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Whereas I am personally an atheist, I do think it is important to distinguish between religion, cults and destructive cults. The important difference is not what stories each organisation believe in, the important and principal difference is the destructive part, that a destructive cult will ...

Oh, I should perhaps point out that while those books you pointed out are available for purchase were available back then too, and I had skimmed through a few of them, that particular document I was referring to supposedly contained the highest level of knowledge you could attain in Scientology. You ...

Thanks! It's been a while, I know.

Well, this was before the internet explosion, so these pieces of information were hard to come by. To tell you the truth, I didn't know much about Scientology, just that they were after people's money, but who isn't? I had this friend who had been in the cult, but ...

By the way, I evolved fins after reading it.

This, or some like document appeared in public here in Sweden a decade or so ago. I actually had the chance to read it, but I had to fight my way through the hordes of Scientologists put on guard at the public institution where the single copy was housed. Their strategy was to take turns at "reading ...

I suggest you do not start with BASIC, since it is so different from all languages that are any good at all. I actually went from BASIC to C++ at about your age, whereby I discovered that programming can be fun and fruitful. So, no, 14 is not too young by any means.

If you want a soft start, I can ...

That one was good... :laugh:

I'll give you one in return:

Finnish man, Swedish man and Cindy Crawford were traveling on the same train, in the same cabin. At one point the train went inside the tunnel. As the train was one of those old trains, there weren't any lights and thus it was pitch dark ...

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I think I got one for killing the Rumare slaughterfish and collecting their scales. Quest rewards are not levelled as far as I know.

This is what I did the first time - I thought it was just an issue with the install wizard. At first I thought the Full install had worked fine, but upon trying to install Tutu, the application reported a lot of missing files. Also, there were area files missing in the game which caused a lot of ...

"The rise of club music, the fall of apartheid--a coincidence?"

Boy, the 10 000 dollar question! First I shall tell you what I believe, then what I think. ;)

I am presently halfway through Vico's New Science, a charming book, if you ever get a chance to read it. Dated, perhaps, but I find it hard not to find statements such as these especially pithy:

"People ...

On the other hand, I was able to elicit a confession from Naffnuff that he believes in telepathy. :D


Indeed you did, but only under severe pressure, so forget about going to court with it. Patriot Act does not extend to anything without a thick mustache, and as you can tell from my avatar I am ...

No more than Fable when he invoked his Penguinology (he should've presented us with a respectably long list of references and sources too, but he is eccentric).

Understanding an animal that is always dressed up in tail coat is obviously crucial to understanding marriage. I suggest you apologize ...

So because I have one set of beliefs outside the mainstream, I must embrace all sets of beliefs outside the mainstream. Which makes a lot of sense. :rolleyes:

Good point, which I think should be applied in this thread. Belief in telepathy does not necessarly imply belief in soulmates. I have some ...

DesR85 wrote:As for politicians, I have totally little to no respect for them at all. Ever since the Hot Coffee incident back in 2005, my respect for them have dropped to an even all new low. Damn politicians.

What! I love politicians!

(Now there is a controversial statement! )

I do not presume to know anything about quantum mechanics, so please do not bite my head off now, all you hotspurs! I just want to add a remark about the phenomenal world as opposed to the things-in-themselves as it was originally conceived. Kant postulated that mathematics, physiscs and human ...

Not true. It differs from species to species, and frequently within each species between types. For example, the Emperor Penguin changes mates each year, while the so-called Little Penguin is (usually) fiercely faithful throughout life to its chosen mate.

True, there are animals that stick to one ...

It is funny, because for all this talk about "soulmates," I do not think I have ever actually witnessed something even remotely like it. True, I have seen a few couples that have seemed reasonably happy and quite a few ones that have lasted. But they have all had their moments of crisis, and it is ...

I don't have the time for a full-length reply, but while doing a vanity-namesearch, Naffnuff's post caught my eye, and I can't help myself.


You know, I was wondering the same thing ;) My stance on the issue is that whatever the scientific consensus is, is what I'll consider to be true. What about ...

"Once warfare has made people so fierce that human laws no longer have a place among them, religion is the only means powerful enough to subdue them."