World Youth Day in Poland

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July 23rd, 2016 at 9:34:58 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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Those Jehovah Witness girls are always so sweet and well dressed, I wonder if after the recruiting session at the mall parking lot they are allowed to go home, put on pants and swear or be rude brats.

Anyone know why Mormons where once called "Blues" ... which in Australia would mean a red head. See the recent column on how young Mormon men suffer if they do not sign up to go on a mission.

Looking for Jesus? Or traveled by donations raised by their local recruiting hall and looking for music, pot and young girls?
July 24th, 2016 at 12:50:09 AM permalink
FrGamble
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Ha, your comparisons are pretty entertaining. I'm at an event where more than a million young people from all over the world are expected. This happens every three years and every time sets records in the country hosting. There is no other institution, orginizarion, religion, or even state that could do what these World Youth Day events do. It overshadows even the Olympics. I also wish you could see the real faith of these young people, wrestling with their own issues the constant barrage of secularism and materialism. They are heroic and it is a huge shot in the arm for everyone who comes.
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July 24th, 2016 at 10:09:28 AM permalink
FrGamble
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At Jasna Gora today and celebrated Mass just five feet from the famous "Black Madonna". The entire place was packed. The walls are covered with thanksgivings for healings and answered prayers. The weather continues to be great and the people have been great too.
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July 24th, 2016 at 12:15:36 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: FrGamble
more than a million young people


And it's a fact that the more people
that believe something, no matter
how ridiculous it is, that makes it
true. Right?
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
July 24th, 2016 at 1:12:06 PM permalink
FrGamble
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Quote: Evenbob
And it's a fact that the more people
that believe something, no matter
how ridiculous it is, that makes it
true. Right?


That's stupid, of course it doesn't mean it is true. However, it is evidence that something is happening and you should pay attention.
“It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” (
July 24th, 2016 at 1:19:00 PM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: FrGamble
At Jasna Gora today and celebrated Mass just five feet from the famous "Black Madonna". The entire place was packed. The walls are covered with thanksgivings for healings and answered prayers. The weather continues to be great and the people have been great too.


Do you have a count of how many countries represented?
The President is a fink.
July 24th, 2016 at 1:39:46 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: FrGamble
That's stupid, of course it doesn't mean it is true. However, it is evidence that something is happening and you should pay attention.


You say it's stupid now, but a year ago
you trotted it out all the time. You would
say, look around the world, a couple
billion believers can't be wrong.

Sure they can, as we've pointed out a
dozen times. Now you say the argument
is stupid, which it obviously is. It is evidence
all right, evidence that you can fool a lot of
people most of the time. But we know
that already, look at any big religion in
history.

What you experience in large groups of
like minded people is called 'crowd synergy',
and it's a very real thing. The energy produced
is far greater than the sum of it's parts. This
can result in the time of your life at a rock
concert, a spiritual closeness at a Christian
festival, or a mob of people lynching a black
man in the not so distant past. Hitler was a
master at whipping into a frenzy the huge crowds
who heard him speak.

Science to the rescue again, explaining what's
really happening when like minded people
get together. God has nothing to do with any
of it.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
July 24th, 2016 at 1:42:30 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: FrGamble
The walls are covered with thanksgivings for healings and answered prayers. .


There is no wall for those healings
that didn't come, or for all the
unanswered prayers. Good thing too,
it would have eclipsed the other
wall completely..
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
July 24th, 2016 at 2:30:41 PM permalink
FrGamble
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You know another thing that is stupid is claiming millions of young people gathering from all over the world is an example of some super crowd synergy like at a rock concert. Believe me God is real and has everything to do with this amazing event in Poland.

You also have to be careful in how quickly you write off something that has millions or billions of followers. While we both agree that this alone does not mean it is true. I hope we can also agree that this is evidence that something worth noting is going on and we should seriously look into it.
“It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” (
July 24th, 2016 at 2:45:58 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: FrGamble
Believe me God is real and has everything to do with this amazing event in Poland.


Believe me crowd synergy is very real
and very provable. God is not provable
in the least. I can't believe somebody as
smart as you is falling for crowd synergy
as being something other that what it
is.

Quote:
something worth noting is going on and we should seriously look into it.


That like minded people getting together
produce an energy greater than the sum
of it's parts? It's just your crowd of people
right now, so you're impressed. Ever been
to big a sporting event between rival teams?
The synergy there is unreal, I suppose you
think that's god also.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
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