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

Oddly enough the same thought occurred to me, sparked by Justin's remark about pink elephants. There are no apinkos (as he called them), because there are no pinkos, not because there are, or are not, any pink elephants.

Noggin

I agree that that would make the world a better place, but Justin won't think so. I wonder how he will react to this. I think that part of the reason he always unsubscribes is that he can't understand or has absolutly no interest in anything other than his own dogma. This supports the idea that he is an artificial inteligence someone made and set up on H2G2.

I think HVL knows something about that, Daneel.

He doesn't actually understand even his own dogma. It floats free of all considerations of MEANING, never mind evidence.

Noggin

Come tothink of it, he is a robot by his own admission. After all, he says that he has no ambition, but merely follows orders. That doesn't sound like a human to me. Sounds robotic.

BBITM

Please stay here and debate with Justin. It gets hard to stand at times, but it never hurts to have more people explain to him how little sence he makes and to catch his contradictions.

That's incredibly insightful, Hoovooloo.

Hi Hoo .

Sorry to be a few days behind but vitae interruptus and all.

"You could hardly call Matholwch an atheist, he's got more gods than you can shake a stick at".

You're partly right. In JtP's terms I'd be best described as an 'apostate', possibly an 'idolator' and definitely a 'blasphemer'.

On the other point I have only three gods I regularly work with (note please the 'with', not 'for'), but a plethora of spirits of various types.

I also don't shake sticks at them, very disrespectful (especially if you are too far away from a good lightning conductor ).

Blessings,
Matholwch the unhinged /|\.

Well I read his testimony, thanks for that reference Hoovooloo. It appears he was weak-willed and unwilling to accept responsibility for his life. Once saved of course it meant he handed over all responsibility, and took the easy path.

He also went on about the bible didn't he? You know he never answered my question about male parts! The old testament says that a man with any part of his privates missing or damaged would not be allowed into the house of god. So it appears that christians hate men who have had testicular cancer and have unfortunately had to have one removed. He has said he believes if we all followed the old testament the world would be a better place, or as we know it a place of arbitrary suffering and picking on innocent people.

Bugger, I have to apologise now as that was a discussion with Josh not Justin.

Oh well...heres the reference anyway

Deuteronomy 23:1 "No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD.

The lord is just downright cruel in my mind.

What is an apostate, anyway?

Hi RDO .

An 'apostate', in Christian terms, is one who has knowingly rejected Christ and his father. It is actually a fairly accurate definition of myself who was brought up Catholic, and later became druid.

The difference though between Justin's interpretation of the effect of my apostasy, and mine, is significant. He believes that by becoming an apostate I disrespect his God and, in his words, spit on the blood sacrifice of Christ. In his opinion it makes me a servant of Satan and God's mortal enemy. My interpretation though is that I refuse to accept his God's authority over me, but I do not disrespect many of Jesus's teachings.

Jesus was what we call a 'mabon', a blessed teacher. If you examine what he taught, the actual quoted parables and teachings, as opposed to Paul's often politically-motivated reinterpretations (remember Paul had never met him, he was a cuckoo in the early Christian nest, pushing out those members that opposed his Mithraic amendments to the Christ story), we are talking about some really good philosophies for life.

Thus I am an apostate .

Blessings,
Matholwch /|\.