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| Zincy #1219594 3 months ago |
O please tell me this is poe's law in action. No one can be that stupid. |
| Yorec #1219596 3 months ago |
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| Mr_Jack #1219598 3 months ago |
This is made-up shit, right? Like The Onion? |
| BattleGT #1219604 3 months ago |
SATIRE REPEAT THIS IS A SATIRE,
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| Draconequus #1219606 3 months ago |
People use Opera!?
And I'm sitting here in Snoopy pyjamas and a Guns'n'Roses baggy shirt. im such a hor lul. |
| marioandsonic #1219610 3 months ago |
Job 39:9-12
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night? Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you? Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it? Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor? ------------------------------- ...What is this person on? |
| Yorec #1219613 3 months ago |
Draconequus@1219606 said: Guns n Roses? Gurl you have good taste. |
| Zenith #1219615 3 months ago |
this site is probably a parody
also jesus opera looks weird in xp |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219618 3 months ago |
-10000000 points for quoting the bible. |
| Draconequus #1219623 3 months ago |
@Yorec
Eeyup. |
| Zincy #1219625 3 months ago |
Yea, i'm inclined to believe this is satire. Not even William Lane Craig is this stupid, and thats saying a lot. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219629 3 months ago |
^When it involves Christians I can never tell. The satire seems no more ridiculous or severe than the reality as a general rule so it's hard to tell. |
| Mr_Jack #1219641 3 months ago |
"ShelleyTheRepublican.com is not affiliated with, nor do we represent the views of the Republican Party (GOP)"
Whew, that's a relief. |
| Zincy #1219644 3 months ago |
To be fair not all Christian's are raging idiots al'a Beck and Santorum. I'm sure there are several who would cringe at this dribble. |
| BattleGT #1219649 3 months ago |
^Like me |
| Glord #1219669 3 months ago |
I'm kinda sorta Christian.
This is my reaction. 
Also, girls already dress like whores, if my old High School is any thing to go by. |
| Anonymous #1219673 3 months ago |
Oh god, its like the derpy whooves fiasco all over again :/ |
| Zincy #1219683 3 months ago |
Reminds me of that angry Christain youtuber that went after World of warcraft a few years back. His logic was it was full of demons and that only god could make a "world". Prob wouldn't like my demon summoning gnome warlock... |
| BattleGT #1219684 3 months ago |
^Uh no not even close |
| BattleGT #1219686 3 months ago |
Ninja'd |
| sigh #1219691 3 months ago |
Thanks for that, Professor, I really needed to read that some douchebag over the internet thinks that all Christians (including me) are raging morons. |
| bamakid1272 #1219693 3 months ago |
As a strong and open believer, dear God (dohoho) no wonder Christianity has such a bad reputation. While us rational ones do good, the idiots completely blot it out from the public. |
| Mattatatta #1219695 3 months ago |
>False Pagan hogwash
Stopped reading there, Ancient Greek culture fascinates me for one thing, and anyone who is stupid enough to think that they can say what belief is true and what belief is false is a self-entitled prick. |
| Latios381 #1219700 3 months ago |
HAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! xDxD
*rolls on floor laughing* Religious christians are the worst kind of people (I used to be christian i can say that) |
| Tohob #1219706 3 months ago |
did whore attire back up a few years? last i checked proper whore attire was around half this much clothing. |
| BattleGT #1219707 3 months ago |
*Points to own first post* |
| bamakid1272 #1219712 3 months ago |
"The show is created by a young woman named Lauren Faust – if that names seems familiar to you it should be: According to legend, Faust was the name of the person who sold his soul to the devil in return for great wealth and power. It’s highly probable that Satan has chosen Ms Faust to be his modern-day emissary of evil. The signs are clear."
I don't care if this is satire or not, fuck you for making that statement. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219722 3 months ago |
To be fair sigh it's only because I find your faith abject and contemptible. Sorry. |
| Anonymous #1219727 3 months ago |
This is satire. Everything on STR is satire. A quick browse through the site will prove that, unless you seriously think they believe that Obamacare forces people to have a sex change, or Ubuntu is a satanic video game. |
| Anonymous #1219747 3 months ago |
@bamakid1272
Y so srs? I've seen a few bronies make that very same joke. |
| sigh #1219754 3 months ago |
What about it is so terrible? And no, Catholics don't count. They're a laughing stock to us too. |
| Anonymous #1219755 3 months ago |
It may not be satire. There were shittons of public access shows in the 80's that tried to convince people that shows like transformers, voltron and even the first gen ponies had satanic connotation.
That said, satire or not the only resonable reaction to these people is to point and laugh at how stupid they are/are acting. |
| Blissful_Dreams #1219756 3 months ago |
Actually... Unicorns exist nowhere in Greek or Roman myths. They were speculated to maybe exist, but nobody wrote or told stories. |
| Anonymous #1219757 3 months ago |
Okay nevermind it's definitely satire. |
| Zincy #1219771 3 months ago |
I have a bit of a dislike and distrust toward Christianity as well sigh. For starters your faith invaded my faiths lands, forced us to convert, slaughtered any who resisted, and have forever branded us as satan worshiping pagan sinners. But thats all in the past.
My modern life is a near daily assault from asshats wearing your colors telling me that I'm going to hell, burning crosses into my lawn, vandalizing my car, etc. Your own holy book tells me i'm doomed to eternal torment because i choose the wrong god and live a "life of sin" . They relish in the fact that the unworthy burn and attempt to remind us of it everyday. They love nothing more then to explain to me why i'm evil, which tends to ware on ones nerves. I can't speak for Prof, but I can tell you why I dislike your faith. |
| Zeezy #1219789 3 months ago |
@marioandsonic: The KJV refers to unicorns in Job 39:9-12. Pretty much no other English version refers to unicorns, except maybe the Wycliffe Bible. Most of them use wild oxen in that section instead. One version even says it was talking about a rhinoceros. It's very possible the usage of the word 'unicorn' was a mistranslation.
tl;dr lol bible translations |
| Takino #1219800 3 months ago |
@Zincy, you really get burning crosses on your lawn and vandalism? Wow, that's pretty intense. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219801 3 months ago |
I could waste my time telling you why I hate your faith and those like it but it'd just be the same arguement I've had a million times before and I don't care to do it AGAIN on the internet for your or my benefit.
It suffices to say that I simply don't believe in the assertions of your holy doctrines and have seem them time and time again act as a detriment to our society as a whole. I disagree with and find disgusing the being that you hold as a deity and the nature of his existence as told through your scriptures. I have faced endless scrutiny, abuse, etc throughout my life due to members of your faith and have seen very little to redeem it's near endless abuse and stupidity. TL,DR I don't believe in what you believe and find it detrimental to humanity as a whole. |
| Zincy #1219802 3 months ago |
Thats the tip if the ice-berge Takino... so pardon me If I'm a wee bit jaded. |
| sigh #1219807 3 months ago |
Ah, that. I like to refer to THOSE kind of "Christians" as part of Cristendom, or basically those who are Christian only in name but in reality are nothing more than douchebags hiding behind a veil of religion.
In reality the Bible tells its followers to do nothing even remotely close to the crusades (which is what I'll assume you're referring to), not once does it feature the word Hell in it or even describes anything like it (the closest two that I could find are the lake of fire, which is a tool of destruction for Satan and his army of demons, not torture devices for people, and Sheol, which is just another name for the grave), and another reality is that not only did Jesus NOT die on a cross, but he and God both condemned the use of idols in worship, which is what the cross has become. tl;dr don't hate the faith, hate the followers. |
| Takino #1219810 3 months ago |
I can understand how that would make one a bit jaded, yes, especially when they're so adamant that that mindset comes from Jesus and not from their own selves. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219811 3 months ago |
^I hate the faith and hate or like the followers on an individual basis. If I like you it's in spite of your beliefs. Kind of like how I jack off to cartoon horses. Maybe you meet me and think I'm a really nice guy. Maybe I make some yummy tea and we hang out and have some great conversations. Maybe you would say "Wow, that guy that jerks off to cartoons is not that bad."
Of course, I'm just a decent guy that does something you probably don't like. The thing I don't like isn't redeemed or whatever by that. It's just that I"m a person. Same as anyone else. The "no true Scotsman" fallacy avails me none in the works of apologists for your beliefs. |
| Zincy #1219817 3 months ago |
The crusades? Bah, those were glorified trade wars. I'm talking about your faith spreading through Europe "cleansing" the old Pagan faiths. Through fire and steel as much as rhetoric.
Its the faith that the followers force upon me, I will hate it in equal measure. |
| Zincy #1219827 3 months ago |
Prof sumed it up. I don't hate individuals, just what they believe. Hell I'm about to be the best man and my super Christian best friends wedding. I don't hate people, I hate dogma. |
| sigh #1219836 3 months ago |
I will apologize for that then, even though it is in no way my fault.
I do believe, however, that the "no true Scotsman" thing can apply here, seeing as how they're teaching things that aren't actually in the book that they so claim to love. Seriously, look up all of those things that I mentioned in my previous post, you'll see that I'm right, at least in that regard. |
| SpecialAnon #1219840 3 months ago |
@BattleGT even if it was Satire, it wasn't funny. It ain't funny if you go down ranting about religious morals. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219843 3 months ago |
^I have a Hebrew Tanakh and have studied Yiddish and the written Hebrew word for years. I have studied the bible more than you know friend. I don't believe it but I believe in knowing thy enemy.
I don't need to "look up" anything. |
| Zincy #1219844 3 months ago |
Doesn't matter if those things didn't happen (which is incorrect,the historical events at least, I can't vouch for the stuff in the bible). If I don't want to be a part of your faith, I won't be, end of story. Thats what people can't get through their heads. The people who try and "save me" are just as annoying as those who condemn me. |
| Takino #1219848 3 months ago |
@Zincy
I can understand hating that kind of faith. @ProfessorOfHoers I think the reason that some of us fall on the "no true Scotsman" fallacy is that the way that most, if not all, Christians (myself included) act in ways that are directly contrary to what Jesus, who we claim as our leader, told us to do. Not talking about the rest of the Bible, just what is written as being what Jesus himself said. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219855 3 months ago |
I used to be quite interested in the occult (I was never a believer in the supernatural but for literary purposes and pure curiosity I spent quite a few years learning about such things. Naturally any study of things like Crowley, or the Golden Dawn, or Goetia, or medieval grimoires will naturally all lead back towards the Bible, The Kabbalah, holy names, etc. I spent more time than you could fathom drudging through that shit. |
| Anonymous #1219857 3 months ago |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0 |
| Takino #1219858 3 months ago |
@Zincy
I personally find is amusing that anyone thinks they'll "save" someone in an internet discussion. |
| sigh #1219862 3 months ago |
Who said anything about saving/converting? I'm just saying that the guys who did those things to you weren't behaving like a real Christian should have been, and then listed some examples to prove my point. |
| Zincy #1219863 3 months ago |
I find the entire concept amusing. People choose their own paths, its for no one else to decide. |
| TheAntiCat #1219864 3 months ago |
There isn't enough hard alcohol in my county to erase this idiocy from my brain.
Ya know "shelleytherepublican" (if that is your real name!) God never said anything about not having a sense of humor or an imagination. Ever heard of CS Lewis? |
| Takino #1219871 3 months ago |
@sigh
But, oh, those people are out there. They know that they'll be the ones to 'shine the light' on the internet and bring all the internet communities back to God. Which, of course, has nothing to do with God and everything to do with their own fantasies of glory, but whatever. |
| Zincy #1219874 3 months ago |
I wasn't referring to you, at least not directly. What I mean to say ,sigh, is I don't care what a true christian is or whether or not my abusers were. I have many other reasons for no being in your faith that many of the "true" Christians follow. I have no desire to be one. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219884 3 months ago |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgFWtK2AoPk |
| sigh #1219888 3 months ago |
That's fine, everyone deserves to decide for themselves what they want to believe.
Just try to keep yourself from lumping in the fakes with the ones that are actually trying, I guess is what I'm saying? I don't know, I'm tired beyond reason right now and am running on fumes. And I have work tomorrow... Ugh. |
| Draconequus #1219893 3 months ago |
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| Takino #1219895 3 months ago |
@Zincy
Yes, yes right there. People have the free will to decide for themselves. And even if someone does feel that it's important to try to guide someone else, berating and hating is definitely not the way to do it. It's the most frustrating thing in the world to me about most evangelicals, they have no idea that they're pushing people away, they just think that they're "spreading the word", when all they're really doing is spreading divisiveness and giving people good reasons to be bitter towards the whole blasted thing. Sorry, I just felt like ranting for a moment there. |
| Zincy #1219896 3 months ago |
Its hard to see the diamonds when the coals are falling on your head, sigh. I won't lump them together, but I won't sperate them either. They all worship the same god, which I don't. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219898 3 months ago |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmNb3xJFzkc |
| sigh #1219901 3 months ago |
Also @Hoers
That channel/show is nothing more than a pandering to the same kind of super-conservative BSers that I was referring to above. Also the pokemon one is hilarious, I wish I could meet a demon named Jigglypuff. |
| Takino #1219906 3 months ago |
I'd like to take a moment to point out one of the reasons I love the Brony community so much.
Here we are, having a religious debate on the internet, and we're all acting like reasonable human beings. Agree or disagree with each other, I want to say that I love you all, and am thankful for you all. |
| Zincy #1219909 3 months ago |
Takino, while I share your sentiments, I still have reservations. It wasn't the evangelicals that pushed me away, I simplely choose differently.
I don't lump the rank and file Christians in with folks like the westboro, but it doesn't mean I give credence to their ideas and rhetoric. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219911 3 months ago |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/27/pennsylvania-church-kidnaps-teens-holds-them-at-gunpoint-to-teach-a-lesson_n_1382605.html |
| sigh #1219916 3 months ago |
I trust the Huffington Post as much as I can collectively throw them.
Anyway, this is probably a bad idea, but is there anything specific in terms of opinions you guys have about Jehovah's Witnesses? I mean, we're pretty cool, right? |
| Zincy #1219926 3 months ago |
@sigh, just stop bothering me during diner or tea. If I had a nickle for every time my doorbell rang while i was cooking I could hire a cook. Other then that, as i said I don't hate people so I won't hate on a person when they come to my door. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219927 3 months ago |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAM8ILWgYb4 |
| Takino #1219928 3 months ago |
@Zincy
Well, certainly, there's plenty to have reservations about... There's plenty (especially in the OT, yikes) that I don't feel that I understand and I'm not at all sure that I'm comfortable with. The way I see it, everyone is in their own place on their own path, going at their own pace. |
| Zincy #1219933 3 months ago |
Takino you are one of few. The day we can all sit and eat at the same table is a day I look forward to. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219939 3 months ago |
I don't care what you think about the huffinton post (which is just an aggregate news website) that thing really happened. I dislike Jahovah's Witnesses as much if not more than any other evangelical group. Especially since it's based upon a failed doomsday prediction:
http://www.bible.ca/Jw-Prophecy.htm |
| Zincy #1219950 3 months ago |
Behold my long and pointless tags! |
| sigh #1219951 3 months ago |
@Zincy
I lol'd on the inside. The reason we bug people so much is basically so that we can say we at least tried to take the initiative, as opposed to ministers that just wait for people to walk into their church. Bums. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219954 3 months ago |
some copy pasta from wiki:
Failed predictions Watch Tower Society publications have claimed that God has used Jehovah's Witnesses (and formerly, the International Bible Students) to declare his will[319][320] and has provided advance knowledge about Armageddon and the establishment of God's kingdom.[321][322][323] Raymond Franz, who became a critic of the religion, has cited publications that claimed that God has used Jehovah's Witnesses and the International Bible Students as a modern-day prophet.[note 6] Jehovah's Witnesses' publications have made various predictions about world events they believe were prophesied in the Bible.[324][325] Failed predictions have led to the alteration or abandonment of some doctrines.[326][327] Critics highlight failed predictions that the Watch Tower Society had claimed were "beyond doubt" or "approved by God".[328] The Watch Tower Society rejects accusations that it is a false prophet.[329] It says that unlike Old Testament prophets, its interpretations of the Bible are not inspired or infallible,[330][331][332] and that its predictions were not claimed as "the words of Jehovah."[329] It states that some of its expectations have needed adjustment as a part of progressive revelation and of its eagerness for God's kingdom, adding that Witnesses are always ready to accept such adjustments and that it would be "foolish to take the view that expectations needing some adjustment should call into question the whole body of truth."[333][334] George D. Chryssides has suggested that with the exception of statements about 1914, 1925 and 1975, the changing views and dates of the Jehovah's Witnesses are largely attributable to changed understandings of biblical chronology than to failed predictions.[335] Handling of sexual abuse cases |
| Takino #1219956 3 months ago |
Kind of you to say, Zincy. I'm sorry you've had such a hard time of it where you are. You're a good person, and I wish that people could see past their own blinders to actually interact with people as people so they could see that. |
| sigh #1219970 3 months ago |
Oh please Professor, less than even a quarter of those were in reference to a specific date, and at least we owned up to our mistakes instead of just brushing them under the rug like some people might have *cough*that guy that predicted the Rapture twice*cough*. |
| Zincy #1219971 3 months ago |
@sigh, I suppose thats one way of looking at it. Its an alien concept to me though. Pagans don't preach or evangelize. We each build our own path and are only loosely interconnected, preferring solidarity or close nit communities to large groups. In fact the word Pagan is just a branch term that covers countless faiths and paths, there is no formal dogma or structure for us. |
| Takino #1219975 3 months ago |
I like the new tags.
@ProfessorOfHoers My views on Christianity are pretty well summed up by Voltaire in one of his works: "I believe with Jesus Christ that we ought to love God and our neighbor, forgive our enemies, and do good for evil. These are the maxims of Jesus." What would your opinion be upon that viewpoint? |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219979 3 months ago |
^I like some of his other quotes on the faith far better than that one. |
| Takashi_0 #1219980 3 months ago |
I am Christian and what the blueberry fuck is this?
Both the picture and the comments. I'd just like to say that while Jesus may love you, my disdain for those who think that they're superior in any form to the religious simply for not being religious knows no bounds. Hoers and Zincy are perfect examples of why I hate humanity and will never understand why the God I choose to believe in puts up with us. |
| Takino #1219981 3 months ago |
@Zincy
I thought P.A.G.A.N. stood for People Against Goodness And Normalcy? |
| BattleGT #1219982 3 months ago |
One of the more level headed discussions I've seen considering the subject matter, Bravo. Continue |
| Zincy #1219983 3 months ago |
Alas Takino, that is a world that neither of us may live to see. I take solace in what little peace we can achieve, even if it never extends past this site. |
| sigh #1219986 3 months ago |
Anyway it says RIGHT THERE in I think... Matthew? that nobody but God knows when the day of judgement or whatever you wanna call it will happen, so the majority of those were just people getting overexcited/cocky in their own deduction skills. |
| BattleGT #1219987 3 months ago |
Takashi shhhhhhhh |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219988 3 months ago |
@Takashi
lol |
| Takino #1219990 3 months ago |
Thank you for that, Takashi_0 |
| Zincy #1219991 3 months ago |
Takashi, I do hope you are refering to our experiences and not to us directly as examples of why you hate humanity. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1219993 3 months ago |
All Takashi ever does is get on his high horse and complain and try to act above everyone. I can't say I'm surprised by this turn of events. |
| sigh #1219996 3 months ago |
Also @Takashi
Just ask one of us (Witnesses, that is) that very question, and we'll give you a clear-cut, no BS answer. I'd do it myself but as stated earlier I'm dead tired and do not have the required energy to look it up. |
| Takino #1219998 3 months ago |
@ProfessorOfHoers
I'll be very interested to read more of his views on the subject. The university in my town has the 46-volume 'complete' works, and at this point... I'm about halfway through vol. 1 |
| sigh #1219999 3 months ago |
"@Zincy
I thought P.A.G.A.N. stood for People Against Goodness And Normalcy?" Pfffffttt This is great XD |
| Takino #1220002 3 months ago |
Is Takashi coming back to join the discussion, or was that it? |
| sigh #1220004 3 months ago |
I think that was it... |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220008 3 months ago |
Seriously though:
"Hoers and Zincy are perfect examples of why I hate humanity and will never understand why the God I choose to believe in puts up with us." Think about that. Because people disbelieve and state why he believes that his magic man should smite all of humanity. Because of myself and Zincy right? Not because of African Warlords. Not because of child rapists. Not because of human slave traders. Not because of of people who oppress, murder, and subjugate. No, it's cause people on the internet disagree. KILL US ALL LORD! WE HAVE TYPED THINGS THAT DISPLEASE TAKASHI. Want a maroon. |
| Takino #1220010 3 months ago |
That's too bad then. |
| Zincy #1220012 3 months ago |
I wondering how in the blazes Takashi referred to me with "superior in any form to the religious simply for not being religious" despite the fact that I am religious and haven't made an atheist argument. I was just pointing out my bad experiences with Christians and he has the gal to label me as the reason why he hates humanity... |
| sigh #1220014 3 months ago |
To be fair Professor, you are a bit... unnecessarily rude at times when responding to stuff. Maybe that's what set him off?
Or maybe he was just being a dick I don't know. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220019 3 months ago |
^Takashi always does that. Seriously, if you ever see him around you'll see his every comment is childish and spiteful. Devoid of wit, devoid of humour, devoid of insight. All sound and noise signifying nothing. |
| Zincy #1220023 3 months ago |
More like devoid of reading comprehension! The nerve of that guy, we are having a civil discussion and he comes in with that vitriol... |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220024 3 months ago |
I'm not rude, just forthright about things I'm passionate about. I have made no personal attacks towards you, you've noticed. I will attack ideas passionately because they are not a person. They are just concepts. I only attack Takashi now cause he has a history of doing this nonsense. |
| Takashi_0 #1220028 3 months ago |
>Implying people on the internet disagreeing is the ONLY reason I hate people.
>Implying faith is inherently bad. >Implying your answer to the Voltaire question wasn't the worst possible one. >Implying I actually want to talk about this. >Implying I don't already know you're going use every possible insult against me. |
| Zincy #1220029 3 months ago |
Now where were we before that...interruption. Would anyone like to ask any questions of anyone else? |
| Takashi_0 #1220032 3 months ago |
>Implying you aren't being the exact same level of arrogant as the people you hate so much. |
| Zincy #1220033 3 months ago |
Oh by the.... |
| Takashi_0 #1220035 3 months ago |
>Implying you aren't just mad. |
| Takino #1220036 3 months ago |
@ProfessorOfHoers
I kinda feel bad for Takashi. Holding onto that level of negativity can't be healthy for a person. Also, it comes back around to what I was saying before. Holding people in disdain and 'hating humanity' are pretty directly contrary to what Jesus taught. And that that sort of attitude seems to be the majority is incredibly frustrating to me. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220038 3 months ago |
^I don't hate anybody. Not even you. I don't even know you. Oh, I hate your comments. They're stupid as fuck. I don't even know you though. If I met you while I was buying a pack of smokes at the store I wouldn't stare daggers at you. You know why? I don't even know you. In fact, if your house was on fire I'd probably do everything I could to save you. I'm sure you would do the same. But this is the internet and I'm arguing with you. rawr. |
| Takino #1220040 3 months ago |
@Zincy
OMGLOL that was perfect. Well done. |
| sigh #1220042 3 months ago |
Trust me Takino, you're not the only one.
Also, before I head to bed, Zincy, what exactly did you say you were again? I can't be bothered to look and see if you alreayd posted it. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220043 3 months ago |
That was Takashi, btw, not you Takino. |
| Zincy #1220049 3 months ago |
Takino, the essence of comedy is timing.... |
| BattleGT #1220051 3 months ago |
Takashi your tendency to overreact and flare for the dramatic is the reason people tend to have a negative view of you. Everything was going fine until you decided to insert yourself into the conversation and it isn't appreciated. I'm respectfully asking you to stay out of this conversation and allow them to get back on track.
Please and thank you. |
| Takino #1220053 3 months ago |
I'm dreadfully curious now, Takashi_0, what did you mean by saying that the Professor's answer to my Voltaire quote was "the worst possible"?
Just quoting Rarity, or is there something about the response you didn't like in particular? |
| Takashi_0 #1220054 3 months ago |
@Takino: Honestly, no it isn't. |
| Zincy #1220059 3 months ago |
Sigh, I'm a Pagan. Its a loose branch term that is ascribed to Nordic, Germaine, Celtic, and nature based forms of worship. It also inculdes (kinda) neo-pagan branchs such as Wicca, but they are a very recent addition. |
| Takino #1220061 3 months ago |
@ProfessorOfHoers
I guessed that. If you were hating my comments, then you would have been doing a very poor job of it, since it didn't come across that way at all. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220071 3 months ago |
@Takino (incase I get ninja'd. The ^ isn't cutting the mustard!)
I think it's unfortunate that Takashi hates humanity. It's not perfect but it's also wonderful. I'm looking at ponies, using a computer, talking to you, drinking soda, and living in a house because of humanity. I hope he can chill and learn to love again in time. |
| punksweets #1220073 3 months ago |
wait, There's no Twilight in that cosplay group, damn. |
| Takino #1220074 3 months ago |
@Zincy
I've always been interested in the Celtic side of that (my family originally coming from Ireland and all) but all I can find here is, like, children's picture books about Celtic legends. |
| Zincy #1220076 3 months ago |
Battle, to be fair I believe the convo may be winding down. I think sigh is heading to bed and I will be doing the same in about 15min. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220081 3 months ago |
Shame too, because I've lived the last few years of my life doing everything I can to preserve and respect life. I'm a vegan; I don't even kill bugs; I work as a caregiver helping disabled people and the elderly during the day (for almost no pay) and start every day with a smile towards my fellow man and fellow creatures. I can't even begin to explain the thrill of going on my front porch every morning with an Irish Breakfast Tea and a cig throwing bread and seeds to all the hungry sparrows.
I'm not a saint, but I try to be a good person. But because I disagree with him Takashi thinks I'm the bane of existence and wishes what he believes to be the creator of reality to destroy all the world. It's sad because he doesn't even know me. Dude, just disagree and move on like everyone else has. also you can do this [img]"postanimage"[img] that's fun too. |
| BattleGT #1220084 3 months ago |
Yeah I guess you're right I should be getting to bed myself |
| sigh #1220085 3 months ago |
Yeah I'm off to bed, just wanted to get that quick answer from Zincy before I did.
Also don't take this the wrong way (is there a right way to take this?) but Wiccans are kind of a joke. They think their thing is so old when in reality it was just invented by some guy less than a century ago. |
| Draconequus #1220086 3 months ago |
I would just like to sneak in here and say that Hoers is probably my favourite person on this site.
I'm done. ...Unless I feel like throwing in a gif. |
| Zincy #1220088 3 months ago |
Takino, I would love to help provoke your interest but I'm afraid the Celtic side isn't my area of expertise. There's a lot of books online about it though. See I'm kind of like Twilight, I have a personal library or about 3-400 books and many of them are on the various subjects we have disccused here. |
| Takino #1220089 3 months ago |
I should be in bed... It's after midnight here and I have work tomorrow. |
| Mattatatta #1220091 3 months ago |
The tags don't lie, I've never seen ANYPONY on the internet discuss religion without it rapidly descending into a shit-slinging match.
I have nothing to contribute, and that is partly due to fatigue, and partly because it's all over my head (I guess you could say I'm far more ignorant of religion, in favour of focusing purely on one's actions and basing judgement on that). I will say that the commenters here deserve an internet |
| Zincy #1220094 3 months ago |
Sigh, Hence why I called them a "recent addition" they are riding our coattails.... I prefer not to branch them with us but sadly they do count. |
| Takino #1220095 3 months ago |
@ProfessorOfHoers
Not to be off-topic, but I like your taste in tea. How do you generally take yours? |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220097 3 months ago |
Awww Draconequues. I'm not even from Ethiopia. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220099 3 months ago |
With a teaspoon of almond milk, no sugar. |
| Zincy #1220100 3 months ago |
Ohh, fellow tea-drinkers. I can't get through my week without some chamomile or earl-grey. |
| Draconequus #1220102 3 months ago |
@Hoers
Snrrk. I'll make an exception, just for you. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220104 3 months ago |
Oh, I have some tea I bought while in England. It's Jackson's of Piccadily. It's FANTASTIC. I usually just drink cheap ass Twinings though. |
| Takino #1220108 3 months ago |
I usually do Irish Breakfast with a teaspoon of milk or a slice of lemon (but never both together - it just doesn't work)
...and sometimes in the evenings I'll slip a spoonful of brandy in there... I also like Lady Grey when I'm in the mood for something a bit lighter. |
| Zincy #1220110 3 months ago |
I pick the wild chamomile that grows around my house and mix it with chocolate-mint tea plants I grow. I'm quite the forager and know about every wild ediable my state has to offer/ |
| Draconequus #1220115 3 months ago |
I'm English. I'm forced to drink tea.
It's the only way our blood can become ready enough to be drained violently and sacrificed to the multiple deities that we worship. I mean, what ho. I prefer Jasmine. |
| Takino #1220118 3 months ago |
Earl Grey is nice too.
I used to have this huge tin with like a pound of chinese loose-leaf Tikuanyin tea, and it was awesome, but the only thing I had to go on as to where it came from was an address in Hong Kong on the bottom of the tin, so I've never been able to find more. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220122 3 months ago |
@Takino I can't use regular milk (the whole vegan thing) but sometimes I will use lemon with Earl grey. Rarely though.
@Zincy There's a health food shop here that I buy whole chamomile from and it's pretty good but I don't imagine it can compare to something as fresh as a plant plucked straight from your front yard. I used to grow herbs, tomatoes, and peppers but Texas has had a wicked drought lately and so I can't grow anything anymore. We're even having to ration water. :/ |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220124 3 months ago |
@Draconequus I didn't know you were English. That's neat. Also I like you too. (Blush) |
| Takino #1220127 3 months ago |
I basically just have a small amount of regular milk for use with tea. I drink rice milk because I honestly like the flavor better, but I don't care for it with tea. Might need to try almond, though. |
| Zincy #1220128 3 months ago |
Prof, VA is a veritable paradise if you know where to look. Wild strawberries, black berries, raspberries, various teas, cat-tail shoots, wild onions, wild carrots, various mushrooms, choke-berries (don't let the name fool you), Sage, thyme, wild garlic.
Dispite that, and due to lazyness, I do keep a small garden. Which inculdes the 5th hottest pepper in the world...I use it for soup. |
| Draconequus #1220130 3 months ago |
@Hoers
D'aww, you're thuper thweet. *blush* |
| Takino #1220131 3 months ago |
I know pretty much all the edible plants around here, but honestly there isn't much.
Although I have to say, the inner bark of new pine twigs is actually pretty tasty. |
| AppleJackFrost #1220133 3 months ago |
I ship Ze and Dracon with everyone. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220135 3 months ago |
^That's great. I would love that.
@Takino Almond milk is good and I prefer it to soy and it tends to blend well enough in tea. (Though both soy and almond never gives the same pleasing "milk-tea" appearance of milk. I've never tried rice milk in tea. I should give it a go. |
| Zincy #1220137 3 months ago |
Takino, boil that with pine needles, a small bit of sap, and throw in some diced up cranberries and you have a hell of a good tea'ish drink. |
| Takino #1220142 3 months ago |
Tea seems to really bring out the "rice" flavor, and I find that it distracts from the tea itself. |
| Zincy #1220145 3 months ago |
Cooking is one of my passions, that pepper gets me far. Just the other night I made a garlic and soy-sauce chicken stir-fry, with fresh black pepper and a few herbs(secret spices baby), fried rice, and ringed by baby spinach leaves. |
| Takino #1220149 3 months ago |
@Zincy
hmmm might need to try that. Although the cranberries would have to be store-bought. I'm out in South Utah. It's sagebrush and cedar trees as far as the eye can see. |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220156 3 months ago |
God I could eat spinach all day. I can eat it uncooked with no dressing like they're chips.
@Zincy That's cool you're into cooking. Definitely an art form. |
| Zincy #1220157 3 months ago |
Takino, I get my family up in Wisconsin to send me down fresh ones, they don't grow all that well round here either. I make an awesome holiday thing for Yule each year, diced cranberries in a honey, cream, and brown-suger sauce. Its simple, but amazing. |
| Zincy #1220161 3 months ago |
Prof, that it is, and a fickle one at that. Easy to pick up, hard to master. I'm no master chef, but I get by. |
| Anonymous #1220168 3 months ago |
Um, wow. Seeing a Christan, an atheist and a Pagan put aside their differences to discuss food and tea like this is pretty heartwarming... |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220170 3 months ago |
Berries are good but I like to wait until they are almost spoiled. Sweeter that way. You have to eat them all though before they go bad. |
| Zincy #1220171 3 months ago |
Food, the ultimate peace-maker. |
| Zincy #1220174 3 months ago |
I do that with raspberries Prof, its like eating sugar. |
| Zincy #1220185 3 months ago |
Times like this are what reminds me what makes this fandom special. Its not some grand unifying force, or some intangible ideal of "love and tolerance". Its our ability not to just over come our differences and hostilities, but leave them behind entirely. This isn't just "toleration" its true respect, something very, very rare. |
| Anonymous #1220187 3 months ago |
Damn it OP, it's a troll website |
| ProfessorOfHoers #1220194 3 months ago |
Yeah, to me tolerance never was or will be about pretending that topics should be off limits or acting like we like or respect things that we don't. It's just saying our peace, moving on, and keep watching/posting ponies. People can think I'm a depraved pervert and I can think people are silly or prudish or whatever. The trick is to get past the superficial and into the substance. (IMO) |
| Zincy #1220222 3 months ago |
This restored a little bit of my faith in humanity. But alas, I must depart. My bed is calling to me, and it would be best to heed its beckoning.
Good Night everyone, and I look forward to when next we meet. |
| TheLoneLampman #1220333 3 months ago |
I strongly dislike religion but I read all of this and have to say "bravo" for keeping things civil. Not just for this topic, but for this site even.
Since this all ended on such a pleasant note, I'll save my words for another time. More or less short but might/will be a bit insulting to some degree. |
| Anonymous #1220475 3 months ago |
Look at all the bullshit, I'm feeling good now |
| Anonymous #1220856 3 months ago |
I always tought the purpose of MLP was to make girls wear no clothes aside a couple of twin trampstamps on their but... |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #1220934 3 months ago |
You guys are way too easy to troll. Are you guys all little kids? That is a serious question by the way. |
| sigh #1221243 3 months ago |
Trolling? I saw no submission to trolling. I saw a semi-lighthearted discussion about religion and then an in-depth look at tea. Which is disgusting by the way, I'm more of a soda man. |
| TheLoneLampman #1221539 3 months ago |
ILYM: You didn't even bother reading anything past the first or second comment, did you? There was quite a lack of trolling of any kind throughout. Either you yourself are a troll or just an idiot commenting on something he didn't even read. Neither one reflects very well on you.
Since you probably skipped all of that too, here's the tl;dr version:  |