(April 25, 2020 at 2:28 pm)WinterHold Wrote:(April 25, 2020 at 9:16 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Comic writing has purposes beyond making people laugh. It frequently uses humour as a vehicle to examine vital social issues or ultimate existential conundra.
You’ve clearly never been exposed to the classic novel ‘The Snarkout Boys And The Avocado Of Death’ or its equally brilliant companion volume ‘The Snarkout Boys And The Baconburg Horror’. In the two books alone, you will find more meaning, more insight into the human condition than in all the holy books and religious commentary every written.
Boru
If some authors like to leave a "deep" story behind their humor, many others don't. Actually there are so many popular publications that serve nothing but the sole goal of making the reader laugh, generalizing on the whole industry is quite wrong to me.
I am interested in the novel you mentioned to me months ago, about the dark city with lots of crime and criminals. That one seemed interesting.
(April 25, 2020 at 12:25 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Of course you don't believe that you were tricked into believing your religion.
That's because you WANTED to be tricked into it - so you can conform to the societal norms it espouses.
If you take a good long look at why you believe it - you will come to the conclusion that you have no real reasons for believing it.
You just want to belong.
That's not a reason. It's an excuse.
Mere "belonging" is not my thing; you see I prefer to have "morals" and "strong reasons" behind my moves. I believe in God because the idea of a universe without a creator is silly to me: the design of it is too perfect it rings a strong bell.
I believe because it is the most logical thing out there.
An invisible make - believe person won't make you a better person.
When I sell a vehicle - I will tell the buyer all that is wrong about it t hat I know to be wrong. There have been many times where I could have made more money by lying about things or simply keeping my mouth shut.
I never have.
It's not because Allah, Jesus, The Easter Bunny or The Great Pumpkin commands me to do.so.
I do it because I despise cunts who willingly sell defective things without disclosing those defects.
I do the right thing because it is right.
That's what morals are.
Morals are NOT behaviour inspired by fear of retribution (or hope of approval) by anyone - including invisible friends.
That is simply Pavlovian conditioning.
True morals come from within.