gdp's Comments

You Made Me Say It! : Believer Brain Twisting

Tue, 9 Jul 2013 03:38:03 +0000

I'm not sure how, from this post, you came to the conclusion that I was calling you dumb. Perhaps from another post?

Anyway, faith is a belief held through lack of evidence. I suppose your separation of faith and blind faith would be lack of evidence and no evidence? Either way, if there isn't enough evidence to support a belief, than it's not warranted to hold it. Saying it takes faith is just silly. That's another way of saying you really want to believe something, despite not having a good reason to. In other words, an excuse to indulge your desire. If your reason can't overcome your desires, don't cry to me about that and call me a hypocrite.

As for my arguments being incapable of convincing you or anyone else who has forsaken their reason, well yeah, no shit. As Thomas Paine said, \"to argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.\"

You Made Me Say It! : Golden Rule

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:19:05 +0000

Thank you. I coded it myself, sorta. I don't profess to know what I was doing. I simply reversed engineered other sites and copy/pasted bits. Some things got messed up over time through WP updates. At the time there weren't any 3 column sites. Now there are, along with lots of interesting functions which clearly I don't have nor understand how to incorporate. I'm not a web coder by any stretch of the imagination.

Were I to return to this blog more regularly, I'd probably switch to a premade design. There are also some affordable people out there who'll customize a theme for you.

You Made Me Say It! : Believer Brain Twisting

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:29:43 +0000

It's like when you're 7 and see Star Wars and pretend you're Luke blowing up the Death Star and later, say high school, wonder why would someone design a Death Star with such an obvious flaw like an exhaust port that could be used to blow the whole thing up with one shot? The saddest is seeing grown men not only try and justify that, but justify the Star Wars prequels. Pathetic. Never underestimate the lengths people will take to rationalize their indulgences. Perhaps the Pope should do like Lucas and just sell the franchise to Disney. When you start editing out donkeys from the Nativity, you're no better than Lucas monkeying with the original Star Wars. Just let it go and leave it to people who can better manage the franchise.

You Made Me Say It! : Believer Brain Twisting

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:36:06 +0000

They usually are, especially when it comes to things like religion. The person you were arguing with didn't become a believer because of the argument they were sharing with you. At best, that argument serves as a great justification for them to indulge in the belief. We all know that the argument that tells us it's ok to do that thing we really want to do doesn't have to be very good. :)

You Made Me Say It! : Golden Rule

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:27:45 +0000

Just try reloading

You Made Me Say It! : Pity Nick Zuccarello

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 02:15:10 +0000

Recent comment that likely will get deleted at Nick's blog... (Let's see if this appears) My name is on the infamous blog Nick keeps referring to, so the accusation that I'm not showing backbone and hiding behind an anonymous tag is demonstrably false. What he actually was trying to do was see what contributions to CG I've made, as if that was relevant to the discussion. It wasn't, and still isn't. Nick was uncomfortable with my questions, so he needed to an excuse to delete me. I'm assuming this won't appear, but you'll see it, Nick. Oh, and anyone going to my blog will see it as well. :)

You Made Me Say It! : Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children

Sun, 2 Sep 2012 22:20:18 +0000

It'll still exist, but be just a marginalized indulgence. That's my guess.

You Made Me Say It! : Pity Nick Zuccarello

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:28:23 +0000

In my experience, artists are susceptible to self indulgence, especially woo. The creative process is a fickle, mysterious thing. Sometimes an artist needs to believe his creativity is coming from some magical place, and that he/she must protect and maintain the flow of that magic. I wouldn't be surprised if that has something to do with it here, so subsequently atheist objections are threats to the flow of his creativity. Ultimately yes, it's insecurity. An indulger who doesn't give a shit what others say or do is secure and comfortable with himself and his indulgences.

You Made Me Say It! : WWII Memorial, brought to you by McDonald's

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:27:03 +0000

Another Christian expressing IGNORANCE and none of that so-called \"Christian love\". (Yawn)

You Made Me Say It! : Storytelling Question

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:39:10 +0000

Well if you didn't have the blood on your door, then you weren't innocent, were you? God said that's what had to be done so if you didn't do it, then you got what's coming to you. That's how the story goes. Sort of like Abraham and Isaac, only that one ended a bit better with just a severely traumatized kid, probably. You do what he says or else.

You Made Me Say It! : Reason Rally Not A Religious Revival

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:53:40 +0000

I think it's too easy to put down things we personally don't care for by making connections between it and something others don't care for. Here's a silly example - a football rally for the Cleveland Browns is just like those early beer hall rallies of Brown Shirts in 30s Germany. Lots of drunken, machismo posturing, carrying on and euphoric frenzy. Am I going to go to a Reason Rally? No, I hate crowds and I generally don't care for fawning over celebrities. Would it be fair to equate the Reason Rally to a new Twilight movie premier? I don't think so. How about a Billy Graham revival? Again, I don't think so, unless I was making a joke.

You Made Me Say It! : Reason Rally Not A Religious Revival

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:18:35 +0000

Wing Bowl and the Last Supper story have similar dynamics. Are they comparable?

You Made Me Say It! : Reason Rally Not A Religious Revival

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:40:56 +0000

He's been here all week I think. I just don't care much anymore for crowds. That said, I'd love to catch a game at Arrowhead in the near future, but if I lived in KC I probably wouldn't be a season ticket holder, unless I became one of those people who get the special early parking pass in order to set up your BBQ the day before the game.

You Made Me Say It! : Tebow's Numbers and Scripture

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:57:37 +0000

No you don't. ;)

The New Civil Rights Movement : Santorum: Evolution Promotes Atheism, Creationism Is "Academic Freedom"

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:37:48 +0000

SANTORUM'S WORLD Freedom = having the choice to teach religion instead of science Freedom = not having the choice to have any say over your reproductive rights Freedom = no abortions Freedom = Mrs. Santorum can have an abortion Freedom = Christians can't have beliefs imposed upon them Freedom = Christians free to impose their beliefs on others

You Made Me Say It! : Why Do Theists Want Atheism Called A Religion?

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:20:03 +0000

\"If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.\" - Job 13:5

You Made Me Say It! : Tebow's Numbers and Scripture

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:14:39 +0000

Sounds like you need a hobby... or a job.

You Made Me Say It! : Tebow's Numbers and Scripture

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:19:46 +0000

Praise Jesus?

You Made Me Say It! : Tebow's Numbers and Scripture

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:20:37 +0000

I guess that Cunningham punt years ago wasn't during a playoff game. That's the only other time I remember a QB punting. I never considered the coaches in this but yes, I suppose having a perceived not so nice coach be the architect of Tebow's demise adds to it. Someone like Ryan would have been good, too. I still think it would have been fun this week hearing Suggs talk about Tebow leading up to a game this weekend, but that's ok. I can wait until they meet next season. That's assuming Tebow is their starter. Elway's press conference was carefully scripted. He gets the chance to be the starter. I also think the whole one-on-one training of Tebow he'll orchestrate in the offseason might actually be a way to make it easier to not start him. Think about it, they can't say he needs more help, more time or anything else if he's still no better after spending an entire offseason with the god of the Broncos, John Elway. Elway can say, "fuck, I did all I could do, but..."

You Made Me Say It! : Tebow's Numbers and Scripture

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:23:19 +0000

Luckily I missed that one and opted for home improvement shows this morning over coffee. I did read something from NFL.com describing a Brady/Tebow encounter outside the stadium. Tebow was with the family, Brady with Giselle. Brady wins again! ;) Brady would look great in red, wouldn't he? Just sayin'....