Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.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 19:25:36 -0400 Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Lines: 69 Message-ID: References: <6663837f$0$2363147$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <7b176jdajq3co9nosj8qnie8rupdrsfoav@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 23:25:37 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="98772"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" Cancel-Lock: sha1:NGPZIlcGNmWKIOYbi/ASV0yZflc= sha256:G3OkxviLp8TrNwaREn+S+x9prF6GLfx4OoBd0gRP2Dk= sha1:gIMbumP5374nK7phtn0uTmgUdyQ= sha256:eUGfgqsC7ue398ltif/e3uzLEwYU8SfEy+YoV/WGUuE= X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Bytes: 4176 "john larkin" wrote in message news:7b176jdajq3co9nosj8qnie8rupdrsfoav@4ax.com... > On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 18:02:38 -0400, bitrex wrote: > >>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 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." >> >> > > I have lots of relatives in Mass and have spent many months of my life > in NYC and Vermont Would I be correct in thinking that you've never been outside the USA except perhaps for a short vacation? > and don't know anyone like that. Maybe you hang out > with a different crowd. >