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Comments by Colwyn Abernathy


201. Pop Goes Christianity

Comment #181457 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 17, 2008 at 8:51 am

What does commercializing do to the substance of belief, and what does an infusion of belief do to the product?


"It's Jesus for Miller! I was dead for three days, resurrected, raised to heaven, and waited 2,000 years to return to Earth...It's Miller Time...'Y'know, Jesus it don't get no better 'n this." -Bill Hicks

202. Pop Goes Christianity

Comment #181444 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 17, 2008 at 8:35 am

Worried that American popular culture leads people and especially teenagers astray, the Christian version is designed to satisfy all the same needs in a cleaner form.



Of COURSE it does! It's modern, up-to-date, and NEAT! A bronze age text spouting barbaric traditions is EXTREMELY difficult for new generations to relate to. Henry Rollins talks about this. It's like getting a kid who's into rap, R&B, read "The N Word", saw "8 Mile" and "Dangerous Minds" to buy into the idea that black people are inferior because his own race is superior. NO kid who's been exposed to the "target" of hatred/intolerance/inferiority firsthand is gonna buy that. And therein lies hope, at least for me.

EDIT:

Most non-Christians are aware that there is something called Christian rock.


You think THAT'S an oxymoron? Try Christian DEATH METAL! ;)

....wait...


EDITEDIT:

There are Christian raves and Christian rappers and Christian techno,


Oh, they just HAD to provoke me...

http://jesusraves2006.ytmnd.com
http://laserjesusrave.ytmnd.com/
http://raptorjesusfullsong.ytmnd.com/

203. Pop Goes Christianity

Comment #181435 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 17, 2008 at 8:26 am

Alla sudden...I got the strangest urge to belt out Jesus Christ Superstar...or The Who's Tommy, I'm never sure which.

EDIT:

Once, after I'd met Jon Stewart, they all crowded around and asked the same question: What does he really think of us?


I'd've asked in return, "Why do you give a shit?"

204. These dim-wits believe in anything but God

Comment #181432 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 17, 2008 at 8:24 am

Parents should be warned that there is a growing threat to their children, undetected by the electric gates and security cameras of their schools. It is insidious because it is absolutist, intolerant and threatens the opportunity for young people to complete their education as rounded individuals with critical, discerning minds.


OO OO! Uh...is it...Religious fundamentalism?

EDIT: Henri...knowledge is also freedom. :)

205. Group finds Starbucks logo too hot to handle

Comment #181383 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 17, 2008 at 5:13 am

Group finds Starbucks logo too hot to handle


Here's a tip: don't drink it then.

"I always thought she'd be a woman on top and a fish on the bottom."
"What? That's the stupid way round. :P"
-Norman Lovett & Danny John Jules
"Red Dwarf", Better Than Life

206. Pelosi, Reid shunning Ten Commandments?

Comment #181379 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 17, 2008 at 4:39 am

I'm glad this woman has her priorities straight - introducing healthy vegetarian snacks to government canteens and an admirable devotion to civic nomenclature are both far more productive things to spend one's legislative efforts on than promoting two-millennium old ethical curiosities in the public sphere.


And the Kickass Quotable Award goes to: Cartomancer! Best summed up in one L337Speek:

PWND...

EDIT:
Runner up: RightWingAtheist:

This sounds a little tribalistic to me. In the future, please address your comments to ALL makers of dairy products.


Dija 'ear that? Blessed are the Greek...

207. Pelosi, Reid shunning Ten Commandments?

Comment #181378 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 17, 2008 at 4:34 am

"But with Nancy Pelosi in charge of the House and Harry Reid in charge of the Senate, we can't have a voice. We can't get these out and open and celebrate the Ten Commandments," he contends.


Celebrate? I suppose stone age minds WOULD want to celebrate black/white barbarism.

208. Pelosi, Reid shunning Ten Commandments?

Comment #181375 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 17, 2008 at 4:18 am

Honest, his name is BUTTS (we couldn't make this stuff up)


Damn, when did we hit the time machine and go back to GRADE SCHOOL? ;) That's nuthin. Dick Butkis went to my high school.

EDIT:
A coalition of faith-based groups has joined forces, calling on Congress to pass resolutions in both houses to focus on the Ten Commandments.


Let's start with: "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness". Hmm?

209. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #181373 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 17, 2008 at 4:07 am

Good edit Colwyn Didnt realize you were english.
That would explain the bad grammar.


FOOLED YOU! I'm Yankee...ackshully. ;) Well, PHILLIE, if you want specifics. I blame it on Monty Python...and Rob Grant.

"Yah, Yah, Yah, Noe, Yah. It's not funneh. Bobby, the answer to yer firs five questions is "Yah" and the answer to your next five is 'Noe'."

210. Richard Dawkins Responds to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Comment #181369 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 17, 2008 at 3:55 am

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SRSLY. It's turning into some kind of forum flamewar. I really hope Dawkins is right and this ends. He doesn't really need the last word in this really dumb exchange.

211. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #180650 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 15, 2008 at 12:58 pm

My bad. I thought the line that I quoted sounded odd.

Perhaps, I dont see why anyone speaking publicly should mind there......

I am sure it could be "correct" just sounded funny.


Guess I'm not the comedian I THINK I am....but I try. ;)

212. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #180646 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 15, 2008 at 12:48 pm

It was a turn of phrase I wouldnt want Max to stop posting . I believe him to be amonst the finest posters here.


Otay...didn't catch your meaning thar. :)

And colwyn You had better edit that post or all hell is going to break loose


Shan't. Don't see a reason to. Your clarification is enough...tho I would point out that clarification wouldn't be necessary if...

..well...you know. ;)

EDIT: Insert anal punctuation joke here.

213. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #180643 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 15, 2008 at 12:42 pm

Or would that be a violation of free speech?


Yes, it would...unfortunately.

Free speech for all...including douchebags. ;)

214. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #180636 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 15, 2008 at 12:31 pm

So be nice or mind your own fucking business, I dont think anna will think you the less for it.


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It's a forum...and a public one at that. I don't see why anyone speaking publicly can "mind their own business". It's like asking for privacy in Central Park whilst on a mobile.

215. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #180626 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 15, 2008 at 12:07 pm

and this is now common usage. Evolution - it's everywhere baby. Mutate - select - time.


Too right. Language is a great example of evolution...which, of course, means "to change through time". Purty mush.

216. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #180624 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 15, 2008 at 11:58 am

Another message for txpiper regarding information addition in mutating genes, this time without using duplication.


humorous pictures
more cat pictures

217. Atheists are nice people who will roast in hell, says Cardinal

Comment #180618 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 15, 2008 at 11:23 am

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218. The Dissent Of Darwin - The World Of Richard Dawkins

Comment #180617 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 15, 2008 at 11:13 am

EDIT:

Quetz, why do you even bother with this tool? He's a troll, and not even a particularly bright one.


Badger:

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219. The Neural Buddhists

Comment #180545 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 15, 2008 at 7:27 am

Did you think that everyone knew what you were thinking?


Nope, wasn't around other people to confirm this bias. ;)

EDIT: And those who WERE around (from previous trips) were fellow trippers, and I couldn't trust their word cuz they were high as friggin' kites. ;) Oddly, I wasn't prone to paranoia whilst under the influence...unless you count coke.

Did someone come up to you and tell you that you were so high that you thought everyone knew what you were thinking even though you had not spoken that thought out loud, thereby proving to you that in fact people were reading your mind?


Nope, but I did have a conversation with myself, which I attributed to conversing with the Goddess at the time. Fascinating trip, that one.

220. The Neural Buddhists

Comment #180261 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 12:51 pm

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EDIT: SRY! Cleaning up my Photo"bukkit" account. Wanted to see if these still work. :) All in good fun...I think.

221. Youngest galactic supernova (not aliens) found

Comment #180253 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 12:40 pm

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Especially the clarification of "Not Aliens". Thanks...big help. ;)

222. 'Spiritual' dentist fined $10,000

Comment #180246 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 12:35 pm

Who needs prayer...

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When one has a Falcor? ;)

EDIT:
If not, then go here...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b82/DJHexa/ihazafalcor.jpg

223. The Neural Buddhists

Comment #180199 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 11:08 am

Being lewd and sexually explicit with random women I don't know. That is all the transcendence I need!


I had some good times on drugs, especially psilocybin, what Terrence McKenna called a "heroic dose"...5 dried grams.... ;)

224. 'Spiritual' dentist fined $10,000

Comment #180186 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 10:54 am

The Christian convert told a schizophrenic patient in 2006 that she was oppressed by "spirits of fear" and should go to his church for "spiritual healing".


Say it with me now...

DUUUMB-AAAAASSSS...

The moral, boys and girls? That's RIGHT! ALWAYS make sure your patients aren't ALREADY suffering from some form of delusion before attempting to insert your own!

If Jebus ever touches me I'm telling a grown up or a policeman!


BAD TOUCH BAD TOUCH BAD TOUCH!!!

225. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #180142 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 9:13 am

Who the hell is mat? Now I'm totally confused :)


HA HA HA! Exactly...

226. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #180067 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 6:54 am

Ah, perhaps you meant "you're welcome".


SEE how much clearer that is? I thought he left out "mat" at the end of it. Doesn't make it any less funneh, tho. ;)

EDIT:

careful, he has a problem with people who are picky about punctuation.


HA HA HA! Anal...

227. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #180057 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 6:44 am

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.


Smells like...sweat...no, like....oregano. NO! Like VICTORY! Yeah, that's the ticket!

228. A natural selection

Comment #180001 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 4:49 am

I've been doubly amazed by the number of people outside the church who've called to express their admiration.


What's their number? They accept intl calls? :)

229. A natural selection

Comment #179983 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 4:11 am

Sponsoring the exhibit would also make a statement: if a small faith-based operation like ours isn't afraid to support a museum exhibit that encourages people to think about their place in creation, then large secular corporations shouldn't be afraid either.


Damn, talk about sticking it to the man. Kinda reminds me of DonExodus debunking creationism...as a Christian:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_5Vstf6OHk

230. Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

Comment #179977 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 3:51 am

Perhaps we need to request an audience from the Queen Spider



Rabblerabblerabblerabblerabble...RABBLE!

231. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #179971 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 3:38 am

SSG Davis,
I suppose a little .223 buys a lot of influence in such situations!


Max, how much do you think I could get for .45? ;)


EDIT: ...On second thought...perhaps MINE is too flippant? Especially after Christopher's note on not having the bullet pass through the initial target into an innocent bystander...

232. Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

Comment #179944 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 2:54 am

What if these aliens are gay?

Will the Vatican be as welcoming to an 'extraterrestrial brother' then?


Considering the Gilgamesh vagina is four feet wide and filled with razor sharp teeth...I'd make an exception if I were Emperor Pal...I mean, the Pope.

233. Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

Comment #179942 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2008 at 2:50 am

All of a sudden, I got an image of Gilgamesh Catholics...thank you Trey and Matt! ;)

Jeez, go on, it's okay to believe anything you want, but PLEASE! FOR THE LOVE OF DOG, COME BACK TO MASS!

(We need the money)

234. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #179636 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 1:00 pm

Is this actually the same group that, 3 hours ago, was debating whether honor killing had religious or tribalistic underpinnings?


Well, we're human, and we require a jolt of humour to keep from going bananas...or going anabananas...I think. Lightening the mood helps keep the rest of us sane. ;)

235. The Neural Buddhists

Comment #179632 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:57 pm

if only there was a book that explains the concept...


He said...stating the obvious. ;)

236. The Neural Buddhists

Comment #179629 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:53 pm

A selfish gene does not mean we can't have deep instincts for fairness, empathy and attachment. for goodness sake.


In fact, it's entirely feasible that we HAVE selfish genes for fairness empathy and attachment. ;)

EDIT:

The mind seems to have the ability to transcend itself and merge with a larger presence that feels more real.


It FEELS more real...ergo it IS!

Paging Mr Barnum...paging Mr. Barnum, you have a sucker on line 1.

237. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #179624 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:51 pm

:-) Now if only I had an actual emoticon.


You don't need it...you're obnoxious enough. ;)

BUUUURRRRRRN! Apologies...that was a gimme. I hope you don't mind, Max. ;)

238. The Neural Buddhists

Comment #179622 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:50 pm

Mysticism and science are joining hands?


Don't we have a number of members who argue for the veracity of mysticism/metaphysics? I haven't been on in a while, so their handles escape me.

239. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #179620 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:49 pm

Minicons, eh? That explains a lot. Thanks, that would've bugged me the rest of the day.

240. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #179616 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:42 pm

No, no it doesn't. Like one of those itty bitty ones that feature heavily into the new storyline. Forget what they're called, but they enhance its owner's power. The Emoticon would make its owner twice as obnoxious.

241. The Neural Buddhists

Comment #179613 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:37 pm

I like the term "bewildered herd", and here we see the sheep dog.


Which reminds me of Bill Hicks talking about being the angry sheepherder ranting to his flock, who tend to look at him "like a dog who's just been shown a card trick."

242. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #179610 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:31 pm

Dangit, it's impossible to convey tone through text, innit? ;) S'why I employ the mighty, yet highly annoying EMOTICON!

Sounds like a Transformer, doesn't it?

243. 'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love'

Comment #179608 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:30 pm

Geez, I said I was joking...


And he's fucking with you. ;)

I think.

244. Childish superstition: Einstein's letter makes view of religion relatively clear

Comment #179604 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:28 pm

"You can doubt and question it all you want (hey, the bible asks us to, right)


Which is ironic, for the ONLY unforgivable sin, evidently, is to deny the holy spirit exists, and to come to that conclusion, first you must doubt and question it. ;)

245. The Neural Buddhists

Comment #179599 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:24 pm

Bottom line, religion is for those too weak psychologically to cope with life; or too stupid to open their eyes. These people may always be with us, but hopfully we can remove the hatred and obsessiveness of their teachings.


I concur, Nails. It also differentiates those who are "spiritual" from those who are merely "faithful".

246. The Neural Buddhists

Comment #179593 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:19 pm

The two sides have argued about whether it is reasonable to conceive of a soul that survives the death of the body and about whether understanding the brain explains away or merely adds to our appreciation of the entity that created it.


Begs the question:

What is this entity made of? If it exists outside of us...it must be material, yes? So then, what material is it?

247. The Neural Buddhists

Comment #179584 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:15 pm

Wolfe understood the central assertion contained in this kind of thinking: Everything is material and "the soul is dead."


False analogy. The soul would have to EXIST first before it could die. ;)

EDIT: IE, if it never existed in the first place, that, in reality, is a failed explanation for behaviour, probability of an afterlife, etc., how can such an entity "die"? Unless he's being metaphorical and means that the "IDEA" of the soul is dead.

"I'd like to see a forklift carrying a crate full of forks...It'd be so damn LITERAL."
-Mitch Hedberg

248. Childish superstition: Einstein's letter makes view of religion relatively clear

Comment #179580 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:13 pm

Indeed. A truth that is infallible, and therefore, beyond questioning and doubt. That's what I find MOST distasteful about dogma: an infatuation with and pride of ignorance.

It's like what Chris Rock says when he talks about the difference between black people and niggas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpUSElgJcyI
Starts at 2:58

"Nuttin make a nigga happier than NOT knowing the answer to your question."

What I find so funny is that you can replace the racial with the religious, and it'd STILL make sense.

249. Childish superstition: Einstein's letter makes view of religion relatively clear

Comment #179567 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 12:02 pm

riandouglas:

I thought the "our" was because the genesis accounts were cribed together from polytheistic myths. Hence the El, Elohim, council of gods etc.


Hmmm...I hadn't heard that before. Interesting. The trinity is an answer I get from Christians when I press them on it.

250. Childish superstition: Einstein's letter makes view of religion relatively clear

Comment #179559 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 13, 2008 at 11:54 am

Lucas:

Colwyn - The two creation accounts were written by two different people, or groups of people, at different times. (This is why we need more education in the history of religion.) That's why you get no answer from theists; as far as they're concerned, God wrote it.


See, I knew that because it's the most logical answer. As well as the "make him in OUR image". I get that the "our" means "the holy trinity" from them, citing yet ANOTHER alleged fulfullment of prophesy. But doesn't it make MORE sense that to make the idea of a single omnipotent being palatable to a largely pantheistic population, an author would use language that would be recognisable to them. After all, monotheistic faiths seem perfectly comfortable with assimilating pagan symbols into their rituals and practices, why not language?

EDIT:

IQHQ:

do you honestly believe that Brooke, a fellow biographer, would just casually attribute false perspectives to the great man, and what's more do so without a shred of proof?


Yes. He's human, with a religious bias (apparently) and so it's very possible he could make such a biased error. Without citation, I cannot take such a claim seriously either.

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