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Not banning you, TMD, but we have a longstanding setup of NOT triple-posting on the RMB. I will, however, note that choosing to post potentially very inflammatory material about real-world religions and the like won't exactly endear you to folks who practice those religions. Should you wish to engage in discussion, doing so from a position that encourages openness and involves listening to the other side, whether you believe it or not, can open more doors for engagement than coming off as potentially abrasive from the start.

Listening to someone who believes differently does not mean automatically being converted or giving up one's personal convictions or being somehow tainted by the experience. If anything, it can give the listener the opportunity to explain, in equal fashion, where he or she is coming from. It can also help the listener better codify what he or she believes when comparing and contrasting it to potentially contradictory ideas and ideologies.

I'm a practicing and devout member of a Protestant denomination of Christianity, myself. In my time, I have interacted not only with people who share my own beliefs but also with those of other denominations. I've also had the opportunities to listen to, for example, others from other faiths entirely: visitors to my parents' house on occasion; students of mine who have shared information of their very different faiths with me, who was their instructor; and friends and family who identify as agnostic or as atheist, as well as those who generally don't know exactly where they stand about religion in general. Regardless of personal convictions about my beliefs, I have always given the "other side" the opportunity to open up and engage in discussion. People welcome listening ears more than arguing lips.

With all of that said, take it as carefully worded, free advice. You're welcome in Lazarus, of course; I would simply caution to be a little more careful and cautious about your wording of and pursuing of particular topics.

Thanks for reading.

I would definitely recommend ending this line of discussion, now, so as to not yield potentially abrasive communications on the RMB or through Telegrams.

BrightonBurg wrote:

The latest NS Mega fun poll!

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^ • Are you glad Nation States is back?

I am glad,9 days without creating a poll? the horror..

You need an answer of MMPH! Tubbians everywhere would rejoice at their language's being noticed and would shout MMPH in joy! :-)

Good night

The martian democracy wrote:

https://youtu.be/D8s2TDoSc00?t=410

Also Christianity now actively discourages and hates free will.

Why are there still religious people?

Why are you doing this.

Can someone explain why my trout production is going down no matter what I do?

This Week’s Advice From Orcuo:

Most entrepreneurs start out small. From a local grocery store or a town bound wholesales company, businesses begin at the bottom. But just because you start low doesn’t mean your profits have to be low. There is one industry that will guarantee that you make your investment back in no time flat! That industry is… charity fraud! It is very simply: first choose a cause to support, this can be anything from helping local firefighters to helping cancer-riddled children; next you raise funds with the claim that they’ll go towards helping your target group, you can do this by direct donations or creating consumer products that will go towards the fundraising; give 40% of your profits towards the group you were suppose to be helping, while also giving another 10% to the head(s) of that group to be silent on the matter; and presto! You’re a millionaire! And you are worshipped by the public as a hero! Now, if things were to ever break down and people were to find out about your little scheme, plausible deniability is always bound to come in handy. You may also want to consider fleeing the country if things get a little too heated. So what are you waiting for my fellow entrepreneurs! Get out there and make some money!

This Week’s Profound Quote:

“Golf courses are always better when they are built in areas with a lack of water access.”
_{~ Orcuo}

Dispatch of the Week:

Are my dispatches ok?

Orcuo wrote:

The Orcuan Weekly:

This Week’s Advice From Orcuo:

Most entrepreneurs start out small. From a local grocery store or a town bound wholesales company, businesses begin at the bottom. But just because you start low doesn’t mean your profits have to be low. There is one industry that will guarantee that you make your investment back in no time flat! That industry is… charity fraud! It is very simply: first choose a cause to support, this can be anything from helping local firefighters to helping cancer-riddled children; next you raise funds with the claim that they’ll go towards helping your target group, you can do this by direct donations or creating consumer products that will go towards the fundraising; give 40% of your profits towards the group you were suppose to be helping, while also giving another 10% to the head(s) of that group to be silent on the matter; and presto! You’re a millionaire! And you are worshipped by the public as a hero! Now, if things were to ever break down and people were to find out about your little scheme, plausible deniability is always bound to come in handy. You may also want to consider fleeing the country if things get a little too heated. So what are you waiting for my fellow entrepreneurs! Get out there and make some money!

This Week’s Profound Quote:

“Golf courses are always better when they are built in areas with a lack of water access.”
_{~ Orcuo}

Dispatch of the Week:

Are my dispatches ok?

undertake trash sharing your things is better. equality

no citizen should have money only the strongest. that is, the government, that is, me

Guys, I have a sneaking suspicion that Tubbius ate all of my vegetation, that's possibly why I'm basically a desert with buildings.

The martian democracy wrote:

I don't like religion. For personal reasons.

(OOC Same boat here young man, but it is not enough to be right in live, much less to persuade.
Besides politics and religion are also very deeply and volatile topics, so in discussing in a public space (like this board) caution and manners apply, specially because they tend to form part of the core identity of many people.

I know that the demographic tend to skew younger with a few old hand like me, and younger ages can be scary and rage inducing, so remembering how they were if you want to talk in good sport about this topics some of us are available.

Some people might find offensive or in bad taste to use the RMB for these discussion instead for role playing or a bit of chit chat.)

Agaqiniala wrote:

Guys, I have a sneaking suspicion that Tubbius ate all of my vegetation, that's possibly why I'm basically a desert with buildings.

I used to be full of fish but they started to disappear I can't imagine any other cause than Tubbius