By this reckoning, his plan continues to this day, and each and every one of us are his puppets. God did not write a plan, he put us here and gave us...
I don't believe in God, but I'll try to answer it in the spirit intended. God created man in his image, God gave us free will. The tree of...
I just started listening toi 'Cats in the Cradel' by Ugly Kid Joe. fits the bill. Love that song.
I think people would just laugh and say something like 'Dumb....f***ing....luck.'
I think the proof is in the pudding- any fool who ignores what the initials ANZAC stand for should be accused of idiocy as well as...
Nationalism Nannygoat? you seem guilty as well. The Australians threw their lives away for The Commonwealth, as did New Zealanders, as did the...
If you're going to grumble about casualties Nannygoat, feel for the Germans and French. sure they didn't lose the greatest percentage of mobilised...
British propaganda got as far as Australia then. The 58000 Englishmen who died on a single morning on the first day of The Somme were told exactly...
Standing on the shoulders of Giants syndrome eh? I disagree. Great people of our past thought around the same corners that we do today. I think...
I agree with you completely Pollux, yet still the traits you just suggested to define humanity were Want Fear Lust Misery Knowledge...
You say that nuclear power in space would be a major blow to civilistaion, either ours in the future, or aliens. Our own sun has a greater rate of...
It strikes me that maybe this was perhaps the subtext of your question all along...not the presence of money, but what it represents in those that...
Everyone seems to sway towards Dystopianism/Destructionalism as the best way to describe us as a species... It's amazing how fed up we with our...
I hated Xenocide. I know its a common opinion, but the guy has taken a turn for the worse.
I can't speak for everyone, and half of this is purely hypothetical (seeing as I'm not gay.) But! Predjudice against Atheists, if directed...
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy would get my vote. Certainly nowhere near my favourite book, but sums up our general mental state perfectly.
Basic morality exists. You can ROAR! about subjective nature and definitions 'till the cows come home. Morality is something which the masses...
Don H, your avatar rules. Thinking about where speech came from is like tracing the lines of complex thought. I Cannot believe we 'taught' ouselves...
I and a few friends of the ilk 'less sane than most' were sitting around yesterday night in a 'less than sober' state discussing 'things.' It got...
Jeeesus, did I just sum up this entire thread? well since I'm here in a token thread of pure fecal matter- one of the funniest words in existence is...
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