No more than the parent who allows their child to try to touch the candle flame after telling them repeatedly not to. It's a learning experience. Pain is a great indicator of what not to do. A god that keeps you in a padded cell isn't a god that wants you to learn.
If that god could lift it, it wasn't a stone it could not lift. If that god lifted it afterward, it simply demonstrates that that particular god was a liar.
You should understand that you just did the same thing by not segregating the extreme and mouthful from the others. I'm atheist. I believe in no supernatural whatsoever, including crystal-rubbing and such. Yet, you can view my posting history and see that I frequently call out the strident and bigoted atheists here on their ironic spouting that religious people must be morons.
"there is a strain of nihilism" Which you can witness right here on/. Some of it manifests with many who seem to understand no difference in Christians and fundamentalist Christians (or in any other religion, fundamentalism being not tied to one belief). My ex's father was a Baptist minister and professor at Jewel. He spoke or read seven languages and had five degrees in theology. Read the *original* documents (or as close as) in his gloved hands. He didn't give a rat that I was an atheist and referred to "fun-damned-mentalists" as destroying his church.
Apparently your writing about someone other than him. His employees were actually surprised to learn the information. Seems he *didn't* act as you imagine he would, being even, fair and quite supportive of everyone in his employ. Of course, you can always pretend you can read his mind and subconscious, but you really can't. You're wearing a very thin mask.
I find it interesting you signed off with a psuedo-scientific term. Climate change is meaningless. The climate has *always* changed and will. This term was coined quite recently because by making the claim that they could project future climate (warming or cooling), they set themselves up for falsification. As the climate will assuredly change, it becomes unfalsifiable. I mocked it when it became popular (same moniker everywhere) and I mock it now.
You're being too literal (on purpose, I think). They weren't referring to someone in a religion, they were referring to someone who can actually cast spells. Those don't exist. And no, voodoo does not cast spells, it relies on psychological reactions. There's no supernatural element at work.
For far too long, computing has been about desktops and servers.
Unless you're calling mainframes servers, you seem to be ignoring the most basic, oldest and (until very recently) the most extensive application of computers: doing masses of calculations for business in house.
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No more than the parent who allows their child to try to touch the candle flame after telling them repeatedly not to. It's a learning experience. Pain is a great indicator of what not to do. A god that keeps you in a padded cell isn't a god that wants you to learn.
If that god could lift it, it wasn't a stone it could not lift. If that god lifted it afterward, it simply demonstrates that that particular god was a liar.
While it may not make him/her malevolent, it certainly eliminates benevolent.
One of those ironic fanatics I mentioned in another post.
You should understand that you just did the same thing by not segregating the extreme and mouthful from the others. I'm atheist. I believe in no supernatural whatsoever, including crystal-rubbing and such. Yet, you can view my posting history and see that I frequently call out the strident and bigoted atheists here on their ironic spouting that religious people must be morons.
"there is a strain of nihilism" Which you can witness right here on /. Some of it manifests with many who seem to understand no difference in Christians and fundamentalist Christians (or in any other religion, fundamentalism being not tied to one belief). My ex's father was a Baptist minister and professor at Jewel. He spoke or read seven languages and had five degrees in theology. Read the *original* documents (or as close as) in his gloved hands. He didn't give a rat that I was an atheist and referred to "fun-damned-mentalists" as destroying his church.
Forums and fora are both correct with forums listed as most preferred. Dictionary. Pedants should use them.
Ah yes, pedantry combined with mind reading.
First off, he was using hyperbolic rhetoric for illustration. Secondly, I note you don't condemn the hypocrites, only the messenger.
Apparently your writing about someone other than him. His employees were actually surprised to learn the information. Seems he *didn't* act as you imagine he would, being even, fair and quite supportive of everyone in his employ. Of course, you can always pretend you can read his mind and subconscious, but you really can't. You're wearing a very thin mask.
Perhaps you should read the opinions of the Mozilla employees who stated he did indeed get along with and support those who didn't share his views.
He had ~10 days to repudiate his former position and didn't.
REPENT OR FACE THE FIRE! You seem oblivious that your position is intolerance, which is "a completely unviable[sic] position to take.".
It *also* doesn't apply when faced with real fascists from the pro-gay side either.
I find it interesting you signed off with a psuedo-scientific term. Climate change is meaningless. The climate has *always* changed and will. This term was coined quite recently because by making the claim that they could project future climate (warming or cooling), they set themselves up for falsification. As the climate will assuredly change, it becomes unfalsifiable. I mocked it when it became popular (same moniker everywhere) and I mock it now.
You're being too literal (on purpose, I think). They weren't referring to someone in a religion, they were referring to someone who can actually cast spells. Those don't exist. And no, voodoo does not cast spells, it relies on psychological reactions. There's no supernatural element at work.
Yep. Every single crystal-rubber I have met was a Dem.
Or believing scientific researchers are always altruistic and truthful.
I love the sound of little fists vainly slapping bare chests in an attempt to look tough. Unless it was humor, then it's simply too long.
Look Alinsky, try to use debate logic, not character assassination.
Goes for your views on sexuality as well, don't you think?
For far too long, computing has been about desktops and servers.
Unless you're calling mainframes servers, you seem to be ignoring the most basic, oldest and (until very recently) the most extensive application of computers: doing masses of calculations for business in house.
Do not project your inadequacies onto others.
"...behind all the unemployed educated people."
Gotta say, that's not much of an incentive. **Those** unemployed people have enormous debts to *still* pay off. You won't. College is overrated.
Down their tools is not a US phrase. Leveling blame is a very old phrase. I think the pretension is not where you think it is.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I shall get that immediately.