OT: 36 years ago today, my bride and I got married. The secret of our success is that we both think we were the lucky one.
OT2: I was in a car repair shop this morning where I saw flyers for a fundie church near the coffee machine asking if I was going to spend eternity in heaven or hell. The flyers are spending the rest of their existence in the trash can.
ETA: 14 hours after my morning post. Thank you to everyone for your good wishes. Much appreciated.
We went out to dinner. I had alerted the restaurant that it was our anniversary and they gave us some complimentary champagne. It so happened that the young couple at the table next to us were also celebrating their anniversary. Their first. They asked how long we had been married and then asked us if we had any advice. My bride said that a strong marriage requires 1000 or more small concessions to one another. I said my bit about thinking you were the lucky one. And then I warned them about not going to a Mexican restaurant on their anniversary. Cinco de Mayo.
Happy anniversary. Re: tracts. I litter pick with a group on the prom of my welsh seaside town. When visiting another attractive promenade, in England, I was furious to see come-to-jesus-or-you'll-burn-in-hell tracts had been blu-tacked to every one of the many benches. I emailed the US address saying that causing so much litter in that beautiful spot was unacceptable. Please make it clear in their liturature that scattering it like that was not what jesus would want. Got a polite reply, and comment how good it was to hear from someone in Nairobi Kenya. Still puzzling over how they confused Hoylake, Cheshire UK with Africa!
Well there it is - the most ridiculous thing I've seen all day, the fact that I only just got out of bed notwithstanding. And I'm not saying I don't buy those customer satisfaction percentages but I think we're gonna need some double checking on that one.
The Christians who offer up their religion as a solution to all the world’s problems remain oblivious to what Christians acting in the name of Christianity have done to their fellow beings. They continue to dream of a world where everyone needs their permission for pretty much everything. If people want to have this silly phone service they’re welcome to it, but they do NOT get to make that decision for anyone else.
This bit has the potential to be the most harmful. It would likely block access to suicide prevention sites, especially sites like The Trevor Project. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
I weep for the homeschooled children whose only contact outside the far right, reality denying, fundamentalist Christian bubble will disappear into the rabbit hole of this extreme firewall.
It's the cutesy version for kids. Because a story about the god you worship drowning everybody and everything in the world except for a boatload of people and animals is appropriate for kids.
I guess, if you live to be 900 years old it takes a long time to grow up. So they are his sons and their wives but they just look really young even though they’re 800-900 years old. Natch.
Apparently, the temptation to acknowledge that Christians are also human beings with human needs and impulses has become too much to handle. They need FILTERS and BLOCKS to keep those nasty impulses at bay, and here's Radiant Mobile to put the blinders on and keep believers in line. Oh, and they provide a bible app as well!
Wonder if that app is okay with Ezekiel 23:20 ... or the Song of Solomon?
As I have said before, I would not do business with any company that uses religion to promote their company. If you have to put god, jesus or your faith on your business, the odds are you offer shoddy products and service.
Another step toward 1984 Big Brother! If Trump could demand it he would have a mandatory phone system that only allowed positive comments about him and his policies. Like what he is trying to do to Jimmy Kimmel, MSM etc.
They already live in the reichwing media bubble. Why not allow ultra conservative christianists to censor their phones? They have been taught to 'believe' christian malarky without question all their lives. And this will make them pure? JoeMyGod chronicles almost one Pedo-Pastor Sex Pest a day... and has for years.
There are lots of gay and lesbian animal pairs in Christian Noah's Ark "art." Almost always the lions (manes), often lesbian sheep (no horns), almost always gay peafowl (fancy tails), the list can be quite long depending on the ignorance of the "artist" or the AI.
The bubble must be preserved. Outside information must be prevented. If this isn't the grooming they're so worried about, I don't know what is. Kids raised like this will grow up scared of their own shadow, and they'll vote for the fascists to 'cleans' society of those who scare them. RIP USA
OT: 36 years ago today, my bride and I got married. The secret of our success is that we both think we were the lucky one.
OT2: I was in a car repair shop this morning where I saw flyers for a fundie church near the coffee machine asking if I was going to spend eternity in heaven or hell. The flyers are spending the rest of their existence in the trash can.
ETA: 14 hours after my morning post. Thank you to everyone for your good wishes. Much appreciated.
We went out to dinner. I had alerted the restaurant that it was our anniversary and they gave us some complimentary champagne. It so happened that the young couple at the table next to us were also celebrating their anniversary. Their first. They asked how long we had been married and then asked us if we had any advice. My bride said that a strong marriage requires 1000 or more small concessions to one another. I said my bit about thinking you were the lucky one. And then I warned them about not going to a Mexican restaurant on their anniversary. Cinco de Mayo.
Happy anniversary.
Thank you.
1. Happy Anniversary!
2. Thank you for your service. 😀
I hope you have many more happy anniversaries!
Happy anniversary. Re: tracts. I litter pick with a group on the prom of my welsh seaside town. When visiting another attractive promenade, in England, I was furious to see come-to-jesus-or-you'll-burn-in-hell tracts had been blu-tacked to every one of the many benches. I emailed the US address saying that causing so much litter in that beautiful spot was unacceptable. Please make it clear in their liturature that scattering it like that was not what jesus would want. Got a polite reply, and comment how good it was to hear from someone in Nairobi Kenya. Still puzzling over how they confused Hoylake, Cheshire UK with Africa!
...which is why it's called litterature...
Yes that did cross my mind, but was too polite to say so!
36 years! congratulations!!
1. I hope you can eat something better than tofu for your anniversary.
2. We've got a "faith-based auto maintenance" place opening up here. If there's anything my car needs, it's more Jesus.
Definitely not eating tofu.
*spits out drink* A WHAT?
https://www.cbac.com/about-us/#GuidingValues
Well there it is - the most ridiculous thing I've seen all day, the fact that I only just got out of bed notwithstanding. And I'm not saying I don't buy those customer satisfaction percentages but I think we're gonna need some double checking on that one.
Happy anniversary! You both won, that’s for sure.
Congrats! 40 years here in July!
Congratulations. Doing some very quick calculations, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m still older than you.
A song for you both
youtu.be/knp9-GY6fHE
https://youtu.be/P8tTwXv4glY?si=C5kwj-7rQ540wc7W
Happy and merry anniversary to you folks.
( your post made me count how long Husband and me has been 1: a couple since 1983 and 2: married since 1987.)
Happy anniversary to you!
It doesn't require 1000 concessions to each other, only not having any sharp objects or projectile projectors in the house.
Congratulations again.
I wish you both happy anniversary and long lives in which to enjoy each other.
What is a fundie church doing near a coffee machine in a car repair shop ? Fancy building any church near a coffee machine.
The UNTIDY STATES OF AMERICA never ceases to shock me.
… 🦘🦘🦘
The Christians who offer up their religion as a solution to all the world’s problems remain oblivious to what Christians acting in the name of Christianity have done to their fellow beings. They continue to dream of a world where everyone needs their permission for pretty much everything. If people want to have this silly phone service they’re welcome to it, but they do NOT get to make that decision for anyone else.
Censoring basic facts? That's Christianty, all right.
Reality is too toxic for them.
“… He says Radiant is working with the Israeli cybersecurity company Allot to block categories of content,”
Like a genocide in Gaza?
I trust this just about as much as I trust Trump to do the right thing in the unobserved presence of a child.
Christians claim that their "belief" in a magical being makes them more moral but clearly they have no self control and zero morals.
Nuhhh-uhhh! You’re not even considering all of the pastors who didn’t molest a kid today.
Yet.................................
𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑠𝑟𝑎𝑒𝑙𝑖 𝑐𝑦𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚.
This bit has the potential to be the most harmful. It would likely block access to suicide prevention sites, especially sites like The Trevor Project. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
I weep for the homeschooled children whose only contact outside the far right, reality denying, fundamentalist Christian bubble will disappear into the rabbit hole of this extreme firewall.
“You’re not making rock and roll (smart phones) better. You’re just making Christianity worse.”
This brand of Christianity just makes damned near EVERYTHING worse. If they actually IMPROVE on anything, it is news to me.
I don't remember there being children in the Noah's Ark story. Well other than the drowning babies I was shown in JW children's books of course.
It's the cutesy version for kids. Because a story about the god you worship drowning everybody and everything in the world except for a boatload of people and animals is appropriate for kids.
Noah had three sons and their families on board.
Yes I'm aware. His sons and their wives.
No children.
I guess, if you live to be 900 years old it takes a long time to grow up. So they are his sons and their wives but they just look really young even though they’re 800-900 years old. Natch.
People had better genetics back then because they were closer to Adam and Eve. And maybe better moisturizers.
Did you mean grow up, or get it up? 😱
I’m not entirely certain how I might react if you told me I could psychologically overpower all the women on earth.
Adult children, yes. Kiddos, no.
Apparently, the temptation to acknowledge that Christians are also human beings with human needs and impulses has become too much to handle. They need FILTERS and BLOCKS to keep those nasty impulses at bay, and here's Radiant Mobile to put the blinders on and keep believers in line. Oh, and they provide a bible app as well!
Wonder if that app is okay with Ezekiel 23:20 ... or the Song of Solomon?
Or, crazy thought, maybe they can realize that their needs and impulses are not “sinful” and enjoy them like the rest of us?
Of course, that’s too much to expect from a religion that was founded as an ascetic, doomsday cult.
As I have said before, I would not do business with any company that uses religion to promote their company. If you have to put god, jesus or your faith on your business, the odds are you offer shoddy products and service.
And I would not have taken that job about helping OVF getting a functional record system if I had known what they really was.
Identity theft racket. Calling it now.
Bingo!
Just like Christian "health insurance."
Another step toward 1984 Big Brother! If Trump could demand it he would have a mandatory phone system that only allowed positive comments about him and his policies. Like what he is trying to do to Jimmy Kimmel, MSM etc.
I am reading that book now. That is a very depressing reading.
They already live in the reichwing media bubble. Why not allow ultra conservative christianists to censor their phones? They have been taught to 'believe' christian malarky without question all their lives. And this will make them pure? JoeMyGod chronicles almost one Pedo-Pastor Sex Pest a day... and has for years.
Did anyone notice the two male lions in the Noah picture?
The red birds appear to be two male scarlet tanagers.
Are they African scarlet tanagers or European scarlet tanagers?
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?
Neither.
https://mtnhp.org/thumbnail/defaultNoCap.aspx?img=http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/RangeMaps/NSRangeMap_ABPBX45040.jpg&maxWidth=600
IOW, Noah and crew would have had zero knowledge of their existence.
Oops again.
There are lots of gay and lesbian animal pairs in Christian Noah's Ark "art." Almost always the lions (manes), often lesbian sheep (no horns), almost always gay peafowl (fancy tails), the list can be quite long depending on the ignorance of the "artist" or the AI.
Oops!
Yes, I remarked on it elsewhere before I got to your contribution. Sorry about that; I shall try to remove it.
Yep. Too hard not to notice.
I must be using my cell phone wrong. I use it mostly for calling people or occasionally as a flashlight.
Conman doesn’t know how to play UNO.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a38ca02534ce21169ed6bb8e90e848746bbd0a9a18fc7218838b51c514ce6ec3.jpg
He's not playing with a full deck.
Somebody blew his pilot light out.
He doesn't know a lot of things, actually.
Quicker to list the things he 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 know.
Um...
𝘜𝘶𝘶𝘩...
...nope, drawing a blank here.
He doesn't know much about cards. He bankrupted a casino.
FIVE casinos.
That takes some doing when casino operations are set up to always favor the house. They're practically money printing machines.
Yet he bankrupted every last one.
Like I said, that takes some doing.
He sure knows a thing or two about TACOs, though!
*insert gif of clucking chicken inna taco shell*
Chicken and waffles! Geeeeet'cher chicken and waffles!
😂 Onna stick!
The stoopit...it BURNS!
The bubble must be preserved. Outside information must be prevented. If this isn't the grooming they're so worried about, I don't know what is. Kids raised like this will grow up scared of their own shadow, and they'll vote for the fascists to 'cleans' society of those who scare them. RIP USA