Albert Flasher

[QUOTE=Kurayami Oji][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkRed] Hmmm....I think i'm gonna have to go with Adam. I mean, he's cool alright? Besides, Chris Rock would get on my nerves with all his talking. Would you rather be killed by a rampaging otter? Or.... Would you rather be killed by a rampaging gofer? (My oh my, what a misfortunate soul...)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] Rampaging gopher. I'd tell it to St. Peter and sneak into heaven while he's busy laughing. Would You Rather... ... being trapped in the hull of a WWII Battleship while it's sinking, with no way out? OR ... be trapped in the cockpit of a WWII era fighter plane that's on fire and plumetting into the ocean with a malfunctioning ejection seat?[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Kurayami Oji][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkRed]I would join the occult hands down. I mean, there is no way in hell you will ever get me to sing any of Hillary Duff's crap. Would you rather be tiger? Or.... Would you rather be a lion?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] Lion, easily. Male lions never do anything but lie on their backs, occasionally growl at other male lions, and mate. Life is good. Would You Rather... ... be locked in a room with Chris Rock? OR ... be locked in a room with Adam from Mythbusters?[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=KatanaViolet]I love those lyrics!! What kind of music is Arrogant Worm? I like them because not only am I Canadian, but I'm a nerd too :D[/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna]Mostly a Folk-Parody style but they don't stick to one genre, they parody all kinds of styles. Great group of guys, very witty but a lot of their jokes only Canadians will get. You can read about them here: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrogant_Worms[/url] If you use BitTorrent you can find a great package that has about 200 of their songs in the same package. It's got a lot of their best. Oh, and another song I love: [B]A Night in Dildo[/b] Umm, so this is a song about Newfoundland and we wrote it about the place names and all you have to know is that all the place names in this song are real place names that we found in an atlas, 'cause we can read! Yeah, we can read! Yeah, literacy! Oh Newfoundland, oh Newfoundland, ya island in the sea I love you oh so very much, I joined the Ministry To show you people 'round the rock when tourist season's here Although in my opinion it' s a gem throughout the year Well if you're one for swimming, don't think it's outta reach You can go and take a dip along Groswater Beach I know the name's misleading, that's quite a problem here Instead let's go to Goobies and have ourselves a beer From Woody Point to Come-By-Chance to good ol' Ferryland Come take a look at Gander, Blackhead's mighty grand Don't let the names deceive you, Newfoundland's mighty fine So spend a night on Dildo if you think you've got the time Well you can go to Blow-Me-Down before it get's to dark (GASP) Oh sorry ma'am, I should have said, that's our provincial park There's also Whippet Harbour, or maybe Butter Pot Or maybe I'll just hit the pub I'm feeling like a shot Well you can sail on Quidi Vidi, or look at Joe Batt's Arm There's Placentia and there's Cow Head (MOOO!), they're so full of charm Get married down in Kilbride, have a party in Hate Bay Or have some screech in Fogo and forget about the day From Woody Point to Come-By-Chance to good ol' Ferryland Come take a look at Gander, Blackhead's mighty grand Don't let the names deceive you, Newfoundland's mighty fine So spend a night on Dildo if you think you've got the time Okay, the Drinkin' Verse *sing drunkenly here* From Woody Point to Come-By-Chance to good ol' Ferryland Come take a look at Gander, Blackhead's mighty grand Don't let the names deceive you, Newfoundland's mighty fine So spend a night on Dildo if you think you've got the time So spend a night on Dildo if you think you've got the time So spend a night on Dildo if you think you've got the time COD! Just as a BTW, I went to half of these places when I went to Newfoundland last summer and I spent a night in Dildo, it's a little sleepy town that's got a really cool view and a hilarious 'Welcome To' sign. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Sienna]Another two great songs from the Arrogant Worms that I just love... [B]Proud to be Canadian[/B] Our fair country Canada Is north of the USA Our Maritimes are lovely And our prairies give us hay You might think you Yankees Are better than us Canucks But we don't need no microchips Inside our hockey pucks We know that you've got disneyworld and you keep it very clean we dont have Bob Dole and we can drink when were 19 we may watch your TV shows for hours and hour and hours We'll give you Allen Vick But Shania Twain is ours We're proud to be Canadian We're awfully nice to strangers, our manners be our curse It's cool in many ways to be Canadian We won't say that we're better, it's just that we're less worse Your beer is not too tasty and your weather cant be beat We all fly south in the winter time to escape the snow and sleet We're pleased to say that we've enjoyed all your southeren charms but we get sun burnt when we exersice the right to bear our arms We're proud to be Canadian We're awfully nice to strangers, our manners be our curse It's cool in many ways to be Canadian We won't say that we're better, it's just that we're less worse Allanis Morissette she is our latest pride and joy She used to sing about High school dances and chasing after boys But now she is fed up and as angry as can be she's got one hand in her pocket and the other on guard for thee We're proud to be Canadian(proud to be canadian) We're awfully nice to strangers(we're just too darn nice), our manners be our curse It's cool in many ways to be Canadian We won't say that we're better, it's just that we're less worse We're proud to be Canadian We're awfully nice to strangers, our manners be our curse(can i get the door for u ma'am) It's cool in many ways to be Canadian(its cool cause it's cold in her) We won't say that we're better, it's just that we're less worse we wont say that we're better its just that we're less worse tears are not enough... [B]Great to be a Nerd[/B] It's great to be a nerd, It's great to be a nerd The only light we ever see is from our moniter We argue about comic books and Internet connections The biggest highlight of the year is the Star Trek Convention Our town's not big enough to sign up any stars But we once met a red shirt who was phasered by a Borg (Man, he knew Mr. Sulu!) (What?) It's great to be a nerd, It's great to be a nerd We wear our Star Trek uniforms and talk like Captain Kirk We have our own heroes who we try to emulate I dream of one day being as sexy as Bill Gates We hate watching sports 'cause we're reading Carl Sagan But we'd watch the Olympics if they played Dungeons and Dragons (I'm a Hobbitt! Ha ha ha ha!) It's great to be a nerd, It's great to be a nerd We think Tolkein was a genius and Shakespeare was a turd We rarely get a date or get talked to by a girl Unless they're having trouble with their algebra homework We're emotionally bereft and we're sexually frustrated But we can download photographs of Agent Scully naked It's great to be a nerd, It's great to be a nerd We know the truth is out there but we'd have to leave our room We are the nerds in your neighbourhood Polyester's a fashion statement But there's more room on the beach for you 'Cause we're locked in our basement It's great to be a nerd, It's great to be a nerd We like to wear colours that do not appear in nature It's great to be a Poorly-dressed fashionless Star trekking roleplaying Ninety pound when wet down Pasty skinned pop drinking Underfed genius Yes, it's great to be a nerd [/COLOR]

[QUOTE=The13thMan][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Century Gothic]Definitely going to have to be the popcorn. Doritos are too damn noisy to be eating with a movie, and a bit out of the ordinary. Plus movies put me in the popcorn mood. ....also if you're on a date and you have a handy dandy pocket knife you can cut out a hole in the bottom of the popcorn and.....nevermind. ^L^ Would you rather wrestle an alligator or eat a cucumber? [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE][COLOR=Sienna] Wrestle the alligator. It's not just because the cucumber is the most vile, hideous vegetable/sex toy ever invented, I've just always wanted to wrestle an alligator. Would You Rather... ... be air-dropped into the wastelands of Siberia with all the supplies you need to survive but with no way to get out? OR ... be stranded in the Furry Forests of the [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life]Second Life Safari[/URL] with no way of logging off or taking your eyes from the screen?[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=mangamaniack21]uh, i'd kinda rather run around in my underwear but i'd do it at night when no one's really around :rolleyes: . Would you rather... Be stuck with your enemy? or Not being able to see your crush?[/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] The first one. I attack nowz! Would You Rather... ... get something incredibly funny stuck in your head during a funeral? OR ... wake up and find that all the women in the world have dissapeared? (If you're a chick, substitute men for women).[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Allamorph][FONT=Arial]I'll miss it. I'm not much one for large-scale social events. Too crowded, too warm, and far too many people to hang around with. (And in my case, it would have been the scariest [I]girl[/I]. For the record.) Would you rather... ...have your car break down on your way to pick up your date? or ...have your car break down mid-trip after picking your date up?[/FONT][/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna]The second one, easily. Can you say 'meow'? Would You Rather... ... be cursed by a gypsy to endless lose weight until you fold in on yourself and create a hole in space-time, sucking a sizeable portion of our galaxy to an undetermined location on the other side of the universe? OR ... be cursed by a warlock to lose 25 manapoints per turn until your mana reaches zero, at which point a well of anti-magic will spring forth and purge the magical forces from the world, severly pissing off night elves and leprachons?[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Kurayami Oji][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkRed] Hmmm.....I think i'm gonna go with the super-incredible computer with the dial-up. I mean, I can still play some super-sweet PC games on that baby. Would you rather get shot in the finger? Or.... Would you rather get shot in the toe?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE][COLOR=Sienna] Shot in the toe, easily. What do you think I am, some kind of freaky monkey-man? I ain't usin'em fer n'ything anyway. Would You Rather... ... play ho[b]c[/b]key? OR ... get in a fist-fight with a semi-sentient salmon which may or may not be capable of granting wishes?[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=The13thMan][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Century Gothic]That's a sort of paradox right there, it seems. How can you fulfil your potential if you only life a short life? Is not living a long life a part of your potential? Eh, but whatev. =D I would choose to live the long life. You can still be happy without filling your full potential. And the way i see it, what makes life worth living is the time you have with those you love. Would you rather restart your life with the knowledge you have now but in different circumstances decided at random or restart your life with no knowledge at all, in the circumstances of your choosing? [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] Gotta be the first one. What happens if I get reborn into, like, a really hot chick or something? That would be awesome. Be cool if I was like a fly or a spider or something that could sneak into the girls locker room or something equally erotic, too. I guess there's a chance I could be reborn as an ocellating fan or a hockey puck or something equally unpleasent, but it's worth the risk. Would You Rather... ... have a super-incredible computer but onl 56k internet? OR ... have a crappy Mac or something that's complete crap but have an awesome internet connection? [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Sienna]It's like Lord of the Flies without the obscure methaphores! [B]Name:[/B] Ted Kobecky (Ko-besh-ky) [B]Age: [/B]17 [B]Gender: [/B]Male [B]Sports or Clubs:[/B] Lacrosse [B]High School:[/B] eSurance Present's Mario Jablonski Memorial Highschool [B]Personality: [/B]Ted is your classic underachiever; smart, witty, resourceful and fun to be around, but also completely lacking in motivation and with absolutely no desire to improve upon himself. As long as you don't try and make him do any work he won't have any problem with you. [B]Appearance: [/B]Ted is huge, wide-shouldered and thick-chested, aswell as tall. But in no way is he in shape, with most of his girth coming from fat, although he still looks rather intemidating decieving clothing he generally wears. He has a pudgy, round, jovial face with light, shallow-looking blue eyes that often seem glazed over and unfocused behind a pair of glasses. His hair is generally short-cropped and brownish, generally unkempt and disorderly. [B]Bio:[/B] There isn't much to tell concerning Ted's life. He had an upper-middle class family and he generally kept on the right side of the law, kept out of drama at school, and generally enjoyed life. So what you're probably wondering is, 'If he had such a sweet gig, why would he want to rebel againts his school and the Adult world in general?' The answer is that he's tired of having expectations set out for him that he's supposed to fufil; he's tired of everyone being dissapointed in him and telling him that he needs to apply himself more. He wants to rebel so that he can set his own deadlines and miss them whenever he wants. When he heard from a 'friend of a friend who knows a guy who heard' about LR, he decided it was about as good a chance as he was going to get and took it. The adult world had better watch out...[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Kurayami Oji][SIZE=1] [COLOR=DarkRed]Hmmm....I think i'm gonna have to go with choice number 1. I mean, 120 pounds of muscle compared to 240 pounds of muscle.....240 is definetly gonna hurt much more, no matter how tall or short you are. Anyway's, my turn. Would you rather watch the entire Bug's Life movie 3 times in a row? Or.... Would you rather watch Barney for an hour and a half?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] The first choice definatly. What? The ant chick is [i]hot[/i], ok?! Would You Rather... ... play the new WarioWare Patented Auto-Masturbation Factory game for the Wii? Or ... work at the WarioWare Auto-Masturbation Factory for real?[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=True Angel][COLOR=Cyan]I would rather participant in a fly swatting contest. I can't stand having to watch paint dry. Would you rather be stranded on an island with every nessecity? OR Would you rather be living in a huge house with very limited nessecities? [/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] Assuming you could find an island that comes with a AlienWare computer, sattelite uplink to the internet, massive plasma TV with ExpressVU, and an ample amount of Cheezies, I'll go with the first one thanks. Would You Rather... ... get into a fist-fight with a 6'9" giant who weighs 120 pounds? OR ... get into a fist-fight with a 5'3" midget who weighs 240 pounds? *both of these people are in great shape so it's not 240 pounds of fat or anything*[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Kurayami Oji][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkRed] Hmmm.....I think i'm gonna have to go with that second choice. Mainly because I like hanging out with my buddies, and......beer....hehehehehe. Anyway's, my turn again. Would you rather fix your sink, which is clogged with cat crap? Or..... Would you rather fix your toilet, which is clogged with dog crap? (Now that is tricky.)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE][COLOR=Sienna] What the [i]hell[/i] is dog crap doing in the toilet? I mean, I could buy cat crap in the sink, but dog crap in the toilet? Just based on the sheer unlikliness of the event I'll go with B! Would You Rather... ... eat at McDonalds? or ... sit through the entire Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector movie? (Now THAT is tough!)[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Shinje] [color=crimson] Not all the early founders of America were Christians. While some Christians would have acted out of misguided beliefs and killed native americans, their would have been genuine Christians in those days reaching out to native americans. The reason little would be heard about such things is because, like today, these acts are in the minority. I mean, sinc ewhen did the latest Missionary developments in Camnbodia make the headline news?[/color][/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] This is true, but, in those days, "reaching out" meant "building a monestary in the Amerindian lands despite their livid protests and proceeding to basically say 'everything you're doing is wrong, change your ways or you're going to hell' and generally doing everything they could to abolish Amerindian culture." This led to many of these missionaries getting tortured all to **** by the angry Natives. It's not like they weren't warned. So no, they didn't come here and wantonly slaughter the Natives (Although you could argue that the monestaries helped spread new desieses to the Natives more rapidly), but they certainly did try their damndest to abolish their way of life. As for the real topic at hand, well, the guy has all the rights in the world to ask for them to change the Pledge. I mean, I think it's a total waste of time and generally just petty as hell, but I can understand why he wouldn't want to have to swear allegance to a god if he himself is an athiest. Personally, I'd be more opposed to swearing allegance for the country then the god, but that's another matter altogether...[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Allamorph][FONT=Arial]Eeuuaagh. Another crappy choice. Oh, jays, I can't? OH! Naruto SUB! Oh, that makes things so much easier. Give me Naruto. That way I can create the English voices in my head. *whew!* Would you rather... ...realize you're in class in your underwear and it's not a dream this time? or ...walk in on your college roommate and his/her boyfriend/girlfriend [I]en flagrante[/I]?[/FONT][/QUOTE][COLOR=Sienna] Assuming my french is up to scratch (And it's not, trust me) I'm going to go with the second choice on this one... Not that I'd be especially opposed to the first one, but the second one just presents so many oppertunities for fanfiction, and, well... Yea, Number 2. Would You Rather... ... spend thirty seconds reading the damn manual? or ... blindly try and build your barbeque with the help of some handy cement and a blowtorch with your drinking buddies for 5 hours?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Sienna]Victorian Mansion, if possible with a creepy labratory in the basement. A lot to ask, I'm aware, but definatly the ideal hiding place. Barring that, I'd probably get in some form of mobile command center; like maybe a bus with the headlights replaced by sawed-off shotguns and the STOP sign replaced by a chainsaw or something, with reinforced walls and a kickass sound system. Maybe with some kind of engine that runs entirly on blood, gore, and T&A shots so I never have to stop for gas. Oh, and I'd bring some friends along to man the gates, as it were, with some shotguns, and all the ammo I could get my hands on. And porno DVDs. Can't forget porno DVDs.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Sienna]This week: [B]Gear Jammer[/B] by George Thorogood. Awesome song, great riffs, awesome horns in the backround, very well sung by George, and just generally a whole lot of fun to listen to. Honourable Mentions: Sporting Life Blues by Eric Clapton and JJ Cale, Sister Moonshine by Supertramp, Who Do You Love by George Thorogood.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Sienna]Name: Alexei Alexeev (Alex-ee-ev) Age: 254 Gender: Male Race: Vampire Alliance: Vampiric Alliance Description: [URL=http://hyung-taekim.org/displayimage.php?album=18&pos=14]Alexei[/URL] Weapons: Alexei lacks the requisit dexterity and finess to use swords, and he lacks the hand-eye and accuracy to use guns, so he has, instead, turned to a very simple, easy, and devestatingly effective form of weaponry; a massive pair of steel guantlets that, when combined with Alexei's immense strength, are nearly unstoppable. The downside is their immense weight; even most vampires have trouble lifting the monolithic gauntlets. Specialist Skills: The most obvious special skill Alexei posses is his huge size and strength; when one thinks of vampires, one thinks of small, slight, pale, wraith-like creatures of cunning and stealth; Alexei is almost the antinym of that image. His size and strength make him a very valuable commodity. The only other remarkable skill Alexei possesses is his tremendous pain resistence; even amongst the supernatural it's quite remarkable how much he can take before passing out or going into shock. Generally he attributes this to living in the extreme cold much of his life. Both of these traits combine to make him a tank, of sorts. Personality: As little as he looks like a traditional vampire, he acts quite the same; cold, quite, reserved, showing few emotions past lust, hunger, and a biting sarcasm. The only main difference between him and a typical vampire is that he lacks subtlty almost completly, aswell as the wit and intellegence; he is, in short, rather 'slow' and one can expect any conversation with him to consist mostly of 'uhhh...'s. It doesn't help that English isn't his first language. Short Bio: [Will Edit] Notes: [Will Edit] [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Sienna]Pfft... In Canada we celebrated Thankgiving like 2 months ago, that's old news now. I've never liked it anyways, at our house all that ever happens is that the relatives I [i]don't[/i] like come over, don't bring me presants, eat our food and drink our drink, and then go home... It's not a big deal over here. Most people I know don't even realize it's Thanksgiving until they see a few extra turkies popping up in the grocery store... Why is it even celebrated anyway?[/COLOR]

[QUOTE]Why would God care about us? Uhm, it's pretty much the same reason a parent would care about their child. Now, i mean a real parent, not some half assed drunk redneck father that beats their kids, i mean a real father/mother. [/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] So God's just a parent who likes to play favourites? Because it hardly seems fair that he'll give his gifts to some and not to others; reveal himself to some and leave others in the dark. You know what I'm getting at; that doesn't make a lot of sense. Assuming, of course, that God is a decent parent and not some asshole deadbeat, like you said.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Sienna]Why do people assume that, if there [i]is[/i] a God/gods, that it's a benevolent, watchful creature? I think the Pagan/Norse/etc religions had a more realistic view of religion; the gods (under the assumption that they exist) have their own damn problems and don't give a rats *** about you, they're not going to hold your hand through life and make all your problems go away the way a lot of religions claim. I mean, why would an omnipotent, infallable diety of unfathomable power give a crap about Joe Blow and his problems? That is, to me, the proof that most of the mainstream religions were created by people with people's ideals in mind, not influenced by some god.[/COLOR]

[quote name='Retribution][size=1']Are you forgetting the whole, you know, mass-murder part about Saddam? I mean, I don't like Bush, but I have a problem with people saying Saddam is better than Bush.[/size][/quote][COLOR=Sienna] It's worth mentioning that the US had no problem with Saddam gassing the Kurds or murdering his people back when they were being committed... ****, they even gave him the means to do it more often then not! Besides, it's not like he just randomly picked people off the streets and tortured them to death... Most of the people he murdered with dissidents who threatened his government; maybe they were rallying people to new, radical ideas, or maybe they were plotting an assassination attempt, but he wasn't the wanton murdering machine he was made out to be.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Sienna]Hmm... no, no, this just won't do... far to civil, far to tame... methinks it's time to get things a-goin... [/COLOR] [QUOTE]Wow, I've come across an athiest whose goal isn't to prove me wrong.. hmm.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] Eh, I've tangled enough to know that you can't use logic or common sense or proof when dealing with matters of faith... besides, I don't need to prove you wrong to know that I'm right. :P[/COLOR] [QUOTE]My experience with them is that they generally scoff at religion. Rarely do they dive into the long and tedious battle of disproving a religion.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] You should see two athiests discussing it... we may not bring it up around religious-types as much, but that's because we know that nothing we say will have any effect on their opinion... when two athiests get together (and I mean serious athiests, not just people who are areligious) we'll ramble on for hours about the holes that poxmark religion. It's quite entertaining, really, so long as you're into tedious and endless debates... [/COLOR] [QUOTE]I'm following Christianity and Shinto, with a Taoist/ onmyouji philosophy.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] *sorry Gavin, I know you would have wanted a crack at this...* You know, by the time you've thrown all those Shinto/Taoist/Asian philosophies into Christianity... it's not really Christianity anymore. Two Abrahamic philosophies, maybe, but those are just two completely different cultures you're throwing together... Eh, whatever feels right...[/COLOR] [QUOTE]Also, when I lived in Singapore for work it was.. awkward. Almost no one knew what a Mormon was, usually people would ask "Who is Mormon?" or "Isn't Mormon a place?". But, I guess it wasn't their fault.. there just isn't a large Mormon population there.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] If no one knew what a Mormon was, how did it come up...? Trying to convert them pagans?[/COLOR] [QUOTE]The fact that we have more than one testimony of Jesus Christ is lone evidence.[/QUOTE][COLOR=Sienna] I own the 5th Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy book, but my friend only has the first 4 books of the Trilogy... Despite the fact that the 5th book sucked, I have more of the Testement of Douglas then he does, therefore I > Him... right?[/COLOR] [QUOTE] Whatever deity you believe in will [in theory] let you go to the generic happy good fun place after death if you've been good in respect to your religion, and to a pain dark bad place after death if you've been bad in respect to your religion.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] Of course, because that's the point of religion; do what Mr. Bigshot wants or you'll be severly punished. Mr. Bigshot has, throughout history, ranged from the Pope and the Clergy (Catholic Church, especially during the Dark Ages) to Kings (Egypt) to Druids and Medicine Men (Norse, Amerindian, African, etc etc). All religions originated as ways for the few to control the many; with the notable exception of Buddhism, which is because Buddah never intended it to be a religion, just a way of living your life... it was his followers who elevated him to Diety Status and made it a religion. That's enough for one post... lets see if we can get something heated going in here![/COLOR]

[COLOR=Sienna] 1. What religion are you CURRENTLY following? If you don't have one, then why? [B] I am an athiest to the Nth degree... that is to say, I'm an Anti-Thiest (I probably made that up.). I don't hate any religion in particular, nor do I hate people who follow religions, but I absolutely despise organised religion. [/B] 2. Why do you follow that religion? Parents, personal reasons, etc?[B] Personal reasons. I was never raised in a religious or areligious environment, it very rarley came up. I guess my upbringing leaned more towards Christianity then anything, but when I got older and became educated in the history of organised religions and their absurdaties I ditched the whole concept.[/B] 3. Do you ever feel that people often critisize you because of these beliefs? [B] I get the ocasional 'You're, like, an athiest? ***.' from the typical sheep, but I'm pretty secure in my lack of beliefs so it doesn't phase me. [/B] 4. This one may spark a little bit of arguing: Do you believe that your religion is the one true religion? If so provide evidence. [B] I believe that the point of what you believe in is, in the end, to be happy. Everyone has a different path to this happiness. Some people chose to believe that some all-powerful, infallable diety is watching over you; it's easy and simple, very cut-and try, an answer to all the questions you could possibly ask. Me, I could never be happy functioning within a system that I consider hypocritical and intolerant and generally wrong. But that's just me... Er, in short, there is no one true path, just do what makes you happy...[/B] Anywhoo, I love religious debates, especially when they get dirty and emotional... so lets get this thing started![/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Aaryanna][COLOR=DarkOrchid]Sadly that's all too true. And like a lot of nosy teenagers I'll probably take a peek at one of them. [/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna]Hell, I'll probably make one or two...[/COLOR] [QUOTE]The whole mess over there just gives me a headache, I'm glad he's being punished, but do they really need to make it public? Besides I'm not too keen on the Death Penalty anyway. Seems like being locked in a cell for life would be more fitting. [/QUOTE] [COLOR=Sienna] I believe the whole trial is being done under Islamic law... which means that a 'quick drop and a sudden stop' is probably the most merciful thing that could have happened to Saddam. A life-sentance in a tiny cell under Sharia law is probably the least humane thing one can be subjected too. Although I guess a lot of people would have prefered the latter punishment, I guess.[/COLOR]