h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

God is dead. That is all.

Any other questions?

Whodunnit?

azahar:

I agree, the last page or two did get quite frivolous. However, I have doubts about Justin's intelligence.

He continually posts the same message knowing that he is going to ridiculed and abused at every turn. Hardly the behaviour of an intelligent person. If it were me I would have found are receptive audience to unleash my theories on. Birds of a feather and all that.


Donald

Donald, I disagree. I think he deliberately seeks to polarize opinion. Nuances don't interest him, you're either with his God or with his Satan and he'll keep hammering away until he's placed you in one camp or the other. The fact that he's so obnoxious naturally tends to push people into the Satanic camp, but that doesn't matter to him because one absolute point of reference is as good as another.

>> until he's placed you in one camp or the other <<

Well Justin seems to have placed the vast majority of the human race in the Devil's camp - even from birth, with little chance of doing anything about it.

There is a word for people like that which has been hinted at many times.

If there were any possibility of Justin's words bringing people into his camp I could understand it. But even by his own admission, there is no chance of that. So what is he tryng to achieve?

Massaging his ego? Possible. But he could do that better with his own kind.
Gloating? Probable.
Self justification? Almost certain.

Donald

His "own kind" had him banned from the BBC Christian Messageboards.

And despite his inability to see anything much except in black and white terms, he's not as stupid as you think.

Noggin

Devilishly well put, Noggin.

What makes you say he's not stupid?

It takes quite a lot of thought to create even a simple "alternative world." The fact that he actually believes in it is a psychological problem, rather than an intellectual one.

I also suspect he could be more intelligent than some people think without actually being very intelligent.

Noggin

Nietzsche is dead, God could be anywhere between dying and being on the verge of a resurrection (not another bloody one). Who knows?

Intelliegence is a pretty confusing topic, which is probably why philosophers are all over it like insects to a toffee apple at the moment. Of Justin I'll say the same as for anyone, he has his moments, he does, says and believes stupid things, same as all of us, but there's still a spark there.

I doubt he comes across in real life as he does on here. Some people just don't do well with text on its own. From Justin's interpretation of the Bible doesn't it seem likely he's one of them?

Justin's "alternative world" is really rather simple, though, don't you think? And it takes effort and intelligence to create a world which is consistent and not self-contradictory. He has signally failed in that.

I take your last point though. It would be difficult for him to be *less* intelligent than I believe him to be and still qualify as alive.