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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: Berek on May 14, 2007, 10:50:35 AM
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got to tape it tonight.. eyes: eyes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxqR5NPhtLI
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got to tape it tonight.. eyes: eyes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxqR5NPhtLI
coool! lol:
I'll get a barrel of that in - what was it he was on? confused:
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mmmm, interesting that you should post that barkeep!
Christian scientists have recently claimed that they have unearthed the body of Jesus Christ in an archaeological dig in Wigan The body's skeleton was found almost completely intact, with very little decay on the 2000 year old bones. Among the other items recovered at the site were a golden chalice, a shroud of sacred cloth, and a Manchester United top signed by all twelve apostles.
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WTF would HE have been doing in WIGAN?
I know it's all faith based, but, come on... there IS a limit y'know.
You'll be telling me there was a Barrow sighting next ::)
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Sorry, I don't do gardening questions
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Sorry, I don't do gardening questions
lol: lol: lol:
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I've just been listening to an article on Radio 2 about it, I was going to watch it... Now I'm going to
tape it record it!
evil: Disk it doesn't have quite the same ring somehow.
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What time is it on? I'll set the old Sky+ dowhacky whistle:
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20:30 hours
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20:30 hours
Thanks Berek...
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20:30 hours
Thanks Berek...
Are you seriously trying to tell us that you CAN programme a Sky+ thingymajig? eeek:
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20:30 hours
Thanks Berek...
Are you seriously trying to tell us that you CAN programme a Sky+ thingymajig? eeek:
As it turned out we had no signal on the BBC last night so I couldn?t test my powers of programming? evil:
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If you need a hand, my 5 year old granddaughter is off school with a cold.......
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If you need a hand, my 5 year old granddaughter is off school with a cold.......
If you are happy for her to get on my roof and shift the dish the job is hers? happy088
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Sorry barkeep she only does the techie stuff, she sorted out my betamax a treat the other day
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Sorry barkeep she only does the techie stuff, she sorted out my betamax a treat the other day
Well, if I can get the dish pointing roughly towards the satellite again I?ll give you a call?
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I watched the programme last night and those scientology chaps are truely scary.
To be honest I'm not sure that John Sweeney really lost his temper, he just seemed to be trying to make the scientologist, Tommy Davis, just listen for a second.
I did the scientology introduction course way back in 1972 and I remember finding them as very focused, very controlling people. That Tommy Davis certainly had that control.
I only did the one course and would have not even completed that except there was a very cute girl on the course as well. Also I could see that the follow ups were going to be very expensive, something the programme touched upon.
It's definitely a cult rather than a religion.
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Having watched the program and remembering the sci fi pulp novels of Hubbards I read as a kid I now have a cunning plan.
First come up with some demented self help plan, then create a relligion arouond it (must ask Nick for input on that as he is the pub's expert on cataclysmic happenings). Finally flog it to gullible americans for $100,000 a shot.
I'll never need to work again. eyes:
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My immediate reaction is that there is a gap in the religion market. The range of divinities and sacred beings ranges from vengeful creators, through pantheons to sacred cattle, via fire worshippers and volcano freaks. No one, not nowadays as far as I know, sees WIND as anything divine, except in certain metaphorical sense ("Breathe on me breath of God etc.") Oh, and perhaps Pentecostalists a bit. (I believe there is a church in Watford run by the "Pillar of Fire Socety", but they are obviously mad as a bag of frogs)
A religion basedon WIND would offer a range of worshipping opportunities encompassing gentle breezes (just reminding you it is here) up to Hurricane Katrina (punishment for making too much music andf having fun - all religions share disapproval of fun as a common thread).
Question is, how to make money out of it!
Wind farms? Must have a think about it.
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My immediate reaction is that there is a gap in the religion market. The range of divinities and sacred beings ranges from vengeful creators, through pantheons to sacred cattle, via fire worshippers and volcano freaks. No one, not nowadays as far as I know, sees WIND as anything divine, except in certain metaphorical sense ("Breathe on me breath of God etc.") Oh, and perhaps Pentecostalists a bit. (I believe there is a church in Watford run by the "Pillar of Fire Socety", but they are obviously mad as a bag of frogs)
A religion basedon WIND would offer a range of worshipping opportunities encompassing gentle breezes (just reminding you it is here) up to Hurricane Katrina (punishment for making too much music andf having fun - all religions share disapproval of fun as a common thread).
Question is, how to make money out of it!
Wind farms? Must have a think about it.
Will this wind, be so mighty. . .
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My immediate reaction is that there is a gap in the religion market. The range of divinities and sacred beings ranges from vengeful creators, through pantheons to sacred cattle, via fire worshippers and volcano freaks. No one, not nowadays as far as I know, sees WIND as anything divine, except in certain metaphorical sense ("Breathe on me breath of God etc.") Oh, and perhaps Pentecostalists a bit. (I believe there is a church in Watford run by the "Pillar of Fire Socety", but they are obviously mad as a bag of frogs)
A religion basedon WIND would offer a range of worshipping opportunities encompassing gentle breezes (just reminding you it is here) up to Hurricane Katrina (punishment for making too much music andf having fun - all religions share disapproval of fun as a common thread).
Question is, how to make money out of it!
Wind farms? Must have a think about it.
Will this wind, be so mighty. . .
lol:
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I supose if you want a way to market it then you would have to start by looking back at how religion started in the first place.
Picture prehistoric man sat around a fire. Now from their point of view fire is good, it gives them warmth, light and cooks their food. It moves and 'eats' wood so there probably isnt much of a leap to thinking that it is alive. Once you reach that point it most likely wouldnt take to look at them in a godly way and worship it. Once you have that as a foundation the belief would become more complex as the psychological and emotional development of man requires more out of those beliefs.
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So how can we build this around wind?
Good wind: fresh air = life
Bad wind: makes a mess, makes cycling difficult (wind against you in every direction), blows your house down, breaks things
Not looking too good so far.
Maybe we could try water instead?
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Hang on Nick, firstly who is going to be your target audience/culf followers/victims. Work out their dependencies and then you should find it easy.
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In my experience wind is always smelly.
See told you that the farting emoticon would come in handy! But noooooo you had to get rid of it!
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In my experience wind is always smelly.
You were right ? we should have kept the fart emoticon? who?d have thought it? noooo:
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Hang on Nick, firstly who is going to be your target audience/culf followers/victims. Work out their dependencies and then you should find it easy.
Stupid people of course. Preferably rich stupid people
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Hang on Nick, firstly who is going to be your target audience/culf followers/victims. Work out their dependencies and then you should find it easy.
Stupid people of course. Preferably rich stupid people
Rich, stupid, dippy kind of people? eyes:
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What about us poor stupid people? We need religion too, this is bloody discrimination. Only the rich can afford proper medical attention, only the rich can afford the law, now they are nicking the last bastiion of the por working classes, religion. Who can we afford to worship eh?... Barman, how much is that Bishops Finger? Maybe we can worship that
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If they are rich enough to pay for it and stupid enough to believe whatever we come up with then so be it.
Church of the Exploding Badger?
Church of the Apocalyptic Lawnmower? (actally that is already copyrighted)
Any other suggestions
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Personally I like the idea of ?The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent? from Kurt Vonnegut?s novel ?The Sirens of Titan?
To quote:
?I was the victim of a series of accidents, as are we all?
I just can't see how to make money out of it. Nobody's likely to be that bothered. ;D
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The Church of the Inner Chicken?
I am one with my inner chicken, bok! bok! scratch! bok! bok!
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Let me guess GOS, Coq au Vin? eveilgrin:
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In one! consider your Karma increased smile:
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I finally got around to watching it last night!
It was impressive how that guy never missed a beat through the screaming fit.
It just perfectly illustrates how wasting breath on the religious is utterly futile.
No one is ever going to get a rational debate out of them because they have no substance.
They have nothing to debate with, so they just go round in circles until you are exhausted.
That applys equally to all of them. I believe the only reason that different religions exist is because some of them can't to bow to others, they would rather be king of their own bunch.
They are not mad. They see it as an achievable means of power, the people that follow are weak and need to follow something. The loudest noise does the trick usually.
We need to bear all this in mind for the inevitable religious clashes that are bound to come.
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See also
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/index.htm (http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/index.htm)
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Oh bugger I've just realised its getting close to conversion crusade time down here. Every religion going sends its members here for the summer to try and persuade/con/nag/bully people into joining their faith.
I think its time to develop a core dogma for the church of the apoplectic unbeliever
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Oh bugger I've just realised its getting close to conversion crusade time down here. Every religion going sends its members here for the summer to try and persuade/con/nag/bully people into joining their faith.
I think its time to develop a core dogma for the church of the apoplectic unbeliever
Just tell them you are Jewish, they will know you are a lost cause and move on.
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Tried that, unfortunately it seems that the ones they pack off to cornwall are either the hard core 'we can convert anyone' mob or the total failures who are so desperate to gain new members that they will try regardless.
I had 2 of them follow me into a class a few years ago when I was in college. Only getting the message when I finally had enough and let rip, telling them exactly what I thought of them and their religion ending with something along the lines of being completely narked off with them harassing me for however long they had been and if they didnt leave me alone that instant I'd personally bring them closer to god.
Stunned my psychology tutor who up until then thought that I was an easy going soul until that point eyes: