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#12661 worry

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Posted 15 November 2015 - 09:10 PM

In a bit of bad news turning into good news, the new policy in the Mormon Church of not just attacking gay couples but also the children of gay couples has led to some pretty strong anger, protest, and even mass resignation from the Church, and it appears to be a thing that will be ongoing: http://www.reuters.c...N0T414G20151115

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#12662 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 15 November 2015 - 10:03 PM

worry, on 15 November 2015 - 09:10 PM, said:

There's a guy on Reddit basically sending people forms allowing you to resign from the church and not be harassed. He is based in Utah and is able to do it from anywhere in the world. Once the church gets a letter from a lawyer they stop sending people round to try and intimidate you into returning. He has done it for free for a few thousand people, last I checked...

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#12663 Andorion

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Posted 16 November 2015 - 01:12 AM

Tiste Simeon, on 15 November 2015 - 10:03 PM, said:

worry, on 15 November 2015 - 09:10 PM, said:

Yeah last I checked 2000+ people had resigned. I have been following things on r/exmormon

#12664 Nicodimas

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Posted 16 November 2015 - 03:40 AM

Scored 4 days for SDCC tickets ....

Was able to blacksmith this whole weekend and pick up a new technique.

Watched the fight and football.

Reconnected with one of my old buddies..

Slept well too... Great weekend !!

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#12665 worry

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Posted 16 November 2015 - 03:48 AM

Nicodimas, on 16 November 2015 - 03:40 AM, said:

Was able to blacksmith this whole weekend and pick up a new technique.

Love grinding for exp points and cashing them in for new abilities.

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#12666 Nicodimas

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Posted 16 November 2015 - 05:36 AM

Cards won too!!

@ worry .. Real life blacksmithing

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#12667 worry

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Posted 17 November 2015 - 12:14 AM

Actually, that might be the most BK sentence you've ever written, BK.

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#12668 Tsundoku

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 02:28 AM

While the adult, logical side of me thinks this is a little unsafe, the kid in me that has seen enough doom and gloom for one day thinks this is piss funny.

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#12669 Solidsnape

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 09:28 AM

Ricky Gervais and Richard Dawkins anybody?

http://youtu.be/inZZfElmSLY

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#12670 Binder of Demons

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 09:59 PM

Solidsnape, on 18 November 2015 - 09:28 AM, said:

Ricky Gervais and Richard Dawkins anybody?

http://youtu.be/inZZfElmSLY

Unless it's Ricky Gervais taking the piss out of Dawkins, I ain't gonna click.

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#12671 Maark Abbott

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 10:26 PM

Unless it's Ricky Gervais being slapped by Richard Dawkins, I ain't clicking.

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#12672 Solidsnape

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 10:36 PM

Maark, on 18 November 2015 - 10:26 PM, said:

Unless it's Ricky Gervais being slapped by Richard Dawkins, I ain't clicking.

I can see that, I'm not a massive fan either.
Imagine I'd posted without description, and you clicked!!!
It'd be me you were looking to slap.

He's not too bad in this clip. Subject matter is more the star.

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#12673 Illuyankas

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 10:38 PM

Do they kill each other and drastically improve the overall quality of existance, Y/N

not clicking if N

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#12674 Solidsnape

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 10:57 PM

Getting a lot of Dawkins/Gervais hate here.
I'll be honest, I was expecting Gervais negativity, but hating on Dawkins? Really?
Ah well.

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#12675 Gnaw

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 11:08 PM

Solidsnape, on 18 November 2015 - 10:57 PM, said:

Getting a lot of Dawkins/Gervais hate here.
I'll be honest, I was expecting Gervais negativity, but hating on Dawkins? Really?
Ah well.

Dawkins is getting shrill, small, and mean as he ages. I suspect that's the problem.

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#12676 Binder of Demons

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 11:25 PM

Personally I've not been a fan of Dawkins since his days of being a popular science writer and long before his days of being a crusading atheist. From reading his essays aaround the time of The Selfish Gene, and The Blind Watchmaker, I always got the impression of a douchebag with a monstrous ego, and not particularly stellar research. His response to critiques of his theories at the time were to build even more layers on top to explain away problems rather than look more closely at his reasoning. Frankly I tuned him out as a scientist around the late nineties, and thought he was done til he popped up with his anti-religion stuff. And despite being non-religious myself, I find him to be a douche in this area as well.

Gervais can come across as a prick as well, but at least he is occasionally funny