FatherMithras

Holy fucking crap in a box you're an honest person.

John A. Broussard

Thanks for the exegesis.

I've checked several different versions of god's divinely inspire word. So far I have hind parts, hind end, backside and arse. If anyone knows of more examples I'd be happy to add them to my list.

Tuchis, I think, is Yiddish. I'm too lazy to look it up, so it could be derived from Hebrew rather than from some Eastern European language.

If somebody knows more about its derivation, it would be nice if you would share the info.

John A. Broussard

Good for you!

If it works, even though it's a placebo, who's to complain?

WishboneDawn

Even placebos have a certain effect.

Be clear I still think there is a God but I'm not going to base my belief on non-existent evidence. I have to accept He may not be there, or is just something I build myself...And then decide that doesn't matter.

Well, in certain situations. I guess I just don't get the whole 'I have evidence for God' thing. It just seems beside the point. If you're going to practice faith, I would think the first thing you have to do is admit there's no evidence or reason behind it...Then make a choice about whether you want to have that faith or not. And then it's the practice of the faith that's important.

I think it's why I don't think atheists are 'wrong'. They've seen the same choice I have and just choosen a different path. It's people who would deny me the choice to believe in the absence of evidence that I have trouble with...some atheists and many fundamentalists.

John A. Broussard

Be careful.

There's also a nocebo affect. Recently, it has been found that placebos can hurt as well as help.

Good luck.

DBT

You're free to believe whatever you want, but believing something in the absence of evidence is indulging in wishful thinking...it's simply a process of self deception.
Why do it to yourself? - Isn't the truth important to you?

Alf

You forgot to mention that he is also busy bashing Dubya.

Any republican voter knows that Satan is a democrat :-)

Alf

WishboneDawn

What truth do you think I'm denying, other then the possible, 'there is no God,' by doing this?

And I don't think it's simply a process of self deception. It's a process of faith , of prayer and self reflection and like I said, having a framework to view the world. It's been very useful to me. As a society we use fiction novels to reveal truths, can't a person (assuming there is no God) use a fictional being for the same purpose?

DBT

Faith is the very essence of self deception;
Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.

Fictional novels can reveal certain truths by putting together characters and situations in fictional ways, but their framework is based on the known, we know people exist, and we know the relationships they describe are possible, that's why we relate to them.
But what do you learn when you build a world view on a premise that has no basis in reality?

Thief of Time

Satan has powerful agents, such as Rock and Roll, drugs, secularism, Elvis, Music in general, sound waves, radio waves, the majority of the electromagnetic spectrum (ESPECIALLY the frequencies of 666 Hz, 666MHz, and 666GHz.)
notice that the colour red is aroundabout 666 nanometres in the visible spectrum? and is it a coincidence that Satan is portrayed as a red devil? I THINK NOT.

Plus, Satan has one up on god. He has the 'internet', 'teh interweb', AND 'teh internets' (Not the be confused with 'the internet'...)