I don't know where they're going.

Ahh...new thread smell...love it.

Oh, and one more thing on Sharron Angle...she's got a pastor problem. Look at what her fucktard preacher says about Harry Reid:

"His religion’s a cult," Pastor Reed said. "The Christian community—all the Christians, theologians and scholars, all recognize that, that Mormonism is a cult. I have books in my library on cults, and it lists Mormonism right there with all these bizarre cults. Well, there must be a reason. I mean, here a member of a cult is one of the most powerful people in the United States. Doesn’t that alarm you?

Full story here.

re: #1 Charles

I don't know where they're going.

Well if you had used Elephants Lemming instead of pigs, I would say over a cliff.

re: #1 Charles

I don't know where they're going.

They're going where the wind don't blow so strange.

Going where the wind don't blow so strange
Maybe on some high cold mountain range
Lost one round but the price wasn't anything
Knife in a back and more of the same

Speaking of which...I'm gone. :)

They're going towards food, I'm sure.

It seems like all animals will go to food.

I know that's how I get my dog back, when he escapes the leash - offer him the cat's food, he comes running right back.

Pigs

re: #1 Charles

I don't know where they're going.

A barbecue?

They're either going to slaughter or the trough.

/

The amazing thing about these pigs is that they're only 1/4 inch in length.

re: #9 Charles

The amazing thing about these pigs is that they're only 1/4 inch in length.

I was going to guess that I knew where they came from, but these pigs are 7/8" long. You got some tiny pigs there.

"wheee, wheee, wheee" all the way to the market!
(Boy is that Geico Commercial annoying)

re: #11 Rightwingconspirator

"wheee, wheee, wheee" all the way to the market!
(Boy is that Geico Commercial annoying)

I love that Geico commercial...one of their best. "Thanks, Mrs. A." Ha!

re: #10 wrenchwench

Mine are antiques, from before the government over-regulated the mini-pig market. The newer mini-pigs are gargantuan by comparison.

re: #12 darthstar

I love that Geico commercial...one of their best. "Thanks, Mrs. A." Ha!

the look on her face is just priceless

Course they could have had the pig in the back seat saying "I gotta go!" over and over again

Sharon "I gotta go!" Angle just told a crowd of supporters that Dearborn Michigan was now operating under Sharia law. Also, for some reason, Frankford Texas.

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

Common garden lies are not enough for this woman. BLATANT all the way.

re: #9 Charles

The amazing thing about these pigs is that they're only 1/4 inch in length.

Plastic Injection Molding. It's a wonderful thing.

re: #13 Charles

Mine are antiques, from before the government over-regulated the mini-pig market. The newer mini-pigs are gargantuan by comparison.

History of Plastic Injection Molding

The first man-made plastic was invented in Britain in 1851 by Alexander Parkes. He publicly demonstrated it at the 1862 International Exhibition in London, calling the material he produced "Parkesine." Derived from cellulose, Parkesine could be heated, molded, and retain its shape when cooled. It was, however, expensive to produce, prone to cracking, and highly flammable.

re: #9 Charles

The amazing thing about these pigs is that they're only 1/4 inch in length.

How many of these pigs does it take to make a bacon sandwich?

re: #17 Bubblehead II

Plastic Injection Molding. It's a wonderful thing.

Youtube Video

1&feature=fvwp

re: #13 Charles

History of Plastic Injection Molding

The first man-made plastic was invented in Britain in 1851 by Alexander Parkes. He publicly demonstrated it at the 1862 International Exhibition in London, calling the material he produced "Parkesine." Derived from cellulose, Parkesine could be heated, molded, and retain its shape when cooled. It was, however, expensive to produce, prone to cracking, and highly flammable.

At Brookfield Zoo in Chicago they have these coin operated injection molding machines that make little animals. I've never seen them anywhere else. One of my fondest memories from childhood.

Maybe Campbell's let the pigs go after the Halal line started to do well... Ah layoffs are everywhere.

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re: #19 PT Barnum

At Brookfield Zoo in Chicago they have these coin operated injection molding machines that make little animals. I've never seen them anywhere else. One of my fondest memories from childhood.

The Museum Of Science And Industry has those machines as well. I can smell the hot plastic now.

re: #19 PT Barnum

At Brookfield Zoo in Chicago they have these coin operated injection molding machines that make little animals. I've never seen them anywhere else. One of my fondest memories from childhood.

Cool. You probably don't see them anywhere else because of the cost.

Charles, Any idea on why the You Tube video didn't come up like it should have?

re: #19 PT Barnum

At Brookfield Zoo in Chicago they have these coin operated injection molding machines that make little animals. I've never seen them anywhere else. One of my fondest memories from childhood.

Mold O Rama!

Those are working pigs. They're on their way to the truffle forest.

Big man pig man

ha ha charade you are

(that's Gilmour doing the bass intro, not waters IIRC)

re: #6 Killgore Trout

bastard! beat me!

Anybody read "The Pig Who Sang to the Moon"?

If you eat meat, I highly discourage the book.

I'm just sayin'.

(Holier than thou mode off)

Those would make some really baby baby back ribs... I could smoke them up....

re: #28 Thanos

They'd go with those little ears of corn...

They look like fightin pigs

re: #29 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

They'd go with those little ears of corn...

... and those tiny one bite pecan pies...

and little tiny cans of beer.

re: #32 PT Barnum

And happy little trees...

re: #32 PT Barnum

and little tiny cans of beer.

Thimble beers! There used to be a spaghetti joint near Berzerkeley that served trays of those -- 100 shot glasses of beers for a buck. The back alley behind that place was a technicolor painting...

re: #34 Thanos

Ugh... spaghetti and beer... defining projectile...

Suprised no one got to this one;

re: #26 WindUpBird

bastard! beat me!

It's such a great album. Floyd held up well over time. Even the early albums like Saucer Full of Secrets stood the test of time pretty well.

re: #35 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That alley was some of the finest noodle art I've ever seen

Talk about a timely word. Says right how I feel right now. Just gotta work my ass off going forward.

Carl Paladino: Andrew Cuomo's "Prowess is Legendary"

"For weeks, the media has badgered me about affairs, because unlike a career politician, I was honest enough to acknowledge she was my daughter," he says, before ticking off some of the questions he said he had been asked.

"Does the media ask Andrew such questions?" Paladino continues, referring to his opponent, Democratic attorney general Andrew Cuomo. He adds: "Andrew's prowess is legendary."

Paladino has raised claims of extramarital affairs on Cuomo's part before, though he has not provided any proof to support the allegations.

Immediately after the "prowess is legendary" comment, Paladino says the campaign shouldn't be about such allegations, since New York is "in a death spiral." He then discusses many of his proposals.

Paladino closes the video by challenging Cuomo to debate, saying, "Come out and debate like a man."

The charge comes despite the fact that Cuomo has already agreed to debate.

I usually don't acknowledge what the stalkers write but yesterday they were scoffing at the thread about Glenn Beck stealing Alex Jones' crazy.
Today we have Alex Jones and Fox News host (and beck fill in) Andrew Napolitano taking credit for influencing Beck.

Also another defense of Beck from the John Birch Society.

This stuff has become so routine that I hesitate to even bother pointing it out anymore but some people still haven't gotten the message.

re: #2 darthstar

Ahh...new thread smell...love it.

Oh, and one more thing on Sharron Angle...she's got a pastor problem. Look at what her fucktard preacher says about Harry Reid:

Full story here.

On the one hand Arizona is 6% LDS, on the other hand the anti-LDS movement is strong there, according to Mormons from Arizona that I know.

I strongly suggest people tweet their pages. It really makes a difference.

re: #19 PT Barnum

At Brookfield Zoo in Chicago they have these coin operated injection molding machines that make little animals. I've never seen them anywhere else. One of my fondest memories from childhood.

They have at least one still at the Henry Vilas Zoo here in Madison & ISTR there being one at the Museum of Science and Industry down in Chicago too. Perhaps it was a midwest thing?

re: #40 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Carl Paladino: Andrew Cuomo's "Prowess is Legendary"

He sounds like a real piece of work. Hope Cuomo clobbers him back in to obscurity.

re: #44 wlewisiii

They have at least one still at the Henry Vilas Zoo here in Madison & ISTR there being one at the Museum of Science and Industry down in Chicago too. Perhaps it was a midwest thing?

Close to the slaughter houses

How fitting!!

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Wingnut fail: Federal Judge Rejects Challenge To Key Elements Of Health Care Law

re: #2 darthstar

Ahh...new thread smell...love it.

Oh, and one more thing on Sharron Angle...she's got a pastor problem. Look at what her fucktard preacher says about Harry Reid:

Full story here.

Huh. Now can I bitch and cry and whine and backbite about how many years she sat in this dude's church for the next howevermanyyears, or is this different because he's white and bigoted against Mormons?

re: #48 SanFranciscoZionist

Huh. Now can I bitch and cry and whine and backbite about how many years she sat in this dude's church for the next howevermanyyears, or is this different because he's white and bigoted against Mormons?

It's different because he didn't say goddamn America. However if he said that tolerance of gays and lesbians and secularism caused 9-11, he may even be treated as a legitimate preacher.

re: #44 wlewisiii

They have at least one still at the Henry Vilas Zoo here in Madison & ISTR there being one at the Museum of Science and Industry down in Chicago too. Perhaps it was a midwest thing?

There's one at the Henry Ford Museum. (AKA Greenfield Village)

Ahhhhh, the harpy seems to be having problems with her donations.

But GPAL is having problems. How bad? I don't know but I do know that I have not been able to transfer any monies donated to Atlas and SIOA out of GPAL. Robert at Jihadwatch is experiencing the same thing.

Karma. It's a bitch

re: #51 Bubblehead II

Karma. It's a bitch

I think I dated her too!

re: #52 sattv4u2

Karma. It's a bitch

I think I dated her too!

Take that back.

I'm gonna lose my dinner.
/

re: #53 researchok

Take that back.

I'm gonna lose my dinner.
/

Now, why would you bet your dinner?

Update on the foreclosure bill.

Obama vetoes bill to speed foreclosures

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney.com) -- President Obama won't sign a bill that could have made it easier for courts to clear foreclosures, the White House said Thursday.

The bill would have required federal and state courts to recognize documents that were notarized in other states.

Both congressional chambers approved the legislation by voice votes, a move used for noncontroversial bills. The House passed it in April, and the Senate passed it Sept. 27...

Good news.

re: #54 sattv4u2

Now, why would you bet your dinner?

I'd never would have beloved you dated Pam.

re: #55 Gus 802

Update on the foreclosure bill.

Obama vetoes bill to speed foreclosures

Good news.

Very good news.

Post elections all hell is going top break loose re the foreclosures.

More fraud than when they were first issued.

re: #57 researchok

Very good news.

Post elections all hell is going top break loose re the foreclosures.

More fraud than when they were first issued.

Yeah. It was pretty slimy in how they ALL passed it on a voice vote. Non-controversial my ass.

re: #55 Gus 802

Update on the foreclosure bill.

Obama vetoes bill to speed foreclosures

Good news.

Elitist ;)
I kid obviously.

re: #59 HappyWarrior

Elitist ;)
I kid obviously.

Class warfare!

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re: #56 researchok

I'd never would have beloved you dated Pam.

Wha ,,,, you've never heard the expression Blind Drunk?

re: #60 Gus 802

Class warfare!

/

We had class warfare once. It was the teacher's fault, though. If you let a 5th grade class compete boy-girl, it will get ugly.

Especially if the subject is vocabulary, and the child with the biggest vocabulary in the room is a girl.

re: #62 EmmmieG

We had class warfare once. It was the teacher's fault, though. If you let a 5th grade class compete boy-girl, it will get ugly.

Especially if the subject is vocabulary, and the child with the biggest vocabulary in the room is a girl.

Here I thought it involved a straw, some paper, and spit.

Is that still legal in schools?

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re: #61 sattv4u2

Wha ,,, you've never heard the expression Blind Drunk?

I have. How's the mom?

re: #51 Bubblehead II

Ahhh, the harpy seems to be having problems with her donations.

But GPAL is having problems. How bad? I don't know but I do know that I have not been able to transfer any monies donated to Atlas and SIOA out of GPAL. Robert at Jihadwatch is experiencing the same thing.

Karma. It's a bitch

Really, I would think that if the Gnome was having the same problems as the harpy, he would have posted about it. But nary a word over there.

Prayers for Satt's mom, Satt and family...

re: #64 Cannadian Club Akbar

I have. How's the mom?

Just found out she's not doing as well as they had hoped. They're transferring her to Massachusetts General Hospital (one of the best in the country) for more aggressive treatments

I have several things to take care of with a lawyer here then I'm flying up there Saturday

Thanks for asking

re: #66 Taqyia2Me

Prayers for Satt's mom, Satt and family...

Thanks T

You guys saying that means a lot to me

re: #67 sattv4u2

All right. I'll bbl. Just wanted the update. See ya in a bit.

re: #51 Bubblehead II

Ahhh, the harpy seems to be having problems with her donations.

But GPAL is having problems. How bad? I don't know but I do know that I have not been able to transfer any monies donated to Atlas and SIOA out of GPAL. Robert at Jihadwatch is experiencing the same thing.

Karma. It's a bitch

She signed up with a payment system apparently run by gun enthusiasts. The 'G' in 'Gpal' stands for ... guns.

Now she's wondering why she's having problems.

Image: r-POT-huge.jpg

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re: #71 Gus 802

Image: r-POT-huge.jpg

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Me gusta :)

re: #63 Gus 802

Here I thought it involved a straw, some paper, and spit.

Is that still legal in schools?

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That was one of my ideas for when countries wanted to go to war

Take 20 fifth graders on each side

Last kid not grossed out wins!

(and yes,, you can get "grossed out" of someone ELSES spitball lands down YOUR throat ,,,,,, don't ask!!)

re: #73 sattv4u2

That was one of my ideas for when countries wanted to go to war

Take 20 fifth graders on each side

Last kid not grossed out wins!

(and yes,, you can get "grossed out" of IF someone ELSES spitball lands down YOUR throat ,,, don't ask!!)

re: #73 sattv4u2

That was one of my ideas for when countries wanted to go to war

Take 20 fifth graders on each side

Last kid not grossed out wins!

(and yes,, you can get "grossed out" of someone ELSES spitball lands down YOUR throat ,,, don't ask!!)

Yeah, if they got too wet it could be pretty gross. There was always rubber bands. There was this weird trend were kids would clump up some paper towels and soak them in water and throw them against the restroom walls or ceilings.

re: #75 Gus 802

Yeah, if they got too wet it could be pretty gross. There was always rubber bands. There was this weird trend were kids would clump up some paper towels and soak them in water and throw them against the restroom walls or ceilings.

We did that

Strange.

Mississippi Lawyer Jailed for Not Reciting Pledge in Courtroom

TUPELO, Miss. | When a Mississippi judge entered a courtroom and asked everyone to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, a lawyer with a reputation for fighting free speech battles stayed silent as everyone else recited the patriotic oath. The lawyer was jailed.

Lawyer Danny Lampley spent about five hours behind bars Wednesday before Judge Talmadge Littlejohn set him free so the lawyer could work on another case. Lampley told The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal he respected the judge but wasn't going to back down.

"I don't have to say it because I'm an American," Lampley told the newspaper.

The Supreme Court ruled nearly 70 years ago that schoolchildren couldn't be forced to say the pledge, a decision widely interpreted to mean no one could be required to recite the pledge...

re: #61 sattv4u2

Wha ,,, you've never heard the expression Blind Drunk?

Musta been some drunk!

re: #77 Gus 802

Strange.

Mississippi Lawyer Jailed for Not Reciting Pledge in Courtroom

This should be a non-issue... take it from an ex-Jehovah's Witness... they went through his with the Supreme Court... they won.

re: #70 Charles

"I withdrew funds last week for a new bus campaign I was initiating and still nothing. An August transfer still has not come threw."

Her typing & grammar leave so very much to be desired!

re: #78 researchok

Musta been some drunk!

As old sailors say

Any Port in a Storm!

re: #81 sattv4u2

As old sailors say

Any Port in a Storm!

Musta been some storm.

Ugh.

Yoga a dangerous 'risk' for Christians, cautions evangelical leader Albert Mohler, sparking backlash

A feud over yoga and religion has left many Christians bent out of shape.

Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert Mohler unleashed a storm of controversy when he penned a critical essay last month titled "Should Christians Practice Yoga?"

In the piece, Mohler cautions Christians against the practice of yoga, saying that despite its evolution into a popular pastime, its spiritual basis violates the tenets of Christianity.

"Yoga begins and ends with an understanding of the body that is, to say the very least, at odds with the Christian understanding," he wrote. "Christians are not called to empty the mind or to see the human body as a means of connecting to and coming to know the divine."

Stating that yoga "threatens" to push Christians into a "post-Christian, spiritually polyglot" reality, Mohler asks, "Should any Christian willingly risk that?"

The evangelical leader found himself in the hot seat on Thursday when The Associated Press picked up his story, making it national news...

re: #79 Walter L. Newton

This should be a non-issue... take it from an ex-Jehovah's Witness... they went through his with the Supreme Court... they won.

Yeah. We'll see what happens. I suppose it hinges on what either the lawyer of judge does.

re: #83 Gus 802

Not just UGH, more like WTF?

re: #85 Floral Giraffe

Not just UGH, more like WTF?

I thought I would spread it out with some "ughs" because I've been running into a lot of WTFs. ;)

re: #84 Gus 802

Looks like the two men have a feud going on.

The episode happened during chancery court. Lampley told WTVA News this was not the first time the judge had him removed from a courtroom.

"I was asked to leave the courtroom in Corinth because I did not want to participate in the pledge that day either."

The Corinth incident happened in June.
[Link: www.wtva.com...]

re: #83 Gus 802

Ugh.

Yoga a dangerous 'risk' for Christians, cautions evangelical leader Albert Mohler, sparking backlash

Next, tacos and burritos (Catholic), pastrami and knishes (Jewish) and finally fried chicken and sweet potato pie (African American) will all be deemed verboten...

re: #86 Gus 802

I thought I would spread it out with some "ughs" because I've been running into a lot of WTFs. ;)

"I didn't get a WTF from that guy"

Paraphrased Hat tip to Mel Brooks

re: #84 Gus 802

Yeah. We'll see what happens. I suppose it hinges on what either the lawyer of judge does.

Playing it very pragmatically, and setting aside little things like the Constitution, I don't think I'd want this guy for my lawyer in a MS or AL capital case.

re: #90 Decatur Deb

Playing it very pragmatically, and setting aside little things like the Constitution, I don't think I'd want this guy for my lawyer in a MS or AL capital case.

I wouldn't want this guy to plead out a parking violation.

re: #70 Charles

She signed up with a payment system apparently run by gun enthusiasts. The 'G' in 'Gpal' stands for ... guns.

Now she's wondering why she's having problems.

Saw that.

Some of her subscribers are also alluding to gpay as a possible money laundering scheme.

mk750 said...

*snip*

If you can't find out and VERIFY who the principals in this scheme are, get out! Organized crime runs totally legit businesses. That's how money laundering works. The business that receives your money is totally legal but the money filters back to the Organization for it's illegal activities just the same.

re: #84 Gus 802
A legal expert comments:

"The judge is lucky he's immune from being sued," said George Cochran, the iconic constitutional law professor at the University of Mississippi.
[Link: www.nems360.com...]

re: #83 Gus 802

Ugh.

Yoga a dangerous 'risk' for Christians, cautions evangelical leader Albert Mohler, sparking backlash

That reminds me of the fact that Christians up to the 18th century were taught by the Church to be leery of bathing, as it required nudity, which was seen as sinful sui generis. The soldiers in Napoleon's campaign suffered terribly from lice, which was through more recent research found to have been a vector for disease which decimated the force.

re: #93 jaunte

A legal expert comments:

It's very odd. On the one hand the attorney is not serving his client very well by deciding to take a "stand" against rising for the pledge yet the judge decides to make a scene of this and have the attorney incarcerated. The Constitution is on the side of the attorney yet it doesn't serve the client in a practical sense. One would think there would be some kind of authority that would set the record (law) straight for Judge Talmadge Littlejohn. However, it's a well known fact that once you're in a judge's courtroom you're almost literally in a different world.

re: #18 ozbloke

How many of these pigs does it take to make a bacon sandwich?

Hmmmm...bacon...

Bio of sorts for Talmadge D. Littlejohn here.

re: #95 Gus 802

Based on his past*, Lampley may just be an idealist. It's a very conservative part of Mississippi, so he really stands out. I hope his efforts to insist on his rights turns out well for him.

*Lampley is no stranger to controversy. Years ago, he represented a Pontotoc woman who objected to student-led intercom prayer and Bible history classes taught at North Pontotoc Attendance Center. U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers agreed the activities were unconstitutional.
[Link: www.nems360.com...]

re: #83 Gus 802

Ugh.

Yoga a dangerous 'risk' for Christians, cautions evangelical leader Albert Mohler, sparking backlash

As is that other "gateway" exercise regimen, Booboo.

re: #99 austin_blue

As is that other "gateway" exercise regimen, Booboo.

I don't think he realizes that people are taking up yoga for the physical and mind aspects rather than on a spiritual or religious journey towards a Hindu philosophy.

re: #83 Gus 802

Man I feel so bad for anyone who actually cares what a guy like that says or listens to him in any way

lotta dumb people in this country :(

re: #83 Gus 802

Stating that yoga "threatens" to push Christians into a "post-Christian, spiritually polyglot" reality, Mohler asks, "Should any Christian willingly risk that?"

Another vote against glot mixing.

re: #101 WindUpBird

Man I feel so bad for anyone who actually cares what a guy like that says or listens to him in any way

lotta dumb people in this country :(

Ignorant, not dumb. And our survival depends on making them less ignorant.

re: #102 jaunte

Another vote against glot mixing.

Two ideals competing for attention. But, like I said, people are taking up Yoga for the abs not to become Hindus. Heck, I remember when I was about 8 years old I was messing around with Yoga and not once did I think or read about any of the spiritual aspects.

re: #104 Gus 802

Two ideals competing for attention. But, like I said, people are taking up Yoga for the abs not to become Hindus. Heck, I remember when I was about 8 years old I was messing around with Yoga and not once did I think or read about any of the spiritual aspects.

That's why you can't levitate.

re: #105 Decatur Deb

That's why you can't levitate.

Only in my dreams. Although sometimes I'll stare at a crow and they do levitate. Only problem is that they levitate and fly away.

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re: #104 Gus 802

What he says in the original essay is:

When Christians practice yoga, they must either deny the reality of what yoga represents or fail to see the contradictions between their Christian commitments and their embrace of yoga. The contradictions are not few, nor are they peripheral. The bare fact is that yoga is a spiritual discipline by which the adherent is trained to use the body as a vehicle for achieving consciousness of the divine. Christians are called to look to Christ for all that we need and to obey Christ through obeying his Word. We are not called to escape the consciousness of this world by achieving an elevated state of consciousness, but to follow Christ in the way of faithfulness.[Link: www.albertmohler.com...]

I think Christians practicing yoga are perfectly content to 'deny the reality of what yoga represents' and use it for physical stretching and mental relaxation.
He's overexcited.

I took two unrelated and unidentified white pills I found in my drawer. So far, nothing has happened, and the little piggies in Charles' post are talking smack at me about it.

re: #107 jaunte

What he says in the original essay is:

I think Christians practicing yoga are perfectly content to 'deny the reality of what yoga represents' and use it for physical stretching and mental relaxation.
He's overexcited.

I think so. Found this Christian Yoga site that makes a good point:

Yoga is not a religion, even in Eastern cultures. Instead, it serves as a spiritual tool - like prayer - that may be customized according to beliefs, values, and physical ability.

re: #107 jaunte

What he says in the original essay is:

I think Christians practicing yoga are perfectly content to 'deny the reality of what yoga represents' and use it for physical stretching and mental relaxation.
He's overexcited.

Also, meditation techniques go a long way back in Christianity. I don't know where this guy got the impression that achieving an elevated state of consciousness is un-Christian, but...er...no.

re: #2 darthstar

Ahh...new thread smell...love it.

Oh, and one more thing on Sharron Angle...she's got a pastor problem. Look at what her fucktard preacher says about Harry Reid:

Full story here.

I wonder what Glenn Beck would have to say about this, since he is a Mormon as well.

Wow, Sharron Angle's pastor is a driveling bigoted cock

The shit people say about mormons that would get their asses kicked if they said it about anyone else, damn

Trutherism lives on...

Barack Obama accused of exaggerating terror threat for political gain

re: #109 Gus 802

Yoga is not a religion, even in Eastern cultures. Instead, it serves as a spiritual tool - like prayer - that may be customized according to beliefs, values, and physical ability.

Witchcraft! Burn it with fire!

re: #112 WindUpBird

His religion's a cult," Pastor Reed said. "The Christian community--all the Christians, theologians and scholars, all recognize that, that Mormonism is a cult. I have books in my library on cults, and it lists Mormonism right there with all these bizarre cults. Well, there must be a reason. I mean, here a member of a cult is one of the most powerful people in the United States. Doesn't that alarm you? And his allegiance is to Salt Lake City. Something is up with that. Something's weird. But nobody touches that. ... Harry Reid's allegiance is to Salt Lake City. The Mormon church is rich, powerful, they do illegal things. They do secretive things. They've got all this money. They own American businesses. There's weirdness going on there. Churches are not multi-millionaire organizations like the Mormon church. You know, there's some weirdness with that, but nobody questions it, nobody asks one question to Harry Reid and says, 'Tell us about your faith. What does a Mormon believe?' Ask him about the holy garments that he wears that protect him from evil. Isn't that kooky? Ask him about getting his body parts anointed by oil. Isn't that kooky? Ask him about when he goes to the temple and he gets baptized for dead people. Isn't that kooky? Ask him about the hit squad of the Mormon church and why they need people to kill Mormons that go against them. Isn't that controlling? Ask him how they shun people, then they get their family members to disown them and divorce them if they dare leave the Mormon church. Isn't that cultish? I mean, I could go on and on. The Mormon church is a cult, and Harry Reid is a powerful person in a cult, and nobody even questions it."

Good times! now imagine the sort of hideous people who like what this fool has to say

Sharron Angle, you hang out with some classy gents

re: #113 Killgore Trout

Trutherism lives on...

Barack Obama accused of exaggerating terror threat for political gain

Oh, yeah, the Pakistanis. Aren't those the guys whose Secret Police are encouraging the Taliban to keep fighting in Afghanistan?

Seriously Yoga man. What's he going to call sinful now, eating Middle Eastern food since it's enjoyed by Muslims and Muslims are evil.

re: #106 Gus 802

Only in my dreams. Although sometimes I'll stare at a crow and they do levitate. Only problem is that they levitate and fly away.

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Cactus-assisted yoga?

re: #115 WindUpBird

Good times! now imagine the sort of hideous people who like what this fool has to say

Sharron Angle, you hang out with some classy gents

Mormons have a hit squad?

DEAR GOD.

re: #117 HappyWarrior

Seriously Yoga man. What's he going to call sinful now, eating Middle Eastern food since it's enjoyed by Muslims and Muslims are evil.

You know what they say. Once you've tasted hummus it's all downhill from there.

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re: #119 SanFranciscoZionist

Mormons have a hit squad?

DEAR GOD.

Donny and Marie. Hated their hits.

re: #116 imp_62

Oh, yeah, the Pakistanis. Aren't those the guys whose Secret Police are encouraging the Taliban to keep fighting in Afghanistan?

Forget it, Imp, it's The Guardian. It's a reflexively Anti-American paper. It doesn't like America acting robustly, ever.

Towercam with partly open telescope dome.

It may close quickly.

Off to the store. BBL

re: #119 SanFranciscoZionist

Mormons have a hit squad?

DEAR GOD.

Don't all religions have hit squads?

re: #125 Charles

Don't all religions have hit squads?

Clip clop, clip clop, BANG

re: #125 Charles

Don't all religions have hit squads?

I guess I thought that if you ticked off Mormons they just secretly put decaf in your coffeemaker.

re: #115 WindUpBird

They've got all this money. They own American businesses. There's weirdness going on there.

Hmm. Where has she been?

re: #122 Dark_Falcon

Forget it, Imp, it's The Guardian. It's a reflexively Anti-American paper. It doesn't like America acting robustly, ever.

Hate the Guarniad

re: #120 Gus 802

You know what they say. Once you've tasted hummus it's all downhill from there.

/

Ah don't give Pam Geller ideas.

re: #125 Charles

Don't all religions have hit squads?

Taoist Death Cults are the most dangerous.

re: #131 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

It was the Hindu Reincarnation Ninjas that finally got Gregor Samsa.

re: #125 Charles

My fellow Jews have been accused of that for a long time.

The Swiss Guard is not decorative. They once fought to the last man, allowing a very dicey pope to escape to Castel Sant' Angelo.

re: #129 imp_62

Hate the Guarniad

Who doesn't?

re: #127 SanFranciscoZionist

I guess I thought that if you ticked off Mormons they just secretly put decaf in your coffeemaker.

With an old Sgt Major I knew that would have been murder... :eek: The only two things he drank were coffee and whiskey.

THe funny thing to me about fundamentalist Christians despising new age religions is how fundamentalist Christianity is relativity new in itself.

re: #136 wlewisiii

With an old Sgt Major I knew that would have been murder... :eek: The only two things he drank were coffee and whiskey.

I once knew a general who drank only distilled water, or rainwater, and pure grain alcohol.

re: #137 HappyWarrior

New Age = New

re: #119 SanFranciscoZionist

re: #119 SanFranciscoZionist

Mormons have a hit squad?

DEAR GOD.

I have no idea whether it's historically accurate or not, but they were supposedly called "The Angels of Death". Mark Twain wrote about people rumoring about them.

re: #139 imp_62

New Age = New

True, true. Honestly, I've never understood fire and brimstone Christianity's appeal to people too. Then again I was raised in a secular household and my grandparents raised my parents in more liberal Christianity.

re: #138 negativ

I once knew a general who drank only distilled water, or rainwater, and pure grain alcohol.

Joke was on him. By then rainwater was carrying trace amounts of rad products from the above-ground tests.

re: #115 WindUpBird

Wonder how well that would go over it you replace Mormon with either the Catholic or Protestant faith?

But Glenn will ignore it as She is a Tea Party favorite and he relies upon these people for his paycheck.

// Unless the almighty QUARUM OF 12 threaten to take him out with their hit squads

re: #143 Bubblehead II

Wonder how well that would go over it you replace Mormon with either the Catholic or Protestant faith?

But Glenn will ignore it as She is a Tea Party favorite and he relies upon these people for his paycheck.

// Unless the almighty QUARUM OF 12 threaten to take him out with their hit squads

Wow. That list shows a great fragmentation of the church very early on. so much for the monolithic threat.

Evening lizards!

Nice pigs! I cooked a bunch of bacon yesterday.

re: #140 Obdicut

Apparently they were also called the 'Angels of Death'. And the 'Avenging Angels'. And the 'Danites.' And it's all very muddy.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Good News Everybody! I cleaned under my desk and found Jimmy Hoffa.

re: #147 PT Barnum

Good News Everybody! I cleaned under my desk and found Jimmy Hoffa.

Did you hand him his "Union Thug for Obama" button?

///

re: #147 PT Barnum

Good News Everybody! I cleaned under my desk and found Jimmy Hoffa.

Your office is in Giants Stadium?

re: #149 NJDhockeyfan

Your office is in Giants Stadium?

Would you believe Judge Crater?

re: #140 Obdicut

re: #119 SanFranciscoZionist

I have no idea whether it's historically accurate or not, but they were supposedly called "The Angels of Death". Mark Twain wrote about people rumoring about them.

The Angels of Death are also a feature of the Doyle Sherlock Holmes novel _A Study in Scarlet_.

The Mormon faiths hands are not completely clean. There is the Mountain Meadows massacre.

re: #148 Dark_Falcon

Did you hand him his "Union Thug for Obama" button?

///

Doubt he'd take it. Hoffa was a fink. I've had no use for the Teamsters since they busted our GE lines in the GE strike. (My wife was a Teamster when she sold books at an NYC Doubleday's).

re: #153 Decatur Deb

Doubt he'd take it. Hoffa was a fink. I've had no use for the Teamsters since they busted our GE lines in the GE strike. (My wife was a Teamster when she sold books at an NYC Doubleday's).

How many teamsters does it take to change a lightbulb?

12, you gotta problem widdat?

re: #151 oaktree

The Angels of Death are also a feature of the Doyle Sherlock Holmes novel _A Study in Scarlet_.

There is always Slayer's song Angels of Death.

Hey the pills are working! I think. Assuming they were meant to give me a sense of tranquility accompanied by gas.

I really hope the story about Angle's pastor's bigoted remarks about Mormons gets plenty of airtime in Nevada. Sharron needs to remember that the Mormons in Nevada have clout, money, and they usually vote conservative.

re: #155 NJDhockeyfan

There is always Slayer's song Angels of Death.

[Video]

Paging WindUpBird! NJDhockeyfan is playing your song.

re: #157 Sionainn

I really hope the story about Angle's pastor's bigoted remarks about Mormons gets plenty of airtime in Nevada. Sharron needs to remember that the Mormons in Nevada have clout, money, and they usually vote conservative.

In her mind, won't Jesus slay the Mormons if they don't vote for her?

re: #153 Decatur Deb

Doubt he'd take it. Hoffa was a fink. I've had no use for the Teamsters since they busted our GE lines in the GE strike. (My wife was a Teamster when she sold books at an NYC Doubleday's).

Why did they do that?

re: #156 imp_62

Hey the pills are working! I think. Assuming they were meant to give me a sense of tranquility accompanied by gas.

I never feel tranquil when I have gas..In fact I just feel a deep seated fear I'll release it in an unfortunate social setting.

DaVinci's Notebook has a great Meatloaf parody called Three Little Words that's a straight up send up of Paradise by the Dashboard Lights

The three little words? Pull My Finger

re: #160 Dark_Falcon

Why did they do that?

They were gangster-led, kicked out of the AFofL/CIO. They rejoined long after Hoffa went walking the Appalachian Trail.

re: #159 imp_62

In her mind, won't Jesus slay the Mormons if they don't vote for her?

Evidently comparative religion was not the strong point of too many people. The silly-assed unfounded concepts of different religions theology and dogma, and how they act and interact between each other is almost humorous, if it wasn't so unintelligently sickening.

Giants vs. Braves.

It could be 0-0 after nine.

re: #163 Walter L. Newton

Evidently comparative religion was not the strong point of too many people. The silly-assed unfounded concepts of different religions theology and dogma, and how they act and interact between each other is almost humorous, if it wasn't so unintelligently sickening.

That's because religion is more about defining what God isn't rather than what he is. In the course of developing theology, one has to decide what to believe in and thus throw some things out.

Religion is the attempt by the finite to understand and define the infinite. Which is why I'm agnostic.

re: #159 imp_62

In her mind, won't Jesus slay the Mormons if they don't vote for her?

I'm a-skeered to even think about what goes on in Sharron's mind.

re: #165 PT Barnum

"I don't take no stock in dead people".

Huck Finn.

re: #165 PT Barnum

That's because religion is more about defining what God isn't rather than what he is. In the course of developing theology, one has to decide what to believe in and thus throw some things out.

Religion is the attempt by the finite to understand and define the infinite. Which is why I'm agnostic.

And you totally missed the point of my comment... which was what my comment was suggesting... good show.

Darul Uloom (Deobandi Madrassah in India) issued a fatwa against Yoga, leave it to the evangelicals to follow suit.

I know some people dislike the Yankees a lot, but a fatwa on Yogi Berra???

Oh wait, you said *yoga*...

Never mind.

;)

re: #165 PT Barnum

...
Religion is the attempt by the finite to understand and define the infinite. Which is why I'm agnostic.

Really it is more about the finite trying to understand itself in the context of the infinite. Simply part of the search for understanding and meaning. Agnostics just have a different path.

re: #169 Thanos

Darul Uloom (Deobandi Madrassah in India) issued a fatwa against Yoga, leave it to the evangelicals to follow suit.

Fuck that Islamist and the Saudi Jackass he rode in on.

re: #163 Walter L. Newton

Evidently comparative religion was not the strong point of too many people. The silly-assed unfounded concepts of different religions theology and dogma, and how they act and interact between each other is almost humorous, if it wasn't so unintelligently sickening.

I wish this were the case. In my suspicious mind, religious fervor of the simple-minded is being purposefully manipulated towards a desired political outcome.

Shit My Dad Says
"You worry too much. Eat some bacon...
What?
No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon."

re: #170 oaktree

I know some people dislike the Yankees a lot, but a fatwa on Yogi Berra???

Oh wait, you said *yoga*...

Never mind.

;)

Actually, despite my dislike of fatwas I'm all for one on the Yankees. Yes, I'm bitter. Wouldn't you if a team had more pennants in your life than than your team had winning seasons? I do like Yogi that said for his many many awesome Yogisms.

re: #173 imp_62

I wish this were the case. In my suspicious mind, religious fervor of the simple-minded is being purposefully manipulated towards a desired political outcome.

"Religion is seen as true by the masses, false by the wise, and useful by the politicians."

Seneca the Younger.

re: #175 HappyWarrior

Actually, despite my dislike of fatwas I'm all for one on the Yankees. Yes, I'm bitter. Wouldn't you if a team had more pennants in your life than than your team had winning seasons? I do like Yogi that said for his many many awesome Yogisms.

What is this thing called a "winning season". I suffer from the delusion of being a Pittsburgh Pirates fan.

re: #175 HappyWarrior

as for fatwas, I don't care for them

re: #177 oaktree
Come to the other side of the state. :)

re: #177 oaktree

Oh, hey, oaktree - how was your move to whatever forsaken corner of the country you moved to instead of Singapore?

re: #177 oaktree

What is this thing called a "winning season". I suffer from the delusion of being a Pittsburgh Pirates fan.

I don't know. Don't have a time machine to go ask my 10 year old self what playoffs are and what they're like.They sound fun though.

re: #180 imp_62

Oh, hey, oaktree - how was your move to whatever forsaken corner of the country you moved to instead of Singapore?

Oh wait that wasn't you lol. Damn pills.

re: #181 HappyWarrior

I don't know. Don't have a time machine to go ask my 10 year old self what playoffs are and what they're like.They sound fun though.

The beer is overpriced and the lines at the sausage vendors are too long. The fireworks are nice, though.

Good evening my dear Lizards...Are we discussing Religion tonight?
I know more about religion than anyone alive
/OK I don't but I can parrot the GOP as well as the next guy...*wink*
Hope everyone is well tonight..

re: #184 HoosierHoops

Good evening my dear Lizards...Are we discussing Religion tonight?
I know more about religion than anyone alive
/OK I don't but I can parrot the GOP as well as the next guy...*wink*
Hope everyone is well tonight..

Greetings

re: #175 HappyWarrior

Actually, despite my dislike of fatwas I'm all for one on the Yankees. Yes, I'm bitter. Wouldn't you if a team had more pennants in your life than than your team had winning seasons? I do like Yogi that said for his many many awesome Yogisms.

You are a poopy head.

Yankees fan here.

Labneh on sweet potatoes is fucking delicious.

Mr ride home on the CTA was marred by a sign from this bunch of terrorist enablers. "Just Peace" my ass. They can't bring them selves to criticize anything the Arabs do and they pretend Israel could cut defense spending without consequence. Their unwillingness to recognize Israel's situation, and utter refusal to deal with the reality of Islamist terrorism renders them objectively pro-terrorist.

re: #187 Killgore Trout

Labneh on sweet potatoes is fucking delicious.

You have said many clever things in my time here. This is by far the clevererest.

re: #188 Dark_Falcon

Their unwillingness to recognize Israel's situation, and utter refusal to deal with the reality of Islamist terrorism renders them objectively pro-terrorist.

No. It means their effect is pro-terrorist. It doesn't make them pro-terrorist. They may have every good intention in the world.

re: #180 imp_62

Oh, hey, oaktree - how was your move to whatever forsaken corner of the country you moved to instead of Singapore?

re: #179 PhillyPretzel

Come to the other side of the state. :)

Hoosier Hoops was the one who moved. He's in Oklahoma (Norman) instead of ending up in Singapore.

And I'm actually *in* the other side of the state from Pittsburgh. I displaced to Philly from near Pittsburgh three plus years ago due to a transfer to take a different job for the oil company I used to work for.

Been interesting to watch the Philly fans the last few years. When I first was coming out here five years ago the sports fans were semi-psychotic.

re: #189 imp_62

You have said many clever things in my time here. This is by far the clevererest.

Cleverness aside, it might be the most delicious.

re: #168 Walter L. Newton

And you totally missed the point of my comment... which was what my comment was suggesting... good show.

Bite me

re: #190 Obdicut

No. It means their effect is pro-terrorist. It doesn't make them pro-terrorist. They may have every good intention in the world.

OK, I can accept that. They may simply be blind to the harm they cause. But you understand it, and your revision meets with my approval.

re: #186 b_sharp

You are a poopy head.

Yankees fan here.

No, I'm a bitter poopy head. 13 sub 500 seasons will do that while your team has made the playoffs 12 of those 13 years..

re: #187 Killgore Trout

Labneh on sweet potatoes is fucking delicious.

I love Middle Eastern food.

I think you once mentioned a special knish I would fight for. My mind is soggy though.

re: #190 Obdicut

No. It means their effect is pro-terrorist. It doesn't make them pro-terrorist. They may have every good intention in the world.

Even though no-one can possibly be so shortsighted as not to understand that a weak Israel is an Israel overrun by Hizbullah and Hamas. So while not actively pro-terrorist, I think there is an implied pro-terror bias.

re: #188 Dark_Falcon

Mr ride home on the CTA was marred by a sign from this bunch of terrorist enablers. "Just Peace" my ass. They can't bring them selves to criticize anything the Arabs do and they pretend Israel could cut defense spending without consequence. Their unwillingness to recognize Israel's situation, and utter refusal to deal with the reality of Islamist terrorism renders them objectively pro-terrorist.

"I'm protesting for peace" (Maude Chasen - Harold and Maude)

re: #171 imp_62

Really it is more about the finite trying to understand itself in the context of the infinite. Simply part of the search for understanding and meaning. Agnostics just have a different path.

I've always understood agnosticism as an acceptance that one can't know at all.

re: #191 oaktree
I agree. Some fans do go a bit overboard.

re: #183 imp_62

The beer is overpriced and the lines at the sausage vendors are too long. The fireworks are nice, though.

But the winning must be nice huh even with that pricey beer and long sausage lines.

re: #191 oaktree

re: #179 PhillyPretzel

Hoosier Hoops was the one who moved. He's in Oklahoma (Norman) instead of ending up in Singapore.

And I'm actually *in* the other side of the state from Pittsburgh. I displaced to Philly from near Pittsburgh three plus years ago due to a transfer to take a different job for the oil company I used to work for.

Been interesting to watch the Philly fans the last few years. When I first was coming out here five years ago the sports fans were semi-psychotic.

Yeah I remembered that after hitting "post".

re: #199 PT Barnum

I've always understood agnosticism as an acceptance that one can't know at all.

Possibly not decisively. But the fun is in the striving, is it not?

re: #191 oaktree

re: #179 PhillyPretzel

Hoosier Hoops was the one who moved. He's in Oklahoma (Norman) instead of ending up in Singapore.

Norman is an island.

re: #200 PhillyPretzel

I agree. Some fans do go a bit overboard.

One of my co-workers who was transiting back and forth from Philly and Pittsburgh a lot when I was in 2005-07 used to torture Philly-based co-workers in sports discussions by pointing out the long championship drought compared to Pittsburgh, and that the most famous sports figure in Philadelphia was a fictional boxer.

re: #203 imp_62

Possibly not decisively. But the fun is in the striving, is it not?

If one has the time to waste.

re: #203 imp_62

Possibly not decisively. But the fun is in the striving, is it not?

This is true. I'm sort of a spirituality omnivore, having been a religion/anthropology major in college (among other things)

re: #184 HoosierHoops

Good evening my dear Lizards...Are we discussing Religion tonight?
I know more about religion than anyone alive
/OK I don't but I can parrot the GOP as well as the next guy...*wink*
Hope everyone is well tonight..

Hoops! How's OK treating you?

Odd place, innit?

Weekends are like a little white kitten, meowing hymns and farting footballs...

re: #195 HappyWarrior

No, I'm a bitter poopy head. 13 sub 500 seasons will do that while your team has made the playoffs 12 of those 13 years..

I've been a Yankee fan since the early '60s. They've made the playoffs a few more than 12 times since then. The only time I was happy for another team was when the Jays could play ball.

I do feel sorry for you though.

re: #204 PT Barnum

Norman is an island.

Closest friendly territory is what, Austin?

re: #184 HoosierHoops

*waves Hi*

re: #210 oaktree

Closest friendly territory is what, Austin?

Or Lawrence, Kansas.

re: #203 imp_62

Possibly not decisively. But the fun is in the striving, is it not?

Atheists are the ultimate God is notters as they believe that God is not real, which invalidates everyone else's beliefs, as far as they're concerned.

Although I must admit, the more I know about high end physics, the more I believe in God or something like it.

re: #197 imp_62

Even though no-one can possibly be so shortsighted as not to understand that a weak Israel is an Israel overrun by Hizbullah and Hamas. So while not actively pro-terrorist, I think there is an implied pro-terror bias.

No, more of a naivety in their belief that peace is possible just by reducing arms.

Far too simplistic a solution.

re: #209 b_sharp

I've been a Yankee fan since the early '60s. They've made the playoffs a few more than 12 times since then. The only time I was happy for another team was when the Jays could play ball.

I do feel sorry for you though.

It's cool. It's gonna be awesome when the O's finally get back to the promise land since I know I've stayed true through the toughest of times. Just hope I can get a ticket to Camden Yards for a game when that happens and enjoy a Boog's BBQ sandwhich with a nice cold beer. Something I wouldn't have been able to do in 1997 :).

re: #137 HappyWarrior

THe funny thing to me about fundamentalist Christians despising new age religions is how fundamentalist Christianity is relativity new in itself.

The problem is that, as far as the crazier among them are concerned, they exist out of time, being the only true faith and all.

Well, I grew up in Lincoln Park so I've got a long championship drought to grump about, since 1908 (Cubs). Thankfully, Chicago has other teams and this year the Blackhawks gave Chicago a reason to celebrate.

Hey'd you guys see Des Moines was on Man Vs. Food the other night? I've eaten at the restaurant where he did the food challenge, though I never tried to eat the sandwich (a 12 oz tenderloin, a pound of brisket, two buffalo chicken fingers, 2 fried cheddar cubes, bacon, a half pound angus cheese burger) and a pound of waffle fries all in 15 minutes. That guy must have a deathwish.

re: #218 PT Barnum

Hey'd you guys see Des Moines was on Man Vs. Food the other night? I've eaten at the restaurant where he did the food challenge, though I never tried to eat the sandwich (a 12 oz tenderloin, a pound of brisket, two buffalo chicken fingers, 2 fried cheddar cubes, bacon, a half pound angus cheese burger) and a pound of waffle fries all in 15 minutes. That guy must have a deathwish.

oh all the stuff listed was the filling for one sandwich.

re: #204 PT Barnum

Norman is an island.

Norman effen rocks....I have been treated with great kindness and respect here...And I've only been here since last Friday..Last night I was given a Coaches OU ball cap...I am stunned by these Sooners and their passion for sports.. In all my travels I have never met nicer folks than in Norman...

I got to go. Good Night to my fellow Lizards.

re: #220 HoosierHoops

Norman effen rocks...I have been treated with great kindness and respect here...And I've only been here since last Friday..Last night I was given a Coaches OU ball cap...I am stunned by these Sooners and their passion for sports.. In all my travels I have never met nicer folks than in Norman...

Have they told you the two theories yet on why it is always so windy in Oklahoma?

re: #152 Bubblehead II

The Mormon faiths hands are not completely clean. There is the Mountain Meadows massacre.

No faith's hands are entirely clean. OK, I take that back. I don't know about anything mean the Jains have done. But seriously, this kind of nasty bigotry...WOW.

re: #214 b_sharp

No, more of a naivety in their belief that peace is possible just by reducing arms.

Far too simplistic a solution.

They also can't grasp the fact that the US and Israel aren't the ones causing the confrontation. If the Palestinians would renounce violence, the matter could and would be settled relatively swiftly.

re: #203 imp_62

Possibly not decisively. But the fun is in the striving, is it not?

An agnostic is someone who expects 100% surety before coming to a definite conclusion.

re: #169 Thanos

Darul Uloom (Deobandi Madrassah in India) issued a fatwa against Yoga, leave it to the evangelicals to follow suit.

If a person relaxes their body and achieves a clear mind, they probably won't do what the fundamentalists want them to anymore. Fundamentalism is based on fear and mental stress. Fucking yoga works to get rid of that!

re: #223 SanFranciscoZionist

No faith's hands are entirely clean. OK, I take that back. I don't know about anything mean the Jains have done. But seriously, this kind of nasty bigotry...WOW.

I never heard of the Amish getting violent about anything. They sell some great bacon, I cooked a bunch yesterday. :)

re: #222 oaktree

Have they told you the two theories yet on why it is always so windy in Oklahoma?

Let me guess one. There is only one fence line between Alberta and Oklahoma and it generally gets blown over in late October.

I am assuming the other is obscene.

re: #206 Walter L. Newton

If one has the time to waste.

If you enjoy a particular pursuit, time spent doing it is not a waste.

re: #220 HoosierHoops

Norman effen rocks...I have been treated with great kindness and respect here...And I've only been here since last Friday..Last night I was given a Coaches OU ball cap...I am stunned by these Sooners and their passion for sports.. In all my travels I have never met nicer folks than in Norman...

I had the norman Public Schools as a customer when I sold computers for Gateway. Only problem was our method of assigning customer IDs was to use the first 8 characters of the client's name, so they came out NORMANPU Actually went so far as to ask me to change it once.

re: #216 SanFranciscoZionist

The problem is that, as far as the crazier among them are concerned, they exist out of time, being the only true faith and all.

This is true. You knwo, knowing the history of how anabaptists and other minoritty Protestant groups in Europe were treated, I would think and hope that these people would embrace the idea of church and state being seperated. Eitehr they're ignorant of their own history or they feel beacuse they have grown in numbers that their church should be part of the state. Guss that's why it always troubles me as the descendant of Catholic dissidents in Ireland and Germany to see Catholics act like church and state isn't important because uh hello penal laws for Catholics in Ireland and scapegoated for all kinds of shit in pre-unification Germany.

re: #225 b_sharp

An agnostic is someone who expects 100% surety before coming to a definite conclusion.

I have no faith in faith, only in curiousity.

re: #223 SanFranciscoZionist

No faith's hands are entirely clean. OK, I take that back. I don't know about anything mean the Jains have done. But seriously, this kind of nasty bigotry...WOW.

Eh eh eh! Don't put us happy deists in that statement. We don't give a shit. It's pointless.

Evening Honcos.

re: #231 HappyWarrior

This is true. You knwo, knowing the history of how anabaptists and other minoritty Protestant groups in Europe were treated, I would think and hope that these people would embrace the idea of church and state being seperated. Eitehr they're ignorant of their own history or they feel beacuse they have grown in numbers that their church should be part of the state. Guss that's why it always troubles me as the descendant of Catholic dissidents in Ireland and Germany to see Catholics act like church and state isn't important because uh hello penal laws for Catholics in Ireland and scapegoated for all kinds of shit in pre-unification Germany.

That tells me that the concern is not centered on the philosophies of the religion, but on maintenance and use of power for advantage.

re: #228 austin_blue

Let me guess one. There is only one fence line between Alberta and Oklahoma and it generally gets blown over in late October.

I am assuming the other is obscene.

That's the scientific explanation. The other theory is that it's because Texas sucks and Kansas blows. Not a happy folk when it comes to the neighbors sometimes...

gnite all

re: #235 oaktree

That tells me that the concern is not centered on the philosophies of the religion, but on maintenance and use of power for advantage.

=I think you're right about that. It's kinda like how after many revolutions the oppressed becomes oppressor. To use a page from Russian history, I was always in awe how the Soviets ended up being as authoritian as the Czarist state.

re: #220 HoosierHoops

Nah, they are lucky to have met you!
And they know it!
Be well, my friend!

re: #238 HappyWarrior

=I think you're right about that. It's kinda like how after many revolutions the oppressed becomes oppressor. To use a page from Russian history, I was always in awe how the Soviets ended up being as authoritian as the Czarist state.

Uneasy lies the head(s) that wear the crown. And if you've overthrown an established order there is that nagging fear of counter-revolution for at least a few generations. Look how long the Jacobite threat kept going after the Glorious Revolution in England.

re: #213 PT Barnum

Atheists are the ultimate God is notters as they believe that God is not real, which invalidates everyone else's beliefs, as far as they're concerned.

Although I must admit, the more I know about high end physics, the more I believe in God or something like it.

There is a lack of well defined terms for non-believers.
I'm a "soft" or "negative" atheist. I do not believe in a god or gods. I'm willing to be convinced by evidence, but I haven't seen any that was particularly compelling. There are any number of things that might exist, but without evidence I am disinclined to believe.
You are quite welcome to believe what you'd like as long as you don't demand that I base my life on your belief system. I don't think that can be said to invalidate everyone else's beliefs.

re: #213 PT Barnum

Atheists are the ultimate God is notters as they believe that God is not real, which invalidates everyone else's beliefs, as far as they're concerned.

It's more invalidating the object of their belief. We 'materialists' believe science has eliminated the supernatural from the realm of possibility.

Although I must admit, the more I know about high end physics, the more I believe in God or something like it.

Why?
What can't be explained without resorting to the supernatural?

re: #241 calochortus

Sounds like you might lean agnostic if would be convinced by evidence.

re: #240 oaktree

Uneasy lies the head(s) that wear the crown. And if you've overthrown an established order there is that nagging fear of counter-revolution for at least a few generations. Look how long the Jacobite threat kept going after the Glorious Revolution in England.

Yeah, I am not too familiar with the Jacobites but I agree with this.I think in one of my Shakespeare classes we kinda discussed how by the end of Richard II, Henry IV had become a lot like Richard in some ways.

re: #222 oaktree

Have they told you the two theories yet on why it is always so windy in Oklahoma?

Funny thing..I heard that the wind always blows in Oklahoma..But not so much since Friday..
I know I'm going to regret posting this....And during Tornado season I'll be posting from the tub in the bathroom with a mattress over Winston and I..

Geek question:

What is the difference between Dynamic IP DSL and Static IP DSL???

I'm looking to change providers since I'm not exactly happy with ATT.

Looking at Sonic.net right now.

re: #243 Cannadian Club Akbar

Yes, there have been times I have described myself as an agnostic. I often choose "not religious" as well. As I said, the terms available aren't clearly defined and people understand them differently.

re: #246 eclectic infidel

Geek question:

What is the difference between Dynamic IP DSL and Static IP DSL???

I'm looking to change providers since I'm not exactly happy with ATT.

Looking at Sonic.net right now.

Dynamic means your IP address is assigned from a pool of IPs whenever you establish a connection. Static IP means you have an assigned IP and it doesn't change.

re: #247 calochortus

Yes, there have been times I have described myself as an agnostic. I often choose "not religious" as well. As I said, the terms available aren't clearly defined and people understand them differently.

My brother uses the term "areligious".

re: #224 Dark_Falcon

They also can't grasp the fact that the US and Israel aren't the ones causing the confrontation. If the Palestinians would renounce violence, the matter could and would be settled relatively swiftly.

Nope. All of the Arab states, and Iran, would have to accept Israel.

Palestine alone is not the problem.

re: #206 Walter L. Newton

If one has the time to waste.

Time is finite. It runs out whether we strive or not.

re: #248 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Dynamic means your IP address is assigned from a pool of IPs whenever you establish a connection. Static IP means you have an assigned IP and it doesn't change.

OK, Geek. Why do I keep getting JIP debugger windows that won't go away? I tried disabling both IE and "Other" in advanced internet options?