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Reply to The Language of Demons in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote]ignorance, gullibility, and naivete [/quote] KFC asked if she'd plucked a nerve. In a sense she has, the same nerve she always plucks. I don't resent her faith in her god - why would I? Personally, I've come to think that the faith she professes is nonsense. But that's only my opinion, and no one is under any compulsion to pay attention to it. Nor, despite my comment above, do I think that being a woman invalidates her as a teacher. I've known many women of a spiritual n

Reply to The Language of Demons in Religion JoeUser Forums

Let me ask you this....why does this bother you so much? Have I struck a nerve here? You seem to becoming unglued. If you knew me, you'd know darn well I'm not frightened one twit. Name calling is not becoming and would fall in line with the terminolgy of the demons. But you are not going to deny you have an affinity for the demo

Reply to We Don't Know in Misc JoeUser Forums

Arn't you over dramatizing the whole thing here? Possibly. But the universe is a dramatic place, and the obstinate stupidity of people is both obstinate and stupid to a tremendously dramatic degree, so even over-dramatization is no real fault, but merely something in tune with the phenomena with which i

Reply to The Language of Demons in Religion JoeUser Forums

KFC, you babbling loon. You remind me of a group of christians with whom I once associated. They refused to drive along a certain road, because the road ran by a field, and in the field had once been located a travelling show that had as one of its features a 'gypsy fortune teller'. Because of the presence of this so-called gypsy the entire field, the road that ran by it, everything in it, all were now under 'satanic influence' and should be avoided at all costs, in case good c

We Don't Know in Misc JoeUser Forums

We don't know. We don't even know what we think we know. That wasn't always the case. There was an era in human history when we knew what we knew, and we knew that we knew it. But that knowing was anchored in the unquestioned certainty that the gods were real, and like us. In contrast, our own era has the motto 'God is Dead'. Each statement is perfectly true

Reply to Tails A-Waggin' in Religion JoeUser Forums

Why is it so many choose to stay asleep then? Oh come on. Because it's easier. Because it's more comfortable. Because it makes no demands. Because hard work has never appealed to the lazy. Were you asking because you didn't know, or because you thought the question made you look good?

Reply to A Breath of Fresh Air in Religion JoeUser Forums

I'm glad you're thinking about names. ( Link )

Reply to Hillary Scratched in Politics JoeUser Forums

America could have all the oil it wants, from anywhere in the world it wants it. All you have to do is take off the white hats.

Reply to Why 2007 Was the "Year of Facebook" in Living in Cyberspace JoeUser Forums

Why would anyone in their right mind want to smear their lives across a public forum, and expose them selves to the commercial parasites that exist only to suck money out of your bank account by persuading you need something you actually don't?

Reply to What if the Nazis had won? in Europe JoeUser Forums

Y'all would be speaking German right now. Actually, it's an interesting question. With the benefit of the 20/20 vision provided by hindsight, here's what Hitler should have done. Bearing in mind the cultural affinity of the peoples of northern and western Europe, who are all descended from the migratory peoples who eventually overthrew Rome, the Goths, Visigoths, and others, Britain should have done what Hitler expected it to do - ally itself with him against the French and the Bolshevi

Reply to American Medics: Hypocrites & Incompetent Parasites in Misc JoeUser Forums

Problems with American health care will never be resolved until two questions are addressed. I) Is American healthcare a business like any other? If it isn't we need to stop pretending that it is, at the same time we pretend that doctors are heroic warriors in the battle against disease and death. If it is, we need to treat its prationers as businesspersons and no more - which means that doctors must admit their inadequacies, cease to pretend to be so

Reply to American Medics: Hypocrites & Incompetent Parasites in Misc JoeUser Forums

To: asaxygirl Keep in mind, medicine is not an exact science because each person is different. Two patients present with the same complaint and the extent of evaluation and course of treatment may be very different based upon their history and/or current circumstances. The same illness may also present in different ways.

Reply to American Medics: Hypocrites & Incompetent Parasites in Misc JoeUser Forums

I'll agree that it's a rather rare occurrence for I and Jythier to agree on something. Rare, but not unpleasant. There's a very simple question that can be asked in almost any situation. It was first asked By V. I. Lenin, but don't let that prevent you from asking it. The question is: who profits? Who is making money in this situation? And, in terms of the situation described by Jythier, the answer is obvious and simple. The surgeon performing

Reply to American Medics: Hypocrites & Incompetent Parasites in Misc JoeUser Forums

I hate Drs. Not ALL Drs are useless sacks of meat, but finding a good one is like finding a needle in a haystack. Why wouldn't you hate someone who makes outrageous amounts of money from your pain? If hospitals weren't crawling with armed security guards why would you tolerate their contemptible behavi

Reply to American Medics: Hypocrites & Incompetent Parasites in Misc JoeUser Forums

They're fucking idiots, and I detest them. I'd rather see a Masai witch doctor than an American ER physician. You might have greater success if you did. And I doubt that providing him a chicken or two in return for his services would break your bank account.

Reply to American Medics: Hypocrites & Incompetent Parasites in Misc JoeUser Forums

To: asaxygirl Certainly I understand that there a certain individuals who practice medicine who are not fraudulent, thieving, hypocrites who batten on the sickness and misery of others in order to line their own pockets and nothing more. At least, I'm willing to take your word for it. In the near five years I've been here I haven't met one, however. The only time I personally have been accorded any respect or dignity by the medical profession

American Medics: Hypocrites & Incompetent Parasites in Misc JoeUser Forums

This is a rant. It's not a rational argument, it's not a reasoned statement of opinion. It claims no substantiation and is indifferent to justification. It's a rant. You have been warned. I hate doctors. Let me reiterate, explain and intensify. I hate the medical profession. If I had a daughter I would rather she married a N*gger Pimp than a doctor. Th

Reply to Buy and Sell your Jesus here in Religion JoeUser Forums

Perhaps someone could tell me exactly what evolution has to do with the topic of the thread? Stick to the point, or I'll delete anything your sorry confused selves post. You forget, I write what I write for my own satisfaction, and you're all guests here. I didn't write about evolution and I'm not remotely interested in your views regarding evolution. Evolution is one explanation of how we came to be discussing these issues. Within it

Reply to Memories of HCC in Misc JoeUser Forums

That's a wonderful story, and it matters not at all whether it happened or not. If it didn't, it's still true. As a reply in the same spirit, I would like to tell you a story. Long ago, in a far distant land, a man who looked for truth came and sat down by a man who was known for his honesty. The man who looked for truth said to the honest man "Why is life so hard? Why do the good suffer and the evil go unpunished? Why is the wicked man rich a

Memories of HCC in Misc JoeUser Forums

Deja Vu is sometimes defined as a 'disagreeable similarity' to something else. Whether that definition applies in this case remains to be seen. HCC stands for Hull Community Church. XCC stands for X Community Church. HCC was the church in England that I was most committed to, and attended for more than four years - before leaving to "Wander in the Outer Darkn

Reply to Hate in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote]Can we really in act legislation on how someone feels toward a specific race of people, someone’s ethnicity, or sexuality, etc?[/quote] No. But we can and do create legislation that controls what actions can be performed, by designating such actions as 'hate crimes'. If I as a white man beat up a black man in the street it's an offence that would at one time have been categorized as assault. Now it's a 'hate crime'. Take the recent case of the so-called 'Jena Six' as an example.<

Reply to Buy and Sell your Jesus here in Religion JoeUser Forums

You all are making this infinitely more difficult than it needs to be. One wishes to abandon herself to God, in the form of Jesus Christ. Another wishes to follow the Noble Truths (or is that 'Truth'? I can never remember). Another wishes to be obedient to the Prophet and his revelation. Go right ahead. In exactly the same degree that these various faiths are true, so are they equally false. And we all get exactly what it is we've ima

Reply to Buy and Sell your Jesus here in Religion JoeUser Forums

Faith alone does not justify, so it cannot be an end The end of an act is not the justification of an act. 'Justification', in the sense you use it, identifies a particular facet of Christian theology that has nothing to do with with 'ends' in the sense in which I used the term. Justification is a statu

Reply to Will Smith is More Evil than Hitler in Politics JoeUser Forums

Our society doesn't trust its people to think anymore. Our government apparently has to constantly protect us from ourselves. Heaven forbid we read something and formulate our own opinion about it. Or worse yet, have a child read something and ask questions that don't have happy, feel good answers!

Reply to Will Smith is More Evil than Hitler in Politics JoeUser Forums

Gid: by all means read the Novella. It's very well written, the original character is involving and interesting, and its climax is far more thought provoking than the idiot ending of the movie.