Atheism, again, etymologically, popularly is specific to gods. I have no idea why anyone would want to make the word worth less via inflating its definition in a way that makes it more confusing and less specific.
Because when people talk about belief, they are not referring to the belief in anything other than something theistic. People don''t say "do you believe in homeopathy" unless they already know that you don't believe in god. So you use the word atheist, meaning that you don't believe in any theism and it thereby implies anything that has some sort of dogma attached to it.
Do you know people who don't believe in god but do believe in astrology, homeopathy and other woo? If so then they are not really atheists they are merely "a-deists." Unfortunately the word isn't accepted or found in any dictionaries but it ought to be there because a non-belief in gods but a belief in other woo doesn't make you an atheist, because all the other woo carries its own forms of theism. Well in my opinion anyway, and I'm sure a lot of people will agree with me on that.
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A Volkswagen Bus exploded outside of my apartment last night. Not, like, a huge explosion, but loud enough that I heard it, saw the orange burst, and ran to my window to see the flames shooting out the engine compartment in the back.
Meth head get careless?
That was my comment when he mentioned it yesterday. H5
A Volkswagen Bus exploded outside of my apartment last night. Not, like, a huge explosion, but loud enough that I heard it, saw the orange burst, and ran to my window to see the flames shooting out the engine compartment in the back.
Did you pictures of the burning bus?
Please say yes.
It was about ten feet below my apartment window. I figured that rather than taking pictures, maybe I should call 911 and grab a fire extinguisher. I know, very irrational in this age of the internet and all. However, standing next to a window ten feet from a flaming van didn't seem like the smartest thing to be doing at the time.
And no, no meth lab, just really poor upkeep.
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I'm walking 30 mins a day, every day. Right now I seem to be stuck at 2.7mph with a 2% incline which winds up being 1.35miles for the time I walk. I can't seem to get higher than that without collapsing. So I'll stick at that for a while.
My problem is people tell me I'm looking good but I have only lost the 10lbs I initially lost. But everything I've read online says that you can't gain muscle from walking. So how am I looking better but not losing any the past week, if I can't gain muscle from walking?
I really have to say that the more I hear from the Christians in this country, the more I support the efforts of atheists like Dawkins.
We're losing a culture war right now that was declared by the Christian Right decades ago because we haven't even fielded an army, out of a sense of "tolerance" or "acceptance" or some hippie bullshit like that.
And don't get me wrong, "tolerance" and "acceptance" totally have their places, but we really shouldn't be tolerant of the intolerant, or accepting of the unacceptable.
Maybe publishing a book where the title calls a deepset fundamental belief of the majority of the population a "delusion" wasn't the best PR move.
For him personally, maybe not. But it widens the field of acceptable things to say.
Yeah, and I certainly don't hear Christians hesitating to say much worse things about atheism.
So, if they don't like it, fuck 'em.
Hey, there are some liberals who compared Bush to Hitler. That makes it totally okay for conservatives to compare Obama to Hitler!
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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A Volkswagen Bus exploded outside of my apartment last night. Not, like, a huge explosion, but loud enough that I heard it, saw the orange burst, and ran to my window to see the flames shooting out the engine compartment in the back.
Meth head get careless?
That was my comment when he mentioned it yesterday. H5
My first thought was wondering, how do you make weed explode, then it was a short jump to meth.
A Volkswagen Bus exploded outside of my apartment last night. Not, like, a huge explosion, but loud enough that I heard it, saw the orange burst, and ran to my window to see the flames shooting out the engine compartment in the back.
Did you pictures of the burning bus?
Please say yes.
It was about ten feet below my apartment window. I figured that rather than taking pictures, maybe I should call 911 and grab a fire extinguisher. I know, very irrational in this age of the internet and all. However, standing next to a window ten feet from a flaming van didn't seem like the smartest thing to be doing at the time.
And no, no meth lab, just really poor upkeep.
How did poor upkeep make the van explode? Cars don't normally go boom unless you're being epically stupid.
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So I've been having trouble with my mail since moving into my new place. I'd shipped a laptop power jack for a client, and it never arrived even though UPS tracking said it had, several days ago. Since it's already been forever, I ordered another one this morning UPS next-day and have been bummed all day about essentially pissing away $30.
My landlord just emailed me to say that the part is at his place. Joy
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A Volkswagen Bus exploded outside of my apartment last night. Not, like, a huge explosion, but loud enough that I heard it, saw the orange burst, and ran to my window to see the flames shooting out the engine compartment in the back.
Did you pictures of the burning bus?
Please say yes.
It was about ten feet below my apartment window. I figured that rather than taking pictures, maybe I should call 911 and grab a fire extinguisher. I know, very irrational in this age of the internet and all. However, standing next to a window ten feet from a flaming van didn't seem like the smartest thing to be doing at the time.
And no, no meth lab, just really poor upkeep.
Oh.
I assumed that somebody had been doing something to it which caused it to explode. Thus, other people were around to take care of the problem.
Atheism, again, etymologically, popularly is specific to gods. I have no idea why anyone would want to make the word worth less via inflating its definition in a way that makes it more confusing and less specific.
Because when people talk about belief, they are not referring to the belief in anything other than something theistic. People don''t say "do you believe in homeopathy" unless they already know that you don't believe in god. So you use the word atheist, meaning that you don't believe in any theism and it thereby implies anything that has some sort of dogma attached to it.
Do you know people who don't believe in god but do believe in astrology, homeopathy and other woo? If so then they are not really atheists they are merely "a-deists." Unfortunately the word isn't accepted or found in any dictionaries but it ought to be there because a non-belief in gods but a belief in other woo doesn't make you an atheist, because all the other woo carries its own forms of theism. Well in my opinion anyway, and I'm sure a lot of people will agree with me on that.
I like differentiating between atheists who are skeptics from people who merely hold the belief "God does not exist", but a) technically speaking, both are atheists -- atheist does not mean "Smartest dude in the room", and b) adeist would be a stupid term, both because it makes no sense what distinguishes an atheist from an adeist, and also because an alpha primitive is greek, so it would be stupid to use it on a latinate term.
And you never did answer me about what they changed in the third panel.
In the original version, there was no text in the third panel. Just Tycho looking on in silent awe while Gabe looks like he's about to puke or go insane.
It was about ten feet below my apartment window. I figured that rather than taking pictures, maybe I should call 911 and grab a fire extinguisher. I know, very irrational in this age of the internet and all. However, standing next to a window ten feet from a flaming van didn't seem like the smartest thing to be doing at the time.
And no, no meth lab, just really poor upkeep.
Oh.
I assumed that somebody had been doing something to it which caused it to explode. Thus, other people were around to take care of the problem.
Apparently not, so good call.
It was just driving down the road, and they pulled over right in front of my apartment. And by the time I got out there, someone else had pulled over with a fire extinguisher and put it out.
Atheism, again, etymologically, popularly is specific to gods. I have no idea why anyone would want to make the word worth less via inflating its definition in a way that makes it more confusing and less specific.
Because when people talk about belief, they are not referring to the belief in anything other than something theistic. People don''t say "do you believe in homeopathy" unless they already know that you don't believe in god. So you use the word atheist, meaning that you don't believe in any theism and it thereby implies anything that has some sort of dogma attached to it.
Do you know people who don't believe in god but do believe in astrology, homeopathy and other woo? If so then they are not really atheists they are merely "a-deists." Unfortunately the word isn't accepted or found in any dictionaries but it ought to be there because a non-belief in gods but a belief in other woo doesn't make you an atheist, because all the other woo carries its own forms of theism. Well in my opinion anyway, and I'm sure a lot of people will agree with me on that.
I like differentiating between atheists who are skeptics from people who merely hold the belief "God does not exist", but a) technically speaking, both are atheists -- atheists does not mean "Smartest dude in the room", and b) adeist would be a stupid term, both because it makes no sense what distinguishes an atheist from an adeist, and also because an alpha primitive is greek, so it would be stupid to use it on a latinate term.
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the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I came over and tried while you were asleep one night.
it didn't work.
I really wanted to finish that stained glass window too....
You were sleeping.
Your nipples.
They cut.
I wouldn't bother. We used the windows.
That was my comment when he mentioned it yesterday. H5
locks mean nothing to totheark
And no, no meth lab, just really poor upkeep.
My problem is people tell me I'm looking good but I have only lost the 10lbs I initially lost. But everything I've read online says that you can't gain muscle from walking. So how am I looking better but not losing any the past week, if I can't gain muscle from walking?
Hey, there are some liberals who compared Bush to Hitler. That makes it totally okay for conservatives to compare Obama to Hitler!
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Brb declarin' fatwa on Norway
My first thought was wondering, how do you make weed explode, then it was a short jump to meth.
This explains Haiti and Chile.
I know!
I got in my car this morning and it was 44F
brrrr
ugh
How did poor upkeep make the van explode? Cars don't normally go boom unless you're being epically stupid.
My landlord just emailed me to say that the part is at his place. Joy
Gonna be working. Sorry dude.
I could warm you up
by lighting you on fire
I probably could have walked over there more quickly, though. They patched me through to three different operators.
I hate UPS
and it gives me a perverse pleasure that they are shipping me my cast iron cookware for free
Don't you ugh me. That joke was gold!
And you never did answer me about what they changed in the third panel.
Everyone hates UPS.
don't worry it should be 72F by this afternoon
Oh.
I assumed that somebody had been doing something to it which caused it to explode. Thus, other people were around to take care of the problem.
Apparently not, so good call.
Everyone pretty much stay quiet when the Christian retard crew starts spouting off.
I've generally found them pretty easy to deal with. Compared to Fex-ex Ground, UPS is a bunch of Gods.
I like differentiating between atheists who are skeptics from people who merely hold the belief "God does not exist", but a) technically speaking, both are atheists -- atheist does not mean "Smartest dude in the room", and b) adeist would be a stupid term, both because it makes no sense what distinguishes an atheist from an adeist, and also because an alpha primitive is greek, so it would be stupid to use it on a latinate term.
In the original version, there was no text in the third panel. Just Tycho looking on in silent awe while Gabe looks like he's about to puke or go insane.
It's like calling atheism sinful
I pretty much hate all American mail/shipping companies.
God, sometimes I love you so much.
oh yeah?
christianity is like, wrong