Posted by Flower on 11 February 1999 at 01:39:52:

In Reply to: Huh... posted by Gremlin on 10 February 1999 at 15:26:07:

: For an instant, when I first saw this post on the board, I thought it was from an old friend of mine; but that Wyvern would've found the SHIFT key and capitalised his name.

Irrelevant

: Okay, let's have a look at this...

Let's, shall we?

: First of all, why did you write this?

: Probably because I made it evident that all topics are allowed.

My, aren't we literal? Is it really that hard to understand what this person is asking? Should it have been, what was your motivation for writing this? You think of a more appropriately formed question and get back to me on that, k?

: What if someone read your bad rhetoric, and now they lost faith with thier religion?

: Tragedy. Next thing you know, a bunch of geeks who can't decide whether they're flower children or Klingons will infiltrate the aeroports and push flowers on people because the almighty Jehovah so commanded. Or maybe some idiots in the southeastern united states will start meddling in American politics. Hell, if this sort of travesty continues, we could even see racial hategroups hanging blacks and other 'minorities' in the name of Jayzuz.

So just go with the flow? Spread the love, so to speak?

: Is that what you're trying to accomplish?

: Whoever is without sin may cast the first flame. BTW, nice typing =)

I don't think that someone who is questioning the plausability of the stories in the Bible should quote from it, do you? BTW, do you read all of the posts? Some of them I just give up on because it's not worth my time to go through and put letters and words into the correct order before reading it. However, if you're going to be in the habit of correcting everyone's typos from now on, that'll be great! You've got quite an undertaking ahead of you. =)

: You know, it just kills me [you're exaggerating, aren't you =( ] that someone without clue one in their head can sit behind a computer and smugly hurl this junk at people they will never see!

So, exaggerating ISN'T allowed here?

: And your excuse is...what, trouble getting the digicam to transfer the jpegs into the drive?

It probably wouldn't be a problem if a digicam were handy. Some of us actually have to go to school, work, pay bills, you know, that sort of thing. I told my landlord and the utilities company that I couldn't pay them because I had to buy a digital camera, but they just wouldn't listen, the bastards!

: Do you ever think of the consequences of your actions?

: Consequences. Great thing to bring up. Good. Let's talk, for a moment, about consequences. Are we talking about the sorts of consequences involved in teaching a minor, who began life as an athiest [think about that for a moment] to believe in Santa Claus and gods, and then to turn round and tell them you'd lied about that silly Santa thing, but gods are still completely real animals? Or are we talking about the consequences prevalent in the Inquisition, and the Revolutionary War, an every other skirmish in history which erupted over some 'nuh-uh' bitch session regarding whose paranoid delusions about life on Earth was less idiotic. Are the Jews and Arabs getting along yet, or can Jehovah still beat up Allah?

Don't know haven't seen 'em fight lately. Have you had many theological talks with infants? Once again I guess that those kooky generalities of life have gone by unaccepted.

: Do you know what an archetype is?

: Is this multiple choice, or should I take a guess?

Well, if you don't know, I suppose you have to guess. I think the point here is that there are literal things and there are metaphorical things, and the trick is figuring out which is which. I've never found it to be too hard.

: Although you sit there and compose this long list of absolute garbage, you can't get past your own narrow mind.

: Ironically, a wide mind is, in point of fact, even more difficult to squeeze beyond.

Just not squeeze into, like ideas.

: The religion is not the problem, it's loud mouthed, arrogant fools like you! Wake up!

: Loudmouthed, arrogant fools...loudmouthed, arrogant fools...hmmm...Pat Robertson...Jerry Falwell...Daniel Carver...Pat Buchanan...; shall I go on, or have we established that loudmouthed, arrogant fools could be viewed as equal force against the religious reich.

Did you say something about exaggeration earlier? I swear you did. Oh hey! I do remember that story about the gas chambers being built for non-believers. Silly me!

: It's very simple. The Earth is round. The Earth revolves round the sun. Gods and other faeries are mythical mental crutches. Magic Wands. Pychological security blankets for a species just bright enough to notice how utterly irrelevant to reality it truly is. Congratulations, Homo sapiens sapiens: you've managed to find a more explicit manner by which to prove your stupidity than even the lemmings have yet discovered.

How did this person prove stupidity? Because of the name that was used? So, does that mean that you actually believe that there are Magwai running around out there? Maybe the Imp thinks that there are really demons. No, then that would infer some truth in the Bible. Thank God I didn't choose a name like Devi or something like that!

: --Gremlin

: PS: I know what you're thinking. But factor this: the burden of proof falls on the plaintiff. No one cares how utterly you believe in faery tales; either find an acceptable body of evidence for the existence of your myths, or rest your case now, 'kay?

How do you know what this person believes? Was it said at all? As long as you're being so literal, how do you know that no one cares what this person believes. Give me proof that God doesn't exist. Give me proof that the Bible in it's original form isn't true. What exactly is an exceptable body of evidence for you anyway?

: --G

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