Sean from Oz

I am a former experimental physicist and now a teacher. Ethics can be grounded in enlightened rational self interest.
My sci fi novel is in my website.

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I have a masters degree in physics and taught 3rd year university astrophysics.
I personally verified the Big Bang, and estimated the age of the universe to be 8 billion years from telescope data.

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The Catholic Church executed people for heresy and being Protestant - which are victimless crimes.

Unlike a lot of atheists I am all for execution for aggravated murder that is proven beyond doubt.

The DP could deter "rational" murderers and permanently protect the community, including Prison inmates and staff.

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@VinceClarke1066 @BrettWithLogos @Tsar_Martyr Most of the worst places in the world are Islamic or Communist.

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@wakeuptotheleft Hope "she" is in a men's prison.

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@IQTestBrain 17

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@samueleyekosi We exchange gifts in my family and cook a special meal - not turkey.

When I was a kid we would do the whole Christmas tree thing.

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@VinceClarke1066 @BrettWithLogos @Tsar_Martyr I know it is wrong to harm other people and that atoms exist - no faith involved.

It is not selfish to not believe in God if the evidence does not warrant the belief.

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@BrettWithLogos @JMScott47129224 @Tsar_Martyr The Catholic Church went from Capital Punishment good to Capital Punishment evil.

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@VinceClarke1066 @BrettWithLogos @Tsar_Martyr "The alleged short cut to knowledge that is faith - is a short circuit destroying the mind."

Ayn Rand

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Popes, councils, and the Catechism long taught that the state may use capital punishment as a just penalty.

The Catholic Church used capital punishment on heretics like Giordano Bruno.

The 1992 Catechism still allowed it in rare cases of extreme gravity.

In 2018 Pope Francis revised paragraph 2267 of the Catechism to declare the death penalty “inadmissible” because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.

That is a clear change in the Church’s official moral presentation of the issue.

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Gender affirming care and surgery actually significantly increases the rate of psychiatric problems trans people have, compared to people with gender dysphoria who just get psychiatric treatment.

A medical professional wouldn't affirm an anorexic's delusion they are fat, so why affirm a boy's delusion he is a girl.

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Gender affirming care and surgery actually significantly increases the rate of psychiatric problems trans people have, compared to people with gender dysphoria who just get psychiatric treatment.

A medical professional wouldn't affirm an anorexic's delusion they are fat, so why affirm a boy's delusion he is a girl.

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@DocAtCDI A crown

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A mass Muslim prayer on the road or idiot ecofascists gluing themselves to it inconveniences people.

The police should remove those people and there should be consequences to deter such behaviour.

People have the right to express their opinions - but no right to prevent fellow citizens going about their lawful business.

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@Peterg9wd @___TheGOOdWitch Jesus was a Jew who quoted from the Jewish scriptures and taught at a synagogue. It was claimed he was descended from David by two different geneologies.

I am an atheist but I have actually read the Gospels rather than quoting Marxist and Islamist propaganda.

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@12parks @hashbrowne Ginnevan goes down pretty hard like he is winded. If it was "low impact" he would have wrestled Neale.

He can't have been trying to milk a free as there is no umpire in cooee.

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@DannyHirst @ThePosieParker Because the British Government from the King on down is intent on appeasing Muslims, and don't want to defend the Christian and humanist values Britain is founded on.

Christians and atheists don't blow themselves up on public transport or at pop concerts.

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With 500+ Christian sects plus all the other religions you can't claim Christian consistency.

The Catholic Church believed torturing heretics and burning them at the stake was acceptable.

Southern slave owners believed the Bible says owning slaves is moral - which it does.

The second greatest commandment is "love your neighbor as yourself" and historically a lot of Christians have been pretty crap at that.

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@ImtiazMadmood Given how fast G W Bush conquered Iraq, a full scale invasion of Iran is doable but costly.

Better to not have started this stupid war in the first place.

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@ImtiazMadmood Saudi Arabia spends twice what Israel does on defence.

But they don't train or have recent practice.