tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post6362699113194668637..comments2023-10-24T06:23:53.008-04:00Comments on Saint Brian's Chronicles: The Divine BratSaint Brian the Godlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14902151482640409544noreply@blogger.comBlogger515125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-14916122859504865602010-11-30T14:28:56.412-05:002010-11-30T14:28:56.412-05:00I llove llamas.I llove llamas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-15230316732035546702010-11-29T14:34:10.415-05:002010-11-29T14:34:10.415-05:00I llove the blogI llove the blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-59798467460804484982010-11-27T14:09:55.762-05:002010-11-27T14:09:55.762-05:00MI said,
"...Gear-Hed: I'm just not that...MI said,<br /><br />"...Gear-Hed: I'm just not that interested in going there with you. <br /><br />I've moved on."<br /><br />Well, keep moving then, and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.GearHedEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288513835630145996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-3136484644703683882010-11-27T11:13:57.171-05:002010-11-27T11:13:57.171-05:00I'm just not that interested in going there wi...<b>I'm just not that interested in going there with you.</b><br /><br />Translation; I'm set in my ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-29574008523475874222010-11-26T13:18:07.448-05:002010-11-26T13:18:07.448-05:00The Russian stuff is spam, advertisements for a se...The Russian stuff is spam, advertisements for a service that one can use to buy business cards and pamphlets, etc.GearHedEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288513835630145996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-64946869739319581012010-11-26T04:16:17.245-05:002010-11-26T04:16:17.245-05:00Funny blogFunny blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-90783907737174390672010-11-26T01:01:13.826-05:002010-11-26T01:01:13.826-05:00Hope all had a Happy Thanksgiving!
Gear-Hed: I&#...Hope all had a Happy Thanksgiving! <br /><br />Gear-Hed: I'm just not that interested in going there with you. <br /><br />I've moved on. <br /><br />Hopefully, for your sake, you'll find more believers to go round and round with. Funny how it never grows old for the atheist...MInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-69430798021244696662010-11-26T00:23:12.709-05:002010-11-26T00:23:12.709-05:00You know anonymous posted in two indo-european lan...You know anonymous posted in two indo-european languages. <br /><br />What, no Japanese?<br /><br />Bigot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-86043178416668492352010-11-25T20:23:15.455-05:002010-11-25T20:23:15.455-05:00Лучшие [url=http://bukdub.ru]визитные карточки[/ur...Лучшие [url=http://bukdub.ru]визитные карточки[/url]. В блоге дозволено скачать книги про [url=http://bukdub.ru]визитки[/url], найти контакты лучших полиграфистов, разместить примеры своих работ и познакомиться с программами для создания [url=http://bukdub.ru]визиток[/url].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-59566770009594646082010-11-25T09:00:50.988-05:002010-11-25T09:00:50.988-05:00You know what I'm thankful for?
Internet rumb...You know what I'm thankful for?<br /><br />Internet rumbles on Brian's blog that lead to internet hugs and then more rumbles. <br /><br />:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-45455892863678009502010-11-24T01:21:30.448-05:002010-11-24T01:21:30.448-05:00Pboy, yes, I'd call that a synchronicity. And ...Pboy, yes, I'd call that a synchronicity. And furthermore I'd wager that if they 'spooked you out' more, as in, if you gave them more prominence in your thoughts, thought about the weirdness more, they'd start to happen in groups and bunches. Note that I didn't say that you'd be noticing them more. No, they'd actually start occurring more. Or so happened to me, starting me off on what you might well term my 'Great Tangent...'Saint Brian the Godlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14902151482640409544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-51888285281363329502010-11-22T14:29:52.305-05:002010-11-22T14:29:52.305-05:00Well, I just put up a new post, but it's nothi...Well, I just put up a new post, but it's nothing to do with God. Just nature, as in, the small piece of it I've attempted to duplicate in my living room. <br />My terrarium, in other words, is the subject. <br /><br />Of course, after the glamour of it all wears off on you I would only expect the usual turn back toward things godly and religious and other such silliness.Saint Brian the Godlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14902151482640409544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-69186879803132076352010-11-21T09:49:23.976-05:002010-11-21T09:49:23.976-05:00For no particular reason, in the comment section, ...For no particular reason, in the comment section, for a laugh, I said, "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with 'f'.", a couple of days ago.<br /><br />One of my pet peeves about commercial television is this new style with a lady singing a little ditty, so they stick in my memory, these horrible little ditties.<br /><br />Last night, I heard the new Rice Krispies commercial, which has a lady singing, "I spy with my little eye..."<br /><br />Synchronicity Brian?pboyfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475980562742243007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-26934861726436322192010-11-21T02:02:06.609-05:002010-11-21T02:02:06.609-05:00For no particular reason,
I Can Play AnythingFor no particular reason,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrjM06gtDrU" rel="nofollow">I Can Play Anything</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-78320052931433712192010-11-20T22:01:21.392-05:002010-11-20T22:01:21.392-05:00Feels like far...Feels like far...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-7410923802533673772010-11-20T21:44:33.072-05:002010-11-20T21:44:33.072-05:00Harry; I certainly agree, I did it myself for a wh...Harry; I certainly agree, I did it myself for a while after deconverting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-5819713909032408412010-11-20T21:13:07.532-05:002010-11-20T21:13:07.532-05:00Peeb,
I know.
But now I'm left.
You'll ...Peeb,<br /><br />I know.<br /><br />But now I'm left.<br /><br />You'll have to catch up if you want me to pay for a round at the Canadian Scotsman tavern.<br /><br />Ryan,<br /><br />It's a good point, but ask yourself how many "spiritual" people think like that.<br /><br />What I was implying, was that many people who de-convert from religion are compelled by the eternal purpose aspect of it to seek laissez faire rules and claims, so they can keep their self-esteem intact.<br /><br />Not to get all Virginia Slims on ya, but you've come a long way baby.<br /><br />They haven't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-14256886790489441422010-11-20T19:18:25.752-05:002010-11-20T19:18:25.752-05:00"Why can't people just tell me I'm ri..."Why can't people just tell me I'm right?"<br /><br />You're right Harry.pboyfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475980562742243007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-78142228778109077832010-11-20T19:06:23.135-05:002010-11-20T19:06:23.135-05:00Eternal purpose is a tricky one.
Is it? Subjecti...<b>Eternal purpose is a tricky one.</b><br /><br />Is it? Subjective purpose is, at least to me, more than adequate. <br /><br />I didn't have purpose for 13.89999 billion years, and I won't have purpose after this brief span, but I fail to see how that diminishes the purpose I now have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-11729612958385966942010-11-20T17:57:40.881-05:002010-11-20T17:57:40.881-05:00"I didn't mention Aristotle at all."..."I didn't mention Aristotle at all."<br /><br />Ah. Fair enough, so you didn't. <br /><br />Eternal purpose is a tricky one. I suppose that's why so many people go 'spiritual' after their religious de-conversion. <br /><br />They get tired of the false people, unrealistic rules, most of the major metaphysical claims, but their self-esteem would take a real hit without the supernatural altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-18931318457808496722010-11-20T13:56:08.716-05:002010-11-20T13:56:08.716-05:00But telling someone that they have no eternal purp...But telling someone that they have no eternal purpose is like telling them that there is no dome of the sky over us, that the ground itself moves, that rocks fall from the sky, that the patterns we see in the sky AREN'T trying to convey secret knowledge to us, and so on.pboyfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475980562742243007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-81872008195159913062010-11-20T13:51:46.795-05:002010-11-20T13:51:46.795-05:00I think that my main point was that any thinking b...I think that my main point was that any thinking being, any being who comes to have a consciousness, if Plato is right about his purposefullness thing, has to come to the conclusion that there is a Supreme Consciousness that made it all for him to worship it.<br /><br />Which is ludicrous.pboyfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475980562742243007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-56211197870052462352010-11-20T13:48:04.931-05:002010-11-20T13:48:04.931-05:00Harry, you said, "Aristotelian teleology can ...Harry, you said, "Aristotelian teleology can be incorrect without being circular."<br /><br />I didn't mention Aristotle at all.pboyfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475980562742243007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-57331176334198598162010-11-19T19:03:35.790-05:002010-11-19T19:03:35.790-05:00As totally unfalsifiable bullshit goes, religion i...As totally unfalsifiable bullshit goes, religion is the worst.<br /><br />Fred Hoyle said the the Universe was eternal, and it would have suited theists fine if it was.<br /><br />Along came the Big Bang and now THAT is touted as proof of a 'beginning' which 'needs' a (and this is where they lose me completely) conscious mind that does it's thing outside of time and space no less.<br /><br />Creationists would have gobbled down the steady-state version of the universe as just eagerly for a proof of their God though.pboyfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475980562742243007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376937841692070856.post-88166379099411465942010-11-19T18:47:34.069-05:002010-11-19T18:47:34.069-05:00If you start with the notion that there is a God o...If you start with the notion that there is a God or gods and that your purpose is to praise HIM or them, then teleology IS circular, no matter where you actually 'begin' your argument.<br /><br />You might start at the 'general', everthing has a purpose, everything is designed for a purpose and lead that back to a Necessary Cause, then it is circular.<br /><br />And just because an idea is old doesn't mean it isn't being used anymore.<br /><br />Eric is quite happy to use Aquinas version.pboyfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475980562742243007noreply@blogger.com