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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news.mixmin.net!news.neodome.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Edward Rawde" Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Do you condemn Hamas? Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 18:12:09 -0400 Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: <6663837f$0$2363147$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 22:12:10 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="47682"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" Cancel-Lock: sha1:XvtiyyyHkVGfqpFUdIF+ADkM3f4= sha256:dFwrTZrNkEMbCPDGRw8716gM8Zide4NBPIXTMtDy5NY= sha1:wkaXHxFDyN6He2ZUovltDnfpKlw= sha256:06SFPv2eQgLcWV28qFywTGPQW2zbL+0G2jJDurMZPtA= X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Bytes: 3796 "bitrex" wrote in message news:6663837f$0$2363147$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com... > On 6/7/2024 5:26 PM, Edward Rawde wrote: >> "Jeroen Belleman" wrote in message news:v3vtf6$2824r$1@dont-email.me... >>> On 6/7/24 22:35, john larkin wrote: >>>> On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 19:53:35 +0200, Jeroen Belleman >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 6/7/24 16:49, john larkin wrote: >>>>> [...] >>>>>> >>>>>> Actually, Hamas makes sense. They send Jews to hell because they are >>>>>> heretics, and send Muslims to heaven to be blessed martyrs. So for >>>>>> Hamas, killing is always win-win. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Some kind of sense, given that there is neither heaven, nor hell. >>>>> Religion, islam in particular, is only pernicious brainwashing. >>>>> There is no afterlife. There is only this life. Don't waste it. >>>>> >>>>> Jeroen Belleman >>>> >>>> Until you understand the origin of the universe and the nature of >>>> consciousness, you can't know. >>>> >>>> Religion is human's reason to have morality. Morality leads to >>>> enlightment and a kind, just, productive society. Where else would >>>> morality and justice come from? >>>> >>>> One interpretation of religion is our collective feelings about proper >>>> behavior to others. Obviously, there are different religions with, >>>> possibly, genetic components. >>>> >>>> In my personal experience, religious people are nicer than atheists. >>>> >>>> Better cooks too. >>>> >>> >>> Oh! That's nonsense. Religion is a human invention, much like >>> father Christmas and the tooth fairy. The difference is that >>> many people never get over it. >>> >>> Religion has no right to claim to be the source of morality! >>> Morality stems from a desire to cooperate to our mutual benefit. >>> Religion never even comes into it. >>> >>> I see no clear tendency of religious people to be nicer. I've >>> seen quite a few who were real bastards. >> >> That's pretty much my experience too. > > > Come to New England Already lived there on two different occasions for a total of about six years. > you'll meet a different cut of conservative, who has no need for God or the Bible to explain why they think women shouldn't vote > or homosexuals should be hung. "I just don't like the fuckers." > > >