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Well, one concession which I give is that religion is a great way to teach people morals who otherwise would not understand them. Jesus was a great role model, and I wish that all people in the world (Christians included--who some seem to have the *least* in common with him) would live up to...

Agree with Kharn? Why not agree with me? I brought it up first. You're not still mad about the freedom discussion, eh? ;) I'm kidding. Anyway, fear is yet another way to control the people. It's a lot easier to say, "If you don't do this, you'll be punished." than to say, "This is a...

Hehe, welcome to the Church of Agnosticism, Sander. Well, actually, there isn't a church for people like us. :) The problem with religion is that one person finds something that he believes in, and then he begins to form a doctrine based around his experience. He then passes that doctrine...

Hmm, so it would work if we gave up beer then? No, that wouldn't work, because without beer, our institutions of higher learning would break down. Without beer, no colleges, and the American standard of life would lower. On the other hand, we wouldn't actually need beer if our chicks were...

On the plus side, Gunslinger, an 86 year-old man won't be able to put up much resistance to Bubba and the gang when he's being raped in prison. Let's all take solace in the hope that Russel Weller will no longer need an enema again.

Hehe, my posts get to be extremely long as well. And every time, I never actually *mean* to make them so long, hehe. Anyway, you do have a point about the practicality of a flat-tax system. I understand completely that Congress would have one hell of a time not screwing up the flat tax...

It almost seems that too many people take their religion as a monopoly in truth. Far too often, those same people also use a literal translation of their holy texts. It's kind of like how so many deeply religious people immediately dismiss Darwin as an idiot (or a tool of Satan, or whatever...

Heh, so why then is the USA wasting it's time invading Iraq? We need to invade Scandanavia and steal the women. ;)

I always figured that French chicks were considered hot because society's views on attractiveness of women. I figure with those tiny portions of their seven-course meals that they'd have to be *impossibly* skinny by default. :)

I'd love to punch every fucking reporter and "journalist" who thinks that a celebrity's love life is somehow more important than the local drought, the brutality occurring in Liberia or anything else that's truly important.

LoTR was a really good set of movies--well--except for the whole Tom Bombadil thing. Doh! Some things just can't be translated from book to movie--like the Ents long and drawn out slow speeches. For the most part I kind of like them.

Hehe, from one controversial topic to the next. :)

Re: taxes You know, the virtues you espouse as reasons why you hate the Libertarian Party is actually the very reason you are more Libertarian than you'd like to admit (heh, but not too much). What I'm saying is that you advocate personal responsibility and the ability to make choices for...

Yes! That is *exactly* my point Loxley. You have it down. Poor people are poor for a reason. My initial point about this bum walking into a fast food place (technically, it was a Wendy's but McDonald's is a world-renowned fast food chain so I used that name), was that a poor person or a bum...

Yeah, that's my bad. I got you and Welsh mixed up. I'd have to be honest and stand by my first statement, which is what I actually meant--which of course, would be wrong according to the quiz.

Actually, Welsh, I was thinking that we should move this to another thread too. Seeing as how some of this overlaps with the "How Will the World End?" thread and currently this has nothing to do with the RIAA or MP3's. ANYWAY, the web site only states that 35% of the people who have gone to...

I think that was just what they were commonly called. If you look at the picture (obviously), it's just a 9-volt battery. But then again, I'm talking about fuel cells in real life. In the Fallout world, they can make them anything they want to. ;)

I have seen some MAJORLY hot Russian chicks, too! Oh man....*drools*

Funny Kharn, I could have told you that you were a Liberal without having you take that quiz. It was pretty obvious to me that you were a Liberal (just like I mentioned prior to your taking the test). Of course it's not a comprehensive psychological evaluation. That's like saying a...

Alright, again, I'm sick of repeating myself Sander, but a HISTORICAL ARTIFACT IS HISTORY. Jesus! How hard is it to understand that? Why don't you just close down the Louvre while you're at it because you find a historical painting to be politically offensive? If someone wants to buy an old...