The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

OccultHawk · 06-04-2018, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

She's a hot, long legged redhead.

Tell her you know a Jesus crazy southerner who’s just dyin to meet her.

Trollheart · 06-04-2018, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Probably accurate enough for your average Dane. A lot of culture, tradition and probably identity tied to Christianity in this country. Many go to church on christmas, for example. But I think I know one person that I know for a fact believes in God. Perhaps not coincidentally, she has often travelled to the US and has a bunch of American Bible buddies.

Yeah, it's not like that with Irish people. Being a VERY Catholic country, we are very much tied to our religion. Going to mass on Sunday was very much mandatory when growing up, and the priest was almost a celebrity, especially in more rural areas. A visit from him was like one from the president or something. Priests were never wrong, and my aunt (may she rest in peace) told me that in her day, if you were out and met a priest, you were expected to genuflect.

It's not as pronounced these days, but we're still pretty much a God-fearing and religion-driven country, which is why the Church was able to try to sway so much opinion in the recent referendum on abortion. I guess it says something about their waning power that they utterly failed to influence the vote.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

#theybelongtotheclassydonvanfeet

#Oh

OccultHawk · 06-04-2018, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Idk if it's not a problem though. Does ancestry matter more than identity?

Wouldn’t it be nice to not give a **** about either?

**Frownland** · 06-04-2018, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Wouldn’t it be nice to not give a **** about either?

Not giving a **** about your identity is selecting an identity in itself

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Chula Vista · 06-04-2018, 11:15 AM

"I absolutely have the power to pardon myself".

**Frownland** · 06-04-2018, 11:16 AM

Mueller's like "go for it bro! It'd save me half of the work."

Chula Vista · 06-04-2018, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Not giving a **** about your identity is selecting an identity in itself

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. - Neil Peart

~~Cuthbert~~ · 06-04-2018, 11:39 AM

What Mic said about Denmark is basically the same here. Guys will tick on the Census and then never think about Christianity again. But will say they're Christian if asked. Even the guys who go to the Catholic schools don't give a **** about religion. As The Hawk said it's more of an identity thing than belief in anything.

Chula Vista · 06-04-2018, 12:29 PM

Totally f'ucked up.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/polit...urt/index.html

Does this business not profit from publicly funded roads, electricity, gas, water, etc.? They have to pay their monthly usage, but who laid the infrastructure? Didn't gay people help fund those things.

Total BS ruling on every level.

Key · 06-04-2018, 12:38 PM

Nothing politically surprises me anymore. I find it hard to really care too much about it when the big story will be another big story in a weeks time. Sometimes a day. It's exhausting.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Mueller's like "go for it bro! It'd save me half of the work." __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-04-2018, 12:29 PM	#11809 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Totally f'ucked up. https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/polit...urt/index.html Does this business not profit from publicly funded roads, electricity, gas, water, etc.? They have to pay their monthly usage, but who laid the infrastructure? Didn't gay people help fund those things. Total BS ruling on every level. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

06-04-2018, 11:39 AM	#11808 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	What Mic said about Denmark is basically the same here. Guys will tick on the Census and then never think about Christianity again. But will say they're Christian if asked. Even the guys who go to the Catholic schools don't give a **** about religion. As The Hawk said it's more of an identity thing than belief in anything.

06-04-2018, 12:38 PM	#11810 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Nothing politically surprises me anymore. I find it hard to really care too much about it when the big story will be another big story in a weeks time. Sometimes a day. It's exhausting.