Thanks for your detailed opinions. I want to comment a few points you made.
So does atheism. So does any ideology I can think of (oh it's just that one form of atheism, not this one, right ? Well, that's exactly how communists see it)
I just think that religions have the potential to be abused too easily.
They are not about facts but faith. I just don't like that concept.
I think there was never a war because of atheistic viewpoints. The dictatorship in the soviet union endorsed atheism - but atheism was not the root cause for it. In my opinion they tried to oppose religion because it is a powerful tool to control people. And they wanted to be in control.
So of course atheists see value in (some) wars, for example.
But again their opinion of wars is not rooted in being an atheist. It is not an organized movement that dictates what is good and what is wrong. It is just the simple idea that there are no supernatural powers needed to explain the world.
For me atheism is just the opposite of superstition. No other ideologies involved.
Every atheists has to get his opinions of what is good and what is bad from somewhere else.
Then again, I'm a bit of a contrarian. The more people scream something is true, the less I believe it. I mostly think that there's a reason so much screaming is required.
Sounds like me.
If there's any religion or ideology you're going to call less violent than Christianity, then please pick one of those.
Easy - The most peacefull religion is my own one.;)
I call it "live" - because live and sentience are the only real wonders worth worshipping I found so far. And they can be experienced every day.
I have a bible too. Which probably won't ever get on the best seller lists since it's rather short and memorable.
It consists just of the words: "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you!".
Though I admit it might not be fair to compare that to other religions in term of violence or peace. Since I'm the only practioner I know of at the moment and I didn't have much time to set this world on fire so far.
The problem is not financial systems or a group of persons that are greedy... the problem is 99% of the human race and not those hippies in tents on squares that cry about shit they don't have, cause they would not be crying if they had it!
I have to disagree here.
Part of the problem is indeed the financial system and the deregulation of it, in my opinion.
If your pension goes to hell because it was invested in some AAA rated "financial products" which where fraud you don't have to be a hippy to get angry.
You are aware that Africa is a pretty big continent and that it probably is not like that everywhere over there?
I guess he might be smart enough not to pick Somalia as his first choice for immigration.
That's totally up to you. Dedicate your life to something of what you think it deserves it.
Is there absolute good/evil?
What may be good for one person can be evil for the next. The concepts of good or evil always need a frame of reference. So no absolute good or evil can exist. At least as far as I can tell.
Where do we come from, where do we go to? (both on a personal level - soul, death,... - and as a species)
For the "where do we come from part" I have a few pretty interesting movies in my collection which go DEEPLY into detail. Errm.. ok next topic.
Yeah like Microsoft did - I bet they spend years in the lab before they had the ingenious idea to schedule meetings from a mobile device.
Truly patentworthy. Doh.
The way it's looking now, they might just kick Greece out of the EU (or Greece might leave on its own), which will probably be a lot better for Germany.
They won't leave the European Union. At most they would leave the European Currency Union.
Though the strange thing with "financial experts" seems to be that you will allways find another "expert" who tells you the exact opposite of what the previous guy said.
I have the feeling those finance gurus are more close to fortune-tellers than to scientists.
..., still had a choice as adults. They chose wrong.
I'm not sure if those people really have a choice.
It seems you can't choose your sexual urges.
At least I can't choose to not get a boner if a beautiful woman undresses in front of me.
Perhaps instead of demonizing those people we should offer them help to control their urges before they really produce more victims.
Slashdot Mirror
They are trying to destroy Linux from within now. :)
So does atheism. So does any ideology I can think of (oh it's just that one form of atheism, not this one, right ? Well, that's exactly how communists see it)
I just think that religions have the potential to be abused too easily.
They are not about facts but faith. I just don't like that concept.
I think there was never a war because of atheistic viewpoints. The dictatorship in the soviet union endorsed atheism - but atheism was not the root cause for it. In my opinion they tried to oppose religion because it is a powerful tool to control people. And they wanted to be in control.
So of course atheists see value in (some) wars, for example.
But again their opinion of wars is not rooted in being an atheist. It is not an organized movement that dictates what is good and what is wrong. It is just the simple idea that there are no supernatural powers needed to explain the world.
For me atheism is just the opposite of superstition. No other ideologies involved.
Every atheists has to get his opinions of what is good and what is bad from somewhere else.
Then again, I'm a bit of a contrarian. The more people scream something is true, the less I believe it. I mostly think that there's a reason so much screaming is required.
Sounds like me.
If there's any religion or ideology you're going to call less violent than Christianity, then please pick one of those.
Easy - The most peacefull religion is my own one. ;)
I call it "live" - because live and sentience are the only real wonders worth worshipping I found so far. And they can be experienced every day.
I have a bible too. Which probably won't ever get on the best seller lists since it's rather short and memorable.
It consists just of the words: "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you!".
Though I admit it might not be fair to compare that to other religions in term of violence or peace. Since I'm the only practioner I know of at the moment and I didn't have much time to set this world on fire so far.
Sometimes religion leads to attacking people. And not only to attacking computers.
http://xkcd.com/54/ 'nuff said.
..., so Fahrenheit multiplied everything for more resolution.
Was that before the invention of the decimal point?
The problem is not financial systems or a group of persons that are greedy... the problem is 99% of the human race and not those hippies in tents on squares that cry about shit they don't have, cause they would not be crying if they had it!
I have to disagree here.
Part of the problem is indeed the financial system and the deregulation of it, in my opinion.
If your pension goes to hell because it was invested in some AAA rated "financial products" which where fraud you don't have to be a hippy to get angry.
Open Source replaced by Open APIs?
How should that work?
Two totally different things.
Luckily the European Union likes car analogies too ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Computer_Driving_Licence
You are aware that Africa is a pretty big continent and that it probably is not like that everywhere over there?
I guess he might be smart enough not to pick Somalia as his first choice for immigration.
What's the meaning of life?
That's totally up to you. Dedicate your life to something of what you think it deserves it.
Is there absolute good/evil?
What may be good for one person can be evil for the next. The concepts of good or evil always need a frame of reference. So no absolute good or evil can exist. At least as far as I can tell.
Where do we come from, where do we go to? (both on a personal level - soul, death, ... - and as a species)
For the "where do we come from part" I have a few pretty interesting movies in my collection which go DEEPLY into detail. Errm.. ok next topic.
Nothing to hide? Then drop your pants please.
I think people telling that they have nothing to hide just seem to have forgotten that everyone deserves a lil bit of privacy sometimes.
Yeah like Microsoft did - I bet they spend years in the lab before they had the ingenious idea to schedule meetings from a mobile device.
Truly patentworthy. Doh.
Is Bavaria a seperate country to Germany? No.
That depends on who you ask this question ;)
The way it's looking now, they might just kick Greece out of the EU (or Greece might leave on its own), which will probably be a lot better for Germany.
They won't leave the European Union. At most they would leave the European Currency Union.
According to this article that might not even be that bad for them:
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/oligarchie-der-finanz-der-krieg-der-banken-gegen-das-volk-11549829.html (in german)
Though the strange thing with "financial experts" seems to be that you will allways find another "expert" who tells you the exact opposite of what the previous guy said.
I have the feeling those finance gurus are more close to fortune-tellers than to scientists.
Don't forget the paranoid.
no need to filter when you can seize the whole domain.
http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3321625/us-seizes-domain-names-of-foreign-sites/
Or any bank main headquarters, nobody cries over spilt bankers.
You mean like when that WTC mess happened?
More than 100 million people has died from communism already, please take THIS seriosly.
Why should the abuse of power from people like Stalin invalidate all of Marx' theories?
or what about BANG?
Much more funny when it catches on to use it as verb.
If you're going to be a pirate, at least admit it.
"Pirate" seems politically incorrect here. We prefer the term "budget disabled audience" (You insensitive clod!)
..., still had a choice as adults. They chose wrong.
I'm not sure if those people really have a choice.
It seems you can't choose your sexual urges.
At least I can't choose to not get a boner if a beautiful woman undresses in front of me.
Perhaps instead of demonizing those people we should offer them help to control their urges before they really produce more victims.
but simultaneously they're also sexually aroused so if a man sees a woman — including his partner — with another man, he becomes more aroused.
If by "aroused" they mean "pretty fuckin' angry" then they got that one right.
problem seems to be that sue wasn't legal in the 90's
but now she is.
I agree with you.
thank you.
and let's not forget the almighty spaghetti monster creator of all universes here.