WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA?
 

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WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA?

The history of science is replete with discoveries that were considered socially, morally, or emotionally dangerous in their time; the Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are the most obvious. What is your dangerous idea? An idea you think about (not necessarily one you originated) that is dangerous not because it is assumed to be false, but because it might be true?[/quote:80530]

[url=http://www.edge.org/q2006/q06_index.html:80530]The Edge Annual Question — 2006[/url:80530]

Not that I agree with it (because I am not religious) but it would be interesting to see how a nation with the combination of Church and States would run with modern laws and society crafted around religion. I know you see this a lot in Muslim countries but I often wonder how this would work with Christianity.

That and the legalization of Marijuana and Absinthe.

Kill .... jews ? wallbash:

I would like to go open a Safari camp and let customers hunt men instead of animals.

Allowing every person a "free murder card" to use on a person they deem unfit to live. WIth the availibility to re-earn the card if you elect to go to court and argue the reason you killed the person. If found just, or atleast justifiable, you would be given another free kill.

Examples.

"i killed jimmy because he was a fucking idiot". You dont go to jail, but you dont get your card back.

"i killed jimmy because he killed my mother and it was his second kill, and he didnt have a card". Justifiable, you get your card back.

we had a government run by the church once.....


.......people got burned at the steake....



aneyone remember the witch hunts..or as the church calls it "Tough love for sinners"

Raise the speed limit to 150km/h (approx 95mph) and allow for 1 free "Carmageddon"-style pedestrian takedown a year * .

* Used in conjunction with Misc's "Free Murder Card"

Im in the midst of a paper reconciling mainstream religion and evolutionary theory, explaining how both can be true at once

LMAO!!!

[quote="Pvt Flagg":b6170]we had a government run by the church once.....


.......people got burned at the steake....



aneyone remember the witch hunts..or as the church calls it "Tough love for sinners"[/quote:b6170]

Next time shorten the link - Arkan

You're considered super-human after killing 1000 people and given diplomatic/military/social/law immunity. eek:

W...TF.

No speedlimits anywhere any time, and its not illegal to steal cars. BUt if you kill someone you are shot on sight.

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.......people got burned at the steake....
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BURNED? AT THE STEAK?

As for the Murder Card Idea.... wtf indeed.

[img]http://aggiemeat.tamu.edu/judging/id/002B.jpg[/img]

Put Women back in their place like the good ol' days.

A society that practices an eye for an eye. You murder, you get murdered by the victims family. You rob, you lose a finger. You rape, you lose your wang.

My idea isnt that WTF... Though it does fit the dangerous criteria quite nicely.

I figure if you kill someone with your free kill. Family members are going to use theres on you, and so forth. It unlocks the possiblity of whole families getting wiped out in a private war. Thusly it would make you think twice before killing anyone.

lmao.. You've thought too much about this... biggrin:

my family is bigger mother fuckers. And Ill jsut justify each murder with the reason they are trying to kill me. I buy an AK and wait for my victims family to come and mow the fuckers down. End of story I win.

The government should distribute marijuana to the people, in pounds.

yeah..im thinkin no ...more like

[img]http://www.gendercide.org/images/pics/witch7.jpg[/img]

[quote="Pvt Flagg":79d29]yeah..im thinkin no ...more like

[img]http://www.gendercide.org/images/pics/witch7.jpg[/img][/quote:79d29]
oh, like a STAKE

but still ..my point stands ...

for example

The Knights Templar

The Knights Templar are, perhaps, the most famous victims of the Papal Inquisition, and an excellent example of how the Inquisition could be manipulated for personal and political gain.

The Knights Templar were founded in 1119 A.D., to protect pilgrim routes to the Holy Lands. Over time, these warrior monks became key figures in the Crusades (one source estimates that over 20,000 Knights Templar were killed in the Crusades). The Templars were notable for the fact that they answered only to the Pope, and not to any local ecclesiastical authority.

In time, the Templars established local offices (called Temples) throughout Western Christendom. Always innovative, they started what is considered by many to be the first European banking system, and it was their involvement as bankers that eventually led to their downfall. By the early 1300s, King Philip IV of France was deeply in debt to the Paris Temple. In 1307, he charged the order with heresy. Charges eventually brought against the Templars included that postulants were required to deny Christ and spit on the cross, and that the Templars worshiped a mysterious head named “Baphomet” (perhaps a mangling of “Mohammed”?) These charges were never proved, except in confessions received under torture at the hands of the Inquisition.

The Inquisition of France brought the formal charges against the Templars. This was necessary because, as previously noted, the Templars were immune from local ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The Council of Vienne in 1312 officially dissolved the order, giving most of their property to a similar order, named the Hospitallers. The final part of the saga of the Knights Templar occurred in 1314, when Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay was burned alive, after recanting of his earlier confession.

After the Templars were dissolved, the French crown received cancellation of all debts owed to the Templars, as well as much of their monetary wealth

[img]http://www.billmon.org/archives/spanishinquisition.jpg[/img]

Nobody expects the Papal Inquisition!

Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise. Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency. Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.

classic. I cant find that one on my DVD collection, tho. Which disk is it?