Recent content by Emily Lake

This is a false statement, I have no love for mythical figures. Certainly no love for zombie jews. I think that religions are myths, gods are made up. On the other hand... perhaps I'm missing something but I have a hard time thinking that buddhism or taoism could be cited as religions that...

Does your criticism apply to those who keep insisting that christianity is a greater risk to western liberal values than islam? Or are you once more being extremely selective in applying your principles?

Oh do fuck off with this bullshit. I don't need saving, and that's hardly what Bomb is doing. Pointing out horrifically bad logic, shoddy rationalization, and a complete inability to think coherently without resorting to ad hominem isn't something you should be criticizing while pretending to...

Isn't that what I said?

Look, are you guys afraid that if you acknowledge that islam as a religion is incompatible with western liberal values, that you'll be called an islamaphobe and you'll lose friends for being a bigot?

And I'm now far, far, far outside my sphere of knowledge.

You're not wrong about fundamentalism being the danger. That said, across the globe, fundamentalist muslims far outnumber fundamentalist christians, and they're the ones actively expanding their adherent population and taking over countries. Why do you think we shouldn't be concerned about a...

Because current is what's happening right now. What happened a few hundred years ago doesn't present any risk to people alive today. I didn't think this was a difficult concept, really. Oh no Bob, there's a ravenous polar bear climbing over our back fence right now! Calm down Sally, it's...

This is a use case for AI that actually does hold water. You know why? Because programming uses very formal language with strict syntax rules. AI programming is largely a translation exercise, and it's a translation into a language that does not have innuendo, euphemism, or idioms of any sort.

Pointing out that a specific religion, as currently practiced in huge amounts, currently involved in massive terrorist endeavors and involved in jihad backed by multiple theocracies is a problem seems to really bother you. I don't think christian people are better than muslim people as people...

I don't disagree that any system of belief can be abused. Now... which of those religions is currently being abused in such a way right now?

You're the one who has opined that christianity is at least as big a risk as islam is. Whether you consider it against the core teachings of the religions or not, I think it's willfully blind to look at the state of islam-dominated countries versus christian-dominated countries and come to the...

Sure, sure, because the nations where islam is the dominant religion are bastions of freedom, democracy, and progress. Islam *is* the problem. In a much more blatantly obvious way than you seem to want to consider. That doesn't mean that other religions are not problems, but islam is...

Was this a response to you, Elixir? Or are you getting bent out of shape about my response to someone else and taking it personally? On the other hand, Toni did actually say that modern day christianity is an equal threat to islam. Because Trump and Project 2025, apparently.

At least the crazy FL dude has been charged and this isn't being hand-waved away. Hopefully he'll get the maximum sentence.