Not Great Logic, But Something to Consider

Started by SGOS, June 26, 2018, 08:04:59 AM

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Baruch

Yes, give all your money to the government or the nearest consumer shit producer.  If you hate money, just give it away.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Unbeliever

Quote from: SGOS on June 26, 2018, 09:16:13 PM
John Oliver addresses this one: Televangelists asking you to send money, and God will repay you tenfold, and in actual dollars, not some bullshit like happiness or bliss, but in actual dollars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1xJAVZxXg


Yeah, I love that! He even started his own church! ;-D
God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Hydra009

Quote from: Unbeliever on June 27, 2018, 01:42:59 PM

Yeah, I love that! He even started his own church! ;-D
It wasn't a church, it was a scam.  Totally different.

Cavebear

Quote from: Hydra009 on June 27, 2018, 10:18:21 PM
It wasn't a church, it was a scam.  Totally different.

It was a joke...  Not a scam.
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Unbeliever

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Baruch

Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Unbeliever

I guess it depends on which cheek the tongue is in?
God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Baruch

Quote from: Unbeliever on June 28, 2018, 06:28:37 PM
I guess it depends on which cheek the tongue is in?

Right or Left?  Let the political pundits debate that!
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Cavebear

Quote from: Unbeliever on June 28, 2018, 06:28:37 PM
I guess it depends on which cheek the tongue is in?
Yep, there certainly is a Right cheek and a Left one.  One never knows, do one?
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

justme

#24
"It wasn't a church, it was a scam.  Totally different.'

  I don't see the difference. 

Baruch

Quote from: justme on July 01, 2018, 04:41:36 PM
"It wasn't a church, it was a scam.  Totally different.'

  I don't see the difference.

In law, intent is important, at least for sentencing.  That and circumstances.  If you knowingly scam someone, you are scamming.  It isn't possible to unknowingly scam someone ... you are simply making a mistake.

The question remains ... to what extent is an organization, religious or not, a scam?  Depends on if they know what they are doing.  These days for instance, it seems that all political action is a scam.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Unbeliever

God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Baruch

Quote from: Unbeliever on July 01, 2018, 06:04:13 PM
That's new?

Clarification for "justme" ... not for you or Cavebear, who are omniscient ;-)
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Unbeliever

God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

SGOS

Most churches might be scamming people, but they aren't scamming the IRS, because church bullshit is legally recognized as a tax free endeavor.  The scam was done by John Oliver.  He did scam the government to qualify for benefits the church gets, when clearly he was only posing as a church.

However, I think Hydra's point was to make a satirical comparison/contrast.  To atheists, Oliver's Church and a real Church are both scams of one nature or another even though their true intentions are miles apart.