(January 13, 2016 at 8:11 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(January 13, 2016 at 8:00 pm)Constable Dorfl Wrote: He does, every day there's less than 100% cloud cover. Its one of the curses of being Irish.

Typical Irish skin tones:  White, Alabaster, Pearl, DamnedNearClear.

Boru

I'm a big fan of boiled lobster pink myself.

(January 14, 2016 at 12:24 am)Delicate Wrote:

(January 13, 2016 at 10:14 am)pool the great Wrote: The smarter you get, the lower tolerance you have for stupid.

Just sayin'

Explains why atheists think Hitler was so smart

Depends what you mean by smart, but is it worth my asking for a citation for this? Or are we to take your word for it?

(January 14, 2016 at 3:56 am)robvalue Wrote: As far as I'm aware, Delicate refuses to say what she actually believes. So calling us stupid for disagreeing with her is difficult to respond to, when we don't know what we're disagreeing with, or whether we even would disagree with it. For all we know she thinks the Statue of Liberty is God.

There was someone else like that, who played his beliefs like a game of Simon Says and used it to deride people for not guessing correctly. Now who was it... something to do with L0rd 0f Th3 R1ng5...

Well, I see delicate's claim to have turned over a new leaf was as sincere as EP's was.

(January 13, 2016 at 7:09 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: It would behoove everyone to eschew the liberal machine that is Google.

Better to use this search engine instead.

Fuck me, that's both scary and hilarious.

"Behoove? What, are we in the cavalry now?"
--Hawkeye

(January 14, 2016 at 1:31 am)Beccs Wrote:

(January 14, 2016 at 12:24 am)Delicate Wrote: Explains why atheists think Hitler was so smart

ActuallyHitler was smart and, in many ways, highly Charismatic.

He was also a murdering piece of shit who was  a megalomaniac.  Just like Jim Jones, Stalin, and a number of other sociopaths from the 20th century.

intelligence does not denote mental stability.

In other words,

Crazy...not Stupid.

(January 14, 2016 at 1:29 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Depends on the person. Maybe some of them don't like it when they are confronted about their beliefs because they are insecure about them, and maybe others don't like it because they don't think it's anyone else's business to get in their face about their beliefs. No different from anyone else with their own views.

Different people believe, for different reasons.

Some people simply "feel that there is a God",
or were raised to believe in it and have found no reason to challenge that belief.

Some people need the promise of Eternal Life...or to know they'll see their loved ones again.

Some people need more forgiveness than any human can give (death row prisoners, for example)

Some people need the Unconditional Love.

Some people can't seem to be moral without  their Belief;

Some people need to know that in the end, there will be Justice;
and that there is some sort of "reason" why bad things have to happen.

Some people just want a shortcut to all of their questions about the Universe to being answered.


It really depends on the upbringing and psychology of the Theist in question.


But in my experience, the worst types of Theists are the ones whose primary reasons for Believing,

are because they simply like to think God is "on their side"
and that anyone who opposes them will either be smitten with a judgment, in this life,
or burn in Hell for eternity.

These are the most smug, sanctimonious, disingenuous, manipulative, vindictive ones.

And they're usually pretty easy to spot.

They are not humble.  They are sublimely arrogant.

And their slip is showing:

they obviously lack that fabled, inner Peace That Passeth All Understanding,

who only seem to find any satisfaction when passing judgments, or issuing put-downs.

(January 13, 2016 at 2:24 pm)Beccs Wrote:

(January 12, 2016 at 3:25 pm)TrueChristian Wrote: Empress, can you do something about your avatar?

It seems to be of a naked woman, which is innapropriate in nearly every setting.

There's nothing wrong with having a female figure as part your avatar, but could you please tone it down a bit?

There are likely married men on this forum!

Just be glad I'm not allowed to use one of my pictures with my tits out as my avatar

Well, that's a stupid rule!

(January 14, 2016 at 10:51 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:

(January 13, 2016 at 2:24 pm)Beccs Wrote: Just be glad I'm not allowed to use one of my pictures with my tits out as my avatar

Well, that's a stupid rule!