Drich's last post made me chuckle.

I'm surprised no one has made a sitcom about such a character.

(May 17, 2018 at 3:13 pm)Kit Wrote: Butterless, saltless popcorn, please.

I might be able to find some packing Styrofoam, if you're hungry.

They totally make that shit out of cornstarch nowadays....so it;s really not far from popcorn.

(May 17, 2018 at 9:25 am)Drich Wrote: It take the same if not more faith to follow popcorn science, especially after all the failure popcorn science has predicted/warned us about, in our own world n our own life time, (Mini-Ice age by 2000 due to pollution, deforestation by acid rain in the arctic tundra, hole in the Ozone caused by cfc's global warming, global cooling, global climate change due to carbon surplus,(that can some how be fixed by carbon credits/tax, melting Ice caps (nasa says antarctic Ice growing at crazy rate)  let alone what what pop corn science says about planets and galaxies or even the beginning of time. . . . . . Why then is it sooo.. easy for you to see and make fun of the faith of other WHEN YOU ARE PRACTICING THE EXACT SAME THING?!?!?!?!?

Well, let's examine your thesis here, Drich.

There are several definitions of faith, but the two that seem to come up most frequently in relation to religion are a) trust in something that has proven itself worthy, b) firm belief in something without proof. Well, let's compare science and religion to see if the parallel upon which your satire depends actually exists.

What does science promise? Well, science as a rule doesn't make promises, but generally people who put faith in science do so in the hope that science will deliver meaningful progress, both in terms of longer lives and a higher quality of life.

What does the Christian religion promise? It promises that if you have faith in the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ, you will be rewarded with eternal life in heaven.

So what have the respective "religions" delivered with respect to their promises?

Science has given us modern agriculture and medicine, computers, cell phones, global communication, GPS systems, longer lives and an overall higher standard of living.

Christianity gives us more promises of an afterlife which no one can even demonstrate exists. In a word, nothing.

So which definition of faith appears most appropriate to science? That it is trust in something which has shown itself worthy. And which definition of faith applies to the Christian religion? The definition that faith is firm belief in things that have not been proved.

So, no, Drich, you didn't create a meaningful satire by copying Valkyrie's post and substituting a few words, and you haven't shown that anybody is a hypocrite for finding your lame parody strange and not finding Valkyrie's satire similarly puzzling. All you've accomplished is showing that you don't know what the fuck you are talking about.

As noted previously, you are a fucking moron, as well as a liar for Jesus.

(May 17, 2018 at 1:58 pm)Drich Wrote: my credibility has not changed as nothing in my life has changed. I've often tried to keep my online stuff and my IRL stuff separate. but was encouraged to share. show people the truth. Show them the cancer stuff let them speak to the people who were with me through my AIDS diagnosis Show whomever wants to see it what God has done for me. the one who has terrible grammar and can not read.. have them speak to trich ask her about the drugs ask about my work as an engineer maybe skype my build crew or my salesmen, maybe invite some of you to orlando and check out all of it. Show the results of my time at the church talk to those I have minister to see the pics of the mission work all of it. 

My wife says my life is a little forrest gumpish in not only how I started out life but all the different fantastic things I've been involved with.. She herself would not believe it all if not for having lived through the last 1/3 of it with me. I have never had anything to hide, I just kept quiet for the sake of not bragging... then it now makes sense that would be like hiding my light under a bush. I want people to see to question and see that what I tell you (all of it) is to the best of my ability to record it. now maybe it would be easier to simply show you. or rather show anyone who want to know that I speak the truth in everything I have said and done here. In fact there is so much more I have not said that would just take everything to another level, but you all are stuck here, so what would be the point? it would just sound that much more fantastical/that much harder to believe.

Really, the AIDS for god thing again where you were caught in a lie? You have no credibility here.

Words which require a better understanding (including but not limited to):

Logic
Atheistic
Science
Fact
Evidence
Honest
Satire

(May 17, 2018 at 3:18 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:

(May 17, 2018 at 3:14 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Aw, don’t be so hard on yourself, Drippy! There is always room for personal change. 😏

Yeah, but that part of the room is blocked off to him.  A solid wall made of bible bricks keeps him in his tiny corner.  There is only an air hole which he uses to fling out his excrement rather than draw in oxygen from outside.

ferfuxake, Montressor, put in the last brick!

This thread would have been for fun with an "an" in place of "ir".

(May 17, 2018 at 6:35 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:

(May 17, 2018 at 1:58 pm)Drich Wrote: my credibility has not changed as nothing in my life has changed. I've often tried to keep my online stuff and my IRL stuff separate. but was encouraged to share. show people the truth. Show them the cancer stuff let them speak to the people who were with me through my AIDS diagnosis Show whomever wants to see it what God has done for me. the one who has terrible grammar and can not read.. have them speak to trich ask her about the drugs ask about my work as an engineer maybe skype my build crew or my salesmen, maybe invite some of you to orlando and check out all of it. Show the results of my time at the church talk to those I have minister to see the pics of the mission work all of it. 

My wife says my life is a little forrest gumpish in not only how I started out life but all the different fantastic things I've been involved with.. She herself would not believe it all if not for having lived through the last 1/3 of it with me. I have never had anything to hide, I just kept quiet for the sake of not bragging... then it now makes sense that would be like hiding my light under a bush. I want people to see to question and see that what I tell you (all of it) is to the best of my ability to record it. now maybe it would be easier to simply show you. or rather show anyone who want to know that I speak the truth in everything I have said and done here. In fact there is so much more I have not said that would just take everything to another level, but you all are stuck here, so what would be the point? it would just sound that much more fantastical/that much harder to believe.

Really, the AIDS for god thing again where you were caught in a lie? You have no credibility here.

He lied about having AIDS?!

(May 17, 2018 at 9:34 am)Shell B Wrote:

(May 17, 2018 at 12:46 am)Godscreated Wrote:  I disagree, scientist are drawing conclusions about planets they have never seen, saying they are this or they are that. When in reality they have no clue about those unseen planets. Many scientist today are writing things just to throw papers and information out there so they can claim they were the first to say this or that when and if those things are proven. This comes from scientist that are becoming disappointed by the way science is turning to guessing for the sake of fame.

GC

So you know enough about astrophysics to say they’re wrong?

As I said this comes from scientist making the statement. What's wrong with repeating them.

GC

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(May 17, 2018 at 6:12 am)Succubus Wrote:

(May 17, 2018 at 12:46 am)Godscreated Wrote: I disagree, scientist are drawing conclusions about planets they have never seen, saying they are this or they are that. When in reality they have no clue about those unseen planets. Many scientist today are writing things just to throw papers and information out there so they can claim they were the first to say this or that when and if those things are proven. This comes from scientist that are becoming disappointed by the way science is turning to guessing for the sake of fame.

GC

Musht be shome mishtake.

Nope saw this on National Geographic program.

(May 12, 2018 at 12:30 am)Godscreated Wrote:  So you're saying science is guess work at best, well I have a greater understanding of how science works than you do and for the most part it's not guess work.

GC

 

Succubus Wrote:You need a good memory to tell lies.

A few weeks back a poster, Vulcan? Suggested GC was an elaborate atheist Poe whose intention was to make devout  believers look silly. I think he was onto something.

 Why anyone can tell lies, even you can with your poor memory. Doesn't matter what he thinks it's what he can prove about me that would count.

GC

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(May 17, 2018 at 2:21 am)Mathilda Wrote:

(May 17, 2018 at 12:46 am)Godscreated Wrote:  I disagree, scientist are drawing conclusions about planets they have never seen, saying they are this or they are that. When in reality they have no clue about those unseen planets. Many scientist today are writing things just to throw papers and information out there so they can claim they were the first to say this or that when and if those things are proven. This comes from scientist that are becoming disappointed by the way science is turning to guessing for the sake of fame.

I suspect that you didn't speak to a real professional scientist. Which field are you talking about for a start? Things can be very different for each field. See, if you had moaned about the pressure to publish or perish it would have given your post more credibility, but what you said is more akin to a popular misconception by non-scientists.

like I posted to ShellB, it was not my statement it came from another on a National Geographic show.

GC