenty of sleep now.
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registerme
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Post by registerme on Dec 29, 2022 19:09:51 GMT
Pele  . |
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Post by bracknellboy on Dec 29, 2022 20:19:11 GMT
Pele . came here to write exactly that: no more, no less. No more words required.
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easynow
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Popcorn anyone?
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Post by easynow on Dec 30, 2022 5:09:31 GMT
Vivienne Westwood
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adrianc
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Post by adrianc on Dec 31, 2022 10:10:44 GMT
...and there goes the EvilChildCatcher.
About a decade ago, we travelled through a lot of Catholic countries. Sightseeing, of course, takes you into a lot of churches and cathedrals.
EVERYWHERE we went, there were lots of big photos of smileyJP, half a decade gone, and far fewer and smaller ones of the scowly incumbent.
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Post by bracknellboy on Dec 31, 2022 10:53:36 GMT
Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95I must say that nothing will trouble be less than the death of the head the Catholic church (or the head of the Russian orthodox or the Supreme Leader of Iran or or). At least this time we won't have to go through the nonsense of watching for white/black smoke from some b****y chimney as a bunch of people commit the Cardinal sin of continuing the abhorrence that is the Catholic church by electing a new pontiff. Apologies to any Catholics on here. This is not targeted at individual believers (albeit I am an atheist).
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Post by agent69 on Dec 31, 2022 11:29:52 GMT
Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95I must say that nothing will trouble be less than the death of the head the Catholic church (or the head of the Russian orthodox or the Supreme Leader of Iran or or). At least this time we won't have to go through the nonsense of watching for white/black smoke from some b****y chimney as a bunch of people commit the Cardinal sin of continuing the abhorrence that is the Catholic church by electing a new pontiff. Apologies to any Catholics on here. This is not targeted at individual believers (albeit I am an atheist). I'm not a deeply religious person, but I do have a problem with the Catholic church. Who in their right mind believes in miracles prior to canonisation? As for the various popes, pope John Paul II was the most popular of recent times, but I would have said the two most notable things about his time in charge were:
- Overseeing widespread sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, and
- Actively discouraging people in Sub-Saharan Africa from practising safe sex (resulting in millions of then becoming HIV positive).
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adrianc
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Post by adrianc on Dec 31, 2022 13:18:53 GMT
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Post by bernythedolt on Dec 31, 2022 13:39:12 GMT
I believe the usual retort revolves around disgruntled employee Satan and his acolytes sabotaging the entire company except for the only truly profitable sales department, which is, of course, <insert own religion of choice>.
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Post by adrianc on Dec 31, 2022 13:57:19 GMT
"mysterious ways" <wavey-hand>
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Post by bracknellboy on Dec 31, 2022 14:34:54 GMT
Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95I must say that nothing will trouble be less than the death of the head the Catholic church (or the head of the Russian orthodox or the Supreme Leader of Iran or or). At least this time we won't have to go through the nonsense of watching for white/black smoke from some b****y chimney as a bunch of people commit the Cardinal sin of continuing the abhorrence that is the Catholic church by electing a new pontiff. Apologies to any Catholics on here. This is not targeted at individual believers (albeit I am an atheist). I'm not a deeply religious person, but I do have a problem with the Catholic church. Who in their right mind believes in miracles prior to canonisation? As for the various popes, pope John Paul II was the most popular of recent times, but I would have said the two most notable things about his time in charge were:
- Overseeing widespread sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, and
- Actively discouraging people in Sub-Saharan Africa from practising safe sex (resulting in millions of then becoming HIV positive).
This, absolutely this. It was during the Aids epidemic that I truly moved from being a committed atheist but neutral about 'the church', to one where I took the view that the Catholic church was a force for evil (in its aetheistic meaning rather than religious). Hard on the heels of that, I came to realise that its doctrine on contraception was, even net of Aids, condemning huge swathes of its followers to increased poverty, and particularly condemned young women to lives with little opportunity for education or betterment in general. Since then I've only ever had cause to reinforce that view.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2022 15:00:24 GMT
I remain uncertain about God or gods I remain completely certain about religion, I'm agin' it.
luckily my life experiences have not tested me on this but I do remember watching  -for-brains teachers being hired in my school because they were vicars/devout christian after the benign atheist Headmaster left and was replaced by a bonkers Christian one. I spent my final year trying to get the man removed, happening finally a couple of years after I left. How hard was it to see that religion was just a cover for basic incompetence?
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Post by agent69 on Dec 31, 2022 15:13:17 GMT
I believe the usual retort revolves around disgruntled employee Satan and his acolytes sabotaging the entire company except for the only truly profitable sales department, which is, of course, < insert own religion of choice>. One of these perhaps?
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Post by agent69 on Jan 3, 2023 16:53:51 GMT
Tom Karen
A prolific designer who had a hand in designing a host of 1970s creations including the Raleigh Chopper bicycle and Bond Bug car (a high spec 3 wheel van that would put the Reliant Robin to shame)
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Post by adrianc on Jan 4, 2023 8:37:25 GMT
Tom Karen
A prolific designer who had a hand in designing a host of 1970s creations including the Raleigh Chopper bicycle and Bond Bug car (a high spec 3 wheel van that would put the Reliant Robin to shame)
A mate of mine worked for Ogle for a few years, and always spoke VERY highly of Karen. Not just a massively influential designer, but a truly nice bloke.
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-for-brains teachers being hired in my school because they were vicars/devout christian after the benign atheist Headmaster left and was replaced by a bonkers Christian one. I spent my final year trying to get the man removed, happening finally a couple of years after I left. How hard was it to see that religion was just a cover for basic incompetence?