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  1. Drooling over boy in the outdoor store in the commons. Stepmother is not comfy wif dat. :-D #parentsinithaca2009
  2. Can't do anything until we watch Dancing with the Stars. Gag me. #parentsinithaca2009
  3. @goblinbox Hi there! Wasn't following you until just now, so I didn't realize you were joining us! I'm sure there'll be another one. :-p
  4. @vegfarandi @Perspectologist Sorry guys! Retrieving my laundry turned into quite the adventure. But, thanks for the chat!
  5. @Perspectologist What's the value of letting people linger in their complacent ignorance? Ever teach a kid how to swim by throwing them in?
  6. Lesson of the night: nobody is a match for the combined force of myself and @vegfarandi.
  7. @Perspectologist be improved upon with a new system that carries the vestiges of religion? 'Cause that's just pure bullshit, sorry to say.
  8. @Perspectologist Philosophy has already spawned the most cogent way of forming knowledge -- the scientific method. Are you claiming it can
  9. @Perspectologist So you're creating a church solely because w/o them people would be uncomfortable? You just made my argument against God.
  10. @Perspectologist Then why do you think a religion is the way to those truths, when religion has never shown mankind any truths whatsoever?
  11. @Perspectologist I get that, but why does the unknown need to be personified, and why does the unknown need to be the source of creation?
  12. Why do these intense philosophical/religious discussions make me want to fiercely make out with someone?
  13. @Perspectologist Religion is a step backwards in evolving views, towards the mysticism and wonder of cave paintings and ritual dances.
  14. @Perspectologist An institution based on reason and the pursuit of truth can't accept the existence of a being for which we have no evidence
  15. @Perspectologist Atheism is inherently secular, and therefore is not a church. Plenty of belief systems don't qualify as churches. (Racism)
  16. @Perspectologist yourself because its easier and safer. I think @vegfarandi was right to call your God a safety blanket.
  17. @Perspectologist And claiming a God makes it seem like you don't *want* to understand things, you just want to rely on something outside
  18. @Perspectologist Why have a church at all if you're just saying "I don't know." You don't need a God to say "I don't understand things."
  19. @Perspectologist But you're just shifting from a God of the old church to a God of the church of you, which will have flaws as well.
  20. @Perspectologist I don't think divorcing people from God entirely is possible, but I can have chats like this in my sphere of influence.