I've been quoted!

wafflepirate · 09-01-2008, 12:05 AM

I'm not very supportive of religion in general, because religious people are total jerks a lot of the time, and most of their refusing to accept science if it doesn't go along with literal translations of text is ridiculous.

Even still, I really hate when people say that bad things happen because there is no God.
When people just up and latch on to any excuse, usually someone else's tragedy, to fuel their disbelief in something they never supported in the first place, I just find it distasteful...

So I kinda jumped on someone's comment on a news site article about a little girl who was abused and died saying "GOD IS SICK FOR LETTING THIS HAPPEN EXCEPT HE'S NOT REAL! THIS IS WHY!!!"

Something about free will (I really believe people that suffer are better as people for surviving it, and people that help ease their suffering are better as people for helping them too)

And someone put my quote as their signature in a forum! ... I just thought that was super cool.

Sorry if I'm boasting in my first actual thread,
just wanted to share that. It made me feel special :3 I've never been quoted before, except when I say dumb things or make silly noises...

lumberjim · 09-01-2008, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wafflepirate

I'm not very supportive of religion in general, because religious people are total jerks a lot of the time, and most of their refusing to accept science if it doesn't go along with literal translations of text is ridiculous.

Even still, I really hate when people say that bad things happen because there is no God.
When people just up and latch on to any excuse, usually someone else's tragedy, to fuel their disbelief in something they never supported in the first place, I just find it distasteful...

So I kinda jumped on someone's comment on a news site article about a little girl who was abused and died saying "GOD IS SICK FOR LETTING THIS HAPPEN EXCEPT HE'S NOT REAL! THIS IS WHY!!!"

Something about free will (I really believe people that suffer are better as people for surviving it, and people that help ease their suffering are better as people for helping them too)

And someone put my quote as their signature in a forum! ... I just thought that was super cool.

Sorry if I'm boasting in my first actual thread,
just wanted to share that. It made me feel special :3 I've never been quoted before, except when I say dumb things or make silly noises...

oh my god~!

now you've been quoted TWICE!!!!

Sundae · 09-01-2008, 05:55 AM

I'd like waffles now.
Weird, I haven't had them in years.

Welcome, wafflepirate.
Any chance of you quoting the quote that someone quoted?

DanaC · 09-01-2008, 06:56 AM

Wafflepirate, I hope, I just hope, that you can live up to that name and talk like a pirate when the need arises.....

It's funny isn't it, the effect little things like this can have? Being quoted I mean, not talking like a pirate....though there are obvious benefits to be had there....No, I mean getting quoted. It is an undeniable buzz when someone takes your words and likes them so much they want to attach it to their sig, or put it into the Hall of Fame.

Cicero · 09-01-2008, 09:28 AM

Can you quote the article? Now I'm interested.

Welcome waffle! Tell us what you were quoted saying! I'm just grabbing at straws here, was it this?

"God calls us to be people of faith, not to be total idiots. God gave us brains and the ability to diagnose and treat our illnesses. It is unfortunate that some people choose to cherry pick the scripture for things that support their bizarre beliefs. In circumstances such as this, it is also criminal. Intelligence and christianity can and do go hand in hand, at least for some of us."

wolf · 09-01-2008, 12:19 PM

I'm quoted here.

An interview with me resulted in a whole chapter.

Undertoad · 09-01-2008, 12:24 PM

Damn Wolf, that book is $68.35! I know textbooks are crazy but you should get a cut of that!

wolf · 09-01-2008, 01:26 PM

I think it used to be cheaper ... what I ended up with was a copy of the textbook.

I ended up doing the interview because both of my bosses were busy with other stuff and they didn't want to bother with it.

Interesting side story ... one of my friends is a professor of Social Work, and she decided to use the textbook for one of her classes. I got an excited call from her after she had read the chapter, saying that she read it and at first thought "no, it can't be that wolf," but checked the footnotes section and saw that it was.

wafflepirate · 09-01-2008, 02:41 PM

"[You think] God...would make the world perfect and sunshiney, so that no one would ever suffer, no one would ever need to aid the suffering, and no one would grow spiritually as a result."

I found it by googling 'junkfoodrobot' too see if anyone else ever used that... It's what I put as my user name when 'wafflepirate' is taken XD

wafflepirate · 09-01-2008, 02:41 PM

I'm not a writer by any stretch... XD

Cicero · 09-01-2008, 04:12 PM

Well I have a question.

spudcon · 09-01-2008, 08:05 PM

Well put, Waffle.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-02-2008, 12:52 AM

Welcome and well come to the Cellar, Waffle.

We might see if we can Google up Robin Williams' Top Ten Reasons to be an Episcopalian -- religion is not all about Whack-A-Mole-brained fundies -- those are an embarrassment to the intelligent faithful.

Top 10 Reasons to be an Episcopalian

And while we're at it...

09-01-2008, 12:05 AM	#1
wafflepirate Eavesdropper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 24	I've been quoted! I'm not very supportive of religion in general, because religious people are total jerks a lot of the time, and most of their refusing to accept science if it doesn't go along with literal translations of text is ridiculous. Even still, I really hate when people say that bad things happen because there is no God. When people just up and latch on to any excuse, usually someone else's tragedy, to fuel their disbelief in something they never supported in the first place, I just find it distasteful... So I kinda jumped on someone's comment on a news site article about a little girl who was abused and died saying "GOD IS SICK FOR LETTING THIS HAPPEN EXCEPT HE'S NOT REAL! THIS IS WHY!!!" Something about free will (I really believe people that suffer are better as people for surviving it, and people that help ease their suffering are better as people for helping them too) And someone put my quote as their signature in a forum! ... I just thought that was super cool. Sorry if I'm boasting in my first actual thread, just wanted to share that. It made me feel special :3 I've never been quoted before, except when I say dumb things or make silly noises...

09-01-2008, 09:28 AM	#5
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Can you quote the article? Now I'm interested. Welcome waffle! Tell us what you were quoted saying! I'm just grabbing at straws here, was it this? "God calls us to be people of faith, not to be total idiots. God gave us brains and the ability to diagnose and treat our illnesses. It is unfortunate that some people choose to cherry pick the scripture for things that support their bizarre beliefs. In circumstances such as this, it is also criminal. Intelligence and christianity can and do go hand in hand, at least for some of us." __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung Last edited by Cicero; 09-01-2008 at 09:56 AM.

09-01-2008, 12:19 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm quoted here. An interview with me resulted in a whole chapter. __________________ 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

09-01-2008, 01:26 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think it used to be cheaper ... what I ended up with was a copy of the textbook. I ended up doing the interview because both of my bosses were busy with other stuff and they didn't want to bother with it. Interesting side story ... one of my friends is a professor of Social Work, and she decided to use the textbook for one of her classes. I got an excited call from her after she had read the chapter, saying that she read it and at first thought "no, it can't be that wolf," but checked the footnotes section and saw that it was. __________________ 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

09-01-2008, 04:12 PM	#11
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Well I have a question. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

09-01-2008, 05:55 AM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'd like waffles now. Weird, I haven't had them in years. Welcome, wafflepirate. Any chance of you quoting the quote that someone quoted?

09-01-2008, 06:56 AM	#4
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Wafflepirate, I hope, I just hope, that you can live up to that name and talk like a pirate when the need arises..... It's funny isn't it, the effect little things like this can have? Being quoted I mean, not talking like a pirate....though there are obvious benefits to be had there....No, I mean getting quoted. It is an undeniable buzz when someone takes your words and likes them so much they want to attach it to their sig, or put it into the Hall of Fame.

09-01-2008, 12:24 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Damn Wolf, that book is $68.35! I know textbooks are crazy but you should get a cut of that!

09-01-2008, 02:41 PM	#9
wafflepirate Eavesdropper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 24	"[You think] God...would make the world perfect and sunshiney, so that no one would ever suffer, no one would ever need to aid the suffering, and no one would grow spiritually as a result." I found it by googling 'junkfoodrobot' too see if anyone else ever used that... It's what I put as my user name when 'wafflepirate' is taken XD

09-01-2008, 08:05 PM	#12
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Well put, Waffle. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

09-02-2008, 12:52 AM	#13
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Welcome and well come to the Cellar, Waffle. We might see if we can Google up Robin Williams' Top Ten Reasons to be an Episcopalian -- religion is not all about Whack-A-Mole-brained fundies -- those are an embarrassment to the intelligent faithful. Top 10 Reasons to be an Episcopalian And while we're at it... __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 09-02-2008 at 01:43 AM.

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