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Recent content by lombas

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    World’s Most Persecuted Minority

    I wouldn't say atheists are misrepresented in - say - Western Europe. In some countries, like my own, it is not done to publicly state Christian beliefs guide your political ideology, regardless of the existance of a christian democratic party. It's secularism to the max. Of course, publicly...
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    What is the World's Oldest Religion?

    I go with the Mother cult.
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    Canadian health care in trouble?

    Canada would fare better with a good European-like health care system. I met a couple of Canadians this summer & part of my family is Canadian - they are always surprised to see how severe the Canadian system is contrary to the (more social) European one.
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    Abstinence or Safe-Sex in schools? Your thoughts?

    I don't think it would come to anybody's sane mind to teach abstinence in my region.
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    Why do you think Quran is in Arabic?

    I think the Gospel was not solely written in Arameic but also in Greek, according to some traditions...? Also, Muhammad never wrote anything (so far as we know), the Quran was written down by Zaid ibn Thabit, his - ehm - secretary.
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    Is premarital sex a good, a bad, or a nuetral event in terms of ethics and of effect?

    So in my country, SENSOA, a centre of expertise on sexual health, comes to schools to teach children about prevention, respect, &c. This, according to you, should not be made possible?
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    Belief in God as a priest

    Do you think it is possible for a priest to continue being a priest while not believing in a literal, physical God? According to some research (okay, I don't have sources, ...) it appears a substantial amount of clergymen are non/smallbelievers - some are even outright atheists. Should they...
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    Abstinence or Safe-Sex in schools? Your thoughts?

    I didn't need sex education, I had girlfriends for that purpose... Besides, the Jesuits gave us sex education - oh sorry! - a bit too late: at the age of 16. In our country, normally sex education starts at 12-13. They had to explain to 16 year old girls what menstruation was like. By law...
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    Is premarital sex a good, a bad, or a nuetral event in terms of ethics and of effect?

    Sex can be an ethical issue. Marriage, according to my opinion, is not. Therefore, the question is irrelevant. QED.
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    Back!

    And back again! Turbulent months... Visited China and the DPRK. Got fired at the *¨sez+: Commission (well, not quite, they immediately asked me to step by their offices in a couple of months' time for budget reasons). Teaching French now. Nice. Still atheist though! Yikes! *friendly...
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    What group do you belong to?

    Luckily enough, I understand German. Why it makes me arrogant tough, I don't really grasp.
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    What group do you belong to?

    Or French politics: Reporter: "Embrasser, c'est tromper?" Michel Rocard*: "Non, c'est pas tromper." Reporter: "Et sucer, c'est tromper?" Rocard: "(laughs) Non, pas non plus." * Rocard was prime minister of France from 1989-1991 and an authority for French socialists. I'm not going to translate.
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    Hello everyone!

    Welcome to the forum Northern Papist. Nice to see someone with exactly the same interests as myself. Enjoy! :)
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    Bible encourages drunkenness

    Omar Khayyam encourages drunkenness!
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    Germany refuses to return Nefertiti bust to Egypt

    Unfortunately, for instance, the Elgin/Parthenon marbles are displayed horribly in the BM. The BM should at least diplay the marbles properly.
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