Interesting Stuff Thread

postitnote

Didn't specify which god, or indeed, which version of which god

Turtwig

postitnote wrote: »

Didn't specify which god, or indeed, which version of which god

Oooooh s/he's throwing out some bait too.

Bannasidhe

Jernal wrote: »

Oooooh s/he's throwing out some bait too.

Very Fishy

postitnote

You calling me a Hermaphrodite?
What would be the stance of churches on hermaphrodites just out of interest?

Sarky

Hey, this is no plaice for fish puns.

Turtwig

Sarky wrote: »

Hey, this is no plaice for fish puns.

What a load of codswallop. :mad:

Bannasidhe

postitnote wrote: »

You calling me a Hermaphrodite?
What would be the stance of churches on hermaphrodites just out of interest?

They are not mentioned in the Bible so don't exist?

Sure 'love the sinner hate the sin' () would be trotted out...though what the 'sin' is would remain unclear....

Bannasidhe

Jernal wrote: »

What a load of codswallop. :mad:

I'm having a whale of a time with these fishy puns.

Sarky

Bannasidhe wrote: »

I'm having a whale of a time with these fishy puns.

... whale... fishy puns

whale

fishy

/marine scientist

Bannasidhe

Sarky wrote: »

/marine scientist

My Bad.







When I'm good, I'm very very good. But when I am bad I am better.

Dades

postitnote wrote: »

What would be the stance of churches on hermaphrodites just out of interest?

They are to celibacy what the capybara is to meat on a Friday. You can have one and it's not a sin.

Bannasidhe

Dades wrote: »

They are to celibacy what the capybara is to meat on a Friday. You can have one and it's not a sin.

Please please please Tweet the Pope and ask him what the RCC stance is!

postitnote

If the pope was a hermaphrodite could you tell him to go f*ck himself?

(Unsure of the mechanics of what a hermaphrodite is capable of)

Turtwig

Sarky wrote: »

http://alltheragefaces.com/img/faces/svg/angry-desk-flip.svg

/marine scientist

Now, now. If the capybara can be a fish then so too can a whale. :pac:

robindch

A lot of these shots look, at best, charitable edits and complete setups at worst. But I'd certainly concede the faintest possibility:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20614593

Genghiz Cohen

Doggiedoggie!

Dades

robindch wrote: »

A lot of these shots look, at best, charitable edits and complete setups at worst. But I'd certainly concede the faintest possibility:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20614593

I want to know what happens when one of those bitches goes to Saudi on holidays and wants to rent a car! :pac:

robindch

Trailer for the new Star Trek movie. Contains water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diP-o_JxysA

Genghiz Cohen

Speaking as someone who has had sex, are we supposed to know the bad-guy?

Bannasidhe

robindch wrote: »

Trailer for the new Star Trek movie. Contains water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diP-o_JxysA

SQUEEEEAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Speaking as someone who has had sex, are we supposed to know the bad-guy?

It's elementary my dear Cohen.

Delirium

robindch wrote: »

A lot of these shots look, at best, charitable edits and complete setups at worst. But I'd certainly concede the faintest possibility:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20614593

I don't want to imagine the chaos that will happen if a ball bounces across the path of the doggie driver :eek::pac:

Hotblack Desiato

robindch wrote: »

A lot of these shots look, at best, charitable edits and complete setups at worst. But I'd certainly concede the faintest possibility:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20614593

Were there any Rovers?

Could bring a new meaning to going out in the car for a bit of dogging.

Hotblack Desiato

Saw this in the Astronomy forum and thought it might strike a chord here.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=82092160&postcount=2

The night sky is our window on the universe, revealing profound truths about realities beyond the mundane. It is inherently beautiful. I wish more people could value that.

mikhail

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Speaking as someone who has had sex, are we supposed to know the bad-guy?

No. There are theories, but it hasn't been confirmed.

Hotblack Desiato

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2012/1208/1224327573931.html

Further confirmation that atheism is hip comes in the form of a snazzy new line of footwear promising “a dollop of godless love, in a shoe”. The brainchild of Dubliner David Bonney, Atheist Shoes aim “to increase visibility of non-believers in a subtle, tasteful way”, with messages like “Ich Bin Atheist” and “Darwin Loves” embossed on the souls.[sic]:rolleyes:

Hotblack Desiato

Got a postcard in the door the other day from DPD and have some online orders coming, so went up to the depot this morning. While waiting, saw this...



'Cornichons au vinagre fin'

Tin was about 30cm high. That's a lotta gherkins. Christ!


Oh yeah. It turned out they'd put the postcard in the wrong door, so they didn't have a parcel for me after all :rolleyes:

endacl

legspin wrote: »

Watching the growth in discoveries was slightly hypnotic.

Try this. Watching this progress is also hypnotic. But not in a good way.

Qualifies as 'Interesting stuff'. But only if you're interested in just how dumb we can be as a species...

Sarky

That is really depressing.

Calibos

As a believer that the M.A.D. doctrine is what prevented any further major wars in the 20th century and will continue to do so going forward, and as someone who doesn't piss themselves whenever they hear the word radiation, (ie. Believes the WHO and UN when they say only 60 deaths directly attributable to Chernobyl), well, I don't find that too depressing

Well depressing, in that human nature made it necessary for something like M.A.D. and depressing that they kept on developing, testing and spending more and more money over and above the point where they could wipe out the other side once over. But depressed that nuclear weapons exist and were tested?? No.

sephir0th

Have a read of this and it gets a bit less depressing...

Calibos

sephir0th wrote: »

Have a read of this and it gets a bit less depressing...

Would his TED talk on this subject be the video equivelent of 'cliff notes' for that book?

sephir0th

Calibos wrote: »

Would his TED talk on this subject be the video equivelent of 'cliff notes' for that book?

I'm only about half way through the 36hour audiobook, so I'd say that video is a very sharp summarization of the main conclusions

Really great book though, as a bonus you get to learn a lot about the civilization process. One of the more interesting conclusions is - if our ancestors were happy to burn cats alive and torture other humans, how come we have such a problem with it - and what sparked that degree of empathy and compassion.

The Black Oil

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/education-minister-concerned-by-time-spent-on-teaching-religion-and-irish-577436.html

Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn has said that he would like to see more time devoted to science and maths in Irish schools, rather than Irish and religion.

"The official time allocation for religion and Irish is high relative to other subjects," he said.

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And now we wait until he's called anti-Catholic...

robindch

This came up last year I think here.

The findings, I think of the Department of Education, were that religion is usually amongst the top two or three subjects, and where it's allocated more time, the principal suffering subject is maths.

The Black Oil

I recall reading about it alright, but I was wondering about the extent to which it's true. I'm a little skeptical - largely because I've been in a few classrooms (not a teacher myself) of Catholic primary schools where teachers had timetables on the wall. R.E. didn't appear to take up that much time, but then it was infant classes I was in most recently and I'd guess they aren't quite 'preparing' the kids as full on compared to older classes. End of day tidy up and afternoon prayer were generally the same slot...and timetables aren't written in stone. I'd have to review a few to see what they're like and the extent to which they're followed, such as a full 30 minutes on R.E.

Hotblack Desiato

It would be fine and dandy if religion was timetabled and confined to that slot - then parents could have the choice of opting out as was always the intention when National Schools were set up in the 19th century. ET do it similarly.

In your 'normal' school, religion is integrated throughout the curriculum at primary level. So your religious story could be 'English' (or maybe even 'History'. :rolleyes:) Learning about the planets could mention how 'God made them' etc.

Bannasidhe

ninja900 wrote: »

It would be fine and dandy if religion was timetabled and confined to that slot - then parents could have the choice of opting out as was always the intention when National Schools were set up in the 19th century. ET do it similarly.

In your 'normal' school, religion is integrated throughout the curriculum at primary level. So your religious story could be 'English' (or maybe even 'History'. :rolleyes:) Learning about the planets could mention how 'God made them' etc.

You should hear my 6 year old grand-daughter go off on one about how it's always 'Holy God' and 'HolyMaryMotherofGod' in every class.
She may be exaggerating but she is mightily fed up of hearing about 'Holy God' and not shy about expressing it.

PurpleSt4in

I'd love to know the number of atheists in Ireland. Wonder how long before half the Irish population move firmly away from the Catholic Church

PopePalpatine

PurpleSt4in wrote: »

I'd love to know the number of atheists in Ireland. Wonder how long before half the Irish population move firmly away from the Catholic Church

Probably when First Communion/Confirmation isn't treated as a chance for partying.

sephir0th

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Probably when First Communion/Confirmation isn't treated as a chance for partying.

Don't forget about the beautiful church wedding!

Bannasidhe

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Probably when First Communion/Confirmation isn't treated as a chance for partying.

sephir0th wrote: »

Don't forget about the beautiful church wedding!

That would be never so.

recedite

UK census data reveals a continuing decline in religion;

Across England and Wales respondents with no religion have gone up 10 points to 25% on average compared with the 2001 census.

Das Guardian picture shows some aggressive canine atheists.

Meanwhile in Norn Iron, the ratio of catolicks to prods narrows to 45%:48% and those stating "no religion" doubles from 3% to 6%.
Interesting times ahead for the flag-wavers, no doubt.

Dades

^^ *cough*

Bannasidhe

Dades wrote: »

*cough*

:pac:

Dades

I actually have a cough and would murder a fisherman's friend.

recedite

Didn't see that thread
Now I'm pissed off that everyone pre-emptively stole my "norn iron" joke :mad:

Hotblack Desiato

Dades wrote: »

I actually have a cough and would murder a fisherman's friend.

You're supposed to suck on them. (cue Julian Clary joke)

Gbear

Dades wrote: »

I actually have a cough and would murder a fisherman's friend.

Would any friend do or do you have a specific one in mind?


*snigger*

cyberwolf77

http://kck.st/10KSqtl
Someone should enjoy this

[Jackass]

Sorry if this has already been posted, but here is a very brief and simplified explanation to evolution if you ever need to use illustrations when trying to explain your view (if you share it and / or are inclined to discuss it) of where man comes from: