mine would be the idea of an unconditionally loving god who is judgmental and would allow a place like hell to exist.
Ditto. This has always been the ultimate conundrum for me. It even bothered me more than my own GID. It was also my misguided misbeliefs that prevented me for dealing with my GID when I was very young. Why did I suck into that crap?
Wow, am I blunt tonight or what?
Cindi
Mine is giving conscious beings, finite lifespans. Seems sort of cruel.
Usually it is when a song gets stuck in my head and I have to hum it out because my singing would cause a massive stampede of coworkers as they headed for safety.
Quote from: Pica Pica on June 14, 2007, 10:38:34 AM
Mine is giving conscious beings, finite lifespans. Seems sort of cruel.
HMMMMMM (how many m's?)
would you not get really bored, being pica forever and ever?
Quote from: Katia on June 14, 2007, 01:39:17 AM
mine would be the idea of an unconditionally loving god who is judgmental and would allow a place like hell to exist.
I did not say 'hmmmm' to that, I said 'I DON'T THINK SO'.
nota
Quote from: Cindi Jones on June 14, 2007, 01:56:45 AM
Wow, am I blunt tonight or what?
Cindi
i'd rather hear the [blunt] truth than a sugar-coated lie.
The thing that makes me go "hmmmm" the most would have to be human beings. Each human seems to crave respect and love (with some exceptions) but so many do not treat others with respect and love. The lack of ability in humans to follow that "Golden rule" of "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" fills me with incredulousness (is that even a word or the right word? It *feels* right...)
the idea of formlessness. zero dimensions. zero anything, actually
Why do kitty cats love looking through the windows? Even when it's dark, rainy and foggy, they seem to be looking for something or someone. Hmmmmm
tink :icon_chick:
Quote from: Tink on June 15, 2007, 12:04:16 AM
Why do kitty cats love looking through the windows? Even when it's dark, rainy and foggy, they seem to be looking for something or someone. Hmmmmm
tink :icon_chick:
I think it's their hunting instinct; find a good place to lie in wait and ambush your prey when it passes.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm1.static.flickr.com%2F33%2F54737239_b5769aaee4.jpg&hash=849a5c24f8d6b5ed48d381fcd18051e88cdd9685)
Quote from: None of the Above on June 14, 2007, 01:36:00 PM
Quote from: Pica Pica on June 14, 2007, 10:38:34 AM
Mine is giving conscious beings, finite lifespans. Seems sort of cruel.
HMMMMMM (how many m's?)
would you not get really bored, being pica forever and ever?Quote from: Katia on June 14, 2007, 01:39:17 AM
terribly bored, but to have a finite animal that knows it still strikes me as cruel.
it is you, Katia. I find you intriguing. I mean that in a nice way. :)
Quote from: Pica Pica on June 15, 2007, 01:26:21 PM
Quote from: None of the Above on June 14, 2007, 01:36:00 PM
Quote from: Pica Pica on June 14, 2007, 10:38:34 AM
Mine is giving conscious beings, finite lifespans. Seems sort of cruel.
HMMMMMM (how many m's?)
would you not get really bored, being pica forever and ever?
terribly bored, but to have a finite animal that knows it still strikes me as cruel.
Well, here's the deal, to me. I know No Such Thing as what you are asserting.
IE: My mind, 'part of' all mind, is infinite.
The impermanence of this shell? Not a problem. (Getting crusty round some of the edges already, and my century is barely half over.)
(Does that make one go 'hmmmmmm'?)
nota
Mobius strips.
God on the 8th day: "Oops! Oh no, I hope no one notices that..."
~Kate~
Quote from: Kate on June 15, 2007, 02:22:58 PM
Mobius strips.
God on the 8th day: "Oops! Oh no, I hope no one notices that..."
~Kate~
Is THAT why I have never found my 'actual' bearings? hmmmmm....
Where is the above
Quote from: Fiona on June 15, 2007, 07:19:14 AM
I think it's their hunting instinct; find a good place to lie in wait and ambush your prey when it passes.
Fiona!
That one made my eyes water from laughing so hard! I'm at work and trying not to make a complete fool of myself! But I DID spray the monitor when I saw it!
Thanks! That really perked up an otherwise dull afternoon!
-Sandra (They're coming to take me away, ha-ha!)
twoface people that talk sh-t behind my back. theyact nice but they aint nice. ???
Sinking into a really hot bubble bath... although that is more of an aaahhhhmmmmm...
AAAAAAAUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMM....
Quote from: Fiona on June 15, 2007, 07:19:14 AM
Quote from: Tink on June 15, 2007, 12:04:16 AM
Why do kitty cats love looking through the windows? Even when it's dark, rainy and foggy, they seem to be looking for something or someone. Hmmmmm
tink :icon_chick:
I think it's their hunting instinct; find a good place to lie in wait and ambush your prey when it passes.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm1.static.flickr.com%2F33%2F54737239_b5769aaee4.jpg&hash=849a5c24f8d6b5ed48d381fcd18051e88cdd9685)
ROFL ;D what a hoot! I hope it's their hunting instinct and not something which causes them sadness. Sometimes, I feel that there's an untold story behind those melancholic eyes. :(
I love kitty cats!
tink :icon_chick:
This is making me go "hmmmmm"?
Does anybody know the name of that kitten?
I am trying to recruit mercenaries for my TG Commando Squad. I need stand up folks like that individual in the photo.
A natural born killer, I tell you what.
Quote from: RebeccaFog on June 16, 2007, 07:44:45 PM
I am trying to recruit mercenaries for my TG Commando Squad. A natural born killer, I tell you what.
I don't know his/her name, but you can have mine. They
killed four pair of my shoes the other day by chewing on them.... ::) LOL ;D
tink :icon_chick:
Quote from: Tink on June 16, 2007, 07:47:19 PM
Quote from: RebeccaFog on June 16, 2007, 07:44:45 PM
I am trying to recruit mercenaries for my TG Commando Squad. A natural born killer, I tell you what.
I don't know his/her name, but you can have mine. They killed four pair of my shoes the other day by chewing on them.... ::) LOL ;D
tink :icon_chick:
Excellent, My Dear!! Let the movement begin. ::)
I will be sending several airplane tickets to you so that your kitties can fly back here to me. They can practice on
my shoes until I can purchase their equipment.
Quote from: Katia on June 14, 2007, 01:39:17 AM
mine would be the idea of an unconditionally loving god who is judgmental and would allow a place like hell to exist.
You're posing it the wrong way. God allows each person to judge themselves. Hell is the place where god is not. It's the place where people who do not want to be with god are allowed to go.
Quote from: Pica Pica on June 14, 2007, 10:38:34 AM
Mine is giving conscious beings, finite lifespans. Seems sort of cruel.
Infinite lifespans would be the cruelty. The ability to die is a gift.
These things make me go "hmmmmm":
Why do we animals have to age?
why can't we all reach a physical peak and then stay that way for another 30 or so years before dieing in our sleep?
Why do we have to eat? Why can't we get our nutrients from sunshine and water?
Why do we have to poop? why can't we just have our waste evaporate through our pores in a nice mint or grass type of odor?
Why do we have to have energy that peaks and falls constantly?
Why aren't there more kittens in the world?
In fact, why can't we all just look like kittens and puppies our whole entire lives?
"hmmmmm"
"hmmmmm" indeed.
When I see a 'knock out' gorgeous guy totally in love with a somewhat homely gal. I just always go...Hmmmm.
Quote from: Jeannette on June 18, 2007, 06:26:30 PM
When I see a 'knock out' gorgeous guy totally in love with a somewhat homely gal. I just always go...Hmmmm.
And I think to myself "Hmm... that's a smart man. For he sees the true beauty in his sweetheart." I've dated lots of guys and I've never considered the "gorgeous hunk" to be a catch unless he's got a great personality underneath. I've never chosen to date someone based solely upon their looks.
Cindi
Quote from: Cindi Jones on June 18, 2007, 06:32:02 PM
Quote from: Jeannette on June 18, 2007, 06:26:30 PM
When I see a 'knock out' gorgeous guy totally in love with a somewhat homely gal. I just always go...Hmmmm.
And I think to myself "Hmm... that's a smart man. For he sees the true beauty in his sweetheart." I've dated lots of guys and I've never considered the "gorgeous hunk" to be a catch unless he's got a great personality underneath. I've never chosen to date someone based solely upon their looks.
Cindi
Kuddos to you Cindi Jones. Incidentally I was just answering the the topic. ;)
Quote from: Cindi Jones on June 18, 2007, 06:32:02 PM
Quote from: Jeannette on June 18, 2007, 06:26:30 PM
When I see a 'knock out' gorgeous guy totally in love with a somewhat homely gal. I just always go...Hmmmm.
And I think to myself "Hmm... that's a smart man. For he sees the true beauty in his sweetheart." I've dated lots of guys and I've never considered the "gorgeous hunk" to be a catch unless he's got a great personality underneath. I've never chosen to date someone based solely upon their looks.
Cindi
Cindi dating lots of guys. "hmmmmm"
What kind of book would that make? ;)
QuoteCindi dating lots of guys. "hmmmmm"
What kind of book would that make?
A VERY boring one to be sure! ;)
Cindi
When I see someone who abuses his powers to demean others.
Quote from: Jeannette on June 20, 2007, 12:24:15 AM
When I see someone who abuses his powers to demean others.
Ooooooh... that one makes me mad! I churn and boil when I see that happen.
Cindi
Quote from: RebeccaFog on June 15, 2007, 01:32:47 PM
it is you, Katia. I find you intriguing. I mean that in a nice way. :)
ha ha ha ha may i ask why, rebecca?
Donno bout Rebecca, but you surprise the heck outta me, consistently. In the best way.
N
Quote from: Katia on June 20, 2007, 06:30:38 PM
Quote from: RebeccaFog on June 15, 2007, 01:32:47 PM
it is you, Katia. I find you intriguing. I mean that in a nice way. :)
ha ha ha ha may i ask why, rebecca?
I think it's the aura of mystery that you project (for me).
It's those blood sucking fangs.... gotta be ;)
Cindi
got a great big pointy fang
which is my zomby toof
my right foot's bigger than the other one is
like a regula zomby hoof
if I raid your dormitorium
don't try to remain aloof
I might snatch you up screamin' through the window all nekkid
an' do it to you on the roof
don't mess with the zomby woof
I am about as bad as a Boogie Man can be
tellin' you all the zomby Troof
Here I'm is, the ZOMBY WOOF
ARF
I am wearing a green 'Zomby Woof' t-shirt as we speak
QuoteWhy do we animals have to age?
There is an increasing body of evidence that suggests that:
1. Aging is a product of evolution.
2. Aging is a process.
3. That process can be halted.
The result of halting that process would result in cancer as telomere length would never be shortened and a cell would be allowed to divide indefinately. At a DNA transcription error rate of 1 in 500,000 cancer would be rampant if cells were allowed to divide indefinately. Whenever cellular division occurs, the telomeres shorten by breaking off. When the telomere's shorten to a certain point, the cell will no longer divide and dies. This helps reduce the potential errors that will propogate down a cells family line. This process is also believed to be a huge factor in causing 'age'.
In effect, it is believed (with strong scientific evidence) that aging is one of our evolutionary defenses against DNA transcription errors that result in cancer.
Oh, slightly off topic, well... one of the things that makes me go hmmm.
I will never know 99.9999% of the knowledge that can be known. That makes me sad.
Jessica
Quote from: Jessica on June 22, 2007, 12:51:38 PM
I will never know 99.9999% of the knowledge that can be known. That makes me sad.
Hmmm, 99.9999%. You do know that 78.1% of all statistics are made up.
Quote from: RebeccaFog on June 18, 2007, 07:04:10 PM
Cindi dating lots of guys. "hmmmmm"
Hello. What is this 'dating' you beings-in-form speak of? Is it anything like the method we have employed to measure the age of your marvelous planet? If so, why not just ask the 'guy'-being? ['this just in' from the database you call your collective consciousness; now I think I understand: Your 'guys' and your 'dolls' are considered to be different, even opposing entities, though intertwined like that symbol called Yin-Yang. Different so your race can reproduce itself. (And, "that's hot!") And please note that, though your beautiful orb is not so very old, it is what you might call a 'vintage model', one another race that exists in form containers similar to your own might like to 'trade up to'. Rest assured that we formless entities (what you might refer to as pure energy) do not wish to be tied down by such a convention, as attractive as this division into 'male' and 'female' is to us, at this juncture in 'time'.]
This dating process our scientists use to measure the potential longevity of your inhabitable world, which is apparently the same as your own technique, Carbon Dating, might suggest to you that, as you are all stardust (the product most likely of stars like our twin system, which have collapsed and become vortices of energy, like the 'brown holes' in your recent scientific enquiries), you are much older than you may think, and, in origin, more or less equivalent. I might say also that, as matter quite unlike that which we have out here (which can be a
cold, dark matter, indeed), you might be very glad that you can say things like "that's hot!" and mean it.
Not Out There Anymore
I am amazed by Christians that vote republican. First, Jesus said it would be easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Second a party that supports the tobacco industry. A party that has allowed the Major oil companies to consolidate and form a new monopoly 100 years after that monopoly was broken up, only to see the price of gas triple, and oil company profits at ridiculous record setting levels, while the poor suffer trying to get to work. That is to make the minimum wage which the Republicans won't raise because of greed. The same party that cut Pell grant funding while subsidizing the Oil companies to the tune of $18,000,000,000 in the face of record profits. A party that supports unlimited gun ownership, the death penalty, while claiming to be pro life. A party that claims to want to protect unborn children, while it allows 20,000,000 children to go without healthcare, but will spend $120,000,000,000 a year to fund an immoral war where more Iraqi's have died under our control than Saddam's. A party that wants to limit civil rights for some citizens in what amounts to hate mongering. Anyone that voted to ban gay marriage voted on a law that for sure would never affect them. You want to defend marriage by banning it? Let me see, the divorce rate is over 50% and 57% here in CA. How about lowering the taxes on the middle class instead of the the wealthiest 2% who don't need the money anyway because they already have more than they could ever spend. Financial pressure breaks up a lot of marriages. The Bush Tax cut of 2001 was justified because of a surplus, but when the surplus ended, the elite wealthy got to keep the tax cut, while we rack up a debt for the poor and middle class children to pay back.
This is insane to me. Jesus told the rich man to sell all his possessions and give the money to the poor, then come and follow him. So when I hear anyone call these rich republicans "good Christians", it makes me go "hmmmmmmmm".
Love always,
Elizabeth
Quote from: Elizabeth on June 22, 2007, 04:59:45 PM
I am amazed by Christians that vote republican. First, Jesus said it would be easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Second a party that supports the tobacco industry. A party that has allowed the Major oil companies to consolidate and form a new monopoly 100 years after that monopoly was broken up, only to see the price of gas triple, and oil company profits at ridiculous record setting levels, while the poor suffer trying to get to work. That is to make the minimum wage which the Republicans won't raise because of greed. The same party that cut Pell grant funding while subsidizing the Oil companies to the tune of $18,000,000,000 in the face of record profits. A party that supports unlimited gun ownership, the death penalty, while claiming to be pro life. A party that claims to want to protect unborn children, while it allows 20,000,000 children to go without healthcare, but will spend $120,000,000,000 a year to fund an immoral war where more Iraqi's have died under our control than Saddam's. A party that wants to limit civil rights for some citizens in what amounts to hate mongering. Anyone that voted to ban gay marriage voted on a law that for sure would never affect them. You want to defend marriage by banning it? Let me see, the divorce rate is over 50% and 57% here in CA. How about lowering the taxes on the middle class instead of the the wealthiest 2% who don't need the money anyway because they already have more than they could ever spend. Financial pressure breaks up a lot of marriages. The Bush Tax cut of 2001 was justified because of a surplus, but when the surplus ended, the elite wealthy got to keep the tax cut, while we rack up a debt for the poor and middle class children to pay back.
This is insane to me. Jesus told the rich man to sell all his possessions and give the money to the poor, then come and follow him. So when I hear anyone call these rich republicans "good Christians", it makes me go "hmmmmmmmm".
Love always,
Elizabeth
That certainly made me go "hmmmmm"
Another thing that make's me go "hmmmmm" is the thought of the afterlife. I am starting to wonder if I really want a perfect afterlife. Hmmmmm