Religion is inherently a bad thing, it promotes hatred and ignorance over all else. Anyone who believes in God is inherently stupid in at least one sense. Sorry.
Both top comments are anti religious. Can't we just agree that religion itself is a good idea, just badly enacted, like communism. I.e., dont hate the game, hate the 14 year old screaming players, to use a halo reference, and completely go against the idea of the game and players metaphor. But i have to say, i believe it and even I think its stupid.
Again, and we get called ignorant. ill let everyone at home take a minute to spot the mistake here.
I said religion in general, as a concept. Christianity isnt the only religion, there are many, most of which are genuine moral codes people wish to live their lives by. Im not going to start quoting the bible, because ive never read it, and I make a point of not pretending to know about something ive never researched. /thread
Enter the tall intimidating gothic figure in possession of wild eyes and even wilder locks who has a penchant for magic, tarot, erotica and worships a Roman snake god... "Hello mate, could I have err... a cup of tea please, black tea."
I LOVE Stew's initial comic outtake on Allen. He takes Allen seriously without taking what he does seriously. All respectful piss take. I do recognise the attitiude of the interview overall so dont blow up at me please
I admit, I speak from a US perspective, and have a bias to thinking union teachers are self-centered, incompetant, money-grubbing crooks. I will entirely concede that the British system of education (or practically any in Europe, for that matter) is far better than what exists here in the US. Because of it, Americans are - rightly - mocked for their ignorance of teh world by Europeans (and indeed people in former colonies of the British Empire that inherited British standards of education).
(Incidentally, so as not to give the wrong impression, my understanding is that British teachers normally make about £25K-£35K a year, based on seniority. This likewise includes a very generous vacation package.
Dunno where the £100K figure comes from - I assume this is for leading administrators, and/or senior union leaders...)
Perhaps the people writing the articles I've been reading on the British educational system are ignorant of the details. They don't seem to be.
I've also heard that the NUT (I assume, pun unintended) is entirely against academies (the equivalent of our charter schools) because they won't have as much power over them, and have recently gone on strike because the yearly pay increase for their guaranteed jobs wasn't high enough.
Daily mail readers from outside britain. brilliant, just what we need. The removal of the grammar schools was intended to increase the state school spending so that everyone could receive a better education. Obviously public schools exist (the irony being they are the most private of private schools) for those that can afford it. Teachers have finally got the pay rise they deserve, whats the big issue cruel?
A problem only arises is one wants the best education for students. If the welfare of union teachers is the goal, however, disposing of schools that compete with the public system and increasing the pay of union teachers (so they won't strike again) is certainly the right strategy.
I might add, that if union teachers rather than parents get to choose what teachers "deserve", you can expect teachers to get a lot more for a lot less work in the near future.
I would rather have parents be given the ultimate choice as to which schools their children attend, and not a self-serving guild of teachers. I would rather schools compete with each other to offer teh best education for children, rather than be maximized by a guild to serve the interests of unionized teachers.
Because we already have a functional choice-based educational system, and it works quite well. It's called college.
I really dont know what you have been reading, but it isnt like that. The teachers have a natiobn cirriculum set down by the government which they must stick too. the NUT is like any trade union for any profession wishing for better standardsw for its members. Its not like the NUT are this secret organissation plotting to dumb down children and rinse the government for money. But dont worry you have that kind of thing in US dont you, dare i say it?
As for college well yes, universities are great, but its not compulsory and you have to pay alot for it. We have league tables for secondary and primary schools, so there is a competitive element, with regular government inspections to ensure quality teaching and facilities. We are ensuring every child has a good balanced education. If the repercussions of this are that the best of the best students arent challenged as much then thats a small price to pay. We like to help each other in the UK
It's entirely possible to go to a state university in the US and have the entire tuition paid for. And (strangely) the average cost for state tuition is less than that for the per-annum cost of teaching a secondary or elementary school student (about $10,000),
I have no problem with people "helping each other out" - as long as the benefit is for the children rather than a kleptocratic union. Instead, the unions are ensuring their members are paid top-dollar to provide a substandard education.
"There are 300,000 pupil support staff in British schools, double the number in 1997. As a result of higher staffing and higher pay, the total bill for teachers' pay this year will be nearly £20 billion.
And that's without even allowing for their generous benefit package, including holidays most private sector workers couldn't even consider, and a final salary pension scheme that currently costs the taxpayer £10 billion a year and rising."
"Resources going into education have doubled since 1997, but much of that money has been sucked up by teachers' pay.
After allowing for inflation, the average salary for a classroom teacher has risen by 15 per cent, and of a head teacher by 26 per cent, since Labour came to power.
Over 200 head teachers now earn more than £100,000 a year. Despite static pupil numbers, teachers also have a great deal more help in the classroom."
When Churchill was dropped from the UK school curriculum last July, one had to wonder if patriotism itself was next. Now it's official.
The Institute of Education, a leading educational body, has warned teachers not to instill pride in students when speaking of great moments in British History
"To love what is corrupt is itself corrupting, not least because it inclines us to ignore, forget, forgive or excuse the corruption. And there's the rub for patriotism" - Mark Loftin, Amer. Thinker
1. Almost no teacher in the UK has the chance to teach 'socialist rubbish': the curriculum does not allow it since relevant subjects are either not touched on or not treated in a way that is ammenable to political factionalism.
2. Teachers in the UK do not get better health packages through union pressure since (thank God) the UK has a national health service and pretty much no one even thinks about asking employers to pay for health insurance, let alone strikes on the issue.
Sorry, but I've already done the reading on this - in particular, I've read and dismissed Kozol's rubbish - and have concluded that the best way to decide what schools are superior is to let the parents choose.
That the public school teachers are so adamant that this never, ever, ever be allowed ot happen seems to me perfect proof that they know just how bad the public schools really are by comparison. That, and the fact that so many teachers send their own children to private schools.
I did better than that - I transferred from a miserable public school to a very good Catholic school. The Catholic school managed to do a much better job at teaching with perhaps 1/3rd to 1/4th of the funding per student common in the public system. One of us even became a US congressman (mind, that isn't the case any more - the faith school has so many people trying to get in, that they can charge a fee per student almost comparable to what the public schools get).
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At the end, when the Guardian columnist tries to explain why faith schools do so much better than public schools - it's not because they have "better students", but because tehy don't try to teach socialist rubbish to them. That, and the teachers in faith schools are motivated by a 'higher calling' to actually educate kids, and not a bigger pay raise or better health package that their union is going to get for them after their latest strike.
I personally simply don't get the point of religion. I've read Albert Camus' 'Stranger', my favourite book (first after watchmen :))) ) and that was enough to see the absurdity of it..
Well, the role it fills in society today is very questionable... But go back two thousand years and try to explain to people that when you get sick, it's not because God wants it, but because there are millions of tiny animals crawling around inside of you that your BLOOD has to fight off. That requires a pretty big leap of confidence to believe, unless you know what bacteria are in the first place! Religion was invented to fill in the gaps - and to a lot of people, it still does.
It was also invented to control people, thats why the state had a special relationship with the Church.And 2000 years ago since there was very little medical science, I guess people would need to believe in something if they wanted to cure themselves when they are sick..no bloody choice :)
I think you have to draw a line between religion and the organization of religion. Religion itself wasn't invented to control people, that was just some bloke saying "I can talk with the God you believe in that does x and y, you should listen to me" - that was only done because religion was a typical common denominator, pretty much everyone believed in something already - all you had to do to control people was homogenize all the beliefs into one, and then claim a spiritual leadership role.
I have to agree with you, but what I'm saying is that there is very little need to believe in God now....some people turn to Jesus after certain horrible events in their lives, like car accidents and stuff.I think luck & fate play bigger parts in those situations.what do you think?
of course I agree, religion is not touched until the end of the book. And there is a reason for it, Mearsault did not care for it! :)) I would much rather worship Glycon, just for kicks!
Nice to see Moore making the point that religion and god/faith are too totally seperate things. I've known homosexuals who are strict Muslims, makes me wonder why people ignore elements of their faith but stay strong in all other areas, surely dropping the priests and rituals and having a totally personal philosophy is the next logical step?
the end bit is wrong, i went to a faith school and the intake of pupils included parents suffering from drugs and booze etc. this is one dimensional thinking, not broad spectrum
They didn't argue the point well but I think they were trying to argue that because faith schools are allowed a degree of selection in their admissions they can, to a certain extent, cream skim. They don't just get what they're given. this leads to less of the pupils mentioned being admitted. Of course though, not all faith schools are selective.
let me just throw this one out before im fed to the athiests...maybe, just maybe the pupils and families have a clearer view of life as a result of their faith, thus happy kids with good grades, after all Christianity has some pluses.........
or perhaps the schools receive government funding, church funding, funding from local donations thus it can afford better equipment and more time with each pupil. They also cream skim. There is something to be said for the community factor of these schools that certainly is a benefit of religion and will have an impact on education. However having faith certainly doesn't mean a feeling of clarity or happiness. Nor is happiness reflected in grades. Plus not all faith schools are Christian.
blow, I work in education. The university I worked at previously was a Catholic one, naturally enough with a higher than average proportion of Catholic (& other sects of Christianity) students. I can assure you that at least as far as Catholic educational institutions go, they receive additional funding to secular ones & are also extremely selective of which students they will allow to attend them. Far more so than any secular institution I am familiar with.
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nice vid. Too bad its philosophical nonsense. "We are all different, thus we should all think different too." Sounds good, but explore it more than 2 secs and see that its crap. What does he mean by "different"? etc.
I did ask what he means by "different"? What do you say? Hopefully, through reason, we can come to the SAME answer and not a different one. (though we would obviously, then, be in violation of the principle that different people ought to have different thoughts...you know...considering that we are all "different" and what not.
Ha, all religions are shit, even though yours does sound very creative and unexplored, and I very much respect that, but all religion is founded on conformity and weakness.
True but that doesn't mean I have to be any of those things, we all have the ability to surpass the natural human instinct to be a fucking shithead. The type of people who are racsist, sexist, homophobic, or religious.
All of those things are a matter of opinion, there should be no shame in having an opinion no matter what it is. Does calling racists, sexists, homophobics and religious people shitheads really make you anybetter, or more the same? after all Hating people for being racist is still discrimination, its just socially acceptable discrimination.
Alan Moore looks really really stoned there, wow he must get good green.
His fears about Religion(organised faith opposed to personal faith) are exactley the same as mine. Im so scared about the rise of fundamentalism its even starting to infect the internet. There must be a thousand new Christian/Muslim fundamentalist websites luanched every minuite.
This is a big pet peeve of mine. I look stoned when I am not and I'm sick of everyone going- "look his eyes are red and droopy! Look- his hair is long and he hasn't shaved in a couple of days. He's soooo stoned (heheheh)" Sorry to go off...I don't care if he really is stoned.. it just bothers me... the assumption.
Yeah the only reason i say that is becuase hes on RECORD as smoking dope........I wasn't assuming anything, YOUR assumption is a pain in the arse. He is stoned
Or, at least, people whose class and education and ability to navigate socially ameliorate and/or mask their depression, domestic violence, and/or addiction.
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many denominations, you point out. our Lord Jesus said that the path leading to destruction is broad, but narrow is the gate (Jesus) and the path (Jesus) that leads to God. the "right" way is Jesus. this has never changed. now i've told you; now you have no excuse.
separate church and state? impossible-- for it is God who gives each their power and authority (the evil and the good).
God (?) bless the internet. If blasphemy laws and religious nutters begin to take more of our freedoms away, the anonymity of the internet may afford us the greatest remaining freedom of opinion and speech.
Alan Moore is brilliant. Grant Morrison is brilliant. Christianity (like all organized religion) is a steaming turd-bucket, based on a guy who NEVER existed. The bible is as much of an asswipe as the Koran. Do some research. Wake. Up. Get up off your knees and act like you're made "in (a) God's image", instead of groveling, frightened piggies.
if you did some researcg you'd realise that religious writings do have a semblance of truth to them. jesus was infact a cool guy who had a lot of good things to say. unfortunatly the proceeding institute of the church got him all out of context and did the exact opposite of what he wanted.
Yeah I agree! Just look at Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Zoroastrianism,............ Great hypocrisy of Christians and Muslims in particular...all those other religions are so bizarre and absurd but mine is just great!
religion serves a good purpose, however everyone with an iq of 0ver 129 should know that it is almost impossible...they should also know that the big bang theory is flawed and just as bad! ur nt meant to kno!
...And the man said unto his God, 'Well if we speak in a weird way then it gives the text a kind of validity that it lacks in its raw form, so we'll just carry on as we were if you don't mind.' And so the strange ramblings continued unabated." [Fruit 11:34-36]
20They shall say to the elders of his town, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.' 21Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst; and all Israel will hear, and be afraid.
I see you are 19 and from the UK. You have suffered much in the way of brainwashing from our anti-Christian establishment that tells you one religion is as valid as any other, incl. Satanism.
Calling someone "stubborn" is more of an observation than a judgment. There is nothing wrong with judging for the RIGHT reasons, e.g. if you don't stop drinking so much, you'll be dead.
I find it funny when people quote a book, written by men who claim God told them to write it, and use these book quotes as factual evidence! There's no proof of any God, but if you want to believe that, fine, just dont shove YOUR beliefs onto us.
There is proof enough, but not with your attitude, you need to humble yourself. You should be asking yourself why your British education failed to tell you the whole truth about evolution, how it is mathematically impossible, for example.
"just dont shove YOUR beliefs onto us". The powers that be want to silence Christians, and you have bought into this. Don't be afraid to discuss matters with me.
And how is God mathematically possible? prove it! There's as much proof of Judeo-Christian Mythology as there is of the theory of evolution, if not less! I could claim any ridiculous nonsense about God and claim it to be true, but not needing proof, just "faith".
If the Theory is mathematically impossible, there is only one alternative.
I would not want to, nor could I, prove it to you. You have the opportunity to work it out for yourself, same as I have done. That's the way it works. You should be able to see clearer when you realise that you have been fed lies by the powers that be. They feed tales of evolutionary theory when the REAL science favours Creation. Don't take my word for it.
You are probably a wind up merchant, but I'll take the bait. Evolution isn't a theory in the sense you understand but a scientific model that is used to emprically test assumptions. Also, evolution does not explain how the universe came about, I think you are mistaken with the big bang theory, which is a common "mistake" by creationists to confuse the "debate", which is normally one sided as there really isn't a worthwile debate to be had.
No, not a wind-up merchant, just someone who delves a little deeper, and wanders outside the plains of ignorance that our masters want to keep us contained within.
Darwinism is a total theory based on faulty premises, fabricated evidence and circular reasoning.
Darwin said in The Origin of Species that if it could be shown that any system or organ could not be produced by many small steps, continuously improving the system at each step, then his system would absolutely fall apart.
Irreducible complexity does this. I'm sure even Darwin would admit defeat.
As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because I do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one prove that there is not a God.
You mustn't be a very good philosopher, then; firstly, omniscience is not required for a conclusion, just a good explanation that fits the known facts.
Imagination accounts for them better than an existence that conforms to no established knowledge from objective, verifiable observation. Seems pretty straightforward to this philosopher.
Thanks for that. It was a quote from Bertrand Russell. I think he was considered above average in philosophy.
"Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes."
That quote's pretty accurate, but agnosticism is pretty silly on its own.
Gods are logically possible, this doesn't mean they're likely given objective observation. As a hypothesis, God as a mechanism appears to be totally wishful and imaginary. Supernatural isn't even a coherent term term. Magical entities are profoundly unlikely and thus, we can conclude someone made them up just like we can about the FSM and similar mental exercises.
No, he wouldn't, since molecular systems are subject to the same principles as observed macro traits. We've seen IC evolve, for instance in vancomycin-reliant entereococcus, MRSA, etc.
The Origin of species is quite an old book and alot of the theories may be flawed but a lot of scientists have looked in to it and done a bit of research with stuff called DNA and RNA and fossils and their own brains and found that evolution is still a pretty good theory.
Yeah, God is real, that's why he made the appendix...Evolution is mathematically possible, it's caused by mutations in the genetic structure that benefit us and help us survive, idiot
Well if you look up a little known deity called Mithras who lived approximately 200 years before Christ and who lead a remarkabley similar life Jesus; Born of virgin birth on the 25th Dec, Guarantor of human souls, died for our sins on easter and was resurrected three days later. Hail Mithras!
Jesus wasn't born on the 25th of december. fact. It was more likely to be in september. When Christianity became one of Rome's main religions, they chose to celebrate it on that day since there was a gap in their partying calendar....its true!
How does being damned to eternal suffering sound when you know others are having a ball in a place more beautiful and peaceful and loving than you could possibly imagine?
How does having a ball in a place more beautiful and peaceful and loving than you could possibly imagine sound when you know others are being damned to eternal suffering?
Christ was awesome with all his trippy hippy love-thy-neighbor shit.
People like you take all the fun out of Christianity.
wtf are you on about. it sounds like the only people who deserve to be in heavan are the pope, st peter, jezeus and you unvarnished truth. everyone else we'll be having a massive party in hell, with booze, food and music. you'll be bored out of you're fucking mind in heavan, lol!
Where did you go to school? From the age of 5 til I was 12 I had to prey and listen to a story from the bible every morning at school and from a very early age I realised that bible stories where just that, stories. I can't actually remember ever being taught about evolution in my entire time at school it's only since I left that I have took a fairly in-depth look at it and realised that it seems to be the most reasonable and the most beautiful explaination of how we came to be.
You know nothing about me to call me a cretin. You are so clever, you don't realise that the Christian religion is being destroyed BY DESIGN in this country. The prophesies are coming true and Hell is real and only a cretin would want to go there.
You know nothing about Stewart Lee to publicly state his fate - pretending you are bigger than the God you believe in to judge him yourself. The problem with Christians today is that they pick and chose which bits of the text they're meant to follow and ignore some of the other ones. If I actually believed in Hell, I'm sure I'd be going there.
Anyway, you have been conditioned to believe that the Bible tells us not to judge. We are warned that with the judgment we mete out, we will be liable to be similarly judged, BUT we are expected to warn people about the consequences of sin which are eternal misery.
Cause and effect -- you sin, you pay the price, whether in this life or the next, or both. Only Christ can offer salvation from this destructive cycle.
"If you film him from weird angles you can make him appear very sinister" Haha great! Alan Moore actually has a lot of good to say
littleman787 6 months ago
He has the coolest voice ever.
ghostman0fable 7 months ago
Religion is inherently a bad thing, it promotes hatred and ignorance over all else. Anyone who believes in God is inherently stupid in at least one sense. Sorry.
gazlightshine 8 months ago
@gazlightshine If you've just learnt the word 'inherently' you don't have to use it wherever possible.
pacmandem 8 months ago
"Faith is lazy" - Albert einstein
TheEnglishwanker 9 months ago
Religion is not the opium of the masses. Opium is.
alexxxnewzealand 9 months ago
Wow, google Alan Moore, he wrote Watchmen and V for Vendetta :)
TabbyCatProductions1 9 months ago
Both top comments are anti religious. Can't we just agree that religion itself is a good idea, just badly enacted, like communism. I.e., dont hate the game, hate the 14 year old screaming players, to use a halo reference, and completely go against the idea of the game and players metaphor. But i have to say, i believe it and even I think its stupid.
fudwithacamera 1 year ago
@fudwithacamera load of old bollocks!
77Fortran 11 months ago
@fudwithacamera Haha fuck off you silly cunt, and fuck off with your primitive beliefs.
TheEnglishwanker 9 months ago
@TheEnglishwanker
and we get called ignorant
(flame war, initiate!)
fudwithacamera 9 months ago
@fudwithacamera There was a talking snake and the virgin mary got fucked by a holy spirit.....Don't call me ignorant when you believe such SHITE!!
TheEnglishwanker 9 months ago
@TheEnglishwanker
Again, and we get called ignorant. ill let everyone at home take a minute to spot the mistake here.
I said religion in general, as a concept. Christianity isnt the only religion, there are many, most of which are genuine moral codes people wish to live their lives by. Im not going to start quoting the bible, because ive never read it, and I make a point of not pretending to know about something ive never researched. /thread
fudwithacamera 9 months ago
We should all get 1 god each, to be fair. I'm gonna call mine Eric!
comanchio1976 1 year ago
a hairy snake? is that one of bael's kin?
for the record the educational system is a mess in more ways than can be explained in this small box
879twist 1 year ago
Alan Moore indeed knows the score.
weavehole 1 year ago
OH MY GOD TOM HANKS IS BRITISH!!!
jedah998 1 year ago
@jedah998 ?
MrRik2 10 months ago
Alan Moore is the type of religious person I respect. He lives on earth, and is very reasonable.
xiz90 1 year ago 2
"every single individual should make their own peace with the universe" How simple yet profound...And undeniably true!
rogan71 1 year ago 3
Enter the tall intimidating gothic figure in possession of wild eyes and even wilder locks who has a penchant for magic, tarot, erotica and worships a Roman snake god... "Hello mate, could I have err... a cup of tea please, black tea."
BenNCM 1 year ago 5
A man from Bethlehem who could make a loaf feed more people than it could reasonably be expected to.. love it!
djjoff 1 year ago
This is THE Alan Moore?...wow...
NickStedmon 2 years ago 3
I LOVE Stew's initial comic outtake on Allen. He takes Allen seriously without taking what he does seriously. All respectful piss take. I do recognise the attitiude of the interview overall so dont blow up at me please
mushroomfat 2 years ago 4
I admit, I speak from a US perspective, and have a bias to thinking union teachers are self-centered, incompetant, money-grubbing crooks. I will entirely concede that the British system of education (or practically any in Europe, for that matter) is far better than what exists here in the US. Because of it, Americans are - rightly - mocked for their ignorance of teh world by Europeans (and indeed people in former colonies of the British Empire that inherited British standards of education).
DrCruel 2 years ago 3
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basically if you don't read the guardian you're a reactionary piece of shit
moceanu 2 years ago
(Incidentally, so as not to give the wrong impression, my understanding is that British teachers normally make about £25K-£35K a year, based on seniority. This likewise includes a very generous vacation package.
Dunno where the £100K figure comes from - I assume this is for leading administrators, and/or senior union leaders...)
DrCruel 2 years ago
Perhaps the people writing the articles I've been reading on the British educational system are ignorant of the details. They don't seem to be.
I've also heard that the NUT (I assume, pun unintended) is entirely against academies (the equivalent of our charter schools) because they won't have as much power over them, and have recently gone on strike because the yearly pay increase for their guaranteed jobs wasn't high enough.
Correct me if I've made any errors.
DrCruel 2 years ago
Daily mail readers from outside britain. brilliant, just what we need. The removal of the grammar schools was intended to increase the state school spending so that everyone could receive a better education. Obviously public schools exist (the irony being they are the most private of private schools) for those that can afford it. Teachers have finally got the pay rise they deserve, whats the big issue cruel?
stevao 2 years ago
A problem only arises is one wants the best education for students. If the welfare of union teachers is the goal, however, disposing of schools that compete with the public system and increasing the pay of union teachers (so they won't strike again) is certainly the right strategy.
I might add, that if union teachers rather than parents get to choose what teachers "deserve", you can expect teachers to get a lot more for a lot less work in the near future.
DrCruel 2 years ago
so you would rather have more faith schools?
stevao 2 years ago
I would rather have parents be given the ultimate choice as to which schools their children attend, and not a self-serving guild of teachers. I would rather schools compete with each other to offer teh best education for children, rather than be maximized by a guild to serve the interests of unionized teachers.
Because we already have a functional choice-based educational system, and it works quite well. It's called college.
DrCruel 2 years ago
I really dont know what you have been reading, but it isnt like that. The teachers have a natiobn cirriculum set down by the government which they must stick too. the NUT is like any trade union for any profession wishing for better standardsw for its members. Its not like the NUT are this secret organissation plotting to dumb down children and rinse the government for money. But dont worry you have that kind of thing in US dont you, dare i say it?
stevao 2 years ago
As for college well yes, universities are great, but its not compulsory and you have to pay alot for it. We have league tables for secondary and primary schools, so there is a competitive element, with regular government inspections to ensure quality teaching and facilities. We are ensuring every child has a good balanced education. If the repercussions of this are that the best of the best students arent challenged as much then thats a small price to pay. We like to help each other in the UK
stevao 2 years ago
It's entirely possible to go to a state university in the US and have the entire tuition paid for. And (strangely) the average cost for state tuition is less than that for the per-annum cost of teaching a secondary or elementary school student (about $10,000),
I have no problem with people "helping each other out" - as long as the benefit is for the children rather than a kleptocratic union. Instead, the unions are ensuring their members are paid top-dollar to provide a substandard education.
DrCruel 2 years ago 2
(cont'd from Daily Mail article)
"There are 300,000 pupil support staff in British schools, double the number in 1997. As a result of higher staffing and higher pay, the total bill for teachers' pay this year will be nearly £20 billion.
And that's without even allowing for their generous benefit package, including holidays most private sector workers couldn't even consider, and a final salary pension scheme that currently costs the taxpayer £10 billion a year and rising."
-EHAmory
DrCruel 2 years ago
"Resources going into education have doubled since 1997, but much of that money has been sucked up by teachers' pay.
After allowing for inflation, the average salary for a classroom teacher has risen by 15 per cent, and of a head teacher by 26 per cent, since Labour came to power.
Over 200 head teachers now earn more than £100,000 a year. Despite static pupil numbers, teachers also have a great deal more help in the classroom."
- Edward H. Amory, Daily Mail Online (22/04/08)
DrCruel 2 years ago
When Churchill was dropped from the UK school curriculum last July, one had to wonder if patriotism itself was next. Now it's official.
The Institute of Education, a leading educational body, has warned teachers not to instill pride in students when speaking of great moments in British History
"To love what is corrupt is itself corrupting, not least because it inclines us to ignore, forget, forgive or excuse the corruption. And there's the rub for patriotism" - Mark Loftin, Amer. Thinker
DrCruel 2 years ago
My mistakes must be very great. Please, enlighten me - where have I erred?
DrCruel 2 years ago
1. Almost no teacher in the UK has the chance to teach 'socialist rubbish': the curriculum does not allow it since relevant subjects are either not touched on or not treated in a way that is ammenable to political factionalism.
2. Teachers in the UK do not get better health packages through union pressure since (thank God) the UK has a national health service and pretty much no one even thinks about asking employers to pay for health insurance, let alone strikes on the issue.
wid85 2 years ago 4
Stewart Lee is a very funnny and articulate comedian but I have to ask, does anyone else think he now looks like Morressey?
bryandrummond 2 years ago 4
He does a routine about his resemblance to the fat version of various people including Morrisey. It very funny if you can find it.
wid85 2 years ago 2
Thanks, I will have a look for that.
bryandrummond 2 years ago
Sorry, but I've already done the reading on this - in particular, I've read and dismissed Kozol's rubbish - and have concluded that the best way to decide what schools are superior is to let the parents choose.
That the public school teachers are so adamant that this never, ever, ever be allowed ot happen seems to me perfect proof that they know just how bad the public schools really are by comparison. That, and the fact that so many teachers send their own children to private schools.
DrCruel 2 years ago
I did better than that - I transferred from a miserable public school to a very good Catholic school. The Catholic school managed to do a much better job at teaching with perhaps 1/3rd to 1/4th of the funding per student common in the public system. One of us even became a US congressman (mind, that isn't the case any more - the faith school has so many people trying to get in, that they can charge a fee per student almost comparable to what the public schools get).
DrCruel 2 years ago
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At the end, when the Guardian columnist tries to explain why faith schools do so much better than public schools - it's not because they have "better students", but because tehy don't try to teach socialist rubbish to them. That, and the teachers in faith schools are motivated by a 'higher calling' to actually educate kids, and not a bigger pay raise or better health package that their union is going to get for them after their latest strike.
DrCruel 2 years ago
actually your conclusions about why faith scools do better are fundamentally mistaken and quite stupid. do some proper reading into it.
the main reason they do better than state schools is better funding and the ability to apply a selection process and weed out those they dont want.
mytimetravellingdog 2 years ago
Your post shows an overwhelming unfamiliarity with British Education and labour conditions. best to educate yourself before you comment. :)
wid85 2 years ago 3
I personally simply don't get the point of religion. I've read Albert Camus' 'Stranger', my favourite book (first after watchmen :))) ) and that was enough to see the absurdity of it..
rude1987 2 years ago 5
Well, the role it fills in society today is very questionable... But go back two thousand years and try to explain to people that when you get sick, it's not because God wants it, but because there are millions of tiny animals crawling around inside of you that your BLOOD has to fight off. That requires a pretty big leap of confidence to believe, unless you know what bacteria are in the first place! Religion was invented to fill in the gaps - and to a lot of people, it still does.
trallala 2 years ago 3
It was also invented to control people, thats why the state had a special relationship with the Church.And 2000 years ago since there was very little medical science, I guess people would need to believe in something if they wanted to cure themselves when they are sick..no bloody choice :)
rude1987 2 years ago
I think you have to draw a line between religion and the organization of religion. Religion itself wasn't invented to control people, that was just some bloke saying "I can talk with the God you believe in that does x and y, you should listen to me" - that was only done because religion was a typical common denominator, pretty much everyone believed in something already - all you had to do to control people was homogenize all the beliefs into one, and then claim a spiritual leadership role.
trallala 2 years ago
I have to agree with you, but what I'm saying is that there is very little need to believe in God now....some people turn to Jesus after certain horrible events in their lives, like car accidents and stuff.I think luck & fate play bigger parts in those situations.what do you think?
rude1987 2 years ago
I am a philosophy student and quite a big fan of Camus, but I've got to say the The Stranger is about much more than religion.
stevensane1986 2 years ago
of course I agree, religion is not touched until the end of the book. And there is a reason for it, Mearsault did not care for it! :)) I would much rather worship Glycon, just for kicks!
rude1987 2 years ago
Alan moore is the fucking man
blissbomb1988 2 years ago 9
It'll be great if Terry Prachett and Alan Moore cowrote a book.
wetyewruyrtsutrdhjfg 2 years ago 3
Alan "Watchmen" Moore???
Sorry if that's a moronic question of me, it's late and my brain is half asleep.
:)
dazz333 2 years ago
the very same :)
I had the honor of seeing him in town once
mgrh001 2 years ago 4
Doesn't Alan Moore realise that he himself is a god to some people? :)
Jazzsteppa 2 years ago 3
"If we film him from strange angles we can make him look very sinister" xD
C7Crazy 2 years ago 7
religion dying very fast in the uk.less religouse people than normal unreligouse people.hopefully
djbennydmusic 2 years ago
I think the internet and YouTube are helping on that score.
ScarranHalfBreed 2 years ago
religion causes war and hate not peace.iv there was no religion we might just live in universal peace.
djbennydmusic 2 years ago
moore is a genius but why just mention the mad christians in america, what about the mad muslims in say, Iran or Yemen.
dubzy81 2 years ago
Nice to see Moore making the point that religion and god/faith are too totally seperate things. I've known homosexuals who are strict Muslims, makes me wonder why people ignore elements of their faith but stay strong in all other areas, surely dropping the priests and rituals and having a totally personal philosophy is the next logical step?
JapeUK 2 years ago
the end bit is wrong, i went to a faith school and the intake of pupils included parents suffering from drugs and booze etc. this is one dimensional thinking, not broad spectrum
blowbubblesnotbombs 2 years ago
They didn't argue the point well but I think they were trying to argue that because faith schools are allowed a degree of selection in their admissions they can, to a certain extent, cream skim. They don't just get what they're given. this leads to less of the pupils mentioned being admitted. Of course though, not all faith schools are selective.
Pallisade 2 years ago
let me just throw this one out before im fed to the athiests...maybe, just maybe the pupils and families have a clearer view of life as a result of their faith, thus happy kids with good grades, after all Christianity has some pluses.........
blowbubblesnotbombs 2 years ago
or perhaps the schools receive government funding, church funding, funding from local donations thus it can afford better equipment and more time with each pupil. They also cream skim. There is something to be said for the community factor of these schools that certainly is a benefit of religion and will have an impact on education. However having faith certainly doesn't mean a feeling of clarity or happiness. Nor is happiness reflected in grades. Plus not all faith schools are Christian.
Pallisade 2 years ago
blow, I work in education. The university I worked at previously was a Catholic one, naturally enough with a higher than average proportion of Catholic (& other sects of Christianity) students. I can assure you that at least as far as Catholic educational institutions go, they receive additional funding to secular ones & are also extremely selective of which students they will allow to attend them. Far more so than any secular institution I am familiar with.
catalyst8 2 years ago
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nice vid. Too bad its philosophical nonsense. "We are all different, thus we should all think different too." Sounds good, but explore it more than 2 secs and see that its crap. What does he mean by "different"? etc.
EvodiusTheophile 2 years ago
Seems pretty straight foward to me.
blaze0713 2 years ago
"explore it more than 2 secs"
well go ahead then, it took you more than 2secs to type that, yet you have said nothing
tomdorley 2 years ago
I did ask what he means by "different"? What do you say? Hopefully, through reason, we can come to the SAME answer and not a different one. (though we would obviously, then, be in violation of the principle that different people ought to have different thoughts...you know...considering that we are all "different" and what not.
EvodiusTheophile 2 years ago
GTFO.
MrRichardDawkins 2 years ago
GTFO? Go Think for Orson? Get the fresh oranges? go to Florida only? Guess this figurative object?
EvodiusTheophile 2 years ago 5
I'm a firm believer in equality when it comes to religion. All religions are equally ridiculous in my eyes.
comicbookfanboy 2 years ago 54
Surely the Mormons stand out never mind the Hubbard suckers.
nilbud 2 years ago
not to mention the maniac muslims brands
dubzy81 2 years ago
Alan Moore is a genious. His graphic novels are superior.
skillzdatkillzy 3 years ago 2
"If you film him from strange angles, you can make him look very sinister."
ArchibaldClumpy 3 years ago 2
Hail flying spaghetti monster
badazz5001 3 years ago 7
the only true god. kill the heathens!
diefortacos 3 years ago
i want that metal finger thing that alan has!
GetTheFunkOut46 3 years ago 2
i have now converted to glycon. other religions are shit
marshfiction 3 years ago 3
Ha, all religions are shit, even though yours does sound very creative and unexplored, and I very much respect that, but all religion is founded on conformity and weakness.
jacobob321 3 years ago
Your very existence was founded on conformity and weakness.
ixxkillxxliberals 3 years ago 3
True but that doesn't mean I have to be any of those things, we all have the ability to surpass the natural human instinct to be a fucking shithead. The type of people who are racsist, sexist, homophobic, or religious.
jacobob321 3 years ago
All of those things are a matter of opinion, there should be no shame in having an opinion no matter what it is. Does calling racists, sexists, homophobics and religious people shitheads really make you anybetter, or more the same? after all Hating people for being racist is still discrimination, its just socially acceptable discrimination.
ixxkillxxliberals 3 years ago 3
does anyone know what Alan Moore is referring to about 1930s Christian Revivalism, around 3:15? "Tenchoo?" What word is he saying?
todaysprogramming 3 years ago
Tent show. These revivals were held by preachers in huge tents - hence "tent revivalism".
ABroadAbroad 3 years ago 2
Sweetest, good hair and enlightenment. What more could anyone need?
loveyoutodeathbut 3 years ago
Alan Moore looks really really stoned there, wow he must get good green.
His fears about Religion(organised faith opposed to personal faith) are exactley the same as mine. Im so scared about the rise of fundamentalism its even starting to infect the internet. There must be a thousand new Christian/Muslim fundamentalist websites luanched every minuite.
Pax
Eldritchard 3 years ago
This is a big pet peeve of mine. I look stoned when I am not and I'm sick of everyone going- "look his eyes are red and droopy! Look- his hair is long and he hasn't shaved in a couple of days. He's soooo stoned (heheheh)" Sorry to go off...I don't care if he really is stoned.. it just bothers me... the assumption.
dethtongue 3 years ago
Yeah the only reason i say that is becuase hes on RECORD as smoking dope........I wasn't assuming anything, YOUR assumption is a pain in the arse. He is stoned
Eldritchard 3 years ago
i love stew's laugh, its great.
benjula2006 3 years ago 2
'If people don't want their beliefs laughed at, they shouldn't have such funny beliefs'
Sarahykinz 3 years ago 13
Religion is the opium of the masses. Personally I'd rather have opium.
chrisp3001 3 years ago 36
Wonder what he would thing of $cientology and Anonymous?
byte301 3 years ago
"....drug addicts and depressives."
dethtongue 3 years ago
Or, at least, people whose class and education and ability to navigate socially ameliorate and/or mask their depression, domestic violence, and/or addiction.
ABroadAbroad 3 years ago 3
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many denominations, you point out. our Lord Jesus said that the path leading to destruction is broad, but narrow is the gate (Jesus) and the path (Jesus) that leads to God. the "right" way is Jesus. this has never changed. now i've told you; now you have no excuse.
separate church and state? impossible-- for it is God who gives each their power and authority (the evil and the good).
adopted3 3 years ago
Er... ok- I'm feeling a little uncomfortable sitting next to god-boy here; anyone want to change seats?
perthged101 3 years ago 7
"god-boy"?
if i'm just a fairytale believer, why would that make you feel uncomfortable? we can talk about it, if you need to, okay?
adopted3 3 years ago
Why talk to someone who mistakes reality for the inside of his own head?
jickerack 3 years ago 7
yeah, why are you talking to me?
adopted3 3 years ago
Shrug. Maybe you'll grow up a bit. We can dream, at least.
jickerack 3 years ago 5
Alan Moore knows the score.
dalekirkley 3 years ago 6
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Alan moore is a talentless hack, what a fucking pretentious nob wrinkle
thethickrepeater 3 years ago
What exactly what constitute as an offense on this blasphemy law?
"Fuck god" or "Fuck Islam"? These are examples, not actual statements.
Ahem
moltenslag 3 years ago
This man is unbelievebly inteligent, and has crazy hair. so he rules OK by me
alagast 4 years ago 13
God (?) bless the internet. If blasphemy laws and religious nutters begin to take more of our freedoms away, the anonymity of the internet may afford us the greatest remaining freedom of opinion and speech.
Hail Glycon!
perydwyn 4 years ago 6
sry to say mate you still not turly anonmos on the internet :( (unless you use your mates PC :P )
ubernagash 3 years ago 2
Or AOL!
infesticon 3 years ago
Alan Moore is brilliant. Grant Morrison is brilliant. Christianity (like all organized religion) is a steaming turd-bucket, based on a guy who NEVER existed. The bible is as much of an asswipe as the Koran. Do some research. Wake. Up. Get up off your knees and act like you're made "in (a) God's image", instead of groveling, frightened piggies.
Sourt 4 years ago 2
if you did some researcg you'd realise that religious writings do have a semblance of truth to them. jesus was infact a cool guy who had a lot of good things to say. unfortunatly the proceeding institute of the church got him all out of context and did the exact opposite of what he wanted.
eweyewewe 4 years ago 4
To heck with bans on blasphemy. Get Parliament to work on banning shirts like that black wifebeater on guys that look like Alan Moore. : )
BTW, Jesus was crucified at the behest of the religious fundamentalists of his day.
Stepper11 4 years ago 2
"If you film him from strange angles, you can make him look sinister"
lol
R3DF4C710N 4 years ago 3
that guys created such a bizzare religion deliberatly i think so that nobody else is likely to believe in it but himself.
Then again - look at scientology.
ryanbrownnew 4 years ago
Yeah I agree! Just look at Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Zoroastrianism,............ Great hypocrisy of Christians and Muslims in particular...all those other religions are so bizarre and absurd but mine is just great!
DandeB88 4 years ago
ALL HAIL GLYCON is what i meant
HAIDARAVEN 4 years ago 2
I quite like the 'nail' option...
MrBeardHasNoBeard 4 years ago
ALL NAIL GLYCON
HAIDARAVEN 4 years ago
What a nice guy!
pejabber 4 years ago
woo Alan Moore - didn't he create Judge Dredd?
Rumpio 4 years ago
No.
cakeandfinewine 4 years ago
well thankyou for your informative answer.
Rumpio 4 years ago
i looked it up myself and no not the creator of Judge Dredd, he did create other things at 2000AD though.
Rumpio 4 years ago
He created D.R. and Quinch and the Ballad of Halo Jones for 2000 AD, but he only wrote a few Dredd stroies.
wookie72 4 years ago 2
He also wrote "V for Vendetta", "Watchmen", "From Hell", and "The league of Extrodinary Gentlemen".
Kagemusha22 4 years ago
Well, of course. But I was referring specifically to his work for 2000 AD, the home of Judge Dredd.
wookie72 4 years ago
And don't forget "Lost Girls" and "Swamp Thing."
gorypleasure 4 years ago
i once read a comment on polly toynbee that said
"like a faulty compass, its always guaranteed she'll point in the opposite direction"
true, v. true
btw Alan Moore is God. Forget the snake-thing.
Read Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell and you'll see...
AllyourbasicGerrard 4 years ago
religion serves a good purpose, however everyone with an iq of 0ver 129 should know that it is almost impossible...they should also know that the big bang theory is flawed and just as bad! ur nt meant to kno!
fourseven4 4 years ago
...And the man said unto his God, 'Well if we speak in a weird way then it gives the text a kind of validity that it lacks in its raw form, so we'll just carry on as we were if you don't mind.' And so the strange ramblings continued unabated." [Fruit 11:34-36]
superfineshag 4 years ago 2
20They shall say to the elders of his town, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.' 21Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst; and all Israel will hear, and be afraid.
Deut 21:20-21.
I think the bible speaks the literal truth and if more kids like lordhaku were treated as such, we'd live in a better world.
Go with God!
bilko123 5 years ago
I see you are 19 and from the UK. You have suffered much in the way of brainwashing from our anti-Christian establishment that tells you one religion is as valid as any other, incl. Satanism.
Calling someone "stubborn" is more of an observation than a judgment. There is nothing wrong with judging for the RIGHT reasons, e.g. if you don't stop drinking so much, you'll be dead.
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago
I am a Christian, which means I believe that Christ is the "the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6.
One way only. That's very clear. No one else defeated death and Hell for you, so no one else can deliver you from these things.
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago
I find it funny when people quote a book, written by men who claim God told them to write it, and use these book quotes as factual evidence! There's no proof of any God, but if you want to believe that, fine, just dont shove YOUR beliefs onto us.
TRWolf 5 years ago
There is proof enough, but not with your attitude, you need to humble yourself. You should be asking yourself why your British education failed to tell you the whole truth about evolution, how it is mathematically impossible, for example.
"just dont shove YOUR beliefs onto us". The powers that be want to silence Christians, and you have bought into this. Don't be afraid to discuss matters with me.
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago
And how is God mathematically possible? prove it! There's as much proof of Judeo-Christian Mythology as there is of the theory of evolution, if not less! I could claim any ridiculous nonsense about God and claim it to be true, but not needing proof, just "faith".
TRWolf 5 years ago
If the Theory is mathematically impossible, there is only one alternative.
I would not want to, nor could I, prove it to you. You have the opportunity to work it out for yourself, same as I have done. That's the way it works. You should be able to see clearer when you realise that you have been fed lies by the powers that be. They feed tales of evolutionary theory when the REAL science favours Creation. Don't take my word for it.
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago
You are probably a wind up merchant, but I'll take the bait. Evolution isn't a theory in the sense you understand but a scientific model that is used to emprically test assumptions. Also, evolution does not explain how the universe came about, I think you are mistaken with the big bang theory, which is a common "mistake" by creationists to confuse the "debate", which is normally one sided as there really isn't a worthwile debate to be had.
markb10169 5 years ago
No, not a wind-up merchant, just someone who delves a little deeper, and wanders outside the plains of ignorance that our masters want to keep us contained within.
Darwinism is a total theory based on faulty premises, fabricated evidence and circular reasoning.
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago
Darwin said in The Origin of Species that if it could be shown that any system or organ could not be produced by many small steps, continuously improving the system at each step, then his system would absolutely fall apart.
Irreducible complexity does this. I'm sure even Darwin would admit defeat.
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago
As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because I do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one prove that there is not a God.
markb10169 5 years ago
Ooh, philosophy. One school of thought at odds with another. Just like false religion, I suppose.
Finding God and truth has to be around the top of anyone's agenda, especially now as the prophesies for the endtimes are coming to pass.
A warning for agnostics from Revelation 3:16, "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago
You mustn't be a very good philosopher, then; firstly, omniscience is not required for a conclusion, just a good explanation that fits the known facts.
Imagination accounts for them better than an existence that conforms to no established knowledge from objective, verifiable observation. Seems pretty straightforward to this philosopher.
alfalfador 4 years ago
Thanks for that. It was a quote from Bertrand Russell. I think he was considered above average in philosophy.
"Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes."
markb10169 4 years ago
That quote's pretty accurate, but agnosticism is pretty silly on its own.
Gods are logically possible, this doesn't mean they're likely given objective observation. As a hypothesis, God as a mechanism appears to be totally wishful and imaginary. Supernatural isn't even a coherent term term. Magical entities are profoundly unlikely and thus, we can conclude someone made them up just like we can about the FSM and similar mental exercises.
alfalfador 4 years ago
No, he wouldn't, since molecular systems are subject to the same principles as observed macro traits. We've seen IC evolve, for instance in vancomycin-reliant entereococcus, MRSA, etc.
alfalfador 4 years ago
The Origin of species is quite an old book and alot of the theories may be flawed but a lot of scientists have looked in to it and done a bit of research with stuff called DNA and RNA and fossils and their own brains and found that evolution is still a pretty good theory.
squirrelbeef81 4 years ago
Yeah, God is real, that's why he made the appendix...Evolution is mathematically possible, it's caused by mutations in the genetic structure that benefit us and help us survive, idiot
doorframehead 4 years ago
You my friend, have a very well developed brain. :)
Ashloomis 4 years ago
Well thank you muchly :D
doorframehead 4 years ago
Well if you look up a little known deity called Mithras who lived approximately 200 years before Christ and who lead a remarkabley similar life Jesus; Born of virgin birth on the 25th Dec, Guarantor of human souls, died for our sins on easter and was resurrected three days later. Hail Mithras!
squirrelbeef81 4 years ago
Jesus wasn't born on the 25th of december. fact. It was more likely to be in september. When Christianity became one of Rome's main religions, they chose to celebrate it on that day since there was a gap in their partying calendar....its true!
AllyourbasicGerrard 4 years ago
Hail mithras!!! he is the way!!!
michaelus00sin 4 years ago
whats wrong with satanism??
xooberon 5 years ago
It's Ayn Rand's objectivism dressed up in gothy nonsense. Laaaaaaame.
alfalfador 4 years ago
How does being damned to eternal suffering sound when you know others are having a ball in a place more beautiful and peaceful and loving than you could possibly imagine?
UnvarnishedTruth 4 years ago
How does having a ball in a place more beautiful and peaceful and loving than you could possibly imagine sound when you know others are being damned to eternal suffering?
Christ was awesome with all his trippy hippy love-thy-neighbor shit.
People like you take all the fun out of Christianity.
talgrund 4 years ago
wtf are you on about. it sounds like the only people who deserve to be in heavan are the pope, st peter, jezeus and you unvarnished truth. everyone else we'll be having a massive party in hell, with booze, food and music. you'll be bored out of you're fucking mind in heavan, lol!
xooberon 4 years ago
Where did you go to school? From the age of 5 til I was 12 I had to prey and listen to a story from the bible every morning at school and from a very early age I realised that bible stories where just that, stories. I can't actually remember ever being taught about evolution in my entire time at school it's only since I left that I have took a fairly in-depth look at it and realised that it seems to be the most reasonable and the most beautiful explaination of how we came to be.
squirrelbeef81 4 years ago
Worshipping a serpent is a good way to ensure damnation.
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago
yeah, some people say it's a good way, but i like to think it's the best.
bogartboy 5 years ago 2
Perhaps some people would prefer damnation than having to share heaven with narrow minded, brainwashed cretins such as yourself. Thanks.
TheUntrainedEye 5 years ago
You know nothing about me to call me a cretin. You are so clever, you don't realise that the Christian religion is being destroyed BY DESIGN in this country. The prophesies are coming true and Hell is real and only a cretin would want to go there.
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago
You know nothing about Stewart Lee to publicly state his fate - pretending you are bigger than the God you believe in to judge him yourself. The problem with Christians today is that they pick and chose which bits of the text they're meant to follow and ignore some of the other ones. If I actually believed in Hell, I'm sure I'd be going there.
TheUntrainedEye 5 years ago
My comment here was regarding the bearded serpent worshipper, but if Lee doesn't worship the Christ and repent, his fate will also be assured.
I'm not judging, the Bible makes clear the final destination of all those who are too stubborn to worship the true and living God.
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago
Anyway, you have been conditioned to believe that the Bible tells us not to judge. We are warned that with the judgment we mete out, we will be liable to be similarly judged, BUT we are expected to warn people about the consequences of sin which are eternal misery.
Cause and effect -- you sin, you pay the price, whether in this life or the next, or both. Only Christ can offer salvation from this destructive cycle.
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago
Serpent-worship might ensure damnation, but narrow-mindedness and selective ignorance bars the road to enlightenment.
lordhaku 5 years ago
Please enlighten me on why you reckon I suffer from "narrow-mindedness and selective ignorance".
UnvarnishedTruth 5 years ago