Comments on: Using sign language, a priest ‘drops a bombshell’ on his deaf congregation http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/08/13/using-sign-language-a-priest-%e2%80%98drops-a-bombshell%e2%80%99-on-his-deaf-congregation/ The voice of atheism since 1881 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:08:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: DeafAtheist http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/08/13/using-sign-language-a-priest-%e2%80%98drops-a-bombshell%e2%80%99-on-his-deaf-congregation/comment-page-1/#comment-24604 DeafAtheist Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:45:00 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=7862#comment-24604 I'm an example of a Deaf atheist. There are a few of us out there, while sadly the majority of us subscribe to religious nuttery. I’m an example of a Deaf atheist. There are a few of us out there, while sadly the majority of us subscribe to religious nuttery.

]]> By: David http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/08/13/using-sign-language-a-priest-%e2%80%98drops-a-bombshell%e2%80%99-on-his-deaf-congregation/comment-page-1/#comment-20724 David Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:02:30 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=7862#comment-20724 lol lol

]]> By: GNG http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/08/13/using-sign-language-a-priest-%e2%80%98drops-a-bombshell%e2%80%99-on-his-deaf-congregation/comment-page-1/#comment-20617 GNG Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:55:09 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=7862#comment-20617 Get a fuckin life! It was a joke! All this PC bullshit is just too much. I didn't see any insults towards deaf people. Just a fuckin joke! Get a fuckin life! It was a joke! All this PC bullshit is just too much. I didn't see any insults towards deaf people. Just a fuckin joke!

]]> By: barriejohn http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/08/13/using-sign-language-a-priest-%e2%80%98drops-a-bombshell%e2%80%99-on-his-deaf-congregation/comment-page-1/#comment-20614 barriejohn Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:40:37 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=7862#comment-20614 You obviously have no sense of humour, so as far as I am concerned the matter is closed. You obviously have no sense of humour, so as far as I am concerned the matter is closed.

]]> By: Uzza http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/08/13/using-sign-language-a-priest-%e2%80%98drops-a-bombshell%e2%80%99-on-his-deaf-congregation/comment-page-1/#comment-20594 Uzza Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:25:34 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=7862#comment-20594 I didn't make the comment, I just asked why it doesn't fit. It's British , and I'm not, but I assume it would fit some one who is ignorant, insulting, and unwilling to explain themself. Your comments prove you are all those things, so don't expect an apology. The only ignorance evident here is yours--assuming a fluent user of a language has to somehow "search" for words, that all signers are deaf, that there is some connection between BSL and 'waving one's arms about' , etc. All you had to do was explain why you said what you did. I didn't make the comment, I just asked why it doesn't fit. It's British , and I'm not, but I assume it would fit some one who is ignorant, insulting, and unwilling to explain themself. Your comments prove you are all those things, so don't expect an apology. The only ignorance evident here is yours–assuming a fluent user of a language has to somehow "search" for words, that all signers are deaf, that there is some connection between BSL and 'waving one's arms about' , etc. All you had to do was explain why you said what you did.

]]> By: BEX http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/08/13/using-sign-language-a-priest-%e2%80%98drops-a-bombshell%e2%80%99-on-his-deaf-congregation/comment-page-1/#comment-20586 BEX Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:40:32 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=7862#comment-20586 Since this man has been doing sermons in sign (supposedly BSL) to a presumably fluent congregation I highly doubt he had to "search" for the signs to convey his meaning. He knows them just as well as you or I know the term "shagging". And I don't see how the signing of angry and hurt deaf people is funny, any more than I would think the swearing of hurt hearing people is funny. Since this man has been doing sermons in sign (supposedly BSL) to a presumably fluent congregation I highly doubt he had to "search" for the signs to convey his meaning. He knows them just as well as you or I know the term "shagging".

And I don't see how the signing of angry and hurt deaf people is funny, any more than I would think the swearing of hurt hearing people is funny.

]]> By: barriejohn http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/08/13/using-sign-language-a-priest-%e2%80%98drops-a-bombshell%e2%80%99-on-his-deaf-congregation/comment-page-1/#comment-20581 barriejohn Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:14:42 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=7862#comment-20581 BTW I've never called anyone on this or any other site a "twat", nor have I ever told anyone else to "fuck off". Such comments are uncalled for, and just display the poster's ignorance! BTW I've never called anyone on this or any other site a "twat", nor have I ever told anyone else to "fuck off". Such comments are uncalled for, and just display the poster's ignorance!

]]> By: barriejohn http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/08/13/using-sign-language-a-priest-%e2%80%98drops-a-bombshell%e2%80%99-on-his-deaf-congregation/comment-page-1/#comment-20580 barriejohn Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:09:33 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=7862#comment-20580 I see we're even "offending" deaf people here now! Not long to go before we've got a Full House!! I see we're even "offending" deaf people here now! Not long to go before we've got a Full House!!

]]> By: uzza http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/08/13/using-sign-language-a-priest-%e2%80%98drops-a-bombshell%e2%80%99-on-his-deaf-congregation/comment-page-1/#comment-20568 uzza Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:57:05 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=7862#comment-20568 Ok, why is that funny, and why is dannyJ wrong to call you a prejudicial twat? Ok, why is that funny,
and why is dannyJ wrong to call you a prejudicial twat?

]]> By: barriejohn http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/08/13/using-sign-language-a-priest-%e2%80%98drops-a-bombshell%e2%80%99-on-his-deaf-congregation/comment-page-1/#comment-20549 barriejohn Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:08:37 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=7862#comment-20549 And I won't be "fucking off" at your request, either! And I won't be "fucking off" at your request, either!

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