Then let people own grenades, RPGs, flamethrowers, tanks...

Owning any of these are harmless after all... just like guns. It's not like their purpose or effect changes how we should regard them.

*nsfw for boobage.

Telekinesis? I do not think that word means what you think it means.

Mayhaps you mean Telepathy... since Xavier is a Teeelllllleeeeppaaaaaaaattthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... thhhhhhhhh.... thhhh...

Whoops...

Damn... you're right. I wish I had made that observation in my original post.

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^SpaceGirlSpiff:
It really pains me that this religious tard is representing America in the Olympics. Granted there are plenty of religious tards in America, so this guy is actually representing America... just the ignorant superstitious part of it.

Well he's representing his country...and there's tons of religious people in the country sooo it makes sense.

What he was actually doing was marking crosses on various parts of his body... with saliva.

It really pains me that this religious tard is representing America in the Olympics. Granted there are plenty of religious tards in America, so this guy is actually representing America... just the ignorant superstitious part of it.

This is a perfect example of reducing religion to its core principle... control. This guy is crossing himself in the hopes (deluded and baseless as they are) that it will prevent any accidents and/or help him perform better. He is seeking to remove himself from the seemingly chaotic nature of the universe where events may/will occur beyond his illusory control by giving himself a ritual that he believes will protect him. It's no different then people who have OCD and have to do things a certain way or certain number of times. Heck, all sorts of athletes have things like this... his is just religious. It's all about control. "If I do this, I can exert a form of control that will prevent bad things from happening."

But... you can't. Control is an illusion. Bad things will happen. You deal with them. You learn from them. You move on. Unless you're a religious tard who does the same thing over and over, thinking that, "I must have missed crossing myself somewhere.", or "Last time it was because I didn't use enough saliva when I crossed my leg.", or "Maybe God doesn't like the sports drink I had before crossing myself and he would prefer Orange over Grape... yeah, I'll drink Orange next time!". Yes, I'm aiming for a laugh or a chuckle... but the reality is that this practice... is just as absurd.

Look at you... you came in here looking to laugh at the oddity of a guy appearing to rub his own saliva on himself and you got all this. Sorry bout that.

Crazy guy licking himself! omg! Ewwww! ; p

This about sums it up.

Well you could point out that there would be no point for China to invade us. They own a rather large portion of our country through our debt and business and we buy a metric assload of their crap.

As a side note, this is also why the new Red Dawn movie's original premise was crap... though it was actually changed to avoid losing money in sales to China.

I honestly don't know why I bother... oh well, here goes.

First off, thank you for the Hitchens video, I don't think I had see that one yet. Now I've seen it though, I see that Hitchens once again quite successfully defends against the vapid, circle jerk arguments which assert proof without evidence. In fact a Hitchensism comes to mind that I quite enjoy, which states that, "That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." Good stuff. Simple. Easy to put to use.

Take for example Shiny's ridiculous assertion about Hitchens being in his make-believe after life.

Shiny: Oh no, the after life is real and you're going to burn in hell fire. I know it's real because the bible says it's so and the bible is the truth.
Inquiry: How do you know it's the truth?
Shiny: Because the bible says it's the truth.
Inquiry: What evidence do you have that it's the truth?
Shiny: The bible says it's the truth.

No evidence. Fallacious claim dismissed.

You may choose different words to express yourself, but this is the very essence of your circle jerk argument and like all other apologists and zealots, it proves nothing except your willingness to accept something without evidence.

You contribute nothing.
You advance nothing.
Your words are empty.
You merely wretch up that which was fed to you...

...and I have no appetite for your absurdly limited menu.

Agh! Now shiny has nothing left to do! You just stole his schtick.

I mean, we all know what he's going to say... he says the same thing each time. Nothing really new for him to add.

Huh... what's the point of him posting here again?

Sure, sure... free speech... but what's the point?

What he says is dogma, what we say is heresy... round n' round we go.

As a gay female, one of the main reasons I continue to refuse to purchase or otherwise contribute to Boy Scout funding is their official stance on not allowing gay scouts. However, I continue to support Girl Scouts and buy cookies because of their open inclusion of all members. I'm actually impressed that they include transgender as well.

Of course it doesn't hurt that Thin Mints and Tagalongs are delicious. I'll take a few more boxes! ; p

Where is Shiny? Shouldn't he be here to defend the Jehovah's Witnesses and spout dogma about how we're all going to be witness to this because we're heathens?

Or does he not believe in their version of the fairy tale?

Why do you all still argue with Shiny? I've said it before and am saying it again. You are wasting your time. Shiny has no capacity to change his mind based on reason, logic or rational evidence. You may as well spend your time trying to convince a dog to change the color of its hair.

You will cite reason, logic and rationality... he will cite dogma. Rinse, repeat.

He is most certainly one of those who is genetically predisposed to be religious (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/weekinreview/12wade.html) and cannot help thinking the way he does. I would pity him if he and those that think like him did not pose such a threat to the civilized world.

He is a lost cause, but there are others who can be "saved" and brought to see reason. I suggest you find those and spend your time helping them instead.

You are better off ignoring him. Let his dogma go unnoticed and starve him of attention. Let his dogma die of starvation and fade into the past.

I believe honkeytonk73 was talking about the rational world, not the world in general. Don't worry, we won't mistake for being rational. Or for having contributed anything to the thread.

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^honkeytonk73:
Cheers to you hitch. The rational world sends respect and admiration.

No it doesn't...the world doesn't fucking care.