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Re: Colorado pastor charged for cryptocurrency scam he perpetrated at God's command

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Post by trust_bt_verify »

ionwake wrote: post #60
trust_bt_verify wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kinda a naive statement. Around 1/3 of males in the world are circumcised with highest rates in the US, Middle East, and South Korea. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/16194-circu...

Although you are being a bit rude calling me naive, you are not wrong regarding your percentage, and I was wrong in my general attitude that few people do outside the USA, however I meant, most countries that practice circumcision other than the USA ( western / developed ). However you are right regarding all countries, and for this I thank you for opening my eyes. I am from Europe where it isn't a thing, this table…

The article was the source for the top countries and overall percentage I used in my statement. It’s fine if you would like to make unsubstantiated claims but I felt it was better to provide a source for my claim.

Is Ghana a western democracy or did you just toss them in for some extra bias/flair? Maybe you just had trouble staying on track with the thread which was about televangelists and didn’t mention male genitalia at all.

Re: Colorado pastor charged for cryptocurrency scam he perpetrated at God's command

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Post by pavel_lishin »

edgyquant wrote: post #41
JohnMakin wrote: post #23

What’s funny is if he promises eternal rewards instead of $$$ this isn’t illegal at all.

That isn’t funny and there isn’t a widely accepted intrinsic value to eternal paradise. You’re just anti-religious and want the excuse to let us all know

I disagree, I think it's mildly funny. But there isn't a widely accepted intrinsic value to humor, I guess.

Re: Colorado pastor charged for cryptocurrency scam he perpetrated at God's command

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Post by ionwake »

trust_bt_verify wrote: post #71
ionwake wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Although you are being a bit rude calling me naive, you are not wrong regarding your percentage, and I was wrong in my general attitude that few people do outside the USA, however I meant, most countries that practice circumcision other than the USA ( western / developed ). However you are right regarding all countries, and for this I thank you for opening my eyes. I am from Europe where it isn't a thing, this table…

The article was the source for the top countries and overall percentage I used in my statement. It’s fine if you would like to make unsubstantiated claims but I felt it was better to provide a source for my claim. Is Ghana a western democracy or did you just toss them in for some extra bias/flair? Maybe you just had trouble staying on track with the thread which was about televangelists and didn’t mention male genita…

To be honest, I just mentioned it was uncommon due to location I had no idea someone was going to reply with links to articles about the benefits of male circumcision, I felt compelled to reply as a result.

But it is a fair enough comment to say I should stay on track when I called you out on it too ( I edited that out as I felt it was a bit rude to comment on your attitude ).

Regarding Ghana I dont think you understood my point, I don't believe Ghana is a Western Democracy, but I do believe it has a high right of circumcision, my point is simply that noone in the West circumcises, only the USA. I guessed Ghana was a poor country with comparatively poorer and lower levels of education and GDP with a high percentage rate of circumcision and it seems I was right - its over 95%

PS - you are again being rude by suggestion I am trying to add flair to look cool. You clearly are having trouble understanding by basic point and instead guessing its because I am trying to sound cool. If you look at my account its over a decade old with barely any points on it, I dont care about upvotes.

Re: Colorado pastor charged for cryptocurrency scam he perpetrated at God's command

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Post by Pat_Murph »

Combining 2 grifts, religion and crypto. Story as old as time.

Take religion, the perfect tool designed to manipulate the credulous masses and now add the latest grift of the moment and take in the money... And when you get called out, blame god.

And these evangelicals claim to be morally superior than the rest of us. Pfff

Re: Colorado pastor charged for cryptocurrency scam he perpetrated at God's command

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Post by makerofthings »

cm2187 wrote: post #11

How do you tell a scam coin from a non scam one? It's like a cult vs a religion, as far as I can tell the only difference is popularity.

The different between a cult and a religion is whether the main character is dead yet.

Re: Colorado pastor charged for cryptocurrency scam he perpetrated at God's command

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Post by [deleted] »

edgyquant wrote: post #41
JohnMakin wrote: post #23

What’s funny is if he promises eternal rewards instead of $$$ this isn’t illegal at all.

That isn’t funny and there isn’t a widely accepted intrinsic value to eternal paradise. You’re just anti-religious and want the excuse to let us all know

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Re: Colorado pastor charged for cryptocurrency scam he perpetrated at God's command

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Post by shadowgovt »

dash2 wrote: post #36
throwup238 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He’s a pastor, not a priest. They have a whole thing about indulgences. It’s kinda their founding prohibition. Though based on this guy’s fundamental moral failings, that probably wouldn’t have stopped him…

That's a brilliant idea: indulgences on the blockchain!

Just wait for the chain to fork from an argument over whether proof of work is necessary or proof of faith is sufficient.
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