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  • L Lost User

    This is not going to work. Someone needs to disagree. How about you, CSS?

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    R Giskard Reventlov
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    harold aptroot wrote:

    How about you, CSS?

    That would imply that he has been able to follow and understand the discussion and we both know that is just not going to happen.

    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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    • L Lost User

      This is not going to work. Someone needs to disagree. How about you, CSS?

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      if it aint on infowars he's stumped :laugh:

      As barmey as a sack of badgers

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        Ian Shlasko wrote:

        #1 bestselling novel

        I think that's Harry Potter. :-) Anyway, it's a series of short, badly told narratives written by desert dwelling camel shaggers who knew no better: hardly worth reading unless you like lots of begets and begats though I prefer a nice tuna baguette.

        "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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        Ian Shlasko
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        Hey, there's gotta be SOMETHING in there worth reading, if it's been this popular for over 2000 years. Sure, I'm not expecting Shakespeare or Chaucer by any stretch, but I figure it has to at least have a little character development, right?

        Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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          You may have heard about it on the news, otherwise go google. IMO this is just provocation. OTOH, a book is just a stack of paper with letters on it - I wouldn't RAGEQUIT* if a group of people decided to burn "On the Origin of Species" or "The God Delusion", I'd simply laugh at their barbaric behaviour and consider them to have lost "whatever it is they were trying win". IOW, it shouldn't have a provoking effect. (do I get points for starting nearly every sentence with an acronym?) * out of life. i.e, become a suicide terrorist. Discuss.

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          Lost User
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          Bloody stupid idea. It's a jolly jape on the part of the publishers. Have you got a copy of the Qur'an? Neither have I. Are you going to buy a copy - just to burn it? Neither am I.

          Bob Emmett New Eugenicist - The weekly magazine for intelligent parenting. Published by the New World Order Press.

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          • I Ian Shlasko

            Hey, there's gotta be SOMETHING in there worth reading, if it's been this popular for over 2000 years. Sure, I'm not expecting Shakespeare or Chaucer by any stretch, but I figure it has to at least have a little character development, right?

            Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
            Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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            R Giskard Reventlov
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            WRONG! Just because something is popular doesn't mean it's any good. Look at any book by Dan Brown - they're popular but you wouldn't want to read one. Besides, who gives a toss about something that happened 2000 years ago in the desert? How does that relate to contemporary life? How do I reconcile what I read in the bible (or any religious tome) with real life now? It's risible, at best; my life so reflects what some ancient person who lived 25 years did in a tent in the desert. Only an insane lunatic would buy into such drivel. I could go on but that would be as boring as a Dan Brown novel. Or the bible.

            "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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              if it aint on infowars he's stumped :laugh:

              As barmey as a sack of badgers

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              Maybe he could make a childish insult, that would be nice :)

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              • D Dalek Dave

                As a child my parents would bring me to church and try to make me religious, but then I read books that were not written by bronze age goat herders. I realised that the bible, and all religious texts, were providing answers for ignorance. But today we know the answers, there is no god of rainbows, there is no creationism, it is all bunkum and people who need the crutch of religion do so because they have been brainwashed by their parents. Teaching children religion is abuse. I saw the light, and it was science and maths, reason and argument, debate and reality, not bollocks and bells and smells, not ancient scripture written before refrigerators and computers, not hokum designed to create power and wealth for the elite.

                ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                You know that there is no intelligent design? I doubt you do, in fact I know you don't. You know a bit about the laws of the universe, an infinitesimal fraction of it. I don't think it is even possible for the human mind to understand the universe.

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                • I Ian Shlasko

                  Hey, there's gotta be SOMETHING in there worth reading, if it's been this popular for over 2000 years. Sure, I'm not expecting Shakespeare or Chaucer by any stretch, but I figure it has to at least have a little character development, right?

                  Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                  Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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                  CaptainSeeSharp
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                  Perhaps one day you will understand what religion is about. It isn't about fairytales and myths.

                  Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined (High Quality 2:14:01)[^] Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] The Truthbox[^]

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                  • R R Giskard Reventlov

                    WRONG! Just because something is popular doesn't mean it's any good. Look at any book by Dan Brown - they're popular but you wouldn't want to read one. Besides, who gives a toss about something that happened 2000 years ago in the desert? How does that relate to contemporary life? How do I reconcile what I read in the bible (or any religious tome) with real life now? It's risible, at best; my life so reflects what some ancient person who lived 25 years did in a tent in the desert. Only an insane lunatic would buy into such drivel. I could go on but that would be as boring as a Dan Brown novel. Or the bible.

                    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                    CaptainSeeSharp
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                    I swear you are retarded. You are blinded by hatred, you have denied yourself ever knowing what spirituality is about.

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                      I swear you are retarded. You are blinded by hatred, you have denied yourself ever knowing what spirituality is about.

                      Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined (High Quality 2:14:01)[^] Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] The Truthbox[^]

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                      Lost User
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                      Ooh this is good! :) Thanks for coming out to play Had a good laugh already - continue :)

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                      • C CaptainSeeSharp

                        Perhaps one day you will understand what religion is about. It isn't about fairytales and myths.

                        Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined (High Quality 2:14:01)[^] Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] The Truthbox[^]

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                        Dalek Dave
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                        What a C#nt! There is no factual basis for religion except to aid the weak minded. Any defence of religion is an attack on logic and reason. Your turn cockboy

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                        • I Ian Shlasko

                          How about the Necronomicon Ex Mortis? Klaatu! Verata! Ni... uh... Necktie... Necktum... Nickel...

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                          JHizzle
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                          They keep talking about bringing that back but I don't know if Bruce could do it now and it wouldn't be the same if he was't in it.

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                            You know that there is no intelligent design? I doubt you do, in fact I know you don't. You know a bit about the laws of the universe, an infinitesimal fraction of it. I don't think it is even possible for the human mind to understand the universe.

                            Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined (High Quality 2:14:01)[^] Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] The Truthbox[^]

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                            Yes, we know there is no intelligent design. All proponents of ID spout infantile non-scientific rubbish dressed with personal attacks because they cannot beat the science. Biology, Evolution, Physics, Geography, Geology, Cosmology, Vulcanology, Chemistry etc etc etc, all point to a much older universe than the idiotic 6000 years of the fuckwitted twats that believe in it. The very fact we have Uranium on the planet proves this, it's half life is 4.5 Billion years to Thorium, and measure Uranium238/Thorium234 ratios gives the approximate age of the planet. Argue that Mr Thicky!

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                            • C CaptainSeeSharp

                              Perhaps one day you will understand what religion is about. It isn't about fairytales and myths.

                              Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined (High Quality 2:14:01)[^] Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] The Truthbox[^]

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                              Lost User
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                              Let's have a look at the definition of Myth:

                              A myth is a symbolic narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form.

                              Now, maybe not all religion provide such a story, but many make the epic mistake of doing so anyway. Any such story can, due to their age, only be based on less factual knowledge than is available now, so they must be "less right" and therefore only serve to satisfy the curiosity of less-educated people. Unless of course we assume that they were true in the first place, so a God could be called in as authority. But since that's a circular argument, it's still invalid.

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                              • R R Giskard Reventlov

                                WRONG! Just because something is popular doesn't mean it's any good. Look at any book by Dan Brown - they're popular but you wouldn't want to read one. Besides, who gives a toss about something that happened 2000 years ago in the desert? How does that relate to contemporary life? How do I reconcile what I read in the bible (or any religious tome) with real life now? It's risible, at best; my life so reflects what some ancient person who lived 25 years did in a tent in the desert. Only an insane lunatic would buy into such drivel. I could go on but that would be as boring as a Dan Brown novel. Or the bible.

                                "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                                Ian Shlasko
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                                Hey, I'm talking literary value... You know, kind of like Aesop's tales. Think of it as a Fantasy novel.

                                digital man wrote:

                                Besides, who gives a toss about something that happened 2000 years ago in the desert? How does that relate to contemporary life? How do I reconcile what I read in the bible (or any religious tome) with real life now?

                                Who gives a toss about something that happened a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away? How does that relate to contemporary life? How do I reconcile the teachings of Jedi-ism with real life now? :) Wait, there actually is a Jedi "religion".... Ok, but I think they know it's all a joke... At least, I hope they do.

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                                • C CaptainSeeSharp

                                  Perhaps one day you will understand what religion is about. It isn't about fairytales and myths.

                                  Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined (High Quality 2:14:01)[^] Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] The Truthbox[^]

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                                  Ian Shlasko
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                                  Prove it.

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                                  • I Ian Shlasko

                                    Prove it.

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                                    Dalek Dave
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                                    He can't prove a thing, he lacks the necessary mental capabilites to even argue a point, which is why he descends to childish insults. Watch, cos he will!

                                    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                                      He can't prove a thing, he lacks the necessary mental capabilites to even argue a point, which is why he descends to childish insults. Watch, cos he will!

                                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                                      Ian Shlasko
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                                      I know... But it's a boring day, and I need a laugh :)

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                                      • D Dalek Dave

                                        As a child my parents would bring me to church and try to make me religious, but then I read books that were not written by bronze age goat herders. I realised that the bible, and all religious texts, were providing answers for ignorance. But today we know the answers, there is no god of rainbows, there is no creationism, it is all bunkum and people who need the crutch of religion do so because they have been brainwashed by their parents. Teaching children religion is abuse. I saw the light, and it was science and maths, reason and argument, debate and reality, not bollocks and bells and smells, not ancient scripture written before refrigerators and computers, not hokum designed to create power and wealth for the elite.

                                        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                                        Distind
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                                        Given some of the nutbags I've got quoted saying they'd just rape and pillage if not for god telling them not to I'm more than happy to let religion stick around. But let's note something, they tried to teach you it and it didn't stick. Unless they tried to beat you into it I fail to see where the abuse comes in. After the morons who named their child Adolf Hitler [insert forgoten last name here], my threshold for ideological child abuse hopped a few points. If that doesn't count, despite the likely polarizing effect of the name, I really fail to see how teaching your kid something is abuse. Unless we want to start counting Santa and the Toothfairy as abuse too. But that's the thing, while I'm so far unaware of any crusades in the name of the Toothfairy, I do hold religion at about the same level. Lying to a child will have it's blow back, but if someone really believed the toothfairy was real and would purge you of your sins(and first set of teeth) it's hardly fair to label it as abuse. They would consider anything less than what they do to be abuse, and they do, I can get you some quotes on that end of things too.

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                                          You know that there is no intelligent design? I doubt you do, in fact I know you don't. You know a bit about the laws of the universe, an infinitesimal fraction of it. I don't think it is even possible for the human mind to understand the universe.

                                          Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined (High Quality 2:14:01)[^] Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] The Truthbox[^]

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                                          CaptainSeeSharp wrote:

                                          You know that there is no intelligent design?

                                          As an engineer, whoever designed the human body needs to be shot. For the love of crap, if we fall from the standing position we can manage to kill ourselves. Who's idea was that? It's either a remarkable result of generations of weighted chance, or a really crappy design.

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