The World's Flaws
#601
Posted 06 June 2004 - 04:39 PM
Nudity and Implied Material is a flaw... especially in shows targeted to the young generation.
#602
Posted 06 June 2004 - 06:58 PM
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That is true, but sex sells. Don't you think that if one girl saw it and told her friends that she saw Keanu Reeves bare butt, that at least ONE friend would go see it BECAUSE OF THAT?
Sex sells and as pathetic as it might be, producers use that to their advantage.
#603
Posted 06 June 2004 - 11:47 PM
#604
Posted 10 June 2004 - 06:47 AM
I think that the fight scenes sre what attract most guys to the movies. I'm sure that this is already known but I see my freinds and I going to go see some of the most violent movies and the truth is that I enjoy them. :idea:
#606
Posted 11 June 2004 - 07:25 PM
#607
Posted 11 June 2004 - 08:27 PM
Trust? I don't trust anybody, because nobody is trustful. I only trust trustful people.
#608
Posted 11 June 2004 - 08:36 PM
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Yes, MW, that really rolls of the tongue :unsure:
What I meant was people who are not willing to trust in the first place... I... all throughout my life, I have trusted people. Some have been kind, others have taken advantage...
But that doesn't mean all people are bad. I still lend my items, help others, donate... I mean...
#609
Posted 11 June 2004 - 11:31 PM
#610
Posted 11 June 2004 - 11:50 PM
#612
Posted 12 June 2004 - 04:03 PM
#613
Posted 16 June 2004 - 04:31 AM
#614
Posted 16 June 2004 - 08:18 AM
#615
Posted 18 June 2004 - 11:45 AM
I feel that people that are untrustworthy should actualy be kept closer then trustworthy people. Just so I can keep my eye on them, in case they try something sneeky.
#616
Posted 18 June 2004 - 03:16 PM
People can be so sneeky...Anybody can do somebody and you wouldn't notice...
That includes, talking behind someones back, sticking a whoopey cusion before they sit and so on...
And when you think they did it they don't admit to it...total dishonesty...
#617
Posted 18 June 2004 - 03:31 PM
#618
Posted 18 June 2004 - 03:42 PM
#619
Posted 20 June 2004 - 11:19 AM
Talking behind other people's backs is cowardly because they are too afraid to say it in your face...so I really don't care if people talk behind my backs, I know the people that do that are cowards...
#620
Posted 20 June 2004 - 05:36 PM
#621
Posted 21 June 2004 - 11:05 AM
The government makes you conform to their ideas,
as well as religion.
#622
Posted 21 June 2004 - 11:37 AM
#623
Posted 21 June 2004 - 11:45 AM
#624
Posted 21 June 2004 - 11:49 AM
Anything with rules and guidlines makes you conform to some set of standard ideas. Wether it be school or even the internet. The olden days and the future. You can never escape it.
#625
Posted 21 June 2004 - 12:11 PM
Or if there wasn't a law against murder, someone could just kill another person because they pissed 'em off, and no one would bother. He could be one of those sick serial killers, and he couldn't be stopped.
#626
Posted 21 June 2004 - 12:22 PM
Andross, on Jun 21 2004, 06:45 PM, said:
Some parts of the law are good, but we can never know how much of the law is right and wrong...Conspiracy is everywhere... *Looks shifty*
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#627
Posted 21 June 2004 - 03:28 PM
Anubis, on Jun 21 2004, 12:37 PM, said:
Well, then That means Religion, Games, Government, Street signs, dictionaries, encyclodedias, and athiesm. You say conforming ideas is a flaw, then Athiesm is a flaw(which I do believe), because athiest try to bring others to be athiests, like at my school. Everyting is conforming.
#628
Posted 22 June 2004 - 04:05 AM
#629
Posted 22 June 2004 - 07:42 AM
Anyways, what you are doing right now is trying to make others conform to your ideas. That's all it is, realy.
#630
Posted 22 June 2004 - 09:15 AM
#631
Posted 22 June 2004 - 09:41 AM
#632
Posted 22 June 2004 - 09:43 AM
#633
Posted 22 June 2004 - 09:47 AM
(Edit: no offense intended)
#634
Posted 22 June 2004 - 05:12 PM
Another Flaw: Stupid shows. Stupid things like what shows here in the U.S., the Disney Channel. Crappy Zenon or whatever it's called. Stupid dumb kids shows are not worth the ten bucks used to make them. :P
#636
Posted 22 June 2004 - 07:50 PM
I think kids need to keep these shows to keep their creative minds going...
When you are young you watch shows to keep you entertained...
Now imagine taking those shows away...Kids would be crying...sad...and they can't escape from reality if that had happened...
#637
Posted 22 June 2004 - 09:29 PM
#638
Posted 22 June 2004 - 10:00 PM
MysticWarrior, on Jun 22 2004, 06:35 PM, said:
I SAID THIS TYPE OF KID SHOWS andross, not shows with sex or death or evil carnage and bloodshed... :P
Not this type of Kid show. Blah! If you got Direct TV, then, go to the disney channel. The worst channel. Lol, they have the worst movies, not even my little nieces and nephews like them...
As much as I hate "the rugrats" and that little bald kid on that other show, they are good for kids, but not the disney channel.
#639
Posted 23 June 2004 - 01:56 PM
Izar, on Jun 23 2004, 05:00 AM, said:
Not this type of Kid show. Blah! If you got Direct TV, then, go to the disney channel. The worst channel. Lol, they have the worst movies, not even my little nieces and nephews like them...
As much as I hate "the rugrats" and that little bald kid on that other show, they are good for kids, but not the disney channel.
Umm...Izar? *pokes Izar* Andross meant that if there were no kid shows they would watch adult shows since there is nothing else to watch...
Just thought I should get it straight...
#640
Posted 23 June 2004 - 06:37 PM
Although the Abortion topic is over, here's an input I thought of: How can it control overpopulation when diseases kill millions and drugs kill about the same, when there is only a recorded 1000 abortions and only about 30 unrecorded abortions?
#641
Posted 23 June 2004 - 07:07 PM
Even though millions people are dieing in a year, alot more take thier place...so if it seems like the world is dieing out its not...its actually overpopulated...
Please correct me if I am saying nothing related to Izar's question because I kind of got confused...hehe... -_-
#642
Posted 23 June 2004 - 09:43 PM
#643
Posted 24 June 2004 - 09:28 AM
#646
Posted 24 June 2004 - 07:18 PM
Bugs Bunny fooling Daffy... Elmer Fudd and his wacky motives... Slvyster and Daffy's spit *goggly eyes*
Nowadays, so much obscene content is either directly placed or hinted at in children's shows. It's really sad, especially since it's all for money over quality.
#647
Posted 27 June 2004 - 12:29 AM
#648
Posted 27 June 2004 - 05:04 AM
#649
Posted 27 June 2004 - 06:45 AM
Anubis, on Jun 27 2004, 04:04 AM, said:
not at all, it's technology thats doing all our dirty work...
dishwashers
cars
etc..
electricity just runs these things and gives us light.
#651
Posted 27 June 2004 - 12:26 PM
#652
Posted 27 June 2004 - 01:09 PM
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Perhaps, but at the rate we're going (and considering how things already are), technology will nearly define our lives.
#653
Posted 27 June 2004 - 01:29 PM
#654
Posted 27 June 2004 - 01:32 PM
Laziness and Procrastination... it's safe to say I've mastered them without doing much work :o
The Ten Rules of Procrastionation
1.)
#656
Posted 27 June 2004 - 01:35 PM
You know, procrastination... you put off work? so, I was putting off the rules...
Remind me never to become a clown. Or an attorney.
#657
Posted 27 June 2004 - 07:20 PM
Well, I won't let technology completely control my life. I try to do things on my own. When I can do things without technology, I do it.
#658
Posted 27 June 2004 - 07:46 PM
We, on the other hand... need technology, without it, i doubt we can survive that long.
#659
Posted 27 June 2004 - 09:28 PM
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The truth is, we can survive. But we'd have taken things for granted (at an unbelievable scale)...
I agree with MW. I try to do certain things without turning to technology.
All that is needed is a will and dedication...
The world would be so much better.
#660
Posted 28 June 2004 - 01:38 AM
Golden Legacy, on Jun 27 2004, 02:35 PM, said:
You know, procrastination... you put off work? so, I was putting off the rules...
Remind me never to become a clown. Or an attorney.
I knew it was a joke. I was replying as a joke -_- . Note the ... I put at the end...
#661
Posted 28 June 2004 - 06:49 AM
Golden Legacy, on Jun 27 2004, 08:28 PM, said:
some of us can but some probably wont, the ones who lack COMMON SENSE.
do you think, (if technology was gone suddently) that we would all eat raw meat? or no meat at all?
#662
Posted 28 June 2004 - 06:17 PM
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You know, procrastination... you put off work? so, I was putting off the rules...
Remind me never to become a clown. Or an attorney.
I knew it was a joke. I was replying as a joke . Note the ... I put at the end...
sorry Izar... I guess I take things too seriously at times..
And Julian, you are correct... many people would be too dependent on technology to have right judgement. But they got themselves in it in the first place, without trying.
Technology takes away effort. Without effort comes no inspiration, no achievements... Technology will eventually be the bane to our existance...
#663
Posted 28 June 2004 - 07:21 PM
#664
Posted 28 June 2004 - 08:19 PM
Golden Legacy, on Jun 29 2004, 01:17 AM, said:
*points* http://www.depthcore.com
I dare you to keep talking. In a...er...friendly way. Yeah.... < _< > _>
#665
Posted 28 June 2004 - 08:38 PM
#666
Posted 28 June 2004 - 08:43 PM
#667
Posted 28 June 2004 - 08:59 PM
#668
Posted 28 June 2004 - 10:37 PM
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As am I.
I worry more about stupid things like video consoles and such rather than wondering if people are all right. Although, video games are more important :unsure:
#669
Posted 28 June 2004 - 10:40 PM
#670
Posted 28 June 2004 - 10:41 PM
Frontpage news..."Boy choose's Xbox over Girlfriend" :lol:
#671
Posted 28 June 2004 - 10:41 PM
#672
Posted 28 June 2004 - 10:53 PM
#673
Posted 29 June 2004 - 04:53 AM
#674
Posted 29 June 2004 - 03:54 PM
Problems? I have some, but I'm not gonna divulge them to you dudes.
As for technology, it is the way of the future obviously. There's seriously no stopping it now. As for technology taking over or being the death of us, there is always the possibility of that happening.
#675
Posted 27 July 2004 - 06:04 AM
#676
Posted 28 July 2004 - 07:41 PM
#677
Posted 29 July 2004 - 07:35 AM
Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether you're a stowaway son or BBC 1
Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruction
You could a Caucasian or a poor Asian
Racism is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether inflation or globalisation
Fear is a weapon of mass destruction
That's from the song "Mass Destruction" all of the aboves are flaws... I guess
#678
Posted 29 July 2004 - 12:48 PM
Ahh, anyway, that's a nice song Eugine. I agree that all are flaws with the exception of fear. Well, you need to have fear. It's like... er...
Yes, you need to have courage. But fear allows us to instinctively... make decisions... and...
bah, I can't explain it... sorry...
#679
Posted 29 July 2004 - 02:34 PM
Anyways, Another flaw, to me, is destruction of the rain forests... Or was that already talked about? Bah, it's been too long...
Another flaw is murder. In Texas, it's commonplace, so is crime, robery, drugs. In my town, I am one of the few who don't do any of that.
#680
Posted 29 July 2004 - 02:39 PM
Izar, on Jul 29 2004, 01:34 PM, said:
Stop lying, lol. Everyone has phobias. ^_^
#681
Posted 29 July 2004 - 02:43 PM
Autistic people fear nothing... but i'm not autistic, If i was... I could be posting here...
#682
Posted 29 July 2004 - 02:46 PM
Oh yeah, have you had a bad day?
#683
Posted 29 July 2004 - 02:48 PM
No, actually my da has been going alright, exept for the fact that my niece hit me in the eye with a stringy...thing...
#684
Posted 29 July 2004 - 02:50 PM
Aaaanyways, back on topic. Erm... The belief of something that is widely known without proof we can see every day is a world flaw!
That or everything else we discussed here...
#685
Posted 29 July 2004 - 02:56 PM
Lets see, we can't see that we evoled, so I guess you think that's a flaw... I do.
#686
Posted 29 July 2004 - 03:00 PM
#687
Posted 29 July 2004 - 03:04 PM
#688
Posted 29 July 2004 - 03:18 PM
#689
Posted 29 July 2004 - 03:25 PM
Ruins, Towns, historical documents, hisorically prooven to exist.
"Why can't he come down in all of his blazing glory for all of us to believe he exists? "
Because, The adulturous ask for a sign, like you just did. And because the weak ask for a sign, like you did, and because he will come on his own time. to GOD, our lives are so small, less than a blink of the eye.
#690
Posted 29 July 2004 - 03:30 PM
Does that mean it takes up to 200 years for God to blink?!
#691
Posted 29 July 2004 - 03:34 PM
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There in no in between. God or No God.
#692
Posted 29 July 2004 - 04:02 PM
-A friend of an online friend of mine
Thus, evolution is a more plausible thought then that we were zapped here onto Earth. And there's evidence in the Bible that supports evolution.
#693
Posted 30 July 2004 - 02:09 AM
Izar, on Jul 29 2004, 02:34 PM, said:
Wow, I am a living oxymoron!!!
Anywho... both Izar, can you show me proof (besides the Bible, since there's no signature of God on there or anything, therefore it's not actually proof to me) that God exists?
#694
Posted 30 July 2004 - 04:58 AM
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I hate that! Do you not understand that people can believe in the evolution way, but still not entirely doubt the existeance of god? :)
That is one thing I hate about the church. They're meant to represent God, but the do the opposite. If God was to prove his existence to me tomorrow, I still wouldn't even consider going to church :). Much of what the church does/has done is completely against what I think God would want his representitives to do...
#695
Posted 01 August 2004 - 08:33 PM
Politics is a world flaw BTW.
#698
Posted 02 August 2004 - 08:56 AM
#699
Posted 02 August 2004 - 09:10 AM
As for stupidity: Ignorance causes it, and ignorance also causes hate, indifference, and arrogance. So really, ignorance is the world's biggest flaw.
#700
Posted 02 August 2004 - 09:18 AM
I could on for hours but people would certainly be offended.
#701
Posted 02 August 2004 - 09:25 AM
#702
Posted 02 August 2004 - 09:35 AM
#703
Posted 02 August 2004 - 09:46 AM
If evolution is just advantagous mutations causing natural selections. Then how many of these must have occured to cause the millions of different animals on the planet. And how do you have evolution from plants?!
#704
Posted 02 August 2004 - 11:49 AM
As well, if you are wondering why there are still apes around, it is because the apes that do exist still live in the jungles and rain forests. The reason we came around (in theory) is that a group of apes ventured from the jungle into what would now be known as the African Savahna plains. Because of certain needs that rose, the apes began to walk on their back legs, grow opposable thumbs, and their brains became more complex.
And again, there is evidence of evolution provided in the Bible, Genesis specifically. The Hebrew word that is translated to days would be translated better to an extended period of time. And seeing as God would see a day as a blink of an eye, then it would make more sense for the translation to read an age.
Oh yeah, and your appendix is also evidence of evolution. When humans still lived off of plant life rather than cooked meat and self-grown fruit, we needed our appendixes to process the plants properly or something like that. But now that humans don't live off of natural plant life, the appendix became useless. The reason it isn't gone is because there wasn't a need to rid of it, as the appendix wasn't a disadvantage in any way.
#705
Posted 02 August 2004 - 03:45 PM
Look around you, look at all the "beutiful" things in the world, the miracles, how can it all be an accident, and the chances of evolution being true and actually are something like 1000000000:1, very low, considering you have to have the right atmosphere, mineral combinations, food supplies, everything has to be right for it to work the way it does, how can it be chance, an accident?
As easier way to explain it is that a higher power created it, me, I belive it was God. I can respect most other religion (ex. muslims/islam) but I thnk evolution is the biggest load of crap mankind has ever created.
Well, thats my rant for the day...
#706
Posted 02 August 2004 - 03:50 PM
#707
Posted 02 August 2004 - 03:56 PM
This is an intellectual topic to discuss serious things.
Sorry if you don't understand that.
#708
Posted 02 August 2004 - 09:15 PM
As well, there are actually no set requirements for life for all we know. We've barely explored the planets on our own solar system, so how should we know that lifeforms wouldn't be able to survive on a planet bombarded with radiation? (****roaches anyone?)
All we know for sure is that ONE of the standards for the existence of life is the standards set here on Earth. Otherwise, we don't know it all. Which is also why people choose to just create a God, because it's the easier way to explain it. It doesn't require logic, or reason. You can just say that there is a supreme being. I'm not saying there isn't a God. I just believe that God didn't wave his hand and suddenly we appearead. I believe he followed his own guidelines, the physics he set in the Universe, so that things would make sense. With no logic, it would be chaos.
Another point I was hinting at is how SHORT our lives would be compared to him. If he's on such a massive scale (think macro and micro physics), then the evolutionary process WOULD seem just like a day.
Shall I bring up my quote again?
#709
Posted 03 August 2004 - 03:20 AM
On evolution, there is a well known case of evolution that im sure some of you have heard. There was a white moth or something that lived in the bushland in one area. They were white, becaue it allowed them to blend in with the plants and not get eaten by birds. Now, this area became industralized (like everywhere else, another world flaw) and the trees were covered in soot. The white moths were now being picked off by the birds. SOmewhere along the line a mutation in the genes of one moth lead to it producing black offspring. Normally, a black one would have died off, but in this case, it was harder for the birds to see so it was not eaten. The black moth went on to breed, producing more black moths. All the while, the white ones dies off and walla! In a few short years we a different type of moth.
It all comes down to natural selection people :).
Existence must be the worlds biggest flaw. If the world didn't exist, there would be no flaws :).
Holywood, American government, and mankind in general are the worlds biggest flaws. Oh, and classes. THe rift between the rich and poor is growing, and the middle class is being pulled to either end. Eventually we will have the very poor people, with no chance to go up in class, and the rich, self centered snobs with all their money. Everything repeats itself.
This means that time is a world flaw. Without time, nothing can become permanent, and the effects of one action will not echo for eternity :).
Time and Existence. and Humans.
#710
Posted 03 August 2004 - 06:22 AM
You people are too intellectual for me, I think I'll go back to my little corner with my own beliefs and be content like that...
*goes to little corner*
#711
Posted 03 August 2004 - 07:00 AM
the world has been destroyed by us, god is a legend created to hide sumthink and a past which shows humans that humans fight each other because of there lack of knoledge which they desire so much!
please share views, i don't want to post loads here, but i have plenty to say, it's just i like to know what people want to know... helps me explain things...
please reply to this as soon as...
#712
Posted 03 August 2004 - 11:03 AM
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well said, couldn't have said it better myself! ^_^
#713
Posted 03 August 2004 - 01:32 PM
At a different perspective, perhaps it's our very minds- whether you believe in God or not, the fact is, we exist, and we have to live our lives fully- this challenge is met by our emotions and will, and how we choose to live it and the decisions we make are all a reaction, in one way or another, to the natural instinct of survival.
Sorry, my point isn't very clear...
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#714
Posted 03 August 2004 - 02:31 PM
#715
Posted 03 August 2004 - 05:41 PM
#716
Posted 03 August 2004 - 06:33 PM
k, i haven't really had time to go through the entire topic, cuz it's huge and you ppl make long posts so i don't know if this has come up before, but i find bigotry to be the stupidest thing on the planet, and one of the world's largest flaws. i look back over the years (we're forced to in social studies) and i look at how people were treated because of the colour of their skin, or because of their religion, and i can't even convey the loathing i have for the people who oppresed them. that someone should be judged because of the colour of their skin (which has nothing to do with how their minds work, it's just the intensity of the sun from where their people lived) is the most ignorant thing i have ever heard of. and the fact that bigotry still exsists, even in the advanced world we live in today, disgusts me.
If this has already been discussed i apologize, i just wanted to share my view
#717
Posted 04 August 2004 - 02:46 AM
Those of you who think evolution is a load of crap really make no sense at all. Evolution is so logical it's almost amasing. I point you to this:
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Perhaps the bible is flawed, but that doesn't mean god doesn't esist. We could prove tomorrow that the bible is a lie, but that doesn't proive that God doesn't exist. It only proves that the bible is an elaborate retelling of past events, with possible truths hidden in with the rest.
I really hope nobody took offence at that, since it's not meant to diss anything. I'm just trying to prove that nobody should oppose what other people believe, and claim that it is utter crap because they believe otherwise :D.
That itself is a world flaw...
#719
Posted 04 August 2004 - 03:01 AM
I think i'm asking for people to get upset at me :P :(.
The entire world is flawed. And guess what, most of these flaws are because of humans. Even more are invented human concepts, like class, religion, money, etc :\.
#720
Posted 04 August 2004 - 03:30 AM
:P
#721
Posted 04 August 2004 - 04:03 AM
#722
Posted 04 August 2004 - 08:58 AM
#723
Posted 04 August 2004 - 09:59 AM
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um no. i know you are not saying that it is, but in my religion (christianity) the Bible's content is God's word, and God is perfect. so therfore using logic, the Bible's content is perfect.
wanna challenge me in logic. go right ahead :D
yes i know people have their own opinions...and flaming them definately wont change their views.
#724
Posted 04 August 2004 - 10:27 AM
#725
Posted 04 August 2004 - 01:35 PM
lightningstar, on Aug 4 2004, 08:59 AM, said:
Sure thing. How do you KNOW it's by God?
#726
Posted 04 August 2004 - 10:31 PM
But Science can only go so far, no? Eventually, a limit will be reached ("before the creation", if you know what I mean): the source of existance, why we are all breathing and right now reading this. After that, anything may seem plausible (to a degree, of course).
Despite the fact that I believe in God, I respect your opinions and beliefs.
#727
Posted 04 August 2004 - 10:59 PM
#728
Posted 04 August 2004 - 11:21 PM
I'm crazy like that :) .
#729
Posted 04 August 2004 - 11:26 PM
Now, this contradicts my above post. I just don't care either way.
#730
Posted 05 August 2004 - 02:19 AM
What i mean is, the words are translated as exact as possible, but the context with which it is recieved by the reader can be changed. This means that our interpretation of the english bible is not EXACTLY what the interpretation would be in latin :).
Anyway. Science is not an organisation who's purpose is to destroy the belief in god. Science is finding out how everything works. You cannot deny that physics and chemistry and biology and everything else is correct. However, it may be that God created the intricate workings of the atom and biological chemistry etc.
Why is that there must be God OR Science. Maybe God created the intricate relationships that scientists study :). Proving scientific theorys does not disprove the existance of God. It only reveals to us how the universe operates :).
The big bang theory for example. There is some evidence to this in 'red shift' red and violet are different wavelengths for light. TOwar one side of a star the light is redder than the other. This means that the sun must be moving in that direction, and shortaning the wavelengths.
Basically, the big bang may be what created the universe, but what created the big bang? God?
Think people before flaming other peoples beliefs. Because essentially, both beliefs are flawed, and one belief fills in the holes that the other leaves open...
#731
Posted 05 August 2004 - 08:54 AM
#732
Posted 05 August 2004 - 10:21 AM
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ahhh, but "he just did it" is a test of faith. to see if you will except the facts and not question god, or to see if you can find an answer that suits your curiosity...
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well one, the bible says so. clear as day. also in the bible Genisis states that god created the heavens and the earth, every thing on the earth is created by him. (god made man, man made computers, therfore god made computers) therfore, the bible being on the earth means it was made by god...wouldn't that mean its by him?
#733
Posted 05 August 2004 - 12:25 PM
lightningstar, on Aug 5 2004, 05:21 PM, said:
No it isn't. You're mistaking my quote. I'm not questioning God. Geez, I'm bringing this up again:
Physics is the study of the workings and nature of the universe. The universe is the machinations of God. Therefore, physics is the study of the work of God. Creationism attempts to prove that data obtained through the scientific method is incorrect. This, in turn, must mean that the scientific method is incorrect. Physics studies the universe with the scientific method. Therefore, Creationism denies the work of God.
-A friend of an online friend of mine
#735
Posted 05 August 2004 - 01:23 PM
lightningstar, on Aug 5 2004, 09:21 AM, said:
Does that mean, if I say I'm God, you'll all bow down and worship me, not even knowing who I am? It's kinda like that with the Bible. You don't know if it's by God, or a translation of the words of God, but if the Bible states so, you'll believe it.
#736
Posted 05 August 2004 - 02:52 PM
#737
Posted 05 August 2004 - 02:58 PM
It lets you be religous in the modern day! Because you can't apply ALL 5000 year old laws and teachings to todays life, as times are just way too different.
#738
Posted 05 August 2004 - 06:25 PM
I am into the Dan Brown series of books, and even though they were fiction, I do believe that most of the facts in that book were actually true and have evidence to back the claims up. I am not saying there is not a god, I just like to question its existence.
#739
Posted 06 August 2004 - 03:41 AM
Additionally, you have been reading english translations of a latin work, which was recorded from human retellings. Storys, whether true or not, get twisted out of proportion by humans, translation and interpretation. The bible you guys have read will be innacurate in some respects. To translate, you need to understand what the words mean, and find an accurate english translation. This means that you are interpreting the interpretation of an interpretation ^_^.
Just to clear something up, I don't... entirely... beleive in god. I'm a science person, and lean toward the idea that everything is just chance. Unless you want to believe that everything can be predicted through complex mathamatical paterns. Which would only prove that God has created complex patters to maintain his creation, or that the complex patters are the work of God.
My ramblings in this topic have just made me believe in God more than before :huh:. But I still doubt the existance of God. You could say I don't have 'faith'. I'm just keeping an open mind and effectively destroying everyone's arguments with my twisted logic :) :silence:.
#740
Posted 07 August 2004 - 06:55 AM
#741
Posted 07 August 2004 - 11:25 AM
#742
Posted 25 April 2005 - 11:48 PM
Alright, here is my opinion on a few... new matters;
- Testweek. heh, currently in one, and it's breaking me. I am studying hours and hours a day. it's so demoralizing. the only thing that keeps me going is that Im going to Italy next week.
- The last few weeks I have notices that risicm isn't gone, in fact, it has become worse. everywhere I walk I hear people calling other bad names. I don't mean names like asshole or ****, but worse ones, really words to hurt somebody. there aren't that much black people at our school, nor are there much people from the Islam. but I do hear people saying stuff to them, if not in their faces, behind their backs. this really annoys me, and I said that sometimes too. a few times it almost ended up fighting, luckily it didn't.
#743
Posted 31 May 2005 - 01:02 AM
Racism is bad if you're offended by it, and even worse if you do it. I'm racist in jest, me and my brother have a laugh now and then at the expense of other nations, but not the level of violence.
#744
Posted 13 April 2006 - 08:35 AM
I would just like to start a discussion on Bush's second term so far. The debt has gone completely out of hand, it's over a trillion dollars now. The war is costing more money than anybody could've guessed, and people are dying. And yet they're still giving out tax rebates to win an election.
What are your thoughts?
#745
Posted 13 April 2006 - 02:49 PM
#746
Posted 13 April 2006 - 03:11 PM
Also think about what started this war in the first place. Originally, the Twin Towers got blowed up, so Bush sent out some troops to fight what we called the War on Terrorism, to search for "weapons of mass destruction". Now, five years later, we don't call it that anymore. Now we call it the War in Iraq. Right now, Bush is just trying to get the place stabilized and form some sort of government (I'm a bit fuzzy on the details here). Do you notice something funny about this change in objective? Personally I think Bush was planning this war all along before he was actually President. He thinks he's some god-sent hero bent on improving the world. He really did say that "God wants me to be President" before, you know.
Want an article?
http://www.religionn....com/7036-.html
Of course, it might be a bit biased, since it's a pro-religion site.
#747
Posted 13 April 2006 - 03:31 PM
... I'd prefer to see China.
#748
Posted 13 April 2006 - 03:39 PM
Also, they say that troops will be in Iraq for nine years, I'm pretty sure the American Government didn't want that to happen.
As for Kerry, I'm not sure he would've made a better president, I would rather see McCain in there, but perhaps we will see him run in '08.
#749
Posted 14 April 2006 - 01:39 PM
Eugine, on Apr 13 2006, 02:31 PM, said:
#750
Posted 15 April 2006 - 12:35 AM
Wind Dude, on Apr 13 2006, 10:11 PM, said:
The general view over here is that Bush shouldn't have gone to war in Iraq. Most people didn't want war but unfortunately Tony Blair didn't feel the same way. It's mainly the leaders people are annoyed with, not the actual country.
I have to say that the war has had some good effects. I mean, anything that causes the capture of one of the most dangerous people on the world can't be all bad right?
#751
Posted 15 April 2006 - 07:10 AM
#752
Posted 15 April 2006 - 03:29 PM
#753
Posted 15 April 2006 - 03:34 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2...10/oneill.bush/
Read up a bit more, Toasty.
Do you know why we got hit in the first place? Because of the lack of security. Seriously, jacking a plane like those terrorists did? That doesn't sound like very good defense on our part. We need/needed more.
#754
Posted 15 April 2006 - 03:41 PM
Vote for the insane squirell in 2024!
Anyway, the biggest problem in the world is stupidity. >_>
Seriously, the biggest problem in the world is selfishness.
If some rich *******s who have no need for 20+ cars that they don't drive actually used the money they don't deserve for something useful, the world would be a far better place.
That was the opinion of a squirell who hasn't slept in four days and is on a sugar and caffeine high.
#755
Posted 15 April 2006 - 03:54 PM
#757
Posted 15 April 2006 - 07:44 PM
#758
Posted 15 April 2006 - 08:05 PM
#759
Posted 17 April 2006 - 05:16 AM
#760
Posted 17 April 2006 - 08:16 AM
...yeah, I think he was planning it the whole time.
#761
Posted 17 April 2006 - 08:57 AM
#762
Posted 17 April 2006 - 10:06 PM
Blink, on Apr 17 2006, 02:16 PM, said:
...yeah, I think he was planning it the whole time.
War is never great. There is nothing great about people dying and killing each other and Bush is idiot if he thinks otherwise.
#763
Posted 18 April 2006 - 08:20 AM
#764
Posted 11 June 2006 - 12:22 PM
@SoT: Your welcome.
#765
Posted 11 June 2006 - 03:42 PM
Alright, look. Bush did not have to specifically plan what happened on 9/11. By ignoring the information coming into his office specifically stating that terrorists were planning to attack the U.S. he set himself up. After the "failure" in 1993, did the U.S. do anything to protect from the same thing happening again? No. And we paid for that with 9/11.
#766
Posted 11 June 2006 - 05:09 PM
#767
Posted 11 June 2006 - 06:08 PM
Now, you can't say Iraq had anything to do with 9/11, can you?
#768
Posted 11 June 2006 - 06:14 PM
#769
Posted 12 June 2006 - 07:57 AM
#770
Posted 12 June 2006 - 09:14 AM
#771
Posted 12 June 2006 - 10:59 AM
#772
Posted 12 June 2006 - 11:00 PM
That's all that I can say.
Nothing would go wrong if it weren't for religion.
Yep.
#775
Posted 14 June 2006 - 07:52 AM
#777
Posted 14 June 2006 - 03:13 PM
Pessimistic stuff, like this topic. Why focus all energy on flaws? Like, why can't the News channels ever talk about GOOD stuff? The only good news that CNN and the like ever talk about is when somebody wins a game on the Sports section. Why can't we give ourselves a pat on the back whenever we do something right?
I suppose it's human nature for people to focus on the bad things. But still, I like a pat on the back every now and again.
#778
Posted 14 June 2006 - 03:24 PM
You want to focus on the good stuff in the world? Don't visit this topic. Then everything will be better!
#779
Posted 14 June 2006 - 05:50 PM
#780
Posted 14 June 2006 - 06:02 PM
#781
Posted 16 June 2006 - 07:57 PM
#782
Posted 17 June 2006 - 12:02 PM
#783
Posted 17 June 2006 - 12:54 PM
#784
Posted 17 June 2006 - 02:38 PM
#785
Posted 21 June 2006 - 08:22 AM
#786
Posted 13 August 2006 - 06:17 PM
Sea_of_Time, on Jun 17 2006, 11:02 AM, said:
If you did that, and there wasn't a catch, of course I would take it. But I definately wouldn't keep it all for myself, and that's a fact. Most people have greed, but there are people who can get past most, if not all of it. And thrusting money in my face and me taking it isn't greedy. Thrusting money in my face, me taking it, and me not sharing it is greedy. I admit, I still have greed, but I'm very generous and can get past most of mine.
And the only things the good part of the government is hiding, are things of national security that if leaked to the public, could cause disaster. And you can call me ignorant all you want, but I've decided everything I believe in on my own, without brainwashing or anything like that.
#787
Posted 22 August 2006 - 01:51 PM
#788
Posted 22 August 2006 - 01:56 PM
#789
Posted 23 August 2006 - 12:24 AM
One, Sophia_Chan, you don't live in Melbourne.
Two, Phillip shut up man. If homo's want to legally **** each other they can go to England. And I'm sick of your Melbourne *** capital crap. If you feel so passiontly about homo's in Melbourne go down to St.Kilda and make yourself someone money.