And I thought I wasn't going to have something to say tonight...
I was going to write a little blurb about what a fly-by-night corporation I am currently working for or the groundbreaking definition of rock 'n' roll that my class came up with today, but instead I got a bunch of comments from a barf I can find no use for.
I don't even respect him as a punching bag, he is so far beneath me.
His first comment was to something I wrote...way back in the day...called Dinesh D'Souza: De Dullest Tool in De Shed.
It's comical how you people speak as if you're the enlightened, educated majority.I'm sorry. I thought that it was clear that I was a member of the enlightened, educated minority.
Nine of ten in the US are believers of one form or another. The tenth is living in his basement, Master's Degree (correspondence) on the wall, feuding with believers on YouTube comment sections over who won an unwinnable debate.The other nine commit the logical fallacy of the ad populum, the appeal to public opinion. I am reading a book about a huckster in Kansas during the Depression who made his fortune implanting goat testicles into flaccid men. He was wildly popular. Just because a huge number of people liked him didn't make their faith in his abilities completely misplaced. Your belief in a God is completely independent of whether or not there is a god.
As if thinking this life is all there is isn't sad enough, you waste an inordinate amount of time prosyletizing a lost cause.Would someone please tell that to the fucking Mormons and goddamn Jehovah's Witnesses and evangelical fundamentalists? And if you wouldn't mind fucking yourself on the way out, what the hell do you think you are doing right now?
HJ
Seed Newsvine
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I wish I had somebody coming to my blog to tell me how much I'm wasting my time...
Of course, I write and argue for the hell of writing and arguing. Must everything have some cause to it? Must I always be reaching some goal?
What I would find extremely uneasy is the thought that I am just waiting to be judged once I die, and that I have to spend my whole existence in this life trying to please a god who's never been proven to exist in the first place.
Knowing that this is the only life we're guaranteed to have makes me enjoy it even more.
Don't you think it's sad that a common theme from the religious is how rubbish it would be if this life is all there is?
It's like they're all thinking: "Wow, I can't wait to get this garbage life over with so I can get on with the really good bit."
And they accuse us of living unfulfilling lives.
On another note, have you seen a program called Nostradamus 2012? It was on the History channel at the weekend (in the UK). Never. Never in all my years have I seen such concentrated bollocks. The side of sense and reason had no representation whatever.
Your best mate Braden was there giving his unique spin on reality. The amazing thing was that there was another douchebag featured who was even worse than Braden. No, seriously. It was a guy called Jay Weidner, and he is the author of, wait for it, Secrets of Alchemy. Have you come across this doofus before? He really takes it to another level.
Anyway, all these dingbats were interpreting the various quatrains and coming up with nonsense as if it were fact; it was all incredibly frustrating. Not as frustrating, however, as it was that his ability to actually see into the future was never questioned! They were just trying to figure out what he meant! Idiots! They even thought it added strength to their arguments by saying what a great astrologer he was!
And breathe.
The best comment had to be by Braden, though. It went something like this:
"There are three great upheavals. The first is said to be world war one. The second is said to be world war two. And the third? Well, the third can't be predicted because it will be brought about by the our actions and how we deal with the situation we're in. That's what makes our time so vital."
Riiiiiiiiiiiigggggghhht. The first two "upheavals" were predicted were they? Because they weren't brought about by the actions of the people who were alive then? Yep, that makes perfect sense. Yes, even without evidence, because your teeth and hair are just so awesome, Gregg.
Apologies for the rant. I know you understand the need to get things off your chest ;o)
Whenever anyone tries to tell me about the wisdom of crowds I point out how much Transformers 2 made.
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