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I was looking at the same issue and, funny, I didn't see you in it, either.

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Wattilus

Ferrocynth

Boy, you are on a roll this week. But Stunhead's still a blithering idiot.

Wonder if Oboy's gonna stop by Kristiania.

Is there a better island song?

scientology?

I'm Captain Kirk, BTW.

But, but you just replied to... FW and I have a special relationship

...for the rest of you.

You might get laid just as often in your $20 Walmart shelter, but you'll need to buy the family size model to accommodate your takers.

Look, any claim that the American lifestyle is fucking sick and wrecked will get zero argument from me. Our culture is fucked. BUT...you can still be anyone you want to be here. Sort of. Sometimes. In your own mind.

whatever happened to French surrender monkeys, KKK? You go all socialist on is n' shit?

Why FW, I'm so flattered that you hang on my every word. Religion doesn't play a role in public schools...but it's not for lack of trying on the part of our Christian brethren. They always lose in court because organizations like the ACLU kick their asses back to their bible study classes on basic constitutional grounds. Without such watchdog organizations, many of our kids might well be studying Creationism in a 'competing theory' wrapper. No one has suggested silencing anyone's views, BTW; you're the only person who has mentioned it. To deny churches tax exempt status and grant it to other non-profits would, of course, violate both the fairness doctrine and the 1st amendment. Non-starter. Eternal damnation for non-believers constitutes one of the highest forms of divisive bigotry. I oppose it, but hey, it's a free country. When it comes time to craft legislation and policy, however, stow that shit.

except that, despite enormous amounts of visual, anecdotal evidence, Americans are really no less healthy than citizens of other industrialized nations. The problem is not that 'we don't take care of ourselves'...the usual "blame the victim" conservative tagline. Sooo....how's married life treatin' ya?

U gonna fine a fountai i' fro'uv yo hou

I agree and that's a good point. I'm no person of faith and I pretty much think religion is stupid and if I were a bettin' man I'd put my money on no omnipotent being. But there's more shit that we doesn't know than we knows, so on a purely abstract and academic basis I'll leave that door open. And I'm not sure the theory concept applies here (to metaphysics?) the same way it would as if talking about geography or biology or something, which is much more empirical. I agree that spiritual truth is different from empirical truth, but God's followers treat his existence as the latter. To them, he's as real as my keyboard. His existence is not in the same category as other overarching grand truths regarding human experience, like karma or enlightenment, he's an actual dude/being/Kitty thing. Therefore, same rules apply.

whom i resemble more with each passing day

...so we can discuss even more stupid shit.

That's probably about the twentieth time I've posted that thought. I look forward to the day when mankind comes to its senses and we no longer have to discuss such stupid shit...

Use of the word 'prove' is tricky as well. Most phenomena are not like mathematical proofs with clear, tidy wrap ups. Evidence supports or contradicts a theory over time. So far, there has been zero credible evidence that there is a God, and plenty of credible evidence that humankind is capable of fabricating and believing in such a thing; hence, my support of the strongly supported theory that one doesn't exist.

.....but they do have some nice buildings. "they"... hmmm.... who is it who primarily promotes the "us vs. them" phenomenon that OW charged? Said The Uniter...

"Can't disprove something" violates Chapter 1, Page 1 of Logic 101. Of course you can't disprove anything of which there is no evidence whatsoever, which would be anything the human imagination can come up with. For that reason, this is not a valid argument, however frequently Kevbone and the Christers may employ it.

Fortunately, when these assclowns go up against my religion in court, they they get their asses and clown suits handed to them.