tonyd

Posts: 2,843

March 15

ToffeeCup said:

I'm meant to be a roman catholic.... but am largely of the opinion that
anyone who is seriously religious should be culled for the greater good
of mankind. So... its fair to say I'm not exactly orthodox.

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My school tried their best to brainwash me but I wasn't having any of it its a load of_shite used in the old times as a deterent and to control people hence the 10 commandments_bollocks.

It just makes me curious that why the catholic church and to a degree the jews have a underlying crusade against them by the rest of the world.

CharlieCroker

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koolhandluke8

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March 15 always wondered why over the sands of time that the jews have been persecuted 

ToffeeCup

Posts: 2,980

March 15

Deus Ex Machina said:

Many, many reasons. They've more than earned their reputations as Jews though, even today. Not that the rest of the world is any better, the Jews are just good with money, which pisses the people of whichever country they're living in, off.

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Lets be fair.... there is getting good with money.... then there is the colossal concentration of wealth that mass murder creates.....well....after the dust has settle ....and the swiss bank accounts of the dead have been located..... and governments have intervened to ensure that the swiss banks handed over the money to its rightful heirs

Deus Ex Machina

Posts: 3,208

March 15

ToffeeCup said:

Lets be fair.... there is getting good with money.... then there is the colossal concentration of wealth that mass murder creates.....well....after the dust has settle ....and the swiss bank accounts of the dead have been located..... and governments have intervened to ensure that the swiss banks handed over the money to its rightful heirs

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As if any of it has anything to do with religion anyway!

One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river.
The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back.

Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream.

"Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?"

"Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?" asked the frog hesitantly.

"Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!"

Now this seemed to make sense to the frog. But he asked. "What about when I get close to the bank? You could still try to kill me and get back to the shore!"

"This is true," agreed the scorpion, "But then I wouldn't be able to get to the other side of the river!"

"Alright then...how do I know you wont just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?" said the frog.

"Ahh...," crooned the scorpion, "Because you see, once you've taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with death, now would it?!"

So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog's back, his sharp claws prickling into the frog's soft hide, and the frog slid into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly against the current.

Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs.

"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"

The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back.

"I could not help myself. It is my nature."

Then they both sank into the muddy waters of the swiftly flowing river.

Self destruction, "Its my Nature", said the Scorpion...

CharlieCroker

Posts: 952

March 15

blue32years said:

What a beautiful story

that roald dahl ?

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More like Woody Allen.

Deus Ex Machina

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March 15

blue32years said:

What a beautiful story

that roald dahl ?

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Just an old fable mate.

Oriel blue

Posts: 143

March 16 As a practising Catholic I accept my Religion warts and all and I respect all people's of other faiths and none. Now back to Everton. Let's get behind the team for the remaining matches,whoever plays.

Sheltieforce

Posts: 435

March 16

ToffeeCup said:

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Same here, going back to the religion discussion, was it knoxy who summed it up best

JoeIsuzu

Posts: 152

March 16