are you guys too young to know what mad lib is or something?

arent you still in high school?

This was debunked long ago. It can trigger mental illnesses that already exist, but it certainly won't cause any.

care to provide a source?

Quote from: Azumarill on January 13, 2015, 11:57:58 PM

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Quote from: Azumarill on January 13, 2015, 11:32:16 PM

you can find virtuous teachings in almost all religions... finding a perfect religion? hm, shoot me a message when you figure that one out.

I have never heard one religious "teaching" that doesn't just sound like preachy crap.

well, many religions have variations of "the golden rule." Matthew 7:12 states "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (NIV) That sounds fair to me- do unto others as you would have them do to yourself. That creates a sense of social obligation and morality and encourages virtuous behavior. Is everything in the Bible virtuous? fuck no, absolutely not. Is the Golden Rule virtuous? Certainly.

You can also find this sort of thing in Eastern traditions. Take Confucianism for example- not necessarily a religious tradition, but Confucianism is an ethical and moral philosophy which stresses social harmony and has influenced East Asian culture for an extraordinarily long time. Of course, there are flaws with traditional Confucian "family roles" (in this day and age, and in our culture especially, family roles and gender/marriage are much more fluid than they would have been in Kongfuzi's time, so we have a different understanding of those things which clashes with the traditional Confucian family roles) but ideas of social harmony and the Rectification of Names (proper designation of things so as to create concrete meaning and foster proper relationships) are certainly virtuous.

Look at Buddhism- at its core, traditional Buddhism teaches us that our suffering stems from our attachment to the transient. We can transcend this suffering by detaching ourselves from earthly things, by practicing mindfulness and meditation. Is that wholly accurate? Perhaps not, but it's reasonable to say that being mindful of our attachment to the transient is virtuous and can lead us on the path to inner peace.

Of course, this begs the question- can we objectively define "virtue?" I think that, by considering established conventional understandings of morality, ethics, and logic, we can objectively define virtue, and many religious teachings can impart virtuous wisdom to those who are willing to consider them with an open mind and proper perspective.

Alright. It seems like religion is really based on culture. It seems to have a very hard time adapting to the shifts of modern times. It seems like a lot of people who are into religion are staunchly into tradition. It seems like a very weak position to hold, to just say "I am happy with things the way they have been for years, and I don't ever want them to change". I have talked to a lot of religious people who just say "well things have been this way for such a long time, and they "work"". No, they don't really work. I think that society has just been able to survive and it has been no better off with religious teachings, and especially not superstition, or the religious dogma of the old ages.

It seems like every religion you point to you also point out how it is flawed in some way. What I see in religion is an institution that adopts a ton of values and calls them it's own values. Anyone can start a religion. Usually a religion is linked to some sort of "important" event, so that way people have some better appreciation of it or something. I think trying to live by some sort of moral philosophy is just pointless. I think if you look at psychology you can tell a lot more about a person by how their parents raised them. I think one of the big tenants of religion is to go and "serve" the lord, or whatever god you worship. That is one of the biggest problems to me in religion. Why would you serve something which doesn't exist? There is no original sin. There is no afterlife. There is no god.

I guess if religion were more about trying to discover your own mind through meditation or something. Maybe if religion actually had proven methods of reaching a higher state of consciousness. Or if it could actually help you with things like mood, feelings. To me the only thing I ever hear about that is that praying comforts some people. It makes them happy to know that the magical sky daddy loves them. I'm sorry to be so condescending. Truly, whenever I hear about religion, I just feel my stomach churn. I have a difficult time listening to religious people talk. If I am in a group of people I have a very hard time talking about it. If I am one on one though then I can usually just hear the person I'm talking to out without going on the offensive side and trying to break down everything they say.

ah, but now you can acknowledge the virtuous teachings despite the flaws, yes? that's a good jumping off point from which to develop your own unique worldview. learn from all of the different world traditions... learn philosophy and theology and ethics and morality, and you will come to see the world and our culture in a new light

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Quote from: Meta Cognition on January 14, 2015, 12:23:43 PM

This is exactly why it should be legalised.

Social darwinism?

. . .

No, because you can fucking regulate it when it's legal.

also you can make a metric shitload of money with hemp (as well as recreational pot)

america's agricultural states could really benefit from legalization

annexing texas

id really really like to give texas back to mexico, along with their shitty bbq

Quote from: Azumarill on January 14, 2015, 01:28:16 PM

i wonder if theyre gonna keep andrew garfield, or bring back tobey, or maybe a new guy? who would be a good spiderman that isnt a 30 year old guy?

hmmm... donald glover as miles morales would be the ideal, i think

pls no toby

he was a good peter parker, and a bad spidey
garfield was a bad peter parker, and a good spidey

donald glover would be both a great miles morales, and a great spidey

I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU FAGS TURN THIS INTO A BLACK SCIENCE MAN THREAD...

how very tsundere of you..

"its not like i wanted this to be a black science man thread or anything.."

we can buy a star and name it sep7agon right now

Quote from: Azumarill on January 13, 2015, 11:32:16 PM

you can find virtuous teachings in almost all religions... finding a perfect religion? hm, shoot me a message when you figure that one out.

I have never heard one religious "teaching" that doesn't just sound like preachy crap.

well, many religions have variations of "the golden rule." Matthew 7:12 states "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (NIV) That sounds fair to me- do unto others as you would have them do to yourself. That creates a sense of social obligation and morality and encourages virtuous behavior. Is everything in the Bible virtuous? fuck no, absolutely not. Is the Golden Rule virtuous? Certainly.

You can also find this sort of thing in Eastern traditions. Take Confucianism for example- not necessarily a religious tradition, but Confucianism is an ethical and moral philosophy which stresses social harmony and has influenced East Asian culture for an extraordinarily long time. Of course, there are flaws with traditional Confucian "family roles" (in this day and age, and in our culture especially, family roles and gender/marriage are much more fluid than they would have been in Kongfuzi's time, so we have a different understanding of those things which clashes with the traditional Confucian family roles) but ideas of social harmony and the Rectification of Names (proper designation of things so as to create concrete meaning and foster proper relationships) are certainly virtuous.

Look at Buddhism- at its core, traditional Buddhism teaches us that our suffering stems from our attachment to the transient. We can transcend this suffering by detaching ourselves from earthly things, by practicing mindfulness and meditation. Is that wholly accurate? Perhaps not, but it's reasonable to say that being mindful of our attachment to the transient is virtuous and can lead us on the path to inner peace.

Of course, this begs the question- can we objectively define "virtue?" I think that, by considering established conventional understandings of morality, ethics, and logic, we can objectively define virtue, and many religious teachings can impart virtuous wisdom to those who are willing to consider them with an open mind and proper perspective.

hobbes avatars

what annoys me about people who pick on tumblr is that tumblr isn't one person. everyone on tumblr that I see is fine and uploads a lot of stuff I actually care about looking at. If you choose to only look at the social justice warrior blogs then that doesn't give you a realistic idea of what tumblr actually is. Pretty much every person who I have talked to that doesn't use tumblr seems to have this same, preprogrammed idea that tumblr is just a terrible place where there is no logic whatsoever. Maybe it's like that in some places, but it's not like that on all of tumblr.

ive been on tumblr for years. i have 29k posts. you're right- tumblr is populated by a wide variety of people with an even wider variety of interests and "blog styles." however, the colloquial understanding is that tumblr provides an echo chamber for social extremists- it has become quite popular (and very easy) to browse through tumblr and find some stupid shit like this that's been reblogged almost 16k times. of course, many microblogging sites incubate and catalyze that sort of behavior, but tumblr is one of the biggest social media platforms in the world, and with that popularity comes increased scrutiny

basically 2 chainz debated nancy grace about pot tonight and bodied her at every turn

you're welcome, world

Prometheus

FUCK THE HATERS. IT WAS A GOOD FUCKING MOVIE.

it might have been incredible if they hadnt let that mouthbreather who wrote Lost revise it

i think ridley scott could do a really good metroid movie, based on the way he directed prometheus


my vote for best sci fi movie... hm.... Blade Runner.