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Certainty
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Certainty
September 20, 2013 at 12:27 am
"Doubt is uncomfortable but tolerable, certainty is just ridiculous."

Are you certain about that?
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RE: Certainty
September 20, 2013 at 12:58 am (This post was last modified: September 20, 2013 at 12:59 am by Foxaèr.)
Who ever stated that is ridiculous.
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RE: Certainty
September 20, 2013 at 1:22 am
I always enjoyed Voltaire.

Have you seen this one?

Quote:“Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world”
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RE: Certainty
September 20, 2013 at 1:25 am (This post was last modified: September 20, 2013 at 1:26 am by Foxaèr.)
I suppose I find the quote ridiculous because I am certain god does not exist and I am certain that my certainty does not make me ridiculous.
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RE: Certainty
September 20, 2013 at 1:39 am (This post was last modified: September 20, 2013 at 1:39 am by max-greece.)
Hard to argue with Voltaire on that one.

They follow a guy who was borne into, lived and died as a member of another religion. A guy who, according to the earliest report of his life, showed zero interest in anyone outside the religion he was borne into (excepting the bolted on bit at the end). A guy who was rejected by the religion he was borne into and a guy who was seen only by members of that religion.

Yup - nutty as a fruitcake.
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RE: Certainty
September 20, 2013 at 1:58 am
(September 20, 2013 at 12:58 am)Maelstrom Wrote: Who ever stated that is ridiculous.

Look above you.
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RE: Certainty
September 20, 2013 at 4:00 am
"In the words of Esther Rantzen, 'life is uncertain'. My life certainly has a certain uncertainty about it; and I'm pretty certain that yours does, too. So with your uncertainty, and my uncertainty, there's certainly a certain degree of uncertainty about. Of that, we can be - quite sure."
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At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Certainty
September 20, 2013 at 6:43 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKCJgDCA5Bo
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RE: Certainty
September 20, 2013 at 7:48 am
(September 20, 2013 at 12:27 am)Max_Kolbe Wrote: "Doubt is uncomfortable but tolerable, certainty is just ridiculous."

Are you certain about that?

Christians are certain there god exists and you are right it is ridiculous. I doubt they are right can you tolerate my comfort with that?
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RE: Certainty
September 20, 2013 at 8:15 am
(September 20, 2013 at 1:22 am)Minimalist Wrote: I always enjoyed Voltaire.

Have you seen this one?

Quote:“Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world”

I also enjoy this one.

Quote:It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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