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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The inexorable proof of God:
« on: May 07, 2007, 09:49:18 AM »
Why should I respect people that honestly believe there is a man in heaven that they can speak to through their minds that is with them all the time and that will save them when they die?
My freedom of expression does not stop at your feelings. If I offend a religious person because I denounce them to their face, so be it. I'm offended everyday by their lack of awareness to reality, by not stopping to think and ask, "Gee, are we really so special that this universe was created all for us?"

The way I see it, there are many reasons, starting with the fact that they HONESTLY believe it.

Being indoctrinated from childhood is just one of the many ways someone can fall into the loop of religion. Imagine a man who is not religious, who happens to have a loved one who is dying. This man, in a moment of desperation and grief, breaks down and prays to heaven (even though he doesn't truly believe) for the recovery of his family member, with the promise of changing his ways. Then, lo and behold, the person does recover.

So, then what? Even though the recovery was a miracle of medicine rather than a divine one,  how can this man get out of his promise without betraying himself and losing his sense of self worth? I don't think I can disrespect such a man because of his newfound devotion... and that's just one example off the top of my head. I can think of many others.

Truth is, it's not always as simple as just renouncing faith for lack of proof. I can remember the first few times I told someone I was an atheist, I couldn't get rid of the nagging feeling that I was about to be smitten by lightning! :o

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You can't really believe in ghosts. They're all a bunch of liars.  :o

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Evolution debunked EZ-version
« on: April 06, 2007, 07:45:18 AM »

No, he did not. He described the meaning of the terms put to him in the question. He sidestepped the question entirely, as is the case in every response thus far in this "thread".

Regardless, I am officially out of the conversation, the depth here is mind bogglingly shallow, and the defense of that is just pathetic.

After carefully reading your contributions to the thread, all I could say is WTF!!?  :o

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Hmm. Someone who has number 5 (or 5a) is likely to have achieved hapiness, which is quite valuable... and I guess someone who has 5 and 4 is even better off.
 
How about someone who has achieved 5, 4, 4a and 1?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The Root of All Evil- $$$$$$$
« on: April 04, 2007, 11:25:31 AM »
I've seen mathematical proof that women are the root of all evil.

http://whiterbunny.wordpress.com/2006/12/28/mathematic-proof-that-women-are-evil/

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Evolution Theory
« on: March 26, 2007, 02:16:37 PM »
Holey bickering and spelling goofs aside, here's something I found regarding the evolution of the eye. I find this explanation to be quite satisfying.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_eye

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The Lounge / Re: Non-resitance vs power
« on: February 23, 2007, 09:56:23 AM »
Just because you love all YOUR family members doesnt me we have to love all of our family members. Telling me who i can and cannot shoot is just like outlawing guns.
Well, of course you're the exception. You're allowed to shoot any family member you want, including yourself.  :)

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The Lounge / Re: Non-resitance vs power
« on: February 23, 2007, 09:49:55 AM »
Exactly.  There will always be people who claim to need a gun for self defence, but will end up using it for other reasons or for questionable self defence.  By allowing more people to have guns, that puts everybody else at greater risk of getting shot.  If we take away all the guns, apart from people who can clearly demonstrate a practical use for the gun, we put everybody at a lower risk of being shot.

That brings out the old argument "if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns"... but then, so will the police. 
I think I'll go with outlawing guns, since the average gun owner is as likely to shoot a family member as an intruder. That outweighs any feeling of protection a gun can provide.

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Plane on conveyor on a FE... Will it ever take off?
« on: February 19, 2007, 08:13:58 PM »
Quote from: kasroa
Quote from: Wolfwood
Quote from: kasroa
The idea is that no matter how fas you turn up the conveyor belt the wheels will ALWAYS match it's speed by default.

Right but the speed of the wheels would change as the jet attempts to accelerate the plane forward. The conveyor is actually applying negative velocity to the entire plane based solely on the rotation rate of the weels.

The Conveyor is only attmepting to match speed with the wheels, as the jets push the plane forward the wheels will have to accelerate which causes the conveyor to accelerate.

You're forgetting that the wheels are free-wheeling so whatever the speed of the conveyr (it could be moving at 1000 mph) the wheels will match it as long as they can hold together under the heat!

No no no.

Ok lets see if I can sumarize.

Lets say the jets accelerate the plane forward to 100mph. The wheels would normally turn at 100mph. The conveyor would then spin in the opposite direction at 100mph causing the wheels to turn 200mph.

The overall effect is that the jets move forward at 100mph and the conveyor moves backwards at 100mph and the wheels spin at 200mph.

Jet velocity = 100mph
Conveyor velocity = -100mph
Plane velocity = 0mph

Umm... Sorry, Woolfwood, but I think you're wrong on this one. Not that it really matters...

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The Lounge / Re: New forums apparently D;
« on: February 19, 2007, 07:21:44 PM »
The smilies are a little ugly, but I think all the new features make up for it.
This software has much more advanced moderating options, so hopefully it will help us control the spam.
Cool! I'll gladly endure the stupid smileys if it helps eliminate the porn bots!

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The Lounge / Re: New forums apparently D;
« on: February 19, 2007, 07:12:46 PM »
Worst smileys ever!  >:(
Edit: Cool! Now we're all "Newbies"!
Edit #2: Had to go and fix my sig.

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Flat Earth Q&A / Explain to me this
« on: February 11, 2007, 08:47:47 PM »
Quote from: "The Government"

1)I will further examine it tommorow
2) no it doesnt

Does, too!
Anyway, you're missing the point: photographs prove nothing, so why bother posting them?

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Flat Earth Q&A / Explain to me this
« on: February 11, 2007, 08:36:16 PM »
Quote from: "The Government"

lol nice try dude, you can tell what you did by the blur on the bottom right side of the earth


1) What exactly did I do? :)
2) The blur is just an out of focus area. Notice that your photo has it too... :D

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Flat Earth Q&A / Explain to me this
« on: February 11, 2007, 08:17:56 PM »

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The Lounge / The Garden of Forking Paths
« on: February 06, 2007, 01:10:52 PM »
Quote from: "BOGWarrior89"

I was in Spanish class earlier, so I read "es sex".  Which means, translated from Spanglish to English, "It is sex".

Looks like you're gonna flunk Spanish... and Spanglish too.

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Flat Earth Q&A / Debunking your Flat Earth Society...
« on: February 03, 2007, 10:47:32 PM »
Quote from: "E Nomini Patri"
If acceleration creates the effects of gravity (fake gravity? :rolleyes: ) then light would have the most gravity of anything because photons accelerate faster than anything, 186,000 miles in a second.


Photons are really accelerating? I always thought they traveled at a constant speed....  but wait... you said 186,000 miles a second. That's not acceleration, that's velocity.

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 02, 2007, 10:08:57 AM »
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"


I also posted a poem that no one even so much as looked at. Haha.

I read your poem, and actually enjoyed it. It would have been great if you'd posted it at the beginning, BEFORE you lost everyone's respect...  :?

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 09:18:57 PM »
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"

Feel? When do feelings come into play, when it comes to the Internet?

I am pretty much cool with annoying everyone though. I pissed off something like a few hundred people on another forum.

It's what I do for fun sometimes. Eventually things calm down, and people realize that I should be respected. Of course you won't realize this until later, I hope you do though. I am not a mean person at all.


Quote from: "Jie"
Man, you're like a pitcher carved out of ice, brimming with fresh water.


I still stand by that.

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 09:04:43 PM »
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"
Quote from: "Jie"
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"


Still, please stop pretending to know as much as me about poetry. The first thing I learned about it was meter. Meter is the easiest part of poetry.  :(

OK. We get it. You know your poetry.
Now all you need is to learn some social skills, and you're all set!


Like you idiots are one to talk. You sit on a board to play DA for FE. That's probably the most pathetic thing I've ever heard of in my life, next to masturbating with Crisco.

If you look back on this thread, you'll notice that every time someone says something about you, you immediately go ahead and prove it in your next post. Its uncanny!

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 08:42:40 PM »
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"


Still, please stop pretending to know as much as me about poetry. The first thing I learned about it was meter. Meter is the easiest part of poetry.  :(

OK. We get it. You know your poetry.
Now all you need is to learn some social skills, and you're all set!

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 08:14:33 PM »
Quote from: "Ubuntu"
All I can think is

HOLY SHIT WHY HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON FOR 8 PAGES?! EVEN THOUGH THERE ISN'T A GOD WHY AREN'T HYPERINTELLIGENT ALIENS DOING SOMETHING TO STOP THIS? THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME IS A TINY METEOR SMASHING A VERY TINY PART OF THE FES SERVER SO THAT THIS THREAD IS TOTALLY CORRUPTED INTO NOTHINGNESS AND THEN WE WILL DRINK SO MUCH THAT THE MEMORIES GO AWAY...


What do you mean? This must be one of the coolest threads EVER!

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 07:46:40 PM »
Quote from: "beast"
So what was your purpose in starting this topic?  Looking for an opportunity of showing us how great you are?  I think that kind of backfired on you, because now everybody just thinks you love yourself.


Yeah, that's exactly what I said.

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 07:35:26 PM »
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"

Also, when you want to talk about "people who use large words," here are some words you can use:

bombastic speech, grandiloquence, magniloquence, fustian, etc.


Man, you're like a pitcher carved out of ice, brimming with fresh water.

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 07:02:39 PM »
My fingers are numb from hitting the refresh button! :D

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 06:35:50 PM »
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"
Quote from: "Jie"
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"

I think you owe your parents an apology.

Why are you trying to pick fights?


I dunno, why are you? You're the one thinking I am idiot because I am not impressed by a hacky sack skill. I am doubly unimpressed with being published. I've seen some real crap that's gotten published.

Also, what I know about English is FAR above what a person should know at my age; because my mind never lets me sleep without writing poetry, or thinking poetry, or reading poetry, or seeing poetry, or finding something new.

WTF? I think you're confusing me with someone else.  :?

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 06:32:25 PM »
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"

I think you owe your parents an apology.

Why are you trying to pick fights?

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 06:21:44 PM »
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"
Quote from: "Jie"

Dude, I'm starting to feel sorry I defended you...  what kind of crap is that?


I don't need your help. You can attack me if you want.

Hara Taiki... if you're reading this, I think I owe you an apology.

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 06:08:52 PM »
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"
Quote from: "beast"
So you're a 19 year old English major, and you're calling his work "too simple."  Interesting...


I hold 6 world records in freestyle footbag.  I am a published writer and I was once ranked in the top 99.97% of maths students in Australia.  Last year I helped manage a $100,000 promotion and performed live in front of 15,000 people as well as on national tv.

While I am certainly not as prominent as Kenneth Slessor, I don't know if you can call me a nobody.


I'll still call you nobody. You're a hacky sack champ, you know how to do equations quickly, and you helped raise cash for a show.

I don't feel like going through my list of accomplishments, it seems stupid to glorify myself. I'll let you think I am your lesser.

Dude, I'm starting to feel sorry I defended you...  what kind of crap is that?

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 06:03:06 PM »
:shock:

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The Lounge / Poetry
« on: February 01, 2007, 06:01:02 PM »
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"
Quote from: "Jie"
Quote from: "SPrinkZ"


Holy crap, Wikipedia makes him out to be a nobody. So much for world renowned.

I don't know... I just read the same page, and he seemed quite important, though mostly in a local sense.


Well yes, but he's not WORLD RENOWNED. That's a pretty big title for someone who was big in Austria. Right, Jie?

Umm... I don't think WW2 was actually fought in Australia.  :shock:

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