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On the other hand, seeing how LQ reacted, seems it works at least for the purpose of inciting polarization.

I think italics now indicates sarcasm.  Or a reference, or something.

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=23598.0

Im not good at it, but at least im trying.

Maybe because its the wrong target audience, but i gotta practice somewhere.

Your Heart Has Just Stopped.

Lol, yeah righ-gañkldddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhuuuuunngggghhh

We are psycho-somatic beings... the mind can affect the body functions, just as the body can affect the minds function...

And although one shouldnt rely on psychological will to cure cancer, it sure can help in a matter of degree.

In other words, if you psychically give up on life, it WILL affect your immune system; the percentage that this affects the condition, do, is very variable, and i think, unmeasurable in a quantitative scale.

Has anybody added argumentative smart-ass hairsplitters and nitpickers to the list of people who believe in magic (or at any rate believe in a certain specific and limited sense provided that there's an argument to be had by doing so)? Because i fall into that category.

Many practices which are commonly labeled as "magic" actually DO work, albeit not necessarily by the supernatural means that the sorceror claims them to work by. For example, it is a widely accepted fact that a Voodoo Curse CAN indeed kill you (provided that you sincerely believe that it can kill you). The actual mechanism by which death is caused, however, is not the intervention of vengeful spirits, but rather through psychological manipulation of the victim, resulting a combination of illness induced by the physiological symptoms of extreme stress and potentially self-destructive changes in emotion and behavior.
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_death and http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/full/92/10/1593)

THAT IS NOT MAGIC

THAT IS BEING A GULLIBLE NOOB

AND IF BEING A GULLIBLE NOOB MAKES YOU A DEAD NOOB

GOOD

I think JohNyx may be my favorite new poster of 2009.

Ive learned to appreciate you too.

Not that I don't hate you or anything, it's just that I hate all the other new users so much more.

What do you mean? You dont think the pinealism brought forth by our newcomer brethen brings new life to the forum? It has taught me so many things i couldnt had come up on my own.

Has anybody added argumentative smart-ass hairsplitters and nitpickers to the list of people who believe in magic (or at any rate believe in a certain specific and limited sense provided that there's an argument to be had by doing so)? Because i fall into that category.

Many practices which are commonly labeled as "magic" actually DO work, albeit not necessarily by the supernatural means that the sorceror claims them to work by. For example, it is a widely accepted fact that a Voodoo Curse CAN indeed kill you (provided that you sincerely believe that it can kill you). The actual mechanism by which death is caused, however, is not the intervention of vengeful spirits, but rather through psychological manipulation of the victim, resulting a combination of illness induced by the physiological symptoms of extreme stress and potentially self-destructive changes in emotion and behavior.
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_death and http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/full/92/10/1593)

THAT IS NOT MAGIC

THAT IS BEING A GULLIBLE NOOB

AND IF BEING A GULLIBLE NOOB MAKES YOU A DEAD NOOB

GOOD

I think JohNyx may be my favorite new poster of 2009.

Ive learned to appreciate you too.

all the candles I have are orange and smell like pumpkin pie. Will that work? I only have three.
Also, sea-salt, kosher, what?

                                           DID YOU SUMMON ME, MORTAL??!
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I actually formulated a law about that.

"On any Pagan board, the hotness of a woman's avatar is inversely proportional to the hotness of the actual woman."
- Roger's Third Law of Paganism.

for the men:

"A male pagan's commitment to paganism is directly proportional to their conservativism."
- Roger's Fourth Law of Paganism.

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I can agree on the 3rd law, but i dont have empirical evidence to agree with you on the 4th one... it kind of seems counterintuitive to me... dw, ill take your word for it.

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When you're done, there's more.

Theres always sinners, but never enough saviours.

                                   FOR A LIMITED TIME OFFER ONLY,
                                   I GIVE MY SERVICES TO ANYONE
                                   THAT LIGHTS 10 BLACK CANDLES
                                   AND MAKES INCANTATIONS NAKED
                                   WITHIN A SALT PENTAGRAM!!!
                                   /
                                  /
                                 /

                                     Hey, if you die of cancer
                                   serves you well,                               
                                    for you didnt pray hard enough
                                    and didnt have faith
                                   /
                                   /

                                    WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE
                                     OF COLLECTIVE HYSTERIA
                                   WE CAN SUMMON YOGSOTHOTH HIMSELF
                                    NOW START SUCKING, APPRENTICE
                                     /
                                   /

Has anybody added argumentative smart-ass hairsplitters and nitpickers to the list of people who believe in magic (or at any rate believe in a certain specific and limited sense provided that there's an argument to be had by doing so)? Because i fall into that category.

Many practices which are commonly labeled as "magic" actually DO work, albeit not necessarily by the supernatural means that the sorceror claims them to work by. For example, it is a widely accepted fact that a Voodoo Curse CAN indeed kill you (provided that you sincerely believe that it can kill you). The actual mechanism by which death is caused, however, is not the intervention of vengeful spirits, but rather through psychological manipulation of the victim, resulting a combination of illness induced by the physiological symptoms of extreme stress and potentially self-destructive changes in emotion and behavior.
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_death and http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/full/92/10/1593)

THAT IS NOT MAGIC

THAT IS BEING A GULLIBLE NOOB

AND IF BEING A GULLIBLE NOOB MAKES YOU A DEAD NOOB

GOOD

                                       WITH ENOUGH CONCENTRATION
                                       AND THIS MAGICAL INCHANTED GLOVE
                                       I CAN MAKE THIS INSTRUMENT FLOAT !!!
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OH HARRY, IF ONLY MY SIGILS WERE POWERFUL ENOUGH, WE COULD BE TOGETHER