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  • LillyPip@lemmy.cato196@lemmy.blahaj.zonejob rule
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    Step 1: commit a crime.
    Step 2: graduate university in prison.
    Step 3: ???
    Step 4: profit.

    • my attorney has informed me not to comment on step 3, which definitely didn’t include digging up the duffle bag full of money I absolutely did not bury during step 1.

  • Pretty sure they do. They still own Clearwater, Florida (including the police department) and have a significant presence in East Grinstead, England, plus at least one mega-yacht in international waters. All they need to do is relocate you there then ‘handle’ the investigation when you come up missing.

    Shelly is still missing to this day.

    e: they may have toned down the crazy publicly because they were attracting too much attention, but I don’t think their power has diminished.






  • I think you’ll find vanishingly few even fervent atheists who wouldn’t be persuaded by actual evidence. I know some percentage of fervent atheists would say if real evidence of a god were presented, they wouldn’t follow it because it’s a monster (I’m in this camp), but I don’t believe any real percentage would stick their fingers in their ears and say lalalala. That’s kind of the opposite of what atheism is about. It’s literally about evidence.



  • Some, sure. Most, no.

    Atheism is simply the state of nonbelief in a deity. It requires no declaration nor even conscious thought. I don’t believe in leprechauns, but I don’t belong to an anti-leprechaun cult.

    e: you’re likely atheist about Ra, Thor, Sheba, and Quetzalcoatl, right? Most atheists feel the same about Yahweh, and aren’t likely to bring it up unless you do. Most will even hold out for dozens or hundreds of times. Many Christians seem oblivious to how often they reference their religion in casual conversation. Often, Atheists only have to say it once.