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Oh yeah, and I still hate my fifth star refuse to believe that there is a fifth star.

Worth1000.
It's mostly a competition site but it has a lot of tutorials too.

This is my problem with MFA too, there's nothing on there I don't already know and if you've read 1 thread you've read them all.

Also r/beer ftw.

Edit: Photoshop 1.0

Edited, Jun 3rd 2012 9:48pm by Aethien

I still play, because pokemon is badass. I actually just got a DSi XL and a White cartridge to play because D3 and WoW are boring the **** out of me.


Hm, I need to...

YAY! There's an r/wine! And I also subscribed to r/beer.

Why would there not be a r/wine? There's a subreddit for beer, whiskey, cigars and just about anything else you can think of.

I kind of stopped playing with Black/White. I just feel like they're really running out of ideas for some pokemon. The new ones all kind of start to blend together.

That is why I worship a Flying Spaghetti Monster.

We can't scientifically prove any of the major beliefs, but that doesn't stop you from believing in evolution or plate tectonics. Inference is a valid part of scientific understanding and study. It HAS to be, because you're talking about an epistemological problem, not a scientific one.

Take magic, which is actually a really good analogous example. The arguments against its existence are almost completely synonymous with arguments regarding god's existence. Ultimately, a lot of what you'd rely upon is an inference to the best explanation. If you are going to allow for this to give you positive beliefs (evolution, gravity), then you HAVE to allow for it in the negative (magic, God).

So, really, if you have faith in Science, then you shouldn't be considering yourself agnostic unless you believe there's something fundamental about God that renders humanity incapable from even gathering evidence. That's all agnostics technically are--they proscribe to a specific stance regarding the nature of belief/knowledge.

In its weakest (and most applicable) form, that is the stance that you cannot believe something unless it's reasonable to think that you could know it was true. In it's strictest form, it's pure skepticism--that you cannot hold a belief about something unless you know it, and that you can't know anything a posteriori.

In its strictest form, even science is considered invalid. In its weakest, your reasons shouldn't be sufficient to render atheism or theism unreasonable to accept.

Really, most agnostics consider themselves such because they are speaking about doctrine, not theism vs. atheism. It's actually a different discussion. In that case, you've accepted theism, but you don't think it's possible for you to know the truth with regards to specifics about god/gods and its will.

Oh, right! Don't know why I was thinking 8k was the fifth star and not 10k.

I'll be honest, I don't get the Islam thing Kali, but I trust you to know what's best for yourself.

You need to use smaller words that mean more. My English vocabulary stops at exsanguination.



I think we're saying the same thing, just in different ways, Theo and Digg. Because science hasn't proved or disproved the existence of deities, I can't dismiss the idea of deities existing completely, thereby making me agnostic rather than an atheist. An atheist is someone who completely rejects the idea of deities existing. If I do not believe in religion myself, but cannot reject the idea of deities existing, that makes me agnostic, right?

I guess, if we're being specific, I'm an agnostic atheist.

Edit: Crap, apparently I've got a written exam this week. Thought it wasn't for another week or two.

Edited, Jun 4th 2012 1:54pm by Mazra

I often forget English isn't your first language, because you can write it so well.

Did I make a mistake? How did this come up? And I think the same goes for all us non-native speakers here.



Dutch doesn't count, it's easy.

My Urdu is ridiculous. I do pick up new stuff and get to understand more being here (thankfully), but then... my last conversation with the BF started like this:

Me: Yaar (Man/friend)
Him: Jee (Yeaah)
Me: Salaams (Yo Peace)



In conclusion, I can say nothing quite well already! I'm starting to always say haan instead of yes, and hain instead of isn't it, and hnnnn when I'm not sure what I'm going for.

My workmates are amused because I read random labels in Urdu/Sindhi sometimes.

Arabic is cool 'cause I can occasionally translate bits of the Qur'an based on the bits I already know by heart. Can't understand a bit of everyday Arabic, though...


Edit: Also, those sound amazing on you. Yaay.

Edited, Jun 4th 2012 3:27pm by Kalivha