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Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2005, 02:53:48 PM »
“Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good. That honor virtue and courage mean everything; that money and power mean nothing.  That good always triumphs over evil. That true love never dies. Doesn’t matter if they’re true or not.  A man should believe in those things anyway. Because they are the things worth believing.”

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Offline KONG1

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« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2005, 02:59:48 PM »
Holden,

Mmmm, a semantic argument, how tedious.  I’m not sure I would use either as a modifier of the other.  It would be stylistically abhorrent.

But… I’ll play.

In 1616 the church declared the Copernican theory false, declaring the truth to be that the earth doesn’t move.

In 1633 Galileo Galilei under the real threat of death was compelled to agree.

Maybe the former was an unreal truth and the latter an untruthful reality.

Who cares, that still doesn’t answer the question:
Why did bigfoot create god.
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« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2005, 03:02:46 PM »
Kong, go ahead and believe in false reality and unreal truth.  If it makes sense to you and your therapist, okay.

"Everybody needs to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." -- Norm Peterson
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« Reply #18 on: May 13, 2005, 03:30:46 PM »
"I don't believe in Buddha, I don't believe in Jesus, I don't believe in Beatles! I only believe in me, Yoko and me that's reality."--John Lennon

The question remains:

Why did Santa create global warming.
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« Reply #19 on: May 13, 2005, 03:38:32 PM »
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God was created to fill the gap that some adults have when they realize they are accountable for their own actions.

When you're a kid, your parents are watching out for you and responsible for you.  Growing up, leaving the nest...  it can be frightening for some people to realize that they don't have that safety net.

Inventing the idea of god is comforting, because now that adult can sit back again and know that there is still someone in that parental role.

There are different personality factors that are identified as being significant contributors to risk when flying.  Some of them are obvious, like machismo, but others are less apparent yet insidious.  Specifically, 'resignation'.  A person who exhibits this trait goes through life not feeling that they are actually in control of anything, and 'whatever happens, happens'.  There's no real difference between that and 'it's god's will', so there's a pathology associated with certain elements of religion as well.

The first group, the parent-replacement people, they can function effectively in society and it doesn't matter if they believe that some guy with a beard spoke to Adam and at the moment of life, like on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, spoke with a booming voice and said 'pull my finger'.  The ones that I worry about most are the ones who exhibit the traits of resignation.  Some of them just sit back and wait for life to happen, but some of them...  some of them are ACTIVELY resigned, and go out and push the 'will of god' as they see it on others.  Everything from working to have religious doctrine made law to crashing planes into buildings.

How do you know God has a beard? Hmmmmm? Perhaps She's clean-shaven.
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« Reply #20 on: May 13, 2005, 03:45:06 PM »
You have asked four (or more) seperate questions, declaring each "the question"

One last attempt to bring you to reality.  Real, truthful, honest reality.

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In 1616 the church declared the Copernican theory false, declaring the truth to be that the earth doesn’t move.

In 1633 Galileo Galilei under the real threat of death was compelled to agree.

Maybe the former was an unreal truth and the latter an untruthful reality.


Your "unreal truth" was not.  It was wrong.

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« Reply #21 on: May 13, 2005, 03:50:53 PM »
Holden,

I have consulted my therapist and he thinks the real question is:

Why did global warming create bigfoot?
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« Reply #22 on: May 13, 2005, 06:52:44 PM »
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“Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good. That honor virtue and courage mean everything; that money and power mean nothing.  That good always triumphs over evil. That true love never dies. Doesn’t matter if they’re true or not.  A man should believe in those things anyway. Because they are the things worth believing.”

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« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2005, 08:26:20 PM »
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there are no atheists in foxholes


Untrue.
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« Reply #24 on: May 14, 2005, 06:53:03 AM »
First, there is no such thing as global warming. Its propaganda produced by people who use fear to control the rest of the population.

Second, belief is a tricky substance, it seems to take a fairly large amount of it before it reaches "critical mass". But once it does, look out.

More to the point, than bigfoot, why did we create UFO's?

I mean after all, bigfoot is fairly harmless.
He hides in the woods after all.

But UFO's can abduct anyone, anytime at will. Now THATS scary.
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« Reply #25 on: May 14, 2005, 06:53:59 AM »
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second hand lions. easily the best film I've attended in last decade.


100% agree Storch, awesome movie.
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« Reply #26 on: May 14, 2005, 07:03:26 AM »
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there is no such thing as global warming. Its propaganda produced by people who use fear to control the rest of the population.



There is such a thing as global warming. Those that deny it are using it as propaganda to stay in control of the rest of the population.



What is more comforting? For the goverments to admit that there is such a problem or to deny it? What gives most power over the voters and keeps the voters spending and consuming?


Just a thought
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« Reply #27 on: May 14, 2005, 07:05:26 AM »
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Just a thought


And what a brilliant thought it is sir!

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« Reply #28 on: May 14, 2005, 07:06:31 AM »
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And what a brilliant thought it is sir!




Hey relax.. it was just a thought, he may be wrong!
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« Reply #29 on: May 14, 2005, 07:07:04 AM »
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Hey relax.. it was just a thought, he may be wrong!


Yeah? Well I belive it anyway.
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