Recent content by MrDoobie

No one was calling anyone stupid as far as I can recall. Maybe Lerxst was, but everyone else was simply positing why someone could have faith in something that runs contrary to physical evidence. I am sorry if you got that impression from my posts, but I wasn't condemning anyone for their faith...

Because any purpose God would have for doing this is either A) manipulative and mean-spirited ("God is testing our faith") or B) unknown, unknowable, or otherwise beyond human understanding. Both options lead to questions such as "why worship him at all?", "do we even know anything about God?"...

Why would he do that?

I've noticed this too. What you have to remember is that a lot of people were raised in these religions, and that the worldview they grew up with is all they know. It's their family, it's their community, and many people, especially those who live in small towns, won't come across terribly many...

And that's exactly what a utilitarian-capitalist society tells creative types. For better or for worse, that's the society we live in, where the value of an activity is measured by how well it will be able to help you achieve your white picket fence. But I believe everybody is artistic...

I listen to anything. What have you got?

Seriously. In the early 2000's there were all these cool bands like Glassjaw, Protest the Hero, Fall of Troy, Refused, and At the Drive In/Mars Volta. But now it just doesn't seem like there are any bands playing this music and no audience for it. Did it all just become djent now? I mean, I like...

For the uninitiated, Klaus Nomi was an opera singer German immigrant that was a rather prominent figure in the 80's New York avant-garde scene. Marrying his vibrant countertenor with the sound of 80's pop, the songwriting of Kristian Hoffman, and a striking visual presence, there will never be...

<3 Betty White

It's a way of being precise. They're being bigots and those words describe exactly what group they're being bigoted against.

Yep.

Well, I don't think that stuff is scary, exactly. Mostly just offensive and annoying. And I can't blame someone for just leaving rather than dealing with offensive/annoying manchildren. There's a certain point where it's just tiring and you start to realize how pointless it all is and you're...

You don't contribute, you preach. What is there to say when you have a tendency to hijack threads for your own personal ends? I stopped trying to have conversations with you when I realized what Apone did in this very thread... Not that you'll ever listen. We're all just blind cavepeople that...

I believe it's, to some degree, meant to be threatening. It's warning a female presence that they are worth no more than their bodies and their thoughts and opinions have no value. It's essentially the post-puberty version of building a clubhouse with a sign saying 'no girls allowed'.

So has the news/politics section just become muir's private litterbox to shit in? Because it seems like it is.