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Posted by: Eccles1:2 Mar 1 2005, 07:08 AM
Whew. I'm a little worn out be the highly-charged debates I've been reading here. I wanted to add my views to some of them, but in the end, I just couldn't work up the energy. WendyDoh.gif

It seems that some people get a little wired in their journey away from Christianity, evidenced by wild and extreme avatars and signatures. Well, that's fine, but as far as I'm concerned, now that I've jumped out of the boat I can leave invective behind, along with dogma, intolerance, inconsistency and ignorance. Wendytwitch.gif

So let's chill. I have theories about stuff; maybe we'll discuss one or two things. Maybe not. But if there's anybody else out there who's relieved that they're not going to hell and 10% of their income isn't going towards buying tracts and replacing roof tiles, then step in, pull up a beanbag and flop out. I'll put on the kettle... jesus.gif

Posted by: Tocis Mar 1 2005, 07:11 AM
If you also provide some good mead I'm with you user posted image

Posted by: quicksand Mar 1 2005, 07:18 AM
Chilling out is good Eccles. Greetings and welcome to the site.

The problem with the "debates" with ppl like Wired, they usually go nowhere. However, he was a nice guy and I wish him luck.

You've got some fringe theories there you say? Love to hear them.

My favorite fringe theory is lost civilizations ala' Graham Hancock.

Posted by: Eccles1:2 Mar 1 2005, 07:24 AM
My favourite fringe theory is that as with all hairstyles, on some people they look cool, providing you are viewing them from an appropriate decade.

Posted by: Reach Mar 1 2005, 07:25 AM
QUOTE (quicksand @ Mar 1 2005, 07:18 AM)
You've got some fringe theories there you say? Love to hear them.

My favorite fringe theory is lost civilizations ala' Graham Hancock.

And your new god is... Clean Underpants?

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Welcome to the chillzone, Eccles. Glad to see you finally showed up.
Reach

Posted by: atheist_ewtcoma Mar 1 2005, 07:38 AM
I aggree. Chilling out is good and stuff. Their are some extreamist and some are on the unrelgious side of things. Its not hard not to become one once you get a good rant going. But I guess this is what this board is for.

I tell you what dudes and dudets, this is my favorite board and I enjoy the intellectual conversations.


Posted by: quicksand Mar 1 2005, 07:40 AM
QUOTE (Reach @ Mar 1 2005, 07:25 AM)
QUOTE (quicksand @ Mar 1 2005, 07:18 AM)
You've got some fringe theories there you say? Love to hear them.

My favorite fringe theory is lost civilizations ala' Graham Hancock.

And your new god is... Clean Underpants?

NOON8642CustomImage0569057.gif

Welcome to the chillzone, Eccles. Glad to see you finally showed up.
Reach

wicked.gif Last week, my god was "Great in Bed." woohoo.gif

Posted by: Reach Mar 1 2005, 07:46 AM
QUOTE (quicksand @ Mar 1 2005, 07:40 AM)
QUOTE (Reach @ Mar 1 2005, 07:25 AM)
QUOTE (quicksand @ Mar 1 2005, 07:18 AM)
You've got some fringe theories there you say? Love to hear them.

My favorite fringe theory is lost civilizations ala' Graham Hancock.

And your new god is... Clean Underpants?

NOON8642CustomImage0569057.gif

Welcome to the chillzone, Eccles. Glad to see you finally showed up.
Reach

wicked.gif Last week, my god was "Great in Bed." woohoo.gif

I saw that and this week you are also talking about... fringe and fringe theories.

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Sorry, Eccles, I truly didn't mean to hijack your thread but Quickster made me do it. Of course, you did invite us to chill, right? I simply could not resist the company. FrogsToadBigGrin.gif

Fondly,
Reach

P.S. I'll behave myself now. Well, sorta...

Posted by: anony~mouse Mar 1 2005, 07:49 AM
Hey, this is a good idea! I just got here and this is the first post I've read today, so I'm not sure what I should be chilling out from. But who can resist an invitation? FrogsToadBigGrin.gif

Edit: By the way, I love your avatar. Are you going to see the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie when it comes out?

Posted by: quicksand Mar 1 2005, 07:53 AM
QUOTE (Reach @ Mar 1 2005, 07:46 AM)
QUOTE (quicksand @ Mar 1 2005, 07:40 AM)
QUOTE (Reach @ Mar 1 2005, 07:25 AM)
QUOTE (quicksand @ Mar 1 2005, 07:18 AM)
You've got some fringe theories there you say? Love to hear them.

My favorite fringe theory is lost civilizations ala' Graham Hancock.

And your new god is... Clean Underpants?

NOON8642CustomImage0569057.gif

Welcome to the chillzone, Eccles. Glad to see you finally showed up.
Reach

wicked.gif Last week, my god was "Great in Bed." woohoo.gif

I saw that and this week you are also talking about... fringe and fringe theories.

lmao_99.gif

Sorry, Eccles, I truly didn't mean to hijack your thread but Quickster made me do it. Of course, you did invite us to chill, right? I simply could not resist the company. FrogsToadBigGrin.gif

Fondly,
Reach

P.S. I'll behave myself now. Well, sorta...

FrogsToadBigGrin.gif FrogsToadBigGrin.gif FrogsToadBigGrin.gif

Fringe, lace, silk.... ....stop while I am ahead!

Posted by: Eccles1:2 Mar 1 2005, 08:14 AM
QUOTE (anony~mouse @ Mar 1 2005, 10:49 AM)
By the way, I love your avatar. Are you going to see the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie when it comes out?

Most definitely, or should I say "Mos Def". And here's an interesting fact...I went to the same school as Douglas Adams, just a few years later.

Posted by: Eccles1:2 Mar 1 2005, 08:27 AM
QUOTE (quicksand @ Mar 1 2005, 10:53 AM)
Sorry, Eccles, I truly didn't mean to hijack your thread but Quickster made me do it. Of course, you did invite us to chill, right? I simply could not resist the company.  FrogsToadBigGrin.gif

Fondly,
Reach

Hey, mio filamento, tuo filamento. wicked.gif

Posted by: anony~mouse Mar 1 2005, 08:38 AM
QUOTE (Eccles1:2 @ Mar 1 2005, 11:14 AM)
QUOTE (anony~mouse @ Mar 1 2005, 10:49 AM)
By the way, I love your avatar. Are you going to see the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie when it comes out?

Most definitely, or should I say "Mos Def". And here's an interesting fact...I went to the same school as Douglas Adams, just a few years later.

LOL! I wonder how he'll do as Ford Prefect? I have so much trouble imagining any of the characters without British accents (except Zaphod, for some reason). That's cool, that you went to the same school as DNA.

Posted by: Reach Mar 1 2005, 08:40 AM
QUOTE (Eccles1:2 @ Mar 1 2005, 08:27 AM)
Hey, mio filamento, tuo filamento. wicked.gif

FrogsToadBigGrin.gif I like you already, Eccles.

Ok, conversation... I like your avatar (and your sig is hilarious!) which causes me to think that you might subscribe to living a life free from many of the chains of fear that enlave many of our fellow humans.

Would you be so gracious as to comment on that and talk about what meaning your avatar has for you, personally? I aim to live as fear-free as possible and it does take some work to hold that position, especially in a world where most everything seems to be analyzed, promoted and sold on the basis of some fear or other, real or delusional.

Reach

Posted by: Lokmer Mar 1 2005, 09:58 AM
QUOTE (Reach @ Mar 1 2005, 07:46 AM)
QUOTE (quicksand @ Mar 1 2005, 07:40 AM)

wicked.gif Last week, my god was "Great in Bed."  woohoo.gif

Well, what can I say...that sort of thing is worthy of worship if anything is.

The question is, is your god good in bed, or is your god anything/anyone that's "good in bed?" If the latter, I must insist that you be careful when you're making burnt offerings to your favorite pillow...
Wendytwitch.gif


QUOTE (Reach)
P.S. I'll behave myself now. Well, sorta...


Me thinks thou dost protest too much, my friend LeslieLook.gif


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Now, as to Eccl's avatar, a quote is appropos:

"This is the story of the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Perhaps the most remarkable, certainly the most successful book, ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor. More popular than The Celestial Home-Care Omnibus, better selling than Fifty-Three More Things That You Can Do in Zero-Gravity, and more contraversial than Oolon Colluphid's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters: Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes, and Who is this God Person Anyway?

"And in many of the more relaxed civilizations on the outer eastern rim of the galaxy, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy has already supplanted the great Encyclopaedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom. For although it contains much that is apocraphyl (or at least wildly inaccurate), it scores over the older, more pedestrian, work in two important respects. First, it is slightly cheaper; and second, it has the words DON'T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters, on the cover." -Douglas Adams


-Lokmer

Posted by: Lokmer Mar 1 2005, 10:01 AM
QUOTE (Reach @ Mar 1 2005, 08:40 AM)
...especially in a world where most everything seems to be analyzed, promoted and sold on the basis of some fear or other, real or delusional.

Ain't that the truth!
-Lokmer

Posted by: Eccles1:2 Mar 2 2005, 01:55 AM
QUOTE (Reach @ Mar 1 2005, 11:40 AM)
Ok, conversation... I like your avatar (and your sig is hilarious!) which causes me to think that you might subscribe to living a life free from many of the chains of fear that enlave many of our fellow humans.

Would you be so gracious as to comment on that and talk about what meaning your avatar has for you, personally? I aim to live as fear-free as possible and it does take some work to hold that position, especially in a world where most everything seems to be analyzed, promoted and sold on the basis of some fear or other, real or delusional.

Reach

Hmm...chains of fear eh? Sounds like a Presbyterian concept...or an album by a 1980s all-girl heavy metal band from Scandinavia.

In terms of religious fear...I've never really been bothered by it, as I was part of a church that adhered to the teachings of Bing Crosby ("http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/paul/lyrics/bingcrosby/accent~1.html"). In the wider world though, since my little girl was born in November 2002 I've developed a whole new strain of fear relating to all the awful things she may have to deal with in her life. This, however, is normal parent stuff and nothing to get all psycho-analysed about. Wendycrazy.gif

I agree that many artefacts of our over-sophisticated life are traded on fear, but I find a healthy dose of scepticism a powerful antidote. So many things presented to us in our lives are at best absurd, and at worst, untrue and manipulative. This is why I believe in comedy, and specifically, why "Don't Panic" is such an appropriate mantra for a fractured society struggling with its own identity. LeslieLook.gif

Blah blah sociology. (I almost said "pseudo-sociology" there, but that particular prefix is way, way over-used on this site.) Enough said; this is a chill zone after all! wicked.gif

Posted by: Reach Mar 3 2005, 03:39 AM
QUOTE (Eccles1:2 @ Mar 2 2005, 01:55 AM)
So many things presented to us in our lives are at best absurd, and at worst, untrue and manipulative. This is why I believe in comedy, and specifically, why "Don't Panic" is such an appropriate mantra for a fractured society struggling with its own identity. LeslieLook.gif

If everybody contemplates the infinite instead of fixing the drains, many of us will die of cholera.
--John Rich

woohoo.gif Great to have you here, Eccles. I think you may enjoy the company of Brother Jeff, who specializes in comedy. You might search him out.

Reach

Posted by: MrSpooky Mar 3 2005, 12:22 PM
Aaaaah... I'm serious, this thread is definitely a nice breather. It's like a little break room on its own.

Posted by: Eccles1:2 Mar 7 2005, 03:51 PM
Another favourite quote from the HGTTG: "That young girl is the least beknightedly unintelligent organic life-form it's been my profound lack of pleasure to be unable to avoid meeting".

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