I think, if in this conversation God is real (which I believe), it's impossible for us to understand His/Her perspective. The answer to why God would have Abraham kill his son, if we take that as an actual event, is because He's fucking God. He can do whatever He wants. I mean, God is either always right, or is outside the scope of morality.
This is in some ways ridiculous to hear, since we only know our own limited perspectives. But if we think of the grand cosmos of what being God would be, it might make more sense?
I don't know. There's also the argument that God is perfect, and therefore He is perfectly good and perfectly moral and just. So then Jesus killing a fig tree or God hardening the Pharoah's heart is still right.
Also, w/r/t the Pharoah, there are verses that say that the Pharoah's heart was hardened and others that say God hardened it specifically, which I think gets into the issue of free will vs. divine intervention. But I think hardening a heart doesn't necessarily mean "Let's kill all the first born."
To echo what Facetaco was arguing before: God is not what we think of Him, even if we think he's an asshole or doesn't exist. I'm sure there are some people who think I'm an asshole (or don't exist?), but my parents still love me and say I'm great!
Wow I really ruined it at the end there, didn't I.
Are conviction and sentencing two different votes? In the hypothetical, you could vote for conviction and then during sentencing vote for a life sentence or something.
I have no idea if that's true, but I think so? I'm glad we got to the bottom of that very important issue no one brought up but me.
The other day, in broad daylight, a man started urinating on my street corner. I was behind him. I wanted to say "What the fuck is your problem?" but I was so disturbed that I just said "What the fuck?" and I don't think he knew I was referring to the fact that he was pissing on the sidewalk on the corner in the middle of the day.
I can't stand the Sklar brothers. If there was only one of them, that one would probably be relatively funny, but the whole talking over each other, saying the same thing... ugh. No thank you. I'm Sklared for life.
I was watching MI:3 the other day and he is a seriously great runner! I know that is a weird thing, but Tom Cruise looks great running.
Even worse, I have to say, is that there is no denying his watchability. Tom Cruise is a great movie star. He's not a great actor, he is definitely not a great judge of cults, but in terms of being in movies he is just magnetic, and it is somewhat frustrating to acknowledge that.
You know what's great about this show?
No, I am seriously asking. Does anyone know what's great about this show?
Is it weird that we're immediately hoping Three Six Mafia win? Or Ashley Dupree? Like, a high cost escort knows how to look classy. That's their whole job!* She's going to destroy Heidi Surgeryface. That's her name right?
*That is not their whole job, if you know what I'm saying**
**I am saying another part of their job is having sex.
I feel genuinely bad for Lindsay Lohan, because she is clearly very fucked up and her parents have definitely done some damage and once you're in a tailspin like hers (where even at the bottom she is finding a deeper bottom (TWSS?)), it is probably very very difficult to pull out unless you die (cc: Charlie Sheen).
It's weird to me that she has twitter followers at all though. The last good movie she was in was Mean Girls, but that wasn't because of her own talent. She has been in headlines almost exclusively for bad decisions since Georgia Rule. Remember that letter the producer sent out? Yes, Paris Hilton was famous for being famous (????), but at least she had The Simple Life.
The real meat of what I'm trying to get at is that she's also so consistently an asshole about it. She doesn't think she has a problem and says she is ok and then gets like a DUI the next day or breaks her house arrest or whatever, and never seems to consider the real life consequences of her actions, even while IN those consequences. All of that is very sad.
Epcot Center is actually the command vehicle for a top secret agency tasked with protecting our world from alien invaders. It's also able to make itself invisible.
You know what's really sad about this video? It's from China and not the US. I mean, I know we have male cheerleaders, but I don't think I've seen one dressed like this guy.
When China is better than you at social acceptance, you know you are doing something seriously wrong.
Ziggy says there's a 99% chance Joe Rogan has to die before you can leap!
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Also, Al is a CYLON!
New Charlie Sheen news: Charlie Sheen believes Major League was real and he was a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in 1989. "My fastball went from 79 (miles-per-hour) to like 85.” - Actual quote.
Can I say something controversial? I'm not really interested in a Party Down movie. The show ended on the perfect note, and more importantly, the heart of the show is entirely on the characters hanging out together. A movie structure just doesn't sound strong enough without adding a lot of less than funny gags and ridiculous plot devices.
But that's just me. You want your Party Down movie? Watch Steve Guttenberg's Birthday 4 times in a row. You'll be delighted!
While I still think it is important to criticize Sarah Palin, I really agree with what you're saying here. It's a bit shocking that people are downvoting your opinion, especially because the main point of that opinion is that attacking people is mean, which is something that every decent person can agree on.
Even if she is a despicable person (which is vastly different from disagreeable viewpoints) that doesn't make it right to make personal attacks on her. Or anyone else for that matter!
Thanks for standing up for someone you disagree with in the interest of decency. I think that's very important.
It was a really interesting quote, actually: "I think he was a fucking idiot. As an actor, I think it's my obligation to support the film without making a complete ass of myself. Shia is ambitious, attentive, and talented - and he’s learning how to deal with a situation which is very unique and difficult."
So basically Ford is saying "Well, yes, the movie is fucking terrible, but you're not supposed to SAY it's terrible. You're supposed to just support it and shut your mouth. And Shia is super talented blah blah blah"
Ford went on to say "Even Stevens was the shit, man. You put two siblings together with their zany adventures? That's fucking gold man. Shia was a fucking idiot for leaving that show."*
*This part never happened.
In an effort to gain super powers, Charlie Harper has a blood transfusion with a tiger. He dies moments after and the tiger urinates on him, marking it's territory.
You actually get kicked out of department stores if you try to hug mannequins like that.
Unrelated: I am no longer welcome at Macy's or its affiliates.
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