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offline deepspace9mm from filth on 2004-09-26 16:09 [#01344791]
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As in, the christian faith. Not to start one of those "I
hate religion" thread (sweet jesus h corbett i hate them),
but do you ever wish you had true faith? I personally do not
have that kind of belief, but the concept of absolution of
sins, the concept of the forgiving God... my fucking lord,
it's a tempting one.

I can't see it as anything but a cop-out for our own
weaknesses, and sheeyit, we have plenty, but man alive, i
still wish i had faith in god.

....

Another pissed thread. Weeee.


 

offline recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2004-09-26 16:14 [#01344803]
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i believe that analord will be good, thats it nothing else

there isnt a man who lives in the sky

there is a heaven, there is a hell

im going to heaven when my time is right

oh did i mention, that aphex twin might be god himself


 

offline axion from planet rock (Sweden) on 2004-09-26 16:17 [#01344812]
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i wasent expecting that reply


 

offline nobsmuggler from silly mid-off on 2004-09-26 16:17 [#01344813]
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i find it hard to belive in what i cannot see, hear etc...


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2004-09-26 16:18 [#01344815]
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There was this woman walking around Aldi
the supermaket the other day singing some hymn shit. Very
offputting.

With regards to faith in God, no I don't really want it and
no I've never had it. Religion is a load of shit, and
emotional crutches aren't really my thing.


 

offline uzim on 2004-09-26 16:21 [#01344817]
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i don't....
religiously speaking i'm voluntarily undecided, or agnostic,
and that's very fine with me! : )

but i think religious faith is a very weird/interesting
phenomenon. it's crazy, so many people sharing the same
religion (if i remember, etymologically speaking "religion"
means "what links people together" or something like that!),
sometimes having such a strong faith... i can understand
that, but still i think it's crazy!!


 

offline plaster from splitska 10 on 2004-09-26 16:21 [#01344821]
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in my opinion there isn't such thing as faith..it's a term
made from society to keep us together in hard times.


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2004-09-26 16:23 [#01344827]
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AFX believes he is ANALORD


 

offline deepspace9mm from filth on 2004-09-26 16:33 [#01344844]
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Gehehe, aldi... the Supermarket for Hard Times.

I'm thinking something along the lines of religion as a cure
for all ills tonight, y'know... We all have our little cures
for Bad Things, but i think the idea of a God who forgives
all and loves all (no matter what the evidence to the
contrary might be: We now see through the glass darkly and
all that sheeyit) is a comforting one. If you truly believed
in the christian God, wouldn't your human weaknesses be a
lot easier to manage?

Whooo. Fookin' ell, maybe that's the point.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2004-09-26 16:42 [#01344863]
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I see no reason why you shouldn't pray an earnest prayer for
God to make himself known to you.



 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2004-09-26 16:45 [#01344867]
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Because it's a fucking stupid thing to do. May as well pray
to Santa.


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2004-09-26 16:47 [#01344870]
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santa = satan right?


 

offline scup_bucket from bloated exploding piss pockets on 2004-09-26 16:48 [#01344873]
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*writes a comment about analord without reading thread*


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2004-09-26 16:54 [#01344880]
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i've seen that to, sorry about that; it wont happen again


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2004-09-26 17:53 [#01344915]
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tsk tsk

cynic


 

offline yann_g from now on 2004-09-26 17:56 [#01344916]
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i believe that analord will be good

LOL


 

offline deepspace9mm from filth on 2004-09-26 18:00 [#01344925]
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Oh lordy, i wish you'd all cease being the sillies and think
Something Hard and Maudlin. Unless you're all doing that.

You're not all drunk, are you? If so, KUDOS.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2004-09-26 18:37 [#01344959]
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It's easy to pray. Look, I'll start:



Attached picture

 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-09-26 19:00 [#01344983]
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funny, it will come true, eventually.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2004-09-26 19:14 [#01344987]
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That's the power of prayer.


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2004-09-26 19:18 [#01344991]
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i think god is real, but it is the form we disagree on. i
have problems with the deity model, as i dont accept the
supernatural.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2004-09-26 19:21 [#01344993]
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god is seven.


 

offline plaster from splitska 10 on 2004-09-26 20:47 [#01345052]
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3.14 rather


 

offline Mertens from Motor City (United States) on 2004-09-27 19:12 [#01346162]
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If you don't believe in God then how can you believe in
weakness?


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2004-09-27 19:16 [#01346164]
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I was listening to radio 4 last night and they were
interviewing a man who had written a book about the chane of
god existing. He was a statistition by trade and used
allsorts of formula arguments for/against to get some
numbers to play with. Earthquakes, Evil, Morality, the big
bang, choice etc. a nice listen


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2004-09-27 19:17 [#01346165]
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the chane!!!!

the chance


 

offline Mertens from Motor City (United States) on 2004-09-27 19:20 [#01346168]
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He must've been a Pantheist.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2004-09-27 19:22 [#01346170]
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he was christian and that was the point of having him on, it
was grilling him for choosing what to convert in to numbers


 

offline nacmat on 2004-09-27 19:26 [#01346171]
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I have no faith

but I believe in me


 

offline nacmat on 2004-09-27 19:27 [#01346172]
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where do you live? (country)

its late now


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2004-09-27 19:30 [#01346173]
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Iceland and France at the moment. Radio 4 is a great
listen, it really gets your braincells moving.


 

offline Mertens from Motor City (United States) on 2004-09-27 19:35 [#01346174]
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If faith is simply confidence in the unknown then everyone
has faith.


 

offline Mertens from Motor City (United States) on 2004-09-27 19:35 [#01346175]
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Ehh, i'm too tired. Nevermind


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-09-27 19:35 [#01346176]
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I love how Radio 4 is at the same time very stuffy,
incredibly informative and then has all this strange comedy
on there.


 

offline nacmat on 2004-09-27 19:38 [#01346178]
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and you... what are you doing awake?


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-09-27 19:38 [#01346179]
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wasn't there a mathmatician not that long ago who had
calculated that God should exist?

reminds me of that episode of the Simpsons where Homer gets
a crayon removed from his brain and it turns out this has
been what made him so dumb all the time and he gets smart
and he kind of by accident proves that God doesn't exist and
Homer shows it to Ned who can't find any fault in Homer's
ideas.

that's what that reminded me of.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-09-27 19:40 [#01346180]
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I should be doing an assignment for school, writing a scenic
treatment for a script, but a scenic treatment really is the
hardest part of writing a script, so I'm kind of stalling
all the time.

I'm drinking beer, maybe that'll help.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2004-09-27 19:44 [#01346187]
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But didn't flanders burn the 'genius' Homers equation? I
like radio 4 it's stuffy as hell but fun if you pretend they
are pretending to be soo stuffy.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-09-27 19:46 [#01346190]
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you might be right about that.. yes..

I like Radio 4 too. it makes me feel like the world maybe
complete chaos, but on Radio 4 everything is quite alright.

I love "I'm sorry I haven't a clue"!


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2004-09-27 19:52 [#01346198]
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great improv truly. I sound like a board treader!


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-09-27 19:54 [#01346202]
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"Possibly the most well-developed instance of this
form-versus-content humour was an occasion when Humph
announced that they had a very distinguished actor as a
guest, and he would be joining in the game of Mornington
Crescent. The panellists first played a normal game of
Mornington Crescent, ostensibly to give the guest a chance
to acclimatise. With much gravitas the guest then approached
the panel's table, taking his place such that he would be
the last to make his first move. When the game started, the
penultimate player, the last of the panellists, won on his
first move, thus denying the distinguished guest the
opportunity to make even a single move in the game. The
chairman apologised, but explained that that was an
unavoidable possibility in the game, and the guest
gracefully left, without having ever uttered a word. The
show was inundated with complaints at the treatment of Alec
Guinness, despite the fact that the "distinguished actor"
had never actually been named on the show."



 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2004-09-27 19:57 [#01346208]
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Alec Guinness! when was that!?LAZY_TITLE


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2004-09-27 19:59 [#01346210]
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i have true faith. i bought the 12" in 1988.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-09-27 20:01 [#01346213]
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I got that from this Wikipedia page.

no specifics about the date.

this page is a great read - the writer explains each and
every joke to buggery:

"For example, the regular scorer is "the lovely Samantha"
(who never speaks a word), and the team have trialled many
"advanced laser scoreboards" over recent decades. In fact
these things are of course fictional."




 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2004-09-27 20:16 [#01346244]
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Great article - finally I understand Mornington Crescent.
Thank you.

Although I preferred it before I understood it. Bastard!


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-09-27 20:18 [#01346251]
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well.. it IS pretty obvious.. *snorts derisively*


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2004-09-27 20:22 [#01346261]
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i've got the book. i'm pretty good at it myself. someone did
once say on passing i was good as cryer.


 

offline weltact from Taiwan on 2004-09-27 21:21 [#01346429]
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i believe in doner kebab


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2004-09-27 21:26 [#01346436]
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you really shouldn't mention food at this time of night when
i'm just about to go to bed. i'm hungry now.


 

offline weltact from Taiwan on 2004-09-27 21:31 [#01346441]
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"never go to bed without doner kebab"


 


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