Man Made Global Warming

[MD_Titus]

Originally Posted by jimson8

This is why marxism is a fundamentally flawed system. We work to better our lives. No one will put the effort into performing exceptionally when there is no reward above performing adequately.

Everyone is dragged down, not up.

that's a fundamental misunderstanding of marxism. the theory at least. spot on with how it is implemented though. ideally some are dragged down, but a larger number - as the wealth tends to be distributed as a pyramid rich and few at the top, poor but many at the bottom - are (meant to be) dragged up. funny thing is it tends to be the middle class that espouses marxism, with the richer and poorer tending to have it down as being a liberal panty sniffing taxation fest.

i think i'm remembering this story right, paraphrasing heavily though - when watching a train load up with passengers, marx and a companion went past the first class carriage, and saw the luxury and comfort these few were afforded. they pass second class to see old women perching uncomfortably on wooden benches in the busy carriage. they come to third class and watch as people are loaded into bare cattle carriages. his companion turned to marx and said
"when the revolution comes we'll make those pigs travel third class with the rest of us" (not actual pigs of course)
"no, comrade, you misunderstand - when the revolution comes we'll all travel first class"


oh god, you've made a mess of this madblaster.

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“i made no such comment about "false promises". tithes taken by the church go to good causes, if for nothing else than to maintain the fabric of often ancient buildings and often for charitable activities. the promise of something is implicit and goes back to the time of selling graces, but i make no assertion that is a false promise. i may not believe in it, but that makes it no less real to some people.”

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

Your exact words “in return for a promise of...well, anything?” You seem confused by your own words. If a promise is broken, if it doesn’t materialize, if it doesn’t stay true to form, if it promises nothing, I think it fair to characterize it to be “false”. Get it? Then you say exactly this, “i may not believe in it, but that makes it no less real to some people.” I will parse this. “I may not believe in it” suggests to me you believe the promise to be “false” because if you believed in it, it would be “true” and you would believe in it instead of qualify it as “may not”. Then you say “some people”. Now maybe you should go look at your “good guy” self in the mirror and ask, “did I just pass judgement?” I would say you did. It’s okay. I do it all the time.

by a promise of anything i meant, quite literally, anything. 72 virgins, 10,000 less years in purgatory, your own swimming pool. anything. i don't believe it so i don't get it, but the person paying the tithe or doing the penance may well receive such graces as dictated by their faith, for all I or anyone else knows. some people believe, some people don't. you're trying to start an argument with your own misunderstanding, as i'm not judging anything or anyone there. i always chuckle when the thing of "judge not lest ye be judged" is used one sidedly though. that and the casting of stones. anyway, the point was that atheism asks nothing from those who believe it, it takes nothing nor offers anything in return which it does not deliver - so how can it be a scam.

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“to say that atheists have "closed their minds to order and opened them to chaos and destruction" is kind of wonderful. do you believe in other gods, or just yours?”

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

I’m comfortable in my skin. What else is there to say? If you think chaos and destruction is “kind of wonderful”? Whatever. It’s your skin. We now know where you stand.

no, not the "chaos and destruction" bit being wonderful - although out of chaos arises order, out of destruction arises new life - it's the sheer brass neck to say that atheists rejoice in it. it's a sort of mix of sarcasm and "oh wow, do they mean that or am i reading it wrong". there's plenty to say - do you believe your god to be the one true god, and by extension that the many millions (billions) that believe otherwise are wrong?

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“the non-physical realm has nothing to do with human consciousness, mainly because *ta-da* human consciousness is a function of the physical brain. learn to neurobiology. next you'll be trotting out descartes and his attempts to prove the existence of god. as to judgement, it's one of those innate qualities that makes us human, that we develop through experience and what we learn of the world and it's inhabitants. of course it changes over a life cycle. if nothing was learned then we'd still be whacking the crap out of each other with the jaws of sheep.”

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

Diving through the insults, a “function”. Okay, the neuro process the brain goes through to form a non-physical/intangible called an “idea”. Nothing physically relevant about that unless it materializes into something that can be perceived through our senses. I just had another idea, but I won’t mention it here. So it won’t materialize as insult. For you to guess or to remain irrelevant. It’s also wonderful how you equate human consciousness to neurobiology. I think those phds are still working on it. No brain transplants yet. But keep sending them your monies or try to steal ours because they are the smart guys with all the answers about how your brain works. In the meantime, you’ll have to stick with the indoctrintation techniques you were taught.

what insults? as current tech stands we can only highlight areas of activity associated with certain activities - movement, memory, language and the like - but that's not to say that specific thought processes (what am i eating for lunch today?) cannot be similarly mapped out once scanning techniques are improved. to say an idea is intangible and non-physical is to show an ignorance of neurobiology, because things like "i want to move the mouse cursor left" have already been successfully mapped and used to develop a means for people to communicate despite massive physical or neurological trauma destroying their physical capacity. a brain transplant? in what respect or for what function would you do that? it's not swapping out a hard drive. each brains structure has been altered by that person's life experiences, even at the basic level of understanding that we have now it isn't a muscle or filtration organ that can be transplanted.

btw, loving the hint of craziness you're throwing in at the end there "indoctrination techniques" *girlish giggle* really? i mean really?

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“oh and they aren't cliches”

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

as in the phrase is common and subject to overuse in the vernacular to lose meaning, imo.

as in commonly used because they are common in life. there's a reason they are cliches. the meaning is still there.

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“no, not necessary at all. i set fire to your house. you don't like it. would i like it if it's done to me? no, then it's bad. if this same process applies or can be said to apply to each reasonable person (ie not sadists, masochists, the unhinged) then it applies as either good or bad. i'm putting this in very simplified terms because... well frankly there's a 5,000 word essay on this, easy.”

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

Again, you make the circular argument. A common theme. What is “reasonable”. What is the context for “reasonable”. Imo, “good” and “bad” are the building blocks to “reasonable” and “ethical”. No 5000 word essay necessary. Keep using your neurobiology to figure your way out of the circle. How about, “think outside the box”. Get it? Does that qualify as a cliche in your opinion?

circular argument? what now?
i state what is reasonable. i'll try again - someone acting without malice or overt charity, without cross purposes, without a motivation that they would deny others, with fairness. in effect, an average person. good and bad are more easily classified as harm or gain, within this framework and seeing as you're all hung up on good and bad. there's also an element of consensus. a reasonable person would want no harm to come to them but would want gains. a reasonable person would also not deny others this, as to deny others could be to deny themselves.

think outside the box is hackneyed meeting speak, and perfect for bullsh*t bingo. see also "blue sky thinking"

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if you consider wealth redistribution and societal equality to be "steal everything" then you massively misunderstand the ideals of marxism, to such an extent that you should either read up on it or cease commenting on it. you simply cannot steal what you own part of. that communism failed in all it's incarnations is mostly due to human nature, apparently we can't really act in a truly altruistic way for ever, require carrots to put in the best effort with our talents and generally foul things up through greed and avarice. but then that apparently applies in all political systems.

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

I guess your not a farmer. The war for communism hasn’t ended. It has taken the guise of man-made global warming. “Atheism” is recruiting tool, a sales pitch. The ordinary man is aware. Your attempts to wrap it up in higher purpose sugar, epic fail.

you're great. i mean really - this is just brilliant.

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i would suggest that your invitation to atheists to kill themselves actually constitutes a hate crime though. if i told all christians/muslims/jews/hindus/worshippers of his noodly-appendagedness to kill themselves i would expect criminal sanctions to follow shortly after.

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

If I don’t believe they exist, then how can I believe they can kill themselves? Are you suggesting thought crime? Should my neurobiology be arrested? How do you do that? Do you want to murder me? At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised in the least! You really underestimate yourself if you believe in a so called atheism. Anyway, my last words. It was fun. I’m out.

no, you typed it out on an internet forum. that's not a thought crime, it's just an offensive sentiment to express publicly.

there's a lot of hate in you, which i find sad really. why do you have so much hate in your soul? maybe we should talk about it, see what you're repressing and try to work out a way to make you better.