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ReidRansom posted:Isn't that also essentially the deist position? From my understanding, basically. Deists believe (and I may be wrong) that if there was a god, it is either dead or no longer cares.
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Sir Tonk posted:"hardforum.com" I think it's what became of Hard|OCP, the computer hardware/overclocking site.
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Wizard of Smart posted:From my understanding, basically. Deists believe (and I may be wrong) that if there was a god, it is either dead or no longer cares. There are several varieties of deism, but I don't think any of them are nihilistic like that. Deism is much more like a Hegelian view of history and religion: there is broadly an order and purpose to the universe, one that is ultimately constructive. But whatever this ordering force is, it certainly doesn't intercede on the level of human affairs. So, in a general sense God "wants" human happiness and prosperity, but only in the sense that we keep building on what we have. He (She/It) wouldn't care about the unfolding of events on a scale humans would comprehend.
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VitalSigns posted:Sitting on His rear end and not doing anything is God's MO. According to His own PR book, for how many centuries did He sit on His rear end while His chosen people were enslaved in Egypt before He finally noticed? Well recent anthropologists have been questioning if Jews were ever actually enslaved in Egypt, so that could be a factor in God's tardiness.
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Who What Now posted:Well recent anthropologists have been questioning if Jews were ever actually enslaved in Egypt, so that could be a factor in God's tardiness. PROTIP: They weren't.
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Sharkie posted:Seconding the advice to consider taking a break. There are some topics I'll just skip because I already know what they're going to say, and I know I don't need to be reading that poo poo. The anger makes me strong! fap fap SPLOOGE posted:It also reflects their ignorance of the idea of consent. Rape and sex are indistinguishable to them, especially when said sex is deviant to their eyes. I think this is really it. They fundamentally don't understand consent when it comes to sex, and this seems to underly a lot of their awful views about sex and rape. You can't rape your wife because sex within marriage is holy, and matrimonial sex is a duty. All other types of sex are unholy and it's impossible for them to distinguish between gay sex and pederasty or bestiality: if you allow one sin you allow them all, all gay people want every type of sex because they are perverts. Rape victims must have somehow invited or wanted sex, because sex happened and consent is irrelevant, so it must be a personal moral failing that made them likely to be victimized, etc.
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Little Blackfly posted:There are several varieties of deism, but I don't think any of them are nihilistic like that. Deism is much more like a Hegelian view of history and religion: there is broadly an order and purpose to the universe, one that is ultimately constructive. But whatever this ordering force is, it certainly doesn't intercede on the level of human affairs. So, in a general sense God "wants" human happiness and prosperity, but only in the sense that we keep building on what we have. He (She/It) wouldn't care about the unfolding of events on a scale humans would comprehend. Yeah someone who believes that God sparked the Big Bang and then took a back seat and is just watching it all play out would count as a Deist, for example.
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I remember a book of wacky things college students put on exams had one of them writing, "Deism was the belief that God created the world and then stepped on it." That would explain a lot, honestly.
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Darkman Fanpage posted:PROTIP: They weren't. I thought so, but wasn't sure enough to state it as fact.
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Zemyla posted:I remember a book of wacky things college students put on exams had one of them writing, "Deism was the belief that God created the world and then stepped on it." I'm picturing God stumbling around in the dark and stepping on the earth like a matchbox car and swearing about it when he comes home drunk "Why is this loving thing in the middle of the floor again?!"
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:ANOTHER 'TOUGH TO WATCH' BLACK-ON-WHITE BEATING Does even a single Freeper point out the dozens of Freepers condemning the movie without having watched it?
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Duke Igthorn posted:"The Knockout Game" is so widespread and constant and the single biggest threat to each and every white person in America; but the closest story all of Freep has is the time they parked next to some sketchy looking guys who then drove off. Yea dude we just post the poo poo we trawl up here. You should try it.
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Dr. VooDoo posted:I'm picturing God stumbling around in the dark and stepping on the earth like a matchbox car and swearing about it when he comes home drunk "Why is this loving thing in the middle of the floor again?!" That's why he invented light.
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Voyeur posted:That's why he invented light. "God saw the light, and he saw that it was good. He then saw the quarterly bill, and he saw that it was not good."
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VitalSigns posted:The anger makes me strong! For these guys, marriage = consent, and in the context of husbands as the master of their domain (and therefore anything within that domain), consent is mandatory whether the wife likes it or not. Ergo, no such thing as "marital rape" - just a frigid bitch who won't do her matrimonial duty. As for other types of sex and non-marital rape, it's a steadfast regurgitation of what they've learned from their parents, who learned it from their parents and their parents, etc. These highly traditional views are very comforting because they offer simple, brief and easy-to-digest reasons for complex behaviors and actions. Gay marriage? "Gays are gays because they're perverts." Poverty? "Poor people are lazy." Racism? "Blacks whine too much" Rape victims? "They're probably are asking for it." Our nation's current state? "Obama is ruining our country." The above poo poo takes little to no time to digest and accept as truth, plus it gives you an opportunity to not think about those issues any more (at least until someone says something that challenges those views).
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Everyday Lurker posted:Poverty? "Poor people are lazy." This one has to have a footnote that says "Unless white, then victim of government meddling and persecution."
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In which Freep bemoans the illegality of upskirt photographyquote:To: Slings and Arrows quote:To: Slings and Arrows quote:To: Slings and Arrows quote:To: Slings and Arrows quote:To: Slings and Arrows
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How dare women decide who gets to see their underwear-A loving Creep
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Ahaha, of course people who spend so much time railing about what they see as the perversity of homosexuality would have no problem with being a creepy voyeur. Of course.
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quote:To: Slings and Arrows Then I realized the obvious solution: They don't want women outside of the house to begin with.  They'd be all for the idea of enforced burqas and female curfews if they weren't associated with foreign cultures. (I wonder where they stand on traditional kilts for men)
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Wow. I've been through a couple of iterations of the Political Cartoons thread, and I've sailed through the stormy waters of Idiots on Social Media, so I thought I was ready to dip into the Freep thread. I was not. Jesus, how do you guys cope? It's like going from a brisk January walk to the surface of Jupiter. Maybe I should start on something lighter - maybe the reactions to the Presidential elections? That's just impotent rage right - it's all just impotent rage? Or any other recommendations of them tearing each other apart. How many of them are there anyway? Fewer than Juggalos? At least you feel you could sit down with Juggalos and have a beer and talk about movies. This feels like a stormfront retirement home - constant hate and stupidity. From the 2010 thread: quote:Tars Tarkas: This thread will destroy your soul if you are not prepared. To the ill-equipped, turn back now! I think this might be wisest, or at least just take them in very small doses. Jesus
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Doubtful Guest posted:How many of them are there anyway? Fewer than Juggalos? At least you feel you could sit down with Juggalos and have a beer and talk about movies. This feels like a stormfront retirement home - constant hate and stupidity. These people are basically the tea party. That should give you a vague estimate as to their numbers. Welcome to the thread, hope your brought ulcer medication!
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King Metal posted:I'm pretty sure The Passion of the Christ won several Oscars. Did they forget about that, or was that not about the RUHL JESUS Passion of the Christ didn't win anything, but Lincoln won a boat load of awards, including the Oscar for best actor, and John Adams won 13 Emmys, 4 Golden Globes and 2 SAG awards. I mean, I'd suggest pointing out these errors, but they wouldn't have any effect what-so-ever on these peoples' opinions.
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WarpedNaba posted:These people are basically the tea party. That should give you a vague estimate as to their numbers. They're tea partiers, but they may not always be representative of any kind of ideology other than whichever ideology JimRob has chosen to adopt that day. Freep has been in decline for a long time because of ideological purges that happen whenever there's a primary/election. There used to be people posting there who were talk radio show hosts and White House officials. Other than some mentions by some D-List local talk radio people, nobody gives a gently caress about FR anymore. So while the things they say are very hateful, I think it's important to keep everything in context. Neonazi's say a bunch of hateful poo poo too, but you can take solace in the fact that it's not a vibrant, youthful, and growing movement. You can kind of think about FR the same way. They're just a bunch of hateful pricks shitposting straight from their id about Obummer. They're cowards, and they're a small group of cowards at that.
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So the first episode of the new Cosmos series just ended. I wonder what freep's up to...linkquote:To: Olog-hai quote:To: Olog-hai quote:To: Olog-hai quote:To: Olog-hai quote:To: Olog-hai quote:To: Olog-hai You mean science changes due to updated information? WHHAAAAAAT!? I'll just stick to what my pappy taught me. quote:To: Olog-hai quote:To: Olog-hai And this one is unironically a huge pile of poo poo.
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Doubtful Guest posted:Wow. I've been through a couple of iterations of the Political Cartoons thread, and I've sailed through the stormy waters of Idiots on Social Media, so I thought I was ready to dip into the Freep thread. Retirement home, hell. This is the unrepentant id of the conservative movement (and by what people say, it's oftentimes worse than Stormfront). I came to see the reactions to Cosmos as soon as it was over because I knew. Since it wasn't an hour of Sarah Palin burning books in a bikini, it was undoubtedly a symptom of the Death of America. 
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pengun101 posted:No wonder the history channel has gone to such utter poo poo. These fuckers keep giving poo poo like Ax-men views. I hope other people watched Cosmos because it was really good. Stupid question, but why are these people so anti-intellectual. I know its freep, but jesus. Easiest answer? Because change. X worked for my dad, and his dad, and it works for me so why do you have the right to change that? (Meanwhile they ignore the fact that X didn't work for large swaths of others, especially those who aren't white, male, protestant, straight, or economically different from them).
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Those Cosmos freep posts  Badera posted:Retirement home, hell. This is the unrepentant id of the conservative movement (and by what people say, it's oftentimes worse than Stormfront).
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pengun101 posted:Stupid question, but why are these people so anti-intellectual. I know its freep, but jesus. Because they're now too old to tangibly benefit from the discoveries that basic scientific research could lead to.
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Crain posted:
Riveting television, I'm sure.
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pengun101 posted:I hope other people watched Cosmos because it was really good. Stupid question, but why are these people so anti-intellectual. I know its freep, but jesus. Because an open mind is like a mighty fortress with its gates unbarred 
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I seriously can't understand how they can hate on Neil deGrasse Tyson. Is it just because he's a scientist? I don't remember him ever saying anything that anybody would really think is all that controversial. I'd expect people to be more pissy about Seth MacFarlane being associated with the show.
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pengun101 posted:Stupid question, but why are these people so anti-intellectual. I know its freep, but jesus. Because they're narrow-minded reactionary scum, and any change that doesn't benefit them first and the most is a potential threat to their fragile egos and massive sense of entitlement.
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Mr.Unique-Name posted:I seriously can't understand how they can hate on Neil deGrasse Tyson. Is it just because he's a scientist? I don't remember him ever saying anything that anybody would really think is all that controversial. He's very open about his atheism, and isn't a huge fan of conservatism, though he's quieter on that front from what I remember.
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Mr.Unique-Name posted:I seriously can't understand how they can hate on Neil deGrasse Tyson. Is it just because he's a scientist? I don't remember him ever saying anything that anybody would really think is all that controversial. Teaching science makes you satan, because science is satan. Also maybe a tiny tiny tiny fraction of it is because he's black (very small amount). Freep probably is more comfortable with the geocentric theory, or Cosmos: Edited for Rednecks.
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