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Reason number 18,396 to not travel to USA.
“Really beneficial to humanity”??? Citation needed.
Trans is real. It is universally scientifically, socially and medically accepted, other than by ignorant bigots.
And religion is a mental illness
Madding
Weird response. I was agreeing, not redirecting.
I have a much better idea - serve neither. Both are lethal.
So … a bit like men “gatekeep” whether a gay guy can hit on them? Put it like that and a glimmer of understanding often dawns.
Tapadh leat
FFS your god is not listening. Shove your thoughts and prayers and DO SOMETHING.
All that means is that people are hiding, in fear of their lives. Doesn’t we they don’t exist.
It’s very difficult to estimate given obvious barriers, but worldwide estimates range between 0.6% and 2%. So 1 in 100 is a pretty conservative estimate.
If there’s a scar, it’s not him
It was on my radar
Wow, if they’re worried, maybe the rumours are true?
I’ve just told you we’ve missed important family occasions, you nasty little shit. Life and death occasions. You’re a real piece of work.
At no point did I ever say it’s only guns. What I am saying is that there is absolutely no point rabbitting on about culture and wringing your hands unless you get rid of at least half the guns, now. Enough excuses.
Me too
Yup. And the “mysterious ways”. There’s no point with these people.
I give up. Enjoy your bizarre, lethal, idiotic country. I’m never going back there. And I say that as the wife of a US citizen. We’ve already missed family weddings, children born, a funeral. We can’t go back. Happy now?
“The consequences of rejecting god” are not clear at all. I reject your god, and I am a successful, happy, loving and loved person. My life’s not perfect but it’s pretty bloody good. Meanwhile religious children die. People praying in church die. Wars of religion destroy countless lives.
So according to you, I reject your god and the consequence is that a child dies. How is that not: 1. Utterly illogical and 2. Utterly immoral. ??
What an abhorrent world view. You are utterly immoral.
“Kind and loving”? We must have a different dictionary.
“He’s not for micromanagement but don’t you dare masturbate” “He’s not for micromanagement but I’m praying for little Johnnie’s under-8 soccer team to win” Can you even hear yourself?
Ok I’m trying to stay calm with you. Presumably some part of you is still capable of rational thought. The reason, the “culture” if you will, is the obsession with guns. The ubiquitous normality of guns. You deal with that cause by getting rid of the guns.
A police state? More prisons? WTF are you talking about?
Yes, it’s per capita. No, 25% of you are not on antidepressants- it’s 11%. Way lower than comparable countries. Stop making shit up and hiding your head in the sand. You have no excuse for this ignorance - the truth is there for all to see.
Australia too
He’s already a pillar of the RWJN community
As an Australian and a Bluey fan, this post was very confusing.
Enough with the prayers.
Or you could actually DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR IDIOTIC GUN LAWS
You cannot be serious
None of that means that structure imposed by religion is necessarily- indeed ever - good.
USA has more gun suicides than the rest of the world COMBINED. More than double the rate per capita than the next highest country. Again - highest gun ownership, highest gun suicide rate. Again - not a coincidence. Again - it’s the guns. What is it going to take for you people to get it?
Well regulated
It’s an Amendment - amend it. EVERY other country has fewer guns than the USA. EVERY other country has fewer mass shootings than the USA. Talk about culture all you like but the numbers don’t lie. The country with the most guns is the country with the most gun deaths. Not a coincidence.
The cause of gun crime is guns. Eliminating guns would reduce most of the gun crimes. See how that works?
USA has more than triple the number of guns per person than Switzerland. Start by removing 70% of the guns in the USA so the stats are comparable, and then we can talk about culture. It’s the guns.
Your ammosexual fantasy will not stop tyranny. If it could, none of this would be happening in a country with more guns than people. Waving your penis-replacement around is cosplay, not heroism, and is certain not going to get your democracy back.
You have the largest civilian arsenal in the fucking world and you are being taken over by fascists and children are dying and you think MORE fucking guns is the fucking answer? JCF you people are insane.
“but that can't be it”. Yes it can. It really can. Every other country in the world understands this.
Don’t you get tired of making excuses? Children are dying FFS. It’s. The. Guns.
USA has 120 civilian guns per 100 people. Switzerland has 28. It’s not 1 in 4 people on antidepressants- it’s 1 in 10. That number is higher in many countries, including Australia, Canada and the UK. Countries with almost no mass shootings. You see how must be the guns?
Utterly insane. Weapons are prohibited in schools in every civilised country in the world, and in almost every one of those countries school shootings don’t happen. Ever. More weapons means more deaths. Always. How can you people not see that?
It’s your culture.. your GUN culture. Everybody blames the guns because it’s the guns.
Starbucks failed in Australia. The few outlets still operating are basic for tourists with no taste.
WORLD: We have men too.
Ciabatta not have any more cracks like that.
What the focaccia talking about?
How is this person your president? It’s … I just … fuck.
Graffiti
Bless
Trans people exist. Unlike your imaginary friend. Blocking now. I’m bored by your obstinate stupidity.
I believe some people sincerely believe in gods. Many children also sincerely believe in Santa Claus. And my cat believes she rules the house (TBH that belief may be correct).
That’s a risky statement. You might think you have a monopoly, but perhaps you don’t have a clue.
Hilarious. And you think I’m arrogant?
Seems to me it’s far more arrogant to think that an all-powerful creator is spending its entire time concerned with what you are doing, or whether your football team wins.
What a peculiar thing to say. I don’t “want to believe” or “not want to believe”. It’s just so obvious to me that the god concept is bonkers, I can’t even really comprehend “wanting to believe”.
It’s just god of the gaps. Boring. Juvenile.
Science and basic human experience, by the way, actually do answer life and death questions. Of course we die and that’s the end. Every living thing dies. It’s obvious. There is no evidence of an afterlife, and no logical reason to invent one. Look around you.
You have a pretty strange definition of “answers”. Astrology, fairy tales, witchcraft and brain injury “answer” those kind of questions too, and equally invalidly. Are you agnostic about those sources of “wisdom” too?
What on earth are you talking about?
I don’t understand how religion promotes a good model to follow. What do you mean?
They are medical occurrences that science has no current explanation for. What’s your point?
Cool. I assume you’re good with children not being exposed to religion until they can make an informed choice? I mean otherwise that’s forced conversion, right?
There are only two reasons for an abortion: 1. A pregnant person doesn’t want to give birth, and requests an abortion. 2. A pregnant person cannot give birth for her own safety, and consents to an abortion. That’s it. No other reason/excuse/justification is needed or any of your business.
#NotEnoughHashtags
You’re welcome to your own beliefs, but there’s no such thing as your own facts. Facts are facts regardless what you believe.
Clearly you are mistaken
Because reason, critical thinking and the scientific method are essential. Faith, mindless belief and lack of judgment are what lead us to disaster, as history has so often proved.
“Ever occurred”? As if I haven’t spent my entire life either believing it as a child before I knew better, or having other people beat me over the head with it (sometimes literally). So yes, it’s “occurred to me”. I have examined the claim and found it severely lacking.
That doesn’t mean you completely abandon your critical faculties… assuming you have some.
You don’t seriously think that … do you? Seriously? You’re having us on at this point, right?
Oh, OK. My apologies. I thought we were having a battle of wits, but I see you came unarmed.
Again, irrelevant. Most of the world believed the earth was the centre of the universe for most of history. You can believe as hard as you like. It’s not going to magically something into existence that just doesn’t exist. There’s no evidence. None. Only “faith”, which is nothing.
Australia has too
Of course we cease to exist and rot in the ground. Whether you believe that or not, or like it or not, is irrelevant. Reality doesn’t care about your beliefs.
All religions, including Islam, are idiotic at best, and most are evil. You’re not special.
Why?
The cult of the Bible
I’d respect their beliefs if their beliefs weren’t so fucking stupid. And violent. And misogynist. And homophobic.
The opposite of what? They seem very religious to me. Particularly the real assholes.
We’re not atheists because some religious person was mean to us. We are atheists because it is all so obviously, embarrassingly, ridiculous.
I read the buybul, several times. It’s one of many reasons I am now an atheist.
Why would you believe in gods? Completed baffles me.
Yeah that can’t possibly be true. That would mean I’m old, and … oh never mind.
Yeah I’ve read it, whatever. I believe, I believe, I believe, blah blah. Now, let’s talk about evidence. Facts don’t care about your beliefs or mine. Beliefs are irrelevant.
I’m loving your pronouns
Agree, we are on the same side. Sorry I shouted :)
Most Australians would be pilots by the time they are 10 years old.
Step 1: provide any evidence, at all, that gods exist.
Have you read “the actual bible? It’s the issue.
That’s woo-woo.
“An inaccurate rumor”. Yeah that’s a pretty good description of the bible.
That’s just nonsense. Sheesh christians are dumb.
I HATE this phrase. Stop letting religion get away with claiming it owns morality. I’m a better person than most Christians BECAUSE I’m an atheist. But I’m not a “better christian”. Don’t insult me.
Bullshit. Heathens are not this evil. These are christians through and through.
… mostly by the men they live with.