dimreepr

Well, last night couldn't have gone any worse... It's like a nightmarish version of The Trueman show...

This is business as usual, power corrupts and eventually they don't give a shit who knows... Edit. I should have said "power attracts the corruptible"

Imagine that... I don't know, maybe a mask???

Where does it ask who's reponcible?

Read the topic title...

Nor can you force it to be on topic...

Not much to look forward too...

Don't you mean, pandering to any group. Society has it's fundamentals, usually a village...

What are the worste aspects of it?

That's why we include an ethical chicane to navigate.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man.

It's difficult to imagine how anyone, intelligent enough to want to hack his twitter account, could make it worse.

With a notable lack of evidence, on your end. That neatly some's up why the topic title is a pointless question. Reminds me of this:

I'm going to have to read this thread more carefully.

Isn't it a requirement for any society? The only difference is the size of the territory and the importance of keeping it. I agree that agriculture scales it up, but that's only because agricultural scales up societies...

I think it means you enjoy living under bridges... 😆

A little thinking, shows you're talking bollox; as the placebo effect suggests... 🙄

Indeed, but i doubt the prophet's were taught to doubt; it's more a prophecy of a unique event, that happened now that will, at some point, happen tomorrow... Some-one was the first and it's happened so many time's???

I'm content with that... 😉

Sounds like nirvana...

It doesn't matter who dispenses justice, if one has faith in justice. My point is, if being content/at peace is the goal, why does it matter what path you take to get there?

I think the theistic element of some religion's was intended as a tool that in non-theistic religion's is replaced by something like karma. Peace in oneself and with world, unless you're lucky, is aided by the thought of retribution; imagine a world in which revenge, on evil-doers', is guaranteed but completely out our hand's; in such a world forgiveness is automatic and if we're lucky, that even extends to us. For me, being at peace with oneself is the one thing science doesn't address (if it does, it's very quiet about it) and religions only real concern. I'm neither a scientist or religious, but I do see the value of both and in the right context, whatever the religion/faith, I can't image a stronger combination.

We've got two choice's, run away or learn how to live on a rock; the hard place lives and dies with us, the rock doesn't give a shit... 🖖

Alms for an old ex leper...

Did you ever play "Chinese whisper's"? How else do they become a religion or movement, how else do they know when to meet? Is that Jesus' fault? I very much doubt Mohammed wanted to inspire ISIS etc... You don't believe buddhist's were organised?