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Post by LFC on Mar 27, 2023 15:17:17 GMT
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Post by goldenvalley on Mar 27, 2023 17:42:32 GMT
Ah Tennessee, not a surprise. My brother lived in the state many years in an area zoned for at most one acre lots. A “church” bought several acres at the intersection of a highway and the one road leading to the houses of the neighborhood. It was essentially a health club and a gym for youth basketball. Maybe a little chapel room. He and some folks raised Cain about it from a zoning standpoint to no avail. It’s church! And not paying any real tax on any of it or the income from running a health club.
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Post by LFC on Mar 27, 2023 21:50:27 GMT
Does religion make you mentally ill or does it attract the mentally ill and then amplify their illness? We report you decide.
I'll take this moment to mention that this batshit crazy women runs an anti-vax / pro-dewormer group that Joseph Ladapo, Ron DeSatanist's hand-picked Surgeon General, was involved with.
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Post by goldenvalley on Mar 27, 2023 23:34:09 GMT
Does religion make you mentally ill or does it attract the mentally ill and then amplify their illness? We report you decide.
I'll take this moment to mention that this batshit crazy women runs an anti-vax / pro-dewormer group that Joseph Ladapo, Ron DeSatanist's hand-picked Surgeon General, was involved with.
attracts the mentally ill...that's my vote.
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Post by AnBr on Mar 28, 2023 1:43:54 GMT
Yep. I go with the latter. It attracts them and the echo chamber of their fundy churches amplifies the craziness. Some mental illnesses can be slight enough to be mistaken for something less serious like a mere character flaw. Let that fester in a positive feedback loop and it can grow exponentially.
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Post by LFC on Mar 30, 2023 18:53:46 GMT
"A man is known by the company he keeps." Here is the company that Mike Huckabee keeps. Bonus picture of Mike with incestuous pedophile Josh Duggar. The church itself is every bit as bad as the Catholic Church ever was, just on a smaller scale. Christian "morality", my ass.
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Post by LFC on Apr 11, 2023 14:03:03 GMT
The older (and crankier) I get, the more I view religion as a mental illness. Most often it's harmless, like a bit of OCD, but then there are those who are mentally ill to the point where it might pose a danger to others. This clown is an example of the latter and as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, he has the power to help harm people on a large scale.
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Post by goldenvalley on Apr 11, 2023 14:37:57 GMT
The older (and crankier) I get, the more I view religion as a mental illness. Most often it's harmless, like a bit of OCD, but then there are those who are mentally ill to the point where it might pose a danger to others. This clown is an example of the latter and as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, he has the power to help harm people on a large scale. Another planet, mutants? This guy is primitive or he is calculatingly appealing to the primitive parts of people. Something he doesn't understand or that makes him react with "ick" is caused by the devil. See, for example, Rod Dreher.
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Post by LFC on Apr 12, 2023 13:38:24 GMT
This could have gone on the gay bashing thread but I think it belongs here because of the sponsor of the anti-drag bill in Florida.
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Post by LFC on Apr 12, 2023 18:09:43 GMT
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Post by LFC on Apr 13, 2023 21:21:41 GMT
In a debate over an awful anti-trans bill in Missouri, the “Christian” state senator who was pushing it was called out for his past vote to raise the age of consent to marry (with parental permission) from age 12 to age 16. He responded, on video, about how happy marriages were where the wife (and you now it’s always the wife) was 12 years of age when married to an adult. It’s horrific.
But wait, it gets worse because of course it does. He wasn’t just some lone sicko, he was one of 50 state senators who voted to try to block child rape under the veil of “marriage.” Thank FSM they failed.
So how do I know this disgusting assclown is a “Christian”, other than the fact that the answer is obvious? He tells us all about his wonderful faith on his campaign website.
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Post by LFC on Apr 13, 2023 21:36:14 GMT
Here's coverage of the Missouri anti-trans proceedings with the pedo-pervert I mentioned above plus a cast of seriously messed up people taking center stage. Here are some of the horrific things coming out of this hearing. It's a "Christian" sham filled with their lies, straight from the pits of Hell (to quote an infamous Georgia Republican).
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Post by goldenvalley on Apr 13, 2023 21:38:49 GMT
This could have gone on the gay bashing thread but I think it belongs here because of the sponsor of the anti-drag bill in Florida. Some have argued that Christianity caused the fall of Rome because the change to belief in one God weakened the authority and credibility of the Roman emperors and weakened respect for the earlier Gods noted in Rome. Edward Gibbons...The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Theocrats ignore uncomfortable facts and just make up stuff to satisfy their own aims and desires.
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Post by AnBr on Apr 14, 2023 0:00:42 GMT
Let's remember that Rome went out as a Christian nation.
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Post by LFC on Apr 14, 2023 16:06:12 GMT
Let's remember that Rome went out as a Christian nation. I actually never knew that. And yet, I'm not at all shocked.
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Post by LFC on Apr 18, 2023 14:47:43 GMT
This man is simply unfit to fulfill his oath to uphold the Constitution. Note that if you read the crawler, everything listed except for pedophilia is constitutionally protected the same as his own fictional religion. Of course he tries to tie other things to grooming which, if you follow the news, is clearly a rampant problem in "Christian" churches. The projection is strong with this one.
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Post by LFC on Apr 18, 2023 18:43:15 GMT
Onward Christian pedophile! It really seems to be the #1 place where pedophiles choose to hide and groom their victims. These stories are just endless.
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Post by goldenvalley on Apr 18, 2023 20:29:00 GMT
Onward Christian pedophile! It really seems to be the #1 place where pedophiles choose to hide and groom their victims. These stories are just endless. Maybe after DeSantis drives Disney out of Florida Dinosaur Land can move onto the property.
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Post by LFC on Apr 18, 2023 20:35:04 GMT
Maybe after DeSantis drives Disney out of Florida Dinosaur Land can move onto the property. And since it's in Florida they can rename it the Floriduh Science Center.
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Post by pnwguy on Apr 19, 2023 22:35:04 GMT
Maybe after DeSantis drives Disney out of Florida Dinosaur Land can move onto the property. And since it's in Florida they can rename it the Floriduh Science Center And History Museum. "We have always loved colored people in our state"
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Post by LFC on Apr 20, 2023 17:53:21 GMT
I wish I could say this level of quid pro quo corruption is unbelievable but instead it's clearly basic Christian nationalist politics where all that matters is getting the result they want.
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Post by LFC on Apr 20, 2023 20:49:10 GMT
Yes, they're that bad. Imagine if they had the unbridled power of completely rigged elections, something the Republican Party has been working on for decades.
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Post by goldenvalley on Apr 21, 2023 0:25:58 GMT
Yes, they're that bad. Imagine if they had the unbridled power of completely rigged elections, something the Republican Party has been working on for decades. Is there a time portal open that lets these 1950s people enter 2023?
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Post by andydp on Apr 21, 2023 11:56:48 GMT
Yes, they're that bad. Imagine if they had the unbridled power of completely rigged elections, something the Republican Party has been working on for decades. Is there a time portal open that lets these 1950s people enter 2023?None of this stuff happened before the Kennedys came to power.
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Post by pnwguy on Apr 21, 2023 16:06:05 GMT
Yes, they're that bad. Imagine if they had the unbridled power of completely rigged elections, something the Republican Party has been working on for decades. Is there a time portal open that lets these 19 1850s people enter 2023? FIFY
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