Posts by poopsiecakes

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Rev Wright. off the hook...wow.

by tootired2care in

take a look at this.

it's hard to imagine that leader of the free world; mr. obama sat and listened to this lunatics teachings for 20 years.

what trustworthy person would listen and accept this blatent nonsense for 20 years?.

A reason why most religious theological teachings are sociologically dangerous and damaging

by thetrueone in

just caught this short video of christopher hitchens in a debate involving religious theology and i thought.

how close it came to the jw theology and its own inherent sociological and psychological damage that it causes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ygqfr3sem&feature=related.

So lets be clear your answer was, "it's complicated" and made effort to dumb it down for me. This is indicative that you see a class difference between us. I would like to note that this class does not exist, but is only within your mind.

I would like to sincerely apologize for any inference that led you to think that I see a 'class difference' between us. I think you're a VERY intelligent man, Sab. You write beautifully and I actually really enjoy your posts. My brevity was because I'm not inclined to write paragraphs and paragraphs when a simple breakdown will do. I know that you know the concept of the big bang very well, therefore there was no need to go into detail. Again, if my remark came off as anything other than that, I'm very sorry and hope you see that it was not meant to put you down.

The answer differs based on where and when you grew up on the planet. For me God evolved like the rest of us. He probably lived a life just as us and suffered similar things and has complete and total understanding of the nature of life from the beginning to the end.

But where did he come from? I know there's no answer to this from a believer's point of view, and I also know that you've been asked this before. The problem is that you can't base your belief in creation on 'things are too complicated to have evolved' and not go back to this fundamental question. If the Earth and Universe and human race and mosquito colonies are too complicated to have evolved, then how is it that the one who's supposed to have created them evolved?

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A reason why most religious theological teachings are sociologically dangerous and damaging

by thetrueone in

just caught this short video of christopher hitchens in a debate involving religious theology and i thought.

how close it came to the jw theology and its own inherent sociological and psychological damage that it causes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ygqfr3sem&feature=related.

poopsiecakes

That's the same question as "Where did the big bang come from?" The answer is complicated. God always was is still the working answer I believe.

ummmm no, it's not the same question, darlin. Ok, let's break this down.

a) we have the big bang caused by natural forces colliding with one another and finally releasing in an explosion that sends the building blocks of life into an ever expanding universe *very simplified version*

b) a singular intelligent force that physically created everything, but this intelligent force appeared out of nowhere and had no beginning

One is caused by purely natural forces, like an earthquake, and one has circular quasi-logic written all over it.

So yeah, not the same question at all which leads me back to my question which is where did this intelligent force come from? You must have a theory on it :)

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A reason why most religious theological teachings are sociologically dangerous and damaging

by thetrueone in

just caught this short video of christopher hitchens in a debate involving religious theology and i thought.

how close it came to the jw theology and its own inherent sociological and psychological damage that it causes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ygqfr3sem&feature=related.

poopsiecakes

So where did god come from? Something that powerful and complex had to have their own 'genesis' right?

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A reason why most religious theological teachings are sociologically dangerous and damaging

by thetrueone in

just caught this short video of christopher hitchens in a debate involving religious theology and i thought.

how close it came to the jw theology and its own inherent sociological and psychological damage that it causes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ygqfr3sem&feature=related.

poopsiecakes

Believing in God is fundamentalist thinking. It's how far people bring that thinking that's the problem, not fundamentalist thinking.

Are you seriously unable to see how one leads to the other? You mention the Westboro Baptists. They're a hate group and they cherry pick ideas from THE BIBLE to support their views. How is that different from what every believer does? I've seen people on here contort their brains into all kinds of pretzels to support their pet beliefs by cherry picking ideas from THE BIBLE. Why is that ok? The bible and those who believe that it's in any way inspired by a higher power is automatically a dangerous path. The fact that most don't choose the dangerous path doesn't change the fact that the potential for harm is a hair's breadth away.

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Really random... wisdom teeth

by ilikecheese in

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friends

i'm kind of freaking out because i'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth pulled in a few weeks.

two of them are completely impacted, and one is partially impacted.

fortunately, they're not oddly aligned.

poopsiecakes

I may be stepping out on a limb here but I think that wisdom teeth extraction is one of the biggest overblown unnecessary procedures done to people. It's one thing if you're experiencing a lot of pain or discomfort and that's not the situations I'm referring to. Dentists and oral surgeons will have a look at your x-rays and oh my look at that, your wisdom teeth are impacted - they HAVE to come out, regardless of whether or not they're actually affecting you in any way and all the scary talk begins. I had that same conversation almost 10 years ago with my dentist and never pursued the extraction option. Lo and behold, I've had no ill effects from them being 'impacted' and they've actually started poking through...again with zero issues. Obviously, not everyone has an experience like mine but I think way more people would if they didn't buy into the intimidating conversation when the dentist is pushing an unnecessary procedure.

*just my 2 cents and I hope your surgery goes well

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A reason why most religious theological teachings are sociologically dangerous and damaging

by thetrueone in

just caught this short video of christopher hitchens in a debate involving religious theology and i thought.

how close it came to the jw theology and its own inherent sociological and psychological damage that it causes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ygqfr3sem&feature=related.

poopsiecakes

If you continue to wage war on God you will suffer the fate of everyone else who has attempted it. They all died trying

Oh Sab, are you KIDDING with this? What has happened to you lately? You are slipping more and more into fundamentalist thinking. You're making sweeping statements all over the place stating your latest flights of fancy as fact and it's getting a little disturbing. I know that you have a very active imagination and love exploring science fiction and fantasy but you're starting to believe it way too much. Take a step back and really think about what you've been putting out there because it's all fiction coming from your brain and strong desire to HAVE to believe in a higher power.

*said with love*

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Let's get this memorial party started!

by Megachusen in

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friends

i'm being forced to go to this one by my family members so i thought i'd write this out in disgust: http://apostarad.blogspot.com/2012/04/memorial-time-again.html.

i'm serious about getting wasted before i go, by the way.

this will be a night to be remembered..

poopsiecakes

I can't even tell you how happy I am to realize that I had no idea it was Memorial day until just now. No hounding, no guilt-inducing calls from my mom, no strange elder sent by her or anyone to attempt to track me down and invite me to this 'oh so special day'. Nothing except the American Idol results and Grey's Anatomy. Life is good.

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throws a rock at AllTimeJeff

by poopsiecakes in

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friends

you have a pm .

poopsiecakes

Anytime, darlin :)

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NYC Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and the Women's Rights Movement

by designs in

101 years ago as unions and safe working conditions gained more strength and public awareness a avoidable tragedy pushed government to create laws to protect workers where free market forces had failed.

on march 25th 1911 a fire broke out in a 9 story sewing factory trapping the women workers on the 8th floor.

a locked exit door, cramped burning stairways, an elevator that malfunctioned led to the deaths of 146 women, 50 of whom lept to their deaths and the youngest worker of 14. the two factory owners, who had fought unionization and 8 hour work days, escaped the fire and prosecution where the state failed to prove willful negligence.. 8 hour work days, livinging wages, safe working conditions, health care for workers ( private citizens raised money for the funerals of the 146 women) required the state and federal governments to pass over 30 laws to address worker's rights.

poopsiecakes

What this tragedy did to propel workers' rights is beyond measure. And the stories are truly heartbreaking. Why is it that something horrific needs to happen before good can happen? They had to sit at their machines for their entire shifts without even bathroom breaks. The doors were locked so that the supervisors could check their purses for scraps of material and thread before they would be allowed to leave. And these conditions were improvements over other places. It's sickening.