@hiake Edit: I don't think his need for the cake had anything to do with the sense of proportion cause it doesn't make sense to me. I think he meant that if he even spent a single second to explain why he wanted the cake so badly he wouldn't have time to finish the piece of cake that represented the arguably infinite universe. I believe his comment was intended to be humorous. Here's some information on how humor effects the human physce and in this article it states that research into the effects of humor shows that it has the ability to "alleviate stress and pain, and improve one’s sense of well being" and I think that after Zaphod experienced the TPV he quite possibly had the same negative after effects as others that have experienced the TPV before him and his natural reaction to the possible after effects of the PTV was to utilize humor to alleviate the negative affects. http://www.cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cycol-0803-humour.html Thank you? haha... Oh yeh, and I found Battlestar Galactica: Razor for yah. Took me like 2 minutes. You could toggle full screen or just windowed mode. Enjoy! http://wiismo.blogspot.com/search/label/Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Zaphod is always around to be humourous, however, his wiring in his half-brain is not exactly what I would call "similar to a normal person"... He struck me as the type which would say "woo, that's grand, cool" and close topic with the TPV... Yet as a ex-politician (or ex-President of the known universe), he knows how to play with jargons and whatnot when he needs to explain concepts in ways which are totally incomprehensible yet the audience would FELT as if they learned something from him. But I guess it's OT. The humourous part came from Adams, not Zaphod But that's just nit-picking. I don't think Zaphod's brain is sophisticated/developed enough to know to use humour to offset the aftereffect of the TPV... Probably just a clever way to say "Can't be bothered, cake first" Thanks again for the BSG Razor post -blush2
hahaha, thats cuz hiake is an intellectual and if someone found something interesting enough to catch her attention, she'll blush. jk
The original post reads, "If God were omnipotent, he would be able to make an atom not move at all but still have a temperature above absolute zero. The laws of physics say this is impossible, therefore, God cannot do that." I am not well-versed in the various laws of physics but I believe these are man-written laws. Therefore, while it is impossible for man to create such an atom, God is not bound by man-created laws and therefore anything is possible for Him. Also, just because God did not create such an atom does not mean He cannot. In regard to the math argument, again, numbers were defined by man. Within these boundaries, you're right, no one can turn an even number into an odd one without changing its value. However, again, God is not confined by these restrictions.
ehh.. i dont personally believe in god.. cos if he does exist he wouldnt let global warming mess up our earth! and i think religion is just a placebo to make other ppl feel like everything will be alright
God should not be able to fully interfere with the lives on mankind. We are his imperfect designs. We have flaws, such as our own ignorance to Global warming. Your ignorance is your's alone, no need to go blaming God for it....
Now that's just a bad counter-argument begging to be flamed (and I am surprised that nobody did it sooner) While I do not believe in a God, not a personified one at least, I don't think it's fair to blame all human failings on this hypothetical being. Religious fanatics would either say "it's a challenge from God" or "God let us have freewill and express ticket to our destruction" More likely, human nature is to be blamed for half of these catastrophes.
time to revive some brain workout. i submit that the idea of God is contradictory. read the following carefully. it may be extremely confusing. before continuing any further, id like to introduce the idea of Evil. Evil is the opposite of God. God is all good, almighty, all knowing, omnipotent (meaning limitless). Evil is the opposite of God. therefore we know that Evil is bad. BUT, Evil and Good being both ying and yang requires both to be equal in power, thus meaning that Evil must be almighty and omnipotent as well. This raises a contradiction. Evil cannot be almighty or omnipotent because only God is. therefore Evil does not exist. but we know evil exists, springing from personal experiences (bad people, villains, lies, etc.). therefore there is a contradiction. Now this is where God's contradictions come in. It is stated that God is good, almighty, all knowing and omnipotent. emphasize on omnipotent. if God is limitless, he can vanquish Evil. but since Evil still exists, God is NOT limitless. therefore he is NOT omnipotent. also, God is limited by Evil. He cannot be evil, as He is good. if He cannot be evil, then he is limited, thus again, he is NOT omnipotent. if God is NOT omnipotent, then he is not God. if he is not God, then there are no Gods.
Speculation: God allow evil to exist to show how "good" he is? Which somehow defeats the whole "God wants us to banish evil" tune... And there is a whole new dimension of argument in rhetorics... How you define/operationalize God and Evil etc etc... I don't want to get into it because I may end up "helping" my enemy by poking logical holes in my enemy's enemy's argument (if that make any sense at all )
I am doing a logic freak happy dance right now But yeah, like in a debate, the way "evil" is defined impacted the argument (whether God exists etc). If evil is the opposite of God, then yes, it would be contradictory to say God exist (as Evil would be boundless and everything dann has said in his previous post) but how about if evil is the absence of God's will? or if evil is whatever God is NOT? Just throwing in some spark to the discussions here Maybe I am unintentionally helping my opponents (in beliefs), who knows
meh probably the main thing i can't stand about religion is that they place all the proof in death. don't do this, you will go to hell when you die and rot for eternity. give the church money and you will be assured entrance into heaven in death. take this bomb, run in there, and blow yourself up -- its alright, as soon as you're done you will be in heaven with your 73 virgins. ok bai. "Hey, can i have some proof of this stuff? I mean something that doesn't require me dying." ' oh yeah sure, read this good book, it proves everything.' "wow cool, its all here, i believe you now" 'wait, my bad, i gave you my harry potter novel, i meant to give you this Bible.' fuckin ridiculous
well if evil is the absence of God's will, then God is not omnipotent, as there are still parts of which God cannot reach, hence a limit. once again, if evil is whatever God is not, then that whatever is something God cannot reach, hence God is limited. =) lol true say. i just finished watching an episode of panorama from bbc on scientology, which i posted in the bloops, and during the whole time i kept on thinking, what the hell is wrong with the followers.... aliens from distant planets? volcanos blown up by H-bombs? lol and the worst thing is, Leah Remini, an actress on the show Kings of Queens is part of scientology... guess i wont be watching Kings of Queens anymore =(
I can't help but stare at your EMO-Harry Potter avvy, LOVE Ron's expression, so adequately EMO... LOL PS> Your skit was kind of awesome and perfectly illustrated the concept of "faith" -- you believe in it because you believe it in (and I don't mean it in a tautological way)
