bostonbananarama

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[–] bostonbananarama 5 points 25 minutes ago

Kickapoo school district sees 440% higher cost over private school voucher funding, tax increases

Wait, you think that is a more clear headline than this:

Kickapoo school district taxpayers see 440% tax hike over private school funding

Your headline makes it sound like the school district's costs are 440% higher. Absolute trainwreck.

[–] bostonbananarama 0 points 1 week ago

Yes, I'm on one side, with dictionaries, etymology, and the majority of atheists, and you're on the other side. I would agree with you but then we'd both be wrong.

Google:

noun: atheism. disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.

Gnostic - adjective. relating to knowledge, especially esoteric mystical knowledge.

Me:

Theism is belief in a god, atheism is a lack of belief. Atheism is not necessarily a belief that god does not exist.

Gnostic is about knowledge and not belief

[–] bostonbananarama 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Theism is belief in a god, atheism is a lack of belief. Atheism is not necessarily a belief that god does not exist. Gnostic is about knowledge and not belief, which is why you can have an agnostic theist. Agnostic is not a middle ground between theism and atheism, there is no middle ground. I can correct you, but I can't make you understand it.

[–] bostonbananarama 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] bostonbananarama 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Playing devil's advocate, a person could provide false testimony, contrary to earlier truthful testimony, if they feel guilt over causing this person's execution. In no way saying that is, or is not, the case here.

Regardless, the death penalty is a profound failure. It is more expensive, innocent people can be executed, and studies show that it provides no deterrent to criminals. There is literally no benefit.

[–] bostonbananarama 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

What I said is absolutely correct. If you have a disagreement perhaps you should be more clear and less snarky.

[–] bostonbananarama 3 points 1 week ago

That very well may be part of it, but I was commenting on what I believe to be the very real situation of a plurality of union members supporting Trump.

[–] bostonbananarama 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is there any chance that a second Trump administration wouldn't be markedly worse for organized labor? This is a textbook example of not voting for your own interests.

[–] bostonbananarama 9 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Atheism is the belief that there are no gods and out right rejection in the belief of any gods.

No, not quite. Atheism is not believing in a god, it doesn't mean you claim there is not a god. A subtle difference, but it is the difference between not believing, and believing not. Also, agnosticism isn't a middle ground between theism and atheism, there is no middle ground, as it is dichotomous. Agnosticism speaks to knowledge, or what you claim to know. So, a person could be an agnostic atheist, or an agnostic theist.

[–] bostonbananarama 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You see, it's just a coincidence that he is running against someone who is black and Indian and he just happened to pick the two most racist and stereotypical dishes associated with each.

[–] bostonbananarama 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If guns are good, and more guns mean more safety, why are they shooting at someone just because they have a gun?

[–] bostonbananarama 3 points 2 weeks ago

Because I'm being sarcastic. I'm not actually advocating for shitting on poor people, I'm not Republican.

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