bjorn_skurj

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Infidel!

I don't like to be visited at home much, so I'll take the Internet.

Dude, you should have said something that night!

Yep.

I think he's within his rights to say God is bullshit and he wants no part of it as people are within their rights to say God is not bullshit and should guide everyone's conduct. His tone could probably be less confrontational, sure, but he would seem to feel strongly that the bad byproducts of religion are worth throwing the whole thing out, and a vigorous debate gets the blood going and sharpens everyone's intellect. (Hopefully.) He and Christopher Hitchens, a thinker I admire but disagree with on religion, should go out and have a beer together.

Well, at least he's not going door to door asking people about their relationships with the uncaring, nonsentient, nonpersonal soulless void. (Is he?)

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1. I was born inside a U.S. Government facility. 2. Prior to my current career, I was an expert in the art of bonsai. 3. I have an ambivalent attitude toward the Grateful Dead.

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Ah. That's an interesting point. Is atheism a religion, or equivalent to? I'm not sure. THDW is not so much pushing atheism, which is a difficult thing to evangelize, as he is stating that he will accept no aspect or product of religion being forced, or even nudged upon him. I also think he thinks people who adhere to a religion are at least a potential danger to his freedom, something which I partially agree with. (See: My fear of Muslims, Puritans and Moonies.) Considering that so much of our ethics and practices stem from religion, for both good and bad, his is a tough stance to take. The r

Puritanism touches something very deep inside me. Not a good thing, but a deep thing.

Jonathan Edwards says: "The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire; he is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight; you are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours."

People often mellow out when they have kids.

Nah. The S1W's are OK.

Yeah, but Muslims still scare the shit out of me. I'm sorry, but that's the way I honestly feel. When Muslims around the world rise up and root out their own loonies, I will feel much better about them. When the vast majority of Muslims accept the principle of the separation of church and state, I will feel much more secure. Until then, it's knives out.

God is fine. It's that Allah guy who needs a talking-to.

I saw Plant and Page twice - both great shows. This could well be as good.

That's teh awesome. I hope Santa comes through on that.

Maybe he can make a bong out of the oxygen mask.

We don't see it in the Northeast, as we have a pretty good base of our own Asians here. It's comparable to the Chinese food at the mall food court.

I think we're going to see it this coming weekend.

I think anyone, absolutely anyone, should stay the hell out of the Sudan.

I had a suspicion that was what you were talking about.