RE: Freeing the mind slaves
December 17, 2013 at 3:38 am
(This post was last modified: December 17, 2013 at 4:13 am by Jacob(smooth).)
(December 17, 2013 at 12:20 am)whateverist Wrote:Ummmm (trembling in the spotlight)...(December 16, 2013 at 7:42 pm)Rayaan Wrote: Well, if you were on the atheists' side, or talking about religion from their point of view, then that makes your post misleading to everyone because you presented it as your point of view (on religion). You even started the post by saying "I was going to post this in the section about banning the burka, but thought it actually had broader application." So, according to that sentence, it was clearly you who "thought" that, not anyone else.
Again, is the quote in your OP the atheists' point of view on religion or your own point of view? I asked you this earlier but you didn't answer that.
Okay, Jacob. Come out with your hands up. Just want to ask you a few questions. Whose side are you on .. and when did you know it?
Mine?
Quote: And now he's acting like he is confused by telling me "well on some days I really don't know which side I'm on." I don't take seriously someone who wavers back and forth so much about what he believes.
I shall attempt to live with that
I try not to overinvest in any view. It makes it so much harder to change it if / when I discover I need to. The degreeof "wavering" is inversely proportionate to my level of confidence in my position.
As to the op, I honestly wasn't thinking in terms of what it would make people think I believed. I've set out my views after someone asked me to. To be honest, in my mind, Esquilax was morpheus in that scene. I was thinking of my position as one of the agents, but subsequently decided cipher was a closer fit.
(December 16, 2013 at 7:42 pm)Rayaan Wrote:Well I could take the easy out and say it was the atheists pov, but I'll be honest sometimes I agree with that view(December 16, 2013 at 2:47 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: An enemy yes. Didn't say who's.
You did say who's.
"Religion is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy."
(December 16, 2013 at 2:47 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: And some days I really don't know which "side" i'm on.
Well, if you were on the atheists' side, or talking about religion from their point of view, then that makes your post misleading to everyone because you presented it as your point of view (on religion). You even started the post by saying "I was going to post this in the section about banning the burka, but thought it actually had broader application." So, according to that sentence, it was clearly you who "thought" that, not anyone else.
Again, is the quote in your OP the atheists' point of view on religion or your own point of view? I asked you this earlier but you didn't answer that.
. Perhaps I'm schizophrenic.
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
