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"Abject failure" of secularism

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  • #92
    Banbh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭Banbh


    It's interesting how similar discussions on 'economics' are to theological disputes.

    The definition of terms is always in dispute and the road to salvation is held by each side with little more than faith. Neither is based on the scientific method and owes more to the teachings of some holy man and his book rather than reality. Each side can produce preachers and economists to argue the diametric opposite to the other and each claiming to be the one true word. When the real world does not produce the projected outcome, a new twist is inserted - the world will end, the economy will recover the year after next.

    We could make a great saving by combining all the religious departments in universities with the economics departments.


  • #93
    legspin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,018 ✭✭✭legspin


    Banbh wrote: »
    It's interesting how similar discussions on 'economics' are to theological disputes.

    The definition of terms is always in dispute and the road to salvation is held by each side with little more than faith. Neither is based on the scientific method and owes more to the teachings of some holy man and his book rather than reality. Each side can produce preachers and economists to argue the diametric opposite to the other and each claiming to be the one true word. When the real world does not produce the projected outcome, a new twist is inserted - the world will end, the economy will recover the year after next.

    We could make a great saving by combining all the religious departments in universities with the economics departments.

    Never thought of it like that before. I'm not sure you can really opt out of economics in the same way though.


  • #94
    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    MrPudding wrote: »
    There is a real fancy shopping centre near where I live, you will often see burka clad woman shopping for clothes. There is something slightly odd seeing a woman in a burka carrying an agent provocature bag!

    MrP

    I quite fancy wearing a burqa. I could wear it over pyjamas and fluffy bunny slippers to all those places that ban people wearing pyjamas and just loiter. What fun!

    Note - I have to concede the point made last night when I was musing on the possibility of burga wearing that if anyone tried to make me wear a burga I'd probably set fire to them :cool:.


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