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@MugsysRapSheet @marcas @jawarajabbi @avi917 @lednabwm
So I think we have a disconnect. It appears purposeful. What you're calling "proselytizing" is a substitution (in this case) for "indoctrination."

You're conflating the 2 intentionally.

Nobody "indoctrinated" me to "believe" that Dictionary definitions for words are "in fact" Dictionary definitions for words.

Your belief structure demands indoctrination. Mine does not.

@avi917 @lednabwm That's not what those things mean. Atheism literally means the absence of belief that any deities exist. Agnosticism, on the other hand, is the belief that it is unknowable whether deities exist or not. So literally the opposite of what you seem to have heard; agnosticism is a philosphy with the tenet "I don't know & you can't know either", while atheism is simply a word describing not believing in gods.

Also, remember: A negative can't be proven & so requires no evidence.

Selon un sondage, huit conducteurs québécois sur dix croient que les changements climatiques rendent les pneus d'hiver plus importants que jamais

https://www.lelezard.com/communique-21147903.html

#ExtinctionDeMasse #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat #Québec

I have the best conversations with my mom. I try my best at a translation of the call I just had with her:

phone ringing
Me: Hello m...
Her: Eʟᴅᴇʀ Sᴘᴀᴡɴ.
Me: ...
Me: Yᴇs Gʀᴀɴᴅ Mᴀᴛʀɪᴀʀᴄʜ.
Her: I sʜᴀʟʟ sᴜᴍᴍᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʀᴛᴀᴋᴇ ɪɴ ꜰᴇᴀsᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴄʀɪꜰɪᴄᴇs ʟᴀɪᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴜs ᴛʜɪs ᴅᴀʏ ᴏꜰ sᴜɴ. Wɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴇᴇᴅ ᴍʏ sᴜᴍᴍᴏɴs?
Me: checks calendar
Me: Tʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀs ᴀʟɪɢɴ, ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. I sʜᴀʟʟ ᴍᴀɴɪꜰᴇsᴛ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ 12ᴛʜ ʜᴏᴜʀ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇs ɪᴛsᴇʟꜰ ɪɴᴠɪɴᴄɪʙʟᴇ.
Her: Tʜᴜs ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀʀᴇ sᴘᴏᴋᴇɴ, ᴛʜᴜs ɪᴛ sʜᴀʟʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ.
Me: Great, see you on sunday.
Her: Try to be punctual.

I always refer to her when people ask me "why are you like this?".

@MylesRyden Yes, I don't think Trump's followers are, many of them, being conned. I think they are wilfully casting their lot with him, knowing full well who he is — because the cruelty appeals to them. Cruelty is the point.

It doesn't make any sense to me that we'd let others' religious beliefs limit what we do or how we do it.

#atheism #religion #secularism #freedom

https://www.atheistrev.com/2023/11/why-should-their-religious-beliefs.html

#jacksmith and his meeting with #trump's lawyers.
A silent stink eye.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/13/book-trump-lawyers-meeting-jack-smith-00126681

@boelder @lednabwm @MasterMischief @marcas @avi917 @nosmaharba
Again, back to where I started, if you're trying others that your belief is correct without proof and that everyone else is belief is wrong, you're proselytizing, and that's what religions do.

@MugsysRapSheet @nosmaharba @lednabwm @MasterMischief @avi917 No, it's clear what you're saying. It's a preacher's banality, in the same category as "Adam & Eve, not Adam & Steve", "If we're descended from apes, why are there still apes?", or for that matter "America is a republic not a democracy".

One can't really argue with such vacuities. At best, one can point out that the person uttering them is embarrassing themselves. But then if they could understand that, they'd be halfway to a cure.

@AlliFlowers Oh come on, anyone can see actually telling the truth is not a Biblical value.

Wow.
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New Florida censorship law sparks ban of around 300 books

"Once again we see a Florida school district erring on the side of extreme caution while navigating vague legislation" - PEN America.

#books #BannedBooks #BookBan #FreeSpeech #Censorship

https://howtobe247.com/new-florida-censorship-law-sparks-ban-of-around-300-books/

"The man [Joe Manchin] knows how to time his sabotage. Two days after the Democrats have a big night across the country, he walks away, virtually handing the Republicans a Senate seat. The man could harsh Pollyanna's mellow."

~ Charles Pierce

#Manchin #Democrats #centrist #OilandGas #AllabouttheMoney #traitor

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a45795317/joe-manchin-to-leave-senate/

Your twice weekly reminder that the fight is between those who want to “Terminate the Constitution” and those who do not. Everything else is distraction. #Politics #USPol