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08-06-2016, 05:59 PM | #16 |
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08-08-2016, 03:24 PM | #17 |
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Depends on the wind...the houses are east of the church.
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08-24-2016, 11:01 PM | #18 | |
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Supreme Religion - bow down by voting
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Catholicism, Protestantism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Communism, Agnosticism, Liberal, Conservative, and all the others are just subsets of the one supreme religion: The Cult of the Omnipotent State! "Infidel" seems to be an appropriate, if negatively charged, label for one who refuses to accept the precepts of any "faith". It literally means, "one without faith", and infidels were actively hunted down and killed in the dark ages (because they tended to shed light on things that the authorities preferred to keep in the dark). I don't take offense at being called an "infidel" because I know its real meaning. Likewise with a lot of other good words that have developed negative stereotypes over the years. One such term is "apathetic". It literally means "not pathetic". Now, how can it be better to be "pathetic" than to be "not pathetic"? El Veto-Voter www.HaltVote.com |
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08-25-2016, 03:38 PM | #19 |
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Science. Science explains god's laws better than anything else. Even terrorists worship it 'teachings' - ie big guns and bombs. God did not stop sending disciples after Christ died. We all know them as Einstein, Gandhi, Newton, Mandella, Higgs, Gauss, Bardeen and Brattain.
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I'll answer your question. It's better when the correct understanding of the word in your context is used, meaning feeling or passion or motivation. Being apathetic is to be without those qualities. And you don't strike me as apathetic.
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08-25-2016, 09:30 PM | #21 |
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08-26-2016, 11:59 PM | #22 |
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Greek pathos meaning suffering. Greek Pathetikos meaning sensitive. Pathetic means affecting the emotions. Apathetic means not affecting the emotions. But, really, who cares?
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08-27-2016, 01:55 AM | #23 |
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I like those theater masks: pathos and laughos.
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08-27-2016, 09:49 AM | #24 | |
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08-27-2016, 11:59 AM | #26 |
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regular-freakin-joe is back!
LAUGHOS, from pure happiness! Welcome back!!!!!
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08-28-2016, 10:09 AM | #27 |
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Apathetic Joe says, "But, really, who cares?"
Now he is gone. Since we are all apathetic (adults who are not children), then we also do not care? |
08-28-2016, 06:00 PM | #28 |
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What is the supreme religion on this planet?
Catholicism, Protestantism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Communism, Agnosticism, Liberal, Conservative, and all the others are just subsets of the one supreme religion: The Cult of the Omnipotent State!
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08-29-2016, 04:32 PM | #29 |
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Science. Also explains why organized religion have a long history of trying to subvert all science - the competition. Even in early 1950s when first organ transplants were attempted. And with stem cell research today. Worst case examples include wahhabism that hates and attacks the advancement of mankind - in the name of their religious beliefs.
An ironic exception is astronomy performed by the Catholic Church in, I believe, New Mexico or Arizona. You would think great religions were searching for the God Particle. Only science went looking for it. Einstein once believed "God does not play dice with the universe." One would think religious leaders would have chimed in or at least do research. Nope. Only science keeps addressing that religious question. Last edited by tw; 08-29-2016 at 04:37 PM. |
08-30-2016, 06:51 AM | #30 |
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I see what you're doing.
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