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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4409 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.4 |
I thought church was one of the punishments. I would rather have a toothache.
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hooah212002 Member (Idle past 822 days) Posts: 3193 Joined: |
I thought church was one of the punishments. To anyone who doesn't already belong (to quote jar) to that chapter of club christian, it is.
I would rather have a toothache. As would I. I can hardly bear to sit through a funeral for a family member because of the preaching...."Why don't you call upon your God to strike me? Oh, I forgot it's because he's fake like Thor, so bite me" -Greydon Square
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3983 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 7.0 |
Ouch...rather have a toothache? No way--toothaches are right there in your head and can't be ignored. They can make a strong man cry.
Having been marched off to church as a kid, I long ago learned to keep them out of my head altogether. I used to make up different, seditious words to the hymns and wait to see how long it took for the folks next to me to notice and slide down the pew... I'd rather take the free out-of-jail card and seduce a church lady with my bad boy self. As a card-carrying atheist and left-of-most general anarchist, of course, I deplore the program."If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
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I used to make up different, seditious words to the hymns and wait to see how long it took for the folks next to me to notice and slide down the pew... Sitting in church in high school next to one of your fellow miscreants... everytime the congregation was supposed to say "Amen", he would say "Gay men" Sometimes I still can't get that hilarity out of my head. Or when it it was point out to me that the Pray Together book could be read to say "pray to get her"
Oh god I am so immature
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Artemis Entreri  Suspended Member (Idle past 4249 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: |
However, as someone of NO belief, I find it repulsive that someone of that belief set could just go about their sunday ritual for "punishment". I find it equally repulsive that you see it automatically as punishment for a crime, rather than rehabilitation. The jails and prisons are packed, I think rehabilitation, and reconciliation is a good idea, and there is no need to punish every non-violent offender.
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hooah212002 Member (Idle past 822 days) Posts: 3193 Joined: |
rather than rehabilitation. How is going to church rehabilitation for someone of a different faith? Would you be rehabilitated by going to a mosque, synagogue or whatever scientology has?"Why don't you call upon your God to strike me? Oh, I forgot it's because he's fake like Thor, so bite me" -Greydon Square
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Artemis Entreri  Suspended Member (Idle past 4249 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: |
how is it punishment?
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NoNukes Inactive Member
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I can't say for certain, but I have always felt the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy was religiously motivated. Most people I have discussed anti-gay law/policies seem to fall back on religion as the reason it, homosexuality, is wrong and shouldn't be tolerated. I think you are wrong here. Prior to DADT, the policy was that being gay got you kicked out of the military probably with something other than an honorable discharge. The military did ask you if you were gay when you signed up. As odious as DADT was, it did allow some people to serve that would have been summarily booted or not even allowed to enter the service under prior policy.
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fearandloathing Member (Idle past 4165 days) Posts: 990 From: Burlington, NC, USA Joined: |
I wasn't aware of any policy prior to DADT, stupid on my part, I guess I always thought it was the only policy the military had. I never knew they used to ask people if they were homosexual.
Thanks for the info. My guess of it being religiously motivated was way off. "No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well...maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten." Hunter S. Thompson Ad astra per aspera Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
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hooah212002 Member (Idle past 822 days) Posts: 3193 Joined: |
The military did ask you if you were gay when you signed up. Funny they never asked me when I signed up. Must only apply to Navy and Air Force lol."Why don't you call upon your God to strike me? Oh, I forgot it's because he's fake like Thor, so bite me" -Greydon Square
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hooah212002 Member (Idle past 822 days) Posts: 3193 Joined:
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Um because it fits the definition of punishment?
Punishment is the authoritative imposition of something negative or unpleasant on a person or animal in response to behavior deemed wrong by an individual or group. "Why don't you call upon your God to strike me? Oh, I forgot it's because he's fake like Thor, so bite me" -Greydon Square
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Taq Member Posts: 10033 Joined: Member Rating: 5.3
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I fail to see how this is an establishment of a religion.
Let's see. They are telling people that if they don't go to church that they will be sent to prison. Hmm, sounds like a clear violation to me. Of course, it would be a lot more fun if church attendance was considered cruel and unusual punishment.
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3983 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 7.0 |
quote: I don't remember what I sang for the second round, but it had something to do with sex--what didn't in those days?
Oh god I am so immature Ah, sometimes being immature is just being not-old. I highly recommend it. Just don't be mean."If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
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fearandloathing Member (Idle past 4165 days) Posts: 990 From: Burlington, NC, USA Joined: |
quote: It seems this was how it worked before DADT.
Funny they never asked me when I signed up. Must only apply to Navy and Air Force lol. quote: I am guessing you joined after 1993? Thanks NoNukes for making me learn a little history. "No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well...maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten." Hunter S. Thompson Ad astra per aspera Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
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Coragyps Member (Idle past 755 days) Posts: 5553 From: Snyder, Texas, USA Joined: |
I used to make up different, seditious words to the hymns and wait to see how long it took for the folks next to me to notice and slide down the pew "I was sinking deep in sinWheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
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