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Think of all of the times in the past when things we understand as true today were also seen to be just as crazy. Things are always outrageous and ridiculous until enough people are enlightened. There are still supposedly sane people who say that cigarette smoke does no harm to the human body. That idea might have been believable in 1950 and common sense would tell you that was true since everyone smoked and they didn't seem to be having any problems (except for that pesky cough), but common sense today would tell you something different.
Are you talking about inventions such as the radio or car? In that case, only the uneducated saw this as incredible. After all, a man came up with the idea. Natural progression. Does not mean everything everyone ever thinks of is going to or does exsist.
Have you ever had a cigarette??????? First one makes you cough and splutter, but peer pressure (in most cases) keeps the pretense up untill it is a habit. You don't have a 'pesky cough' you cough up a lump of black crap entwined in mucus every morning. You lose fitness levels, breathing becomes an effort.
Believable that it does
NO harm?? Only a person with no common sense would believe that. At any point in time.
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In that case, there would be photographs and reporters doing the job for you. You don't have to travel and waste a ton of time to check thigs out. And if someone has some wild ideas about any subject, you can take a few minutes to Google them and read a little of their work and then you can put it in the "B.S." pile or the "Who knows, it's possible?" pile. There is very little you can put in the "True" pile since what you think is true can change 20 years later.
No, their bosses would not be stupid enough to send them on such a waste of company funds. It would be better spent on a corporate lunch - at least relationships may be forged. If they did send reporters on stupid assignments like that they would be either out of business of fired
for lack of common sense and rightfully so.
Around 75% of the world's population has never seen a telephone, how do you propose they "Google"?
Surely you see my point here - being thourough and wasting time.
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That doesn't really seem to fit in with what I am talking about. Most sane people know that certain groups are dangerous and should stay away from them. The same with religious cults. If some guy wants you to give him all of your money and go live out in the woods with him and his followers, it's time to run in the other direction. You don't have to waste any time on his ideas.
It fits in exactly what you are talking about. My intention is not to rubbish you, this is obviously a side of the coin you had not previously considered. I hope to discuss this rationally.
The people I refer to often use UFO's and other off planet stories to entice the gullible and hopeful. There are many reasons why people get trapped in these nightmares. That does not give these animals the right to destroy lives for personal gain. As community it is our duty to expose these predators if we can.
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If any of the various conspiracy theories about who controls things behind the scenes are true, you'll never know unless they have plans to do something in public that makes it glaringly obvious.
Hey - you said it not me
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If
Big word for so few letters.
If I win the lotto, I will buy an island and remove myself from the world so this wont concern me or my faqmily.
If the alien conspiracies are real, we will be rescued in 6 years
If people cared more about each other we would not need conspiracies
If the world comes under alien control I may form an insurgence
If Elle McPherson comes on to me I will not knock her back.
If if if. How about here and now. There is more than enough to keep the entire race busy for centuries with what we already know and have in our backyard. Lets leave the if's but's and maybe's out of it till we prove that aliens even exist hey? If the government is hiding something, all we should have to prove is the existance of one alien or craft. Now with them visiting every day, and living under us, should only be a matter of time and these conspiracy theories will all be proven.
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Have you listened to or read his explanation for how it could be possible? Or do you just have a glancing surface knowledge? Right now I put it in the "Who knows, it's possible?" pile. If you had resources to check out the claims for yourself and found out that the shape-shifting part is total B.S., that would not automatically mean that every bit of information that David Icke has is false. When someone is getting close to the truth, one of the best things you can do to discredit them is to provide them with disinformation. Muddy the waters so the truth can no longer be seen. Confuse them and lead them down wrong paths.
One of the reasons I have a hard time with the shape-shifting stuff is because these guys are aging fast. They look like crap. Can't they shape-shift a better look? Seems like you'd choose to have fewer wrinkles or less fat.
Yes I have read this far fetched tripe, hard to discuss it intelligently unless ones does wouldn't you say?
So you have trouble with old shape shifters that can't shape shift into more fit and agile specimens (as you would if you had the ability). But the rest is true.
So David lies for profit and recognition on one 'claim' but all the other are genuine right? Right...........................................
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That makes you and others like you more dangerous than people such as David Icke.
How so?
Because I am protecting my immediate family from a predator that is very likely to cause harm? What the hell would an old alien hunter like David want to talk to my 2 kids - one cannot even talk yet!
No, I cannot agree with that. You think I should sit by and watch?????? What sort of a parent would I be???
If I had taken my chunk of water pipe to the leader for the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments there would be 153 more people alive now. They died for their gullibility.
Who is the dangerous one?
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Have you heard the ever worsening 'music' that kids listen to? It's making every little white boy want to be a pimp and every little white girl want to be an abused 'ho.' Are you going to attack those music stars? What about Scientology? Don't you think they are more dangerous than David Icke could ever wish to be?
Actually, I spent 15 years of my life as a proffessional musician. I hear every type of music as I love and embrace music.
As a responsible parent, I don't allow that crap (Rap is spelt witha silent C isn't it?) in my house. Certainly nowhere near my children and infulence them with styles and and tastes more appropriate. If I could talk to those (well stars is a term we can use I suppose) I would show them the results of their rantings and ask how they feel knowing they are responsible for that. If they show no remorse, they should helped mentally, if that fails, they stand trial with any other person who poses a danger to society as a whole. I personally don't give a rodent's rectum how difficult it is for them "in da hood". (Does using that term make me cool now?) Does not look to difficult with all the bling bling hanging of them. Sell it and rent a unit if it is all that bad.
I think the church of Scientology is dangerous and needs to be publicly investigated. I see David Ickle to be just as dangerous.
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Cult leaders that want you to make drastic life changes such as giving away all of your possessions and moving to a new community of brainwashed nutwads are very dangerous. Anyone with half a brain should be able to recognize the warning signs. Parents that do not teach their kids about such things deserve whatever they get. That's much different from people who seem to have wacky ideas and just want to sell you a book or a video. So what if it's not true? Was it entertaining? Did it give you ideas to make your own video game, fiction book, or movie? Wacky ideas can be good for your imagination. I even have a
page about it.
So if a parent did not teach their child how to avoid a freak that could potentially maim them (possible because the parents were never exposed to that type of society - or didn't even realise such people existed) then they deserve to die. Nice. Very understanding of you. Serves the parent right you reckon - what about the dead child? Did that one 'get what's coming' as well for not recognising one of these freaks?
How is it different to someone approching you on the street as to approaching you through your favourite advertising medium? If you trust the product, you are even more likely to hve faith in it. How the point get across is not relevent, the message is.
There is nothing at all wrong with imagination. Without it we would never move forward. There is a place for this, and you are taking advantage of people around you if you attempt to portray a story you know to be a hoax as truth. Not on I'm afraid. Encourage imagination, discourage lying. Haven't you heard?? Lying's bad Mmmmmkay.
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Religions such as Christianity provide help as a means to spread their propaganda. Many of their ideas are harmful. They wish to make you feel like you are separate from God. They want you to think that you are no good, that you are a wretch that needs saving. Most religions are a way to control the masses. They are just cults with more members. If you really take the time to look clearly at religion, you'll see a big ball of evil underneath that thin candy coating of goodness.
To steal a line from Madeyepixie - who spit in your oatmeal???
None of the above happens at my Church. Perhaps you ought to give it a go, just once to see what you are bagging. You are 100% wrong in every assumption you have made above. No propoganda - you go there because you want to. Nobody (from what I deem a respectful organisation) will aproach you in the street or attempt to force you in. They do not make one feel seperate from God - in fact the opposite. Where on earth did you get all this from? They boost confidence in individuals, I have seen it, they visit the sick in hospital, raise funds for the needy, gather food for the hungry and teach that life is precious. I have taken a very good look at several religions after my mother had many personal crisis between mariages when I grew up, and have had exposure to more faitrh's than the average person. In general, they wish to help others. I do not know where you have been to church, the above comments are nothing even similar to my life experiences.
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And I'm not saying that individual members are evil. Most have good intentions, it's just that they can't see the evil below the surface.
And these good people controlled by evil influences - where is it you think they derive their values from?
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If you ask an atheist, he or she will tell you how crazy it is. An invisible man in the sky will reward you after death if you believe in Jesus and are a good little boy. If you don't believe, you'll burn in hell forever because God has unconditional love for you. Yep, that sounds sane. Not crazy at all. Doesn't sound any better than what David Icke and others like him have to say does it? Like most people, it seems you have been brainwashed to accept religious ideas as if they don't sound crazy. You seem to be afraid to take a hard look at sacred cows. Who's the pathetic coward?
An athiest simply has trouble with authority figures and cannot accept a higher being that may have more control.
Every athiest I have met to date has been no more than a rebellious teen that refuses to grow up (one particular waste of time I refer to is 46). I am sure this is not 100%of cases but it is my experience (about 30 or so in all). Any further than that, I am not qualified to make an opinion.
You dramatic rendition of heaven and hell are more along the lines of the vaunted imagination used to describe a visit to church. Talk to a religious leader. Do some of this research you are proud of having wasted on Ickle. Get both sides of the story, chuck away the rubbish and see what's left. That's what I do.
It is one heck of a far cry from David Ickle. I find it somewhat insulting to compare the two, and yes, if you need to stand on the Bible to be heard of you faith in David Ickle you are indeed a coward. A pathetic coward in fact. If you have anything genuine to report of that charlatan, do it without making refrence to religion. If your argument has merit it will stand by itself, shouldn't need to prop itself on a bible.
So you think I am brainwashed to accept religious ideas? Going of your above descriptions it sounds a lot more like you have been brainwashed against them. Your ideals and descriptions are grossly inaccurate.
I have no problem looking at sacred cows, just not interested in common donkey's all dressed up (in turquoise no less). A pathetic coward is one who lives by decieving other's - such as Ickle. My coward reference was directed at
anyone who needs to use religion to bolster their argument. I covered this above. To me, it's kind of like getting some bullies together to pick on an individual you do not have the courage to face yourself. Can you see the point I am trying to get across here?
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And if you were an atheist that only believes in what your 5 senses tell you, you'd think that people who carry a severed foot from a dead rabbit their pocket for good luck are insane. A shoe from a smelly horse is good luck? Keep it pointing up or the luck will run out? Ridiculous! You'd think they'd need a lobotomy.
Superstitions. Quite different from theorising life force and the point of existance. We have developed from there. Eventually, they (superstitions) will no longer exist.
If you thought they needed a lobotomy, you would not be very understanding would you? I mean it is not like they are trying to get you to but and carry a rabbits foot, or make you understand the advantages of nailing up a horseshoe, or making you give them you money, or offering a better life on a distant planet - they are not affecting other individuals at all. Now if one of them came down the street swinging a machete..........
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I believe in God, but I do not follow any religion. Some would call me crazy because they think anyone who believes in a being that always existed is nuts. They say everything has to have a beginning and an end. That's usually true. We see it all of the time, but we are only looking at things in the physical realm. Let's say that God always existed, then split himself/herself/itself into smaller parts that became us and then he/she/it created a virtual reality playground that we know of as this physical realm (the universe or multiverse) where we can come and experience things we cannot on the other side. The concept of beginning and ending was born with the creation of the physical realm. You can read more about that
here.
Well it is nice you have some faith. Try a few more respected religions and see what you think. Make your own desicion. Don't rely on what you read or Google. Religion is deeper than that. Experience is the best teacher. Not something you should theorise about yourself either. Some of these cultures go back thousands of years. Don't you thinkit a bit rude to make assumptions on all of them when you admit you have very little exposure? You are in effect becoming what you hate - a skeptic. Talk to someone with more experience, or study it yourself - in depth.
Please, do yourself a favour and give up jumping on every new idea and theory any whacko with a PC posts on the net. Even you and I can come up with a theory a day - it's easy. Let's have a better look at the one's that have been around for at least say - one thousand years. Get them out the way first.
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Sounds kind of like the thinking that fuels 'witch' burning and book burning. We can't lock up or kill everyone we don't agree with. What an even darker time we'd be living in if you got your way. If things keep going the way they are, part of of what you wish for might come true:
Not at all. Once again, you have taken my sentiments to an extreme. If one has a point of view, fine, share it, if it has any merit or makes any sense, it will be recognised. If it is a half baked bit of rubbish someone though up over breakfast, it will be proven as that too. If you deliberatly go out and take advantage of people you share a society with, you do not deserve to be among them. How does that fuel witch or book buring?
I wish for a peacful world weher we have no poverty, racism, war or money and help each other. Yeah, I hope it comes true. Don't really care if reptillians or nordics form part of the equation.