Next time you meet an atheist, tell him or her that you know a bold, fresh guy, a barbarian who was raised in a working-class home and retains the lessons he learned there.
Then mention to that atheist that this guy is now watched and listened to, on a daily basis, by millions of people all over the world and, to boot, sells millions of books.
Then, while the non-believer is digesting all that, ask him or her if they still don't believe there's a God!
3. Are Miracles Possible?:o
If miracles don’t happen as most university professors believe, then Christianity is nonsense. The seminar will show you that not only are miracles possible, but the greatest miracle of all has already occurred and we have scientific evidence for it.
Bill's new proof just owned Descartes SO HARD. I bet O'Reilly's calculus would also be that much more awesome.
but does Satan exist?
http://crossexamined.org/
75% of Christian youth leave the church after high school.
College professors are five times more likely to identify themselves as atheists than the general public.
well i'm soldIn two years, he'll have a new proof.
http://crossexamined.org/
What's with the meme being pushed by theists that atheism requires faith. I thought faith was supposed to be a wonderful, magical thing.
QuoteCollege professors are five times more likely to identify themselves as atheists than the general public.That's what education and some free-thinking does.
Bill's new proof just owned Descartes SO HARD. I bet O'Reilly's calculus would also be that much more awesome.
QuoteBill's new proof just owned Descartes SO HARD. I bet O'Reilly's calculus would also be that much more awesome.
confusing cartes with newton/leibniz?
QuoteBill's new proof just owned Descartes SO HARD. I bet O'Reilly's calculus would also be that much more awesome.
confusing cartes with newton/leibniz?
Descartes' theory provided the basis for the calculus of Newton and Leibniz, by applying infinitesimal calculus to the tangent line problem, thus permitting the evolution of that branch of modern mathematics.
I'd say it takes a fair amount of "faith" to think the universe sparked into existence from nothing all by itself and all life we see evolved from a single cell lifeform that also sparked into existence from nothing all by itself.
In general, I'm more fond of scientists than I am of philosophers. Philosophers are smart but they never try to prove their own theories. Lazy bastards.
Philosophers also tend to be more eloquent than scientists so for a long time, their words meant a lot more even though they were wrong.
I thought you were going to give Smooth a primer on Hume, Malek. I never feel qualified to talk about stuff like that on here.
I thought you were going to give Smooth a primer on Hume, Malek. I never feel qualified to talk about stuff like that on here.
Why not? It's not like we're geniuses here, except for Prole and his 16 INT.
sigh Hume's known for his work on religious and empirical skepticism--specifically on rationalism and causality. Like all philosophers, he was wrong about a lot of things, but his thoughts seem fairly modern.
I thought you were going to give Smooth a primer on Hume, Malek. I never feel qualified to talk about stuff like that on here.
Why not? It's not like we're geniuses here, except for Prole and his 16 INT.
Because my knowledge of philosophy is limited to basically one shitty intro class. Plus I'm insecure.
sigh Hume's known for his work on religious and empirical skepticism--specifically on rationalism and causality. Like all philosophers, he was wrong about a lot of things, but his thoughts seem fairly modern.
Is that why you can't get a GF?
sigh Hume's known for his work on religious and empirical skepticism--specifically on rationalism and causality. Like all philosophers, he was wrong about a lot of things, but his thoughts seem fairly modern.
He's also very easy to read, which gets him lots of bonus points in my book.
Is that why you can't get a GF?
Yes
sigh Hume's known for his work on religious and empirical skepticism--specifically on rationalism and causality. Like all philosophers, he was wrong about a lot of things, but his thoughts seem fairly modern.
He's also very easy to read, which gets him lots of bonus points in my book.
sigh Hume's known for his work on religious and empirical skepticism--specifically on rationalism and causality. Like all philosophers, he was wrong about a lot of things, but his thoughts seem fairly modern.
He's also very easy to read, which gets him lots of bonus points in my book.
I used to be the same way until I found out that the more arrogant and assholish I act, the more chicks find me attractive.
I used to be the same way until I found out that the more arrogant and assholish I act, the more chicks find me attractive.
He's not going to win any style awards. Like many writers of his time, he didn't know when to end a sentence.
He's also very easy to read, which gets him lots of bonus points in my book.
No he's not. I'm taking those points away from him.
He's not going to win any style awards. Like many writers of his time, he didn't know when to end a sentence.
He's also very easy to read, which gets him lots of bonus points in my book.
No he's not. I'm taking those points away from him.
He did:He's not going to win any style awards. Like many writers of his time, he didn't know when to end a sentence.
He's also very easy to read, which gets him lots of bonus points in my book.
No he's not. I'm taking those points away from him.
He should have kept double-dashing, ala Drinky and Drohne.
That's not an item I can send in the mail.
I wish I could say that I've read fewer Dragonlance books than anyone here. :'(
Dragonlance might not be classic literature but it kills the Drizzt series.
not to derail the topic, but I think it was in one of Al Franken's books where it was debunked that O' Reilly was ever "working class". He wasn't rich-rich, but he was about as blue collar as an albino with really bad dandruff (ergo, not very much at all).
Of course, phony populism is what conservatives have been about for decades now, so this should be no surprise.
Yeah, I think Levittown is known as the first suburbian development in the US. :lolSo his father was an accountant, he grew up in an all white suburb, and went to a private school. Yeah, that sounds very working class.
Yeah, I think Levittown is known as the first suburbian development in the US. :lolSo his father was an accountant, he grew up in an all white suburb, and went to a private school. Yeah, that sounds very working class.
Bill seems to think so. The following is an excerpt from his new book, "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity"::lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lolQuoteNext time you meet an atheist, tell him or her that you know a bold, fresh guy, a barbarian who was raised in a working-class home and retains the lessons he learned there.
Then mention to that atheist that this guy is now watched and listened to, on a daily basis, by millions of people all over the world and, to boot, sells millions of books.
Then, while the non-believer is digesting all that, ask him or her if they still don't believe there's a God!
http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/367 (http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/367)
If Prole gets to (unfairly) be Raistlin Majere, who do I get to be? Demi is that kender fuckwit.
I think it's almost time for a Dragonlance appreciation thread.
If Prole gets to (unfairly) be Raistlin Majere, who do I get to be? Demi is that kender fuckwit.
the fact that you remember all these names and details suggests the books made a lasting impression on you :o