What I mean is, pull a 22-year-old from the suburbs who's been told what to do all his life, put him in a situation where he can do whatever he wants, and hand him a gun, and a few of them are going to wonder "hey, what's it like to kill someone?" and then act on it. You don't need a gun to kill so...

That would have been polluting the playa, and would have eliminated the chance of developing solar and wind power in the area. Good riddance. Well yah, but currently solar and wind aren't all they are cracked up to be. When I lived in Ridgecrest, CA- I had buddies that worked at the Kramer Junction...

I say that guns are not compatible with a community where people do as they please and learn what it is to act on their first instincts, shedding the albatross of societal rules. Uhm. Right. I don't recall there ever being any problems when guns were around. Some of the people that first helped cre...

I forgot to say that this line of reasoning is not my own. I just encountered it. My raising the point is essentially an attack on religious fundamentalism. S'okay. I thought you were looking for some kind of logical analysis. I used to like the classes I took way back when. I really need to break ...

God is One and All and therefore God has no parts. Therefore, God cannot be described. Discuss. [Note: this thread exists in response to the Seattle shootings. It is an outgrowth of What Are Women About, Really?] a) God is One I am assuming that this is a reference to God being a single entity, the...

Chai Guy wrote:Perhaps, but isn't that just a reflection of the real playa?

How would you respond to a person walking up to you on the Real playa and asking "Where can I find the sex camps?"

Point them to First Camp. Tell them that they play 'hard to get'.

I had written and (I thought) submitted a post, but apparently it fell into an abyss somewhere. I won't rewrite the whole thing, just answer the question. I was trying to let the thread die a graceful death, but apparently that's not to be. I reject all forms of god, and deny spirituality in its en...

Hey, some people are very beautiful on the inside.

Unfortunately, you have to skin them to find this out and most people tend to be pretty ugly when you skin them.

Just had to point that out.

HughMungus wrote:Bump.

Why? What are you getting out of this? Surely not enlightenment...

tisha2 wrote:*gasp*

ssshhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i though that one was destroyed!!??

That's what the Internet is for darlink'.

Mwuahahahahaha!

tisha2 wrote:Hi Rob!!!!!!![/b]

Hey hot stuff! You going to post that 'special' picture of you here?

Y'know. THAT one. <wink wink>

My $.02 The only time in the 5 years I'd attended that I got laid was when I was in a relationship and we went toghether. Even then, we only did it one night as the others we were too busy partying or doing stuff. I kind of feel where the guy is coming from- I can't seem to get laid to save my life ...

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Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

Edited to say- what the hell? The /img tag appears to be broken.

OK, I give. Neither works. Cut and paste if you want to.

helitack wrote:Dr Mengele was a "scientist"

Isn't Isaac Hayes, Tom Cruise, and John Travolta?
Oh wait, that's scientologist, I believe.
Or I don't believe.
Or I don't want to make the choice of whether I believe or don't believe.

god-belief is a thought virus; one of which not even the best-educated have completely rid themselves yet. See: cognitive dissonance. But personally, I don't know a single person with a Doctorate degree (other than one that says "of Divinity,") who is devoutly religious. And I know quite a few. And...

Hello Ranger Genius, and welcome to the HUGH Simulator 9000:

So please explain to me how "there is no God" and "God does not exist" are not conan drums?

helitack wrote:Bandwidth Vampirism

I think the servers can handle it.

HughMungus wrote:
Which page is the answer on? Gee, I wonder what your answer will be THIS time.

Read book.
Reread thread.
You were told on multiple pages, by multiple people.
Gee, I wonder what answer will be utterly ignored this time.

Read book. Reread thread. The answers have always been before you grasshopper. And yet you can't just re-post the answer. How funny. I won't push you on it. Your house of cards might collapse and I don't want to be responsible for that. I have reposted the answer. Multiple times. It doesn't work wi...

My god you really think very highly of yourself don't you? Does it make you feel smart to think that everybody else is stupid? Where did I say everyone else is stupid? You think I don't know what "ignorant" means. You must think very highly of yourself and very little of others. No wonder you can't...

Read book.
Reread thread.
The answers have always been before you grasshopper.

So, if God (to me) is love, and love is measureable on a brain scan, then the existence of God is measurable and therefore proven. You cannot suggest that God needs to be the same in the minds of everyone claiming to believe in his existence. Love is not the same to everyone experiencing it. I thin...

Would you at least admit that there could possibly be a god? p.s. You refuse to answer my questions and yet you say that I'm ignorant. Hm. Once again, your questions were answered a long time ago. You apparently are the only one unable to see this. Read book. Reread thread. Which page? Read book. R...

p.s. You refuse to answer my questions and yet you say that I'm ignorant. Hm. Oh, and look up the word ignorant. It's not an insult. Stupid, yes- ignorant no. I figured you wouldn't understand that either. My god you really think very highly of yourself don't you? Does it make you feel smart to thi...

Can you prove or disprove the existence of love? Love is a feeling. My atheism relies more on measurable facts (or the lack of them). Besides, love can be shown in brain scans. It can be disproven. You can point to where its supposed to be and see if its there. Love is also a subjective term. Diffe...

HughMungus wrote:p.s. You refuse to answer my questions and yet you say that I'm ignorant. Hm.

Oh, and look up the word ignorant. It's not an insult. Stupid, yes- ignorant no. I figured you wouldn't understand that either.

I guess being an atheist takes the same leap of faith that being a theist requires -- believing in something that can't be proven. I guess people are more comfortable living in the black or white worlds of one or the other. Shrug. Nope. But you will never understand as you don't believe in learning...

I guess being an atheist takes the same leap of faith that being a theist requires -- believing in something that can't be proven. I guess people are more comfortable living in the black or white worlds of one or the other. Shrug. Nope. But you will never understand as you don't believe in learning...

I just checked out the ToS, well... gave it a cursory glance to be honest, but I couldn't find any rule about posting off-topic. Am I missing something? :? "keep on topic" http://eplaya.burningman.org/profile.php?mode=guidelines So now that that's out of the way, could someone please explain how yo...

I just checked out the ToS, well... gave it a cursory glance to be honest, but I couldn't find any rule about posting off-topic. Am I missing something? :? NEVER QUESTION THE HUGH! LITERACY AND LOGIC ARE NOT THE ISSUE HERE! HE IS RIGHTEOUS AND ALL THOSE IN DISAGREEMENT WILL BE IGNORED ALONG WITH TH...