Fiery_penguin_of_doom Posts

i was wondeering what did peole vote for?

Simply stated, the idea of God as some sort of entity, whether it gives a shit about us or not, is short-sighted, egotistical, and naive. I'm not saying we should stop looking for it or stop believing. For some, faith is the only thing that can help them survive in this bullshit world we live in. All I'm saying is that if you're going to search for God, be somewhat realistic about it. The concept of the existence of some entity that created existence is self-contradictory, being that it would have had to create itself from nothingness.

God is what you make it out to be. It can be something that always listens when you pray, but only has a 50% chance of actually answering. It could be the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It could be the whole of the consciousness of all living things. It could even be you.

Religion is what it is because humans need structure so they don't start killing each other all willy-nilly. Religion is a structured set of beliefs that tells you what you need to know so you don't have to worry about the unknown. I don't condemn religion, well all that much, only because it manages to keep people in line with a higher success rate than the majority of the world's governments. If people have qualms about the beliefs of a religion, they say fuck it and part ways. If people have qualms with their government, they start gathering together people of similar beliefs and when they have enough people, they rebel. Internal conflicts within a religion create new religions. In a worst case scenario, a religious war may start, but that's not all that bad because in those cases, its zealots and crazy mother fuckers picking each other off. In the case of government related rebellion, otherwise rational people get roped in and it tends to throw entire nations into complete chaos.

Another positive quality about religion is that there are some that, in no way, condone killing others. Now that kind of goes against my beliefs because, personally, I think its acceptable to kill people when the situation calls for it, but in most nature based religions, they don't so much preach respect and civility, as they do encourage it.

As for the negative aspects of religion, there are far to many to name, but one of the most significant flaws is the rigidity of their beliefs. Most religions stand on a foundation that, while maintaining a seemingly strong structure, if one thing goes wrong, everything will collapse. There is no flexibility in the beliefs of religions. There's no, "Well there is the possibility that we could be wrong." Instead its, "We're right, everything else is wrong, and if someone gives a logical alternative either they are or are influenced by [insert evil deity here].

My personal opinion is that "God" isn't something that anyone can be aware of. It is a force beyond subjective consciousness and the workings of the world are not necessarily controlled by it, but a result of its existence because it is the subtle energy that composes the whole of existence itself. "God" per se, is not necessarily something that controls what is, rather it is what is as a whole. The only reason we can call it or any part of it "God" is because we have a tendency to feel as if there has to be something more, something in control at all times, that guides us.

Everyone who believes in God says that they revere him/her/it/them or whatever above all else, but that isn't true. Its a harsh reality, but anyone who believes in something with undying faith subjects their God to a standard that it cannot uphold and that is completely disrespectful. An omnipotent, omniscient, all powerful being hears, sees, and knows everything that everyone wants and does all it can to guide the world to function so that it doesn't fall apart. Who are you to ask it for anything. Maybe you feel you really need something. Perhaps you're dying and, naturally, you want to live. So, you pray to God to let you live. If God's plan is absolute, there's no point in praying for your survival because you are not special. You are a tiny, expendable, replaceable part in the machine that is your God's great work. Your God letting you die doesn't mean that it has abandoned you or that it doesn't care, its just that it has so much to take care of that paying special attention to you could destroy everything that it has put all of its effort into to create and maintain for the duration of existence. This is where the concepts of the afterlife and/or reincarnation come in. You can't have a book without a definitive ending, unless there's a sequel. Everyone who has ever felt that their faith has been cast aside or ignored by God needs some sort of closure in death. So in death, there is a divine justice system that either rewards you for your faith, condemns you for your transgressions, or in some cases, sends you back to start life as something new in order to continue your spiritual evolution.

i want a tatoo of lucy on my upperarm the one where she's wearing a shrit and takin the helmet thing off

Q: same to you

uummm the fourskins (a skin head band british thing

Ah D; that's so hard. I like them both. I'll go with tomato.

Q: Circumcised or uncircumcised (haha the band made me think that)

Memory?
When my grandpa walked in on me watching hentai. Best memory ever.

Subway or Quiznos - *currently eating subway*

two things:
1: isn't that a bit off topic

2: can i forfit from the cham contest i jus don't stand a chance

Well, I found out penguin lives near atlanta :o which happens to be where the college I want to go next year is. lol
I might have to take up his offer of taking me out to dinner if I'm still around by then. :wink:

I know it was just kinda funny and/or awkward how you said it. Lol I live in Pennsylvania, quite far from Alberta. Also conventions are oh so expensive and I'm oh so dirt poor lol

But that's a nice policy.

I'm not sure if I endorse this product and or service.

Either assasinated or bribed. It's all just absured. And this whole guilty until proven innocent mentality is getting real old real fast. ...Alright I'm gonna mention something, and if anyone knows who I am because of it keep it to yourself, this is not something I need shared with everyone I know. I was arrested in '06 for posession of coke. The shit wasn't mine. my ex-roomate bought a quarter oz. of the shit, I knew he had it, but I wasn't going to say anything (I don't rat out my friends). Anyway, we get pulled over, and the cops searched my car, yes it was an illegal search, but the "Patriot" Act does away with due process. So my ass gets slammed on the ground with a gun to my head and put in cuffs. They take my roomate over to the other car and talk to him. Now you gotta understand this is a guy who would always preach "snitches get stitches" and shit like that. Well, they immediatley start questioning me about where it came from. Naturally, I couldn't answer that. So I got arrested, sat in jail for 3 days. Couldn't eat the pathetic excuse for food they had, couldn't sleep on those goddamn stainless steel benches. The waste of genetic material fuckin sighned an affadavit saying the coke was mine. The cops just went along with the setup, and played just the way he wanted them to. Guess what happened to him. NOTHING. He walked home. I'm still on probation for that shit. Fortunately I was able to get deffered adjudication, which means it only comes up as an arrest in a background check, and in 10 years it'll be off my record alltogether. So all and all it didn't fuck up my life completely, but It illustrates my whole guilty until proven innocent statement.

Looks like my spam was too strong for this thread to handle, sorry Pengiun. :oops:

that was'nt meant for you.... ignore i said that
none im not materialistic

Q: bbc or sky?

Which would explain why god was so prone to temper tantrums in the bible.

ahh poor you do you want a hug*opens arms*? what do you do for a job?

i enjoy my job but i also enjoy being at home so both i think

Q: hugs or kisses?

"Watch them until they aren't anymore, then start all over."

What image does my avatar portray?

Haha. What he said about gambler. I thought the same thing :wink:

Since I'm pretty new to the site and you haven't really gotten a chance to see me in action yet - what's your stereotype for my avi?