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    A Rant About Fast Food Commercials.

    I don't object to advertising in toto. Fifteen to thirty seconds of advertising before the content I wish to view isn't an unreasonable ask especially when I'm getting said content for free. YouTube has to make money somehow and I respect that. I do complain if ads become intrusive, frequent or...
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    A Rant About Fast Food Commercials.

    I'm a millennial. I barely know how to operate a television. It's mostly YouTube.
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    A Rant About Fast Food Commercials.

    Ads are annoying, but ads for fast food are particularly obnoxious these days. I don't want to see a close up of someone's mug as they shove food down their gob. I don't want to hear a person moan with orgasmic pleasure as they bite into a chicken burger. Hungry Jacks ads are by far the worst...
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    Why do some people leave religiousforums?

    People come, they post, then eventually they move on.
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    How Many Languages Do You Know Fluently?

    - Salut! Ça va? - Bonjour, ça va bien. Et toi? - Ça va merci. - Salut. - Salut.
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    How Many Languages Do You Know Fluently?

    I speak English natively and I am fairly confortable with French. I have some grasp of German (I am working on it) and I have been studying Latin on and off. I did acquire a little Indonesian a few years ago (I spent three weeks in Sumba) but I have since forgotten all but a few words.
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    Would you rather die than renounce your religious beliefs?

    I hope I would have the courage to accept martyrdom if it ever came to it.
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    Oppenheimer

    Initially, I almost lost interest in seeing the movie when I learnt that it contained sex scenes. But I had already agreed to go see it with my father, so I was prepared for the cringe going in. Yep. I hope Oppenheimer's success inspires studios to make more historical and biographical films...
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    Oppenheimer

    I enjoyed the film. It was the first movie in a long time to have gotten me to go to the cinemas. The sex scenes were gratuitous, but they didn't kill the overall experience for me.
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    Sikh Queenslanders allowed to carry ceremonial knives in schools after court ruling

    If you're going to be obtuse then our conversation stops here. You know darn well that not all claims are equal. I'm not. Your point is irrelevant. It's 2023, not 1699. If it were 1699 and if I were the Mughal emperor, then inshallah I would crush the Sikhs militarily and force the survivors...
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    Sikh Queenslanders allowed to carry ceremonial knives in schools after court ruling

    I've already mentioned FGM as something I would not tolerate being imported to Australia. (I'm Australian). I don't want to give the impression that my willingness to accommodate religion is infinite. I've bolded the main point I wish to address. This is what I've been saying to @danieldemol...
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    Sikh Queenslanders allowed to carry ceremonial knives in schools after court ruling

    I oppose cosmetic circumcision. I don't think circumcision should be permitted unless a genuine medical reason or a sincere and established religious obligation requires it. (Be it Jewish or Islamic). In the case of Judaism specifically, circumcision has been a requirement of its religious...
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    Sikh Queenslanders allowed to carry ceremonial knives in schools after court ruling

    Mine. And the Queensland Supreme Court's. I've already stated that a mere claim isn't sufficient for a religious exemption. Queensland is in Australia. In any case, I'm not worried about getting stabbed by the local Sikhs. (If any even live in my town).
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    Sikh Queenslanders allowed to carry ceremonial knives in schools after court ruling

    You may not like it, but tradition is a valid reason to maintain a practice. Unless a tradition is manifestly evil (like FGM) then I am content to allow reasonable accommodations for good faith religious observance. As for allowing people to just make up new 'religious obligations' that would...
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    Sikh Queenslanders allowed to carry ceremonial knives in schools after court ruling

    I agree it's silly. So is circumcision and ritually slaughtered meat. But Sikhism and Judaism are well established religious traditions. They have the right to exist. Jews and Sikhs are not 'making it up' as they go along.
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    Sikh Queenslanders allowed to carry ceremonial knives in schools after court ruling

    Common sense and reason. Sikhism is an established religious tradition. Their desire to wear the Kirpan as an obligation of their faith is clearly sincere and historically established. If the Sikhs suddenly pushed for talwar swords, I would object on the grounds that Sikhs have long traded it...
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    Sikh Queenslanders allowed to carry ceremonial knives in schools after court ruling

    Such a claim would be disingenuous and thus rejected out of hand. It's called acting in good faith. Such a declaration would be silly and not taken seriously. Anyone can claim anything, sure... But that is not a good argument against religious exemption laws.
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    “disturbing attack on Hinduism - part of a larger conspiracy by anti-Hindu forces.”

    I can understand why some would take exception to the scene in question. To see a text you hold as sacred being used as a prop in a sex scene. Though taking that as evidence of an anti-Hindu conspiracy is absurd.
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    [IMG] Me too. Thanks for the likes btw.

    Me too. Thanks for the likes btw.
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    Warped evil parables

    No, it isn't. It concerns our response to the Gospel message. The birds, the rocks and the thorns represent the various obstacles which can harden us to the promptings of grace. “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not...
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