47 Forum Posts by "XeroXTC"
How does it affect them?
How does Gay marriage affect you? If it doesn't, then why do you care?
Thats not what happens shit head! Soldiers don't rape and kill civilians, Terrorists do! You've got it backwards, the dictatorship before hand was doing the oppressing and cold blooded murdering, we came in and took that away and replaced it with free elections and a democratic process, so not only do they have reason to thank us, but we don't demand it, you are seriously biased. Another self-hating liberal I suppose . . .
Really? I thought we do that. Wait no, we are sexual humiliation and torture for Prisoners of War and Rape and Pillaging. My bad.
I agree with you on the Health Service, but then again you should not be surprised by its backwardness. America's Health system has always been primitive, unfortunately. It is sad, I feel we will always be behind the Europeans in this area.
Our education system is extremely shoddy, and it saddens me. There is so much stuff to learn out there and we have succumbed to trying to make everyone pass; therefore, causing us to have lower standards and less rigorous material and courses.
It is also sad that our Rights have been taken away, but no one seems to care. It seems as if we have forgotten the Principles on which this country was founded on: a government that protects our "unalienable rights: life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness."
Lastly, this country is too romantic. We have succumbed to the American Dream of "equality for everyone," "making it big," and "happy endings." It would be nice to accomplish these dreams but sadly it is nothing more than a dream. We need reality to crash down on us.
Going to repost this, see if anyone has any idea where I am going with it.
A Swedish minister, having assembled the chiefs of the Susquehanah Indians, made a sermon to them, acquainting them with the principal historical facts on which our religion is founded; such as the fall of our first parents by eating an apple, the coming of Christ to repair the mischief, His miracles and suffering, &c. When he had finished, an Indian orator stood up to thank him. "What you have told us," he says, "is very good. It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all into cider. We are much obliged by your kindness in coming so far, to tell us these things you have heard from your mothers. In return, I will tell you some of those we have heard from ours. In the beginning our fathers had only the flesh of animals to subsist on; and if their hunting was unsuccessful, they were starving. Two of our young hunters, having killed a deer, made a fire in the woods to broil some part of it. When they were about to satisfy their hunger, they beheld a beautiful young woman descend from the clouds, and seat herself on that hill, which you see yonder among the blue mountains. They said to each other, it is a spirit that has smelled our broiling venison and wishes to eat of it; let us offer some to her. They presented her with the tongue; she was pleased with the taste of it, and said, 'Your kindness shall be rewarded; come to this place after thirteen moons, and you shall find something that will be of great benefit in nourishing you and your children to the latest generations.' They did so, and, to their surprise, found plants they had never seen before, but which, from that ancient time, have been constantly cultivated among us, to our great advantage. Where her right hand touched the ground, they found maize; where her left hand had touched, they found kidney beans; and where her backside had sat on it, they found tobacco." The good missionary, disgusted with this idle tale, said, "What I have delivered to you were sacred truths; but what you tell me is mere fable, fiction, and falsehood.
At 1/9/08 09:47 AM, Earfetish wrote:
Is organised religion.... good?
If telling people to love their enemies is bad then I guess I'm a bad person. Telling people to love thy neighbors is bad, then I guess I'm bad. If telling people to love their families, then I guess I'm bad. If telling people to help out in their community, then I guess I'm bad.
At 1/9/08 08:52 AM, tony4moroney wrote:At 1/9/08 12:32 AM, XeroXTC wrote: Are we not allowed to have freedom of speech?Name a country that hasn't got celeb fanaticism.
Besides, I do not hate America. I hate American society.
Yay for adulating Paris Hilton! W007 seh iz da h0tnezz!
Obscure countries don't count. I'm talking about First World countries here.
They all do, but America takes it overboard. Do you know how vile it is when a country knows more about celebrity gossip than anything else? I asked about 100 people at my school what is going on in Pakistan right now, and about 10 people responded they know; the other 90 I asked celebrity-tabloid questions and I got extreme detail. I was grossed out.
So I am not allowed to voice my distaste for America? I should just shut up and deal with it? Besides I do not hate America, I strongly hate the society. America is great, that I can give you. But when a society that is completely oblivious to everything around it is not a good one. America has too much Pride, we need to be shot down to make our country better.
Where did you get those numbers?
So you are saying because less people died with Atheists being Atheist is better?
At 1/9/08 12:41 AM, HaloKing336 wrote:At 1/9/08 12:34 AM, XeroXTC wrote: So we should just completely ignore the wrongdoings of Atheists and just focus on what the Christians did?No. Read his post again.
LordJaic alleges that Atheists base all of the wrong doings of religion on a few people, when Christians do exactly that.
The difference is there are WAYY more murderous theists.
So it is OK to have Stalin slaughter around thirty million people and not address it but it is OK to constantly address the wrongdoings of theists?
That was beautiful. Truly beautiful.
Nailed how I feel on the dot.
No. I really abhor American society. What kind of society if oblivious to the rest of the world?
So we should just completely ignore the wrongdoings of Atheists and just focus on what the Christians did?
Are we not allowed to have freedom of speech?
Besides, I do not hate America. I hate American society.
Yay for adulating Paris Hilton! W007 seh iz da h0tnezz!
OK. Stand outside in the day look at the sun. A few hours later stand in the same spot and look at the sun. Which one moved? The sun or the Earth?
The sun moved, which is why they assumed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
I. Seriously. Doubt. That.
That is not where I was going with my previous post.
And I have my sources. =]
I love how Americans can't speak their own language. ^^
Hows that for quality education.
A Swedish minister, having assembled the chiefs of the Susquehanah Indians, made a sermon to them, acquainting them with the principal historical facts on which our religion is founded; such as the fall of our first parents by eating an apple, the coming of Christ to repair the mischief, His miracles and suffering, &c. When he had finished, an Indian orator stood up to thank him. "What you have told us," he says, "is very good. It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all into cider. We are much obliged by your kindness in coming so far, to tell us these things you have heard from your mothers. In return, I will tell you some of those we have heard from ours. In the beginning our fathers had only the flesh of animals to subsist on; and if their hunting was unsuccessful, they were starving. Two of our young hunters, having killed a deer, made a fire in the woods to broil some part of it. When they were about to satisfy their hunger, they beheld a beautiful young woman descend from the clouds, and seat herself on that hill, which you see yonder among the blue mountains. They said to each other, it is a spirit that has smelled our broiling venison and wishes to eat of it; let us offer some to her. They presented her with the tongue; she was pleased with the taste of it, and said, 'Your kindness shall be rewarded; come to this place after thirteen moons, and you shall find something that will be of great benefit in nourishing you and your children to the latest generations.' They did so, and, to their surprise, found plants they had never seen before, but which, from that ancient time, have been constantly cultivated among us, to our great advantage. Where her right hand touched the ground, they found maize; where her left hand had touched, they found kidney beans; and where her backside had sat on it, they found tobacco." The good missionary, disgusted with this idle tale, said, "What I have delivered to you were sacred truths; but what you tell me is mere fable, fiction, and falsehood.
Damn it. I take that point back. I was thinking about something else.
At 1/2/08 08:43 PM, Musician wrote: Alright, I concede that in theory artificial conciousness is possible, but you have to realize that this is still only in theory.
Technically, Evolution is still only a theory as well.
At 1/2/08 08:43 PM, Musician wrote: Either way, possible or not, this doesn't really apply to XeroXTC's argument because humans were sentient from the beginning, and computers were not (if they ever will be).
We were sentient from the beginning? I could have sworn we were animals until we started to govern our behavior.
At 1/1/08 11:19 PM, Derangedco wrote:At 11/26/05 06:51 PM, MegalomaniacVirus wrote: FDRFDR?!?!
FDR is the reason that we arent in the great depression still, or arent facing any parts of the great depression! I think you just want to say that to make a diffrent opinion. But its your political desicion.
Clinton would have to be the WORST US PRESIDENT.
The worst.
Hands down, I like GWB no more than the next guy, But I have a serious problem with Clinton.
He was an ass, and most certainly deserved to be impeached.
Because he was crippled, which made him (he?) an unfit president. Since most of us seem to think that GWB is an unfit president because he has a "lower" IQ than the average citizen. Also because he put us in war.
As altanese-mistress stated, it is an immoral act and as well as psychologically damaging. If one is going to kill, why not make it as immoral as possible? Better yet, as evil as possible.
At 1/1/08 02:42 PM, Musician wrote: Comparing our "evolving" technology the evolution of humans is idiotic.
1) computers are not sentient beings
2) computers evolve because humans continue to improve on them, they cant evolve on their own. Humans however do evolve on their own, this is a fact.
They are not sentient beings now. But at the rate we are going they will be soon. We are giving them more and more intelligence every year. Would computers have evolved this far without human aid? No they would not. But now we are giving them algorithms to think on their own. Pretty soon they will be able to have moral values differentiate between what is wrong and what is right.
Much like us. We depended on a higher being until we established self-sufficiency. As they, the computers, are doing; depending on us.
At 1/1/08 08:25 AM, Drakim wrote:At 1/1/08 01:49 AM, XeroXTC wrote:No, it's still a bad analogy. The computers can see us, and talk to us.At 12/31/07 10:20 PM, SadisticMonkey wrote:So? What dose that matter? We are doing it. Get over it.At 12/31/07 09:31 PM, XeroXTC wrote: I know it's completely stupid. Seriously Humans assisting in the evolution of computers and giving them their own AI so they can think on their own. That's completely stupid.Bad analogy, because humans are not omnipotent.
This analogy would only be good if the earth was built by giant titans, which we could see and interact with on an everyday basis.
We. Are. Doing. It. We. Are. The. Computers'. Creators. Point is: they are now able to think and talk on their own or evolving to that stage.
Think. Of. It. Like. This.
Think of a pitre dish, you put some bacteria in there with some life sustaining elements, close it up and come back later to a flourishing colony of bacteria.
They have no clue how they got there, or why they exist, also their creator is so large that they cannot perceive it.
At 12/31/07 10:20 PM, SadisticMonkey wrote:At 12/31/07 09:31 PM, XeroXTC wrote: I know it's completely stupid. Seriously Humans assisting in the evolution of computers and giving them their own AI so they can think on their own. That's completely stupid.Bad analogy, because humans are not omnipotent.
So? What dose that matter? We are doing it. Get over it.
