Omar

I'm not sure the father would have opposed that :P

Does it count as homework help if you've already handed it in? I'm just kind of proud of this. It's supposed to be a letter to a strict, Victorian era father requesting some sort of change that he will likely oppose. Topic is up to the writer. [hide]5/11/1867 Dear Father, Ever since I was a child, every single Sunday, we have gone to church. As I grow older and more intellectually mature, I begin to question my theism; I have read many books on the subject, and in the end, I have found that like Socrates said, all I know is that I know nothing, while many seem to maintain they have more or less solved the problem of existence. I humbly ask you to do me the honor of considering my request to let me cut all the links I have to religion. I do not have the pretension to change your beliefs, but I would appreciate you to hear mine. The first spark of a question that came into my mind appeared when I met a Turkish trader at a library. Inevitably, when I do not find books that appeal to me, I start straying across the aisles; and there I saw the man pull a green book with golden ornaments from a shelf in front of him: the traditional Qur'an. Sir, you know the repulsion a good Christian feels when he sees a man of another path. And so I questioned his belief. I asked him how one could be so ignorant, so uneducated, that he would follow the teachings of Mohamed. And he asked me how I knew I was the one who was wrong, how I knew I held reality in my hands and he didn't. His answer startled me. In all the time I had gone to church, I had not once, not once in my life, questioned the fact that the Bible held the one, true path to the heavens. But then, if there is no real proof that each religion is right, how was I meant to choose one? I went deeper into reflection on religion, it appeared to me that there was no proof that God existed. But moreover, there was no proof that he didn't; both hypotheses are fallible. Of course, nothing can be proved beyond all doubts, but considering the importance of religion and the impact that it has on our lives, I couldn't take a decision without enough supporting arguments, and followed a religion knowing I could be heading the wrong way. After copious reading and meditation, particularly Thomas Henry Huxley's recent writings, I concluded that all the main religions had the same goal: make followers good, honest people. The religion I picked didn't matter: if he existed, God would have just wanted me to live in the most righteous way I could. If he didn't, I would have wasted no time or made any foolish decisions. Like I said, I do not wish to interfere with your beliefs, nor do I wish to live a life of unacceptable morals, but to cease to follow the teachings of the church. I believe I'm reaching an age where some decisions I should make myself, and that this is one of them. I dare hope you will at least consider my request, and I thank you beyond words' scope for letting me express my views. Your loving son, X X [/hide] The views in this piece are not necessarily mine.

I'm not accusing you have anything. Sorry if I came across that way. :wink:

@Highscore: You guys are sad. Soon this will turn into no-life competitions like Runescape. :(

This calls for a three way. with marshmallows, lots and lots of marshmallows. body heat melts the chocolate, and the girls are graham crackers. I'd rather have regular smores.

Two girls like me (presumably, the first one is for sure but the second isn't but it looks like it), and I have no real gut feeling that I want to go out with either. :\ It's frustrating. :lol:

He did that with Justice/Surface 2 Air too. I like how he thinks his opinion matters more than other peoples'.

He did that with Justice/Surface 2 Air too. I like how he thinks his opinion matters more than other peoples'.

It has to end well. Resuscitate them.

It has to end well. Resuscitate them.

You type up the post, go do something else, but you never submit it. It's really weird isn't it?

You type up the post, go do something else, but you never submit it. It's really weird isn't it?

I'm scared of shots. Not to the point where I can't do them, I get the flu shot every year, but I still hate them.

maybe you are just not all that good looking? Ow. Well actually, my hair usually catches people's eyes a lot.

I called my friend, he said he wasn't a very present guy on stage. It was OK when we were playing mary had a little lamb (Stevie Ray Vaughn version...), but it's not going to work with Helicopter. I know no other able guitarists. :x

What I don't get is how according to that table, in Canada, male-male sex is only OK at 18+, but female-female is 16+. I'm not personally involved, but I don't see the logic behind it. :-s

You're flattering yourself. :P

You'd have hit it, wouldn't you? Of course, he's younger than her. I meant if he was in fas' position...

You'd have hit it, wouldn't you?

TOO [bleep]ING FAR. I'm going to save my unofficial day celebration gauge for Kick-a-Ginger day.

i love that happening. if its a bloke i will just give a nod and we will acknowledge that we are both as hard as nails. it its a woman i will give them a little smile and sometimes a wink and they will get all embarrassed and i will know that i am the man. I've never had it happen except with 7 year olds and under.

If she does it more than to other guys, then yeah, definitely.

The Balconies gig yesterday was awesome. The first opener was a solo guitar/harmonica/violin/singing thing from Leif Vollebekk, which was pretty cool. The second was a pop/rock dance act called Whaletooth which was great even though me and my friend were the only 18> in the bar. And then the Balconies, that was a lot of fun to dance to also. Listen to all three, though it's not the same at all live. :)

I mean, you're asking (ex-)Runescapers, right?

http://www.myspace.com/thebalconies Seeing them live tonight. :D