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Stop getting mad at supernatural stuff
Mayday
Cutting edge goblin techRegistered User regular
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Some of us believe in a religion. Others believe life is a natural accident bereft of objective meaning and our consciousness disintegrates the moment they die. Some believe in a single God, who gives you 40 virgins after you die. Some believe in a single God that is actually three beings that want you to love Hitler. Some believe there may be gods but what really matters is that you shouldn't care about earthly stuff at all and that will free you from all suffering. Others believe there is, like, a shit-ton of gods, man, and fuck if I know what that is all about.
And I guess this gives them a purpose in life, or makes them happier or helps them be better people? I can respect that. In fact, I am one of those people.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS THREAD IS ABOUT!
I've just had a conversation with my aunt. She's been telling me how cats can see ghosts. How children being born these days are a lot more intelligent than the children being born a century ago, because the Aquarius era is nigh. How everybody should switch over to Breatharianism (look it up, it's fun!) because otherwise we will destroy the world with pollution (on that we agree at least). How we re-join the Cosmic Energy (?) after death.
I KNOW I need to stop caring about this, for my own sake. But at the same time, I feel like people walking about, telling this kind of shit are doing more harm to the civilization than Jersey Shore. Do you all agree that this kind of stuff is best ignored? Or should we join James Randi in denouncing frauds? Help me out here.
-But aunt, what are the ghosts that cats see?
-Well, you know how dogs can hear ultrasounds?
-Yeah?
-Well, it's just like that, but they see ghosts instead.
(exact transcript of the conversation)
-So you're saying we don't really need to eat?
-We don't. We can take all the energy we need from the air.
-What about nutrients? We don't need those to build our bodies?
-We can get them from the cosmic energy.
-But aunt, energy is a state of matter or a function of that state!
-It's impossible to explain to you because you have a Carthesian mind.
(exact transcript of the conversation)
And I guess this gives them a purpose in life, or makes them happier or helps them be better people? I can respect that. In fact, I am one of those people.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS THREAD IS ABOUT!
I've just had a conversation with my aunt. She's been telling me how cats can see ghosts. How children being born these days are a lot more intelligent than the children being born a century ago, because the Aquarius era is nigh. How everybody should switch over to Breatharianism (look it up, it's fun!) because otherwise we will destroy the world with pollution (on that we agree at least). How we re-join the Cosmic Energy (?) after death.
I KNOW I need to stop caring about this, for my own sake. But at the same time, I feel like people walking about, telling this kind of shit are doing more harm to the civilization than Jersey Shore. Do you all agree that this kind of stuff is best ignored? Or should we join James Randi in denouncing frauds? Help me out here.
-But aunt, what are the ghosts that cats see?
-Well, you know how dogs can hear ultrasounds?
-Yeah?
-Well, it's just like that, but they see ghosts instead.
(exact transcript of the conversation)
-So you're saying we don't really need to eat?
-We don't. We can take all the energy we need from the air.
-What about nutrients? We don't need those to build our bodies?
-We can get them from the cosmic energy.
-But aunt, energy is a state of matter or a function of that state!
-It's impossible to explain to you because you have a Carthesian mind.
(exact transcript of the conversation)
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Religion being like a penis and all that.
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She must be the Silver Surfer then.
And if the Silver Surfer told me cats can see ghosts, I'd believe him.
What is the relationship between cats and Galactus then? I must know.
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<+Ravenger> you are talking to me
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Galactus only devours planets with beings on them that can see ghosts. He wants to be the only entity in the universe that can see ghosts.
It's like Jet Li's The One, but he's already super powerful, so the next step is to corner the ghost-seeing market. I don't know what the third step is, but the last one is profit.
Because there won't be anyone left but Galactus
Damn, I need to be writing this down.
Mysst: it's just like a parallel economy.
I have to agree here.
Supernatural stuff only bugs me when I'm at work.Never get Werewolves knocking on my door with beers just asswipe poltergeist asking for really thin pastrami .
How else would he be able to steer clear of ghost asteroid belts?
didn't know you hated that show
I'm pretty sure the Grim Reaper likes cats.
Is this the origin of the famous Death Galactus rap feud?
Why I fear the ocean.
The guy snuck out and went down the Burger King and came back to his room with a big bag of burgers and found Randi and his team waiting for him.
His explanation was that he was just going to breathe in the essence of the burgers.
I am not cool with fakers who deliberately lie and try to mislead people
Like, if you believe something stupid and other people go along with it, that's kind of sad, but if you are straight up lying then screw you
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Like tricking Steve Jobs into dying.
Yeah this may sound dumb but I figure if we want to get religious, them god gave us medical advances to help us and not using them is dumb
Sort of a "god helps those" deal
Gregg the Grim Reaper hates the bloody things.
Yeah, it's a fairly common position, that.
I mean, a lot of major scientific and medical advances were made by monks back in the middle ages. Ignoring modern medicine is just being dumb.
Why I fear the ocean.
As for your religious convictions, cool story bro, but you and a lot of people are simply wrong. When people are pointing that out, it's not because they're mad, merely because they see factual inaccuracy and lack of logic in your position. They're just passionate about reason and hope that someday everyone will be as well. Beliefs don't make you immune from other people's scrutiny. It's something you should be aware of every time you open your mouth or click the post thread button.