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#2324942 26-Sep-2019 02:56

Its an interesting submission made by Rugby Australia today. While it's obviously made from their point of view it paints Folau as lacking integrity.

While Rugby Australia is a sh$t show so don't think their legal advisors would let them put forward things that weren't diarised or properly documented.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/it-won-t-happen-again-folau-told-wallabies-coach-20190925-p52uts.html

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#2355541 18-Nov-2019 10:10

I see Israel Folau is at it again:

Fire and droughts in Australia are God's punishment

Religious people who self-appoint themselves as a god's spokesperson piss me off. If these naturally occurring events were truly a god's punishment, that god can grow a set of balls and announce it himself.

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#2355561 18-Nov-2019 10:29

DarthKermit:

I see Israel Folau is at it again:

Fire and droughts in Australia are God's punishment

Religious people who self-appoint themselves as a god's spokesperson piss me off. If these naturally occurring events were truly a god's punishment, that god can grow a set of balls and announce it himself.

Best tweet I have seen on his latest outburst:

Israel Folau is our punishment for ignoring climate change.

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#2355562 18-Nov-2019 10:29

He is playing to an audience and the stupid press are giving him a stage. He is of course allowed his deluded views as are those who disagree with him. If he is simply ignored he gains nothing.

A world that has gone totally insane.

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#2355588 18-Nov-2019 11:10

Unfortunately there are a fair number of people who share those views.

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#2355604 18-Nov-2019 11:30

Rikkitic:

Unfortunately there are a fair number of people who share those views.

That is true of many things like believing the world is flat, ancient aliens, santa claus, Abel Tasman discovering New Zealand.....

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#2355615 18-Nov-2019 11:54

Apparently the flat earth cult is gaining acolytes at an alarming rate. There seems to be a worldwide trend underway to reject science and embrace barbarianism. Before long we will all be dancing around maypoles and sacrificing virgins to placate the 5G gods.

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#2355620 18-Nov-2019 12:08

Rikkitic:

Apparently the flat earth cult is gaining acolytes at an alarming rate. There seems to be a worldwide trend underway to reject science and embrace barbarianism. Before long we will all be dancing around maypoles and sacrificing virgins to placate the 5G gods.

People prefer to believe some random person on YouTube than a presentation or lecture by a PhD. They trust a rugby players opinion over that of a climate scientist or the average 6 year old. They cannot believe all the evidence of the Globe, space and moon landings because they cannot see it, touch it or experience it themselves but explicitly believe in an unseen, untouched or unproven deity.

A world that has gone totally insane.

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#2355673 18-Nov-2019 12:36

If you blame it on god (or any other deity), it resolves you of any responsibility, or any responsibility to do anything about it. Because it is not your fault.

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#2355678 18-Nov-2019 12:45

Well now, since he no longer works for a notable sports team, he's just some guy.

I put his opinions in the same basket as the people who sometimes hang out by the train station handing out pamphlets - not very important to me.

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#2355682 18-Nov-2019 12:49

elpenguino:

Well now, since he no longer works for a notable sports team, he's just some guy.

I put his opinions in the same basket as the people who sometimes hang out by the train station handing out pamphlets - not very important to me.

this. people tweet stuff. all kinds of stuff. all the time. about all sorts of topics.

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#2355715 18-Nov-2019 13:36

MikeB4:

Rikkitic:

Apparently the flat earth cult is gaining acolytes at an alarming rate. There seems to be a worldwide trend underway to reject science and embrace barbarianism. Before long we will all be dancing around maypoles and sacrificing virgins to placate the 5G gods.

People prefer to believe some random person on YouTube than a presentation or lecture by a PhD. They trust a rugby players opinion over that of a climate scientist or the average 16 year old. They cannot believe all the evidence of the Globe, space and moon landings because they cannot see it, touch it or experience it themselves but explicitly believe in an unseen, untouched or unproven deity.

Fixed that for you. :-)

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#2355877 18-Nov-2019 16:06

tdgeek:

Note that I respect The Bible, and I respect religions. There is more than one religion so which one is correct?

i think the problem is about zealots not only declaring themselves correct, but also that everyone else is wrong.

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#2357223 19-Nov-2019 12:51

My new favourite tweet ...

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#2357230 19-Nov-2019 13:14

everytime this sort of debates pop up, you don't know how lucky that we have free speech here. anyone wants to try this sort of debate in Saudi / China ... be my guest ...

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