The bible specifically condemns making gods and goddesses out of things observed in nature. That there are many obviously false gods doesn't mean that there is no God. I might point at a few different people and label them HQPQ, but when they are proven not to be HQPQ does that mean he doesn't exist?

In contrasting the many gods and goddesses, you can narrow it down very quickly by just examining the ones that make claims of creating the Universe. From there you can examine the individual claims and see if any of them match reality.

@bareboards2
Quantum mechanically, EVERYTHING is possible.

Tho which has a higher probability of occurring, Oh Queen Goddess of Tempered Reason & Logic:

1. Guy got spooked. Ran.

2. Cops felt empowered because they thought they were about to catch "a bad guy".
    (Cause.. only criminals run from police, you know)

3. They shot to wound him but killed him instead

4. They made up a story to cover their asses.

OR

1. Guy got spooked. Ran.

2. Shot backward at police.

3. From underneath his arm.

4. While running forward in a full sprint.

5. The momentum of his fall flung the gun (from underneath his arm) 15 feet away.

6a. The police saw this but failed to collect the evidence immediately.
(OR)
6b. The police never saw that the suspect was disarmed during the fall.

7. They waited 5 or 10 minutes before even approaching the body to locate the weapon.

8. Made no attempt to secure the area were the weapon was likely dropped by the suspect.

9. Let large crowds form and contaminate the scene even tho they knew the weapon was missing.

10. Days later they stumbled across video footage of the weapon being collected.

11. Found out who shot the video.

12. Found out who collected the weapon in the video.

13. Tracked that person down.

14. Retrieved the weapon without incidence.



>> ^bareboards2:

Anyway. I'm done with this.
You are going to believe what you want.
Not even a moment of doubt that that man was shooting while running?
No room for that possibility?

Who is this goddess of the kitchen?

Ha, two votes right at the end of it's life cycle. Lol. The Mountain Goddess is pleased.

>> ^bareboards2:

Ms Lawdeedaw, I upvote in your honor!


The Mountain Goddess is pleased.

Yer forgetting a few things oh, programmed and wearing blinders-

Well, thank the Goddess someone has been to kollij!

The system is geared towards profiling the weak and uneducated

I thought it was geared towards crime prevention in general and people who break the law. We're lucky so many of them are dumb.

The system produces those who would abuse it (i.e. breeds thugs which later become cops)

The system produces many more that do well.

America has a history of one of the worst examples of human bondage-Most conquering armies treated their slaves better after an initial onslaught

America is evil. Got it. Give my regards to Professor Stalin Q. Marx and the 100 million worldwide murdered by communists.

Racism however, probably played a small part in this fiasco-Some thug got impatient, forgot his job, showed his ass, and fucking slammed a female against the wall-Case closed, the guy was a cop, and is still a complete douche.

The SPECTER of RACISM! I wondered where that fkr was hiding!

Who is the poor (mushroom) soul who posted that comment anyhow??? Dude-Get a grip on whatever reality you have been programmed with!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-f0510qYnk&feature=related

The Queen of Media Corruption, the Goddess of Death Panels, the Fox News Appointed One...

Just shut up. Please. And very soon.

pretty sure there were a few "goddesses" in the crowd that night.

This Goddess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XMJl-HCO7A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb5Jp_duKNM

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-24776439001/mgmt_kids_official_music_video/

Remember also, WW can't die. If "killed" she becomes a goddess.

Goddess #3

>> ^schlub:

Wow, looks boring as hell. And WTF is is a giant-ess? Are feminists so sensitive that they've created a new word to distinguish female giants from male ones?


Yes. They also went back in time and invented words like Duchess, Countess, Princess, Goddess, and Lioness. They also killed that dog you loved when you were 6 years old.

You make good points. However if you made heroes (female and male) plain looking they would no longer seem special. Superheroes are basically modern gods and goddesses. And just like the Greeks and Romans, we make our gods hypermasculine (heavily muscled) and our goddesses hyperfeminine (beautiful, with hourglass figures).

However, American superheroes aren't the only ones portrayed this way. Britain's Judge Dredd is pretty big. So is MarvelMan, aka MiracleMan. Doctor Manhattan is also pretty big. (Insert big blue penis joke here.) And let's not forget Japan's Goku and Gohan, among others.

I'll concede that American superheroes are probably the most pronounced in this regard, and sometimes it's downright awful. But if the artist is good then extremes are generally avoided, and combined with good writing you get a comic book that stands shoulder to shoulder with others in the medium, at least in my opinion.



>> ^rebuilder:

What I mean is the female characters are ludicrously over-sexed and often portrayed in poses and clothing whose sole purpose is to maximize the amount of tits and ass shown. It just seems like a cheap way to market to a target audience of young boys. Of course there's also a stereotypical male figure, which has been getting more and more outlandish as well. My main issue with that is that it seems there's a certain standard way to draw comics in the US, designed more for saleability and a kind of industrial production method than for artistic purposes.
Most of the time you can tell the crap from the interesting stuff just by looking at the drawing style, but sometimes you find a very good story illustrated by a technically accomplished artist who has, to my eye, been corrupted by lifelong exposure to what they probably think is "the way" to draw comics. That I find sad.
I just find it hard to take any character seriously when their body language come straight out of a Playboy shoot.
>> ^kronosposeidon:
I don't see the softcore porn aspect that you mention, at least not in the superhero comics I've read, and I've read a lot of Wonder Woman, and a little Batman, Superman, and Green Lantern. (I stick to the DC universe. It's hard to keep up with just one universe of superheroes. Learning the Marvel characters would be too much for my poor brain.) You'll see some ample cleavage with some of the ladies (Wonder Woman and Power Girl, I'm looking at you), but never more than that, and no sexual body parts of either sex are ever grabbed or fondled. That's what I think of when you say "softcore."

Amber called her uncle, said "We're up here for the holiday,
Jane and I were having Solstice, now we need a place to stay."
And her Christ-loving uncle watched his wife hang Mary on a tree,
He watched his son hang candy canes all made with red dye number three.
He told his niece, "It's Christmas Eve, I know our life is not your style,"
She said, "Christmas is like Solstice, and we miss you and its been awhile,"

So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table,
Finding faith and common ground the best that they were able,
And just before the meal was served, hands were held and prayers were said,
Sending hope for peace on earth to all their gods and goddesses.

The food was great, the tree plugged in, the meal had gone without a hitch,
Till Timmy turned to Amber and said, "Is it true that you're a witch?"
His mom jumped up and said, "The pies are burning," and she hit the kitchen,
And it was Jane who spoke, she said, "It's true, your cousin's not a Christian,"
"But we love trees, we love the snow, the friends we have, the world we share,
And you find magic from your God, and we find magic everywhere."

So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table,
Finding faith and common ground the best that they were able,
And where does magic come from? I think magic's in the learning,
'Cause now when Christians sit with Pagans only pumpkin pies are burning.

When Amber tried to do the dishes, her aunt said, "Really, no, don't bother."
Amber's uncle saw how Amber looked like Tim and like her father.
He thought about his brother, how they hadn't spoken in a year,
He thought he'd call him up and say, "It's Christmas and your daughter's here."
He thought of fathers, sons and brothers, saw his own son tug his sleeve, saying,
"Can I be a Pagan?" Dad said, "We'll discuss it when they leave."

So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table,
Finding faith and common ground the best that they were able,
Lighting trees in darkness, learning new ways from the old, and
Making sense of history and drawing warmth out of the cold.

Believe me, I am the LAST person to believe superstitious mumbo jumbo (esp. Religion related)

Speed of light? psshhhaw that's just because we haven't figured it out YET.

Like I said anything is possible, however unlikely, and unless you are a goddess you have no plausibility in denying that fact.

good day to you,

Buck

PS we have to start somewhere to answer the universes questions, everything starts with a guess.MY FIRST SIFT, CLICKY