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Here's an "insightful" social tool I've just spent a few minutes composing for the Apathetic Agnostic Church. I hope it is well received.

Clarified Religious Tolerance – Safe Sects

Religious tolerance is a thorny issue among many. Knowing the correct time and place to discuss religion is a social problem that many people have a difficult time overcoming. After some careful thought about this very subject, I believe I have the correct guidelines to make safe religious discussion clear and simple for all.

If you've ever had sexual harassment training, then you should know what a 'hostile environment' is, and that telling a few off-color jokes is potentially a very expensive mistake. Think of saying “Jesus” or “Allah” as a lewd synonym for “male anatomy”, and “God” as a lewd synonym for “female anatomy”. Any discussion involving interactions between these keywords is exactly like describing interactions between such anatomy. If it's with a friend or acquaintance, consider whether you would discuss the inadequacy of their private anatomy with them before you discuss the inadequacy of their religion.

Just like sexual jokes and discussions, religious jokes and discussions are prone to set off “sensitive” people. These “sensitive” people will literally perk up and eavesdrop on second-hand discussion from other rooms and turn out to be “deeply offended” that it even took place near enough to them that they could quietly overhear it later on.

It is naturally appropriate to discuss anything you like with consenting good friends in a private setting, just as it is appropriate to discuss sex in a private setting. In a social setting where you may openly joke about or discuss dirty sex, you can openly discuss religion, too.
 
evildave said:
Apathetic Agnostic Church.
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I've never heard of the Apathetic Agnostic Church...

What does the bible look like, a Hallmark card with "I dont know" written inside...
 
From the link:
Para traducir páginas de este sitio de telaraña en el español, chasquean la bandera abajo.
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Well, it has a link to freetranslation.com, let's see what we get...

The source for the original text is http://www.apatheticagnostic.com/Church/faith.html.

Original text (Although it is quoted in full, the article was really short, I can remove some of the quote if its a problem):
This section contains all that is really important. All the rest of this extensive website is mere expansion on these fundamentals, or filler and amusements. (That is not intended to imply that you would not find it interesting to expore some of the other sections.) If you understand and accept these Articles of Faith, then you are an Apathetic Agnostic, whether or not you can be bothered to actually join the Church.

1. The existence of a Supreme Being is unknown and unknowable.

To believe in the existence of a god is an act of faith. To believe in the nonexistence of a god is likewise an act of faith. There is no evidence that there is a Supreme Being nor is there evidence there is not a Supreme Being. Faith is not knowledge. We can only state with assurance that we do not know.

2. If there is a Supreme Being, then that being appears to act as if apathetic to events in our universe.

All events in our Universe, including its creation, can be explained with or without the existence of a Supreme Being. Thus, if there is indeed a God, then that god has had no more impact than no god at all. To all appearances, any purported Supreme Being is indifferent to our Universe and to its inhabitants.

3. We are apathetic to the existence or nonexistence of a Supreme Being.

If there is a God, and that God does not appear to care, then there is no reason to concern ourselves with whether or not a Supreme Being exists, nor should we have any interest in satisfying the purported needs of that Supreme Being.
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Translated into Spanish, then back into English via FreeTranslation.com:
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1. The existence of a Most supreme one Is is stranger and insondable.

To believe in the existence of a God is an act of the faith. To believe in the non-existence of a God is likewise an act of the faith. There is not the evidence that there is a Most supreme one Is neither is there evidence there is not a Most supreme one Is. The faith is not the knowledge. We are able only state with the certainty that we do not know.

2. If there is a Most supreme one Is, then that is appears to act as if apático to events in our universe.

All events in our Universe, inclusive its creation, can be explained with or without the existence of a Most supreme one Is. Thus, if there is truly a God, then that God has not had more impact than ningun God. By it it seen, intended Most supreme Is is indifferent to our Universe and to its inhabitants.

3. We are apáticos to the existence or the non-existence of a Most supreme one Is.

If there is a God, and that God does not appear to take care of, then he there is not not the reason to concern us with if neither a Most supreme one Is exists, neither should we have no interest to satisfy the needs intended that Most supreme Is.
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Hee hee hee...
 
You call that translatoring? Behold:

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So, it's really all about the shoes? And not just shoes, but agonizing ones.
 
Original posted by c4ts
This profile is important with realness and all it includes. ...
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c4ts, that text you translated happens to be the assembly instructions for the new desk I bought.

Walt
 
c4ts said:
You call that translatoring? Behold:
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I attempted to find a l33t translation tool online, unfortunately my eyes imploded...

Words written "l33t"... whats even worse is all the non-numerical characters appear to be in alternating caps... and none of the words are spelled right (and the grammar is horrible)... the following block of text is incomprehensible...

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JEEBUS! WE NEED YOU TO SAVE THE CHILDREN!
 
Leet caps lets the rest of the hackers know that you rules. Near as I can make out.

So, as a guideline, how does the "dirty sex" and "religion" rule stand up?

Obviously, there are special cases where it doesn't work. For instance, if you're about to get into a sweet young thing's pants, it's OK to talk about dirty sex now, but the last thing you probably want to do is bring up religion.
 
You might talk about sects with your own children, but would you talk about sects with other people's children?

Should you talk about and joke about sects at the office? In email? On the company BBS?

On the internet, where you can see nekked people doing unnatural things to each other with plastic help by clicking a seemingly innocent link in your email... of course we can talk about sects.

If you work for a porn magazine, of course you can probably talk about sex at work. Can you talk about sects at work if you worked for Chick.com? Probably.
 
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