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The existence of a GOD or not is the major religious principle.

Yep it is.

A GOD should perchance one exist....Might not be limited by the physical. (Not to be confused with a GOD principle)

But you most certainly are Mr E.

Mr E thinks, therefore he believes in a supernatural GOD.

@RatMan

Pretty little Asian Girl with an a typical voice and tune that failed to hypnotise me.

But I'm an old fart.

Give me some quality prog-rock musicians any day of the week.

I'm a teapot fundamentalist.

But very much acoffeepot.

Would you sing me that Dionne Warwick song please.

I will represent the Taliban if that's OK.

Not that I have Taliban approval.

But it's only fair that they have a voice.

Especially as they are now the U.S's new best mates.

Considering all those presents you left for them.

So I will deliver a new moderate exert from the Holy Koran....To represent the voice of the new moderate Taliban.

Is that OK, Wylty old chap?

And those Atheists can BTFO.

The racial make up of the U.S is roughly;

15% German.

12% African American

11% Mexican

11% Irish

8%   English

7%   American

5.5% Italian

3%   Polish

3%   French

2%   Scottish

2%   Native American

1.5% Puerto Rican

1.5% Norwegian

1.2% Swedish

1.2% Chinese

1%   Asian Indian

1%   Russian

1%   Filipino

1%   Scotch-Irish

1%   West Indian.

And then there's another 10% of odds and sods.

All data from 2021world atlas.com.  (Some percentages rounded up or down for ease of calculation)

So who should stay where Doc?

It looks like only about 2% have any real heritage.

And then some might say that relative to proximity Mexicans are more entitled than the Irish.

Depends upon how one chooses to cherry pick history and appropriate stereotypes I suppose.

Just saying Doc....The U.S. is already very much a mongrel nation.....So a bit of Afghan DNA  ain't going to make a whole lot of difference.

Other than in your head perhaps.

And just out of interest....How does one differentiate between Irish, Scottish and Scotch-Irish.

Just stay safe, and don't be the next one who wished that they had heeded sound advice, rather than believed the nonsense of some political conspiracy theorist.

And as for a vaccine...Of course it won't prevent you from contracting covid....If someone coughs virus infected fluid droplets  into your face, then you will inhale them.

Vaccination means you will already have antibodies in your system to fight the virus. 

There's nothing new about vaccines, they've been around for two hundred years or more and haven't wiped out mankind yet.

In fact, vaccines have helped to greatly increase life expectancy over that period.

The only difference between atheist and a theist is a space.

All relevant internal data is the same.

It's just that data output can be variable.

For example:

There is GOD, no.

Is there no GOD.

There is no GOD.

See what I mean.

"Conniptions"....Nice word and a new one to me.

Though I am neither liberal nor connipted.

I remain apolitical and equanimous.

In order for you to be able to transmit data, then said data must be formerly acquired and stored within your database.

Irrespective of whether or not there is an existent GOD, you are wholly reliant upon internal function.

No brain in Mr E.....Then no GOD for Mr E.

Covid is airborne if a host ejects it in liquid particles.

The mask is therefore a preventative barrier.

Once said particles are contained within the mask, the virus does not then decide to sneak out and start flying around looking for a target.

A virus does not think, does not see and does not have legs or wings.

A chain link fence will prevent the movement of an object and consequently also prevent the movement of anything contained within that object.

A mask is a  logical common sense preventative measure....Never intended to be a cure all.

I bet that Mr Wallace wished that he had been a bit more sensible....And he was only 30 years of age.

Stay safe.

Well you said that we were in agreement.

And Stephen also agreed.

So that makes three.

See above.

My standpoint is always the same....It is only possible to speculate about 2000 year old events.

I propose nothing other than, you cannot read 2000 year old minds. 

It was you that initially proposed to know what JTB thought.

Primary thoughts and secondary narrative are two distinctly different things.....And the latter certainly does not validate the former.

He must have overlooked the AND REPUBLICANS bit...LOL

He's full of the Blarney....Begorrah.

What the modern NT states is not the same as what a real JTB might have thought.

He might have thought, whose this fucking interloper stealing my thunder.

To assume a Messiah and a Baptist is one thing....But to claim that you can read their minds is pushing things a bit too far Trade.

GOD is in your head Mr E, no?

GOD the idea is unavoidable.

So it is in my head too....It's just a different idea to yours.

Atheism and theism are separate ideas.....But obviously relative ideas.

Because said experiences are hallucinations based upon stored data.

Near death is not death....Therefore it is not possible to view an actual afterlife.

An over the counter mask will stop you spreading the virus.

The virus is spread in small liquid particles....It doesn't just sneak out by itself.

So unless people lick the snot of the inside of your mask they will be somewhat safer than if you have no mask and you just eject snot all over the place.

Common sense Mr S.....Not rocket science.....Stay safe.

Or are you just being stupid for the sake of politics?

Nonetheless...Stay safe.

Abstain.

Access denied.

Then embrace an Afghani.

God will love you for it.

As I said Doc...Crazy mixed up people.

All hypothetical.

I think all three of us are in agreement then.

Good.

All hypothetical peeps.

Only the story tellers knew what they were on about.

I think that the thirteenth disciple Maggie Delaney, referred to hairy Mary the tart with a heart....Though her lover Ged preferred to keep it quiet....And her boyfriend dumb Joe never said a great deal.

And little Josh went a bit wild and got into all sorts of trouble with the authorities....Something to do with broken homes and deception.

Well....That's how I interpret things.

What is a half breed?

Well everyone is a half breed I suppose, in so much as they have two parents.

PSSSSST.

Rumour has it that there might be some Afghan women coming onto the market quite soon.....Just need a bit of converting.

"Expertise is a scam" is a scam.

 

Notwithstanding the occasional fraud.......Denying real expertise is usually down to jealousy.

"X 10"...... More arbitrary stats Doc.

And Left becomes Right, and old Right becomes so extreme that it eventually becomes Left.

And who incited the proletariat to storm the Capitol.....Something of a Bolshevikian rebellion methinks.

Americans....Crazy mixed up people.

Well........Who ever King Jesus might be.

And who ever my "minor children" might be. (Not certain of the meaning of this comment)

True.

An atypical response from you Mr E.

I'll have to assume that I won that particular argument.

Well I'm not sure who or what Native Americans worshipped Doc.

And was the holy crusade that conquered America any different to that of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Brutality and subjugation?

And are  you sure that your reservations are not simply based on appearance?

I'll need your stats Doc.

My priorities are pretty basic.

Family and healthy lifestyle are my two chief priorities.

Internet Interaction with Mr E. et al. is an entertaining distraction.

Though my comments are always sincere.

If sometimes a tad cynical or satirical.

Is that's what is known as cynicism?

Ah.

But was she formerly blessed amongst women...Or was that more like a Catholic type re-write of the plot?

We were led to believe that she was just a pregnant woman traipsing about the Arabian Peninsular on a Donkey looking for an Inn....Did they have Inns back in the day?....Or was that yet another European postscript?

Old Abe will be turning in his grave.

And what percentage of conservatives hate liberals for being liberal.

Six of one and half a dozen of the other, as my dear Mum used to say Doc.

You old humanitarian Doc.

We make a mess, we take some refugees.

Though most have gone to neighbouring Iran and Tajikistan.

Even kind hearted Uganda has taken some in.

So it won't hurt the U.S. to have a few.

It's not so long ago that the Irish sought refuge in the New World Doc.

Was that his Mother or his surrogate Mother?......Virgin birth and all that tosh.

The God character probably didn't give a toss about her, readers were probably left to assume that gullible Joe looked after his missus.

Though you're really best asking the men who concocted such stories....They probably just didn't consider it necessary to the plot.

No one here on Dart is actually going to know.

Not always so liberal Mr E.

I just say things as I see them.

Relative to age, conditioning and experience.

I guess that Theweakeredge was similarly motivated.

Russia, with the U.S. and other allied assistance eventually wore the Germans into the ground.

And the nuclear bomb won in Japan.

And in Vietnam the U.S. got it's arse kicked by a raggle taggle bunch of commies

And in Korea the U.S. did half a job.

And in Iraq, Syria et al, the U.S. and it's lackies (sadly the British amongst them) left another enduring mess.

And in Afghanistan the U.S. again typically ran out of the will to achieve anything meaningful.

Just enforces the fact that military might is worthless, especially if you don't have the stomach to back it up.

In my opinion.

I based my opinion of Trump on Trump.

And I base my opinion of Biden on Biden.

And I always thought that Dubya's  knee jerk reaction to the Twin Towers was somewhat foolhardy.

Hey...Someone blew up our towers....Let's go bomb the fuck out of some pomegranate farmers in Afghanistan.

And it all ended in tears.

Operation Frequent Wind ring any bells?

Approval ratings mean zilch and depend upon which propaganda machine is producing the approval rating.

"Think" is the key word.

We think that we know something.

And within a human context that's undeniable.

That is the only basis of knowledge and truth that we have available

Certainly isn't looking good at the moment.

You're up late as ever Mr E.

And Afghanistan is always somewhat chaotic.

And inflation, crime and borders are never hunky-dory....Only manageable.

We know what we think we know.

And  people believe that it is possible to know more than it is currently possible to know.

Which is a truism.

But believing in something that might be possible doesn't make it true.

Biased Republican perspective.

Republicans created 20 years of chaos and Biden dealt with it swiftly.

Hats off to the old guy.

Apolitical as ever Mr Ethan.

I did briefly make a visit back to DDO and saw the "pressing things" that you were doing.

I didn't agree with Dubya.

But blaming a President who has only been in office since January 20th for the past 20 years of US inspired chaos in Afghanistan is a bit rich to say the least.

I'm guessing that you're a Republican.