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But the bulls will only either kill you or break a few bones if you don't get out of their way. Here, the "bulls" make sure to corner you and pummell you down, just for the thrill of it.

That is essentialy the principle of good faith.

Unfortunately, good faith only goes so far and things have reached a tipping point where clear cut, non dependent of votes and agreements, sanctions and limitations to members states are established.

My own country prefers to pay an yearly fine instead of ending the double taxation in place on fuels.

Hungary is veering further and further towards a totalitarian regime. Arguing that people voted for it is an empty reply. The country is plunging into the completely opposite direction of what a democratic state is.

So stripping the country of its voting rights is not enough.

That's Easter. But since you mention it, there was a time when coal was to be given to the bad kids, which by default were all the non-white and not poor kids.

Bigoted enough for you? I grew up still listening echos of that shit.

I think it is mandatory. There is a very precise rite to declare a pope as deceased.

Person of Interest and MacGuyver

Yup, old and ancient stuff.

There is being atheist and there is being anti-theist.

The way you express yourself, it seems you lean more into the second. Which I find intriguing because in order to be anti-theist, you first need to give any value to the theist claims.

As you do seem very invested in supporting and uplifting those that are wronged by a creed, why do you opt to attack any and all believer, by default, instead of trying to find people that share your exact concerns?

It doesn't matter if someone takes Santa Claus, the Krampus, the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy as real or if they hold the hope of meeting again their loved ones after they die. People are here, today, living, breathing, suffering.

The bending and changing of those same "holy" precepts is what allows people to diverge abd evolve the way they understand others and the world.

Anti-theism fell out of favour in the 2010's. Too much vitriol. Reason does not cancel hope and dreams but it should cancel hollow arguments, including those reason itself raises.

Then start by the first line priests.

Those can be some of the worst individuals in the church, and some of the best, at the same time.

There are incredibly forward thinking, humanist and humane individuals acting as local parish priests, individuals that entered the ranks for personal calling and devotion, doing their best to push back on backwards thought and belief on "pious" communities. Those should garner wide support, when it is the exact opposite that happens, with usually the most reprobate and closed minded individuals being seen as "good" priest and thus rising in the ranks, to keep the status quo, one generation after the other.

Institutions are made of people. That man did little but achieved something to move the creed in a better direction. Most just tend to small affairs or outright go for even more dogmatic understandings of outdated subjects, which by itself drives away more people.

Now that I think about it, as reading or being knowledgeable of what any "holy" book holds is the best way to create atheists, maybe those are doing the best job.

You are hard pressed to be more of an atheist than I am.

You expect dogma to be nullified with a snap of finger? Even more when that same dogma is taken from the book on which the creed is built upon?

As if people require any sort of excuse to shun and persecute those who are different.

I find it more important countries to codify into law the right for anyone, regardless gender or sexual orientation, to enjoy the same rights, including marriage if so they choose but like it or not, a man forcing that small change into a monolithic, organized, religion is something to be recognized.

This was tbe same man that said being homosexual isn't a crime and doesn't merit persecution for it, albeit by the catholic creed being a sin.

An insult is only as long someone allows it to be.

Downvote away.

Too many. I can count by the fingers of my left hand how many shows I watched to the end and I still have unused fingers.

Same risk with a driver, I'd guess.