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Why do you visit this site?

FreeChile

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By visiting this site, I hope that someone can kick me in the genitals and therefore pop my head out of my but. As payment, I will do the same onto others.

In addition, I do not share the illusion that my head will be popped as such or that having it popped this way will result in a different me from what I am. Grant it I may breathe a bit clearer as a result.

Why do you visit this site?
 
FreeChile said:
By visiting this site, I hope that someone can kick me in the genitals and therefore pop my head out of my but. As payment, I will do the same onto others.

In addition, I do not share the illusion that my head will be popped as such or that having it popped this way will result in a different me from what I am. Grant it I may breathe a bit clearer as a result.

Why do you visit this site?
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#1 Entertainment

#2 Fresh Air - I visit a lot of Woo sites to see what the enemy is doing
 
99,9% of people I daily mingle with, consider God as a given. They don't even think (or care) that intelligent design and evolution might be incompatible. Sundry crooks practice alternative medicine without a single public prosecutor going after them. There's no newspaper or morning TV show without astrological predictions.

We're living in the Dark Ages and sometimes this forum seems like a window to the future.
 
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IIRichard said:
#1 Entertainment

#2 Fresh Air - I visit a lot of Woo sites to see what the enemy is doing
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Interesting!

Who is your enemy? Maybe I can hold him while you slap him? If he happens to be my enemy too, that is.
 
To discuss with intelligent people.

To learn from them.

To urge Critical Thinkers to combat the dark ages that are showing in the form of teaching ID and a president who believes there are "forces of good and evil".
 
El Greco said:
99,9% of people I daily mingle with, consider God as a given. They don't even think (or care) that intelligent design and evolution might be incompatible. Sundry crooks practice alternative medicine without a single public prosecutor going after them. There's no newspaper or morning TV show without astrological predictions.

We're living in the Dark Ages and sometimes this forum seems like a window to the future.
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I wouldn't say the world is in the Dark Ages just because of that!

I heard about a guy who spotted the real Elvis the other day.

I am not so sure evolution and God are so incompatible. It seems they are both very intelligent designs. And both have co-existed as long as man has been aware of himself.
 
El Greco said:

We're living in the Dark Ages and sometimes this forum seems like a window to the future.
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Can you be any more dramatic? Really..
 
Besides the social contact,why do people go to church?Maybe to be affirmed by likeminded people.Spiritually challenging the logically challenged.
 
El Greco said:
99,9% of people I daily mingle with, consider God as a given. They don't even think (or care) that intelligent design and evolution might be incompatible. Sundry crooks practice alternative medicine without a single public prosecutor going after them. There's no newspaper or morning TV show without astrological predictions.

We're living in the Dark Ages and sometimes this forum seems like a window to the future.
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I quite agree. We see more and more superstition, and it gets more and more accepted. Partly because so much pseudo-scientific babble seems very convincing to a lot of people.

There is no difference between a psychic down the corner and a guy in a lab coat. But it is exactly the same thing: They peddle the same superstitious crap. It is just dressed in different clothes.
 
FreeChile said:
I wouldn't say the world is in the Dark Ages just because of that!
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Neither did El Greco. What he did write, however, showed two examples of uncritical acceptance of beliefs. But before we have a dialogue on whether or not another Dark Age is possible we need first to agree on what a Dark Age is. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this.
 
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FreeChile said:
Interesting!

Who is your enemy? Maybe I can hold him while you slap him? If he happens to be my enemy too, that is.
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"Enemy," refers to Woos in general. Specificly to people who want to waste time, talent, health and money with pseudo-scientific bilge. I am particularly offended by health fraud as that is killing people, harming children and wasting resources.
 
Hmmm...... there is a lot of skeptic forums out there. And others that just have a lot of skeptics. I suppose what sets this one apart is it's the JREF forum. And Im really fond of the JREF.
 
BillHoyt said:
Neither did El Greco. What he did write, however, showed two examples of uncritical acceptance of beliefs. But before we have a dialogue on whether or not another Dark Age is possible we need first to agree on what a Dark Age is. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this.
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Part of this would be to identify some differences between that period of history and now to see if in fact there are significant differences. I'm afraid to cover that here may bring gloom into this thread. Would you like to start another thread to compare the Dark Ages to our present Light Age and perhaps also to the Future Enlightened Age you alluded to before?
 
FreeChile said:
By visiting this site, I hope that someone can kick me in the genitals and therefore pop my head out of my but. As payment, I will do the same onto others.

In addition, I do not share the illusion that my head will be popped as such or that having it popped this way will result in a different me from what I am. Grant it I may breathe a bit clearer as a result.
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Ok FreeChile,

I have read some of the other threads. I find this post interesting considering the "limits of thinking" thread.

To answer your question, I come to JREF seeking knowledge and to test my world view. Since I have been here I have modified a number of my positions.

I no longer am enthralled with ID and HPC (though I do find such concepts intellectually stimulating). I no longer think that the tradition of marriage should exclusively be between a man and a woman. I have moved more towards a libertarian view point from a more conservative one. I am more likely to question things and think critically. Hopefully I have not become a cynic. I have come to find the phrase "Seacreast out" as being trite though I'm not sure how much the JREF influenced this decision.
 
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NoZed Avenger said:
I heard someone was giving away free chili.
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Good one!

But you're delusional. There's no such thing as free chili in this world.
 
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FreeChile said:
Good one!

But you're delusional. There's no such thing as free chili in this world.
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Curse the dark forces that keep chili in chains and subjugated to the whims of a totalitarian state, away from the sweet air of freedom!



Although in hindsight, I am not sure that juxtaposing "setting chili free" with "sweet air" was really a good idea.


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RandFan said:
I no longer think that the tradition of marriage should exclusively be between a man and a woman.
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I am coming up with a double-blind test to address the issue of homosexuality, which is a bit related to this. This is just a rough draft. So we can get all creative with it.

1. Get 2 males and 2 females together as the subject of the experiments.
2. Place blinder's on all of them.
3. Randomly have the subjects perform oral sex on each other and record the results.

Of course, you are free to lie to the subjects to nullify readings that may be observed as a result of the placebo effect. Like telling a guy that a woman is going to do him when in fact a man will.

But please, let us not explore this here. We may bring too much excitement into this thread and I would not want this to overshadow the "limits of thinking" thread.
 
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