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I'm out of the cable loop. Does Rev. Kiper have that many defenders? I'm surprised this generation can even follow a drafted player's career for two seasons and still be able to remember his draft status.

 

I didn't see it but my assumption is if it's being done, it's probably given the rise of antivaxxers in the last 20+ years. Along with anti-science.

That said, I'll watch it when this Chelsea game is over.

 

It's so bad that Mike Florio was speculating the Niners were going to take a run at Kirk Cousins.
The hate is beyond irrational considering he plays behind an O line of Trent Williams and four NPCs.

 

I agree with you, but I wanted to focus on the comment I quoted.

I wonder if you can really separate the values from the dogma and still have Christianity? The values are largely the same as in other religions (and in humanism, I suppose but I might be using that term incorrectly). As such, if the focus is solely on the values there is little reason for Christianity as separate from other religions (and humanism).

As an atheist I do try to embrace what Jesus taught. That is more or less my moral compass. But it's not really specific to Jesus or Christianity, it's consistent with me wanting to be a decent human being based on our shared humanity.

 

There's a lot more Gooners in this forum than just Le Arse fans!

 

But they won't. Values and morals don't come from religion, they come from a culture's worldview - how the culture understands the social and natural environment in which it lives. I've mentioned before how I give my students an assignment where I provide three or four key components of a culture's understanding of the social and physical environment and then have them figure out how the society would view certain moral issues. They end up getting it right about 99% of the time, even though they have no idea what culture they are focusing on. I've also mentioned the study that shows prejudice is more closely tied to rejection of evolution than acceptance of evolution (part of how the natural environment works).

The worldview is the critical component, not the religion which is based on the worldview.

 

Fun teams for me to watch are Bournemouth and Chrystal Palace.

 

Totally, but that's not unique to religion. As I said, a fairly comprehensive study showed that our modern human values (all people are equal and worthy of respect and good treatment) is tied more closely with acceptance of evolution than beliefs about religion.

 

isn't it about time for this thread to be closed with a part 2 starting up?