Not even his own wife had heard of him.
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Miscella — 9 years ago(January 18, 2017 02:52 PM)
I think I understand your role model better now. But you need to work on those issues of projection. They are just not healthy.
No, your avatar really does look like a man wearing Betty Boop lipstick.
When you are older you will discover that daddy has a grown up job that means he has less time to play.
When will Daddy understand that the reason he only posts one response per day is irrelevant to the fact that he does? You may as well watch a 2-hour movie at one minute per day, then complain about how it dragged on for 4 months.
It is a shame I somehow will just have to live with.
Golly gee willikers, FF! Wait til the guys find out about that. They're really going to give you the business.
It is resolved by recognising that "my" does not necessarily mean exclusivity, something pointed out before. Many with 'my' education would understand and remember that.
And yet the song remains the same: I have never referred to God as "my God" as you just referred to "your education."
ask any god which is not for you.
There are no gods that are not for everyone. Like it or not, if God exists, it's everyone's god, and not believing it doesn't make it not so.
To be honest, being from the UK I had to look him up, he doesn't figure much on this side of the pond.
I can maybe understand Beaver Cleaver, but George Carlin, too? That honestly surprises me:
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-comedian-George-Carlin-almost-unknown-in-the-UK -
filmflaneur — 9 years ago(January 19, 2017 03:34 AM)
your avatar really does look like a man wearing Betty Boop lipstick.
Well, I suppose someone who apparently paints up like Coco the Clown ought to know
You may as well watch a 2-hour movie at one minute per day, then complain about how it dragged on for 4 months.
I don't think that is a wise use of your Netflix account. Also, there is only so much of an Adam Sandler movie one can take over months (
Punch Drunk Love
excepted).
Golly gee willikers
Is that a friend of yours from church? Does she knit socks at the back and save the planet?
I have never referred to God as "my God"
Indeed, but the point is still that "my" does not necessary imply exclusivity. Your god, it seems, is for everyone, as I see you agree with just below. It is just that, as a supernatural personality, He just doesn't show himself very often to everyone and so it seems the fervent have to fall back on inspiration.
you just referred to "your education."
Indeed, and if you read back carefully you will see it was an example, like "my county" would be, of a possessive that is not exclusive, in this instance since "my education" was one shared by all at my school. In contrast, my patience is entirely personal, and indeed can sometimes run thin.
There are no gods that are not for everyone
How would you know?
Like it or not, if God exists, it's everyone's god, and not believing it doesn't make it not so.
Then my dear Miscella, it is would be
yours
, my point and so QED. But that "if God exists" bit seems a little contentious, especially when we consider that of the traditional, thunderbolt and redeemer-type. Isn't that where I came in, back in the day?
I can maybe understand Beaver Cleaver, but George Carlin, too? That honestly surprises me:
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-comedian-George-Carlin-almost-unknown-in-the-UK
American culture is no always so ubiquitous as one might think. The only Carlin I enjoyed when younger was his Black Label.
I'm well aware that railing does no good
kurt2000 -
Miscella — 9 years ago(January 19, 2017 07:51 PM)
Well, I suppose someone who apparently paints up like Coco the Clown ought to know
Hey, you're right! This
is
boring.
I don't think that is a wise use of your Netflix account. Also, there is only so much of an Adam Sandler movie one can take over months (
Punch Drunk Love
excepted).
Don't change the subject. Especially not to one of the worst movies I've ever had the displeasure of suffering through.
Indeed, but the point is still that "my" does not necessary imply exclusivity. Your god, it seems, is for everyone, as I see you agree with just below. It is just that, as a supernatural personality, He just doesn't show himself very often to everyone and so it seems the fervent have to fall back on inspiration.
Or you could just stop saying it when talking to me. If you can't or won't, then I reckon I might just stop responding to it altogether.
There are no gods that are not for everyone
How would you know?
The same way you know that there are no First Causes that are not for everyone.
my dear Miscella
the traditional, thunderbolt and redeemer-type. Isn't that where I came in, back in the day?
It's like you never left.
American culture is no always so ubiquitous as one might think.
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filmflaneur — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 05:02 AM)
Well, I suppose someone who apparently paints up like Coco the Clown ought to know
Hey, you're right! This is boring
Best try something more traditional then?
one of the worst movies I've ever had the displeasure of suffering through.
Really? You didn't like
Punch-Drunk Love
? I think it is his best film - admittedly there's a short list of candidates to choose from. The only other one I could watch again is
Click
. But then again I don't exactly seek his releases out lol
Or you could just stop saying it when talking to me. If you can't or won't, then I reckon I might just stop responding to it altogether.
Now don't go all sulky on me. But no one asks that you respond to anything.
The same way you know that there are no First Causes that are not for everyone.
This doesn't take into account that not every god in mankind's history was considered the First Cause, especially in the case of polytheistic societies. Some are just gods of love, or the harvest, for instance. I know you have a fixed idea of what constitutes a deity, but 'god' per se can be a moveable feast. And of course if none of us knows either way, then your objections and rationalisations of what a traditional supreme deity must be are just as moot as mine. It also quite possible to have faith that the First Cause of whatever ilk has waited and really works 'just for me'. Faith after all, is just credulity on steroids.
It's like you never left.
I guess I must bring out the Miss Haversham in you, huh?
I'm well aware that railing does no good
kurt2000 -
Miscella — 9 years ago(January 22, 2017 02:55 PM)
You didn't like
Punch-Drunk Love
?
Not at all. There was nothing to like.
Faith after all, is just credulity on steroids.
It has been said that faith without works is dead. If didn't believe you would catch me, I would not let myself fall. The only way to know for sure is to let go, which I would not do willingly without hope. -
filmflaneur — 9 years ago(January 24, 2017 03:15 AM)
You didn't like Punch-Drunk Love?
Not at all. There was nothing to like.
The engagement is off then!
It has been said that faith without works is dead. If didn't believe you would catch me, I would not let myself fall. The only way to know for sure is to let go, which I would not do willingly without hope.
That's too long for a T-shirt or bumper sticker. Can you boil it down some?
I'm well aware that railing does no good
kurt2000 -
YouMightRabbitYouMight — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 06:27 AM)
and What It Means to Have Free Will in a Universe of Fixed Laws
"Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself."
Free will doesn't require suffering, and there's nothing sacred (pi) but everything arbitrary and brutal about the "order of nature".
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