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Reply to Jesus on my license plate! in Religion JoeUser Forums

I think they should ban these Jesus plates, if for no better reason than that they are horrendously gaudy and ugly. A licence plate that couldn't fit in perfectly with a black sports car has no business being used in a nation of the civilised. Just look at the thing. It's like a sunrise vomited and its vomit turned into a stained glass window and then someone stuck a shiny plastic cross onto it to cover its shame. It's the kind of licence plate that encourages public violence.

Reply to What if no one were fat? in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

I don't think the doctors would be out of business - there's always some crazy disease they'll need to look for. I reckon a world without fat would be great, especially if it meant that everyone was buff and never got old too in that fashionable brave new world style. Just eye candy as far as the eye can see. It'd be great. Feeders probably wouldn't be happy, but there's not a lot we can do about that. The health benefits would justify the death of a minor sexual fetish!

Reply to Make the World a Better Place? in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

[quote]Well for starters, this shows that Eve was not, in fact, "perfectly smart" as I have seen her and her betrothed described. Given objective experience of THE creator, who would make the same choice, atheist or Christian or otherwise? Not one person I know. Eve had objective experience of God. He was there. So she never had to have faith. To choose the word of a snake over a God you had objective evidence of was anything but rational. It was insane.[/quote] Unless she felt s

Reply to McSame Campaign Commits Plagarism in Republican JoeUser Forums

I'm with Tex. Shit recipes, no votes. It's just that simple.

Reply to Make the World a Better Place? in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

[quote]I can't speak for Jythier, but I don't THINK anyone deserves to burn in Hell...I would rather see everyone in Heaven. What God thinks, though, is another matter entirely.[/quote] If you don't agree with your god's judgement of those who don't agree with it, why do you worship? Is it cowardice that makes you worship a god you think sends the undeserving to eternal torment, or is there some other reason? I mean, it's nice to say that people have a choice, but if y

Reply to Make the World a Better Place? in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

[quote]And further, how will that keep anyone from working with me if they are showing love to me in humility?[/quote] The knowledge that you think they deserve to burn in hell for all eternity regardless of their nature is probably a turn-off. Anyway, you can pretend to be humble and kind, but if you really think they deserve to suffer the most horrible torments anyone's mind can imagine then that is going to be picked up by the unbelievers. You can't hide that level of contem

Reply to Speaking to the soul in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Dyno: Yeah, I considered doing a review as well but realised I didn't care enough. And what was with the eyes? There must have been a discount on contact lenses on the day they filmed that movie. [quote]So, according to what you're saying Satan does care, it's just not for man's souls?[/quote] Exactly. He cares about souls, but only in that they have a use.

Reply to Speaking to the soul in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

[quote]I liked it, but I generally like bad movies.[/quote] I think we all do. I actually laughed out loud watching Norbit, but then I do have a soft spot for a poorly thought out fat joke. FS: No worries. I was just thinking about it after watching it again a few nights ago and I realised there was a common thread behind all these badly acted dramas that I like. [quote]it's not out of love but out of hate he fights. [/quote] Hate is no less an attractive forc

Reply to Speaking to the soul in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

[quote]I am Catholic, and do enjoy that mystique (and no, I dont buy into the mumbo jumbo that some attach to it) of it, but then I really get into Hinduism much more. The constant conflict of the 3 beings/Giods, and how that translates into the human experience.[/quote] Hinduism has never really appealed, if only because the Ramayana is stultifyingly boring. And Mr Reaves is the world's worst actor - he has one role and he does it badly every time. [quote]But I have to warn yo

Reply to Petition to the Admins of JU/WC in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote]Ock has a new article up this morning that I'd love to comment on, Sodaiho had several in the past few days. But I cannot do so unless/until those show up on the forums. Sodaiho often gets no comments at all on his posts, so they never show up on those other lists.[/quote] But blogs with no posts [I]do[/I] appear on the forums. That's been fixed for ages now. Have you tried using a different browser? I can only post articles using Safari, and only comment using Firefox.

Speaking to the soul in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Every single person has a mythology that speaks to them. It's a philosophy that appeals to their head and their heart, an amalgamation of everything they believe in, with just the right amount of drama and pragmatism. For me it's always been Catholicism. Don't get me wrong - I've always had a soft spot for comparative religion, and am as happy reading about Tiki gods and Horus as anyone. But when it comes to mythologies that make a beeline for my imagination, it's Catholicism

Reply to Our Time in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

I quite liked this, although I don't really know why. I don't agree with some of what you say (if only because I live in the place "where the defenceless live in safety, the hungry never starve, bullets and batons don’t exist and the sheer brute force running through humankind has ceased to be"), but I couldn't find anything about it I could pick at. So I'm afraid I'm going to have to resort to pedantry on this one. [quote]I know there are those of us who think they have at le

Reply to Petition to the Admins of JU/WC in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Why is it such a big problem? I use the 'recent posts' part of the forum and I haven't come across any changes in the way it's worked in several versions of JU. You still get most of the page as JU posts. Sure, there are a few more WC ones these days, but not that many. If the admins wanted to tweak it all they'd have to do is remove the Wincustomise-specific forums from the JU lists. Even so there aren't many that still appear - OS Customization and Customization Software, Docks and Bl

Reply to Why Cactoblasta is best suited for presidency in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

[quote]Here is where I admit that every Australian I've ever known (via JU or IRL or both) has been incredibly intelligent, witty, and wonderful.[/quote] I'm blushing. It's not a good look on a mostly grown man. You should be ashamed of yourself. [quote]We've all watched The Simpsons. We all know evil koalas have infiltrated the US. Drop-bears. What about the drop-bears, man?!?![/quote] You'll find out. Bwahahahahahahahahaha! EDIT: Maso has it right. Drop bear

Reply to Pyro-Ovo-Phobia in Blogging JoeUser Forums

hahaha, love this story! I can recommend avoiding microwaving whole fish too. Apparently their eyes explode - how was I to know?!?

Reply to Why Cactoblasta is best suited for presidency in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

[quote]But isn't darkness exactly what a Drop Bear requires to launch an attack? Oh, wait a minute, have I just revealed a secret defence strategy. Okay, I'll shut up now.[/quote] shutupshutupshutup or you'll reveal the plan for taking over the US with a secret drop bear army.

Reply to Why Cactoblasta is best suited for presidency in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Cactoblasta is above bumper stickers, horrible, disloyal things that they are. His supporters bear his name tattooed into their foreheads. They wear their allegiance with pride on their face, not on the rear of their car, covered in soot and shame. On the subject of drop bears: As the president of the US I will undoubtedly have no drop bear-related policies, as most Americans couldn't find Australia on a map, let alone understand the nightmare that is the falling terror. Their

Reply to Why Cactoblasta is best suited for presidency in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

[quote]Hmm, I like that he's from Not-America, but I'm concerned about his werewolf management ideas. A potential Presidential candidate should know that a silver bullet is the most effective remedy. Cactoblasta - Weak on werewolves![/quote] Werewolves are people too - I see no reason to kill them when polling reveals 10% of likely voters carry the curse. The real slogan is Cactoblasta - friend of the werewolf! [quote]Haha...you used the word 'meme.' I love i

Reply to Why OckhamsRazor is Worst Suited to be President in Humor JoeUser Forums

Why are tears of patriotism coming to my eyes?

Reply to Why I am best suited for Presidency in Politics JoeUser Forums

Vote for me instead. Make use of your write-in vote for the greater good of your loathsome country!

Reply to Why John McCain is best suited for Presidency in Republican JoeUser Forums

I'd like to draw your attention to the following argument, which proves beyond doubt that both John McCain and Sancho are inferior to one [link="http://cactoblasta.joeuser.com/article/309251/Why_Cactoblasta_is_best_suited_for_presidency"]Cactoblasta[/link].

Why Cactoblasta is best suited for presidency in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Cactoblasta would make the best president for three reasons. He will get respect from foreign nations, he has all the necessary experience, and he will lead the nation through the turbulent times we face. [more] F

Reply to Conversations with God in Religion JoeUser Forums

This is great. I think you've got God bang on here - why should it be all, "hur hur, I smite you, hur hur kneel hur hur don't have fun hur hur"

Reply to Confession of a serial trivialiser in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I don't think this is going to last.

Reply to By definition absurd in Writing JoeUser Forums

[quote]Interesting point of view, mate. While I might have even been guilty of this point in the past, I think it was more to reiterate a point someone else was quite understanding. [/quote] I'm guessing you mean 'not quite understanding' here. And sure, it can be handy in that case (long road to the vocabulary of an adult etc etc). But I don't much see the point over teh intarwebs, where most of this kind of action seems to go down. With plenty of resources at your disposal, why on e