Satan's Evil Twin Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 I agree, and it's the image I have in mind when these ultra vocal "spend my day talking about religion and heavy metal" dudes externalize their bitterness on this forum. The image, accurate or not (I don't care), neuters their posts completely, and the "satanic" imagery that book ends all of their posts (avatar, sig, etc.) acts as the icing on the sterile cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaytanic Wehrmacht Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I agree, and it's the image I have in mind when these ultra vocal "spend my day talking about religion and heavy metal" dudes externalize their bitterness on this forum. The image, accurate or not (I don't care), neuters their posts completely, and the "satanic" imagery that book ends all of their posts (avatar, sig, etc.) acts as the icing on the sterile cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five For Fighting Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Doesn't affect us. Nothing we ever do can change this. Why worry about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaytanic Wehrmacht Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Doesn't affect us. Nothing we ever do can change this. Why worry about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoreanHockeyFan Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I agree, and it's the image I have in mind when these ultra vocal "spend my day talking about religion and heavy metal" dudes externalize their bitterness on this forum. The image, accurate or not (I don't care), neuters their posts completely, and the "satanic" imagery that book ends all of their posts (avatar, sig, etc.) acts as the icing on the sterile cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaytanic Wehrmacht Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 As I stated before, this is not about religion, just as the thread is not about religion, it's about humanity, and the indecency of subjecting little 7,8, 9 and 10 year old girls to a marriage and sex before they are even old enough to understand it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 "It's not about religion... buuuut..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaytanic Wehrmacht Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 "It's not about religion... buuuut..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 This is the kind of complacent attitude that I absolutely cannot stand. You're essentially saying that even though there's an incredible violation of human rights and more specifically the rights of underage children we shouldn't concern ourselves with it? I'd had more respect for you coming out and defending it than making this kind of comment. I'd still think you were a sick bastard, but at least I'd know where you stand. As it is, you've taken the indifference stance, and that's even more dangerous thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 "buuuut..." nothing. it's not about religion, it's about human rights. learn to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmployeeoftheMonth Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Your Monicer is quite approporiate. You would have made (do make) a good Nazi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaytanic Wehrmacht Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Well, he has a point. What are you going to do about it? Nothing. What could you do about it? Also nothing. It's understandable why this rustles your jimmies, and other people too, of course. However, as he said there's nothing you can do to change this so there's no real point of getting worked up over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaytanic Wehrmacht Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Wow... Just wow... When all else fails and you got nothing left in the tank...Godwin to the rescue. When you only have that one last scoop at the bottom of the barrel of ridiculousness. Between that and Glassjaw reeling in with nothing on the line this thread turned out pretty ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Wow... Between that and Glassjaw "reeling in with nothing on the line" this thread turned out pretty ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Guess that's a self-portrait then, eh? You really should look into some Slim-Fast and a tube of Clearasil for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaytanic Wehrmacht Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 a dazzling display of wit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Have to disagree. That's just a cop out for the non-religious. Good and evil is in every human. The choice of which way to go has little to do with religion. Lots of "good" people do horrible things in certain circumstances. This is just another case of pointing a finger at an identifiable group to make oneself feel superior. Pretty much what I said before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaytanic Wehrmacht Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 a dazzling display of wit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmployeeoftheMonth Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 a dazzling display of wit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmployeeoftheMonth Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 You're certainly free to disagree if you'd like. I don't believe it's a 'cop-out'. Weinberg's point is exactly that. The choice of which way to go, morally, has nothing to do with religion, as we have 'good' and 'evil' in us all. When we do good things, we are good people....and that goodness resulted from the wellspring of goodness inherently within us. When we do evil things, we are evil people....and that evilness resulted from the wellspring of evilness inherently within us. However, as Weinberg notes, that when people do things, let's say, persecute gays, assassinate doctors and bomb abortion clinics, ram fully loaded and fully fueled jumbo jets into office buildings, marry 9 year olds in order to have sexual relations with them, persecute women for being possessed by demons or the devil for being outspoken and independent, or whatever else they deem her to meet the standards of witchcraft over the years, chop off the tips of little boys' penises, chop off bits of genitalia off little girls, and many other things we would normally call 'evil', and do it because they believe it is 'good' and 'right' and 'righteous' then it can, among other things, require a set of beliefs and dogma that a person truly believes has come from a true divine source.....aka religion, in order to commit those evil acts. That's not a cop out at all, it's unvarnished reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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