I'm tired of this argument. Russia might have been officially atheist, but it drank deeply from the well of the quasi religion of communism as a substitute. For all intents and purposes, that WAS the religion, and the intelligent people were the ones that saw through the dogma. And then got gulag'd. Scientology has no 'god' either, yet somehow gets to call itself a religion. Do you think it sets a good example for the idea of religion in general?
So what are we actually getting angry about here when we say religion is dumb - are we angry about the non existence of god, frankly I don't care if it is true or not, or are we angry the willingness of certain types of people to wrap themselves in written bullshit made up by somebody else without actually thinking for themselves? When you stop using your own common sense to make decisions, you abandon what we think of as a solemn duty.
To be completely fair, the European countries were only weak because we invented all the new and exciting ways to crush each other back into the stone age and then just HAD to try them out, with predictably debilitating results. Russia was awfully lucky that we were all more interested in fighting each other. Imagine if the UK had said 'Well, bad luck France and Belgium, Fritz won fair and square' and then we all sat back in our deck chairs and watched. You'd have had no one to invite you to the party!
Um.... the one does not preclude the existence of the other you know.
And if it helps, the number one cause of obesity in the US is Cars. Because you know, you write off that age old human exercise known as walking to where you are going. I know it may be controversial, but you don't actually have to dress up in spandex in order to stay fit, take it from someone who is rational.
That's brilliant. Speaking as someone else, I've always thought of it as 'patronising', but 'highly unnecessary' sums it up completely. Surplus to requirements. Superfluous. Redundant. Inconsequential to the matter at hand. As if it never occurred to the person that one has to understand the real world intimately in order to criticise it in the first place. If only there were some way to make these people realise how stupid they are and they would leave us alone.
I feel I should step in at this point and say that I believe labelling political parties as either right or left wing is about a useful and insightful as labelling them after colours such as 'red' and 'blue'. Once they've managed to dumb it down that much, they may as well be indiscernibly different elite gentleman's clubs secretly in cahoots with each other as they play piggy in the middle.
Well, I've travelled alot, and I've seen "British Grocery Shops" In far flung places. Holy shit, even one or two Anglican Churches. There's your white ethnic community centre there, fuck face.
Ah fuck you. English is popular because it is easily transmissible. You who are defending the core of the English language in all its godly perfection are doing it the most damage on the world stage. Any language which uses such thin lines to disambiguate vastly different concepts deserves a kick up the arse to keep it healthy.
Signed
Someone from England, ps stop fucking telling me how to spell my language you colonial peasant.
Don't diss religion, it's given us real time travel that you can actually use! Need to travel to a different year? Just join the corresponding religious movement! I'm in Juche 102, waiting for you guys to catch up to my superiour radio technology in a couple thousand years:P!
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I'd love to see a clock that goes by the position of the sun in the sky rather than rigidly following the rotation of the earth. Lunchtime would always be at high noon, and your alarm would always go off at dawn. Fuck the lost time in the winter, spend it by the fireplace!
Actually, I'm with Larry on this one. If something doesn't work as advertised, how exactly does that help me, even if I know full well how to fix it? I just end up having to fix it over and over and over again for people who are clueless, thanks to other people that are also clueless. Fuck you all.
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I'm tired of this argument. Russia might have been officially atheist, but it drank deeply from the well of the quasi religion of communism as a substitute. For all intents and purposes, that WAS the religion, and the intelligent people were the ones that saw through the dogma. And then got gulag'd. Scientology has no 'god' either, yet somehow gets to call itself a religion. Do you think it sets a good example for the idea of religion in general?
So what are we actually getting angry about here when we say religion is dumb - are we angry about the non existence of god, frankly I don't care if it is true or not, or are we angry the willingness of certain types of people to wrap themselves in written bullshit made up by somebody else without actually thinking for themselves? When you stop using your own common sense to make decisions, you abandon what we think of as a solemn duty.
To be completely fair, the European countries were only weak because we invented all the new and exciting ways to crush each other back into the stone age and then just HAD to try them out, with predictably debilitating results. Russia was awfully lucky that we were all more interested in fighting each other. Imagine if the UK had said 'Well, bad luck France and Belgium, Fritz won fair and square' and then we all sat back in our deck chairs and watched. You'd have had no one to invite you to the party!
I'm on Idiot 11.12-curmudgeon, and I think it is the best. Fuck all of what y'all are yousing, are you some kind of fag-whores?
Hello, I'm the google suggestion bot. Did you mean 'shit' ?
You obviously think you are really funny, but I want to give you some honest constructive feedback by telling you that you didn't make me laugh.
Um.... the one does not preclude the existence of the other you know.
And if it helps, the number one cause of obesity in the US is Cars. Because you know, you write off that age old human exercise known as walking to where you are going. I know it may be controversial, but you don't actually have to dress up in spandex in order to stay fit, take it from someone who is rational.
Fuck off, they can find some other way to make money. Or die. Still better than ads.
standardisation... committee... hmm... why are these two word in such close proximity to each other triggering my oxymoron detection algorithm?
Must be a glitch...
That's brilliant. Speaking as someone else, I've always thought of it as 'patronising', but 'highly unnecessary' sums it up completely. Surplus to requirements. Superfluous. Redundant. Inconsequential to the matter at hand. As if it never occurred to the person that one has to understand the real world intimately in order to criticise it in the first place. If only there were some way to make these people realise how stupid they are and they would leave us alone.
Which is defined as Karma, for your convenience.
So it's central then. Right! That's left no ambiguous meaning, well done lads ~:)
I feel I should step in at this point and say that I believe labelling political parties as either right or left wing is about a useful and insightful as labelling them after colours such as 'red' and 'blue'. Once they've managed to dumb it down that much, they may as well be indiscernibly different elite gentleman's clubs secretly in cahoots with each other as they play piggy in the middle.
Oh wait...
Well, I've travelled alot, and I've seen "British Grocery Shops" In far flung places. Holy shit, even one or two Anglican Churches. There's your white ethnic community centre there, fuck face.
Well, I'm British, and I respect your concern for my feelings more than I worry about you insulting our cunt of a government.
I'm just glad we don't have yours... fuck me, that would be awful.
Ah fuck you. English is popular because it is easily transmissible. You who are defending the core of the English language in all its godly perfection are doing it the most damage on the world stage. Any language which uses such thin lines to disambiguate vastly different concepts deserves a kick up the arse to keep it healthy.
Signed
Someone from England, ps stop fucking telling me how to spell my language you colonial peasant.
Cheerios and Brookside?
Don't diss religion, it's given us real time travel that you can actually use! Need to travel to a different year? Just join the corresponding religious movement! I'm in Juche 102, waiting for you guys to catch up to my superiour radio technology in a couple thousand years :P!
Stop insulting the fucking sheep by comparing them to us.
Yay yay fuck shit dick piss drink vaginas! Cunty cunty mcbollocky chris evans wallaby shit in my jackseye, said the man with a screwdriver inserted in his anus. Drinkymyjizz!
You're obviously not a fan of deadpan humour...
Touch a nerve or something?
I'd love to see a clock that goes by the position of the sun in the sky rather than rigidly following the rotation of the earth. Lunchtime would always be at high noon, and your alarm would always go off at dawn. Fuck the lost time in the winter, spend it by the fireplace!
Actually, I'm with Larry on this one. If something doesn't work as advertised, how exactly does that help me, even if I know full well how to fix it? I just end up having to fix it over and over and over again for people who are clueless, thanks to other people that are also clueless. Fuck you all.
That one is gold, thank you very much :)
Pfft. When a computer is savvy enough to detect my personal opinion on political issues, then I will give you a cookie.
(and by detect I don't mean make an educated guess. I mean actually get inside my head and agree with me)