See, I agree with you 100% on the homosexuality thing. To blame either nature or nurture completely seems very ignorant to me.Pfheonix said:
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Well I believe I have a few unpopular opinions but I guess i'll say the most unpopular opinion you can have on the internet.
I. Believe. in. God.
And also the secondary point to this startling revelation, I hate atheists.
Not all atheists mind you, I have some friends who are atheists and the fact that they don't believe in god is not what upsets me, I believe you can believe I whatever you want. What I hate is the fact that most atheist are pretentious, condescending asshole snobs who think that because they are atheist it makes them far more, intelligent, worldly and just an all around better person because of it. They look down on people who believe in god as one would look down an a dog, believing you have evolved past their level. Again I do not dislike the fact that they are atheists I simply dislike the fact that most atheists share these traits.
I. Believe. in. God.
And also the secondary point to this startling revelation, I hate atheists.
Not all atheists mind you, I have some friends who are atheists and the fact that they don't believe in god is not what upsets me, I believe you can believe I whatever you want. What I hate is the fact that most atheist are pretentious, condescending asshole snobs who think that because they are atheist it makes them far more, intelligent, worldly and just an all around better person because of it. They look down on people who believe in god as one would look down an a dog, believing you have evolved past their level. Again I do not dislike the fact that they are atheists I simply dislike the fact that most atheists share these traits.
Ridiculous and depressing. Nearly your whole post.Relish in Chaos said:
My impression of you from your post is that when you go into work, and your boss says "Prepare yourself, today is going to be challenging", you clock out and go home, cause you think there is no point in trying.
If someone says something really offensive to you or someone you care about, you should lawfully be able to hit them.
I have a growing number of throats I want to smash teeth down.
I have a growing number of throats I want to smash teeth down.
I was about to switch to another thread, but then I ran into posts back-to-back using lines of reasoning that annoy the crap out of me.
To the authors of these posts, I apologize for singling you out. This isn't personal, and it isn't so much about your opinions themselves or the content of your posts so much as that I've simply seen these particular kinds of argument far too many times and would like to address them.
You also don't have to know everything to know when something is incorrect. In fact, while you can never know if you are right, it can be trivially easy to know if you are wrong. An incorrect theory can be demonstrated false with a single fact, but even if you had the truth there would be know way of knowing whether you actually knew the truth, or merely something indistinguishable from the truth given the limits of your experience or experimental equipment. The whole point of conducting experiments is to determine the characteristics that the truth would have to have, so that you can eliminate any theories that don't have those qualities and build new theories that do. None of these theories may be correct, but within the limits of our power to observe, a well crafted theory will have all the qualities of the truth, and if nothing else, will at least be useful until a better theory comes along.
For instance, say a hypothetical caveman, with no prior knowledge on the subject, wanted to know the value of pi. After carving several stone wheels as carefully as possible and carefully measuring the distance that they traveled along the ground in one revolution in terms of wheel diameters he came to the conclusion that pi was between 3.1 and 3.2. Furthermore, lets say he split the difference and declared that pi was equal to 3.15. Say another hypothetical caveman came along and declared (with no research at all) that pi was equal to exactly 3. The first caveman doesn't know the exact value of pi, and his best guess isn't correct, but he can still say with certainty that the second caveman is wrong. And while neither caveman may be right, the first is still less wrong than the second.
Also, with regards to evolution specifically, most people are lumping several distinct facts and theories together and labeling them the "theory of evolution." Evolution itself, or the change in heritable characteristics across generations, has been observed repeatedly both in the lab and in nature and has been an accepted fact since before Darwin (who proposed the theory of natural selection, not evolution). Darwin's theory (natural selection) was the second major theory that attempted to explain evolution, the previous one being Lamarkism, or the theory that traits acquired during an organism's life were passed down to its offspring. In addition there are tons of separate evolutionary theories dealing with the evolution of particular species or groups of species. With those theories, there is a great deal of debate, not over whether or not evolution occurred, but rather how it occurred (much like the debate over gravity isn't about whether it exists, but how it works).
To the authors of these posts, I apologize for singling you out. This isn't personal, and it isn't so much about your opinions themselves or the content of your posts so much as that I've simply seen these particular kinds of argument far too many times and would like to address them.
First off, speaking as an atheist, I don't care about logical proof where truth claims are concerned. A logical argument is only as good as the premises upon which it is based, and it is all too easy to include a flawed premise given our incomplete understanding of the universe. What I do care about is empirical evidence. Simply making a claim that "you can't disprove" is pointless. There are an infinite number of ways to be wrong that are equally non-falsifiable. Unless you can provide some evidence that would make your claim worth considering I'm simply going to toss it on the vast heap of claims that failed to meet their burden of proof (that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence).hulksmashley said:
You also don't have to know everything to know when something is incorrect. In fact, while you can never know if you are right, it can be trivially easy to know if you are wrong. An incorrect theory can be demonstrated false with a single fact, but even if you had the truth there would be know way of knowing whether you actually knew the truth, or merely something indistinguishable from the truth given the limits of your experience or experimental equipment. The whole point of conducting experiments is to determine the characteristics that the truth would have to have, so that you can eliminate any theories that don't have those qualities and build new theories that do. None of these theories may be correct, but within the limits of our power to observe, a well crafted theory will have all the qualities of the truth, and if nothing else, will at least be useful until a better theory comes along.
For instance, say a hypothetical caveman, with no prior knowledge on the subject, wanted to know the value of pi. After carving several stone wheels as carefully as possible and carefully measuring the distance that they traveled along the ground in one revolution in terms of wheel diameters he came to the conclusion that pi was between 3.1 and 3.2. Furthermore, lets say he split the difference and declared that pi was equal to 3.15. Say another hypothetical caveman came along and declared (with no research at all) that pi was equal to exactly 3. The first caveman doesn't know the exact value of pi, and his best guess isn't correct, but he can still say with certainty that the second caveman is wrong. And while neither caveman may be right, the first is still less wrong than the second.
This is an example of the argument from ignorance (basically Y must be true because I don't understand how X could be true, or Y must be true because I can't think of a better way). While I certainly give you credit for at least admitting the possibility of ignorance (this kind of self-knowledge is sadly rare), would it be so much harder to simply admit that you don't know? The simple fact that you can't think of a better way, or that something doesn't make sense to you doesn't suddenly make any opinion you may have on the matter more valid. If you can't live with not knowing, good, you're halfway there, now go learn something. This is the information age after all; it has never been easier to acquire new knowledge.S1leNt RIP said:
Also, with regards to evolution specifically, most people are lumping several distinct facts and theories together and labeling them the "theory of evolution." Evolution itself, or the change in heritable characteristics across generations, has been observed repeatedly both in the lab and in nature and has been an accepted fact since before Darwin (who proposed the theory of natural selection, not evolution). Darwin's theory (natural selection) was the second major theory that attempted to explain evolution, the previous one being Lamarkism, or the theory that traits acquired during an organism's life were passed down to its offspring. In addition there are tons of separate evolutionary theories dealing with the evolution of particular species or groups of species. With those theories, there is a great deal of debate, not over whether or not evolution occurred, but rather how it occurred (much like the debate over gravity isn't about whether it exists, but how it works).
Start with the fun one
-I believe the idea of a God takes away too much credit for the accomplishments of man
-Along with that I do not believe there is a god however I do think there is something along the lines of Karma.
-While I am Athiest I believe if Satan exists he is a good guy because he punishes evil....so does Batman. In this situation I would think God is selfish due to inaction.
Ok done with religious ones
Oblivion > Skyrim
Fallout 3 > New Vegas
Fable > Fable 3 > Fable 2
Military shooters are overrated piles of garbage and should be destroyed.
Children's cartoons are dead these days (except MLP FIM)
The news to be insulting to anyone with even average intelligence.
Criminals are not born, they are made through society.
I find celebrity obsession to be a waste of time and brain power.
-I believe the idea of a God takes away too much credit for the accomplishments of man
-Along with that I do not believe there is a god however I do think there is something along the lines of Karma.
-While I am Athiest I believe if Satan exists he is a good guy because he punishes evil....so does Batman. In this situation I would think God is selfish due to inaction.
Ok done with religious ones
Oblivion > Skyrim
Fallout 3 > New Vegas
Fable > Fable 3 > Fable 2
Military shooters are overrated piles of garbage and should be destroyed.
Children's cartoons are dead these days (except MLP FIM)
The news to be insulting to anyone with even average intelligence.
Criminals are not born, they are made through society.
I find celebrity obsession to be a waste of time and brain power.
Oh snap, I just remembered another one. A lot of people are gonna get mad after I say this.
Ahem...I think dubstep sucks.
Ahem...I think dubstep sucks.
I think action horror games like Dead Space are better, conceptually, than their actually-scary survival horror cousins. It's a matter of what those two different genres say in terms of theme. Survival horror is all about living in a world full of awful, terrifying things that you'll never be able to truly defeat, and the only thing you can ever hope for is to simply survive against them (and sometimes not even that, depending on how much of a downer ending the game wants to go for). In a properly-made action horror game on the other hand, while there are certainly awful, terrifying things about, the game will depict some hero who's skilled, strong-willed, and clever enough to overcome and defeat those things, or it'll simply opt to take the bite out of those scary things by being campy and humorous. While there is definitely something to be said for the thrill of a good scare, which only survival horror can properly provide, I just prefer to have a positive message.
The problem with action horror is that whenever a developer sets out to design what should obviously be in the action horror genre, they usually end up trying to force it to have the bleak, hopeless themes of survival horror, and it inevitably ends up just being some tonally-broken mutant hybrid of these two very different, distinct genres. So the players wanting survival horror will end up disappointed because the game isn't scary, and the people wanting action horror will just think the game's retarded for trying to be so bleak when the main character's running around blasting zombies with a rocket launcher. For this reason, the only truly great action horror games I've played are Dead Space 2 and Resident Evil 4 (the thematic equivalents of Aliens and a cheesy B-movie, respectively), which isn't a whole lot when compared to all the great survival horror out there.
The problem with action horror is that whenever a developer sets out to design what should obviously be in the action horror genre, they usually end up trying to force it to have the bleak, hopeless themes of survival horror, and it inevitably ends up just being some tonally-broken mutant hybrid of these two very different, distinct genres. So the players wanting survival horror will end up disappointed because the game isn't scary, and the people wanting action horror will just think the game's retarded for trying to be so bleak when the main character's running around blasting zombies with a rocket launcher. For this reason, the only truly great action horror games I've played are Dead Space 2 and Resident Evil 4 (the thematic equivalents of Aliens and a cheesy B-movie, respectively), which isn't a whole lot when compared to all the great survival horror out there.
You're aware that the major overpopulation is happening in 3rd world countries, and populations in places like Australia would be declining if not for an increased foreign presence, right?Th3Ch33s3Cak3 said:
There's this special sunglasses stuff that produces the appearance of rainbows whenever you look at a reflective surface/sky. I just noticed the other day that my prescription sunglasses have it, so I can marvel at rainbows whenever I want and nobody can call me gay because they don't even know it's happening.
Women who like sex aren't bad and should not be called names.
Everyone regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual preferences, race, etc should have equal rights.
Americans need to stop telling me I spell words like colour and flavour wrong.
Also, religious people who have to bring their religion into EVERYTHING and shove it in everyone's faces and down their throats should never hold a public office and should have some sense beaten into them so they stop. Because honestly I'm tired of being damned to hell and having different Christian beliefs shoved down my throat by people at gas stations whilst filling up my car and them not listening when I say I'm not interested.
Everyone regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual preferences, race, etc should have equal rights.
Americans need to stop telling me I spell words like colour and flavour wrong.
Also, religious people who have to bring their religion into EVERYTHING and shove it in everyone's faces and down their throats should never hold a public office and should have some sense beaten into them so they stop. Because honestly I'm tired of being damned to hell and having different Christian beliefs shoved down my throat by people at gas stations whilst filling up my car and them not listening when I say I'm not interested.
I'm against gay marriage.
There.... I said it.
You wanna know why? Because, strait or gay, marriage is a backward institution that goes against our very human nature and makes most of us miserable. What real purpose does marriage serve anyway, except to further complicate relationships and force your relatives to attend an extremely boring (and expensive) party? Love isn't something that should require a legal agreement.
So basically I'm against marriage, not gays, I just felt like trolling for a sec there.
There.... I said it.
You wanna know why? Because, strait or gay, marriage is a backward institution that goes against our very human nature and makes most of us miserable. What real purpose does marriage serve anyway, except to further complicate relationships and force your relatives to attend an extremely boring (and expensive) party? Love isn't something that should require a legal agreement.
So basically I'm against marriage, not gays, I just felt like trolling for a sec there.
Besides provide a joy to their parents that is unmatched by anything else on Earth and of which any parent would never trade away, no matter how hard it can be to deal with. What selfish little bastards.Matthew94 said:
ITT: people pretending to be above others despite being pseudo nihilists, due not to a genuine dislike of humanity, but from being rejected from it. In other news, lonely nerds gon' pretend to be aloof.
We shouldn't have given up on game cartridges. If Sega were to come back into the console market with a dedicated games machine that played nothing but cartridges...well, I probably wouldn't buy it (grew up in a Nintendo house after all) but I would probably consider picking one up. Also old games were better than current games are. Online Passes and, other codes are bullshit, arcades need to come back, blah-blah-blah.
Yeah they're allowed to hit you back. Or block your hit. It's called self-defense. And the person who gets offended decides what's offensive.Hexenwolf said:
Dude... neither of those words have a "u". Silly Brit.aprilmarie said:
This is actually a really good point, and I've gotta agree with it. I definitely prefer action horror over survival horror, but I'd never even thought about it until I read this.SoranMBane said: