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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3992 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 7.5 |
I just want to say that there are an awful lot of Asian, American, African and Australian Gods who are very unhappy with your OP.
And don't apologize: by and large, they just don't care much about repentance. Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from the other animals. -Pierre De Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3992 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 7.5 |
In my experience, there's nothing better than offering a god the flesh of an unbeliever to test bonafides.
You could be the living acid test, Ringo. I'd start with the Australians. They seem an easy-going lot. Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from the other animals. -Pierre De Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3992 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 7.5 |
Ringo writes: I was thinking of shooting them one at a time to test their immortality. The omnipotent and/or fairlipotent might eat me in self-defense. Don't worry--like the FPPE, they wouldn't eat you 'cause you're so tough! *Omni slips into best American diplomacy mode* So how about you and them fight? Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from the other animals. -Pierre De Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3992 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 7.5 |
Um, that's the Flying Purple People Eater, m'lady.
It matters, because the Purple Spaghetti Flying Monster transubstantiates infinitely, commanding "EAT ME!" with the divine aplomb of A Perfect Olive. The FPPE does not. I can't believe you didn't know that. You gotta get your facts straight if you're gonna test the Gods. Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from the other animals. -Pierre De Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3992 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 7.5 |
The eight Taras enter the room.
Sophia pales. Jesus leaps to his feet. Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from the other animals. -Pierre De Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3992 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 7.5 |
Doddy writes: If perfection can only produce perfection, and God created everything, thus everything must then be perfect. And, if people were created perfect, then they would stay perfect unless something imperfect influenced them. But there can't be anything imperfect because God created everything, and by your logic, must make things perfect. Thus, all humans are perfect, AND everything they produce is perfect. Thus, this paragraph is perfect. Certainly Leibniz thought so, in his attempt to solve the problem of evil. As summarized by Wikipedia:
quote: Of course, I prefer Kris Kristofferson's analysis:
quote: Dr. Pangloss could have helped him with those troublesome symptoms. In conclusion, as my cranky old mentor loved to say about textual proofs, OED. Bacchus belongs at this table. Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from the other animals. -Pierre De Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3992 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 7.5 |
Hi, kuresu.
From Wikipedia:
quote: In modern popular usage QED has a certain "I told you so" or "nyah nyah" quality to it, but formally merely indicates an assertion of a definitive proof. QED probably is most appropriately used at the end of mathematical proofs where the authority of the proof is likely to be transparent and self-contained. OED, on the other hand, is the tome-ish Oxford English Dictionary, considered the definitive dictionary of the English language, especially as relating to etymology (the history of a linguistic form). So when my old English prof finished his remarks with "OED" he was quibbling (punning) with both the notion of a definitional proof from textual authority (OED) and the claim of a demonstrated definitive logical proof (QED). By saying OED, he was saying, "I'm right because I looked it up"; by quibbling with QED, he was slyly subverting the notion of indisputable proof. He was, in fact, skeptical of both on the grounds of appeals to authority. Dry, I suppose, but tasty, like a good martini. Edited by Omnivorous, : typo Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from the other animals. -Pierre De Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3992 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 7.5 |
My pleasure--the explanation brought back warm memories of an aging scholarly scamp who called Shakespeare "Big Bill" and Dylan "Big Bob."
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