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Gnostic Christian Bishop

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In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I am a feisty kind of guy who hates B. S. and the supernatural. Get used to me or best to ignore me. Whiner. Just kidding, this time. Regards DL
May 05, 2019 at 14:51
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I like Bart as he is an honest researcher. He does not understand Gnostic Christianity much though but has Christianity and the bible pegged correctly...
May 05, 2019 at 14:48
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
You kid. Right? That or you are deluded. Then, as now, there is basically a religious test for your lying politicians. I don't care how the religious ...
May 05, 2019 at 14:44
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I know for a fact that expulsions do occur. The reasons would likely vary. I do not think it is a systematic culling of any kind though. I do have a l...
May 05, 2019 at 14:38
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
If one needs to belong to a homophobic and misogynous religion and discriminate and denigrate women and gays and retard the progress of the rest of th...
May 04, 2019 at 20:04
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
You defend religions that are obviously and flagrantly homophobic and misogynous by getting a few example to the contrary and which I concede exist, j...
May 04, 2019 at 16:33
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
Secularism as described in the French term laïcité. Freedom of religion as well as freedom from religion. It takes religion out of the public's face a...
May 04, 2019 at 14:41
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
Gnostic Christianity. That is why they used the inquisitions on us. They knew that our view of god was better and we had to die as they could not best...
May 04, 2019 at 14:22
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
LOL. Religions say kill them. It will teach them how to love. You give value to that do you? Religions have institutionalized homophobia and misogyny ...
May 04, 2019 at 14:11
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
Violence against everyone. The religious might just deserve it more given that they deny all people equal rights. Gays and women are stupid if they st...
May 04, 2019 at 12:48
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I hear you but I cannot agree. If not for those fictitious stories that my children laughed at, they might have become Catholic instead of atheists. K...
May 04, 2019 at 12:40
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
That is the unintelligent position given the lack of equality that religions preach. To hell with all who think god makes unequal or inferior souls. W...
May 04, 2019 at 12:30
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
That has never been done in Canada that I know of. I and my children were in that system and I have relatives who taught in that system and I think yo...
May 04, 2019 at 12:26
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I saw that and spoke to where I wanted to re-enforce. I do get carried away though as a am a passionate Frenchman who enjoys his work. I tent to speak...
May 03, 2019 at 18:23
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
We are nations of laws so interference by the state is mandatory. Religious interference in our lives is something I believe should be minimised, espe...
May 03, 2019 at 17:19
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
The state interferes with all aspects of our lives, including religions as we speak. You did not quote or try to refute the reasons I put above in us ...
May 03, 2019 at 15:28
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I like your thinking and we will likely go for more banning over time, I hope. Every dog has his day but social change takes time and as you point out...
May 03, 2019 at 15:17
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I have no problem with prohibiting the teaching that women and gays are inferior citizens as compared to men and that a person's greatest ambition and...
May 03, 2019 at 14:35
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I agree, but see the state as having a duty to end the coercive part of religions that say their religions are not coercive. The state, in that sense,...
May 03, 2019 at 14:32
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
You live in a free country and are a free man and your wife and children are free to go into the public space dressed as they like. That is not so in ...
May 03, 2019 at 14:24
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I agree to all but your last even as I see and agree with your point. It is you calling it ridiculous that I dislike. I call it smart as the Catholic ...
May 03, 2019 at 14:17
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
There will and should be challenges to such laws and over time, the law will decide where, if any, boundaries should be set. If I read the Quebec law ...
May 03, 2019 at 14:10
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
I do not speak of the earth as having a soul. Historically, we have personified the earth as Gaia of Mother earth. You are rather intolerant of common...
April 30, 2019 at 13:25
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
We know that it will eventually die just as all things die by entropy but it sure looks like it will outlive most species that are here now just as it...
April 29, 2019 at 20:05
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
Informative. Thanks. Regards DL
April 29, 2019 at 19:59
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
If you cannot see the misuse of the term love towards non-sentient life, when we are talking of love that people share, then you are not worth my time...
April 29, 2019 at 13:48
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
They are asking the question and giving the facts that they know. Fact is, with the chaos we have in the environment at present, we do not know anythi...
April 28, 2019 at 19:01
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
Yes, like you saying above that you apply the word love to plants then berate me for showing the foolishness of that. Regards DL
April 28, 2019 at 18:16
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
I just took a look above and do not see what you are referring to. Regards DL
April 28, 2019 at 15:45
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
If you love plants and shoes and your hair style, we are not defining love the same way. So yes, it is a waste of time to love anything that cannot kn...
April 28, 2019 at 15:42
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
Not in the least, but you are by indicating that we are talking about those who would lie about love. Regards DL
April 28, 2019 at 15:36
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
I think we all dislike wasting our love and having it rejected, but ok. Regards DL
April 28, 2019 at 13:15
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
Was that a question? Regards DL
April 28, 2019 at 12:49
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
So theoretically, when you say, I love you, to the next person you fall in live with, and the sentiment is not returned, you will not care or expect r...
April 28, 2019 at 12:48
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
How did your love one know you loved him or her? How do you know you are loved by the other? Someone had to do something to indicate it. If you do not...
April 28, 2019 at 12:41
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
Because those of faith believe in the foolish idea of unconditional love while atheists do not share that delusion. Pffft. Atheists would tell you to ...
April 27, 2019 at 20:26
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
Yes, and without them, the one you love would not know it. You mentioned some of the things you do to express your love while not licking the expressi...
April 27, 2019 at 19:41
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
I did not have romantic love in mind but I find it interesting that for romantic love, you would think that reciprocity of desire would not need to be...
April 27, 2019 at 15:09
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
If I could, I would not have asked for examples. So you would not show someone you loved that was hungry your love with some food. Ok. Or if your chil...
April 27, 2019 at 13:46
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
Your judgement and not theirs is what I sought and I see that we are in the same moral position. Nice. Regards DL
April 27, 2019 at 13:38
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
They pulled your post. Clean it up as i am interested in your response without whatever they pulled it for. The mods here are quite good so don't be a...
April 27, 2019 at 13:36
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
Don't leave me hanging with a bare denial. I obviously got it wrong but if correcting is not in you. Regards DL
April 27, 2019 at 12:14
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
You think love can be true love if not reflected back and shared with another. You think one can love alone. Lets look at you and your wife. She looks...
April 27, 2019 at 12:09
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
If yes to both, then you ignore the law of the excluded middle. 1. I do not agree in all cases, but do agree that that is usually a component of love....
April 27, 2019 at 11:54
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
I defined it in the part you quoted buddy. It consists of works and deeds and reciprocity. I think what I gave Joshs just above might shed some light ...
April 27, 2019 at 11:43
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
Simply said, love is something you send out to another but if not reflected back, it is never a completed love. You cannot have true love alone. Love ...
April 27, 2019 at 11:38
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
So love can be real love even to those who reject yours. Tell us how that would work, let's say with one you love and who does not love you back. How ...
April 27, 2019 at 11:34
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
Yes I know. What do you think of the ideology that those who are too indoctrinated to recognize that truth follow? Is it a moral ideology or an immora...
April 27, 2019 at 11:29
In: Does Jesus/Yahweh love us or is he stalking us?  — view comment
Thanks. I do not think I want to take a chance on that vile prick of a god when scriptures say that the vast majority of us will end in hell regardles...
April 27, 2019 at 11:26
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
Doubtful. Politics is done for local consumption and all politicians want their brand on legislation and that is why they do not copy better systems i...
April 26, 2019 at 16:31
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