Ouija Danger - Page 4

mrnoodle · 10-24-2006, 01:51 PM

There's nothing irrational about the spiritual world, we just haven't created the mechanisms yet that render it measurable and quantifiable on a purely physical level. A lot of it is hooey, some of it isn't. There are too many objective, unrelated accounts that point to the same thing to be able to discount them all. If science is eventually able to figure it all out, it won't be because it's able to squish everything into its current template of how the world works.

When phrenology was big, do you think that any of the scientists involved could have grasped a concept like modern neurology? And what we know today will seem laughably crude in 200 years.

BigV · 10-24-2006, 01:52 PM

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...C) humans are inexact, faulty, moody and full of error while reality is harshly exact. ...

I would substitute for harshly: serenely, implacably, and indifferently

wolf · 10-24-2006, 09:50 PM

I had a Ouija board as a kid ... everybody did, didn't they? I never had one bit of success with it ... not sure if that was lucky or unlucky. I was more of a Magic 8-Ball girl, and had my first fortune telling deck at 10 years old and my first tarot deck at 13.

I did have to do an exorcism on a friend's kid's Ouija board once, though.

Hubris Boy · 10-24-2006, 11:16 PM

Ouija boards? Meh. That's kid stuff.

On the other hand, some truly dreadful, terrifying things can be conjured using nothing more than a bottle of tequila and a copy of Chutes and Ladders.

I'm pretty sure that's how Barbra Streisand was able to cross over into our plane of existence.

skysidhe · 10-25-2006, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Depends on what costume you're wearing.

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Originally Posted by Hubris Boy

Ouija boards? Meh. That's kid stuff.

On the other hand, some truly dreadful, terrifying things can be conjured using nothing more than a bottle of tequila and a copy of Chutes and Ladders.

~snip

wolf · 10-25-2006, 12:16 AM

You have a very, very good point.

I often wonder about Hillary Clinton. Clearly 8th Circle of Hell material.

Long time no see, HB!!

Flint · 10-25-2006, 01:12 PM

It's a tricky passage, because only tw has the power to define "reality" . . .

wolf · 10-28-2006, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

It's a tricky passage, because only tw has the power to define "reality" . . .

I thought only Chuck Norris could do that.

Elspode · 10-28-2006, 12:25 AM

Yes, but only once, and then the Universe ends.

Flint · 10-25-2006, 02:45 PM

Are people hot for me?

Trilby · 10-25-2006, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Are people hot for me?

My Magic 8 ball says: Decidedly so.

Flint · 10-25-2006, 02:58 PM

:::struggles to create massive pun involving balls, 8-balls, reading tea leaves, and tea-bagging:::

Flint · 10-25-2006, 03:17 PM

I despise the word "supernatural" . . . it suggests a silly two-tiered nature, which would, after all, just be nature anyway.

Undertoad · 10-25-2006, 03:56 PM

Flint has it. Just saying the thing is "supernatural" applies some layer of meaning preceding understanding. "I don't know what it is, therefore it is supernatural," is exactly like the current intelligent design approach, in which everything we don't have an ironclad scientific explanation for is conveniently filled in by God. "I don't know why it happened, but it was a supreme being's will."

That said, Spode, I mean no disrespect even to point out that our belief systems are inherently different. After all, I am often wrong.

Elspode · 10-25-2006, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

That said, Spode, I mean no disrespect even to point out that our belief systems are inherently different. After all, I am often wrong.

And I am wrong at least as often as I am right. No one needs to apologize to anyone for their belief system, as long as they aren't shoving it down the other person's throat.

10-24-2006, 01:51 PM	#1
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	There's nothing irrational about the spiritual world, we just haven't created the mechanisms yet that render it measurable and quantifiable on a purely physical level. A lot of it is hooey, some of it isn't. There are too many objective, unrelated accounts that point to the same thing to be able to discount them all. If science is eventually able to figure it all out, it won't be because it's able to squish everything into its current template of how the world works. When phrenology was big, do you think that any of the scientists involved could have grasped a concept like modern neurology? And what we know today will seem laughably crude in 200 years. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

10-24-2006, 09:50 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I had a Ouija board as a kid ... everybody did, didn't they? I never had one bit of success with it ... not sure if that was lucky or unlucky. I was more of a Magic 8-Ball girl, and had my first fortune telling deck at 10 years old and my first tarot deck at 13. I did have to do an exorcism on a friend's kid's Ouija board once, though. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-25-2006, 12:16 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You have a very, very good point. I often wonder about Hillary Clinton. Clearly 8th Circle of Hell material. Long time no see, HB!! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-25-2006, 01:12 PM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	It's a tricky passage, because only tw has the power to define "reality" . . . __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-28-2006, 12:25 AM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Yes, but only once, and then the Universe ends. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-24-2006, 11:16 PM	#4
Hubris Boy Keymaster of Gozer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Patapsco Drainage Basin Posts: 471	Ouija boards? Meh. That's kid stuff. On the other hand, some truly dreadful, terrifying things can be conjured using nothing more than a bottle of tequila and a copy of Chutes and Ladders. I'm pretty sure that's how Barbra Streisand was able to cross over into our plane of existence.

10-25-2006, 02:45 PM	#10
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Are people hot for me? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-25-2006, 02:58 PM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	:::struggles to create massive pun involving balls, 8-balls, reading tea leaves, and tea-bagging::: __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-25-2006, 03:17 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I despise the word "supernatural" . . . it suggests a silly two-tiered nature, which would, after all, just be nature anyway. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-25-2006, 03:56 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Flint has it. Just saying the thing is "supernatural" applies some layer of meaning preceding understanding. "I don't know what it is, therefore it is supernatural," is exactly like the current intelligent design approach, in which everything we don't have an ironclad scientific explanation for is conveniently filled in by God. "I don't know why it happened, but it was a supreme being's will." That said, Spode, I mean no disrespect even to point out that our belief systems are inherently different. After all, I am often wrong.

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