They're doing The Hobbit?
Cool.
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- Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:26 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: First Hobbit Trailer (with SPOILERS)
- Replies: 148
- Views: 73549
- Thu May 12, 2011 9:08 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Tsunami was Gods Retribution?
- Replies: 163
- Views: 114609
Every (natural) disaster has some religious type saying it's God's judgement on an immoral society. It's a worldwide thing - even in the UK.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... shops.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... shops.html
- Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:55 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 8.9 Earthquake (upgraded to 9.0) and Tsunami hits Japan
- Replies: 74
- Views: 32326
- Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:25 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Ignosticism & Theological Noncognitivism
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11040
- Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:57 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Christianity and the Left
- Replies: 25
- Views: 31750
I've always been bemused by the (fundamental) religious right. In terms of being vocal at least they are in the majority and are the better funded. And yet Republicans have far more of a Darwinian 'survival of the fittest' approach to their fellow man, whilst Democrats are more of the 'help thy fell...
- Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:12 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: To cut, or not to cut.
- Replies: 365
- Views: 133758
Ignore health benefits for now. What may or may not work in Niger is not applicable to the rest of the world. Forget FGM as everyone seems hung up on the clitoral removal which GBG is not talking about. OK, how about this. A (religious) culture adheres, and has done for 3,000 years to the principal ...
- Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:30 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: To cut, or not to cut.
- Replies: 365
- Views: 133758
- Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:14 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: To cut, or not to cut.
- Replies: 365
- Views: 133758
For women, forced removal of (some of) the labia, or even the hood of the clitoris for cosmetic or cultural reasons must be OK if you are OK with male circumcision. No lasting damage, no memory of pain. Of course, it's only OK on babies, just not older people. Removal of the clitoris is not OK, for ...
- Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:45 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: To cut, or not to cut.
- Replies: 365
- Views: 133758
It really is. JS, I'm saying that any surgical procedure for cosmetic or religious purposes, even an ear-piercing, should under no circumstances be made by anyone to anyone else without that person's consent. Even if it's a 3 year old begging for an ear-piercing, that's OK, so long as the child is a...
- Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:10 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: To cut, or not to cut.
- Replies: 365
- Views: 133758
The drops they put in newborns eyes to protect against bacteria and the heel prick they do to test for a number of abnormalities hurts more. That's for health reasons. Babies don't remember these, either. So much for circumcision being a covenant between that person and God. Didn't realize you didn...
- Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:26 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: To cut, or not to cut.
- Replies: 365
- Views: 133758
- Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:04 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: To cut, or not to cut.
- Replies: 365
- Views: 133758
Agree with Ax. When I see a six-month old with ear piercings, I mourn for the child and despise the parents. When I hear that because of an ancient tradition a boy's foreskin has been removed, often without anaesthetic, I also mourn for the child and shake my head at the parents. The Jewish circumci...
- Wed Nov 24, 2010 6:41 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The Pope: Condoms. Maybe. For male prostitutes.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9785
- Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:37 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 635668
Yes, it's very clear in the bible. If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 20:13 So basically active homosexuals should be put to death. Anyone subscribe to that...
- Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:30 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Rally to Restore Sanity
- Replies: 114
- Views: 44482
- Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:04 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Classics in school and education in general
- Replies: 101
- Views: 46785
I had to endure Latin (compulsory) for two years. It is said it teaches you to learn, but then again so does any subject. And so what if it helps you understand the derivation of a word, really! The mental effort of remembering the complex cross-section of tense / gender, and whether it was accusati...
- Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:58 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Wikileaks
- Replies: 126
- Views: 70764
- Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:36 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Wikileaks
- Replies: 126
- Views: 70764
So long as no individuals are identified with these leaks, then I am wholeheartedly in favour of them. Military and Government tend to massage individual data points and statistics as a whole, and if anything, if these leaks show the real picture of the cause and effect, of the debit and credit, of ...
- Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:47 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Lasto beth Lammen - Is your religion nuts?
- Replies: 382
- Views: 159214
I'm going to be lazy on this one. You all know my views here (hi vison!).
I'll let this clip sum up my views. Imagine me as Bill Maher.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKqqGX0D ... re=related
I'll let this clip sum up my views. Imagine me as Bill Maher.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKqqGX0D ... re=related
- Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:10 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The Brennan and Leach Case and abortion in Australia
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6659