Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	Dovina 70.38.78.229	10-Apr-06/7:15 PM
How do you beard an invisible guy?
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Apr-06/7:12 PM
Well that's just a silly idea now ain't it. I wonder what you bearded him with ;).
Re: Narcolepsy by Sunny	Dovina 70.38.78.229	10-Apr-06/7:11 PM
I think it’s best to avoid the “there is” construction, especially at the beginning. Try, “Red sky peers through the shutters.” Maybe you really mean “Shudders” but I find it difficult. Also, it’s a bit wordy. Try “He nods off to my tense afterthoughts” in S2, for example. Many phrases can be shortened and thereby made stronger. At first his uncontrollable urge to sleep, per the title, came through, but the meaning faded til the end.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	zodiac 209.193.9.3	10-Apr-06/6:25 PM
The so-called "atheists" on this site aren't the ones denying other possibilities. The "believers" are. They (by which I mean "you") are denying the possibility that there is no God, or that there's a very simplistic, comprehensible one.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	zodiac 209.193.9.3	10-Apr-06/6:23 PM
"Thing that explains everything" doesn't mean God to me. "Bearded invisible guy in heaven" means God.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	zodiac 209.193.9.3	10-Apr-06/6:22 PM
You already have the idea that we're the rooster and there's something smarter than the rooster, so the comparison seems perfectly reasonable. Try -- just try -- imagining that there is nothing smarter than the rooster. I'm not trying to convince anyone that there's no God, just trying to get you to imagine the alternative. I bet you can't. In other words, I imagine if there's a God walking around Heaven, he's thinking, I know the answers to everything. Would you tell HIM He's just a rooster?
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	Dovina 70.38.78.229	10-Apr-06/5:49 PM
Yeah, it's the science-touting, logic-claiming atheists who shoot their own feet. You'd think they'd have learned from a thousand years of science that some of the most preposterous-sounding propositions turn true. Raise a glass to the ones who don’t throw out the impossible, who go where no one has gone. Raise a glass to God. Tell me if I’m getting carried away.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Apr-06/5:40 PM
I just think it's mean spirited to imply to someone they're less smart just because they believe in God. You can always make room for God. Even if it turns out he's just for entertainment. It's like me saying that man you thought was your great grandfather isn't. I have no proof he isn't but you have no real proof(assuming you can't retrieve his DNA) that he is.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Apr-06/5:26 PM
I could give a damn what the dude thinks God is or isn't. It's that he points out how silly atheists are to try and disprove it. Arguing I don't believe in God is like arguing I don't believe in alien abductions on earth. Is it possible there are? Yes. Are there dozens of more likely explanations for such incidences? Sure. Should you rule out alien abductions completely? Hell no.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	Dovina 70.38.78.229	10-Apr-06/5:22 PM
I forgot to say thanks. Thanks.
Re: a comment on Maybe I Wasn’t Born on a Fool’s Day by Dovina	Dovina 70.38.78.229	10-Apr-06/4:09 PM
When John Henry was a little baby sittin' on his mama's knee he picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel said "this hammer's gonna be the death of me Lord, Lord this hammer's gonna be the death of me" - a folk song I used to sing in college.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	Dovina 70.38.78.229	10-Apr-06/3:57 PM
I did enjoy it. But I think it's poorly written. That would be alright, but it also takes a certain predefined view of God, which makes your gift kind of like a necktie that somebody gave you, and you didn't like, and now seeing my April Fool's Day birthday has passed, you have giftwrapped it for me. That's ok, it's the thought that counts.
Re: Maybe I Wasn’t Born on a Fool’s Day by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Apr-06/3:41 PM
"B-b-b-b-b-baaad, b-b-b-b-b-bad, bad to the bone..." Nice Blues. :)
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Apr-06/3:34 PM
Here Dovina, a real gift. You should enjoy this one: http://www.chaim.org/atheist.htm
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Apr-06/3:11 PM
I didn't say that. I said it's the only way to illiminate god from the equation(as in the possibility that God exists.) God is obviously not scientifically testable so does not need to be in a scientific equation but if he is I'm sure you'd need to know everything before you could make a perfect conclusion. Atoms have always been on earth but until someone discovered them, in human's minds they didn't exist. Although there were theories about them and what they do long before they were discovered. So maybe some day we'll have all the answers and then we can say for sure that God does or does not exist. Until then we're just guessing like they once did about atoms. Most likely niether of us will be here when everything is found out so why not fill in the gaps for now with an indefinite being like God and in doing so cover your ass just in case he really does exist. If your idea of God interferes with the logical process then in my mind it's not God you're thinking of. ;) Sleep tight.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	ecargo 167.219.0.140	10-Apr-06/3:07 PM
I am literally sneakers-on-out-the-door, so quickly: hell yes. As far as we know, we are the smartest thing going. "Will soon have"? I never said that. But we've made astonishing leaps in our understanding of our surroundings. I see no reason why those leaps won't continue, particularly as we continue to supplement our abilities with the speed and ability to address complexity of computers and the like. Arrogant? Maybe. But no more arrogant, in my view, than creating a God in our image, as many seem (to me) to do. And I don't know that animals have faith in the abilities of their species, so I don't think the analogy is all that accurate. 'til tomorrow. Have a good evening.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	Dovina 70.38.78.229	10-Apr-06/2:58 PM
"I have great faith in human ingenuity to comprehend.": Isn't that a bit like a rooster strutting about the henhouse, obviously thinking he's the smartest thing going, and will soon have all the perplexities of his surroundings figured out? I'm not calling your intelligence that of a rooster. It just seems that faith in human ability has a parallel in animal's faith in their abilities.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	ecargo 167.219.0.140	10-Apr-06/2:26 PM
I disagree. I don't think I need to add God to explain the unknown. It's unknown, not necessarily unknowable. I have great faith in human ingenuity to comprehend what, for now, is incomprehensible--assuming we survive ourselves. Sure, we'd probably never understand or prove EVERYTHING there is to know about reality, but I, personally, feel no need to add some divine all-knowing being to the mix just because *we* don't know everything. On that point, we'll just have to disagree. Amiably, of course. ;) Have a good night.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Apr-06/2:17 PM
only if science encompasses everything then can you eliminate God from the equation. That hasn't and most likely will never be shown.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Apr-06/2:13 PM
I'm not trying to show you there is a God I'm trying to show you how silly it is to argue that there isn't. It's just as pointless as me arguing with you that God exists. Either you believe one, the other or are waiting for more info to pop up. The only verifiable answer is I DON'T KNOW. If you were my God you'd be incomprehensible but that's all a matter of preference.