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Vault101

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trty00 said:
Yeah, I'm willing to bet that he was COMPLETELY SERIOUS. I don't know the guy personally, but, and this is just going off the Escapist posts alone, he has an... "interesting" outlook on life.
oh my god....it all makes sense now

HE IS PATRICK BATEMAN
 
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Spanishax said:
Nevertheless, when Jesus came, he essentially rendered the Old Testament laws void, to make way for the new age of societies that were rising up (such as our own, two thousand years later). Jesus SAID not to judge LEST YE BE JUDGED, and to basically love and tolerate the SHIT out of everyone. That's four points of Biblical history against Westboro's beliefs right there...
Without getting too far into R&P here, this is arguable
- ?For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.? (Matthew 5:18-19 RSV),
- "It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid." (Luke 16:17 NAB)
- "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place." (Matthew 5:17 NAB)

to start with.

http://www.evilbible.com/do_not_ignore_ot.htm
http://www.bethinking.org/bible-jesus/introductory/q-how-did-jesus-view-the-old-testament.htm
http://carm.org/questions/about-jesus/what-did-jesus-teach-about-old-testament
http://www.atheistrev.com/2009/06/did-jesus-abolish-old-testament.html

The last also deals with the 'mosaic law' you talked about. Further to that. I've seen some (not all, I'll admit that right now) of the Code of Hammurabi while I was studying law and while, yes, it did prescribe death as a penalty rather often, it also expressed a sentiment of gender politics that was positively progressive by the standards of biblical law which followed.

Again, this is all menat in a friendly manner, coz who wants another bloody flame war on this topic
 

SckizoBoy

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Nimcha said:
Hannibal never used elephants.

Source: Stephen Fry.
Surprised no-one's picked up on this one...

He did, at the battle of Zama, just not very well.

On that note, he wasn't outnumbered three to one or more at Cannae as a lot of people seem to think...
 

Colour Scientist

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I can never think of anything good when these threads come up.

Am, Wuthering Heights is not just a romantic love story, if it was it wouldn't be such a classic. It's pretty fucked up story about two really fucked up people.
 

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Spanishax said:
Nevertheless, when Jesus came, he essentially rendered the Old Testament laws void, to make way for the new age of societies that were rising up (such as our own, two thousand years later). Jesus SAID not to judge LEST YE BE JUDGED, and to basically love and tolerate the SHIT out of everyone. That's four points of Biblical history against Westboro's beliefs right there...
I suddenly have the weirdest fantasy of Jesus being a Brony. I'll let that hang around for a bit.


OT: No doubt most people already know this, but I like to say it every now and again nonetheless: Thomas Edison wasn't a great inventor. He was just able to market things really well and make a business out of inventing. No, Tesla was a great inventor, one of the greatest inventors that will ever live.
 

Denamic

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Mario uses his hand to smash bricks, not his head.
I know, blew my mind too.
 

NoeL

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Contrary to popular belief, the dinosaurs weren't completely wiped out by some cataclysm - they evolved into birds.

More on dinosaurs, contrary to popular belief there's a shorter gap in time between humans and tyrannosaurus rex than between t-rex and stegosaurus (t-rex lived 65-67mya, steg lived 150-155mya).

Yay dinosaurs.
 

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Ranylyn said:
WanderingFool said:
Lazy said:
As anyone who has ever fired one can attest, most shotguns have an effective range of more than five feet. We wouldn't use them otherwise.
I hate it when games do depict shotguns with shit range.

Also, when people say money cant buy happiness, they are typically not all that worried about money. When you dont have money, than can money buy happiness (or to be specific, piece of mind, which leads to happiness.)
What I really hate is how they're ONLY ever buckshot.

Contrary to popular belief, shotguns have solid ammo as well, often referred to as "slugs." These are actually accurate and still lethal at medium range. Kudos to the old Doom games for actually having these. Goddamn modern gaming and "lolol all that exists in the world is scattershot, hahahahaha."

And as someone who's been struggling with finances for 4 years, I agree on the money part. Having money itself doesn't make me happy, but the peace of mind that comes from it does.
Hell, BF3 is the only game I knowof that actually gave you the option of using different shells. Nothing quite beats sniping someone in bazaar with a rifle-scope shotgun though :)
 

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Queen Michael said:
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is not about a country where everybody is constantly being watched. It's about a country where everybody might be watched at any given moment but can't tell if they are or not.
Well, it's often enough to consider it constant. Winston thought he was capable of avoiding th monitoring. He was wrong, after all. They don't need to be staring at each citizen 24/7 to qualify as "constant", they could grab a snack in the mean time and even just review recordings or even go by and look at a diary, if they wish. As long as it's consistent, and it most definitely is, it can be called "constant".

Vault101 said:
Queen Michael said:
it's an undeniable truth that if you have an I.Q. of twelve, that will be noticable outside of I.Q. test settings. Very noticable.
is that even possible?
Yes, although IQ below 80 signifies some mental problems. 12 would be severe problems.

Doctor Merkwurdiglie said:
Contrary to popular belief, knowing a lot doesn't make you any more intelligent than anyone else.
[small]but that's just my opinion[/small]
Yes, "knowledgeable" is distinct from "intelligent", although in more informal speech "intelligent" is a synonym for "smart" or indeed "knowledgeable".

OT: "Unlikely" or even "impossible" events happen and people make a big fuss about them. They aren't special, though. Yes, a person winning the lottery is exceptional - it's about 1 in 14 million (in a 6/49 setup). And yet there have been so many other people who have participated in the lottery up to that point, that it would be stranger if nobody won. The same thing goes for every "unlikely" event - all the "likely"s get discarded to promote the fact that "this is phenomenal!".
 

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WanderingFool said:
Ranylyn said:
WanderingFool said:
Lazy said:
As anyone who has ever fired one can attest, most shotguns have an effective range of more than five feet. We wouldn't use them otherwise.
I hate it when games do depict shotguns with shit range.

Also, when people say money cant buy happiness, they are typically not all that worried about money. When you dont have money, than can money buy happiness (or to be specific, piece of mind, which leads to happiness.)
What I really hate is how they're ONLY ever buckshot.

Contrary to popular belief, shotguns have solid ammo as well, often referred to as "slugs." These are actually accurate and still lethal at medium range. Kudos to the old Doom games for actually having these. Goddamn modern gaming and "lolol all that exists in the world is scattershot, hahahahaha."

And as someone who's been struggling with finances for 4 years, I agree on the money part. Having money itself doesn't make me happy, but the peace of mind that comes from it does.
Hell, BF3 is the only game I knowof that actually gave you the option of using different shells. Nothing quite beats sniping someone in bazaar with a rifle-scope shotgun though :)
Since you are mentioning guns... "silencers" are not silent. I'm sure FPS Russia can give you a good example.
 

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DoPo said:
Queen Michael said:
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is not about a country where everybody is constantly being watched. It's about a country where everybody might be watched at any given moment but can't tell if they are or not.
Well, it's often enough to consider it constant. Winston thought he was capable of avoiding th monitoring. He was wrong, after all. They don't need to be staring at each citizen 24/7 to qualify as "constant", they could grab a snack in the mean time and even just review recordings or even go by and look at a diary, if they wish. As long as it's consistent, and it most definitely is, it can be called "constant".

Vault101 said:
Queen Michael said:
it's an undeniable truth that if you have an I.Q. of twelve, that will be noticable outside of I.Q. test settings. Very noticable.
is that even possible?
Yes, although IQ below 80 signifies some mental problems. 12 would be severe problems.

Doctor Merkwurdiglie said:
Contrary to popular belief, knowing a lot doesn't make you any more intelligent than anyone else.
[small]but that's just my opinion[/small]
Like the " oh my god I was just thinking about you " when you pick up the phone and it's the guy you were just thinking about " :p.

O.T Being unique doesn't make you special.

Yes, "knowledgeable" is distinct from "intelligent", although in more informal speech "intelligent" is a synonym for "smart" or indeed "knowledgeable".

OT: "Unlikely" or even "impossible" events happen and people make a big fuss about them. They aren't special, though. Yes, a person winning the lottery is exceptional - it's about 1 in 14 million (in a 6/49 setup). And yet there have been so many other people who have participated in the lottery up to that point, that it would be stranger if nobody won. The same thing goes for every "unlikely" event - all the "likely"s get discarded to promote the fact that "this is phenomenal!".
Just like the "oh my god I was just thinking about you !" when you pick up the phone and it turns out to be the guy you were just thinking about :p.

O.T Being "open minded" doesn't mean "accept everything !"
 

Legion

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"Then" is not a comparison word.

"I like chocolate more then candy"
"I am smarter then you"
"I thought Bioshock had a better story then Bioshock 2"

Do not make sense, for example. The word used should be "than".

What's worse is that this shouldn't even be a common mistake, but just like "I could care less" and "addicting" it seems to be used more and more often.
 

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Doctor Merkwurdiglie said:
Contrary to popular belief, knowing a lot doesn't make you any more intelligent than anyone else.
[small]but that's just my opinion[/small]
This is not a complete rebuttal, but considering the fact that all problem solving techniques constitute learned behaviour (i.e something you come to KNOW rather than inherently possess) I would argue that knowing a lot might make you more intelligent than other people, if you happen to know the right things and be in the right situation.


OT : Contrary to popular belief, the word 'loose' is not a verb which means 'to get defeated', but an adjective which means something else entirely.
 

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Elect G-Max said:
The original Star Wars trilogy wasn't really all that great, and people who complain about the prequels are just looking at the originals through Nostalgia Goggles.
This is opinion. I kind of agree though 'cept for the prequels being pretty bad.

JeffBergGold said:
This is opinion. That I disagree with but that's because I'm not a real man. A woman's list of talents and quirks are what makes her attractive to me. Shiny things are nice but ultimately there's not much you can really do with them.

Also, just checking here, you do know that the scene you posted from American Psycho is satire, right?

OT: Contrary to popular there a cure for the hangover does exist. The bacon sandwich.
 

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bl4ckh4wk64 said:
Frankly, I still maintain that if there had been a single person with a concealed carry permit in that Aurora theater, we'd be reading about a hero that stopped a potential massacre rather than some fucked up college student.
Yeah, having a shoot-out amidst a crowd of people would most definitely have helped that situation.
 

DoPo

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Legion said:
"Then" is not a comparison word.
Alcoholidayer said:
OT : Contrary to popular belief, the word 'loose' is not a verb which means 'to get defeated', but an adjective which means something else entirely.
I don't think those are "common belief" as much as "failing at English".
 

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Nimcha said:
Hannibal never used elephants.

Source: Stephen Fry.
Not true, Hannibal did use Elephants, just only a few made it through the Alps, alot died of cold. - See Livy, History of Rome 21, 36 (Sorry I'm an Ancient Historian, couldn't help myself)


OT: Hitler wasn't German, he was Austrian.