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  1. I was taught that in evangelical Bible studies/camps as a teenager. Part of their reinforcement methods for some kids is to send them to philosophical crash courses on how to debate against other religions, and in particular atheism and humanism since they are on the rise in the US. It's not a bad idea if you actually want kids to explore the ideas and fundamentals of your religion and morals, but the problem for them is that the smarter ones that do more research will go read the counter arguments and learn how shakey that foundation actually is. I remember at the one I attended a few times was called Worldview Academy, which was an evangelical Christian fundamentalist camp. One of the counter arguments they would trot out every year was that "humans are flawed, and cannot come up with a moral code on their own, so it's required that you obtain your morals from an external/non-human source." And then they go Ah HA! THE BIBLE IS THE ANSWER! You can see how that fails to hold up under scrutiny from a number of ways, but this was what they drilled into kids heads. They would say, "Atheists claim there are no absolutes... but that itself is an absolute!!!" And then laugh at how they have just unraveled the entirety of atheism's core belief structure. At the end of the week, they would have some straw man atheist (played by one of the camp teachers) who would come and "debate" the class who would ask questions about his beliefs. He would, of course, fall into the philosophical traps that they taught you about at the camp. It was basically trying to set up gotcha moments, but only if you didn't bother looking at any other information beyond what they spoonfed you. I remember the Islam section focused on the person that Muhammad was, and had the claim about him marrying a 9 year old girl, which of course invalidates him as a moral person. This of course, completely ignores all the immoral things that heroes of the Bible did that can be found directly in THE BIBLE. But you know, that doesn't count, because... reasons. Anyways, a lot of this sort of stuff I learned in the late 90s before the Internet and Youtube were a thing has now been outsourced to people like Ben Shapiro, Crowder and other talk show/podcast guys who can reach a large audience. They go into much more political discussion, reinforce it with "smackdown" type videos, and radicalize these kids to their belief system, and those 20 people in that video are the result of it. Completely lost in an echo chamber of their own beliefs, unable to listen to a single person discussing a different view, and just simply restating their own beliefs over and over and over as if that makes their arguments valid. Like a black guy arguing that DEI is bad, but cannot understand a person plainly explaining the difference between non-discrimination hiring practices (good) and racial quotas (bad). Or a gay guy arguing that trans people can't be in the military, because they might have medicines that might require refrigeration. Or a white woman arguing that there should be a "dominant culture" that everyone who "comes here" should assimilate to, instead of keeping their own beliefs, language and customs. (she also said Trump wasn't conservative enough because he didn't cancel all the H1B Visa holders and send them back) They have gone off the edge, and the only thing that will possibly change it is a massive disruption to their current lifestyle or someone close to them.
  2. They look like the Savannah Banana's evil arch rival team.
  3. Farewell 1st and 15...
  4. Yikes. Just incredible how their minds think, although that might not be the right word for it. The fact check on the trans question he had for the gay guy that wouldn't answer it was that ~4700 kids used puberty blockers over that 4 year period and only .1% of the patients in that study were transgender. Meaning, the issue is so miniscule, that it is statistically irrelevant. That was Sam's point that he didn't get to finish.
  5. So what are the prop bet odds of Cam Smith having a higher WAR at the end of the year over Tucker? That would really be something if he ends up being just about as good and for 1/100th of the price.
  6. Dutchrudder

    Anora

    This movie gave us this awesome song:
  7. So did I miss something, or have there been no buyouts for older players looking to join a contender? Seems kind of unusual at this point to not have any yet.
  8. Not sure I see the point in trading for him. He's making 16.2m this year, which seems like a bit much for him. He's a good Tank Dell replacement as a slot guy, but I'm not sure I would want to spend that much cap space on him. Maybe they can rework that deal and extend him for less AAV to make it worthwhile. He's only 28, and a broken collar bone isn't a big deal, he should be good to go for camp this year.
  9. If you need a bunch of assholes to weigh in on something, try the @everyone group.
  10. Wait, I thought we had to elect Trump to avoid World War 3??? I guess Biden made it so bad that this was inevitable. Thanks Biden!
  11. Just out of curiosity, if a playoff match ends in a 6-6 tie, what is the tiebreaker?
  12. Looks like you and I are gonna be in a cripple fight for 3rd place lol...
  13. Remember this one? Whoooooo boy
  14. SGA is gonna set a career record tonight... Sucks that so many guys are out, but what can ya do
  15. Yeah, I don't think half of Congress really cares what they do any more. Seems like this administration is going to bypass them on everything. Oh look, Rubio just declared some emergency power to send billions of weapons to Israel! Let's sit back and see if Mike Johnson cares...
  16. Is that really and different than it was on January 20th? Congress isn't going to vote to send them anything else.
  17. Best Defensive Field Goal Percentage (DFG%) For The 2024-25 NBA Regular Season (Min. 400 Total DFGA) : 1. Amen Thompson — 40.5% 2. Miles Bridges — 40.7% 3. Lu Dort — 40.8% 4. Kevin Durant — 41.0% 4. Jaime Jaquez Jr. — 41.0% 6. Peyton Watson — 41.1% 7. Jaren Jackson Jr. — 41.2% 8. Jalen Williams — 41.3% 9. Caris LeVert — 41.8% 10. Ryan Dunn — 42.3% 10. Naji Marshall — 42.3%
  18. This FAFO has a happy ending. Sometimes, we denizens of the internet must become the leopards to exact justice and revenge on behalf of others. Receipt at a Columbus Ohio mexican restaurant left by an unhappy magat loser: Oops, they didn't scribble out the name on the other copy! She locked her business page and personal page. You're not gonna believe this, but she's a REALTOR! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1287577815766822/user/1513794116/ OH OH OH IT'S THE AI THAT GOT MY CREDIT CARDS AND WROTE THAT RACIST STUFF!!! Her husband's company is getting review bombed too: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558532940935&sk=reviews It's always nice when we get to see the Finding Out part of the story.
  19. Do you need to do 1 week for the first 2 round, and 2 for the last round? I understand it's odd because NBA games aren't on a conformed schedule like the NFL, and you can't really predict what players may have an extra couple games over others. Plus injuries, load management, etc can take it's toll on a team unexpectedly.
  20. I thought it was decided that it would be a single bye week for 1/2, then a playoff of 3/6 and 4/5. Re-seed for next round, and 2 weeks per round?
  21. Did this one end on time? The Oscars usually goes over by 1-2 hours.
  22. Anora and Sean Baker for the win! Awesome! If yall haven't seen some of his other films, go watch The Florida Project, Tangerine and Red Rocket. All great films.
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