I ought, therefore I can. ([info]malathion) wrote in [info]wurds,
@ 2008-04-24 23:57:00
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"The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation."

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[info]malathion
2008-04-25 03:58 am UTC (link)
-- C.S. Lewis.

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[info]sonofthelama
2008-04-25 04:04 am UTC (link)
there are more than a few bible verses that disagree, but it's C.S. Lewis after all

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[info]expandyourvocab
2008-04-25 04:22 am UTC (link)
good quote.

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[info]taryndaani
2008-04-25 04:24 am UTC (link)
Hmm... on the fence on this one. I could argue both for it and against it. In my current state of mind, it would probably be negative, but it's still a quote that makes me think, so kudos.

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[info]nikhedonia
2008-04-25 04:39 am UTC (link)
I think it is pretentious to feign understanding an all-powerful, all-knowing being, however fictional.

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[info]aquandrian
2008-04-25 04:46 am UTC (link)
Ha, nicely said!

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[info]nikhedonia
2008-04-25 05:16 am UTC (link)
Thanks! I am trying to find the provenance of

"Don't believe in anything you can't see, smell, touch or at the very least infer from a good particle accelerator run"

and see if it would make it to [info]wurds, but it may be a bit too much.

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[info]donia
2008-04-25 06:05 am UTC (link)
Nice user name.

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[info]nikhedonia
2008-04-25 06:25 am UTC (link)
Thanks, back at you!
I see that you are a fan of Tristan T, which is +100 in my book. :)

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[info]donia
2008-04-28 12:37 am UTC (link)
I adore Tristan's writing and the fact that she's also easy on the eyes doesn't hurt either. She's that rare blend of beauty, intelligence and wit.

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[info]aquandrian
2008-04-25 09:29 am UTC (link)
*lol* Not too much at all. Bloody fucking excellent, as far as I'm concerned. Mainly cos I totally agree so really I'm being quite self-serving here.

Edited at 2008-04-25 09:30 am UTC

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[info]noshot
2008-04-26 12:22 am UTC (link)
actually, they found a 'god particle'

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[info]nikhedonia
2008-04-26 02:27 am UTC (link)
An unfortunate name, but it does not explain if it is a Thor particle, an Allah particle, a Jesus particle, a Yehovah particle, or whether there is a Famke Janssen (goddess) particle with opposite charge.

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[info]cimmonym
2008-04-25 05:03 am UTC (link)
BINGO

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[info]samverick
2008-04-25 02:27 pm UTC (link)
lol religion

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-25 11:03 am UTC (link)
god is dead!

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[info]aquandrian
2008-04-25 11:17 am UTC (link)
and no one cares?

(sorry, couldn't resist ... :p)

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-25 11:28 am UTC (link)
eh no, pretty much dead on.

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[info]samverick
2008-04-25 02:28 pm UTC (link)
hey, careful not to cut yourself on that edge there

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-25 05:37 pm UTC (link)
careful to shut the fuck up and mind your own fucking business you uncreative asshat.

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[info]samverick
2008-04-27 06:00 pm UTC (link)

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-27 06:23 pm UTC (link)
this is pretty amusing at least. i mean, especially for somethingawful.com which has gone the way of the buffalo if you ask me.

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[info]endlessbouncing
2008-04-26 12:10 am UTC (link)
O_o ,,|,

I disagree with your hypothesis. That is all.

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-26 07:05 am UTC (link)
that's not MY hypothesis. and you probably lack the mental fortitude to handle my deep thoughts on god, jack handey.

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[info]endlessbouncing
2008-04-26 07:17 am UTC (link)
I lack the mental inclination to listen to your masturbatory rhetoric, pop-culture-reference.

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-26 07:28 am UTC (link)
sure you do. that's why you commented in the first place. it's too late to save face, so just keep it shut.

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[info]endlessbouncing
2008-04-26 07:35 am UTC (link)
do you find that you have problems in your day to day relationships based on your overtly confrontational nature? I disagree with you. God is not dead, that's not something that a God can do. Perhaps you believe God never existed, but then I say to you that it is unlikely someone as arrogant as you will have the wherewithal to prove it coherently. All hail Jesus. Peace be with you.

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-26 07:52 am UTC (link)
God abandoned this shithole rock when we killed jesus. do you mean to tell me some all powerful, perfect being just keels over when you kill their son? seems like someone writes the rules as they go along. right, whatsoever you hold true on earth... right, so then some old men with funny hats get to tell god what to do?

religion is shit. and insulting to any omnipresence to the point that they'd rather just go create other galaxies to mettle in a long slow suicide.

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[info]endlessbouncing
2008-04-26 08:07 am UTC (link)
I don't mean to tell you that at all. Jesus died and -came back-, and God was never truly dead. Do you mean to tell me four pieces of iron and a bit of mountain air can kill God? The hats are only symbolic of a deeper hatness. That rule exists so that people, acting in good faith, can lead others to God without being afraid that they'll transgress some obscure heavenly law and end up damning everyone to an eternity in hell. The christian faith does not exist to contradict what God wants. It exists to express love for all mankind.

As to that last line, you certainly know a lot about the unknowable, especially for a human.

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-26 08:17 am UTC (link)
I'm too old for some imaginary friend named God.

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[info]endlessbouncing
2008-04-26 08:34 am UTC (link)
The more I grow up, the more of this world I see, the more I've needed God.

If you really, truly believe what you say, I guess this conversation is over. I can't even wish you much of anything. Good luck? Good life? All vanity.

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-26 03:56 pm UTC (link)
people weren't made in god's image. gods were made in man's image so they'd have something to aspire to while they destroy the world trying to play god.

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[info]endlessbouncing
2008-04-26 09:59 pm UTC (link)
You spent all night trying to come up with another pithy statement you could throw out to pollute the internet even further? That's not an argument, its just your attempt to get quoted.

Its an accepted fact that the majority of muslims are not terrorists. The majority of christians do not have political aspirations, only aspiring to be better people. The majority of christians who have political aspirations don't aspire to play God. The few politicians who use God to justify a morally shaky position are simply morally bankrupt, or atheists.

Are you going to stop reading off the big list of obscure incendiary quotes any time soon? Or do you need a crutch?

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-26 11:34 pm UTC (link)
that's an old quote. and it's mine.

you're a hypocrite that's for sure.

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[info]endlessbouncing
2008-04-27 05:27 am UTC (link)
I knew it was your quote :)

How am I a hypocrite?

Do you see this as a constructive conversation?

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-27 09:26 am UTC (link)
no man, i'm drunk. you can't take me seriously.

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-26 07:28 am UTC (link)
and your grammar sucks.

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[info]endlessbouncing
2008-04-26 07:35 am UTC (link)
That's regrettable. I based it off your first incredibly mean spirited reply.

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[info]mathnerdguy
2008-04-26 04:25 am UTC (link)
nietzsche is dead.

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[info]ground0messiah
2008-04-26 07:04 am UTC (link)
how uninspired. go fuck an algorithm.

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[info]noshot
2008-04-26 12:20 am UTC (link)
i agree; plagues of boils, leprosy, and locusts sure are a nice break from this cruel world.

now that I think about it, I don't even know if I'm being sarcastic or not...

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[info]_blackholesun_
2008-04-27 10:35 pm UTC (link)
C.S. Lewis was probably right with what he stated.

And what this quote states seems to be proven by this entire entry... Admittedly fighting online, leaving defamatory remarks about a dead man and his philosophies - Very passive, and quite "soft".

Just because you have no belief in God or a higher power, it doesn't mean you should instantly judge someone who has a career that spawns movies, millions of books in multiple languages, and people that think twice about their 'faith'.

C.S. Lewis is inspiring to many people, like J.R.R. Tolkien, and other writers he used to meet and converse with at a pub in his college town.

He even inspires an atheist(somewhat) like me.

RIP Dr. Lewis.

Nice quote.

-z-

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