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    Thread: Question
Post: RE: Question

I would respond: Does a person who wins the lottery win by predicting the right numbers, or was he just guessing and it happened to be right? Theists want to rationalize coincidences, and attribute v...
Ike963 Atheism 12 2488 March 7, 2013 at 6:50 pm
    Thread: are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat?
Post: RE: are vegetarians more ethical by not eating mea...

Unethical to eat meat? Yeah, make that argument to someone who's starving. Should animals be treated better? Absolutely! However, I feel the boycott of the meat industry hasn't been effective in r...
Ike963 Philosophy 266 75398 March 7, 2013 at 5:47 pm
    Thread: Rick Santorum wants a theocracy.
Post: RE: Rick Santorum wants a theocracy.

(March 7, 2013 at 1:12 pm)apophenia Wrote: I'm not sure that most people would find Santorum's quote as threatening or as menacing as you do. Shouldn't we be threatened? I for one think that ...
Ike963 Politics 10 3358 March 7, 2013 at 4:36 pm
    Thread: A Small Census
Post: RE: A Small Census

1. What is your age? 23 2. Are you married? Kids? No/No 3. Are you angry or disappointed at "God"? No god, just man. 4. Do you subscribe to hedonism? The free trial expired. 5. Are you an at...
Ike963 Atheism 157 38758 March 7, 2013 at 4:17 pm
    Thread: Death and atheism - something I've struggled with
Post: RE: Death and atheism - something I've struggled w...

(March 5, 2013 at 5:42 am)DrFreud Wrote: What are some ways that you cope and deal with the pain of losing a loved one, as atheists? I acknowledge my feelings of grief, express them, and I think com...
Ike963 Atheism 16 4065 March 6, 2013 at 4:38 pm
    Thread: My favorite image.
Post: RE: My favorite image.

Yeah, was gonna go on about religion, but I got too caught up in space. http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m55pfm54011r13ra2.gif
Ike963 Religion 3 1786 March 6, 2013 at 4:00 pm
    Thread: Shakespeare in original pronunciation
Post: RE: Shakespeare in original pronunciation

One of the most prized writers of English history, and his work is riddled with fart jokes, dick jokes, sodomy jokes, etc. Love Shakespeare.
Ike963 The Arts 10 4333 March 6, 2013 at 3:55 pm
    Thread: Assume racists are correct...
Post: RE: Assume racists are correct...

If racists were right, then through the process of natural selection the inferior race would die out over time. *shrug* On to the next topic!
Ike963 Off Topic 26 7003 March 6, 2013 at 3:43 pm
    Thread: My favorite image.
Post: My favorite image.

What are the odds that our existence was possible due to pure chance? http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1242a/zoomable/ I'm asserting that we are so infinitely insignificant in our scale, that wha...
Ike963 Religion 3 1786 March 6, 2013 at 3:28 pm
    Thread: Reasoning vs trusting authority.
Post: RE: Reasoning vs trusting authority.

Convincing people to trust the boogeyman before they trust their own mind, to me, is the power of the church. I think more people are realizing this, or coming to the realization. When my parents re...
Ike963 Religion 5 2371 March 6, 2013 at 2:18 pm
    Thread: The worst moment of my life.
Post: RE: The worst moment of my life.

(March 5, 2013 at 1:34 pm)apophenia Wrote: Welcome to the forum. That is incredibly callous, but typical. On a side note, it may be just me, but I find your avatar very scary. I'm not usuall...
Ike963 Converts' Corner 6 1254 March 6, 2013 at 1:29 am
    Thread: Life isn't about how smart you are
Post: RE: Life isn't about how smart you are

I agree that life isn't about how smart you are, though I feel that intelligence would have a positive correlation with quality of life.
Ike963 Off Topic 34 7647 March 5, 2013 at 8:20 am
    Thread: Is the catholic church a force for good?
Post: RE: Is the catholic church a force for good?

Wow gabriel nice stats. Really building a great argument. Then you totally deviated from that to criticize a dead man who suffered from a MENTAL ILLNESS! Steven Fry famous for nothing? Disordered ...
Ike963 Religion 78 20583 March 5, 2013 at 7:54 am
    Thread: Joss Whedon
Post: RE: Joss Whedon

(February 28, 2013 at 12:13 pm)ManMachine Wrote: (February 11, 2013 at 8:44 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: If I were a theist, I might worship Joss Whedon. Even his crappy stuff is good. The Cabin in th...
Ike963 The Arts 14 2952 March 5, 2013 at 6:07 am
    Thread: The worst moment of my life.
Post: The worst moment of my life.

tl;dr at bottom Background I was raised true catholic, not the bullshit catholic, i mean archaic, latin mass, on your knees, women must wear a veil covering on their head, believe you're eating/drink...
Ike963 Converts' Corner 6 1254 March 5, 2013 at 5:38 am