So V and I were in school today, on the same day, no small feat mind you. And after a few hours of shooting the breeze, as going to class is out of the question, we decided to walk about the campus. We ended up in the school book store and were looking at the collection up for sale. While browsing we were discussing, reading, literature, future plans, classic books etc... This is when V finds a most excellent discovery, a moderately sized yellow cover book rightly titled "God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything". Immediately both of us were in awe and great joy over the find. V did not have enough cash to purchase the book and there was only one copy, fearing the worse to wait I decided to buy it. While checking to see if I had enough money I took my wallet out and placed it on a shelf as I counted my cheddar. I eventually purchased the book and we read excerpts and a few quotes of it while awaiting for noon to come around so we could go home.
V read it on the bus ride home while I listed to music, upon arriving at the stop I realized I no longer had my wallet and had lost it. Panic set in, I had no money in it as I always keep 90% of my cash in a separate pocket just in case something like this happens or I get robbed. But still I have all of my identification and other significant items in my wallet. As I got home I realized I must have left it on the store shelf when I was counting my money to buy the book.
It then set in the irony, almost as if I had received a divine bitch slap for my blasphemy both proving the title of the book correct and making the concept of divine intervention more ambiguous. How funny that I should lose a very significant and precious item, my wallet, while in the process of purchasing a book denouncing religion. The very fact that this book is based on religion proves that religion distracted me and caused me indirectly to lose my wallet. Hence metaphorically poisoning my purchase, and therefore proving the title of "how religion poisons everything".
When I got home I called the store and to my great relief the guy there told me that my wallet had been found and was up at the Information Desk and that I could claim it anytime. And so my fellow members that is the story of how Socks came this close to getting preverbially fucked in the ass sideways by Jesus, yet again.
Here is my precious...
(http://i31.tinypic.com/5nsd3.png)
God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_not_Great)
Who found your wallet?
Quote from: JMV on April 07, 2008, 11:17:44 AM
Who found your wallet?
One of the store employees while fixing the books, she then turned it in to the Information Center (Lost and Found).
I was wondering why you walked backed to the bus. befuddlement
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins is the best of those sort of books, if you're looking to read one. I think it's more fun to read books that try to prove Christianity, though.
Quote from: Snorkel on April 07, 2008, 04:02:25 PM
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins is the best of those sort of books, if you're looking to read one. I think it's more fun to read books that try to prove Christianity, though.
Thanks I'll check it out sometimes, and I can imagine they would be fun but my IQ would most likely go down instead of up after reading it so I shall refrain from such an exercise in stupidity.
Quote from: Socks on April 07, 2008, 04:05:04 PM
Thanks I'll check it out sometimes, and I can imagine they would be fun but my IQ would most likely go down instead of up after reading it so I shall refrain from such an exercise in stupidity.
and futility
Sometimes I wonder when the first inspiration for the existence of an omnipotent being occurred.. befuddlement
Quote from: Rycerz on April 07, 2008, 04:07:56 PM
Sometimes I wonder when the first inspiration for the existence of an omnipotent being occurred.. befuddlement
that damned superman! he's everywhere! baddood;
Quote from: Socks on April 07, 2008, 04:05:04 PM
Thanks I'll check it out sometimes, and I can imagine they would be fun but my IQ would most likely go down instead of up after reading it so I shall refrain from such an exercise in stupidity.
it'll go down either way, all of those books are like listening to kids argue for a piece of candy or something
if you want to get some smart, read
The Fabric of The Cosmos by Brian Greene or something
Quote from: Snorkel on April 07, 2008, 04:08:59 PM
if you want to get some smart, read The Fabric of The Cosmos by Brian Greene or something
smart in the sense that you'll have a vague idea of what string theory et al. is but not understand the implications of it
well okay that's true for string theorists already but whatever
also, it doesn't make you smart doodthing;
Quote from: Commodore Guff on April 07, 2008, 04:15:27 PM
smart in the sense that you'll have a vague idea of what string theory et al. is but not understand the implications of it
well okay that's true for string theorists already but whatever
also, it doesn't make you smart doodthing;
"get some smart" as in obtain knowledge
Quote from: Snorkel on April 07, 2008, 04:08:59 PM
if you want to get some smart, read The Fabric of The Cosmos by Brian Greene or something
I've already seen (his) the NOVA two hour special on String Theory so I'd rather finish reading a
Brief History of Time by Hawking first.
Quote from: JMV on April 07, 2008, 04:16:48 PM
clucky et al. doodella;
wow thanks for making the connection between a commonly used latin phrase and a user's name good job there jamie valentine
Quote from: V on April 07, 2008, 04:16:23 PM
"get some smart" as in obtain knowledge
the depth of such knowledge is dubious
Quote from: Commodore Guff on April 07, 2008, 04:25:13 PM
wow thanks for making the connection between a commonly used latin phrase and a user's name good job there jamie valentine
james valente you baldhead
Quote from: JMV on April 07, 2008, 04:29:04 PM
james valente you baldhead
Can I still call you Jimmy V?
Quote from: JMV on April 07, 2008, 04:29:04 PM
james valente you baldhead
jamie jamie you so lamey
And I could have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling bookstore clerks. baddood;
Quote from: JMV on April 07, 2008, 04:30:41 PM
did yao befor
In my head yes, you're a cute little red puppy named Jimmy V there.
im a puppy in bed with clucky too but i don't tell everyone that baddood;
Quote from: JMV on April 07, 2008, 04:34:28 PM
im a puppy in bed with clucky too but i don't tell everyone that
When ever we were in bed she always told me you were little garden snake, this true?
(http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2004/11/16/juvenile-ringneck-snake-on-hand.jpg)
Quote from: Socks on April 07, 2008, 04:37:28 PM
When ever we were in bed she always told me you were little garden snake, this true?
(http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2004/11/16/juvenile-ringneck-snake-on-hand.jpg)
only on a scale that would make her analogous to a cheerio.
Quote from: JMV on April 07, 2008, 04:39:15 PM
only on a scale that would make her analogous to a cheerio.
Honey Glazed Nuts?
Quote from: JMV on April 07, 2008, 04:40:57 PM
jmv nut glazed.
Does she eat them for breakfast?
Quote from: Commodore Guff on April 07, 2008, 04:25:13 PM
depth of such knowledge is dubious
so it's better for someone to ignore it because they'll never know everything about it, rather than attempt to learn even the simplest thing about it?
it's not even about learning the equations and scientific theories; I made the suggestion in the first place because things like quantum mechanics offer a more meaningful chance of understanding reality than any book about religion ever could.
definitely not saying that complicated science is the only way to understand the cosmos, though
Quote from: Snorkel on April 07, 2008, 05:07:15 PM
so it's better for someone to ignore it because they'll never know everything about it, rather than attempt to learn even the simplest thing about it?
no, it's better for people to not assume that they'll be smartified by reading such a book
this is made all the more evident by your numerous statements in the past regarding such sciences
particularly, this (http://boyah.net/forums/index.php/topic,19591.0.html)
Quote from: Snorkel on April 07, 2008, 05:07:15 PM
it's not even about learning the equations and scientific theories;
okay, but i wasn't aware that was a point of contention
Quote from: Snorkel on April 07, 2008, 05:07:15 PM
I made the suggestion in the first place because things like quantum mechanics offer a more meaningful chance of understanding reality than any book about religion ever could.
that's odd
i understand reality by my perception of it
i guess i've been doing it wrong this whole time doodthing;
Reality is subjective.
Beauty is objective.
Am I the only Christian here? baddood;
Quote from: Snorkel on April 07, 2008, 04:02:25 PM
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins is the best of those sort of books, if you're looking to read one. I think it's more fun to read books that try to prove Christianity, though.
Nah, the Bilble's kinda dull
Quote from: Bushybrow on April 07, 2008, 06:05:28 PM
Am I the only Christian here? baddood;
Nope. I'm one.
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on April 07, 2008, 06:08:59 PM
Nah, the Bilble's kinda dullNope. I'm one.
*phew* That's a relief
Wait, I missed 2 Christians? baddood;
SNIFF THEM OUT AND PUT THEM ON THE TRAINS
Quote from: Commodore Guff on April 07, 2008, 05:14:04 PM
no, it's better for people to not assume that they'll be smartified by reading such a book
I never said anyone "gets smarter", but knowing and understanding different things necessarily broadens one's ability to consider and evaluate perspectives, which is for the most part the objective of formal schooling
Quotethis is made all the more evident by your numerous statements in the past regarding such sciences
particularly, this (http://boyah.net/forums/index.php/topic,19591.0.html)
I don't get what you're accusing me of; I've never claimed to be a neurologist or God, and it seems like you're accusing me of reading the back of a book and then thinking I know everything about something; if I had to write my own metaphorical novella on that subject I could based on the material I've studied, but I'm not going to do that just to show Boyah (instead I chose to briefly outline what I was talking about in a couple paragraphs). Do you get what I'm saying?
I'm still not claiming to be anything but a curious scholar, and I still don't really understand what you're taking offense to here
okay, but i wasn't aware that was a point of contentionthat's odd
Quote
i understand reality by my perception of it
i guess i've been doing it wrong this whole time doodthing;
Well if you'd like to keep doing that then I'm not going to stop you, but the topic of the thread was about books arguing the invalidity of religion, which is necessarily something trying to dissuade people of their worldview (or persuade, I suppose).
ur going 2 helll
wait what
v went to milk bag land?
Quote from: Van De Kamp on April 07, 2008, 09:15:37 PM
ur going 2 helll
Are you coming with me or am I going to have all the fun?