(October 13, 2010 at 4:47 pm)Shell B Wrote: There most certainly are too many to take into account. Let's start with A. Africans, Africans with AIDS, Africans with autism, Africans with HIV, Africans that have suffered tragedies, Africans who have not suffered tragedy, Africans with one parent, Africans with both parents, Africans with diabetes, Africans who are educated, Africans who are not, etc.?
All of them having things in common that can bring them together.. in your case.. they are all African. See how you use the worst aspects to create a division while I use the most obvious aspect to create unity?
(October 13, 2010 at 4:47 pm)Shell B Wrote: I think no such thing. It's called sarcasm
Ohhhh sarcasm, you should've had the foresight to use italics before then. You see how you caused a problem by not taking into account the consequences of your actions?
(October 13, 2010 at 4:47 pm)Shell B Wrote: I haven't given perfection that much thought. I don't expect it from anyone or anything.So why did you even bother to call youself an atheist? You had to have realised that religion wasn't perfect, but instead of trying for it yourself you just gave up...? You should realise that anything less than perfection is substandard, and that's all you should ever expect to get out of life unless you demand the best.
(October 13, 2010 at 4:47 pm)Shell B Wrote: Take a prozac.
(October 13, 2010 at 4:47 pm)Shell B Wrote: Let me get this straight, you're comparing me to some drug addict that couldn't get his beliefs straight because I don't agree that you can be sure that most people do not think about the consequences of their actions and because I don't think we should expect perfection when it is subjective to begin with?
Not quite Shelly.. i'm comparing you to some guy who had given up on the idea that life had a purpose because he had decided that perfection=god, and without god there was no chance of perfection. Which is entirely accurate.
(October 13, 2010 at 4:47 pm)Shell B Wrote: Let God has nothing to do with it. And you go give that spiel to the kids that are terminally ill in the hospital. "Didn't you think about it before you got sick, you little assholes?" "You're illness is sucking the life out of our economy!" Yeah, that's sounds awesome.
What have terminally ill kids got to do with it? Just because somebody is ill it doesnt mean they flick a switch in their brain which turns them into selfish people.. illness denotes selflishness? I never even implied that.
(October 13, 2010 at 4:47 pm)Shell B Wrote: I'm sorry. I worded that wrong. You aren't trying to make people like you. You are trying to make people live by your standards. That is equally egotistic.
Excuse me for offering solutions to a fucked up world. Maybe we should be like you instead and just do nothing and let world keep sinking.
(October 13, 2010 at 4:47 pm)Shell B Wrote: Careful you don't get overexcited. It's just a conversation.