Ash Wednesday is forty days (not including Sundays) before the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring equinox. So technically its timing is also determined by the moon.
I mean, their answer was great, but I feel that when someone starts with something like "It's a christian nation" or "we're a christian nation", it's better to just shut them down and make it very clear it's anything but.
The stupidity is international and weaponized. It is bots almost half the time, and the other half are so very small a proportion of the population as to be ignorable. The bigger problem is who and why make bots to stir up shit? And this is getting ignored very much every day by leadership around the world.
Not at all. There are many religious people who are not stupid. Stephen Colbert is a devout Catholic but I doubt he'd make the same assertion the person in this screenshot did. I know a ton of Episcopalians who are very well educated and wouldn't be like this person either.
right sorry, American arrogance strikes again. I shall now insert this carnivorous earwig into my brain as penance.........hmmmm kinda tickles a little bit.
Remember, there’s stupidity and ignorance, and then there’s intentionally interpreting every single event in your life through the lens of a personal attack.
Jesus was a brown-skinned socialist Jew, not some Aryan wet dream who advocated for guns and capitalism. But a lot of his alleged fanclub have severe trouble accepting that.
It is 46% self-identifying Christian though, and Christianity is the official (by law) state religion of England. They should get rid of their state religion (like Wales and Northern Ireland did!) and no doubt the commenter in the original post is a hugely ignorant, hateful bigot, but it's hard to argue that the UK is not Christian by the primary metrics one might determine.
And one of the founding principles of the USA is that the government will never establish an official religion (despite radical evangelicals/Republicans best efforts).
It has to be fucking exhausting and miserable to be so full of hate and pretending to be the victim of some wide conspiracy of Christian oppression all the time. I mean I get it, they litterslly have no context on how to live any other way but, come on, these people have to have experienced some small maner of joy somewhere in their lives that they can contrast against to realize their are better ways of being right?
tetondons
Ash Wednesday is forty days (not including Sundays) before the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring equinox. So technically its timing is also determined by the moon.
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HardcoreMango
Also not the nation in the post
AlmostClever
Outstanding sass, no notes.
happywalker
the dumb never goes away sadly
TanithRosenbaum
I mean, their answer was great, but I feel that when someone starts with something like "It's a christian nation" or "we're a christian nation", it's better to just shut them down and make it very clear it's anything but.
Mountaineer30680
Wow, talk about a SNOWFLAKE
khaoselement
Christians and their fucking persecution complex. I can't even say complex anymore, it's a fucking KINK for those braindead morons.
justaguyinthebackrow
Look, that's not the point. The point is being angry and hateful.
robnorrisradio
Yeah, it was, but they took the high road by educating the ignorant one. Insults do no good.
Whether any of it will sink in is another matter altogether...
Grapeape2000
They didn't need to put that last sentence in there - but I'm glad they did.
eastend666
Oh Maggie Tyers, you dumb twat.
LuminoZero
The problem is that we treat these people like adults.
"Go fuck yourself you stupid cunt" is the only response they deserve.
katolu
Maggie is a turd floating in the gene pool.
pilomotor
That pool could use some more chlorine.
Jewdakris
Well here's the answer, neither should be up, I don't give a fuck about your space daddy.
cunninlinguist
Akule
A suspiciously precise date for someone who is supposedly not involved with moon creations...
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
But the moon isn't real. Every gathering needs their Maggie Tyres!
ReallyOG
If the moon isn’t real then where the fuck do we get cheese from? Have you ever seen cheese? Yes. There is your proof.
gronzilla
Yeah the moon never landed!
ProfessorVanDiggenSagg
Nonsense! Of course the moon is real. You can clearly see it on the landing footage.
Trisar
You can't fool me. That's clearly a green screen from the sound stage on Mars!
mastrocj
Yupp. They used chatgpt to change the red to gray.
ProfessorVanDiggenSagg
cantbelievethisisstillavailable
The stupidity knows no bounds.
DerpMeister
20% stupidity, 80% hate.
Strategicgnomer
The stupidity is international and weaponized. It is bots almost half the time, and the other half are so very small a proportion of the population as to be ignorable. The bigger problem is who and why make bots to stir up shit? And this is getting ignored very much every day by leadership around the world.
Mountons
I trust you're talking about religion writ large.
cantbelievethisisstillavailable
Not at all. There are many religious people who are not stupid. Stephen Colbert is a devout Catholic but I doubt he'd make the same assertion the person in this screenshot did. I know a ton of Episcopalians who are very well educated and wouldn't be like this person either.
Mountons
Calling religion stupid isn't the same as calling the people who have been duped by religion stupid. I believe I did only the former.
Oatmealman1
Stupid is as Christians are
imnotinthewitnessprotectionprogram
Someone call the burn ward
BarnegatLight
Can we really be *sure* that Bedford Borough Council wasn't responsible for creating the moon? Do they have any proof?
KAPTKipper
"Pound Sand" with facts
cytherians
We also didn't start the fire...
LaBrujaDelInfierno
As an atheist I’ll say this one of the few excuses one can use to quit drinking for 40 days that remotely makes sense.
DAAHOOVAA
Also the US is *NOT* a Christian nation. Literally says so in the Constitution.
ChloeRed
Bedford Borough Council (https://www.bedford.gov.uk ) isn't in the US, and the US Constitution has no meaning to it?
DAAHOOVAA
right sorry, American arrogance strikes again. I shall now insert this carnivorous earwig into my brain as penance.........hmmmm kinda tickles a little bit.
ChloeRed
Is this about to become a sort of Chekov's gun.... ;)
Nukls
How the moon was made ...
ontarioOT
Why is Ryu green?
TheLark
So that the hadukan is silver? Guessing it is color shifted
TheLark
Doesn't explain why Honda is still normal
InitHello
It's a shiny.
DiracsDelta
Remember, there’s stupidity and ignorance, and then there’s intentionally interpreting every single event in your life through the lens of a personal attack.
doctorId
Grievance politics is a load bearing pillar of the conservative ideology. Its success depends on people seeing every out group as an enemy.
adamlstf9
“In Somalia we execute pedophiles” “HOW DARE YOU THREATEN THE PRESIDENT LIKE THAT?!”
RevRagnarok
"Persecution Complex"
tzahtman
I feel attacked
TheWhiteBarry
Lucky for us the people of Imgur would never do such a silly thing as paint themselves to be a permanent victim 😂😂😂
sqeewew
I mean... when not up voting furry porn and wondering why the site has lost 90% of its base...
IBroughtASpareDrainpipe
The UK is most certainly NOT a "christian country"! Approximately 6% of adults in the UK are considered active, practising Christians, defined as those who attend church at least monthly and pray or read the Bible weekly, according to a 2022 Talking Jesus report. https://www.christianpost.com/news/talking-jesus-survey-finds-only-6-percent-of-brits-identify-as-practicing-christians.html
Idsertian
We're a secular nation, but on a census, when pushed, most people will write "Jedi." - Bill Bailey
nemephis
Tell those anti muslim clowns that christianity is, just like islam, a middle eastern religion. It blows their tiny minds.
Daliena06
Jesus was a brown-skinned socialist Jew, not some Aryan wet dream who advocated for guns and capitalism. But a lot of his alleged fanclub have severe trouble accepting that.
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
It is 46% self-identifying Christian though, and Christianity is the official (by law) state religion of England. They should get rid of their state religion (like Wales and Northern Ireland did!) and no doubt the commenter in the original post is a hugely ignorant, hateful bigot, but it's hard to argue that the UK is not Christian by the primary metrics one might determine.
supervillin
They're so Christian that some Christians had to leave and make the USA about it.
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
And one of the founding principles of the USA is that the government will never establish an official religion (despite radical evangelicals/Republicans best efforts).
BarryTheCyborg
The Puritans didn't leave willingly. They were such self righteous assholes that their neighbors and the government essentially kicked them out.
CatShadowleaf
ourari
Must be tiresome to be so ignorant that everything offends you.
randomwalrus
I dunno, I get by just fine.
StellarJay77
It has to be fucking exhausting and miserable to be so full of hate and pretending to be the victim of some wide conspiracy of Christian oppression all the time. I mean I get it, they litterslly have no context on how to live any other way but, come on, these people have to have experienced some small maner of joy somewhere in their lives that they can contrast against to realize their are better ways of being right?
Misteree8
All three monotheistic religions teach that they are victims and persecuted, so it tracks.
onecowboytoo
This really offends me. Reported /s
Shaodyn
I suspect that they constantly look for reasons to be offended. Which sounds even more exhausting.
FatalError1337
Nah, they like being able to play the victim.
ChiLLeCheeze
How dare you accuse me of playing the victim?! You're THE victim fatal ERROR! MORE LIKE FAT AI ERROR!!
pete8772
Try decaf