Jaime Lannister
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Pirates!
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Real low. The justifications even lower.
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Keep whining !@#$. The Mensa kamikaze squad has arrived. Lock up your daughters & your casus bellis
Mensa coming through!
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Two minutes of awesome.
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Hope you stocked up on power armor. Lets have fun now.
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What's this? Unwanted visitors? Hold on let me get my sword...
Honored though that you decided to start things off with us, makes me feel special.
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Isn't it a funny coincidence that so many alliances decided to raise their everyday minimum military requirements at once? Hahahaha
Of course! What else could it be? People get such silly ideas.
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Going through the little collaboration discussion book on Islam by Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz. Though I think the talk they did at Harvard a little while back sums it up well.
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Ehhh, haven't checked what's coming out, I'll probably wait until they end, find out what the successes are. I haven't been that impressed for a few years now, it all seems so repetitive.
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When you said "triggered" I thought you meant something completely different, like feminists being triggered by that eggplant emoji.
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Well, that isn't the only reason. But I'd rather not share those reasons because they're very personal.
That is fine, a personal reason would be much preferable to me then that someone just saying "religion is stoopid" was all it took to change your mind.
Atheism has several aspects which are lumped together. In order of least to potentially most harmful:
1. The belief that nothing brought the universe into existence. This is generally an inward and reflective aspect of Atheism. In other words it's about living your own life in a certain way and doesn't effect anyone else MOST of the time. Unless there's a war and you're a conscientious objector or something.
2. Atheist dogma. This can be harmful if you try to externalise these/impose on others. For example Atheists complete disregard for human life as being nothing more than a random formation of matter and death as a mere rearrangement of matter (which in that case shouldn't matter
) or the fact that pretty much all of Atheism is non-compatible with most of the Shariah Law.3. New Atheism. This is a radical, proselytising, political and fast growing ideology within Atheism that supports believers (which is what they are ironically).
When you look at (3), it is blatantly obvious that this is the greater evil, especially when it supports (2). Saying Atheism is bad because of the atheist regimes of Stalin who killed millions of his own people and Mao Zedong who starved millions to death (to name but two), would be perfectly correct
I had hoped the religious dumped these talking point long ago. Atheists disregard human life? Stalin and Mao acted in the name of atheism? These are so absurd I didn't think it was possible to maintain a straight face while saying.
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*Sighs*
This is one of the reasons why I stopped being an atheist. Their lack of respect to people of religion is just disgusting.
Also, what about the Lluvia de Peces? Who knows, it might be the work of a supernatural being.
P.S.: I do believe in the Big Bang Theory, even if I'm a devout catholic.
Wait, you find that some atheists don't respect people who believe in a religion which you don't like so you decided to start believing in a god yourself? I really don't see how that follows.
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Meh. This community is like !@#$ aids.
Clearly, it has been a disappointment to read through this thread and see all the people acting like a jackass.
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!@#$ can be entertaining but likable? That is pushing it.
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Yep, I do. Though I question your assertion that it promotes women's rights, much of it is rather cliche and has rather conservative views towards the girls in the shows, those that don't involve sci-fi/fantasy that is and even there it is usually the male that takes the "hero" role. There are exceptions of course but just that I think, exceptions. You're still much more likely to get a Kamina from TTGL than a Ryuuko from Kill la Kill. Who didn't even have a love interest, shocker.
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This seems a little less humane than the plot of PsychoPass.
At least here you have to actually commit a crime and not just have a "criminal tendency" or whatever term the anime used.
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If we don't keep drugs illegal who are we going to imprison?
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But does it make it wrong?
Depends on what you mean by wrong. Its wrong factually but not wrong in any moral sense. As long as they aren't forcing these beliefs on anyone else that is. Including their children.
That is true. However, many find comfort in religion because they BELIEVE it is true. It's all about free will, and the right to make your own choices and have your own beliefs.
They certainly have that right though I personally don't really understand the choice. It must be such a bother to have to worry what your personal deity thinks of your every act and thought.
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Haven't played most in a long time but I have II-V along with Alpha Centauri and Call to Power. Most time spent in II and IV I think.
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By that logic, politics shouldn't be accepted either
Religion isn't all negatives, many people actually take comfort in religion, in believing that a higher power exists.
Finding comfort in something doesn't make it true. I'd think that would be more important.
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Well then. Isn't this an interesting move.
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Bernie is certainly the best of who is running at the moment though that isn't hard to accomplish.
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My thoughts on this line up with a blog post Sam Harris made a couple years ago after Newtown, neither rabid opponent or supporter of gun control.
http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-riddle-of-the-gun
We could do many things to ensure that only fully vetted people could get a licensed firearm. The fact that guns in the U.S. can be legally purchased from private sellers without background checks on the buyers (the so-called “gun show loopholeâ€) is terrifying. Getting a gun license could be made as difficult as getting a license to fly an airplane, requiring dozens of hours of training. I would certainly be happy to see policy changes like this. In that respect, I support much stricter gun laws. But I am under no illusions that such restrictions would make it difficult for bad people to acquire guns illegally. Given the level of violence in our society, the ubiquity of guns, and the fact that our penitentiaries function like graduate schools for violent criminals, I think sane, law-abiding people should have access to guns. In that respect, I support the rights of gun owners.This paragraph sums it up rather well I think.
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As much as I support the new federal ruling, I agree that you are not representing his view.
Obviously a libertarian Rand Paul supporter, he is implying that states, being individual communities should decide for themselves. Each state in the US as a federal republic is basically it's own nation, bound together by a treaty called the constitution. Each state is allowed to make it's individual laws.
I think Chickensguy comes into contradiction with other views expressed in other topics here, and I disagree with his ideas in this thread, but I don't think this specific view can be equated to a will to oppress homosexuality.
This may very well be true but I can't help but notice that those who oppose gay marriage justify it with "states rights". As if it gives the argument more weight. Even if he is a supporter of it but thinks states can ban it if they wish, I still find this incredibly obscene. I see no reason why it should be allowed that states be able to strip individuals of equality because local governments have more "rights" than individuals. Especially coming from libertarians who are supposively supporters of personal freedom... except when it just so happens to go against their own opinions. No problem at all outlawing things in that case.
Personally I think government should be out of marriage entirely but since I don't see that ever happening then the marriage contract should be extended to all consenting adults who want to take part.
A Statement from the King's Parliament
in Alliance Affairs
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That's my line!
Good hunting friends, enjoy yourselves out there!