Path: ...!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 22:13:48 +0000 From: john larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Do you condemn Hamas? Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:13:48 -0700 Message-ID: <7b176jdajq3co9nosj8qnie8rupdrsfoav@4ax.com> References: <6663837f$0$2363147$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 62 X-Trace: sv3-e9sJhvNxkEcm6TlOiOu1QQ6jdwoeiwTiPs1j/kdxzrikRU0rnjYxQZaEFsnSBf1MVx+wM2zsjdExiN2!lNfFYykIv64lXAJwG+ZTzznfb8fhbdXvXxIhanrX6DGjSUodudv7gUrLJFUsULgcLl2XXPGMAcqu!bfsnew== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3741 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 and don't know anyone like that. Maybe you hang out with a different crowd.