Well, just a minor point, faith in God is faith in the supernatural. FFS, are there supernatural bridges?
There’s a growing stream of evangelical thought which considers the delineation between natural and supernatural as alien the the worldviews of the Old and New Testaments. I find it quite compelling but I still struggle not to think is those categories.
On the other hand, so is heliocentrism alien to the Old and New Testaments. Indeed it is contraindicated. I do not for that reason eschew it.
If you like, but it’s not really a fair comparison.
Thank you for your interesting, but possibly (to this thread) irrelevant post.
May I suggest (seriously) that the subject to which you refer might be suitable for another thread, perhaps in the less troll-infested realms of Purgatory? You are far more likely to be able to discuss it sensibly there!
Apologies if you have already raised it, and I haven't noticed. As I am not at present certain as to whether I objectively exist, or not, my head (should it exist) is a bit muddled.
All of this very interesting discussion reminds me of an incident that happened to me over lunch. The talking dog was sharing a lovely and very interesting fruitcake with me.
I was thinking of my next response on this thread and absent mindedly reached over to pick up a slice of cake. Only instead of the cake, I actually was holding the talking dog's tongue which was wrapped around the last piece of cake.
The talking dog said something which I didn't understand, but I was determined to have that piece of cake. Fair is fair, after all.
After some moments of grappling, the talking dog finally withdrew his tongue, which had gone a funny colour by this stage due to the tight grip I had in his tongue.
I then took great delight in eating that interesting slice of cake - of course made considerably more interesting by the talking dog's tongue - in front of my friend.
Who then inexplicably and without any warning decided to bite my leg.
Well, just a minor point, faith in God is faith in the supernatural. FFS, are there supernatural bridges?
There’s a growing stream of evangelical thought which considers the delineation between natural and supernatural as alien the the worldviews of the Old and New Testaments. I find it quite compelling but I still struggle not to think is those categories.
On the other hand, so is heliocentrism alien to the Old and New Testaments. Indeed it is contraindicated. I do not for that reason eschew it.
If you like, but it’s not really a fair comparison.
Thank you for your interesting, but possibly (to this thread) irrelevant post.
May I suggest (seriously) that the subject to which you refer might be suitable for another thread, perhaps in the less troll-infested realms of Purgatory? You are far more likely to be able to discuss it sensibly there!
You may suggest it, yes. As to whether it’s appropriate for you do so on the basis of your stated reasons, I shall not deem to judge. That’ll be down our esteemed hosts to decide, if indeed you turn out to be more than a figment of your own imagination. Cheers.
Thank you for a most interesting story, but I am afraid that I do not believe in the existence of your leg, and require objective evidence.
IJ
Thank you for this most interesting thought - you are quite right. I cannot objectively prove the existence of my leg any more than the talking dog, the ambulance, the hospital, the medical staff or any of the universe of which these things are a part.
Meanwhile I'd just like to say that I had a most interesting discussion in Starbucks about the existence of coffee and whether the monetary system is an objective fact. I now have an opportunity a week on Monday to discuss with a magistrate whether the legal system does in fact exist - and I look forward to seeing what evidence he has that he does indeed have the powers to imprison me and that those alleged places where my freedom can be restrained do actually exist.
Well, just a minor point, faith in God is faith in the supernatural. FFS, are there supernatural bridges?
There’s a growing stream of evangelical thought which considers the delineation between natural and supernatural as alien the the worldviews of the Old and New Testaments. I find it quite compelling but I still struggle not to think is those categories.
On the other hand, so is heliocentrism alien to the Old and New Testaments. Indeed it is contraindicated. I do not for that reason eschew it.
If you like, but it’s not really a fair comparison.
Thank you for your interesting, but possibly (to this thread) irrelevant post.
May I suggest (seriously) that the subject to which you refer might be suitable for another thread, perhaps in the less troll-infested realms of Purgatory? You are far more likely to be able to discuss it sensibly there!
You may suggest it, yes. As to whether it’s appropriate for you do so on the basis of your stated reasons, I shall not deem to judge. That’ll be down our esteemed hosts to decide, if indeed you turn out to be more than a figment of your own imagination. Cheers.
What a fascinating thought. How does something that doesn't exist have an imagination, and if it does have that imagination how can itself be a figment of it?
Please provide objective evidence of any thought processes you might have had by providing a link to a peer reviewed study written by you in the last five years.
Dear mr cheesy, I am so sorry to hear of your nevertheless interesting story regarding Starbucks (which, I confess, I had always considered as being a figment of someone's fevered imagination).
I do hope that the possibly existent magistrate, and penal system, turn out to be non-existent, and that your continued peaceful existence (if such exists) is preserved.
I would point out to our interesting colleague, magnilo, that my suggestion of a Purgatory thread was, in fact, as I said, serious. This characteristic contrasts strongly, it would objectively appear, with everything else on this thread (which seems to be, subjectively, and at the present moment, singularly free of Trolls).
Well, just a minor point, faith in God is faith in the supernatural. FFS, are there supernatural bridges?
There’s a growing stream of evangelical thought which considers the delineation between natural and supernatural as alien the the worldviews of the Old and New Testaments. I find it quite compelling but I still struggle not to think is those categories.
On the other hand, so is heliocentrism alien to the Old and New Testaments. Indeed it is contraindicated. I do not for that reason eschew it.
If you like, but it’s not really a fair comparison.
Thank you for your interesting, but possibly (to this thread) irrelevant post.
May I suggest (seriously) that the subject to which you refer might be suitable for another thread, perhaps in the less troll-infested realms of Purgatory? You are far more likely to be able to discuss it sensibly there!
You may suggest it, yes. As to whether it’s appropriate for you do so on the basis of your stated reasons, I shall not deem to judge. That’ll be down our esteemed hosts to decide, if indeed you turn out to be more than a figment of your own imagination. Cheers.
What a fascinating thought. How does something that doesn't exist have an imagination, and if it does have that imagination how can itself be a figment of it?
Please provide objective evidence of any thought processes you might have had by providing a link to a peer reviewed study written by you in the last five years.
Now I’m genuinely intrigued. Why would you assume, without any objective evidence, that Bishop’s Finger has anything as intangible as an imagination?
Well, just a minor point, faith in God is faith in the supernatural. FFS, are there supernatural bridges?
There’s a growing stream of evangelical thought which considers the delineation between natural and supernatural as alien the the worldviews of the Old and New Testaments. I find it quite compelling but I still struggle not to think is those categories.
On the other hand, so is heliocentrism alien to the Old and New Testaments. Indeed it is contraindicated. I do not for that reason eschew it.
If you like, but it’s not really a fair comparison.
It's the one that came to mind. I doubt not but that could rattle off a dozen more with just a moment's thought.
What an intriguing interestedness you display (or should that be interesting intrigueness?).
I should have thought that my interesting and imaginative (if occasionally tedious) posts would have provided some evidence, at least, of an imagination with a tangible and, indeed, objective existence.
O how I wish SusanDoris would condescend to return to this thread, to help us see our way clearly and objectively through the Slough of Despond into which we appear (subjectively) to have strayed? But perhaps it is sleepy-time in Troll-Land....
Well, just a minor point, faith in God is faith in the supernatural. FFS, are there supernatural bridges?
There’s a growing stream of evangelical thought which considers the delineation between natural and supernatural as alien the the worldviews of the Old and New Testaments. I find it quite compelling but I still struggle not to think is those categories.
On the other hand, so is heliocentrism alien to the Old and New Testaments. Indeed it is contraindicated. I do not for that reason eschew it.
If you like, but it’s not really a fair comparison.
It's the one that came to mind. I doubt not but that I could rattle off a dozen more with just a moment's thought.
A dozen more unfair comparisons? Impressive. Rattle away. On second thoughts, don’t bother yourself.
Well, just a minor point, faith in God is faith in the supernatural. FFS, are there supernatural bridges?
There’s a growing stream of evangelical thought which considers the delineation between natural and supernatural as alien the the worldviews of the Old and New Testaments. I find it quite compelling but I still struggle not to think is those categories.
On the other hand, so is heliocentrism alien to the Old and New Testaments. Indeed it is contraindicated. I do not for that reason eschew it.
If you like, but it’s not really a fair comparison.
It's the one that came to mind. I doubt not but that I could rattle off a dozen more with just a moment's thought.
A dozen more unfair comparisons? Impressive. Rattle away. On second thoughts, don’t bother yourself.
Woo there sailor. As wonderful and as interesting as your posts have been hitherto, you are in danger of steering towards the Isle of Dicks. Don't go there.
Well, just a minor point, faith in God is faith in the supernatural. FFS, are there supernatural bridges?
There’s a growing stream of evangelical thought which considers the delineation between natural and supernatural as alien the the worldviews of the Old and New Testaments. I find it quite compelling but I still struggle not to think is those categories.
On the other hand, so is heliocentrism alien to the Old and New Testaments. Indeed it is contraindicated. I do not for that reason eschew it.
If you like, but it’s not really a fair comparison.
It's the one that came to mind. I doubt not but that I could rattle off a dozen more with just a moment's thought.
A dozen more unfair comparisons? Impressive. Rattle away. On second thoughts, don’t bother yourself.
Well, just a minor point, faith in God is faith in the supernatural. FFS, are there supernatural bridges?
There’s a growing stream of evangelical thought which considers the delineation between natural and supernatural as alien the the worldviews of the Old and New Testaments. I find it quite compelling but I still struggle not to think is those categories.
On the other hand, so is heliocentrism alien to the Old and New Testaments. Indeed it is contraindicated. I do not for that reason eschew it.
If you like, but it’s not really a fair comparison.
It's the one that came to mind. I doubt not but that I could rattle off a dozen more with just a moment's thought.
A dozen more unfair comparisons? Impressive. Rattle away. On second thoughts, don’t bother yourself.
Woo there sailor. As wonderful and as interesting as your posts have been hitherto, you are in danger of steering towards the Isle of Dicks. Don't go there.
Thanks for the advice. The Isle of Dicks is surrounded by the shallows of Mousethief. *Updates map*
Oh god, we've got a weight-throwing noob. Well this thread could take on a whole new life as this jerkoff tries to prove he can play with the big boys.
Oh god, we've got a weight-throwing noob. Well this thread could take on a whole new life as this jerkoff tries to prove he can play with the big boys.
Someone tie me to the mast. I’m clearly in mild peril.
Oh god, we've got a weight-throwing noob. Well this thread could take on a whole new life as this jerkoff tries to prove he can play with the big boys.
Someone tie me to the mast. I’m clearly in mild peril.
Well, our judges seem pretty consistent on this one. 3.4, 4.1, 3.7, and a 9.8 from the Russian judge.
Park the car at the side of the road
You should know
Time's tide will smother you
And I will too
When you laugh about people who feel so
Very lonely
Their only desire is to die
Well, I'm afraid
It doesn't make me smile
I wish I could laugh
Oh god, we've got a weight-throwing noob. Well this thread could take on a whole new life as this jerkoff tries to prove he can play with the big boys.
Park the car at the side of the road
You should know
Time's tide will smother you
And I will too
When you laugh about people who feel so
Very lonely
Their only desire is to die
Well, I'm afraid
It doesn't make me smile
I wish I could laugh
Well, our judges seem pretty consistent on this one. 3.4, 4.1, 3.7, and a 9.8 from the Russian judge.
Park the car at the side of the road
You should know
Time's tide will smother you
And I will too
When you laugh about people who feel so
Very lonely
Their only desire is to die
Well, I'm afraid
It doesn't make me smile
I wish I could laugh
Very interesting, and thank you for that.
Do you think that perhaps you might be on the Wrong Thread?
Comments
Thank you for your interesting, but possibly (to this thread) irrelevant post.
May I suggest (seriously) that the subject to which you refer might be suitable for another thread, perhaps in the less troll-infested realms of Purgatory? You are far more likely to be able to discuss it sensibly there!
Apologies if you have already raised it, and I haven't noticed. As I am not at present certain as to whether I objectively exist, or not, my head (should it exist) is a bit muddled.
IJ
I was thinking of my next response on this thread and absent mindedly reached over to pick up a slice of cake. Only instead of the cake, I actually was holding the talking dog's tongue which was wrapped around the last piece of cake.
The talking dog said something which I didn't understand, but I was determined to have that piece of cake. Fair is fair, after all.
After some moments of grappling, the talking dog finally withdrew his tongue, which had gone a funny colour by this stage due to the tight grip I had in his tongue.
I then took great delight in eating that interesting slice of cake - of course made considerably more interesting by the talking dog's tongue - in front of my friend.
Who then inexplicably and without any warning decided to bite my leg.
Which was most interesting.
However, without any such evidence, I am prepared to accept that you might possibly eat fruitcake, given that you have an obvious interest in cheese.
Which empirical evidence shows goes down well with such cake.
IJ
Thank you for this most interesting thought - you are quite right. I cannot objectively prove the existence of my leg any more than the talking dog, the ambulance, the hospital, the medical staff or any of the universe of which these things are a part.
Meanwhile I'd just like to say that I had a most interesting discussion in Starbucks about the existence of coffee and whether the monetary system is an objective fact. I now have an opportunity a week on Monday to discuss with a magistrate whether the legal system does in fact exist - and I look forward to seeing what evidence he has that he does indeed have the powers to imprison me and that those alleged places where my freedom can be restrained do actually exist.
Interesting times!
What a fascinating thought. How does something that doesn't exist have an imagination, and if it does have that imagination how can itself be a figment of it?
Please provide objective evidence of any thought processes you might have had by providing a link to a peer reviewed study written by you in the last five years.
I do hope that the possibly existent magistrate, and penal system, turn out to be non-existent, and that your continued peaceful existence (if such exists) is preserved.
I would point out to our interesting colleague, magnilo, that my suggestion of a Purgatory thread was, in fact, as I said, serious. This characteristic contrasts strongly, it would objectively appear, with everything else on this thread (which seems to be, subjectively, and at the present moment, singularly free of Trolls).
IJ
It's the one that came to mind. I doubt not but that could rattle off a dozen more with just a moment's thought.
I should have thought that my interesting and imaginative (if occasionally tedious) posts would have provided some evidence, at least, of an imagination with a tangible and, indeed, objective existence.
O how I wish SusanDoris would condescend to return to this thread, to help us see our way clearly and objectively through the Slough of Despond into which we appear (subjectively) to have strayed? But perhaps it is sleepy-time in Troll-Land....
IJ
Woo there sailor. As wonderful and as interesting as your posts have been hitherto, you are in danger of steering towards the Isle of Dicks. Don't go there.
Is English your first language?
I don't - it's been going on for far too long and whenever it shows of dying, she comes back and there's another avalanche.
GREAT peril...
That is, if s/he exists.
IJ
Well, our judges seem pretty consistent on this one. 3.4, 4.1, 3.7, and a 9.8 from the Russian judge.
I must go up the hill to the shop now, having run out of peanuts.
IJ
You should know
Time's tide will smother you
And I will too
When you laugh about people who feel so
Very lonely
Their only desire is to die
Well, I'm afraid
It doesn't make me smile
I wish I could laugh
Ye gods, someone shoot me.
Well, our judges seem pretty consistent on this one. 3.4, 4.1, 3.7, and a 9.8 from the Russian judge.
Very interesting, and thank you for that.
Do you think that perhaps you might be on the Wrong Thread?
IJ
Or if we do.
IJ
Weather happens surely. Can something as complex and ever-changing as weather ever be said to exist?
Because Ikea meatballs are hell. Because this thread needs meatballs and death metal.
Sartre wouldn’t have said that had he spent less time with Simone deBeauvoir.
Well, our judges seem pretty consistent on this one. 3.4, 4.1, 3.7, and a 9.8 from the Russian judge.
And so you do it to others because...?
IJ
Oh, surely you can come up with something cleverer than that.
Well, our judges seem pretty consistent on this one. 3.4, 4.1, 3.7, and a 9.8 from the Russian judge.
Well, our judges seem pretty consistent on this one. 3.4, 4.1, 3.7, and a 9.8 from the Russian judge.
Well, our judges seem pretty consistent on this one. 3.4, 4.1, 3.7, and a 9.8 from the Russian judge.