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RE: So I guess I'm an Atheist?
August 6, 2015 at 9:19 pm
(August 6, 2015 at 9:17 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: (August 6, 2015 at 8:52 pm)Shinagami Wrote: No, they disagreed with me. They took issue with my statements on Jews and vaguely implied that I was a Nazi.
Believe me, when I first started posting here I caught a lot of flak too -- some deserved, some unearnt. Disagreements on a forum where the rules lean to free speech rather than courtesy can get heated. remember, "Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind,"
I like that expression. I'll just have to grow a thicker skin.
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RE: So I guess I'm an Atheist?
August 6, 2015 at 9:49 pm
(August 6, 2015 at 9:19 pm)Shinagami Wrote: (August 6, 2015 at 9:17 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Believe me, when I first started posting here I caught a lot of flak too -- some deserved, some unearnt. Disagreements on a forum where the rules lean to free speech rather than courtesy can get heated. remember, "Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind,"
I like that expression. I'll just have to grow a thicker skin.
If one is going to be on the internet at all, it is good to have a very thick skin.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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So I guess I'm an Atheist?
August 6, 2015 at 9:54 pm
(August 6, 2015 at 9:19 pm)Shinagami Wrote: (August 6, 2015 at 9:17 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Believe me, when I first started posting here I caught a lot of flak too -- some deserved, some unearnt. Disagreements on a forum where the rules lean to free speech rather than courtesy can get heated. remember, "Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind,"
I like that expression. I'll just have to grow a thicker skin.
Very true. I've heard it a few ways. My favorite was "mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter"
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RE: So I guess I'm an Atheist?
August 7, 2015 at 1:40 pm
(August 6, 2015 at 9:54 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: (August 6, 2015 at 9:19 pm)Shinagami Wrote: I like that expression. I'll just have to grow a thicker skin.
Very true. I've heard it a few ways. My favorite was "mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter"
I cribbed mine from that widely esteemed philosopher, Dr Seuss.
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RE: So I guess I'm an Atheist?
August 7, 2015 at 1:49 pm
(August 7, 2015 at 1:40 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: (August 6, 2015 at 9:54 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: Very true. I've heard it a few ways. My favorite was "mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter"
I cribbed mine from that widely esteemed philosopher, Dr Seuss.
I love that quote. Used to keep it in mind when something or someone was getting to me.
Recently I've changed it to 'fuck it' though.
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RE: So I guess I'm an Atheist?
August 7, 2015 at 2:16 pm
(August 7, 2015 at 1:49 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: (August 7, 2015 at 1:40 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I cribbed mine from that widely esteemed philosopher, Dr Seuss.
I love that quote. Used to keep it in mind when something or someone was getting to me.
Recently I've changed it to 'fuck it' though.
The thing is, all of the rhymes for "fuck it" are also rather salacious, so he had to be a little more elegant. 
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RE: So I guess I'm an Atheist?
August 7, 2015 at 2:36 pm
Elegance schmelegance 
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RE: So I guess I'm an Atheist?
August 7, 2015 at 3:22 pm
(August 7, 2015 at 1:40 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: (August 6, 2015 at 9:54 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: Very true. I've heard it a few ways. My favorite was "mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter"
I cribbed mine from that widely esteemed philosopher, Dr Seuss.
He did not say it, though people commonly believe he did:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss#Misattributed
It was stated by Bernard Baruch (except in reverse order of how you stated it).
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: So I guess I'm an Atheist?
August 7, 2015 at 3:28 pm
Be sure to barbecue kittens, record the NFL without their permission and rip the tags off of your mattress
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RE: So I guess I'm an Atheist?
August 10, 2015 at 10:08 am
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(August 7, 2015 at 3:22 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: (August 7, 2015 at 1:40 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I cribbed mine from that widely esteemed philosopher, Dr Seuss.
He did not say it, though people commonly believe he did:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss#Misattributed
It was stated by Bernard Baruch (except in reverse order of how you stated it).
The message was the point, not the author.
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