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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 9, 2017 at 6:26 pm
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(October 9, 2017 at 6:16 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Seeing the goodness is one thing; expecting it is totally different. It so many different variables (including when; what the state of fortune the person has...etc)..
In other words; expecting to grow a garden in the trenches of WW1 is a very optimistic thinking and somehow gullible. Who expects that? Though...I do want to point out...that soldiers in ww1 did, in fact, grow gardens in the trenches. Celery was a favorite, positively loving the trench environment and all. There's humanity for you, even in the trenches we have time to water the daisies. We don;t stop being human beings just because we're at war.
Quote:Bad habits ruin unification and make it a very temporary matter. Yes; believers in evil might unify to do an ugly crime; but if gays were stoned today; the rest of the crowed will stone each other when the gays are all dead.
Once a self-righteous prick always a self-righteous prick.
Exactly ! evil consume evil; but if good people didn't do a thing; it will consume them before it consumes itself.
IDK, it hasn't managed to do so yet, and obviously good people are out doing good things. Comorbidity of your religion aside, it's difficult to understand the deep well of pessimism you have regarding humanity as we make global improvements in every meaningful metric and have been doing so for quite some time now.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 9, 2017 at 9:32 pm
(October 9, 2017 at 6:20 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Atlas officially hijacked my thread lol.
Perhaps he's stalking you, lets find out. This is what physics says, what says you?
Go on, I dare you, be the first theist to comment on this.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 9, 2017 at 11:07 pm
I don't have the patience to sit through that video
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 9, 2017 at 11:19 pm
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(October 9, 2017 at 6:20 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Atlas officially hijacked my thread lol.
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(October 9, 2017 at 6:23 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (October 9, 2017 at 6:20 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Atlas officially hijacked my thread lol.
At least Atlas is stable.
If it had been MK I suspect some of the hostages would have been killed by now...
Who told you that? I have boxes of "baby oil". I eat frayed kittens for breakfast !
(October 9, 2017 at 6:25 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I'm watching a documentary about lady gaga right now. She's such a weirdo lol. I don't get these right brained artsy people.
With all respect to her fans; that syndrome is called "attention whore".
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 9, 2017 at 11:26 pm
(October 9, 2017 at 6:20 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Atlas officially hijacked my thread lol.
Hijack it back.
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 9, 2017 at 11:40 pm
(October 9, 2017 at 6:26 pm)Khemikal Wrote: (October 9, 2017 at 6:16 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Seeing the goodness is one thing; expecting it is totally different. It so many different variables (including when; what the state of fortune the person has...etc)..
In other words; expecting to grow a garden in the trenches of WW1 is a very optimistic thinking and somehow gullible. Who expects that? Though...I do want to point out...that soldiers in ww1 did, in fact, grow gardens in the trenches. Celery was a favorite, positively loving the trench environment and all. There's humanity for you, even in the trenches we have time to water the daisies. We don;t stop being human beings just because we're at war. Don't take it literally. It was meant to be metaphorical all the way; and even literally, these gardens were grown to aid the "war effort" from feeding the troops to raising their morals.
Quote:IDK, it hasn't managed to do so yet, and obviously good people are out doing good things. Comorbidity of your religion aside, it's difficult to understand the deep well of pessimism you have regarding humanity as we make global improvements in every meaningful metric and have been doing so for quite some time now.
The industrial age came to be because of war and seeking military superiority, I won't call that "good people doing good things".
My pessimism springs from observing humans. Give me something that was ought to be great; and a human must come to ruin it by spreading negativity and selfish ideas.
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 9, 2017 at 11:41 pm
That’s impossible. Being completely good doesn’t jive with having the ability to stop the suffering of children and just not doing it. I’d tell it to go fuck itself.
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 9, 2017 at 11:42 pm
(October 9, 2017 at 11:19 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: (October 9, 2017 at 6:23 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: At least Atlas is stable.
If it had been MK I suspect some of the hostages would have been killed by now...
Who told you that? I have boxes of "baby oil". I eat frayed kittens for breakfast !
I prefer my kittens in at least a moderate state of repair, myself.
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.'
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 9, 2017 at 11:44 pm
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(October 9, 2017 at 11:40 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Don't take it literally. It was meant to be metaphorical all the way; and even literally, these gardens were grown to aid the "war effort" from feeding the troops to raising their morals. They grew because celery likes cold dark places, like a trench.
Quote:The industrial age came to be because of war and seeking military superiority, I won't call that "good people doing good things".
My pessimism springs from observing humans. Give me something that was ought to be great; and a human must come to ruin it by spreading negativity and selfish ideas.
Is that why you think the industrial age came about, or is that another metaphor? Maybe you should get out and observe more humans, or a different bunch of them. It really shouldn't be too hard to find good people doing good things...even in the shittiest of circumstances. If you're committed to pessimism, however, you might not find good people doing good things if they were dancing on the tip of your nose...so there's that.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: What would you do if you found out God existed
October 10, 2017 at 12:50 am
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(October 9, 2017 at 11:42 pm)Cyberman Wrote: (October 9, 2017 at 11:19 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Who told you that? I have boxes of "baby oil". I eat frayed kittens for breakfast !
I prefer my kittens in at least a moderate state of repair, myself.
"Medium-Cooked" kitties, you mean?
It depends on the breed after all, some have more hair than meat. Others do not have hair anyways:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphynx_cat
I'm very sorry about posting the article here
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