Albareth

Apple... Mac... you people need help if you think that's a solution. :P *whispers softly 'linux' and fades away smiling*

ooc - oh... my... god... so, has the snowball arena become a huge rp thread? Count me in! *grins* :D *decides to wait and see what's happening now to get in tune with how this is going*

Happy birthday - sonny! *grins* ;) Beat me to it - 21 days older than me! Who would have thought... :blink: http://ecards.online.ie/images/happy-birthday.jpg Cheers mate, enjoy!

"Aha! You have entered my realm!", the great mysterious commander of Squad BunnyPIE yells, "for in Iceland you shall find pink and PIE aplenti!" With a malicious grin he makes sinister signals in the air, calling upon his legions powers of Greater Bunnifacation... all hope is lost for the puny human as pink snow envelopes it, and the Great Leader (me) yells "Death shall become you infidel... err, I mean - scratch that - retake... pink shall become you!" Evil laughter fills the air as the powers of the supreme power of the Bunneh, from its devious source itself in Iceland - strikes home at defenceless SjinJiOh! Oddly enough a band of cheerleaders poof out of nowhere, with bunny ears and pink costumes and, and, and bunnyears... oh, yes... and, and tight pink costumes and.... err, got carried off track there, retake... with bunny ears and in pink costumes and start dancing to the Imperial Bunneh Empire anthem! :D

*observes the sadly rather drunk Squad PinkPIE* *shakes his head* *gives Malchik a veerryy nasty look* :angry: *draws his Snow'oTronic 2000 and starts firing globs of frozen chunks of pink snow at Malchik, giggling like a madman* *withdraws into the depths of his fortress*

*calls on his comrades-in-snow, the Fifth Legion of teh Bunneh, Squad PinkPIE* A snapshot of Squad PinkPIE: http://www.mr.is/~terathan/bunnies.jpg BEWARE INFIDELS! *fortifies himself inside his icy fortress with Squad PinkPIE standing guard and starts preparing for battle*

I notice a general difference in what males and females claim they think about love in real life. Seriously though, on the general they think the same things, us males are just often more closed up about it.

HeLLL: Love your sig! :D On topic: Utopia and dystopia are nothing but abstract concepts IMO, you can't apply them to reality, since they aren't realistical. I mean really - even if we weren't savage inperfect beings we still couldn't achieve it simply because it doesn't actually exist. It's like total chaos or order... total perfection or lack thereof are only abstract concepts. You can't achieve it since the concepts exist only in human perspective, for the universe itself there is no such thing. IMO we should think about getting at least an "allright" world before aiming at perfect. :P

The topic was started to discuss the nature of the universe itself, not about everything in it. :P

Scientifical studies have proven that emotion brings up increased activity in certain zones in the brain. Braindamaged people become emotionally different/handicapped. Etc... how do you reach the conclusion emotion is in the soul? :unsure:

You can't disclude it entirely though, it is involved in minor aspects in too many things, religion or lack thereof affects peoples opinions on several issues all the time. It can't be avoided. What CAN be avoided imo and does the same good is keeping debates well on same track (f.e. the universe topic), not going off topic and making the "religion v.s. science" the main issue at hand and not the topic issue. It understandably can be involved partially due to it entering the topic at hand, but going off topic to that is just pointless I think... :blink:

Actually, that would be your mind too. The concience and sub-concious mind may not always agree. "follow your heart not your mind" is imo just telling you to follow your emotions and not decide soly on logic. Emotions are based in your brain, whether physical pain that your mind makes you feel to alert you of an injury or yes, even love, it's all in your mind. Why do you think people who suffer sudden braindamage have been known to totally "convert" on their opinions on issues, who they love, like, how they act? It's all in your brain, your whole "being" is the individuality and uniqueness of your brain. It's another issue entirely whether or not a portion of our brain equals what you call "a soul", but in some non-physical awareness, I'd have to say I see no possible reason for its existance.

17 doesn't seem to young... I'm 17, that's the age you can drive here, and IMO it should be higher. Over half of all car accidents here are caused by one of two things: People under the age of 20 being careless, or very old semi-blind people being careless. IMO you should take the license at 19 or so, and everyone the age of 60 and above should be forced to retake the examination every 2 years or so. Road security would improve massively.

*COUGH* I'm sorreh? I didn't hear that? :D Actually - I think what he meant is not just here - but in a general way the same topics seem to rest on peoples minds wherever you go. Rather simple explanation to that IMO, what's in the "hotspot" in our society at that moment always pops up, and what annoys people (f.e. video games being blamed for shootings, which annoys (many) gamers like us) tends to pop up too.

http://dynamic5.gamespy.com/~chronicles/ya...=Elder_Albareth Albareth-Dragon Danke schön. :)

Religion does however play a strong role into many subjects, and not questioning ones religion is kind of inviting ignorance... True, they may deteriorate into flame-wars, but at places modified well with a solid member base which knows to avoid that it shouldn't end that way. :P

On the topic at hand (You don't want me to start rambling about Dubya, rust me :P ), I fear I think our good friend Dubya will be elected again. People like to look past cold hard facts of neglect in office and vote in patriotic fury... beside which it's not like there's any other strong candidate to go against him, which is absurd IMO. :(

Absolutely not! They go by census data, at which point approximately 33% of people on Earth are Christian. Religion #2 is Islam. I think #3 is either Bhuddism or Hinduism. With the other as #4. The next (%6) is none, and then Judaism. Actually, over 50% of Earth's citizens are believers in a religion that descended from Abraham. And, if it's not #1, what is? Certainly not agnosticism! Again, agnosticism is the act of not leaning towards any religion, accepting any may be right, not a religion itself. It's a "religious stance" if you will. Thus putting agnosticism as "state-religion" isn't possible, and that wouldn't be "favoring" agnostics, it'd just be favoring NOBODY! :)

Not to mention that agnosticism isn't a religion, and it isn't being put as state religion, they'd simply be saying (like agnosticism does): I've no freaking idea any more than you what's right and what's not right, no one persons deduction is superior to anothers. Having one religion as state-religion simply because you "think" most people believe in it is extremely unfair IMO. If 60% of the population someplace (hypothetical, stupid example I know but you should get the point... :P ) liked to wear black always, 20% white and the rest multi-colored, should black be listed as the state-clothing-color? Idiotic example I know but think about it a bit... you have political parties, with differing opinions, and they're voted into session each year to rule the nation, so no political party hold "tyrannical" power in the nation. You see the obvious neccissity for that but... you want to have one religion tied alone in with the goverment? Religion is just a choice, like the color of your clothes, about how to run your own life and what you thinks happen after it. It has no more right to affect the nations daily runnings than BCO (black clothes organization *cough* :D ) does. Ok, so, why? Because, and here's the core of it, There is no need for it! You need political parties to ascertain that no one goverment can get away with doing whatever it wants, if it "misbehaves" another one is just voted in its stead. We have no need of any religious institution with the State, we can decide and live by ourselves after our own standards. :)

I'll copy a short reply to the "morality from religion" topic from the MWC which I wrote there. Giving religion credit at all IMO is ridiculous. The reason religious people are often moral is due to that obedience. Sure, a few people may be more moral due to religious codes, but on the general I think people who are unmoral by nature don't tend (note, tend... many of the worst crimes are commited BECAUSE of religion) to be very religous (which is not to say people aren't both unreligious and moral (I am)). The same way I think very religous people don't tend to be generally unmoral. It's an inverted view of the facts IMO to give religion credit for that, though it may seem logical at first. It's not: a) You are religious and B) hence you're moral... it's: a) You're moral and B) hence you're more likely to become (or stay) religious. Personally I think it's a prime example of the brainwashing of organized religion, you think you need their moral codes for a good moral life...

I'm for it personally, I think it's ludicrous to still try and keep one religion above others by tieing it to the runnings of the country daily. Sort of like the pledge of alliance (or whatever it's called, not american myself), seems very unfair to people of other religions. Will post further later. ;)