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Sonic Youth 37 09.01.2008 06:00 PM

Just make a copy of Dee-Dee Ramone's rap album and you'll be set.

Sonic Youth 37 09.01.2008 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom
"Are you pro-life? Oh, good. I'm pro-death!"


Melly?

 

Cantankerous 09.01.2008 06:08 PM

 

 

 

 



their mothers chose NOT to have abortions.

schizophrenicroom 09.01.2008 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37
Just make a copy of Dee-Dee Ramone's rap album and you'll be set.


whoa, i didn't even know that really existed. thanks!

MellySingsDoom 09.01.2008 06:10 PM

Cantankers - I pissed myself at the Bobby Gillespie inclusion. Respect due!

Cardinal Ratzinger - hang on, he's doing a Nazi salute. Heil God!

cars_willkillyou 09.01.2008 06:38 PM

as long as its pope benidict, not JP deuce. I loved that guy.

cars_willkillyou 09.01.2008 06:40 PM

and i have said this before, possibly somewhere on the forum...i dont even know anymore. But I am neither pro-life or pro-choice. I am pro-death. Meaning mandatory abortions. For everyone. Stop populating. end humanity. save the planet. Pro-death is the ultimate way of going "green."


and im not talking soilent here.

Cantankerous 09.01.2008 06:41 PM

that's a badass sword he's got there (the pope)


*soylent

gmku 09.01.2008 06:54 PM

Is McCain that old guy who's running against Obama (the next president of the United States)? McCain's the white guy who looks like a feeble senior-citizen version of Charlie Brown, right?

demonrail666 09.01.2008 06:54 PM

I actually think anyone that becomes pregnant should be intellectually means tested to make sure that the parents aren't complete fucking morons. And if they are?


 

Cantankerous 09.01.2008 06:55 PM

more like


 

gmku 09.01.2008 06:56 PM

50 bucks says next week it's leaked to the press that the father is a black dude. Wanna bet?

Cantankerous 09.01.2008 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku
50 bucks says next week it's leaked to the press that the father is a black dude. Wanna bet?

she brought her kids up to hate brown people, i'm sure. so no.

gmku 09.01.2008 06:58 PM

She THINKS she did. Little does she realize that her daughter, in an act of adolescent rebellion, fucked the black quarterback.

Cantankerous 09.01.2008 06:59 PM

there's probably hardly any black people in alaska so if the babydaddy is black they probably won't have a hard time finding him and killing him.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 09.01.2008 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LifeDistortion
Another argument that makes the pro-life arguement null and void in regards to the Republicans. Some pro-lifers say, "Every life is precious, including a growing fetus.", But if a man attacked one of them trying to kill that growing fetus they wouldn't hesitate to put a bullet in thier head, because its thier right to own a gun, any gun they want." That being said the Dems are no better, they'll full of thier own stupid contradictions when it comes to thier ideas too. Its just easier to find them when people through around thier "moral" arguments.


I think self defense is a little different.

I think your argument would have went better if you made the point that most Republicans are pro death penalty.

Which is completely ridiculous.

In my world, the death penalty would be illegal.

Anyways, with Abortion, I think there should be a compromise in the US between the two parties.

In a lot of European countries they understand this and have decent compromises.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 09.01.2008 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmku
She THINKS she did. Little does she realize that her daughter, in an act of adolescent rebellion, fucked the black quarterback.


That would be awesome.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 09.01.2008 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
 


 


 


 



their mothers chose NOT to have abortions.



That's irrelevant.

You could go into a list of awesome people and say their mothers chose not to have abortions either.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 09.01.2008 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cars_willkillyou
im pretty clear on it. i was just trying to recall what the christian beliefs say. I agree with your explanation. Science can be proven. Miracles cannot. Faith is illogical.


Faith isn't illogical. Faith is essential for modern day life. We all know one thing. All the rest is faith. If you're an atheist, you believe in atheism, you don't know God doesn't exist. A lot of atheists and theists aren't keen to that. A lot of people say "I know God doesn't exist, because science is fact" or that "I know God exists, because bla bla bla." Which are both wrong statements. I say "I don't know God exists, but I believe he does, because I want to believe that there is a benevolant and loving artist wise enough to know that creating a chaotic universe such as this is truly a greater gift to its sentient inhabitants than that of a perfect universe."

With regards to miracle, I believe miracles are a constant part of our universe. Think about all the things that had to happen for you to be here. The universe had to come into existence, our solar system had to come into existence, and human kind had to come into existence. And out of all the people in the world, your two parents had to choose eachother to meet. Then they had to create you, and thousands of other sperm rushed into your mothers vagina, some getting wiped out by her natural defenses, and finally the one carrying half of your DNA given to you by your father found her egg and made it in and the DNA united. Then you grew from one cell into a whole person, and became conscious enough to question the meaning of your own existence and to recognize your own consciousness.

That's fucking mind blowing to me.

gualbert 09.01.2008 08:52 PM

You're severely hijacking your own thread!
( I rather agree with the above post , still )

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 09.01.2008 08:54 PM

it happens

one conversation leads to another and such

acousticrock87 09.01.2008 09:10 PM

"Hijacking a conversation" only exists on forums. Who the fuck cares? We're all bored. Whatever works.

gualbert 09.01.2008 09:23 PM

You are bored too?
I guess most people here are bored...

I got a good and a bad news , and it's the same one: you can't die of boredom , cause it has no physical effect.

✌➬ 09.01.2008 09:23 PM

See this is what happens when teens watch Juno.

acousticrock87 09.01.2008 09:24 PM

Okay I take it back. Mentioning that movie would hijack any conversation.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 09.01.2008 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ✌➬
See this is what happens when teens watch Juno.


She's not adopting the baby out to a single mom though.


Apparently John McCain didn't make sure that Bristol Palin cleaned up her myspace before though. . .
http://www.stupidsheeple.com/index.p...gone-wild.html

Maybe McCain didn't know shit.

People are going to have a fucking field day with this.

✌➬ 09.01.2008 09:35 PM

Yeah, but we are seeing the remnants of it.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 09.01.2008 09:40 PM

OK so this is a little insane.

The baby's father is apparently this guy named Levi. Now on Levi's sister Mercedes myspace, there is a picture of her holding Trig Palin (the baby that Sarah Palin decided to keep despite it having Downs syndrome, which I do salute her for- I think terminating downs positive fetuses is a very Spartan practice) calling it "baby brother" and calling Sara Palin "mommy in law"

What's that mean? Something either stinks or she is calling Trig her brother because he's her future sister-in-law's brother and calling her brother's future mother-in-law her mother-in-law.

cars_willkillyou 09.01.2008 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
Faith isn't illogical. Faith is essential for modern day life. We all know one thing. All the rest is faith. If you're an atheist, you believe in atheism, you don't know God doesn't exist. A lot of atheists and theists aren't keen to that. A lot of people say "I know God doesn't exist, because science is fact" or that "I know God exists, because bla bla bla." Which are both wrong statements. I say "I don't know God exists, but I believe he does, because I want to believe that there is a benevolant and loving artist wise enough to know that creating a chaotic universe such as this is truly a greater gift to its sentient inhabitants than that of a perfect universe."

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No. there is a difference between faith and beliefs. I believe I exist. And when I die, I will no longer exist. People may or may not remember me for a the maximum of 3 generation depending on how long I live and how I much of an impact I make on people. I don't know god doesnt exist. But I also dont know if Zeus, Ra, Thor, Vishna, and/or Neptune exist. It doesnt matter. All that matters is what happens here and now. tomorrow and yesterday. When I die my body will decay into soil. Its not that I reject the idea of divinity of any sort, it just doesnt work for me. Im not atheist. Im not anything. I am a person. I treat other persons as a person. When those people are no longer present in my life, thats it. If I see them again, cool. If not, well I wish the best for them. If they die, oh well. It was gonna happen sooner or later. Everyone dies.

The thought that we are all going to live happily ever after forever and ever is nice and comforting way of dealing with death, but it doesnt seem very practical.

I dont bash religion unless the religious use it as an excuse to do evil things. If religion helps a person be a better person, then good. I have morals. I have a code of honor and I stand firmly by my convictions. Thats all I need. I dont care to prove or disprove to others the existence of higher being(s). If such a being exists, then I'm sure it will be revealed to me in due time. Until then, I have no reason to believe in something that doesn't exist.

And you dont disprove things to win arguments. You prove them. I mean you can scientifically disprove a lot of theories, but that doesnt give you a solution to the bigger question. All you know is that one theory is incorrect. You can't really use the process of elimination here though. I can disprove the existence of God by merely not being able to prove it. And the fact that nobody can scientifically prove the existence of god, nor have ever proven, supports my opinion. But like I said. I'm not out to prove or disprove anything. I really dont care about it. I dont look at people differently by what they believe or try to convince them what I believe. I look at people as people. And thats it.

acousticrock87 09.01.2008 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cars_willkillyou
I can disprove the existence of God by merely not being able to prove it.

Not really.

cars_willkillyou 09.01.2008 10:52 PM

im just gonna move on to the next thread now...

Cantankerous 09.01.2008 10:54 PM

the whole thing has just turned into like this big celebrity scandal


this is why i cannot take politics seriously

acousticrock87 09.01.2008 10:56 PM

But politics take you seriously.

No, politics is a fucking joke.

davenotdead 09.01.2008 10:58 PM

i agree. its such a farce i really can't understand how people spend time/money/thought on this shit. which is why i might as well vote for shaq

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 09.01.2008 10:58 PM

Cars_WillKill You

There is a difference between the word faith and the word belief. Faith is a more specific and firm belief. But arguing the semantics of faith vs. belief in a philosophical argument is just being nitpicky in comparison to the arguing the difference between "to truly know" and "to believe in/have faith in." Regardless, I prefer to say "to believe" instead of "to have faith" in. The separation of what I believe in and what I have faith in is not nearly as black and white as the separation of what I know, what I believe in, what I don't believe in, and what I'm unsure I believe in. Within what I believe in is a subcategory of faith.

You're not very careful in choosing your words.

You "believe you exist" but know that "when you die you'll no longer exist"?

You know you exist but believe when you die you'll no longer exist.

Now that is a very important distinction.

As for "disproving the God"

"The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence" - Carl Sagan

If that were not the case, you could disprove everything but your own existence in some state. You can't prove or disprove anything scientifically. You don't truly have evidence for anything but your own existence, and the evidence for that is consciousness.

I'm a strict believer in Cognito Ergo Sum. I know one thing. Everything else I choose to have faith in/believe in.

And yes, I don't know whether or not Zeus does or doesn't exist. I don't believe Zeus exists as a God, because his existence contradicts what I do believe in. I cautiously believe in archaeology (I admit cautiouslessly because I believe many archaeologists jump to conclusions. Such as relating common names of the time on tombs and other artifacts to those of biblical characters.) And in Archaeology, there is nothing on the archaeological record to suggest that he is real. Also, I believe God means all powerful, and Zeus contradicts my definition.

Although, I could also suppose that Zeus does exist as an angel or fallen angel, and that his children such as Heracles were Nephalim. But that's merely a whimsical theory.

On the other hand one of the reasons I believe that God exists because I believe in the bible. One of the reasons I believe in the bible because of its relation to historical record and archaeological finds. I've never been to Israel (well I don't know I haven't been there but I strongly believe I've never physically been there because I believe my eyes, my ears, my nose, and in modern cartography) but I've been to places (I believe I've been there- see why I don't believe I've been to Israel) where there is strong evidence that the apostles spoke. I've been to places where mythological characters are said to have been, but there is much less evidence to that. There are more abstract reasons I believe in the Bible, God, and Christ's divinity, but I need not to go into that. This is just in example of belief vs disbelief, although it is ultimately irrelevant anyways. I have my own logic which is based upon feelings and the logic which I believe is taught in schools.

acousticrock87 09.01.2008 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by davenotdead
i agree. its such a farce i really can't understand how people spend time/money/thought on this shit. which is why i might as well vote for shaq

Exactly. I vote because there's always the off chance it will help something. But it's such a pain in the ass to spend time educating your guess just see the dickward fuck things up even more.

Cantankerous 09.01.2008 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by davenotdead
i agree. its such a farce i really can't understand how people spend time/money/thought on this shit. which is why i might as well vote for shaq

well they did elect arnold schwarzenegger

fuck,


 




this is the bitch who ran against him!

acousticrock87 09.01.2008 11:02 PM

It is rumored that Schwarzenegger might run for the United States Senate in 2010 (he will be term-limited then), if incumbent Senator Barbara Boxer retires.
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He's one of the reasons I decided voting was important. I feel like I let my state down by going to a concert instead of voting against him.

cars_willkillyou 09.02.2008 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
Cars_WillKill You


You're not very careful in choosing your words.

You "believe you exist" but know that "when you die you'll no longer exist"?

You know you exist but believe when you die you'll no longer exist.



I know what i said. And I stand by it. I exist because i perceive. when i cease to perceive i cease to exist. Perception is an individual experience though. To your perception, I exist only on the internet, and you assume that a physical being is behind the words used. Before I joined this forum, i didnt exist in your perception of life, in what is "real."

You can call it semantics, but semantics are usually much more important than people realize. Certain words have popular and universal connotations that most people can relate to. And when you have a supposed synonym of that word, most assume it means the same. But the reason synonyms exist is because there is a difference significant enought to make a new word.

pbradley 09.02.2008 12:21 AM

To reply to the topic of the thread, I find the move to take on Sarah Palin as the VP pick as the most outwardly cynical and patronizing move in American politics in a long time. And there are a lot of cynical, patronizing moves in American politics. In fact there is barely anything else other than them.


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