an analogy that makes a point
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~The_Chosen~
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Anything that does not suit us morally we call evil.
A priest sometimes would call atheists evil because they don't believe God, to him that is immoral.
An atheist would call religion evil because it has halted science and percecuted many innocent.
But in the end, religion is not at fault, it's the people, humans are always the problem.
A priest sometimes would call atheists evil because they don't believe God, to him that is immoral.
An atheist would call religion evil because it has halted science and percecuted many innocent.
But in the end, religion is not at fault, it's the people, humans are always the problem.
What's the point of your post? I responded to your 'analogy'.
I have been burnt. Quite severly. 405 degrees in my oven as I bent over to pick out a pizza and my then girlfriend turned around and bumped into me. My arm was held against the top of the oven for about 4 seconds and my whole arm went nearly purple.
Another time I was bumped by a family member when fixing a fire and my other arm was burnt.
I call neither a fire or oven evil. Your analogy is groundless and stupid.
I have been burnt. Quite severly. 405 degrees in my oven as I bent over to pick out a pizza and my then girlfriend turned around and bumped into me. My arm was held against the top of the oven for about 4 seconds and my whole arm went nearly purple.
Another time I was bumped by a family member when fixing a fire and my other arm was burnt.
I call neither a fire or oven evil. Your analogy is groundless and stupid.
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ekamkawl is corect hear, becuss we all no off water beng evel becuss pepple drawn in it. ind how sheyving creem is evel becuss it maks ur eys hurt. so off corse fiur is evel becuss it is hat, dose that knot make cents two you idit.
also xev is in idit becuss shy is a aythis, aythiss ur jast pepple thit no gad exits bat pretind he dosnt two anoy gud god firing christins liek me ind ekamkawl.
Communication problems?
I always wonder why atheists--even those who employ devices such as sarcasm and humor--read the words of others with a literalist bender that would inspire the hardest of Bible thumpers.
And fire is largely my friend. If you spend time as a youth setting yourself on fire, you learn a couple things about it. I could never dump butane into my hand and light a cigarette that way, but then again, very few people could get away with setting themselves on fire in order to make a point in physics class. However, being as friends are often friends because they let each get away with "burning" the other in one form or another, I won't be surprised if someday fire and I can no longer cooperate.
If fire isn't evil, why not let our friend live and prosper in Arizona and Colorado?
I would point to J.B. Russell's considerations of evil in Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages, and even spend a moment on his considerations toward natural evils, but two things are obvious:
• The relevance of such considerations would be apparent only to a few people
• Nobody who doesn't already understand the points I could extract from Russell's text seems to care.
In the end, though, one tidbit worth noting is that in a theistic world, fire can be good or evil depending on how one regards it, while in an atheistic world it is merely fire because good and evil cannot be shown to exist. This tidbit is not taken from Russell's text.
thanx,
Tiassa
I always wonder why atheists--even those who employ devices such as sarcasm and humor--read the words of others with a literalist bender that would inspire the hardest of Bible thumpers.
And fire is largely my friend. If you spend time as a youth setting yourself on fire, you learn a couple things about it. I could never dump butane into my hand and light a cigarette that way, but then again, very few people could get away with setting themselves on fire in order to make a point in physics class. However, being as friends are often friends because they let each get away with "burning" the other in one form or another, I won't be surprised if someday fire and I can no longer cooperate.
If fire isn't evil, why not let our friend live and prosper in Arizona and Colorado?
I would point to J.B. Russell's considerations of evil in Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages, and even spend a moment on his considerations toward natural evils, but two things are obvious:
• The relevance of such considerations would be apparent only to a few people
• Nobody who doesn't already understand the points I could extract from Russell's text seems to care.
In the end, though, one tidbit worth noting is that in a theistic world, fire can be good or evil depending on how one regards it, while in an atheistic world it is merely fire because good and evil cannot be shown to exist. This tidbit is not taken from Russell's text.
thanx,
Tiassa
~The_Chosen~
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Yes Tiassa, communication problems
Also "ekamkawl" is correct about what again?
GB-GIL Trans-global, why don't you spend time on more "productive" posts?
Also "ekamkawl" is correct about what again?
Who's the troll here and why?
Re: Yes Tiassa, communication problems
what ar you taking abot i am bing pradoctiv becuss i try to be pradoctiv, ind make pusts abot how atheis ar alwes rang ind athes ar supid idits ind thay know it two
abot ekemkwel he is corecct abot gud ind evel
whose the trowl hear i think its bad athess liek xev ind tiler
Originally posted by ~The_Chosen~
GB-GIL Trans-global, why don't you spend time on more "productive" posts?
Also "ekamkawl" is correct about what again?
Who's the troll here and why?
what ar you taking abot i am bing pradoctiv becuss i try to be pradoctiv, ind make pusts abot how atheis ar alwes rang ind athes ar supid idits ind thay know it two
abot ekemkwel he is corecct abot gud ind evel
whose the trowl hear i think its bad athess liek xev ind tiler
1- We know of water being evil because people drown in it.
Absurd. If there was no gravity the water would have no pressure effect upon the body so the body could float to safety.
Surely it's gravity that's evil.
2-Shaving cream is evil because it makes your eyes hurt?
Mind dullingly wrong. It must be YOU that's evil for getting it near enough to contact the orbit or the sclera. Or maybe your face that's evil for growing the damnable hair in the first place.
3-Fire is hot and so is evil.
Oh my word. You wouldn't believe how wrong you are.
Can you imagine the state of technological advancement (or possibly retardation) that humanity would be at without fire No metals, no medicines, raw food... W would be lucky to still exist.
4-Xev is an idiot because she is an atheist....God fearing christians like me.
Again, no cigar. Idiocy is the habitat of those unable to see past their own indoctrination.
Like you.
Thanks for that little chunk of brilliance. You are indeed a gargantuan intellect.
The analogy from the very start is insufficient. Do not assume I did not understand. I do. However, it is illogical and insufficient. For such a demonstration, a thoroughly logical analogy is required. The given analogy is not thoroughly logical, as it simply does not provide what it was supposed to provide, that being a picture of one thing which can be considered good or evil depending on one's situation. However, fire is not sufficient, as in either case it is merely hot, not good or evil.
~The_Chosen~
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I think good ole GB-GIL Trans-global was trying to make a stupid point, but it backfired!
GB-Gil:
Ha ha ha! Good one!
*Shrugs*
Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
Elkimlaw:
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Ha ha ha! Good one!
*Shrugs*
Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
Elkimlaw:
From The Jargon Lexicon.
Also see here
~The_Chosen~
Registered Senior Member
That's what you get for being frivolous.
GB-GIL Trans-global that is what you get for being senseless and puerile. Don't blame them if they didn't perceive it to be a joke.
So I say to Xev, fuck you for not understanding.
*shrugs*
GB-GIL Trans-global that is what you get for being senseless and puerile. Don't blame them if they didn't perceive it to be a joke.
So I say to Xev, fuck you for not understanding.
*shrugs*