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No he's not!
Originally posted by ratewhoreAll organised religion is morally bankrupt.
Derek Acorah is the new messiah - apparently...
He's a very naughty boy.
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Originally posted by ratewhoreAll organised religion is morally bankrupt.
Derek Acorah is the new messiah - apparently...
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Bloody Pope! I had to go down to Bavaria yesterday to see a new customer and he just happened to be in the area. The whole motorway had been turned into a coach park causing no amount of stress and hassle. Nice day for it though, the customer is in a castle which just happens to have its own beer garden. Its a pleasure doing business in hot weather knowing that you just walk out the door to be served a lovely cold beer
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All organised religion is morally bankrupt.
Derek Acorah is the new messiah - apparently...
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Originally posted by Chico... for agnostic (honest atheist)? Ignoramus. Says it all really.
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Originally posted by Chico... for agnostic (honest atheist)? Ignoramus. Says it all really.
Ignoramus was the name of a character in George Ruggle's 1615 play of the same name. The name was derived from the Latin, literally, "we are ignorant," from ignorare, "not to know," from ignarus, "not knowing," from ig- (for in-), "not" + gnarus, "knowing, acquainted with, expert in." It is related to ignorant and ignore.
There is no religious root to the word although there are some obvious interpretations should you be that way inclined.
As for the relationship to Agnostic, well judge for yourself. The word only came into being in 1870.
The term agnostic was fittingly coined by the 19th-century British scientist Thomas H. Huxley, who believed that only material phenomena were objects of exact knowledge. He made up the word from the prefix a–, meaning “without, not,” as in amoral, and the noun Gnostic. Gnostic is related to the Greek word gnōsis, “knowledge,” which was used by early Christian writers to mean “higher, esoteric knowledge of spiritual things”; hence, Gnostic referred to those with such knowledge. In coining the term agnostic, Huxley was considering as “Gnostics” a group of his fellow intellectuals—“ists,” as he called them—who had eagerly embraced various doctrines or theories that explained the world to their satisfaction. Because he was a “man without a rag of a label to cover himself with,” Huxley coined the term agnostic for himself, its first published use being in 1870.
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This brings up a question Chico, please answer - what language do they speak in Heaven and Hell?
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Oi, I resemble that remark
Originally posted by ChicoThe lead atheist responds. Enough said.
Lead atheist! Not while the pope's alive, he isn't!
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Originally posted by sasguruThis post shows how devoid of intellect you are. But it probably requires more thought than you can muster to find out why. I'll leave it as your homework.
another charmer from guru !
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Originally posted by sasguruThis post shows how devoid of intellect you are. But it probably requires more thought than you can muster to find out why. I'll leave it as your homework.
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This post shows how devoid of intellect you are. But it probably requires more thought than you can muster to find out why. I'll leave it as your homework.
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What is Latin....
... for agnostic (honest atheist)? Ignoramus. Says it all really.Tags: None
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