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I see the msm fairly spinning now against Trump and that clip of him and Epstein is being played on a loop at every opportunity, they must think people are awful stupid.
BBC say the video editing was an 'error' lol, they have lost all credibility in this case anyway, no longer a trusted source in my eyes.
Very good Ulster Championship coverage though I'll give them that, also better reporting n things here in Donegal than we get from RTE.

Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3553 - 13/11/2025 13:52:31    2644290

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "I get this feels convenient, but ask yourself this. If you knew for certain God existed would you have free will?

I don't think so. The whole point is you have to want to return out of love, not be forced to by fear."
Why ask a question and then assume the answer?

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8343 - 13/11/2025 15:11:44    2644308

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "Why ask a question and then assume the answer?"
I'm not assuming, I'm providing my thoughts. I'm very open to an alternative view

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4028 - 13/11/2025 15:28:53    2644310

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "Why ask a question and then assume the answer?"
Probably because it was a rhetorical question?

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17497 - 13/11/2025 15:54:26    2644318

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Replying To Viking66:  "I'm still a Christian."
I have no issue with you being a Christian, you are probably a good one, I'm a Christian myself. I am sort of curious to know why after making two loaded statements, (1) I have absolutely no time for the Catholic Church.
(2) I don't have enough time to list out all the reasons for that statement either. - that you find the time and the interest to post on the subject that you have no time for etc, etc, etc.

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3301 - 13/11/2025 15:58:39    2644320

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Replying To Tirchonaill1:  "I see the msm fairly spinning now against Trump and that clip of him and Epstein is being played on a loop at every opportunity, they must think people are awful stupid.
BBC say the video editing was an 'error' lol, they have lost all credibility in this case anyway, no longer a trusted source in my eyes.
Very good Ulster Championship coverage though I'll give them that, also better reporting n things here in Donegal than we get from RTE."
Maybe Trump should release the Epstein files so if he has nothing to hide. That would put an end to the speculation don't you think?

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1583 - 13/11/2025 16:06:29    2644322

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Replying To Lockjaw:  "What did we make of Denis O'Brien's hybrid working comments the other day?
I found them laughable to be honest and totally disingenuous.

Apparently "the country is grinding to a halt" because of the hybrid working model.

No mention of course of the benefits:
Work-life balance
Huge reduction in lost hours commuting
Environmental benefit
People in rural areas being able to acquire jobs that they ordinarily wouldn't even apply for

Sounds to me like this is a commercial property portfolio problem but maybe that's me just being cynical."
Squeeze more out of the people. Everyone working their ***** off and rushing and racing. It's a pure rat race out there and working from home is one small thing that makes life a bit easier for people. He said three days a week as well which is wrong, it's 2 I'm pretty sure for civil service. Was beneficial to rural communities as well with people nothing having to move to Dublin. These big business types will choose profit over people every day of the week. Greed knows no bounds. Every day we get closer to the corporate working culture of America.

FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 458 - 13/11/2025 16:23:19    2644324

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Replying To Viking66:  "Probably because it was a rhetorical question?"
Fair point.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8343 - 13/11/2025 16:27:25    2644326

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Replying To supersub15:  "I have no issue with you being a Christian, you are probably a good one, I'm a Christian myself. I am sort of curious to know why after making two loaded statements, (1) I have absolutely no time for the Catholic Church.
(2) I don't have enough time to list out all the reasons for that statement either. - that you find the time and the interest to post on the subject that you have no time for etc, etc, etc."
What's a good Christian?

Could they behave like a good Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, other religion, no religion?

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8343 - 13/11/2025 16:29:09    2644327

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Replying To supersub15:  "I have no issue with you being a Christian, you are probably a good one, I'm a Christian myself. I am sort of curious to know why after making two loaded statements, (1) I have absolutely no time for the Catholic Church.
(2) I don't have enough time to list out all the reasons for that statement either. - that you find the time and the interest to post on the subject that you have no time for etc, etc, etc."
What is a good Christian?

Could they behave like a good Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, other religion, no religion?

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8343 - 13/11/2025 16:38:30    2644330

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Replying To supersub15:  "I have no issue with you being a Christian, you are probably a good one, I'm a Christian myself. I am sort of curious to know why after making two loaded statements, (1) I have absolutely no time for the Catholic Church.
(2) I don't have enough time to list out all the reasons for that statement either. - that you find the time and the interest to post on the subject that you have no time for etc, etc, etc."
Ive plenty of time Supersub. But if I lived to be 150 Id still not have enough time to go back through 2000 odd years of the various Christian Churches histories highlighting things they did wrong. Very wrong, very un Christian and plain bad deeds. Or sanctioned the same. Or covered up the same.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17497 - 13/11/2025 16:57:26    2644334

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Replying To supersub15:  "I have no issue with you being a Christian, you are probably a good one, I'm a Christian myself. I am sort of curious to know why after making two loaded statements, (1) I have absolutely no time for the Catholic Church.
(2) I don't have enough time to list out all the reasons for that statement either. - that you find the time and the interest to post on the subject that you have no time for etc, etc, etc."
Ive plenty of time Supersub. But if I lived to be 150 Id still not have enough time to go back through 2000 odd years of the various Christian Churches histories highlighting things they did wrong. Very wrong, very un Christian and plain bad deeds. Or sanctioned the same. Or covered up the same.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17497 - 13/11/2025 17:20:06    2644335

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "What is a good Christian?

Could they behave like a good Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, other religion, no religion?"
Good people are good people. Religions are religions. They are nearly unrelated topics.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17497 - 13/11/2025 17:22:02    2644336

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Replying To Tirchonaill1:  "I see the msm fairly spinning now against Trump and that clip of him and Epstein is being played on a loop at every opportunity, they must think people are awful stupid.
BBC say the video editing was an 'error' lol, they have lost all credibility in this case anyway, no longer a trusted source in my eyes.
Very good Ulster Championship coverage though I'll give them that, also better reporting n things here in Donegal than we get from RTE."
Any sign of these files that were his election promise?

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8631 - 13/11/2025 17:39:51    2644340

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "In this particular context, I'm surprised that you're picky about the logistical difference between vanishing/disappearing and 'dissolving into soil' etc. It's not as if any bird etc is going to reassemble us, and bring us back to life. No, I think that task has been assigned to the big man on 'the last day', but I could be wrong about that!!"
Because none of those elements go away, the point is you are not new, you are just an arrangement in time of atoms that have been here for billions of years.

FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 458 - 13/11/2025 19:20:28    2644350

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "What is a good Christian?

Could they behave like a good Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, other religion, no religion?"
Far be it for me to tell you what a good Christiann is, however, in my opinion the expression "Christian" comes from the word Christ, as does Christianity and with Christianity comes the commitment to follow Christ, add to that you got to believe in Christ. For the record Protestants are Christians even allowing for that little bit of a difference between them and us RC's.

In a nutshell, if you believe in Christ, you will follow him, if you follow him, you are home and dry.

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3301 - 13/11/2025 19:39:25    2644355

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Replying To Viking66:  "Ive plenty of time Supersub. But if I lived to be 150 Id still not have enough time to go back through 2000 odd years of the various Christian Churches histories highlighting things they did wrong. Very wrong, very un Christian and plain bad deeds. Or sanctioned the same. Or covered up the same."
You seem to be carrying more than your fair share of historical heartache, which we all do for a short time anyway, but we all deal with historic stuff differently if we don't it has the potential to eat us up. There's a couple of issues I tried to mention here through a couple of posts but failed to get by admin so anything I say now I must run it through a filter first, freedom of expression is very important, however even with great honesty its subject to filtration.

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3301 - 13/11/2025 20:18:14    2644358

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Great win for Ireland over Portugal. There's still some hope of a World Cup spot I suppose.

SouthGalway (Galway) - Posts: 94 - 13/11/2025 21:53:47    2644366

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