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Technology Spontaneously Combusts In Sicily
Zacronos writes "According to MSNBC, ever since mid-January, various electronic devices have been spontaneously combusting in the now evacuated town of Canneto di Caronia, Sicily; at this point, the fires are almost daily. The town has been disconnected from the larger electrical grid and was hooked to a generator, but that, too, caught fire. Even unplugged items have succumbed. Nothing seems to have burst into flame except where there is someone present to witness it, but the police no longer suspect a prankster -- after witnessing wires catch fire without cause. Scientists have yet to explain the phenomenon (although unproven theories abound), leading many people to look to supernatural causes."
It's CANNETO DI CARONIA, Sicily a small town of only 39 residents.
I suspect that most didn't receive an education beyond what we consider 6th grade.
We all know how most 6th graders would react to something like this. It's a Ghost!
I also suspect that their religious "training" far exceeds their 6th grade formal education.
Given the Religious bias towards education, the Ghosts now become Devils.
God never told anyone anything anymore than Santa or the pixies at the bottom of your garden did. Because none of them exist. If you want to believe
in some fairy story from 2000 years ago and The Good News (sounds like some lame tabloid btw) then thats up to you, but don't expect
people to treat you any other way than they would an adult who believed in the tooth fairy.
no, he's got a correct view of religion. You may need something to help you handle the world, but the rest of us don't. Your Good News is a bunch of bullshit to us and if you try to cram it down our throats we'll just vomit it back up, all over you.
Nope, it's you who got a skewed view on religion, sorry. :) I am generally content with people like you, who don't let their belief in gods interfere with the life. Unfortunately, most religious people are not like you. You, like the Earth, are mostly harmless. It is still stupid to believe in wrong things, but if you are not forcing your beliefs on others, please, enjoy your right to freedom of religion and may Yarilo be with you.
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