Comments on: What I Hate About

By: Rutrow

Rutrow — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:12:55 +0000

Religious people trust their deity to protect them and believe that life after death will be paradise! Therefore, I contend that there are ONLY atheists in foxholes.

By: outofocus

outofocus — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:55:51 +0000

@Caio

That was some great reading there. What you’re describing is exactly why while I choose to live without the “supernatural” in my life, I still enjoy learning about religions, local beliefs, etc. I have not heard the label “ethnohistory” before. It is quite fitting.

Good job getting people to think.

By: Namelis1

Namelis1 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:20:34 +0000

Oh 3g_ipwn I love you. Best. Troll. Ever. That or a very illiterate soul indeed. Though who am I to criticize intelligence, I am a fucking idiot as Caio pointed out.(No hard feelings, because it’s true)

I also love how religion threads spiral out of control on MCS.

More I think about it, the more pointless it is to argue over the internet. There’s no way I am going to be convinced of god, and no way a believer will be convinced otherwise.

This has something to do with mankind having trouble admitting a wrong. Most people (including me) would rather die that admit doing a wrong. We’re not machines and we’re not gods, we do stupid stuff all the time.
I can imagine how stupid it must feel devoting your life to a faith, only to rejecting it later. That is a very harsh barrier to cross. Same goes with pseudoscientific medicine, spiritual healing, astronomy, pyramid schemes, and just about any other quackery of mankind.

Still, the dialogue is extremely insightful, especially at exposing the lack of education on the believer behalf.

the3g_ipwn. Here’s some reading to get you going:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang Begining of the universe.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Earth Beginning and history of the earth.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis The study of the begining of life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution Evolution

Now don’t confuse these concepts together. I really smiled when you mentioned something about stars colliding. You got me there. How very clever.

Just take a moment to know your enemy if you really want to hit where it hurts. Nonsense just gets you laughed at.

If you really set off to collect all the knowledge about the atheistic model of the universe, you’ll note that it really doesn’t require two stars colliding(lol!). Just one blowing up hehe.

Really the only mystery that can’t be explained is the Big Bang. This is because there was no time before the Big Bang, and its really hard to do experiments or observations when there is no concept of time.

By: Puulaahi

Puulaahi — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:16:58 +0000

Raptor Jesus

By: nyokki

nyokki — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:16:25 +0000

@the3g_ipwn
I’m fairly certain I wasn’t responding to whateverthehell you posted as mine was also directed at reboot and the posters he was referring to.

By: thelotuseater725

thelotuseater725 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:11:35 +0000

You know who also Practiced religion? Hitler.

By: reboot

reboot — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:04:04 +0000

I guess you’re going to have to take my word for it, but I didn’t even look at that link until long after I had submitted the comment that you just quoted. Really, I just know a fairly accurate definition of evolution off the top of my head. Education pays off.

By: youoxymoron

youoxymoron — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:01:11 +0000

@the3g_ipwn,
I’m not going to argue with you, because your comments over the recent weeks have led me to the conclusion that you have the mental capacity of a small child.
You are the embodiment of ignorance and arrogance on the internet. I hate you.

By: the3g_ipwn

the3g_ipwn — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:55:22 +0000

reboot:
Ã¢â‚¬Å“EVOLUTION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED! Hell, it has nothing to do with how life started, all it describes is how life develops into distinct species with different characteristics”- taken from your post-

“evolution is the process of change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms from one generation to the next.”-taken from a link you also posted-

I’m sorry. You did change a few words around.

By: reboot

reboot — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:47:37 +0000

@Caio
That is really interesting, because on a smaller scale, its clear that major breakthroughs in science require changing the models of how we think. Such as going from classical to quantum mechanics. So its interesting to think about how, on a more fundamental level, our thinking is shaped (and maybe limited) by those cultural models. I would hope that eventually we would come to the same conclusions, like the geographer and the Ktunaxa, but there’s no guarantee of that. And there’s no reason to believe that development would be in the same order, like a culture that develops fusion before the wheel. I’ll definitely be giving this more thought in the future.
@the3g_ipwn
LOL, what have I plagiarized? I “pretend” to be educated because I have multiple degrees in scientific fields. Check out the forums, I think I’ve sufficiently demonstrated my credentials around here.
“I have absouletly no fucking clue what you are talking about.”
That’s the problem. She has a well thought-out point that directly addresses you’re main argument. Meanwhile you’re quoting Morpheus.
Sorry, if I seem like I’m picking on you. Its just that your the easy target of the day.