If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

Thanks, Tribble. Yeah, that was great Matt. The History Channel has a new show, Bible Secrets Revealed which touches on a lot of these subjects: http://www.history.com/shows/bible-secrets-revealed In all honesty, I am kind of surprised that the History Channel can even get away with this shit consi...

Brive1987 wrote:Mykeru, I'm fine they weren't in underware or barefoot. In fact one source mentioned it was slightly odd they had taken any clothes off at all given it was -14(?)

If you've got some form of shelter, you stay warmer using your outer garments as bedding instead of wearing them to bed.

The problem with something that has gotten the popular imagination and so everyone and their uncle, some of whom have only had a cursory glance at the source material, is that things just get repeated when they have no basis. Compounded by the Ancient Alien types who want extra weird details to be ...

The Dyatlov group wasn't in their "underwear". They had taken off their outwear, that is, coats and boots, which they used for flooring. They had on underwear, shirts, sweaters, and all that. Those that were nearly naked, like Doreshenko and Krovonishenko at the cedars were obviously stripped of cl...

It all makes sense when you think of women as interior lighting.

Say, have you read Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Nativity, But They Were Afraid to Tell You Yep, it's very good and pretty comprehensive, but it misses one vital thing about the census. When Herod the Great died, his kingdom was divided between three of his sons, Herod Archilaus (J...

iirc, he was a gay man, and they married to save on rent. (He took up residence inside a fold of Dworkin's mu-mu.) Sex seems heavily implied from these "love of my life" and "live together and love each other and are each other's life partner" bits. Sure, they both claim to be gay, but c'mon, how d...

Thanks, Tribble.

Not to belabor the issue (much), but I think that that is still sort of missing the point, i.e., that your original comment was based on some pejorative connotations to the word, that somehow taking money for sexual services is way-beyond the pale. An attitude, one might argue, that contributes to ...

The craziest thing about anti-sex feminism is where they end up. Dworkin made a career of saying heterosexual sex was evil and bad, and she ended up in a heterosexual relationship in a man while still claiming she was a lesbian. She married a man and presumably had sex with him regularly. But oh, s...

... the solution involves human psychology as much as physical evidence. If you read the work on "woodshock" by Lawrence Gonzales, people in these situations often do what seems, in hindsight to be terribly irrational things by people who have a long time to ponder a situation they themselves are n...

... you have a very real possibility that Jesus is the product of a Jewish cult, and that he is a remnant lesser god that may have well have roots much further back than orthodox history suggests. If this is so then the Jesus figure would have undergone transitions anyway, and religion was undergoi...

Thereâ€™s lots more where this came from. Itâ€™s only slightly crazier than the stuff written by Twisty Faster, who is admired by Peezus, but not that much. but like you say, it ain't all that far from Twisty. Except, whereas the witchwinds are lesbians, Twisty is sexually attracted to ranidae .

Some more insanity from witchwind and her commentariat. we do have a fundamental right to kill our torturers, rapists and abusers â€“ especially given that they never stop finding new victims as long as theyâ€™re alive, weâ€™re certainly doing other women a service too, on top of saving our own liv...

I think the gospels are the result of several decades of his followers arguing about what all the stuff he said meant in light of his death.* You can take all kinds of messages from the gospels.... The Jesus Seminar excluded anything that sounded apocalyptic (the world's gonna end soon, so son't wo...

Your breezy overview of the duct tape and rubberband origins of Christianity's superhero is a fine reminder of why "sophisticated" theology is necessary: to divert everyone into the weeds while this stuff lies around in plain sight. But, clinical studies show text links are only slightly less repel...

Between the PIV raep blog and the creepy Dyaltov Pass story, I doubt I'll get much sleep tonight!

<snip> But Jesus didn't write the gospels. Nor do I think he actually claimed to be god or divine. And your source for what Jesus really said is ...? Good point. So we donâ€™t know, as I think you mentioned in that last linked article of yours, precisely what Jesus said, and what was elaborations a...

Steersman wrote:
Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
Jesus H. Christ wrote:I am a god. You can trust me on this one, because I'm a god. So follow me. Or no heaven for you.
But Jesus didn't write the gospels. Nor do I think he actually claimed to be god or divine.

And your source for what Jesus really said is ...?

Incidentally, has anyone seen this craziness? http://witchwind.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/piv-is-always-rape-ok/ I wish it were a Poe. Crazytime. They hate men so very much...to bad they can't go back in time and undo their own conception. That would show those dastardly PIV raping bastard/fathers a ...

Hey -- read my Nativity post! Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Nativity, But They Were Afraid to Tell You http://imaginaryfriendjesus.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/nativity/ It's a deliberate tour de force , and contains lots of little bombs y'all can drop on your believer relatives at xmas...

... a mortal Jesus had many important and sensible insights that are worth promoting.... Name a few. Donâ€™t know for sure, but this seems like a pretty reasonable set of precepts for starters: When asked what the greatest commandment is, Jesus replies: â€˜You shall love your neighbor as yourself" ...

ERV wrote:... why was Poppy picking her ears and nose and wtf? It made me sick.

Vegans need a snack sometimes, too.

Steersman wrote: ... a mortal Jesus had many important and sensible insights that are worth promoting....

Name a few.

Meanwhile: LiveLeak.com Armed robber terrorizes passengers aboard Seattle bus.png http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a13_1387437403 Perp pulls gun, guy grabs gun, other guys tackle perp, women run away, except one who remains in a managerial position. Funny how they wrap him up with a cord, like a rode...

Dick Strawkins wrote:Get ready for the outrage, someone has made a threat of violence in the comments of Rebecca Watsons last Patreon video.

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But Gerald -- if Becca were your sister, all that jacking off you do to her videos would be extra creepy.

As I read your definition initially, it seemed to me that if I applied your definition to a chess computer, it fits the criteria in your definition as having free will. So either I have not understood your definition correctly, or your definition is inadequate. You argued that I have not understood...

Isn't that what got Keith Moon killed?

another lurker wrote:@Matt

I got them myself. 30% off sale!

I am learning to make shoes, however, and I have some ideas.

Make a pair that says "Cunt Kick" and mail them to Ophelia Benson.

But you're ok with "selfish" genes? Get back to me on that after you've had fresh read of The Selfish Gene. Well, that's Gaia Hypothesis, and Gaia is mystical woo. Nuf 'ced. Superficially they may look the same to you, but I think if you were to look a little deeper you'd find there are some substa...

Though She never did confirm whether that was synonymous with "soporific" or not. :think: First word that popped into my head. Uh oh, mind-meld with Steers -- scary! :lol: The phrase "Soporific effect" always reminds me of it's use in Emma Thompson's gritty, brilliant performance in WIT. http://www...

These are mine now, bitches: http://shared.streetammo.dk/d/dedb48b865f8fe2fbc0c97ae274348de_h900w590_crop.jpg Sadly, they do not appear to be a top seller:( The 'fu ck' shoe is nearly sold out, however. Bitches need to lighten up, and embrace the cu nt. Did you get them for yourself, or did they co...

Again, I think you have in mind a connotation for â€œgoal strivingâ€ that I donâ€™t think Kauffman intends to imply or suggest. ... only that individual organized systems exhibit that type of behaviour; only that the tendency for systems to self-organize and to exhibit goal-directed behaviour is u...

Mykeru wrote:You know, somethings missing. Something that would make the last couple day's complete disingenuous posting douche-baggery complete.

I can't quite put my finger on it.

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Oh yeah, that's it.

Don't complain to me, man. I'm officially a troll now.

...I'll never forgive them for what they did to the Sardaukar: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101219051737/dune/images/6/6b/Sardaukar-DuneTV-2000.png In fairness, the Sardaukar were described as "terror troops" and I'd certainly be pretty bloody uneasy if I saw a that lot charging towards ...

I've been there. It's lovely. Great Mexican food too. Back in the day my poor mom was into the "New Age" movement and she told me that a giant crystal was under Sedona, and that there were also only 4 such crystal 'vortexes' in the world, and another one was under the Bermuda Triangle. And that thi...

Actually, he was talking about â€œmolecular arrangementsâ€, presumably collections of molecules. Apropos of which, consider this response to me from Strawkins which looks both like an unfair criticism of self-organization, and evidence of collections of molecules â€œstriving toward goalsâ€: Is "h...

Rebecca is promoting a kickstarter on twitter from her boyfriend and Carrie Poppy. Apparently they are trying to make a documentary about Sedona - some Arizona town that is full of woo-merchants. It sounds a pretty boring premise to sell and it doesn't really look like they are getting too many tak...

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I meant what I said: It's a really shitty way to figure out what's real or not. David Berkowitz' relationship with his neighbor's dog also involved his emotions, beliefs, and other irrational aspects. For I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate. No...

OMG, after years on Panda's Thumb and Pharyngula and UD and WEIT and Dispatches and many other blogs where I have been heavily criticized never, ever has anyone (except for maybe 100 others) been so creative, so clever, so insightful, so witty as to convert heddle to puddle . You are a genius. Your...

Since I'm disinclined to volunteer for the Jesse Powell Games quarter quell, I'm just going to summarize the debate so far: Heddle: The fine-tuning of the universe is a problem for physics. Joe Pitter: In what way? H: It just is. JP: Could you be more specific? H: It's a problem because I say it is....

Not just that one subject, but all other subjects. I live by "reason and reason alone" only when I am doing science. In all other areas of life: religion, relationships, sports, entertainment, etc. I live by some admixture of reason, emotions, beliefs, gut-feelings, instincts, intuition, morals, mo...

welch wrote:
Tony Parsehole wrote:Has anybody realised how the universe seems so finely-tuned for life? What are people's thought on this?
'tis proof REO Speedwagon are indeed God.

I can't imagine life in a universe where heavy metal isn't formed.

You note that your belief is not guided by reason, and as a scientist would surely concede that there can be no scientific proof of God. Why, then, is this one subject -- the existence of God, the veracity of the bible, etc. -- exempt from being determined by reason or evidence? What fundamental pri...

However, it seems that â€œevolutionâ€ itself spans three and a half to four billion years, and encompasses a great number of processes. Wrong. One process, known as natural selection , as put forth by Darwin in 1859. Random variation selected non-randomly by environmental pressures. We now know th...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/pantene-shinestrong-video-makes-us-television-debut-2013-12-19 http://business.time.com/2013/12/17/a-lot-more-people-are-about-to-see-that-pantene-ad-everybody-is-going-crazy-over/ http://i.imgur.com/Mjeh3bo.png They think that's bad? The only employer willing to hi...

Her Mormon Date video was posted to over a dozen subreddits, half of them MRA forums. Some ... some had a take she'd never want to hear: Rebecca Watson is a bigot and humiliator. That's different than the usual cunt-skank-ho-lulz shit she's always too happy to share. If that makes her uncomfortable...

" Life is different from non-life because it generates selves with teleodynamic constraints, molecular arrangements that are for something, have a purpose, point to goals that, if achieved, allow the self to make the crucial natural-selection cut." Looks pretty innocuous to me â€“ all of life quite...

However, when oneâ€™s interlocutor hasnâ€™t provided any subject matter at all in an effort to discount a source one has used then it seems reasonable to ask for that personâ€™s own credentials. I'm wicked smahhht! That's my credentials. You do seem to have a good memory on quite a range of topics....

justinvacula wrote:Russell Blackford to appear on January 11 episode of Brave Hero Radio

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bravehero/ ... -blackford

Damn, Justin -- first Rall, now Blackford? This is almost as impressive as that time I banged Charlize Theron!

Steersman wrote:However, when oneâ€™s interlocutor hasnâ€™t provided any subject matter at all in an effort to discount a source one has used then it seems reasonable to ask for that personâ€™s own credentials.

I'm wicked smahhht! That's my credentials.

Good one, Robbie, but I think Mr. heddle has left the building. Either he realized we were too wily to confuse, or he reached climax. @ CF Bunny -- I love it how believers tell you what's on the mind of God with absolute certainty, but when God's Will doesn't make sense (e.g., orphanage burns down, ...

Matt Cavanaugh wrote: But that inevitably leads to human sacrifice.

Welch wrote:is there a really good orgy first?

The two are combined in a religious rite known as "Pon Farr".

Mykeru wrote:
heddle wrote:
It must be very comforting for you to ascribe non-existent motives to me to fit your stereotype. How very Pharyngula of you.
Yeah, you're done. You just haven't noticed.

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welch wrote:
Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
VickyCaramel wrote:I'd like a religion with plenty of booze and orgies, but without tithing and human sacrifice.
Well, you just converted me, baby.
and if pressed, I could give up the booze.

But that inevitably leads to human sacrifice.

welch wrote:4Chan's funnier.

Actually, so's Chopra.

Chopra's always struck me as the kinda guy you could get with: "You know, you can tell if you're a mental retard if the palm of your hand is wider than your face ...."

With Kauffman, it's more like the bong hit parade. Next time, try citing someone who's not a slinger of semi-mystical tripe. When you can prove that your own C.V. is as impressive as his then Iâ€™ll consider that your dismissal might hold a bit of water. Nuf 'ced #1: " Life is different from non-li...

VickyCaramel wrote:I'd like a religion with plenty of booze and orgies, but without tithing and human sacrifice.

Well, you just converted me, baby.

No, the weak anthropic principle is not a solution or resolution to anything. It can sometimes predict something, and that can be useful, but it can't explain it. The multiverse, if it is indeed beyond the reach of experiment, is equivalent to the weak anthropic principle, but "the constants have t...

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