Matthew Buick Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I'm sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 I'm sorry. Actually I'm not! God is real and I'm sticking up for him!I really should strengthen my passion for my views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted March 27, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 27, 2009 Canada spends LESS of its GDP than the USA on health care to insure all of it's citizens, while the USA leaves 50 million of its own citizens with no health insurance. What happens here is that the uninsured, many here illegally, use emergency rooms for routine health care. Hospitals overcharge the insured, actually their insurance companies, to balance that out. So, in a weird half assed way, everybody is sorta covered. ER's are closing to avoid that expense. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya Black Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 wow, so now we've got religion and politics in this thread. Quick, someone mention Nazis! I was already well on my way anyway after reading this: entertainment. In 1929 cinema ticket sales went up by something like a third after the Wall Street mishap, and continued to rise consitstently until 1934, when thing started improving. We'll ride this recession out OK too, it doesn't seems as bad as 1929, and honestly, it's not as if bombs are dropping on out heads every second, or our loved ones are dying of a horrible incurable illness. The sun will still rise and set, and god is still looking after us all. Last time of course we didn't ride out the depression. The subsequent credit crunch led to the collapse of the Weimer republic (which was entirely being sustained by cheap loans from america) and the rise to power of the man with the bad facial hair who ruined everything. This of course did lead to bombs dropping on peoples heads and loved ones dying of very curable illness. As an aside people die and suffer greatly from very curable illnness even now anyway. Phew! Now we have the Nazis covered too, all sorted! :) love Freya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Earl Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Actually I'm not! God is real and I'm sticking up for him!I really should strengthen my passion for my views. Good on ya Matt. People very rarely believe in Zeus these days, it's good to know you still do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Good on ya Matt. People very rarely believe in Zeus these days, it's good to know you still do. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted March 27, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 27, 2009 People very rarely believe in Zeus these days, .... Zeus, Schmeus. What about Amon Ra, Osiris, that old time religion? (Actually I don't believe in any of them. I'm an apathetic agnostic.) -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Kieran Scannell Posted March 27, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 27, 2009 Zeus, Schmeus. What about Amon Ra, Osiris, that old time religion? (Actually I don't believe in any of them. I'm an apathetic agnostic.) -- J.S. This is the slippery slope people, I can assure you as a collapsed catholic if you go down this road, this thread will never end. Kieran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Earl Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 ??? Nevermind. It'll all make sense it 2000 years when the main religions are Apple's iFaith, The Force and Scientology. Although I dare say that followers of The Force will break off into separate groups - one that follows the original testament, the other minority group following the prequel testament. I should add a :) just so you know this is all said with a smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted March 27, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 27, 2009 Nevermind. It'll all make sense it 2000 years when the main religions are Apple's iFaith, The Force and Scientology. How could you have missed the Red Camera Religion? ;-) -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Bah! You're all a godless bunch! And It's partly my fault! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Bah! You're all a godless bunch! This is the film industry Matthew are you surprised? :D You must be the most devout British member we have on the forum, normally if you mention "religion" on this forum the British members are the first to have a fit! :D R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya Black Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 (edited) Nevermind. It'll all make sense it 2000 years when the main religions are Apple's iFaith, The Force and Scientology. Although I dare say that followers of The Force will break off into separate groups - one that follows the original testament, the other minority group following the prequel testament. I should add a :) just so you know this is all said with a smile. My vote is for Odin, not that I have a vested intrest or anything! ;) Surely the followers of the force would already be in two groups anyway, aren't you forgetting the darkside! (This Star Wars buisness is probably my fault for mentioning the fall of the republic and the rise of the evil empire! Oh well!) As for iFaith, it has given me a fantastic idea, rather than a religion, how about a computer program so that your computer can believe for you. Then you could easily say with a clear conscience "It is okay because I have faith" and you would never have to worry about losing your faith or any of that kind of stuff (well not unless you were running the windows version anyway!) It could revolutionise religion. One less thing to worry about and I'm sure the computer would be really good at having faith, much better than people! :) love Freya Edited March 27, 2009 by Freya Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya Black Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Bah! You're all a godless bunch! And It's partly my fault! It is all your fault Matthew your words have transformed these lovely people into a bunch of godless heathens with no respect for all that is sacred! Shame on you! ;) love Freya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dzyak Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Bah! You're all a godless bunch! And It's partly my fault! There is no proof either way of any "god" therefore stating absolutes about the issue is as silly as claiming that one camera is better than another. Both (the idea of god and a camera) are merely tools meant to provide a service to those who use them. The hope of a benevolent god provides a crutch for the weak who hope for a better life here and elsewhere while a camera is merely a box with a hole in it to record an image. Of course it's the bells & whistles we add to the basic concepts that ultimately determine whether something is "good" or "bad" relative to what we need it to do for us, but in the end, they are merely tools for those who need them...neither inherently good nor inherently bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 There is no proof either way of any "god" therefore stating absolutes about the issue is as silly as claiming that one camera is better than another. How wrong you are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Keller Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 How wrong you are... Yeah, but benchmark tests comparing cameras are so easily misleading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Alderslade Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 How wrong you are... My goodness - how has this this very relevant thread 'evolved' into the existence of a divine being??? Come on people, maybe its time we step away from the keyboard and go out and do something else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya Black Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 My goodness - how has this this very relevant thread 'evolved' into the existence of a divine being??? Come on people, maybe its time we step away from the keyboard and go out and do something else... "Turn off your television set and go and do something else less boring instead." ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Gus Sacks Posted March 28, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 28, 2009 I'm starting to work more than ever now. Anyone else picking up the small wave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 How wrong you are... Very wrong indeed, David! Almost as wrong as the time I though the defference between 200 ASA and 320 was nine stops!! :lol: As for you, Freya, they were like that when I got here! :lol: And yes Richard, I rather like Britain, and I rather like god. You're completely right about the Brits being the noisiest when it camoes to religious debate, I suppose I'm one of them. :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dzyak Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I'm starting to work more than ever now. Anyone else picking up the small wave? Yes. I've had one day off in the last two weeks. Tired but taking every call cuz there's no one looking after me except myself. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 no one looking after me except myself. ;) Hmmm, that sounds a bit like a capitalist/Republican ideal, should you not be passing on any work you are offered to some one who is not working? :D R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brad Grimmett Posted March 29, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 29, 2009 How wrong you are... Hey, the perfect thread for you David! It's exactly what you're pushing in every post you make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Religion? Check Politics? Check Nazis? Check Star Wars? Check A special bonus prize to the person who introduces the Kennedy assassination in the most ingenious way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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