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Rapid Response 47 is another Trump white alt spewing racist shit

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[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In that the primary function of the bells (at least where I live) is the telling of time, not religious broadcasting. There is no inherent message in the chiming of the clocks. In general, the bells chime every full hour during during daytime, and clock towers aren't necessarily exclusive to churches either.

There is certainly an argument to be made however that they should be removed due to being redundant, intrusive and outdated.

If I had a choice between both being allowed and both prohibited, the choice would be prohibiting both, always. It's a question of freedom from religion - we shouldn't have to live with religious propaganda being blasted into our homes.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where I live it isn't. The bells ring 15 min before each mass and that's it. Mass at 13:40? Bells go off at 13:25. On Sunday this happens several times a day at "random" times of day that have nothing to do with telling the time.

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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Clock bells have a purpose.

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[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

There's a neighbourhood in New York that had a whole ass siren to announce Shabbos. And not a small one, it was a Sentry 40V2T which is one of the loudest outdoor warning sirens produced today. Needless to say that got shut down years ago.

Here's a video from 10 years ago of the siren.

It was missing many of its horns but still proved far too loud.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Oh, fuck that.

However long that took to get shut down, it wasn't fast enough.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago

That's INSANE. And for a non emergency.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Cool I wish we had a neighborhood like that. I really appreciate other people’s cultures

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (10 children)

I mean really the Catholics with the simulated blood guzzling and flesh eating rituals should just STFU.

[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I'm here to point out that they believe it's not simulated. Catholics specifically believe that it is literally transformed into flesh and blood.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 days ago (8 children)

It’s called transubstantiation, and it has been scientifically proven to be real. We have already sequenced Christ’s DNA, and China is supposedly secretly trying to clone him as we speak. This decade is just going to keep getting weirder.

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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Especially many american catholics (even priests) just outright defying the pope. THE POPE, BISHOP OF ROME, IS LITTERLY YOUR MAIN GUY SECOND TO GOD ACCORDING TO YOUR DOCTRINE. Ugh these kind of religiouse people are the worst, no matter which religion

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It isn't different

All orginized religion is social cancer

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (5 children)

It isn't. Both things are dumb, but in order to live in a free society, we have to let people be dumb, even if it's not our specific kind of dumb.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Meh I feel opposite. Both are a cultural thing. Let people have some semblance of a community.

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[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

It's different because the Islamic call to prayer turns you TRANS

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (4 children)

The concept is identical, but depending on the execution it can be quite different.

This like saying that classical music is the same as pop/rock just because they are both music that entertains people, some people hate classical music, other's hate pop/rock.

I would like to know how often these different calls to prayer is being played and how long each call takes, as well as how loud they both are in comparison.

[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The human voice is infinitely more annoying than the most irritating musical instrument. Or construction equipment for that matter.

[–] Tonava@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I'd definitely argue the local church bells here are WAY worse than your typical muslim prayer call. They have some problem with the bells they don't seem to bother to fix, so they'll randomly ring around midday with agonizing, full force cacophony that can last over 5 minutes. It's not music in any form and it's so loud you can hear it even indoors far away, I call it the bells of hell

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