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Straggler
Member (Idle past 205 days) Posts: 10332 From: London England Joined: 09-30-2006
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Message 61 of 86 (636859)
10-11-2011 3:17 PM
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Reply to: Message 60 by GDR 10-11-2011 2:36 PM
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Re: Straggler's Strange Ideas
If your claim is evidence free Then I will view it atheistically Nothing for it Then I'll adore it As that which was created imaginatively Always been agnostic re where things come from Because I don't see it as a two headed problem I am atheistic Though not pessimistic I consider the answer "god" no more valid than "goblins" God is one option oh so unlikely When we consider all of the things that might be Chances are tiny That "He" is behind it Even if the true answer lies forever beyond our mastery (I am now struggling to get my point across in even remotely limerickal format)
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GDR
Member (Idle past 188 days) Posts: 5410 From: Sidney, BC, Canada Joined: 05-22-2005
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Message 62 of 86 (636864)
10-11-2011 4:14 PM
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Reply to: Message 61 by Straggler 10-11-2011 3:17 PM
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Re: Straggler's Strange Ideas
I don’t agree that it’s evidence free Though we view it subjectively There’s thought and there’s wisdom Love and altruism And to choose them is good we agree If the truth is then what we both sought Then how can we know what we ought? Saying love is a good thing And hate is the wrong thing If we’re just atoms evolved from some rocks I believe what I’ve said here is truth Even without empirical proof But I’m grateful for life Even with all its strife And for that I give thanks that’s profuse Straggler writes: (I am now struggling to get my point across in even remotely limerickal format) |
It's taking me more time than I'd like to admit.  Everybody is entitled to my opinion. :)
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Straggler
Member (Idle past 205 days) Posts: 10332 From: London England Joined: 09-30-2006
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Message 63 of 86 (636921)
10-12-2011 8:05 AM
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Reply to: Message 62 by GDR 10-11-2011 4:14 PM
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Re: Straggler's Strange Ideas
Too black and white and simplistic That between god or NOT we must pick It’s not fifty-fifty Those odds are too shifty So that’s why I remain atheistic To restrict the options to two Is not a very sensible thing to do There are so many And it could be any The options you list just too few to be true Still thinking far too anthropomorphically Imbuing nature with consciousness just like me A vacuous assumption Too full of presumption Better to view reality more realistically Being agnostic regarding first cause Is a position with very few flaws But to call it divine Is a meaningless line When everything known flows from natural laws
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Straggler
Member (Idle past 205 days) Posts: 10332 From: London England Joined: 09-30-2006
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Message 64 of 86 (636995)
10-12-2011 6:41 PM
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Reply to: Message 63 by Straggler 10-12-2011 8:05 AM
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Re: Straggler's Strange Ideas
Too fucking drunk to be meaningful Far far to gone to be reasonable GDR better than me This much I can see Yet I find that barely conceivable Many hours in the pub Led astray by that Beelzebub Drunk too much Look like Screaming Lord Sutch And now I feel the need to eat some glorious grub It's probably just dehydration But my hunger needs alleviation Kebab looks nice But I'll pay the price And tomorrow suffer alienation. BUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!
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GDR
Member (Idle past 188 days) Posts: 5410 From: Sidney, BC, Canada Joined: 05-22-2005
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Message 65 of 86 (637034)
10-12-2011 11:51 PM
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Reply to: Message 63 by Straggler 10-12-2011 8:05 AM
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Re: Straggler's Strange Ideas
A prime mover or not there may be I’m thinking realistically There is or there isn’t I must be persistent Though we can’t know objectively If the prime mover exists it is true That the options are more than a few And so are the options If the Big Bang just popped in From a mindless pin point with no clue Thinking anthropomorphically When considering our ontology In our humanness We will ponder our quest As part of greater reality So I agree that whatever our views I enjoy a discussion with you And though we may not have proof There’s still ultimate truth And we both want to know what is true Edited by GDR, : No reason given.
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GDR
Member (Idle past 188 days) Posts: 5410 From: Sidney, BC, Canada Joined: 05-22-2005
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Message 66 of 86 (637035)
10-13-2011 12:23 AM
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Reply to: Message 64 by Straggler 10-12-2011 6:41 PM
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Straggler's Night Out
I’ve been to a few London Pubs And tasted a few London suds But I suggest in your noggin There should be more haemoglobin Than alcohol in your blood
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Straggler
Member (Idle past 205 days) Posts: 10332 From: London England Joined: 09-30-2006
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Message 67 of 86 (637054)
10-13-2011 6:01 AM
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Reply to: Message 65 by GDR 10-12-2011 11:51 PM
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Re: Straggler's Strange Ideas
Your beliefs are subjective indeed Based on the most very human of needs I don’t know What makes reality flow But from superstition our minds need be freed Question of how things exist Deserves our most evidenced hypothesis Humble beginnings Has firm underpinnings But God that just is contradicts this analysis
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Straggler
Member (Idle past 205 days) Posts: 10332 From: London England Joined: 09-30-2006
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Message 68 of 86 (637055)
10-13-2011 6:04 AM
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Reply to: Message 66 by GDR 10-13-2011 12:23 AM
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Re: Straggler's Night Out
My head is pounding and sore Was it five pints six pints or more? I lost count So I cannot recount After my rhyming I slept on the floor
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Chuck77
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Message 69 of 86 (637062)
10-13-2011 7:10 AM
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Reply to: Message 68 by Straggler 10-13-2011 6:04 AM
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Re: Straggler's Night Out
What's with the Limericks? does it help getting chicks? no more rap? gone like a cut down tree's sap? how's this for throwing up bricks?
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GDR
Member (Idle past 188 days) Posts: 5410 From: Sidney, BC, Canada Joined: 05-22-2005
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Message 70 of 86 (637144)
10-13-2011 6:58 PM
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Reply to: Message 67 by Straggler 10-13-2011 6:01 AM
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Re: Straggler's Strange Ideas
Your beliefs are subjective as well But on this there is no need to dwell But I think that we know What makes reality flow In this field our science excels It’s what undergirds reality That’s really of interest to me Calling it superstition Does not make it fiction There is more than just what we perceive Superstition from the outside in Impacts the world that we reside in By that definition Even Straggler’s cognition Is superstition that guides him There’s more than photons and electrons Much of what is unseen we still count on There are all kinds of emotions And intelligent notions Even the LH Collider can’t work on Edited by GDR, : No reason given.
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Straggler
Member (Idle past 205 days) Posts: 10332 From: London England Joined: 09-30-2006
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Message 71 of 86 (637267)
10-14-2011 1:27 PM
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Reply to: Message 70 by GDR 10-13-2011 6:58 PM
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Re: Straggler's Strange Ideas
Emotions are inside our brains Very different to electrons photons and trains Die and their gone Objective reality not put upon A reality that psychology rather than colliders explains How can I be superstitious When our ignorance I find so delicious The theistic answer Is that of the chancer Which is to true investigation far too pernicious To assert there is more than perceivable Doesn’t excuse advocating all that is conceivable This is fraught With that which comes up short And leads to advocating whatever one finds believable Desist from this I plead This warning you really really must heed “All is subjective” Is just too protective Of the sort of thinking that is based on human need
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Straggler
Member (Idle past 205 days) Posts: 10332 From: London England Joined: 09-30-2006
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Message 72 of 86 (637269)
10-14-2011 1:29 PM
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Reply to: Message 69 by Chuck77 10-13-2011 7:10 AM
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Re: Straggler's Night Out
Hello Chuck. Bearing in mind the rhyme possibilities of your name I am sorely tempted to start a lymerickal contest with you too. But, in the name of family decency, I shall refrain.
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GDR
Member (Idle past 188 days) Posts: 5410 From: Sidney, BC, Canada Joined: 05-22-2005
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Message 73 of 86 (637287)
10-14-2011 2:25 PM
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Reply to: Message 71 by Straggler 10-14-2011 1:27 PM
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Re: Straggler's Strange Ideas
You say that emotions are gone When our last breath has been drawn This is hardly objective And surely subjective You’re still with us, I hope I’m not wrong Yes there’s more than what is perceivable That doesn’t mean all is conceivable We all come to conclusions Some based on illusions Living by what’s most believable I think far too much you protest The subjective views I attest For me you accuse For yourself you excuse The subjective views you profess Everybody is entitled to my opinion. :)
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xongsmith
Member Posts: 2207 From: massachusetts US Joined: 01-01-2009 Member Rating: 3.0
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Message 74 of 86 (637296)
10-14-2011 3:16 PM
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You gentlemen should pay attention To the limerick form & dimension! As strict as a haiku, Its Judges won't like you - Not even an honorable mention! - xongsmith, 5.7d
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GDR
Member (Idle past 188 days) Posts: 5410 From: Sidney, BC, Canada Joined: 05-22-2005
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Message 75 of 86 (637311)
10-14-2011 7:03 PM
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Reply to: Message 74 by xongsmith 10-14-2011 3:16 PM
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There’s a critic in every crowd Who thinks that his rhymes are endowed With wit and direction And subtle correction Without any discretion allowed
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