(August 26, 2012 at 7:42 pm)padraic Wrote: I keep thinking of Epicurus and the problem of suffering:
I've never yet seen anyone come up with a response to that which satisfies all aspects of the problem. If Epicurus was around today, bearing in mind I know nothing else about him and his life, I suspect he'd be one of our more regarded atheist spokesmen along with the famous Four Horsemen (sadly reduced now).
(August 26, 2012 at 7:44 pm)Chuck Wrote: Btw, none who would utter the word "Spock" at the rat like visage of Zachary Quinto can ever be mistaken for the real thing.
Which is what confuses me about our Spock's choice of avatar. Of course everyone is a free agent on these matters, but discussion has already revealed our shared opinion on the Abrams' Train Wreck Star Trek - um - thing.
To mix my geekology again: I find your lack of Nimoy disturbing. Well, odd anyway.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
