> On Nov 6, 3:03 pm, Devils Advocaat <mankyg...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > On 6 Nov, 18:23, Inez <savagemouse...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Nov 6, 10:08 am, odin <odinoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > If you look closely into the eyes of an atheist, will see something > > > > very frightening... they have no soul.
> > > You're looking in the wrong place, you need to look at the bottom of > > > the feet.
> > I actually reckon the best plaice to look for their sole would be in > > their groceries. :P
> Which brings to mind the ancient scrolls recently discovered that shed > new light on the Trojan War.
> It seems that Troy had a significant fishing industry (coastal city, > duh) and they traded their catch throughout the Mediterranean. One of > their major customers was Sparta. Sparta, being inland, enjoyed this > relationship for many years.
> But then the Trojans started thinking they could put something over on > the Spartans, and started selling them old fish. It got to the point > that many Spartans were getting sick from eating the Trojan fish, and > the Spartan government, after many, many demands for redress, finally > declared war over the matter.
> Of course the signal has been degraded over the years, but given this > new information, the cause of the Trojan War has finally become clear. > It was the plaice that launched a thousand shits.
> Chris
You had to go way out of your way to trip a rarey.
-- A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard.
Devils Advocaat <mankyg...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 7 Nov, 00:50, chris thompson <chris.linthomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Nov 6, 7:15 pm, Mark Evans <markevans1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Nov 6, 1:08 pm, odin <odinoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > If you look closely into the eyes of an atheist, will see something > > > > very frightening... they have no soul.
> > > Please define and describe a soul. What does it look like? Why do > > > you expect to find it in eyes? Do different people keep their souls > > > in different places? I recall hearing old tales about keeping souls > > > safe in eggs inside birds in remote ponds in distant castles. Maybe > > > you have been looking in the wrong places.
> > > Mark Evans
> > THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM THE EVIL ATHEIST CONSPIRACY
> > WE DO NO EXIST
> > BUT IF WE DID EXIST WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU RECALIBRATE YOUR IRONY > > METER
>> On 7 Nov, 00:50, chris thompson <chris.linthomp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Nov 6, 7:15 pm, Mark Evans <markevans1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > On Nov 6, 1:08 pm, odin <odinoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > > > If you look closely into the eyes of an atheist, will see something >> > > > very frightening... they have no soul.
>> > > Please define and describe a soul. What does it look like? Why do >> > > you expect to find it in eyes? Do different people keep their souls >> > > in different places? I recall hearing old tales about keeping souls >> > > safe in eggs inside birds in remote ponds in distant castles. Maybe >> > > you have been looking in the wrong places.
>> > > Mark Evans
>> > THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM THE EVIL ATHEIST CONSPIRACY
>> > WE DO NO EXIST
>> > BUT IF WE DID EXIST WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU RECALIBRATE YOUR IRONY >> > METER
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:08:57 -0800 (PST), the following appeared in talk.origins, posted by odin <odinoo...@yahoo.com>:
>On Nov 6, 4:15 pm, Mark Evans <markevans1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Nov 6, 1:08 pm, odin <odinoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > If you look closely into the eyes of an atheist, will see something >> > very frightening... they have no soul.
>> Please define and describe a soul. What does it look like? Why do >> you expect to find it in eyes? Do different people keep their souls >> in different places? I recall hearing old tales about keeping souls >> safe in eggs inside birds in remote ponds in distant castles. Maybe >> you have been looking in the wrong places.
>> Mark Evans
>Its a transcendent aspect of the the vitreous humor, duh.
Yes, your humor does sometimes tend to leave me a bit glassy-eyed. --
Bob C.
"Evidence confirming an observation is evidence that the observation is wrong." - McNameless
On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:31:47 -0500, the following appeared in talk.origins, posted by William Morse <wdNOSPAMMo...@verizon.net>:
>odin wrote: >> If you look closely into the eyes of an atheist, will see something >> very frightening... they have no soul.
>Dang! I was hoping to not have to reveal this yet, but it looks like the >cat is out of the bag.
>We have been developing a system to measure hunekers by scanning the >eyes of various organisms. Now I have to warn you that the results are >preliminary. It turns out that octopuses score the highest, with an >average of 230 hunekers. Dolphins come in at 200 hunekers. As you >suspected, atheists don't do very well - they generally score about 50, >comparable to golden retrievers and capuchin monkeys. But you might be >surprised to learn that fundamental Christians and Taliban Muslims >average only 5 - about the same as snakes and lawyers.
The snakes disagree. --
Bob C.
"Evidence confirming an observation is evidence that the observation is wrong." - McNameless
>On Nov 6, 7:30 pm, chris thompson <chris.linthomp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Nov 6, 2:08 pm, SkyEyes <skyey...@cox.net> wrote:
>> > On Nov 6, 11:08 am, odin <odinoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > > If you look closely into the eyes of an atheist, will see something >> > > very frightening... they have no soul.
>> > That's because *nobody* has a soul. The whole concept of a "soul" is >> > nothing but a theological conceit; there's no evidence that such a >> > thing actually exists.
>> > Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34 >> > skyeyes nine at cox dot net
>> What really pissed me off when I was a kid was when the priests and >> nuns told me my dog, who had just died, didn't have a soul.
>> Chris
>I was once told that I don't have a soul because some of my ancestors >had the bad judgement to inhabit North America before the Europeans >discovered it. Just goes to show that having a soul seems to be based >on having the right ancestors, according to some folk, and their silly >faiths.
I'd say it shows that some people are so insecure that they're desperate for any claimed superiority, valid or not. Of course, this accounts for most fundies. --
Bob C.
"Evidence confirming an observation is evidence that the observation is wrong." - McNameless
> On Nov 6, 8:46 pm, Mark Evans <markevans1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 6, 7:30 pm, chris thompson <chris.linthomp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Nov 6, 2:08 pm, SkyEyes <skyey...@cox.net> wrote:
> > > > On Nov 6, 11:08 am, odin <odinoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > If you look closely into the eyes of an atheist, will see something > > > > > very frightening... they have no soul.
> > > > That's because *nobody* has a soul. The whole concept of a "soul" is > > > > nothing but a theological conceit; there's no evidence that such a > > > > thing actually exists.
> > > > Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34 > > > > skyeyes nine at cox dot net
> > > What really pissed me off when I was a kid was when the priests and > > > nuns told me my dog, who had just died, didn't have a soul.
> > > Chris
> > I was once told that I don't have a soul because some of my ancestors > > had the bad judgement to inhabit North America before the Europeans > > discovered it. Just goes to show that having a soul seems to be based > > on having the right ancestors, according to some folk, and their silly > > faiths.
> > Mark Evans
> Who told you that? That's really incredible. Despicable, if it needs > to be said, too.
> Chris
It was a guy I worked with, a member of a rather whacky fundie cult. On the other hand, once he found out about my Cherokee ancestors, he did stop trying to "save" since it was pointless to try. (BTW, I cracked every password he put on his computer in a few seconds. He always chose common words from the Bible and could never quite grasp the idea he was predictable.)
> On Nov 7, 7:22 am, chris thompson <chris.linthomp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 6, 8:46 pm, Mark Evans <markevans1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Nov 6, 7:30 pm, chris thompson <chris.linthomp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Nov 6, 2:08 pm, SkyEyes <skyey...@cox.net> wrote:
> > > > > On Nov 6, 11:08 am, odin <odinoo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > > If you look closely into the eyes of an atheist, will see something > > > > > > very frightening... they have no soul.
> > > > > That's because *nobody* has a soul. The whole concept of a "soul" is > > > > > nothing but a theological conceit; there's no evidence that such a > > > > > thing actually exists.
> > > > > Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34 > > > > > skyeyes nine at cox dot net
> > > > What really pissed me off when I was a kid was when the priests and > > > > nuns told me my dog, who had just died, didn't have a soul.
> > > > Chris
> > > I was once told that I don't have a soul because some of my ancestors > > > had the bad judgement to inhabit North America before the Europeans > > > discovered it. Just goes to show that having a soul seems to be based > > > on having the right ancestors, according to some folk, and their silly > > > faiths.
> > > Mark Evans
> > Who told you that? That's really incredible. Despicable, if it needs > > to be said, too.
> > Chris
> It was a guy I worked with, a member of a rather whacky fundie cult. > On the other hand, once he found out about my Cherokee ancestors, he > did stop trying to "save" since it was pointless to try. (BTW, I > cracked every password he put on his computer in a few seconds. He > always chose common words from the Bible and could never quite grasp > the idea he was predictable.)
> Mark Evans
Well, at first I thought it was someone in a position of authority over you, or someone who claimed some moral authority, like a pastor. That would have been morally bankrupt. It sounds like this has descended to the level of personal bigotry, which- while still morally bankrupt- at least is not a misuse of power.
Some people just suck. Good for the rest of us that those people also tend to be really, really stupid.
On Nov 7, 9:25 am, "Dick C." <foo.dic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> chris thompson <chris.linthomp...@gmail.com> wrote in news:51ed70e2-e881- > 4a1e-a896-692233a32...@j9g2000vbp.googlegroups.com:
> > On Nov 6, 1:08 pm, odin <odinoo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> If you look closely into the eyes of an atheist, will see something > >> very frightening... they have no soul.
> > But if you look closely into the belly of an atheist leaving a seafood > > restaurant, you may very well discover he or she has a sole.
> Um, no. Last time, though, I had one halibut.
Whew. I thought for a moment you were going to make a bass of yourself.
> chris thompson <chris.linthomp...@gmail.com> wrote in > news:51ed70e2-e881- > 4a1e-a896-692233a32...@j9g2000vbp.googlegroups.com:
> > On Nov 6, 1:08 pm, odin <odinoo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> If you look closely into the eyes of an atheist, will see > >> something > >> very frightening... they have no soul.
> > But if you look closely into the belly of an atheist leaving > > a seafood > > restaurant, you may very well discover he or she has a sole.
> Um, no. Last time, though, I had one halibut. > Whew. I thought for a moment you were going to make a bass of > yourself. > Chris
Oh Cod! I s'pose Mackerel have to throw a line into this thread now...
>"chris thompson" <chris.linthomp...@gmail.com> wrote in message >news:56407c12-c416-484d-8aab-975050e3a452@e7g2000vbi.googlegroups.com... >On Nov 7, 9:25 am, "Dick C." <foo.dic...@gmail.com> wrote: >> chris thompson <chris.linthomp...@gmail.com> wrote in >> news:51ed70e2-e881- >> 4a1e-a896-692233a32...@j9g2000vbp.googlegroups.com:
>> > On Nov 6, 1:08 pm, odin <odinoo...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> If you look closely into the eyes of an atheist, will see >> >> something >> >> very frightening... they have no soul.
>> > But if you look closely into the belly of an atheist leaving >> > a seafood >> > restaurant, you may very well discover he or she has a sole.
>> Um, no. Last time, though, I had one halibut.
>> Whew. I thought for a moment you were going to make a bass of >> yourself.
>> Chris
>Oh Cod! I s'pose Mackerel have to throw a line into this thread >now...
See, you 'cuda been a contender, Charlie, instead you got a one-way ticket to Starkistville.
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