Christianity vs. Islam

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by lazs2
worthless language

Ill bite.. what language would be worthless? I cant think of a single one actually.

lmao

[indy007]

Originally posted by Nilsen
Ill bite.. what language would be worthless? I cant think of a single one actually.

lmao

Klingon
Esperanto

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by indy007
Klingon
Esperanto

Well.. any language that allowes 2 or more people to communicate cant be worthless can it?

Hmm... Klingon .. Would not be suprised if some star trek geeks has managed to make a complete Klingon language.

[Neubob]

Originally posted by Excel1
Using the same logic the VW beetle must be Henry Ford's fault

Not at all. Henry Ford pioneered the use of the production line, which the producers of the Beetle further enhanced and perfected.

Religion, on the other hand, is responsible for creating the pervailing perceptions of God. That model of the almighty, no matter which religious handbook it comes from, seems to be unilaterally retarded. If a higher power exists, and it is indeed cognizant, I would think that it laughs at our feeble attempts to personify it.

[lukster]

Originally posted by Neubob
If a higher power exists, and it is indeed cognizant, I would think that it laughs at our feeble attempts to personify it.

That's no less anthropomorphic than many other views of God.

[Neubob]

Originally posted by lukster
That's no less anthropomorphic than many other views of God.

Okay, maybe it doesn't laugh, maybe it quietly, mysteriously, in its own incomprehensibly omnipotent, pure-energy-based way, scoffs.

Damn, still anthropomorphic.

[Kurt]

Originally posted by Viking

Had to edit, there were so many errors I missed a few. Where did you learn to spell?

School of Vodka, my daytime spelling is much better.

Thats also the root of the pomp...  Yeah, I was being a punk and it wasn't cool, thats why I apologized to Nilsen.  Lately I've carefully avoided this boards if I've been drinking, not sure why I got so fascinated last night.

With regard to checking someones location prior to any post... No.  There are 73 million more important things to do.  And 85% of the guys here have locations such as 'hell' 'the moon' etc.

[indy007]

Originally posted by Nilsen
Well.. any language that allowes 2 or more people to communicate cant be worthless can it?

That's open to debate

Hmm... Klingon .. Would not be suprised if some star trek geeks has managed to make a complete Klingon language. [/B]

They have. There's books, DVDs, and software available. The rumor that more people spoke Klingon than Navajo did not turn out to be true... however, it's still the most widely spoken "made-up space language" that I know about.

people have too much free time...

[Nilsen]

No problemo Kurt... ive been known to post a line or two in a not-so-sober condition

[Viking]

Originally posted by Kurt
School of Vodka, my daytime spelling is much better.

Thats also the root of the pomp...  Yeah, I was being a punk and it wasn't cool, thats why I apologized to Nilsen.  Lately I've carefully avoided this boards if I've been drinking, not sure why I got so fascinated last night.

With regard to checking someones location prior to any post... No.  There are 73 million more important things to do.  And 85% of the guys here have locations such as 'hell' 'the moon' etc.

NP

[Viking]

Originally posted by Excel1
No, I think I was pretty well spot on with my creator/auto comparison, but you seem to be saying that Buddhists are equivalent to an Edsel.

Ford did not invent the automobile, so I think your reasoning is flawed from the outset.

[Vudak]

Originally posted by Nilsen
Ill bite.. what language would be worthless? I cant think of a single one actually.

lmao

Oh, the trouble I could get in for responding to this

[Debonair]

FORTRAN

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Nilsen


Hmm... Klingon .. Would not be suprised if some star trek geeks has managed to make a complete Klingon language.

Ahem... http://www.kli.org/

Google is available in Klingon.

[Holden McGroin]

The Multanomah Co Oregon Department of Human Services thought about someone who (among the other normal qualifications) spoke Klingon.

Snopes says this:

The full story, run in the Portland Oregonian, included the crucial context:

The county would pay a Klingon interpreter only in the unlikely case he or she was actually called into service.

"We said, 'What the heck, let's throw it in,'" Jelusich says. "It doesn't cost us any money."

The county's purchasing administrator, Franna Hathaway, greeted the request with initial skepticism. "I questioned it myself when it first came in."

But, she adds, "There are some cases where we've had mental health patients where this was all they would speak."

Jelusich says that in reality, no patient has yet tried to communicate in Klingon. But the possibility that a patient could believe himself or herself to be a Klingon doesn't seem so far-fetched.

"I've got people who think they're Napoleon," he says.

Multnomah County Chairwoman Diane Linn could not be reached for comment. Next up: another mythical language popularized by The "Lord of the Rings" films.

"The kids," Jelusich says, "are learning to speak Elvish."

and adds,

The office that treats mental health patients in Multnomah County had included Klingon on a list of 55 languages that could be spoken by incoming patients.

But the inclusion of the Star Trek language drew a spate of tongue-in-cheek headlines.

And now the county has rescinded its call, stressing that it hasn't spent a penny of public money on Klingon interpretation.

"It was a mistake, and a result of an overzealous attempt to ensure that our safety net systems can respond to all customers and clients," Multnomah County chair Diane Linn said in a news release.

County officials had previously said that no patient had ever come in speaking only Klingon, but that the county would pay a Klingon interpreter in the unlikely case one was actually needed.