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offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-05-28 12:29 [#00238737]
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I think part of the problem is that we need to make programs
more efficiently. New programs are increadibly inefficient,
in relation to the features provided in the program and its
intended use as well as new GUIs.


 

offline Meho Krljic from Beograd (Yugoslavia) on 2002-05-28 12:31 [#00238740]
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I blame football for one!! Or to be more precise, I blame
organized sports/ business/ popculture thing that football
became. Similarly: I blame organised religion/ church/
religious morality proposed as dogma.


 

offline Monumrnt from To (Canada) on 2002-05-28 13:17 [#00238807]
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I believe that people would die of boredrom if they were not
religious.


 

offline Monumrnt from To (Canada) on 2002-05-28 13:18 [#00238813]
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It is also a powerful tool for survival. So like if you are
not religious, you will not live the way you want... i got
something you cannot eat etc.


 

offline Junktion from Northern Jutland (Denmark) on 2003-04-14 01:00 [#00649002]
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*bumps*


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-04-14 01:17 [#00649008]
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God is Love.


 

offline tibbar from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2003-04-14 01:21 [#00649010]
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yes he is


 

offline Key_Secret from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-14 07:44 [#00649369]
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yeah...

One should think a lot about -what to blame-
Blame the persons - Not what made the persons
do whatever THEY did.
Don't blame music/movies/religion/videogames for stuff that
people do, since EVERYTHING they do in life affects what
they feel about things,
not just ONE thing, and THEY ALWAYS have a choice.
Some people have been taught very weird things about what is
right/wrong - but they still have a choice:
If you want to treat people bad, don't blame anyone/anything
else for how you treat people.

Religion is never a reason for war (unless the religion
itself teaches you to go to war).
And it's the same for everything.
Don't blame something that isn't related.
People always have a choice.

The thing that you can blame is a person's past = who made
them what they are.
But that isn't very specific is it?
If all parents took care of their children according to
(what I think is) common sense then we'd live in a great
world, but now they don't.


 

offline Key_Secret from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-14 07:45 [#00649373]
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my post was a reply to grinningcat...
damn reply function won't work on IE/Mac.


 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2003-04-14 08:07 [#00649393]
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if god exist, man is a slave.
if man is free, god does not exist.
Just have to choose.


 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2003-04-14 08:09 [#00649396]
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But if god is only picture.
the picture of money.
man is enslaved for life



 

offline Key_Secret from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-14 08:11 [#00649399]
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"if god exist, man is a slave."

in what way? What is your defintion of god?


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-04-14 08:27 [#00649425]
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religion is bullshit. something for small kids like the
history about santa claus.

i think religion is for weak people or sick people... they
search for something they can hang on...
look into a church... who do you see ??
-old people
-sick people
-young people ? - no

why's that ? cause when you're old or sick you suddenly
think you need some GOD to help you. before that - never...
everyone starts to believe when he's ill.

or look at what we now call church ! this is ridiculous.
have you ever seen a nice nun ?? no !! why ? cause nuns are
people who don't know where to get their ass, cause nobody
likes them !! hehe "she wanted to go to the church" -
bullshit... she wanted something she could make her live
make sense....



 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2003-04-14 08:29 [#00649430]
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since my English is quite shitty, i'll try to do my best to
explain my position.

i think that as long as man use god as a pretext to extend
his power, like did the old christian church of Europa in
the middle age until they separate governement and religion,
or, like do the extremists muslims, for some years now, and
extremists from Israel too.
As long as Man will not be free to choose his own path in
his religion, and see the good of it and not the bad thing
in it.
As long as the New God Money, will rule the world taking
place in every heart and head of mankind stealing they life
and they own will, and talking in the name of Allah, Jesus,
or even Bouddha.
Man will be a slave of a system that he had been once the
master.


 

offline Key_Secret from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-14 08:34 [#00649441]
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I think before judgeing something you should have read a lot
about it. Also you can't say "religion" is bad, cause it's
like saying e.g. "people" are bad. There are so many
different people.

It's also important to consider that we do only have 5
senses. No more,
and there are things we cannot experience, due
to only having 5 senses.
You can't say "there is no god" without defining what you
mean by "god", since the word "god" itself is not defined,
unless put in context.
hope you all get my point.
Be open about things.


 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2003-04-14 08:39 [#00649450]
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is it for sadist or me?


 

offline Key_Secret from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-14 08:41 [#00649453]
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People who aint got no religious believes usually look down
on people who do - and why is that?
Religion is not the same as science.
Some people believe, and if you don't, and don't have any
idea of how it is to belive - since it's very subjective,
and you'd had to experience it to know what it feels like -
don't judge.
Prejudice sucks, and a lot of people are VERY prejudice...
think about what you all stand for.


 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2003-04-14 08:42 [#00649456]
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ok yo chek this out go go go i dont want to rush ,y friend
ho your flash is illuminating my gueule olalalla je voi
plu rien arratt so stop flashing anywhere u noob..... I M
THE MEGA ADMIN SO....



 

offline Key_Secret from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-14 08:42 [#00649461]
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kalaim badkaama > sorry the reply function don't work in
IE/mac.
It was for bouth of you, for everybody to be more specific.


 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2003-04-14 08:43 [#00649463]
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oups sorry. i went mad for a second.. to much counterstrike.
i love virtual death.


 

offline Junktion from Northern Jutland (Denmark) on 2003-04-14 08:44 [#00649466]
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every time the board is too quet I just bump this thread ;)


 

offline Desdemona from Lake Mendota on 2003-04-14 08:45 [#00649471]
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Sadist: I've met many very nice, sweet, dear nuns, actually.
And there's a positively HUGE amount of 18-25 year old
students here in my very, very liberal not-Christian
affiliated college that go to church every Sunday.

No one in particular: I'd have to agree with grinningcat
that many of the declared athiests that I have met could be
classified as 'sheep' as justly as many fanatics in their
stance. A lot of people dismiss religion because that's the
accepted thing for educated people to do now, without
bothering to get any education about it themselves. I can
respect an argument made from long study, but the lack of
knowledge is so blatant in the reasoning of so many excited
new athiests that I wonder how much thought they've really
put into it. There's a lot more to the debate than
"religion causes wars, and is for the benefit of old women".


 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2003-04-14 08:58 [#00649495]
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I didn't said that religion was that bad. i just talked
about the fact that religion is used as an argument to
extend power of vile governement, There are things i like in
religions.
- how the sacred books, Bible Coran Torah, are written,
- how the universal message of peace in each religion is
expressed,
- the way they have been written...
But man has perverted religion. he changed the message. war
because of religion, crusade, jihad. terrorism,
manipulations... brough shit and mixed it with religion..
that's my point


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-04-14 09:10 [#00649513]
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i'm sorry i used such harsh words... i didn't want to. in
fact, i don't have nothing against other religions... if my
mother wants to go to thw church, i go with her... i take
part in religion class etc.
i just have my own statement to religion... but talking
about this... hm i don't think most of the people here are
old enough (and experienced) for this. myself too. i'm 17. i
can't say much about that... in fact at the moment i judge
everything with only one sense: seeing...



 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-04-14 09:12 [#00649523]
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but i don't change my mind about the people believing in
god. cause they mostly not EVEN BELIEVE in him, before life
doesn't kick their ass


 

offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2003-04-14 09:14 [#00649531]
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If you want to get a definition of religion read the books
"everyone talk about". The Bible, Koranen, etc.
I recommend Von Däniken's works. I don't know the english
name for it (the original's called Meine Welt in Bildern),
the swedish version's called "I gudarnas spår", transl: "In
the trace of Gods."

He brings a theory that all the Gods of which we speak of,
are visitors from other galaxies. Tis' no shitty sci fi - he
has a point.


 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2003-04-14 09:21 [#00649545]
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i sometimes think about it as a possibility of religion
birth.
Another guy write about primal forms of religion related to
drug. like in south america, or for the inca that had many
rituals associated to Psychotrops drugs.
i forgot the name of the book writer.


 

offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2003-04-14 09:25 [#00649549]
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He brings up theories of the incas as well.
If yer interested, kalaim badkaama, I really recommend it.


 

offline Desdemona from Lake Mendota on 2003-04-14 09:26 [#00649553]
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Just out of curiousity, Sadist, since you hold that view, do
you think that you would believe in a religion if your life
went wrong, or if you become old and sick? I find it
difficult to make generalizations about anyone other than
myself - Do you think you're like the others you mentioned?


 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2003-04-14 09:28 [#00649558]
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I read that scientist discovered that our universe is a
birth from many type of spatial gazes that belonged to maybe
bigger big bang and so bigger universes than our. so they
think that the theory called "Univers experienciel" (maybe
eperiencial universe in english) is the key to understand
how all that shit began. this theory is interesting cuz it
talk about the possibillity to recreate and experimantal
universe in controlled environment. a micro big bang in
laboratory. and create micro solar system with all the good
parameters.




 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2003-04-14 09:32 [#00649563]
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now let's imagine.
Our universe is a micro system created in laboratory by
aliens, like a huge vivarium. And they poisonned us with
religion cuz it's a fucking test that is during for too long
for us, and some minutes for them...


 

offline Key_Secret from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-14 09:37 [#00649567]
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(back at home, and the reply works =)

I've never had an interest in knowing "how it all began".
I'm just happy my mom+dad gave birth to me, and I'll love
them for that forever, cause one will never be able to
recieve or give something more wonderful than life.



 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2003-04-14 09:41 [#00649571]
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a point and a good one.
at least we have the chance to be born on the only livable
planet of this system.


 

offline Key_Secret from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-14 09:48 [#00649576]
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yeah. We'll I'm even more grateful
that I was born by two caring parents.
This isn't something you choose,
and it couldn't have happened differently,
but some people are born by parents
who don't care...
It's all about parenting.
Good parenting = good kids. there is no other way.
So yeah, I believe there are a lot of people who don't make
good parents.
If you screw up somebody's childhood,
you'll screw him/her up for life (more or less), cause even
if they manage to become civilized persons and with good
behaviour, and feel good about themselves, - people do
remember.


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-04-14 12:36 [#00649856]
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not at all. i'm an ateist and i don't think i'll cange
myself. but as i said, i'm to young to tell know.

maybe i used the false words...
not that they START to believe in him. cause they are
cristians. but they start praying, start really care ! i
don't think you're a good prayer, if you only do it to ask
or beg for something to God. i hope you answer :0


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2003-04-14 14:36 [#00650093]
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Sorry if this has been stated already, I might read some of
this topic later, but you are among many to ponder the
possibility that reality is merely consesus reality. So,
you're not necessarily insane ;0)

But I'm not so sure about the manufactured aspect of
religion. I believe (as would many scholars I'm sure, not
that they are always right, but they do have a nice view
what with all the time spent studying the subject) that
organized religions evolve. The creation of a religion is
beyond one person one groups conception, it comes out of a
desire of the people to have a framework for their
spirituality--people don't like the idea of worshiping
mystery and facing the fact that there will ALWAYS be
unknowns because it's takes much devotion to give into the
mystery of your own fire and find your presonal self-loving
honest religion. It's so much easier to have faith in the
man in the black dress and the big ol' book than it is to
have faith in what you feel at the deepest levels it is
possible to feel.


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2003-04-14 16:17 [#00650242]
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very interesting topic. I have thought about that example
of like believing in the force etc and I think its a valid
idea. If enough people believe in something it does happen,
whether it be politically, socially or religiously (although
it doesnt always reflect the desires of the people in the
government)


 

offline Asche XL on 2003-04-14 16:21 [#00650249]
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Quantum and for the same reason as Taxidermist


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-04-14 21:26 [#00650699]
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Yeah, or to use dawkins term, "memes".


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-04-14 21:28 [#00650706]
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your theory is wrong.
religion isn't real. its an ideal metasystem we've created
for ourselves to assign explanation to things that can't be
explained or to things that can be explained by other
means.
why is it that everyone is an atheist for four thousand or
so of the worlds religions but they believe one?
i'll take the norse myths over christianity any day. atleast
they knew how to kick some ass.


 

offline Kitty_Kot from the bitter pool of tears of th (Croatia (Hrvatska)) on 2003-04-14 22:16 [#00650779]
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religion is a kitty kot


 

offline Crocomire from plante (United States) on 2003-04-14 22:19 [#00650781]
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your name is killing me ;]


 

offline Crocomire from plante (United States) on 2003-04-14 22:22 [#00650790]
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organized religion? it's too fucked up, and dangerous. it
makes alot of people's egos ballon out to dangerous levels.
hazardous. it may do some people good, but do we really need
this crap? it's time to evolve.


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-04-14 22:27 [#00650796]
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Love is the greatest mystery.

And I am profound and cryptic.
*undulations through the message board


 

offline Kitty_Kot from the bitter pool of tears of th (Croatia (Hrvatska)) on 2003-04-14 22:34 [#00650801]
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LeCoeur is Jehova


 

offline jenf from Toronto (Canada) on 2003-04-14 23:14 [#00650863]
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believing in something, whether it be religious, spiritual
or just off the empirical bandwagon, NEVER makes it
ultimately true, but ALWAYS makes it a gradation of truth or
falsity - either lesser or greater. this comment is
especially relevant when a bunch of people are talking about
one supposed topic, which inevitably spans from more than a
million interpretations, representations and perceptions. so
the original question that started the post seemed to me,
like a generalized observation rather than a narrowed down
one, therefore making the truthfulness of it quite vague for
the majority.


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-04-14 23:20 [#00650866]
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Bad.


 

offline Kitty_Kot from the bitter pool of tears of th (Croatia (Hrvatska)) on 2003-04-15 00:21 [#00650907]
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But idiotic enough.


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-04-15 04:53 [#00651214]
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hm...


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2003-04-15 12:46 [#00651888]
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that wasn't cryptic at all


 


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