The greatest work you will ever do is charity; the most divine work you will ever do will be changing people’s perception of God, while you’re doing charity.”
― Shannon L. Alder
I am almost certain Shannon doesn’t mean what I mean by changing people’s perception of god, but what the heck, it will do for my purposes today.
First, to my friends from the US of A- Happy Independence day. I know it was on the 4th. A day later makes little difference I think.
Now, it is known that I make a hobby of tearing apart people’s beliefs in benevolent deities. I spare no one, even the deists. And it is not just religion that I have my guns aimed. It is pointed at tribalists, patriots, creationists, freewillers, anti-LGBT rights activists and so on.
Being human, I am as vulnerable as the next person to confirmation bias, blind spots and ridiculous beliefs. As the person holding the belief, I could be blind to it being ridiculous, I wouldn’t hold it. And this is where you all come in. Those of you who have interacted with me for sometime now could have identified some of these blind spots. Can we be all nice and point some of this out. I don’t promise to buy beer for your help 😛
Happy Sunday everyone and thank you for your help.
Random thoughts 
As a fellow last prophet, I must confirm with a great bias that you have no blind spots, flaws, or weaknesses. To say you did would weaken your stance as a last prophet of the Great Golden Boot from whom no ass is spared a good kicking should it deserve one. $Amen$
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what would life be without a fellow last prophet of the true god, the Great Golden Boot.
Have a pleasant Sunday my brother.
I hack people’s accounts, I think you missed that
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Ah, yes. I see the ass hats are tossing out their derogatory BS on your other posts. I’ve nothing else to say to such silliness but let idjits be idjits.
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Idjits must be allowed to be idjits
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I concur. The author is as aware and fair as any human being could possibly be expected to be.
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You are too kind Bob, way too kind
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You have a sad soul. Tony says so.
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very sad soul, things people tell you about yourself!
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I was going to jump in there, but rally couldn’t find anything to say. Said it before, but these Muslim apologists are all like little children. They’re so amazingly stupid, so utterly ignorant that it’s really quite difficult to even engage them at something even approaching an adult level.
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*Side note* I just had coffee and donuts with Allah. He told me tonimarshmellow and darkmagic were “A” #1 a-holes in his book. He also said they were stupid dumb-dumbs; then he made a “raspberry” face and said they smelled like rancid farts. 🙂
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That seems to sum it up nicely
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It does, doesn’t it? In an appropriately childish way that fits the mentality of both of the chowder-heads in question. 🙂
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Greet Allah for me. Tell him it is cold here and we would do with some heat
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they are impossible to engage and they have their emotions on their finger tips
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Perhaps you believe you exist as some enduringly instantiated, self-like entity Om? I really would not know of course, though what say you my friend?
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I can safely say I cured myself of that. I believe I exist as part of the whole, the struggle of everyone is my struggle in some way
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I don’t think I can help Mak. I have so many blind spots, it will be a case of the blind leading the blind. LOL! I have no perceptions on this ‘God’ because there is no such thing. We could talk about Aliens though. 😆
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Aliens at least are trying to make their presence known. We have had people claiming abduction by aliens. I haven’t heard of any godly abduction just godly feelings
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Yeah, some folks just have all the luck Mak. 😆 I think why I haven’t been abducted by aliens yet is because they know they’ll be in for a tough ride. They will pay my hubby to take me back. hahahaha!
Well said there. 😀
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Hahaha. You are so funny Sonel. I have missed this a lot.
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LOL! Glad you think so and missed you too my friend. 😀 ♥
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(“The Ransom of Red Chief,” by O. Henry.)
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My blind spot has caused me to miss your blind spot.
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haha GC. Well played
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“A day later makes little difference I think.” – A day later makes the difference between a happy drunk and an agonizing hangover!
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luckily for me, I haven’t had a hangover or hang down. It is not really because I am good with my alcohol but because I know my tolerance level beyond which I dare not exceed
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I don’t know what I did with mine – I’ll look for it later, I know I had it last week —
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if you look hard enough, I am sure you will find it
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Found a blind spot! (Do I get a beer now?) Cold? 24 degrees? 75 in Fahrenheit – that’s according to the internet at least. I think we need to get a Canadian in here to explain to you the meaning of the word “cold.”
When I was in Quebec, my ex was friendly with a guy from Morocco. He said that he arrived in Quebec in early February. His first thought upon disembarking from the plane was, “Now I know what hell feels like.”
There was a Frenchman who complained about the bad French spoken by the Canadians, in particular an expression, “Il fait frette.” “What is ‘frette’?” he asked. That’s not French. By the time winter came around he said, “Now I understand. Il fait frette.”
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You will get a beer, two beers at whatever temperature.
When some friends of mine were coming over a year ago in June, I told them Nairobi gets quite cold in June and July. They said they have lived in sub zero temperatures there is no way Nairobi can be cold. At the time of departure, they were telling a slightly different story but I get what you mean.
And that video has put it all in perspective. I withdraw my comments
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Except for the photos of people naked outside, which I’m sure was done for the joke, those photos are not of unusual weather. It’s like that almost the whole winter every year.
Here’s some of my photos: https://fojapenfrancais.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/weekly-photo-challenge-the-golden-hour/#jp-carousel-156
I had a friend who lived in Ecuador, and she said that when tourists got there the first thing they did was buy a sweater because Quito is not at all hot and can be quite chilly, despite its location on the globe. “The city of the eternal spring,” which she said translated to wet and chilly all year long.
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That is a different level of cold I haven’t yet experienced
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If you really want to know what cold is, try skinny dipping in Antarctica. My brother wintered over at New Zealand’s Scott Base several decades ago and as is the custom there, he took part in the annual skinny dip just before the sun disappears for four months over winter. A chainsaw is used to cut a hole through the metre or more of ice shelf to access the Ross Sea beneath. He reckons the mad dash from the hole back to the buildings would better the speeds of the best Olympic sprinters.
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I will no longer speak of cold
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I think I will choose to remain comfortably ignorant.
What was your brother doing there, may I ask.
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He was the electrical engineer for Scott Base
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Wish I could help but I’m currently experiencing fibro fogginess so I’m of no use to anyone. If the fog lifts I’ll let you know what I see. 🙂
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I wish you well my friend
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Thank you! I’ll be fine – unfortunately it comes with the territory.
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No beer? Friends who help friends get beer Mak!
I used to think you were a tad too kind to the apologists, wankers, and lost causes. I believe I have noticed a slight shift towards being a little short with the nonsense. Welcome to the club!
As far as holes in your game, your reasoning skills are just fine.
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I think after some point, talking to apologists gets to one’s nerves. They repeat the same claims couched only in different sentence structures.
You will get beer, cold beer my friend and BBQ
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They are trained to think in circles. Circles that always wind up back where they started, with their gods. There is a significant difference in the way their minds work, from ours. We demand evidence and reason. They demand they have all the answers, yet never actually provide any.
SD dances around showing off his beer and BBQ! Score! I do love me some BBQ, and beer ain’t half bad either.
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On good days, theists are entertaining with their dances. But mostly, they are a pain in the wrong places. You got my skype address?
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Could not agree more. And yes sir I do. Soon as I get 10 minutes to myself I’ll e-mail ya, and we can agree upon a time. What is your time zone btw?
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+3 GMT which could be anything from 7 to 8 hrs ahead of you
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Wow, I didn’t think it would be that great.
Look here: http://www.timebie.com/timezone/centralnairobi.php
According to that 8 PM for you would be 12 noon for me. Or, as you said 8 hr. difference.
Now we just got to nail down a day/time.
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Finding me online is easy. Just drop me a line when you can.
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