Man, the guys' using scripted retorts and making huge leaps in his reasoning Trancecoach, he's obviously in the beat-them-all-into-plowshares camp, and you're wasting your finger joints with this cat-Compilation of irrelevant statistical mumbo-jumbo, citation of the most extreme cases of mental divergence, scripted, tiresome use of adjectives and accusatory phrases....Insects only have one function man, doing what they do best.

Oh and we love the whole, 'Works in Australia' broken-fucking-record...Yeah? Well dikes and levees alla Holland would work everywhere, too chappy-Sell that shit to Nawlins on your next visit....

Until the world is free of birds, there's gonna be bird-shit on your car.....The majority of the world uses Phillips-head screws in construction, no longer any need for framing hammers...Voila!

Sounds perfectly linear to me!

Citizens without firearms, in this paradigm, means fascism has won...period.
Enjoy your poisonous mosquitoes and avoidable skin cancer, Aussies! A shotgun in the hand of some back-a-Bourker is the least of your worries...

The criteria for employment with the local constabulary in the U.S. uses at least a 90 I.Q. as a baseline....Cops don't need to be that bright. Most cops actions are dictated by the survival circuit and are motivated by their hind-brained impulses. You don't really exercise wisdom winding-up a fight-or-flight neanderthal.

gwiz665, are you that naive? If the world was all fluffy kittens and the sky were made of cotton candy then police would be helpful assistants in our societies with duties like earning, old-lady street-crossing assistance badges and traffic-directing patches. Oh, for a joyous world without firearms with puppies and kitties!!

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.-Isaiah 11:6

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.-Isaiah 2:4

Genji,

I appreciate your words, Ezra, thank you. Let's say that you're right, that my life is meaningless, and that I am the one who determines what is true. Do you know what I would determine to do? What I would determine to do is to do the same things I am doing right now. Even if I knew Jesus Christ was not God, I would still determine to follow His blueprint for the ideal person, because following that blueprint has radically transformed my life for the better. There are many who aren't Christians who feel the same way, that Jesus got it right. If I wasn't a Christian, I would follow the ideal He set forth, summed up in the great commandment, to love your neighbor as yourself. To turn swords into plowshares. To pray for your enemies and hold banquets for the homeless. To walk two miles when someone asked you to walk one. To give the shirt off your back to someone else who needs it. To love everyone unconditionally, and see every person as fundamentally worthy of my respect. That is what my life about it, and I wouldn't consider that to be a wasted life, even if I was wrong.

I've also lived the alternative. Contrary to what you say, I was never really afraid of death. I can't say I liked the idea of death, but I accepted it; and so I was resigned to triviality, and meaninglessness. I was also content to go to the grave with those beliefs. Like everyone else, I got by on my dreams, my relationships, and whatever gratification I could get out of the moment; I indulged in the pleasures of sin freely, and felt little shame.

So I didn't come to be a Christian out of fear, or a need to be comforted. I came to be a Christian because God touched my life and shook me from my agnosticism. He showed me I wasn't quite as smart as I thought I was. He showed me that the material reality is but a thin veil covering a much greater truth. He showed me that the truth was always staring me right in the eyes, but I was too blind to see it. What He showed me was that He had always been there, my entire life, and that many of the things I wrote off as coincidence really were not.

You see, it is perfectly reasonable and rational for me to believe there is a God. He has simply given me too much evidence to deny it. It's not a convenient belief that fills in all the scary things about life; rather, it is my reason for being, my logos. It is also my eternal gratitude to the Creator for rescuing me and loving me even though I don't deserve it. To know God is to know truth, to know who you are, and why you're here. To know God is to have hope for your future, and an ever present peace and contentment. You believe I am fooling myself, but I say that even if you're right, it is a life worth living, a life well enjoyed, a life that hopefully will touch many others in positive ways. If that is the only meaning I die with, its worth it to me.

>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:

Shiny.
Accept it. You're an ape.
You're a conglomeration of amoeba.
Your life is a just a blip in the twinkling of the universe.
There is probably no god or gods.
There's probably no purpose or reason for your existence.
You are the being that gives purpose or meaning to your life.
When you realize that.
When you realize that there's not supernatural sky daddy to hold you when you're scared or confused..
You'll understand that you've been talking all this nonsensical religious babble in order to establish that purpose.
That the only reason you and jihadist are so adamant about your own personal interpretation of the essence of the abyss..
Is to distract yourself from the fact that your life is just another series of events in this long chain of entropy, chaos, disorder.
The only reason you're so religious is because you're an ape that's too scared to accept your death and the triviality of your existence.
One day, I hope you'll realize this.
On that day, you'll be "born again" just like you were when you accepted "Jesus Christ" and Christian doctrinal teachings.
On that day, you may become self-actualized..
And from then on, understand that we homo sapiens are very lucky.
For we, among few other animals, are able to choose their life's meaning and purpose.
Please don't waste yours.. being a religious troll on the interwebs.
Your brother,
Ezra.

The modern equivalent of "swords to plowshares"?

Why is the sight of the destruction of huge piles of deadly weapons supposed to make me afraid?

Am I supposed to shed a tear when I see nuclear weapons dismantled?

Are we peasants supposed to rise up in rebellion when they turn our swords into plowshares?

Is there some fucking reason why deadly weapons seem to have a fan club that act as if the only reason they like them has to do with "tradition" and "rights" and not that "it makes people scared" and "I can kill people working for the government if I want".

I'm all for giving the people the right to overthrow their government, but if the USMC decides to occupy your town, do you think a bunch of blowhards with hunting rifles will give them pause?

Shouldn't y'all be fighting for the right to own IED's, tanks, SAM launchers and nukes?

ps. i know you've already seen these 3, prior happysifts of mine, as well:

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-New-Day-Resolution
http://www.videosift.com/video/Ron-Paul-supports-a-free-and-open-society
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Pinky-Show-From-Swords-into-Plowshares

what you didn't know, is that the guy who pinged me, to check out the Yes clip?
is the guy who made the New Day clip.
found here, and in youtubia, where he was recently made a 'partner'.

I would have done the same, my friend...
In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
yeah, i thought so too.

so much so, that i had a browser open to it all day, just so i could refresh it every hour, and thumbsup every comment that got posted that day.

In reply to this comment by laura:
fantastic. thank you.

yeah, i thought so too.

so much so, that i had a browser open to it all day, just so i could refresh it every hour, and thumbsup every comment that got posted that day.

In reply to this comment by laura:
fantastic. thank you.

How about an on-going orgy of lies to divert attention from the real culprits? We know the reasons for centralization of power, the motivations are not numerous, and the solutions are dreadfully simple, just not paiiiinless.....If the free world would adjust it focus towards eradicating pustules like Kim Dung Ill, before they are bothersome and toxic, and party systems turned pep-rallies for personal gain....well, swords into plowshares kinda shit would happen.....fat chance. We need a new currency....how about meditation, nutrition, and fruit juices......! Hell, let vegans run the goddamn planet....or learn to speak Chinese, after the gold rush!

look how worked up theo47, one can get, over what one has no will to alter or transform......

Any sane group of folks calling themselves a country, knowing that there is the possiblity that some other In-sane type may procure illegally or otherwise a firearm, should give its citizenry the same opportunity, and not leave them out in the cold.

Fact: There are guns in the world
Fact: Some people use guns for badness
Fact: Not all people are irresponsible fucks with guns who have ill-will and tissue damage in mind when they pick one up.
So...does it not follow that a reasonable response to the situation be to make legal,a status quo with the idea of self-preservation in mind?

Anti gun folks are ideallistic, dreamers, who wish for a secret soft and pretty place, aplace that never heard of a gun.
When that Paradigm presents itself, I'll be the first in line to beat mine into plowshares....untill then, I'll keep my plowshares, and my guns, oiled and ready.