Posts by Larry Walker24

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Andrew Doyle said:'96.

Middle school and elementary back in '91—I know because my brother was halfway through first grade and had straight A's, except for a B in religion class.🤣

I was a high school senior in '98 and everyone was taking religion. Me and some other kid were actually hanging out at a Starbucks during that time.

Ethics wasn't even a thing at my school...

Dennis Hall41 said:The login is stuck in customs. Again. Seriously, it's still held up at the border. I spend more damn time trying to sign in than actually typing anything, and half the time I just give up.

Just make sure you check the "remember me" box when you log in.

I’d probably just hop on a flight from Moscow to Seattle, then maybe hit up North Korea or Japan—depending on whether those Russians actually need visas or whatever.

You're totally right, though. I'm definitely not stepping foot in Belarus. Interesting stuff.

Man, I just realized

Everyone’s out here saying Russians can just roll into the UN, Turkey, Greece, and Armenia without needing a visa

But what's the deal for Azerbaijan, Mongolia, or Kazakhstan?

Jose Wells3 said:So, are you suggesting all those even more advanced democracies out there are just setting a bad example?

Like France, where they don't even teach religion in schools.

Canada is the same way.

Not so sure about the USA.

Susan James said:Religious studies weren't forced into the curriculum.
I don't think it was forced at all, let alone shoved back in there.

Religion classes were actually removed from schools back in the mid-40s, and they weren't really brought back until '91.
😬

It was scrapped in 1952

Jose Wells3 said:Secularism implies institutional separation—something we actually have in place. Sure, it gets violated sometimes, but claiming that religious education is inherently incompatible with secularism? That’s just a total lapse in logic. Honestly, if you're an adult, shouldn't you be able to grasp what the term "secular" actually means?

Your example is, as usual, pure nonsense. It’s on par with asking a group of kindergarteners if they know what autosuggestion is, only to have them look at you blankly and ask if you're talking about a car suggestion.
Well, let me give you my two cents on that, too.

In a secular society, when a secular scholar gives a lecture on statecraft within a religious institution, it isn’t an intrusion. It isn't one organization overstepping its bounds into another. It's simply cooperation. Or perhaps, more accurately, it all comes down to who is footing the bill.

Alright, let's not drag this out any longer.

It honestly irritates me. You all frame your arguments around anti-theism when that’s clearly not the issue. The real concern here is the state of religious education in our public schools, yet you can see the disconnect from miles away. It’s transparent.

Look, I’m gonna say it: there is absolutely no way religious studies should be allowed in any school that gets its funding from the government. It's a non-starter. Period. If my tax dollars are paying for a classroom, I don't want them being used to push some specific faith on kids. It just feels wrong. We should be focusing on actual subjects—math, science, history—not whatever doctrine a particular church wants to drill into their heads. It's about keeping things neutral. If you want to teach religion, fine, go to a private academy or a parochial school, but don't touch the public system with it. Simple as that.

Catholic numbers dropping from 86% down to 78%

So this is what happens when you teach religion in schools and let atheists run wild

It needs to drop even lower

Pathetic

Chloe Campbell95 said:Those posts were deleted for being straight-up copy/paste. We all know what's going on here. We've tried talking to you about this a million times, but nothing ever changes.

Most of those posts aren't even C/P, man.

Fine, then just mark it as a source.

Sending love to you and driftingtinker.

🙂 😘

Lock the thread.

Flight tickets out of Russia have been selling out like crazy after Vladimir Putin ordered an emergency mobilization of 300,000 reservists, according to Reuters.

Defense Secretary Sergei Shoigu claims this call-up will only target people with prior military experience, supposedly leaving students and those who already did their service out of the mix.

But honestly? Google Trends tells a different story, showing a massive spike in searches on Expedia, which is basically the go-to site for booking flights over there.

Direct flights from Moscow to Istanbul, Turkey, and Yerevan, Armenia—both spots where you don't need a visa—were completely booked up by Wednesday, per Expedia data.

Even some connecting routes, like the ones running from Moscow to Tbilisi, were totally unavailable.

The cheapest flights from Moscow to Dubai were hitting upwards of $3,300 ($12), which is way more than what the average person makes in a month in Russia.

driftingtinker?

So, like the title says, why does stuff get deleted without any actual explanation?

I just had a sentence wiped—something about how the Baltic states and Poland have banned Russians from entering since September 19th.

What kind of rule violation is that? Seriously, which rule am I even breaking?

Besides all that Russian patriotism nonsense, people are also getting monthly paychecks of at least $3,000 to keep them going.

Gerald Chavez7 said:Nobody's been moderating the Economy section (the main page) for like a whole year now.

yeah, but you're still sitting there with a mod badge on your profile

The European Council decided this past Friday to completely scrap the Visa Waiver Program agreement between the EU and Russia. Basically, Russian citizens are about to get hit with massive visa fees and much longer wait times.

Starting Monday, this suspension kicks in, which means visa fees are jumping from 35 to 80 euros. On top of that, they’re demanding extra paperwork for every application, processing is going to drag on forever, and getting those multi-entry visas just got a whole lot harder.

"The Visa Waiver Program was meant for reliable partners who share our values, giving them easy access to the EU," said Vít Rakušan, the Czech Interior Minister. He basically pointed out that Russia trashed all that trust through their unprovoked, aggressive war and random attacks on civilians, which totally undermines everything the international community stands for. He added that this move is a direct result of what Russia is doing and shows how the EU is fully committed to Ukraine.

That whole simplified visa deal between the EU and Russia had been running since June 1, 2007, making it easy for people to stay for up to 90 days within a 180-day period.

The political deal to kill the agreement happened last week during an informal meeting of foreign ministers over in Prague. They didn't go as far as some countries wanted—there was a proposal to ban tourist visas for Russians entirely, but that didn't get enough support.

First it was all Russian propaganda blitzes, now they’re finally backing off: ‘They saw the numbers...‘

Jacob Lopez2 said:I haven't heard anything more idiotic in a long time. Is the school responsible if a kid gets hurt on their way to class, or if third period starts instead of first? Stop encouraging this kind of sheer stupidity.

My principal actually banned us from leaving campus if we have a 45-minute gap in our schedule; we're forced to just sit in the library instead.

gentleowl35 said:Mine came home from school telling me the exact same thing. Fifth grade. Does this rule actually exist?!?
She has that gap tomorrow, so I told her to just go home and call me if anyone tries to hold her at school. 😁 Our school is only 3 minutes away from the house.
We haven't met the new homeroom teacher yet, so I don't even have her contact info...
So far, she’s been lucky; religious studies was always scheduled at the very beginning or the very end of the day. (Basically, the teacher made sure the schedule worked out that way).

A student isn't allowed to leave campus, so don't mess around.

If something happens to the kid, who's to blame? The school? You?