War Room Lounge v167: The Safest Space on Earth

[Jack V Savage]

Speaking as an atheist, that's an inspiring thought.

As an anecdote, I had a chemistry teacher in high school who was very religious and claimed she loved finding a connection with the divine by understanding how the world worked. I still remember her teaching biochem and saying something to the effect of "there's something that's very godlike in how nature is able to combine air, water and sunlight and create a potato".

That's probably the kind of experience that stopped me from going the more confrontational Dawkins route.

Y'all have probably heard this before, but I love it. JBS Haldane would be asked what his studies taught him about the Creator. He would say that He "has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles."

Well is there any human exceptionalism in Islam? Mathematically speaking, the existence of intelligent alien life is a essentially a given, though it may also be inconsequential because visiting or contacting each other seems improbable.

Off the point, but I don't agree, depending on how you define "intelligent."

 

[tonni]

I don't think I bothered to ask. The question seems nosy and intrusive. Would you ask a Marylander where exactly in Maryland he is from?

I'd probably ask some questions yeah. My friends have accused me of cross-examining them when they relay an anecdote, when in reality I'm just showing interest as best as I can.

 

[Prokofievian]

Speaking as an atheist, that's an inspiring thought.

As an anecdote, I had a chemistry teacher in high school who was very religious and claimed she loved finding a connection with the divine by understanding how the world worked. I still remember her teaching biochem and saying something to the effect of "there's something that's very godlike in how nature is able to combine air, water and sunlight and create a potato".

That's probably the kind of experience that stopped me from going the more confrontational Dawkins route.

This is what the church used to do. For most civilizations, and certainly for the west, we have had what's known as a tri-functional society. Roughly speaking, an exploited peasantry, a noble warrior class, and a clerical class. The role of the clerical class was to explain the world, and justify the existence of society as it is. All science up until a point was under the purview of the church.

However, this stopped working so smoothly at about the end of the 18th century. That's about when rationalism and the church really started to split, and ever since we've roughly had two kinds of people. I think much of the conflict that you see in the United States runs along these lines. Most of the rest of the western world is not very religious anymore, at least not in the way that American evangelicals are. But I'm pretty convinced that the big problems of modern society have erupted from a disorganized ''clerical'' class (that is, the class that is tasked with explaining why things are the way they are). In the English speaking world in particular, we have a part of this clerical class that is devoted not to truth seeking, but to the manufacture of doubt. Of the erosion of trust in the efforts of the rest of this class, so people can be free to believe what they wish (or whatever's most profitable).

 

[BEER]

Who doesnt like the smell of weed.

You wouldnt be able to hang out over at my place dude. I dont think theres ever a time my house doesnt smell weedy.

I just think it smells awful. Weather fresh bud or the smoke. Just disgusting.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

@Social Distance Warrior

Fuckin Gochujang sauce, tho...

Dude, I was baptized in this shit...

Lol.

Cucumbers with gochujang is a great in between meal snack

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

@Social Distance Warrior

Fuckin Gochujang sauce, tho...

And...i have a couple jars in the fridge of it.
Love this stuff.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

And...i have a couple jars in the fridge of it.
Love this stuff.

 

[Prokofievian]

Who doesnt like the smell of weed.

You wouldnt be able to hang out over at my place dude. I dont think theres ever a time my house doesnt smell weedy.

Weed is one of those things that if it were anything else would smell awful. Like cheese, for instance. If you smell like cheese, you need a shower. But parmegiano reggiano? That smells awesome.

 

[MiniCraque]

Isn't creationism already banned for violating the Establishment Clause as ruled in Kitzmiller v Dover Area School District?

Idk but why not?

Also FTFY

Only in public schools and focused at protecting freedom of religion. There's still a game of whack-a-mole given to the courts since state legislatures keep introducing creationism laws and, to my understanding, ID appeared as a sneaky work-around.

Also, I'm always wary of delegating progressive issues to the Supreme Court since rulings can change as a result of a change in the courts composition, something that feels very relevant in the context of the death of Notorious RBG.

I'm aware that the same applies to Congress, but at least there the composition is a little more representative of the public opinion (gerrymandering notwithstanding).

 

[Prokofievian]

And...i have a couple jars in the fridge of it.
Love this stuff.

Dude, I was baptized in this shit...

Lol.

Cucumbers with gochujang is a great in between meal snack

Oh man, I'm going to try that next time I cut. Do you make your own?

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Yea i saw this last week...fucking hilarious

 

[MiniCraque]

I'd probably ask some questions yeah. My friends have accused me of cross-examining them when they relay an anecdote, when in reality I'm just showing interest as best as I can.

I can relate to this so much...

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Oh man, I'm going to try that next time I cut. Do you make your own?

I do not. My mom makes it by the tub so she always has plenty to spare. If I'm ever in a pinch. Fred meyer sells it. Actually not bad.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

I'll never understand why people don't like Shia. Dude is a whole mood.

 

[BEER]

I'll never understand why people don't like Shia. Dude is a whole mood.

I think being among Hollywood since he was a kid drove him crazy, and he lets people see the crazy.

 

[xcvbn]

Trump supporters protesting at polling locations almost certainly breaks some laws, but the Virginia GOP likes owning the libz more than actually giving a shit about "law and order".

America is quickly becoming Mexico

 

[Gutter Chris]

I just think it smells awful. Weather fresh bud or the smoke. Just disgusting.

Ill give ya the smoke can be overwelming

But that fresh growing bud smell is one of my faves and the one that clings to me regardless of what i do

 

[Gutter Chris]

I'll never understand why people don't like Shia. Dude is a whole mood.

I like shia. Seems like a decent dude to me.

 

[Gutter Chris]

Weed is one of those things that if it were anything else would smell awful. Like cheese, for instance. If you smell like cheese, you need a shower. But parmegiano reggiano? That smells awesome.

Disagree strongly.

I think a lotta strains smell quite edible.

 

[Quipling]

I'll never understand why people don't like Shia. Dude is a whole mood.

The first few movies I saw him in were awful and he got a dui around the same time.