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• 2nd answer for me. :p : Fredrik S
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  Never going to admit it. : Caboose
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    admit what? : futtbucker
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      exactly. : Caboose
      • damn, didn't work. : futtbucker
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  i have a friend who doesn't post, but has an account. : mr.sleepy
  • Does he look like Carl? : Degenerate
• one real life friend that I turned into a shacker, and of course all the shackers at quakecon are now rea... : hawkeye
• my secret dies with me. : Supine
• I got a guy from work i used to work with to post here...i dont think he was the posting type before. heh : pimpium
• Both... Overburn is a friend of mine "in real life" we actually go to school together. I also tried to... : mrraist-
• I found out fairly recently a friend of mine reads the comments. I didn't think she would wander from the... : zerologik
• None of my friends "get it". They just say "why dont you use IRC or something?" : Shadore66
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  Ratalon is my roommate Galadriel is his GF I consider them both friends. : freak!
  • Do they consider you a friend? : Degenerate
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    but is it mutual? : Shadore66
    • jinx! : Degenerate
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    I love Freak and he is pretty much Ratalon's best friend here in New Jersey :) : Galadriel07
    • ::Thumbs in ears with fingers sticking up:: *raspberry* : freak!
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  Skynet is my RL brother. : xocsida
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    dude dont tell people. He works at AOL for christs sake! : Degenerate
    • Yeah..so? :) : xocsida
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    I'm your RL daddy! or is that dg3's line? : jasonepowell
    • >:( : Degenerate
• You think I want people to know I hang out with you guys? :) : Dreagon
• Most of my friends wouldn't even know how to turn a computer on, let alone browse the shack. : kn32
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  Trying to explain this place to my friends is next to impossible. : Thresher
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    um, can't they just visit and figure it out? : futtbucker
    • They don't get it. : Thresher
• They all know I visit some site called shacknews. They always wonder why I constantly have a window open... : thekidd
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  i've gone to lans and nobody at the lan posts here, i don't think anyone in FL visits the site. And at sc... : Silent1
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    I live in Florida too you bitch! :P : hawkeye
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      south florida? : Silent1
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        depends on how south you mean I'm in Port Saint Lucie, south of Ft. Pierce, North of West Palm and : hawkeye
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          i'm in davie, also hate every second. Man its so fucking hot!!!!!!!!! : Silent1
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            according to expedia you're about 90m away from me at least you live near a good city man, there's act... : hawkeye
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              nah i'm on the border between weston and davie, so theres a mixture between rednecks and rich folks. I'm ... : Silent1
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                I find myself going to the beach alot, beach = win : hawkeye
                • hehe, haven't been to the beach since i moved here. : Silent1
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    Theres quite a few Florida Shackers. http://pages.infinit.net/rudyj/shackmap/ and thats not near ev... : Degenerate
    • holy shit, never knew that. : Silent1
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      I lived in Winter Haven until a year ago. Three years before that, I was Shacking from Tallahassee. W... : Thresher
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        you grew up in PCB? I spent so much time there through my life. A lot of it I dont remember. I dont think... : Degenerate
        • I actually lived in Panama City. Panama City Beach was for tourists. Most locals with any money had boa... : Thresher
• Only a couple people I work with know I post here. : x-eyd|mary
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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?person=|mali| is a friend irl : ArmagideoN
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    Skid, and sikander are my brothers.... thats about it. 3 friends know that i'm shacknews.com a lot, but ... : evil-cow
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      yeah, I hate how people always think, "oh! so you spend all your time 'chatting'" in that "isn't it cute"... : hawkeye
      • they wouldnt say it if they knew how much man sex goes on here ! : ArmagideoN
• yes just one person and he's only posted like once or twice but he's a frequent visitor for news and demo... : virus
• No one can be told what the shack is, they have to experience it for themselves this really is true, y... : hawkeye
• No RL friends...I am friends with mindfuck, we get along well, but we don't like live near each other or ... : rossimo
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  It is sad when you read that as "Rocket Launcher friends" : boughton supreme
  • good, i am not the only one. : corey
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  my sister is a shacker. : king_darius
  • is she hot? : futtbucker
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  my friends know of the shack, and a couple used to read "The Suck" and other shananagins back in the 'shu... : cygnus
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    actually I'm a private investigator and they pay me to hang out here and spy on you since they cant actua... : Degenerate
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      the jig is up, spy man! now drop yer pants! : cygnus
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        Pants? : Degenerate
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          i thought this was a good lead-in to some gay porn action : cygnus
          • You must have me confused with -=fatman=- ;) : Degenerate
• im trying to convert my friends to shackers, but if the bastards wont even visit my site which is for the... : jambalaya king
• I know Judge and jidar. They are the ones that got me hooked. I tried to get Pedro and Dorf to start p... : -=fatman=-
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?person=heartshmoo my friend :o : MrShmoo
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  Real life friends? Whats that? : TheCrazyPickleMaker
  • www.reallifecomics.com : sikander
• Exactly one. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?person=MoNsTeR : Solar Jetman

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• Just wait till your as old as most of the flight crew :( : Dreagon
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  He coughed up 20 million dollars, if you can cough up 20 million, you can go too. : Old_Fart
  • I will gladly pay you tuesday for 20 million today : smdever
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    Of course, that another thing that Smdever could hate him for :D : Dreagon
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      no I don't hate him for being a tool of a record company ..what I do hate him for is that going into spac... : smdever
      • I don't think they're gonna pay $20 mil for you to go into space and drop 4 hits of acid. And if they do,... : x-eyd|mary
      • I sort of feel for you there, just remember that it is the idle rich who blaze the trails that ordinary p... : Dreagon
  • you really honestly think they are going to take any mofo that coughs up 20 million. i highly doubt it! : Orion
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    actually, I remember reading that corporate sponsors paid the $20 million for him. : jerkinisnice
    • I dont think hesactually paid anything yet. Russia stopped his training because of non-payment. They let ... : Degenerate
• I sense love here. : skynet
• lifes not fair. the sooner you learn that, the better you will be off. : Orion
• Should that rocket explode that would spell the END of civilian spaceflight for a LONG time. REMEMBER ... : Odoyle
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  something tells me he hasnt sat around doing nothing to earn that 20 mil. give the kid some credit for d... : reflection
  • He didn't pay that 20 million his corporate sponsers did, its just a big publicity stunt : smdever
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  You will have your vengance in 5 years when that fucker is broke because the backstreet boys or nsync or ... : NukeDukem
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    I will feel like shit now if something happens after saying that ;( : smdever
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      Oh come on, they are strapped to thousands of gallons of jet fuel. Thats their problem, not ours. : NukeDukem
      • Niggle: Jet fuel!=rocket fuel : Omaha
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  how old are you? : creeping-death
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    24 : smdever
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      I just turned 25 last friday. What part of TX do you live in? We should chill sometime : creeping-death
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        houston ;( : smdever
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          can you play one on guitar yet? If you can nail the solo, you are the man : creeping-death
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            errr...come again : smdever
            • come again? Hmm, one. The song, you know? You said you were working on it : creeping-death
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            The One solo?? That's a beginners excercise :) : moshman
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              k guy, lets hear your rendition of the solo. : creeping-death
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                Seriously, I have been playing the electric for ~12 years now. That was one of the first solos I learned,... : moshman
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                  Do you play any megadeth songs? Some of their solos are very tough : creeping-death
                  • yeah, I LOVE the pre- countdown to extinction stuff. The solo on tornado of souls is my fave probably, ... : moshman
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  this is all a publicity stunt to woo the younger generation to the space program. All the teens will see... : redfive
  • of course, the only teens that care about lance bass are homosexuals and girls : creeping-death
  • which is greatly needed since NASA has been sucking since the late 70's : OverBurN
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  I'm sure he never did the drugs you did, the sky is the same anywhere you are, you can watch it tonight. ... : %61non
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    No because when I go into space it will be Major Tom style... "This is ground control to SMDEVER do yo... : smdever
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      Wouldn't you like to share this with your wife? ;) : %61non
      • AFAIK, you don't need anyone to clean/cook on a NASA flight : creeping-death
• You couldn't pay ME $20million to participate in any Russian space program. : TwiLyght

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• If all the thin females walked around naked, then I'd agree. : Phil
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  What the fuck kind of question is that? Earth sucks an ass and in the best of possible worlds I wouldn't... : wumpscut
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    Christians would argue that the universe was immaculately designed by God - it's our sin that makes thing... : Lone Swordsman
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      BEEP BEEP BEEP : STFU Juice Truck (#STFU) : urbansling
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        It's true. At least, if Christians who advocate "intelligent design" are representative of most. : Lone Swordsman
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          Thw whole intelegent design "theory" makes me laugh. : RatBastard
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            Same here, but people do believe in it. : Lone Swordsman
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              Nature has managed to create a global ecosystem that's basically capable of sustaining itself for million... : davew2040
              • I would be impressed if it didn't! : darweidu
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          i hope this is my only post on the topic: the argument from evil. a christian god is all-knowing, all-... : vodor
          • ... and i accidently hit post. you get the idea. : vodor
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            And if he was all-knowing, why the hell didn't He put a fence around the Tree of Knowledge? And why did ... : RatBastard
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              If you told the kid first and it didn't listen, you have to teach the kid a lesson or it won't learn, rig... : mr. winky
              • a parent isn't all-powerful, so yes, discipline is needed. however, god could simply make the child under... : vodor
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                Here's a clue for you: a three-year old can't resist the donut. They don't have the capacity to understa : RatBastard
                • he may have known what was going to happen, and if you believe that the ends justify the means, then all ... : vodor
                • I disagree completely.. A) Three year olds DO have that capacity, but I'm just applying the logic that wa... : mr. winky
                • Maybe it isn't possible to know the future. : vigilante
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            This idea was formed inside a human's head and is thus invalid if you want to discuss god's motivations a... : vigilante
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              If God was real DNF would go gold tomorrow. : firebone
              • if god is all loving, then DNF sucks : mr. winky
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              so a valid argument is incorrect because you hold that an argument that begs the question is true? : vodor
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                Whether or not god actually exists has no bearing on the validity of your argument. I don't believe in a... : vigilante
                • of course there's a reason to do it. simply because god is above something, that doesn't mean that it sho... : vodor
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            That depends on how you define "evil" -- If evil is a thing in and of itself, then yes, you would be corr... : Zeddicurse
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              if we accept that argument, it still only accounts for moral evil. if god is not satisfied with companion... : vodor
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                I will reply to this and the thread towards the bottom when i get home from work in about 20 minutes (hav... : Zeddicurse
                • doh. i guess i'll have to check it tomorrow. it's late. :) : vodor
              • I don't think God wanting a companion that can either choose him or disregard him as selfish. Why is rap... : Zeddicurse
      • hahaha, that's beautiful : vodor
      • Post of the Week : Vis Inack
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      Not all. I've had some say god didn't make it easy becaue that would be boring and pointless. : vigilante
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        Why bother creating mortals, then? : Lone Swordsman
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          The term "sadistic bastard" comes to mind. : RatBastard
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            Some people actually, get this, enjoy life : mr. winky
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              Then he should've made it eternal! : Lone Swordsman
              • Noone knows if that is more enjoyable : mr. winky
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              I do enjoy life. I enjoy it very much. : RatBastard
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                Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is he : Lone Swordsman
                • Which is part of its beauty. : vigilante
• Highly disagree. Nothing but morons here. : snuff
• It's sufficent. There are infinite possibilities that it could have turned out worse. So I just go with... : Trilinear
• why not just ask if we believe in god? : vodor
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  Huh? Who would ever agree with this statement? I obviously disagree. : vigilante
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=5384692 : Lone Swordsman
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  Insufficient data : mr. winky
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    Not really. All you need to do is imagine. : vigilante
    • Haven't you seen the twilight zone.. things you think are optimal often turn out to have drawbacks : mr. winky
• I'd like to live on a planet without religion. : kn32
• Disagree. Things could always be better. (They could also be very much worse.) : RatBastard
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  STFU Pangloss : J4NUS
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=2203781 : tomservo
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    either no one's read Candide, or no one cares. dunno which; probably the latter. : J4NUS
    • I should read some his work. : Lone Swordsman
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  We live in the only possible world, since the present is the inevitable conclusion of the past. Best or w... : Dreagon
  • But do you think that a different, more ideal universe could've been logical and possible at the same tim... : Lone Swordsman
  • Absence of evidence is not evidence of adsence. Also you used the concept of time improperly. This "wor... : vigilante
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    I've heard evidence of this from a physics perspective. That is, at some microscopic point or another eve... : davew2040
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      I think we are arguing on two different levels here. I'm not talking about the Newtonian model of inevita... : Dreagon
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        If the world is deterministic to the point where the present depends only on the past, then the future mu... : darweidu
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          Untrue. One can have a deterministic present and a fluid future because the two are not bound by the same... : Dreagon
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            if the present is deterministic, it's immutable. : darweidu
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              Thats where we enter that logical grey area. While the present is "inevitable" it is also something we re... : Dreagon
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                Yeah, I'm assuming that our reactions are based on the past and nothing else. (I don't believe in free wi... : darweidu
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                  See, that's where I would agree but with qualifiers. I do believe there is an element of randomness in th... : Dreagon
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                    But the coin toss is deterministic too, with all of the physics influencing the coin it can only land one... : null
                    • Ah, it is determined by the physics involved, but what determines what physics are brought to bear? What ... : Dreagon
                  • I disagree. Even though there are things out of our control or beyond our prediction (making them random ... : darweidu
                  • that's the first point that's made me question this theory of mine ("mine" used loosely): http://www.s... : vodor
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            I don't understand your reasoning here. I've heard of a form of soft determinism that holds that free wi... : null
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              As far as future events go, I don't believe that "free will" and determinism are mutually exclusive. I ju... : Dreagon
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                Personally I'd like to believe that too but it almost seems like a cop out. Determinism has more scienti... : null
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                  Determinism depends on strict adherence of logic though. And that's where it breaks down. Logic is a tool... : Dreagon
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                    Well when you are debating something that is so far from being resolved either way I think you can use hy... : null
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                      A good point. But when we are talking about past, present, and future, we don't seem to have all the laws... : Dreagon
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                        That's true. Good discussion btw, it's cool to be able to talk about something like this in an intellige... : null
                        • Cool. I do enjoy a philosophical discussion but it is often difficult for me since I have sort of rejecte... : Dreagon
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  You'd have to be on crack to agree, considering A. there is basically an infinite amount of other worlds ... : davatar
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    You can't verify A, so I wouldn't make that assumption. : Lone Swordsman
    • I don't need to, it's just for all practical purposes. : davatar
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  disagree. no way there can't be better and I'm not sure it could be that much worse : archon
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    of course it could be worse. isn't that what hell is for? : vodor
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      there's places in this world that you'd imagine hell to be like : archon
      • it's a good thing that it's only places, then, and not the entire world, right? : vodor
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        ...if your imagination was ridiculously limited. : vigilante
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          it may not have the hollywood sparkle but don't think that because there aren't demons and devils that th... : archon
          • You don't have the first clue how most christians define hell do you? : vigilante
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  Norway, Sweeden and Canada are the top 3. This is a fact. : --Viscid--
  • oh.. WORLDS. Not countries. Nevermind. I like earth. It's good. It has pretty women with pretty mouthe... : --Viscid--
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  Since possibility is a construct of the human imagination, this is subjective. : darweidu
  • So are good and bad (best) This thread makes my brain hurt : mr. winky
• it depends. If you mean choices limited to this earth, then we, the literate and wealthy with this great ... : slax0r
• Gee, and I thought forum flaming was limited to things like "I can almost make out the polygon edge on th... : davew2040
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  Did you just start/take a philosophy class? Because that's one of the central points to an arguement aga... : null
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=5384754 ;) : vodor
    • Heh I didn't feel like reading the whole thread, sounds like the same deal. I took an intro to philosoph... : null
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    I got into this big long thread after the pledge ruling .. about how christianity redefines itself whenev... : mr. winky
    • Yeah I think being agnostic is the best choice for me at least. I mean if god showed up and did all this... : null
    • well, as a fellow agnostic, I understand. I sometimes suspect that God does exist but that isn't good eno... : Dreagon
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    I wouldn't say that any religion claims that God is omnibenevolent... Though I'm interested in how you w... : Vantage
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      Any *major* (monotheistic) religion rather. : Vantage
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        Well I'm sure that it varies but to make an argument involving the existance of god you have to define te... : null
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          See that's a great example of where logic breaks down due the factors plugged into the equation. If there... : Dreagon
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            That is only a problem if the Old Testament is taken to be infallible, which, as a student of history, I ... : Zeddicurse
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              Ah, another history major :). As far as the old testement goes, there are definately some historical prob... : Dreagon
              • :) I have not yet studied the books of the OT beyond Deut. to be able to argue much on the subject. But... : Zeddicurse
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              Ok I gotta jump in again :) Although I haven't read it, the god of the old testament seems to have been ... : null
              • The God of the OT is one that we must look at through the interpretation of the ancient Israelis. While ... : Zeddicurse
• there's room for improvement : BadRespawn
• Could be worse. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I'd rather be happy with what I have than be some whiny bastard about life and nitpick bullshit things. ... : NukeDukem
• Disagree. : TreMetal
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  This is the stupidest shackpoll I have ever seen, bar none. Obviously it isn't the best, and obviously it... : x-eyd|mary
  • Indeed! I mean obviously it could much worse like a world where 10,000 Mechahitlers pound your ass with s... : klerck
• Of all possible worlds we live in the most sufficient world/universe to support a cohesive physics as we : Odoyle
• God I fucking hope not : smdever
• WTH is this, a philosophy exam? : Omaha