Ouija Danger - Page 4

wolf · 10-25-2006, 01:16 AM

You have a very, very good point.

I often wonder about Hillary Clinton. Clearly 8th Circle of Hell material.

Long time no see, HB!!

skysidhe · 10-25-2006, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Depends on what costume you're wearing.

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Originally Posted by Hubris Boy

Ouija boards? Meh. That's kid stuff.

On the other hand, some truly dreadful, terrifying things can be conjured using nothing more than a bottle of tequila and a copy of Chutes and Ladders.

~snip

limey · 10-25-2006, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

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"Accepting", in my case, is
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B) admitting there are indeed some things that science doesn't explain, but this doesn't mean there isn't a reality-based explanation;
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What is reality? It is your reality that doesn't include spirits that push the glass around a ouija board ... that may not be the same for everybody.

Oh, and yes, Elspode's posts are one of the things I keep coming down these steps for, too.

Flint · 10-25-2006, 02:12 PM

It's a tricky passage, because only tw has the power to define "reality" . . .

Trilby · 10-25-2006, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by limey

Elspode's posts are one of the things I keep coming down these steps for, too.

Hm. Everybody is hot for noodle and Elspode. You dirty bunch of wenches, you!

Shawnee123 · 10-25-2006, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Hm. Everybody is hot for noodle and Elspode. You dirty bunch of wenches, you!

Don't forget Flint!

Flint · 10-25-2006, 03:45 PM

Are people hot for me?

Trilby · 10-25-2006, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Are people hot for me?

My Magic 8 ball says: Decidedly so.

Flint · 10-25-2006, 03:58 PM

:::struggles to create massive pun involving balls, 8-balls, reading tea leaves, and tea-bagging:::

Elspode · 10-25-2006, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

B) admitting there are indeed some things that science doesn't explain, but this doesn't mean there isn't a reality-based explanation;

I think that, with this statement, UT is acknowledging that, just because we don't know why certain "supernatural" things occur, doesn't mean that we won't someday discover an underlying scientific, provable mechanism for the event or force in question.

I for one believe that implicitly. Remember Clarke's Third Law - Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Flint · 10-25-2006, 04:17 PM

I despise the word "supernatural" . . . it suggests a silly two-tiered nature, which would, after all, just be nature anyway.

Elspode · 10-25-2006, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Hm. Everybody is hot for noodle and Elspode. You dirty bunch of wenches, you!

You only want me for my vocabulary. Sniff.

My wife is always telling me that women like guys who make them laugh. I don't mind it when women laugh. I do get sort of upset when they laugh and point at my Johnson, though.

Undertoad · 10-25-2006, 04:56 PM

Flint has it. Just saying the thing is "supernatural" applies some layer of meaning preceding understanding. "I don't know what it is, therefore it is supernatural," is exactly like the current intelligent design approach, in which everything we don't have an ironclad scientific explanation for is conveniently filled in by God. "I don't know why it happened, but it was a supreme being's will."

That said, Spode, I mean no disrespect even to point out that our belief systems are inherently different. After all, I am often wrong.

Elspode · 10-25-2006, 05:04 PM

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That said, Spode, I mean no disrespect even to point out that our belief systems are inherently different. After all, I am often wrong.

And I am wrong at least as often as I am right. No one needs to apologize to anyone for their belief system, as long as they aren't shoving it down the other person's throat.

Flint · 10-25-2006, 05:06 PM

What the hell are you guys talking about? I'm never wrong!

10-25-2006, 01:16 AM	#46
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You have a very, very good point. I often wonder about Hillary Clinton. Clearly 8th Circle of Hell material. Long time no see, HB!! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-25-2006, 02:12 PM	#49
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	It's a tricky passage, because only tw has the power to define "reality" . . . __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-25-2006, 03:45 PM	#52
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Are people hot for me? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-25-2006, 03:58 PM	#54
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	:::struggles to create massive pun involving balls, 8-balls, reading tea leaves, and tea-bagging::: __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-25-2006, 04:17 PM	#56
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I despise the word "supernatural" . . . it suggests a silly two-tiered nature, which would, after all, just be nature anyway. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-25-2006, 04:56 PM	#58
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Flint has it. Just saying the thing is "supernatural" applies some layer of meaning preceding understanding. "I don't know what it is, therefore it is supernatural," is exactly like the current intelligent design approach, in which everything we don't have an ironclad scientific explanation for is conveniently filled in by God. "I don't know why it happened, but it was a supreme being's will." That said, Spode, I mean no disrespect even to point out that our belief systems are inherently different. After all, I am often wrong.

10-25-2006, 05:06 PM	#60
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	What the hell are you guys talking about? I'm never wrong! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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