SWRPF Archive Hooper McFinney's RPF Bar & Grille 5.0! "We've got more Insanity than Ysanne Isard has Cleavage

100th Post in teh hizzle!

I guess it makes up for the 10,000th post NP stole from me in the other Hoopers.

 

And I use that face really.... rarely...

But it works I suppose...

Yes, you know how I get when I'm drunk...

*Laughs*

Nothing more frightening than a drunken philosopher...

Woo!

-I_H

 

Nothing more frightening than a drunken philosopher...

Well actually, a drunken, pissed off Wookie philosoper...

 

Yes, well, you haven't seen my brother here, drunk.

 

I didn't figure Imp to be a drinking man. I thought he was way smarter than that....

 

*Laughs*

It is true I am a smart man... or at least would like to think of myself as such

Fact of the matter is.... I drink the sweet, sweet elixer of life itself...

After all, who said anything about liquor?

-I_H

 

So do you frequently get drunk off of dark matter, or is that just for special occasions?

 

More like the weekends....what? It's true.

 

*Has a big jug of it*

Its absolutely delicious...

Mmmmmm, dark matter.

Hey, gotta unwind somehow...

Dark Matter just as good as any....

-I_H

 

I hear they use real Rocky Mountain filtered water during the brewing process...

But does it exist?

 

mmmm ... unidentified liquid causing changes to your behavior ... mmmm

And, I have to say that from firsthand experience, nothing is funnier than a bunch of PhD Physicists running around after they announce "free beer" at a convention.

 

I'll take your word for it, Integral...

 

W00T!!!!! 4,000th Post!!!!

Wanted to put it here in Hoopers.

I'm exactly 1/2 of the way to the milestone of 8,000! Got it before my one year anny too, which is coming up soon.

 

Hmmm. That makes me wonder: does anyone here think that the Christian faith will die out in the far future? And if not, why?

How are Santa and the Easter Bunny trivial? They are part of our culture and culture is most certainly not trivial.

In other news, I feel grouchy because I just got crushed in Risk.

 

That would be Flying Spaghetti Monster.

I question your status as a Pastafarian.

 

I have the feeling I'm putting my foot in the trap, but...

Christianity is not a pagan religion. Just because it was regarded as a pagan religion in the past does not mean that it is one today.

How is Christianity outdated? And how are you using the word modern in your post? Also, what makes Christianity a cult and not a religion?

 

*appears by the bar and smacks down a twenty*

I was Hoopers Magic Hangover Cure and I want it NOW!

 

Congrats on that 4,000th post YoungAngus!

I am a Christian. Tomorrow, the Easter bunny is going to bring me candy!

 

'Fraid I'm going to have to corner you on this one boss...

Christianity is by no means "Pagan." Most "pagan" faiths are polytheistic, whereas Christianity is monotheistic. Most "pagan" faiths originated from what is now known as Europe... Greece and Italy included, where Christianity spawns from the "Holy Land." Any connections it has to "paganism" are of mere surface value, having little to no bearing on the core tenants of the faith. Symbolism and co-opted holidays are ultimately inconsequential to the religion as a whole.

As to it being outdated, I beg to differ completely. Christianity is by all means a modern, established religion. Its early roots are heavily anchored by elements of Greek Philosophy, and it continued to garnish strong philosophical support as time progressed.

Augustine. Anselm. Aquinas. Kant. Descartes. Pascal.

Some of the greatest minds the world has ever known defended and believed in the faith. Their work lends credence to the Christian belief as that being more of a mere cult.

Not to mention that Christian belief has served as an anchor for the European/Anglo belief system, the ideological bedrock of the modern world.

If you counted with that being all Greek stuff, I respond saying Christianity is very much so "in the spirit" of the classical people. That is why Philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle had such problems with the Grecian Religion. It simply did not satisfy the want of the higher and dare I say "modern" intellects of the day, and hence why the system of belief died.

If you mention the fall of the Classical World thanks to Christendom, you know my response. The Papacy and the Christian environment of Europe allowed it to return.

As to its modernity, Christianity is constantly redefined as time progresses, allowing it to keep up. Speaking for my own faith, Roman Catholicism, our last council, Vatican II, fundamentally redid the Church to adapt it with the modern times. I presume this happens in the protestant faiths as well.

Roman Catholicism now recognizes the role science has to play in the world and has adopted many "modern" ideas that sufficiently qualify it as a religion of the day.

Yes, but I generally do not consider them as cultural linchpins...

Santa is a commercialized perversion of Saint Nicholas, and I don't even know about the Easter Bunny, perhaps it is a pagan relic as whoever said it stated.

They have now become secular embodiments of the holidays, but if the ideas of the two disappeared, would anything really change?

I propose not...

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Alright Jello, rip right on in... you know you want to. :p

If you try to stick me with the traditional criticisms of Christianity, be advised A.) I can sever out of any literal interpretations of the Bible as Catholicism tends to view most of the Old Testament figuratively and B.) I, personally, can also sever out of some dogmatic issues as I do not jive completely with Catholicism proper.

My ultimate burden is my own personal belief system, yet I choose to, at the moment, defend most of Catholicism and on a more general level Christianity as a whole.

And lets keep the spirit of the debate to macro issues. I will dismiss micro-issues to be inconsequential if I see them as such.

But if you want to tango, go right ahead. If there is any place I feel myself strong in, its religion, and I feel even stand against the famed Jello and his high power debating. ;)

And pleas

 

Too much talk, need more drink.

 

I have a steaming cup of dark matter if you would like some...

 

*steals cup of dark matter*

Excellent!

*chugs*



*feels a bit woosey*



*burps*


Mmmmm...existentialist!

 

LOL...I don't think I'd be drinking that...
But then this would be worse.