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That Zappa clip was amazing. But back to you posers. Bow down to the master: [video:youtube]NbhXmSBlS_U

I just believe that the elemental forces are equated with the elemental forces, but then again, I got a D in quantum physics. I'm always bewildered by the "I know there's SOMETHING out there comment." Um...yeah, there's lotsa stuff out there. Look up sometime.

If we can understand the physical laws under which God operates, then we can become God. Oh, wait....

Spiritual beings? Christ, isn't the universe complicated enough already?

Atheism requires exactly no energy once the atheist has taken the time and effort to consider the existence of God in an intellectually serious way. Some never bother to think about it one way or the other. By your own admission, you're not an athiest, and so it's understandable why you'd be pretty far from the mark (judging by your post) in representing that point of view...but I don't really think yours was meant to be a serious contribution to the subject anyway, but more just a need to make a little noise on the sidelines. From a 'scientific' standpoint, you're primary assertion is false. There is a wealth of historical evidence indicating that today's religious doctrines are human fabrications; mainly reworked, pre-existing myths. Many strongly held Christian beliefs are not only man made, they are relatively recent in manufacture. If you'd bothered to delve into the subject prior to pontificating about it, you might have been aware of such considerations.

I never had a bad religious experience. I went to 8 years of Catholic school and I have to say it was pretty fun, overall. Again, it's like Santa. No one really has a bad experience with Santa (Bad Santa excepted), yet everyone stops believing in him at some point. Pretty much same same for me.

For some, a hard rain's always gonna fall.

THat leaves more room for massive amounts of hallucinogens.

Scientifically, the existence of things must be supported by evidence, within the confines of the human created definition of what that thing is. This is a fundamentally different and unequal process, logically speaking, from 'proving' something DOESN'T exist, which is actually impossible, as the set of things that DON'T exist can infinitely spring from the imagination as fast as you can generate them. That's the point of the FSM. Since there is not a shred of physical evidence that there is a god which does not require the pre-condition of believing in god to interpret it as such (Look at the mountains! Who made THEM, HMMM??? etc etc), I would argue that it's more likely that God is just another form of FSM that, for historical, cultural, and political reasons, got some long term traction. I also believe that the human brain is pre-disposed, from an evolutionary standpoint, to believe in myth, because such myths helped to create order and survivability early in our natural selection. Kind of ironic, considering the creationism debate. In that sense, we're all whacked in the head. Some of us train ourselves, or are trained by others, not to feed the myth center of the brain too much candy.

The televangelicals are already famous for their hair, but this one woman looked like she was sporting a giant head for Carnival. Is there some class in 'increasing visual head size' at Bible College? I've seen full grown buffalo with smaller noggins.

You may have noticed that the hair salon industry in the Deep South is one of the few not requesting a bail out.

I was watching the evangelicals on the tube last night, and, apparently, the End Times are near and the destruction of the family by gays and liberals is at fault. Jebus is acomin' with a Mighty Sword, and it's all our fault. No political agenda there, no sir.

Sure, Mary thought her boy was the Son of God, but what Jewish mother doesn't?

Radiohead. Rob, are you out there, buddy?

friggin bible thumpers! not the devout atheists are a whole lot better. Both religions are completely based on fundamentally unsupportable assumptions. I get this a lot, but I'm not sure I understand it. For one thing, I don't know the difference between a 'devout' atheist and an atheist. It's digital: you either are one or you're not, in the same way you either believe in Santa Claus or you don't. You may be ranting, raving atheist. You may be a quiet, unassuming, respectful atheist. But you cannot be a 'devout' atheist. You can only 'devoutly' follow a practice, and atheism is simply the absence of religious practice, not a practice in itself. There's no such thing as 'devoutly' not believing in something, although you can be sure, in your own mind, that you do not believe in something. See previous Santa Claus example. For me, there is absolutely not a shred of difference between belief in either one. In fact, I've experienced more evidence of Santa Claus than God...all those presents from Santa, etc.

Just kidding, Honey!

Wedding bands.

Usually, when motorcycles are handicapped, you don't need to worry about where to park them.

A second after I stuck it on there.

I noticed a "You can't hug your children with nuclear arms" sticker on his back bumper.

Guess there's no law against driving unarmed.

I think this might fulfill an End Times prophesy.

OK, so I saw an armless guy pull into a parking lot in a small green hotrod. He was driving with his bare feet. He may have had arms, but they were either completely stuffed into an armless jacket or missing. In any case, he wasn't using them. I know it's Friday, but it's way too early for the drugs to have kicked in yet. Discuss.

Like most, I'm a minor law breaker. I tend to stop at Felonies, though. The Feds? Zero sense of humor.

What the hell is a non view? My house.