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justashadowof said:
I'm sorry I'm not a member of your religion. Honestly I wish you well but I refuse to lie about this any longer. I think more people have to start drawing a line. What will we be told next to accept?
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Actually, religion is part of the problem but you be you.

All that is on ask is that you accept people and not worry about what consenting adults do in their beds.
 
keonsbitterness said:
My grandparents thought Catholics and Protestants would all go to hell because they were fake Christians. Should I go back to that?
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The only difference between Atheists and devout followers is that Atheists have quit all gods, whereas the followers still are hanging on to one.
 
keonsbitterness said:
My grandparents thought Catholics and Protestants would all go to hell because they were fake Christians. Should I go back to that?
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Go back to that? I've got blood relatives who are a member of a Christian sect that believes that exact thing. Perhaps the same sect? Progress as always being good is a ridiculous notion. There are some very old stories about what happens when progress is allowed to run out of control.
 
Duffman955 said:
Dont kid yourselves. We will all be back here following every little detail involving the leafs.

Anyone saying otherwise is lying to themselves.
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Maybe. That's been me for many seasons.

But something happened this time, something broke.
 
Pookie said:
Actually, religion is part of the problem but you be you.
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I'm an atheist but I speak in the language of the religion I was raised in. And as stated earlier I emphatically believe sexualizing children overtly or covertly is wrong. I think giving hormone blockers to children is sick.

Pookie said:
All that is on ask is that you accept people and not worry about what consenting adults do in their beds.
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If that was all it was I would think it was fine. This is why I talk about it as a line being crossed.
 
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justashadowof said:
Go back to that? I've got blood relatives who are a member of a Christian sect that believes that exact thing. Perhaps the same sect? Progress as always being good is a ridiculous notion. There are some very old stories about what happens when progress is allowed to run out of control.
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A sect? No, they were Orthodox Christians. Still hundreds of millions of them in the world.

Progress will never stop, and will always leave some behind. Once Christianity became a state religion, the pagans didn't just disappear. If they couldn't be converted, they were liquidated, despite doing nothing wrong. Progress!
 
Welsh Maple Leaf said:
Massively interested - there’s been worse teams.

Seems an odd time to give up or lessen interest.
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I agree-I have been bleeding for 60 years now, couldn't not watch my beloved Leafs.

However, I like to think I'm a realist, with a little bit of knowledge and insight, and I played the game until a goon messed me up.

While I gasp at the talent, rising out of my chair at the latest Matthews-Marner-Nylander magic, I find myself musing now (sadly) that there is something rotten at the core. One image has stayed with me from the Montreal debacle; Matthews laughing openly at the rough treatment Ben Chiarot was giving him behind the Hab's net after play stopped-not just a smirk but openly laughing! And not a teammate to the rescue! Don Cherry commented about this too on a recent podcast ( whom I do believe has some unique insight despite questionable antics), his comment was to the effect that on his team someone would have taken care of Chiarot real quick ( quite what you'd expect from Cherry), but he also touched on what I think is the bigger issue- the open derision Matthews displayed ( look, here I am a 23 year old superstar making 11 million a year, a Rocket Richard award winner, and how laughable that I have to tolerate this grunt-how pedestrian!).

Would Nathan Mackinnon behave this way? Connor McDavid? If I were one of the several 1 Million worker-bees on the Leafs-would I go to war, go into the trenches for this behavior? And what of Marner? Someone whose Father openly publicly maintained he should be paid like Matthews. Would I jump the Chiarot's of the league for those two? I would for Nathan Mackinnon who promises to take a discount for the good of the team. I would for Sydney Crosby etc.

I feel horrible hinting at this, but does this team really lack a 'go to war together' mentality, a willingness to pay any price for the good of the team? Or is it a collection of individuals, where the two most visible were handed the 'keys to the city' long before they had earned it? Was Cherry's comment that Matthews didn't really seem to care ( after watching his exit interview) accurate? Maybe there is clairvoyance to the oft cited stat that no team in the cap era has ever won a playoff round with a player on its roster making 10 Million or more ( let alone 3). What is the dressing room really like when there are the Royal 4 (Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Nylander) and then the rest of them, how can that work for team cohesian?

Has Dubas fatally flawed the team with his largesse? Matthews a free agent at 26 ( and to rub salt in the wound-a no trade clause in the final year). Mitch Marner with a six year contract averaging 10.893M ( and the final two years with a no movement clause) while David Pastrnak took a team friendly 6 year deal at $6,666,666? Mikko Rantanen at 9.250 Million for 6 years. Brad Marchant at 6.125 Million? John Tavares at 11 million?

I hope I'm wrong, I hope Dubas doesn't just end up 'shuffling the chairs on the Titanic' for another year
 
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keonsbitterness said:
Progress will never stop, and will always leave some behind. Once Christianity became a state religion, the pagans didn't just disappear. If they couldn't be converted, they were liquidated, despite doing nothing wrong. Progress!
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And the people who won't kneel to sacred rainbow flag? What will the exalted believers in inclusivity and equity do to those people in the name of their religion?
 
I think the thing I hate most about Dubas is the amount of draft picks he has traded away at deadline. I count 4 1st rounders and 4 2nder rounders since hes been here. We could of had a rock solid D if he would of kept those picks and focused on our D which he knew was always bad. I wont even get into the contract signing
 
Pookie said:
The only difference between Atheists and devout followers is that Atheists have quit all gods, whereas the followers still are hanging on to one.
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Honestly! For a single moment pause and consider the vastness of an interconnected and unlimited universe that exists - both macro and micro - and try to deny the will of intelligent creation.
Deniers come across as the unenlightened 'rubes', sorry. You as a human just cannot create universes.
 
Jimmy Firecracker said:
Well yeah your team is exciting and hasn’t proven to be chokers. I’d be excited too. But if you’re talking about the Leafs I’d imagine watching a train wreck is entertaining from the outside.
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I’m a leafs fan too I usually just lurk because you guys go crazy.

Also, exciting is a stretch and we’ve lost 4 tst right first rounds
 
Intellivisionhockey said:
Honestly! For a single moment pause and consider the vastness of an interconnected and unlimited universe that exists - both macro and micro - and try to deny the will of intelligent creation.
Deniers come across as the unenlightened 'rubes', sorry. You as a human just cannot create universes.
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I know you feel judged being a creationist, sorry for that, but there is no reason to use that insecurity to attack everyone else. One day maybe you will discover it ultimately hurt your cause.
 
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Intellivisionhockey said:
Honestly! For a single moment pause and consider the vastness of an interconnected and unlimited universe that exists - both macro and micro - and try to deny the will of intelligent creation.
Deniers come across as the unenlightened 'rubes', sorry. You as a human just cannot create universes.
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The universe was created by the Pasta God. Pastafarianism is all-knowing, all-seeing.
 
Intellivisionhockey said:
Honestly! For a single moment pause and consider the vastness of an interconnected and unlimited universe that exists - both macro and micro - and try to deny the will of intelligent creation.
Deniers come across as the unenlightened 'rubes', sorry. You as a human just cannot create universes.
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So, do you believe in Zeus? Thor?
 
Super Mega said:
I know you feel judged being a creationist, sorry for that, but there is no reason to use that insecurity to attack everyone else. One day maybe you will discover it ultimately hurt your cause.
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I would say I'm anything but "insecure" in my faith. Ridiculing people for their religious beliefs (as you are clearly doing) seems to be just fine for you. OK.
I thought personal attacks were off-limits on here but I guess not.
 
Pookie said:
So, do you believe in Zeus? Thor?
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God of Hell's Kitchen
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