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[SPLIT] Star Trek, Firefly, B5 etc.
September 5, 2009 at 5:38 am
(August 31, 2009 at 4:28 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: To quote Spock ... "An ancestor of mine maintained that when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Spock's ancestor is Sherlock Holmes?! Hahaha!
Quote:"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"
(Arthur C. Doyle, The Sign of the Four, pg. 111).
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RE: Is belief in God a choice
September 5, 2009 at 6:57 am
(September 5, 2009 at 5:38 am)Arcanus Wrote: (August 31, 2009 at 4:28 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: To quote Spock ... "An ancestor of mine maintained that when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Spock's ancestor is Sherlock Holmes?! Hahaha!
Is that supposed to be some weak-arsed attempt at ridicule? If so go watch the fucking film!
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RE: Is belief in God a choice
September 5, 2009 at 7:25 am
(September 5, 2009 at 6:57 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: Is that supposed to be some weak-arsed attempt at ridicule? If so go watch the fucking film!
Ehhh... no, it was an attempt at enjoying something I found richly ironic. God, Trekkies are so fucking sensitive... 
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RE: Is belief in God a choice
September 5, 2009 at 1:46 pm
(September 5, 2009 at 7:25 am)Arcanus Wrote: (September 5, 2009 at 6:57 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: Is that supposed to be some weak-arsed attempt at ridicule? If so go watch the fucking film!
Ehhh... no, it was an attempt at enjoying something I found richly ironic. God, Trekkies are so fucking sensitive...
Puhleaze ... If you're gonna label me at least do it right! I am NOT a trekkie or even close! I like Kirk and ST:TOS sure but that's about it! Now if we're talking REAL science Fiction like B5 or Firefly then sure ... I'll happily associate myself with it!
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RE: Is belief in God a choice
September 5, 2009 at 2:07 pm
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(September 5, 2009 at 1:46 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: Puhleaze ... If you're gonna label me at least do it right! I am NOT a trekkie or even close! I like Kirk and ST:TOS sure but that's about it! Now if we're talking REAL science Fiction like B5 or Firefly then sure ... I'll happily associate myself with it!
Firefly... is that what the movie Serenity was based on? I fucking LOVED that movie, either way. Seen it multiple times.
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RE: Is belief in God a choice
September 5, 2009 at 2:10 pm
(September 5, 2009 at 2:07 pm)Arcanus Wrote: (September 5, 2009 at 1:46 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: Puhleaze ... If you're gonna label me at least do it right! I am NOT a trekkie or even close! I like Kirk and ST:TOS sure but that's about it! Now if we're talking REAL science Fiction like B5 or Firefly then sure ... I'll happily associate myself with it!
Firefly... is that what the movie Serenity was based on? I fucking LOVED that movie, either way. Seen it multiple times.
Pretty much hated it ... loved the series, hated the movie!
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RE: Is belief in God a choice
September 5, 2009 at 3:20 pm
The movie was great! Sure, they killed off some characters, but they tied up a load of loose ends, including the relationship of Kayley and Simon. Plus River got "cured" which was good 
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RE: Is belief in God a choice
September 5, 2009 at 4:36 pm
The writers of Star Trek episodes have stolen a lot of material from various sources. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I do it all the time myself. Some famous writer stated "A good writer doesn't borrow -- he steals." I steal that one frequently and I forgot who I stole it from.
It's strange that Conan Doyle the creator of the great detective Sherlock Holmes was anything but a detective himself. He was a very gullible man. He believed all kinds of hokum. He was one of the people who examined the famous photos of the Cottingly Fairies and he determined them to be real.
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RE: Is belief in God a choice
September 5, 2009 at 5:07 pm
(September 5, 2009 at 4:36 pm)Godlesspanther Wrote: Some famous writer stated "A good writer doesn't borrow -- he steals." I steal that one frequently and I forgot who I stole it from.
I know Bob Dylan said it. So did TS Elliott and Picasso.
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RE: Is belief in God a choice
September 6, 2009 at 6:11 am
(September 5, 2009 at 4:36 pm)Godlesspanther Wrote: The writers of Star Trek episodes have stolen a lot of material from various sources. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I do it all the time myself. Some famous writer stated "A good writer doesn't borrow -- he steals." I steal that one frequently and I forgot who I stole it from.
It's strange that Conan Doyle the creator of the great detective Sherlock Holmes was anything but a detective himself. He was a very gullible man. He believed all kinds of hokum. He was one of the people who examined the famous photos of the Cottingly Fairies and he determined them to be real.
He also played in goal for Portsmouth AFC.
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