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Comment on TortoiseSVN setup by keithics

keithics — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:26:54 +0000

it should be:

svn+ssh://@/home//svnrepos/

thanks anyway! :D

Comment on Obama and the arbitrary entity known as ‘God’ by Shadyan

Shadyan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:58:14 +0000

Hmm Religious people being dumber than the rest…. im not sure about that.

Being a firm nonbeliever, at least in the established world religions, i have meet a lot of religious people from again all the world religions, and i don’t think they are in general more stupid than the ateist, they simply made a choice in their lives, or a choice was made for them, which gives them the ability to explain,get to terms with lots of facets in life which they don’t understand.

It is a risky thing putting labels on people which are in this way putting them in the same box.

Intelligence is an extremely difficult thing to measure. Some very brainy scientists who studied the very fabric of communication claim that the intelligence of a species is measured in how complicated their language is, which in their research then means that the most intelligent species on this planet are dolphins, so be careful defining what intelligence is.

Religion is used by powerpeople with high educations to suppress people which hasn’t got as much insight and knowledge. That doesn’t make the underdogs stupid, just ignorant.

The majority of really religious people are poor people who have been dealt a bad hand in life, and their religion is a cornerstone in their life which can give them comfort and guidance.

We are all religious in the sence that we all have beliefs in some way or another. Some people belive in armageddon, some believe in the rebirth of Christ, some belive in Thor and Odin, some believe in the rise of stocks or houseprices, some believe in their own superiority and some believe in the good in people. It is all just belief which constantly is being tested by reality. So in some form we are all religious, it’s just different religions we commit ourselves to.

Comment on Will Red Cliff become a hit in the West? by Chris Watson

Chris Watson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:10:23 +0000

I just finished the book. It was pretty good, you should have stuck with it.

Volume 2 was better then Volume 1. A little bit like an Asian version of ‘The Decline and Fall of Imperial Rome’, apart from the frequent blatant superstition.

Comment on Obama and the arbitrary entity known as ‘God’ by Chris Watson

Chris Watson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:08:07 +0000

I think most atheists who believe must be ‘dumb’ do so because they themselves are neither as smart nor as well-informed as they imagine. Christianity is extremely rational and intellectually stimulating, if you have the wit to understand it.

But leaving that argument-without-an-ending aside, the question of Left politicians and Christianity really amuses me.

Left-politicians in the US nearly all claim to be Christians (even Hilary Clinton!!), and yet their supporters all clearly recognise, and often state openly, that this is a lie!

And yet, these guys still consider themselves to be the ‘principled’ faction in the country!

Ha ha! Gives me a wry smile…

Comment on Obama and the arbitrary entity known as ‘God’ by Brian Larsen

Brian Larsen — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:16:06 +0000

I was strongly considering adding modern history to the mentioned line, but as I couldn’t either think of anybody in the top of my head from the post-Darwin period, I decided not to. To be completely honest, the reason why I added the line was merely not to appear intolerant of people with faith really, and in order not to make the post appear as another anti religious rant. The point I wanted to make was, that I suspect the presidency for American politicians without faith, is a closed country. So in order to get all the way, they need to appear as Christian believers, true or not.