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Started by Mesozoic Mister Nigel, March 08, 2009, 01:18:16 AM

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The Good Reverend Roger

#15
March 09, 2009, 01:29:22 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:26:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:15:25 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:05:34 AM
I just don't feel the need to discuss my spirituality publicly.

And if something came over me to do so on a board full of asshats it would be ridiculous to think that they would suddenly take their hat off and hold their bowels.



If one doesn't like something made with intent then it's called propaganda, evangelism, or artless.

If one does like something made with intent then it's called information, education, or art.

Sure.  I mean, if words don't mean anything.

People mean things. Words are arbitrary symbols of sounds.

WOW, YOU'RE SO DEEP!  CAN I STUDY AT YOUR FEET AND LEARN SOLIPSISM?

UNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!  :boring:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞

#16
March 09, 2009, 01:33:27 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:29:22 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:26:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:15:25 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:05:34 AM
I just don't feel the need to discuss my spirituality publicly.

And if something came over me to do so on a board full of asshats it would be ridiculous to think that they would suddenly take their hat off and hold their bowels.



If one doesn't like something made with intent then it's called propaganda, evangelism, or artless.

If one does like something made with intent then it's called information, education, or art.

Sure.  I mean, if words don't mean anything.

People mean things. Words are arbitrary symbols of sounds.

WOW, YOU'RE SO DEEP!  CAN I STUDY AT YOUR FEET AND LEARN SOLIPSISM?

UNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!  :boring:

:golfclap:
P E R   A S P E R A   A D   A S T R A

The Good Reverend Roger

#17
March 09, 2009, 01:35:56 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:33:27 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:29:22 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:26:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:15:25 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:05:34 AM
I just don't feel the need to discuss my spirituality publicly.

And if something came over me to do so on a board full of asshats it would be ridiculous to think that they would suddenly take their hat off and hold their bowels.



If one doesn't like something made with intent then it's called propaganda, evangelism, or artless.

If one does like something made with intent then it's called information, education, or art.

Sure.  I mean, if words don't mean anything.

People mean things. Words are arbitrary symbols of sounds.

WOW, YOU'RE SO DEEP!  CAN I STUDY AT YOUR FEET AND LEARN SOLIPSISM?

UNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!  :boring:

:golfclap:

But what are you saying?  Golf clap can, by your standards, mean any fucking thing.

Out with it, man!  Speak up!  Use small words, though.  Those shouldn't be able to mean as many things as bigger words, I'm hoping.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞

#18
March 09, 2009, 01:39:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:35:56 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:33:27 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:29:22 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:26:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:15:25 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:05:34 AM
I just don't feel the need to discuss my spirituality publicly.

And if something came over me to do so on a board full of asshats it would be ridiculous to think that they would suddenly take their hat off and hold their bowels.



If one doesn't like something made with intent then it's called propaganda, evangelism, or artless.

If one does like something made with intent then it's called information, education, or art.

Sure.  I mean, if words don't mean anything.

People mean things. Words are arbitrary symbols of sounds.

WOW, YOU'RE SO DEEP!  CAN I STUDY AT YOUR FEET AND LEARN SOLIPSISM?

UNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!  :boring:

:golfclap:

But what are you saying?  Golf clap can, by your standards, mean any fucking thing.

Out with it, man!  Speak up!  Use small words, though.  Those shouldn't be able to mean as many things as bigger words, I'm hoping.

P E R   A S P E R A   A D   A S T R A

The Good Reverend Roger

#19
March 09, 2009, 01:40:05 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:39:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:35:56 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:33:27 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:29:22 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:26:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:15:25 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:05:34 AM
I just don't feel the need to discuss my spirituality publicly.

And if something came over me to do so on a board full of asshats it would be ridiculous to think that they would suddenly take their hat off and hold their bowels.



If one doesn't like something made with intent then it's called propaganda, evangelism, or artless.

If one does like something made with intent then it's called information, education, or art.

Sure.  I mean, if words don't mean anything.

People mean things. Words are arbitrary symbols of sounds.

WOW, YOU'RE SO DEEP!  CAN I STUDY AT YOUR FEET AND LEARN SOLIPSISM?

UNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!  :boring:

:golfclap:

But what are you saying?  Golf clap can, by your standards, mean any fucking thing.

Out with it, man!  Speak up!  Use small words, though.  Those shouldn't be able to mean as many things as bigger words, I'm hoping.



Sorry you can't defend your ideas, retard.  I should have realized that the moment I saw your drivel concerning that Zen bullshit.

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

East Coast Hustle

#20
March 09, 2009, 01:51:22 AM
Quote from: Kai on March 08, 2009, 08:43:52 PM
Quote from: Dirtytime on March 08, 2009, 08:34:00 PM
I understand what you're saying, but I can't get around the problem of religion just being a mind-bendingly stupid concept.

on the other hand, I get the feeling that alot of people here are using the word "religion" when what they mean is "grid that I sometimes impose because I enjoy it and find it occasionally useful in my pursuit of higher understanding of the universe and human nature but which I realize deep-down is nothing more than a grid".

I mean, if it's a religion, that means that you literally believe in divine supernatural entities.

Would you consider classical Theravada Buddhism a religion?

I'm leaning towards "yes" with the caveat that it seems to believe in the existence of deities but to not consider their influence as paramount, or even on par with worldly influences. It's always seemed to me as though buddhist texts include talk of deities because people were always naturally predisposed to believe in them but that those deities aren't actually relevant to the core teachings of buddhism (in my limited understanding).

so "yes" in a strict-interpretation sense, but "no" in the sense that theravada buddhism encourages people to use their senses and their power of reason to explain phenomenons rather than faith in the absurd improbable unknowable.
Rabid Colostomy Hole Jammer of the Coming Apocalypse™

The Devil is in the details; God is in the nuance.


Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"

Pope Lecherous

#21
March 09, 2009, 02:01:06 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:26:06 AM
People mean things. Words are arbitrary symbols of sounds.

If people mean things, what do you mean?  And no, words are just oversimplified (mis)understandings of reality.  Cats in cups
--- War to the knife, knife to the hilt.

The Good Reverend Roger

#22
March 09, 2009, 02:16:43 AM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on March 09, 2009, 02:01:06 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:26:06 AM
People mean things. Words are arbitrary symbols of sounds.

If people mean things, what do you mean?  And no, words are just oversimplified (mis)understandings of reality.  Cats in cups

Argle bargle schwartz.

Or words to that effect.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞

#23
March 09, 2009, 02:34:51 AM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on March 09, 2009, 02:01:06 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:26:06 AM
People mean things. Words are arbitrary symbols of sounds.

If people mean things, what do you mean?  And no, words are just oversimplified (mis)understandings of reality.  Cats in cups

That too.
P E R   A S P E R A   A D   A S T R A

The Good Reverend Roger

#24
March 09, 2009, 02:46:10 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 02:34:51 AM
Quote from: Pope Lecherous on March 09, 2009, 02:01:06 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:26:06 AM
People mean things. Words are arbitrary symbols of sounds.

If people mean things, what do you mean?  And no, words are just oversimplified (mis)understandings of reality.  Cats in cups

That too.

Sorry, I can't understand you.  Words have no meaning.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#25
March 09, 2009, 02:53:59 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:05:34 AM
I just don't feel the need to discuss my spirituality publicly.

And if something came over me to do so on a board full of asshats it would be ridiculous to think that they would suddenly take their hat off and hold their bowels.

Yeah, sort of like how it would be ridiculous to bring up being bisexual or polyamorous in a social group full of narrow-minded Fundies.

Right?
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

OPTIMUS PINECONE

#26
March 09, 2009, 02:56:25 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:26:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 09, 2009, 01:15:25 AM
Quote from: Anomalous on March 09, 2009, 01:05:34 AM
I just don't feel the need to discuss my spirituality publicly.

And if something came over me to do so on a board full of asshats it would be ridiculous to think that they would suddenly take their hat off and hold their bowels.



If one doesn't like something made with intent then it's called propaganda, evangelism, or artless.

If one does like something made with intent then it's called information, education, or art.

Sure.  I mean, if words don't mean anything.

People mean things. Words are arbitrary symbols of sounds.




    I disagree. Tha last thing which words, symbols or sounds may be is, arbitrary.
"Sincere thought, real free thought, ready, in the name of superhuman authority or of humble common sense, to question the basis of what is officially taught and generally accepted, is less and less likely to thrive. It is, we repeat, by far easier to enslave a literate people than an illiterate one, strange as this may seem at first sight. And the enslavement is more likely to be lasting."   -Savitri Devi

     "Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are"   -Oswald Mosley

The Good Reverend Roger

#27
March 09, 2009, 02:59:38 AM
Quote from: OPTIMUS PINECONE on March 09, 2009, 02:56:25 AM
I disagree. Tha last thing which words, symbols or sounds may be is, arbitrary.

Unless you want to "prove" some mushy-headed crap, of course.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

OPTIMUS PINECONE

#28
March 09, 2009, 03:07:56 AM
mushy headed crap + schwartz is giving me dirty thoughts
"Sincere thought, real free thought, ready, in the name of superhuman authority or of humble common sense, to question the basis of what is officially taught and generally accepted, is less and less likely to thrive. It is, we repeat, by far easier to enslave a literate people than an illiterate one, strange as this may seem at first sight. And the enslavement is more likely to be lasting."   -Savitri Devi

     "Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are"   -Oswald Mosley

The Good Reverend Roger

#29
March 09, 2009, 03:12:16 AM
Quote from: OPTIMUS PINECONE on March 09, 2009, 03:07:56 AM
mushy headed crap + schwartz is giving me dirty thoughts

wut
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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