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I actually got 96 on Sunday.

IS it cuz I'm white :|

Atheists beware; therebe religion in dese waters. Praise God, this "huge" car problem was solved today :) It was two fold, the oil filter had somehow expanded AND shrunk at all the wrong places, so it was impossible for me to get it off, I spent hours trying. (If you can remember m rant a couple of weeks ago) found a 10$ adjustable handle thing that got it off in less than a minute. :)))) Second, the big problem, my entire engine was shaking so much if you had water in a cup with no lid in a cup holder, the water would go flying out. Like seriously [bleep]ing shaking, moreso than the Advance auto dude had seen in a long while. Anyways, as we figured it was a spark plug issue, so for $30 I replaced them, but it kept on shaking. He said to take it to a shopm should probably cost like $500. I took it to Autozone, got their code reader and read "cylinder 2 misfire." Since we had just changed the spark plugs, it had to have been the coil. I bought it right there at the store for $99, and replaced it in 2 minutes in the parking lot. HOly [cabbage] I was so relieved when I turned on my car, and rolled out all nice and smooth. <333333 omg I am still ecstatic. SO to reward myself I bought a [cabbage] load of clothes LOL. I've not boughten clothes since perhaps June or January (I buy them at the beginning of seasons.) I got a purple plaid shirt (no homo) that looks damn fine on me. Originally $60, but it was on the clearance rack, so the lady gave me the clearance pricing off of 80%, despite it not being a clearance item. I took advantage of that, came back after she had left, placed 4 shirts and a pair of pants on the same rack, and asked a clerk "please please tell me those are on clearance?!" with a hurt look on my face like my mom didn't pack my twinkie in my lunch, and I was gonna cry. She said "umm... sure." :) Saved like $250.

I'm missing the actual dilemma of the question. It's too open. edit: nvm didnt read the entire post, just the quote. :)

So, somewhere in a parallel universe, parallel universes don't exist? I don't think infinity implies everything will happen. If we flipped a coin an infinite amount of times, it is theoretically possible that it will never be heads. Or a more realistic example, if someone were to ask someone to say the word "no" and had an infinite amount of time, it is possible that he would never say "no". I lol'd so much, then nodded my head in agreement. :thumbup:

:ohnoes: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html And it's from CNN, so you KNOW it's true.

Disregarding the whole flame thing, I'm curious to know your reasoning on why rape doesn't warrant abortion. I quite agree with the point he was making, even though they might be extreme hypotheticals. Well, I don't see the point in explaining, simply because it's from a religious viewpoint. I believe every fetus is created for a purpose, if a woman becomes pregnant, that fetus has a purpose. Naturally this will seem nonsensical to most, since lets face it, many many babies die in the womb. Perhaps however, maybe that was their purpose. I, sure as hell do not know. Also, not counting husbands raping their wives, or vice versa, the vast majority of criminal rapes do not result in pregnancy. This of course is due to teh fact that with DNA testing now, the rapists don't want to get caught. But that's more of a "fun fact," then a debatable point. But again mind you, I will vote pro choice in any election, because I don't feel that men should be able to vote for women matters. It's between them and God.

I was waiting for someone to point that out. Very fitting. Especially since I am the one winning this thread. (141 posts, with Bonkers coming in at second with 99) Who is a closet? No naming names in a negative light though, so use avatars as an identifier. That post was said light heartedly. I mean there might be one or two, I was going to say "see Off-topic top posters for proof" but forgot to add it in. [garden tool]-hum.

wrong. kid. There's also humanism as a branch of psychology, I think. Carl Rogers and Abraham Mazlow. We're humans, and attaching -ism to the end of stuff is a good way to improve it. So there are probably like 9001 different things called humanism. It's just that nobody cares about 8998 or so of them, and the other 3 have their fanbases. Valid alert. i have added this post as the primary pillar of support for my 400 page college thesis about humanism on the internet. i will give u credit for your work, if u give me debit for my bank account. ;)

Lol, not IE. The gaydar broke in that, and made the entire browser gay.

Yea. It comes automatically with most web browsers. Surely you've used it a few times, don't lie.

I think only the gays should be able to post. yay for elitism. We got like 8 gays, and like 35 closet cases.

it is rememdied. [hide=it is paper] Samuel Hurd Dr Grimsley History 101 October 21, 2010 Christian Humanism The forces that brought Humanism to life, which created the force that brought the world to life Several times in history, humanity chooses to conglomerate for a brief period, in which humanity will make great strides in particular fields. Provided, an oppressive force exists to give reason to rise above all present malevolence. The Catholic Church filled that position, when its power grew to an unheard of power all around Europe, so did Humanism grow inside of Italy. In order to revolutionize our thoughts, and bring about the greatest intellectual shift ever known to man. The factors that underlie humanism stem from the discovery of Latin and Greek literature, to the need for a more personalized relationship with God. Humanism accomplished its goals, and not only sparked a successful Protestant Reformation, but an insatiable thirst for Latin and Greek literature. Yet still today, we see the remnants of Humanism still survive to this day. The Crusades strengthened the Catholic Church, allowing more land in Europe to come under the grasp of religious leadership. The Europeans grew restless, for too long they were told how to act righteously; while altogether the Church distorted the view of God. As Erasmus, a founding father of Christian Humanism, clearly states: so there are those who make the philosophy of Christ sad and morose, although nothing is more sweet than it. (The Reformations Origins) The denizens of Europe started to understand why their religion and their lifestyle did not click together. As the Papacy stole more power from the governments of Europe, the multitudes discovered that the present picture of God longed for some much needed correcting. Christianity sprung into existence, as a tantalizing force to be reckoned with. The institution contained many different facets; its biggest being mystery, which controlled much of the public perception. People wanted freedom; they wanted salvation, a way to escape the tangible world they lived in. Christianity offered this, but also something more. Eternal salvation brought hope to many yet, the capability to have a personal relationship with God, unlike the Roman Gods of old, brought unlimited possibilities. Yet, after the Crusades, the Church left behind all pretense of a personal relationship, as it brought its will down hard. In stepped Christian Humanism, Humanism, hoped to break this hand of the Papacy, without destroying the order that the Papacy brought with it. Douglas Bush, a researcher of Humanism and the Renaissance stated the following: Humanism is that way of life and thought which keeps man in union with God and above the biological level. It opposes both the irreligious scientific rationalism which would separate man from the divine, and the ethical or unethical naturalism, which would link him with the beasts. (Bush 55) Humanism, despite its power, and proper message still needed to be transported across Europe. While the Dark Ages gripped Europe, many inventions had been put on hold, in order to deal with the mayhem that transpired with the fall of the Roman Empire. However, once the Crusades ended many new inventions came to life (The Crusades). One of the biggest inventions, originally discovered in China, was the block press. Johannes Gutenberg, a man from a rich family in the Holy Roman Empire, expanded upon the block press. With his single invention, he allowed Humanism to change the face of the European spiritual playing field. All the while, Johannes Gutenberg learned about the Chinese invention; he decided to extrapolate and improve upon the system of transcribing. Gutenberg, being the son of a wealthy family, devised an amalgam of alloys that increased the efficiency of the press, thus vastly streamlining the process. At a book fair Gutenberg released his largest project, 200 Gutenberg Bibles that cost more than two years salary for the average person. Even so, despite the price of the books, as Steven Kreis, a researcher of the printing press states: [the idea of] Printing stimulated the literacy of lay people and eventually came to have a deep and lasting impact on their private lives (The Printing Press). With the frame of mind of Humanism set up, and the means of communication propagated by the printing press, all that is needed is a founding doctrine, to change the face of the Earth. Once the Roman Empire fell, and the bands of lawless groups of marauders took over the European land mass, all respect, as well as knowledge of the Roman and Greek literature died. People could not survive in the environment of the post Roman world, for all the time they spent indoors, kept them from being outside cultivating the already scarce crops. If you took the famine that covered that plains of Europe for centuries, and compound it with the warring governments, no one had the time, or the lavish lifestyle that enabled such studies of past civilization. The language barrier snagged the aspiring Humanists by their coat pockets. Each different country spoke their own language, and each region their own dialect, there needed to be a unified language, in order to produce unified thought. Latin was the closest choice, since it was the founding language of the Roman Empire. Fortunately for us, for many of the authors that inspired the Christian Humanism movement had already produced their works in Latin. Nevertheless, one lasting big clog in the information artery that presented itself was the fact that no one spoke Greek before the Crusades. However, after the Crusades, as Paul Kristeller, a researcher of the period of Antiquity concludes: from the Byzantine and later Turkish East, through purchase and through less honorable means, a large number of manuscripts containing almost the entire body of extant Greek literature, which was thus deposited in Western libraries and diffused through handwritten copies and printed editions. But since the knowledge of Greek was completely rare even during the Renaissance, whereas Latin remained the common vehicle of learning and instruction, the general diffusion of Greek literature depended no less on Latin translations than on editions of the original Greek texts. scholars gradually translated into Latin almost the entire body of Greek Literature and thus introduced it into the main stream of Western thought. (Kristeller, 15) Francesco Petrarch, commonly known as the founding Humanist, was the first to realize the importance of the Greek texts. A renowned lyricist, Petrarch sought after true emotion in his works. He did not care for the superficial, and prudent text, but text of overflowing freedom of emotion. (Petrarch - Petrarca, Life and Sonnets) This of course, being a founding doctrine of Christian Humanism, the need for an overflowing and real love for God, people had begun to understand what it meant to be in love. The people of Europe had found their champion inside Petrarch, who, despite longing for the Papacy to come back to Rome, was not afraid of the Church juggernaut, as he set the pace for revolution. With the perpetrator of spiritual injustice, the Catholic Church, made aware to the enlightened populace, and with the language barrier between Greece and Europe being, for all intents and purposes broken, all the forces were gathered to unleash upon the world the train of thought known now as Humanism. Humanism, specifically, Christian Humanism, as has been stated previously, focused upon a life with God, a sincere take, and disposition upon Gods world; with which intellect, and knowledge could combine the Religious, and secular aspects to achieve true understanding. (Humanism) Despite popular belief, Humanism did not directly oppose worldly logic, and worldly thinking, it was more opposed to the idea of only traditional ideas holding validity. The end of the era of Antiquity started with Humanism, and with Humanism, it brought in the era of the Renaissance, which was a major factor in shaping the world as we know it today. After the Crusades of Saladin and conquest, the Catholic Church had grown in power to proportions not known since the now ancient Roman Empire. As the Papacy, and the revolving governments obtained more and more power, along with clamping their grip down upon all facets of life; the individual relationship with God that existed in early Christianity, had begun to wilt. With the prevalent corrupt politics taking advantage of the common peasant life that gave cause for Humanism; the peasant of Dark, and Middle age Europe forgot that a close relationship with God could exist. When the Christian Humanism movement in Italy finally started to ebb, its ideal of a revolutionized close relationship with God started to spread. Thanks to Gutenbergs press, (The Reformations Origin), it went over the Alps, where it landed on Martin Luthers door step. Martin Luther, a monk in Saxony, got wind of the Renaissance, in his young adult years. Along with its Humanism counterpart, he became inspired to write the 95 Theses. The Theses echoed the same thought pattern that started the Christian Humanism movement. The thought declared that the Catholic Churchs version of Christianity didnt accurately describe Christianity. Notwithstanding, Martin Luthers list of wrong doing was much more succinct and to the point, then Petrarch, and Erasmus ideas. According to Edward Bleiberg, Luther argued that salvation was always a personal matter between God and a human being (The Reformations Origin). Again, this was very similar, if not the exact same to the idea that started in the 1300s, there is no need for a worldly intermediary, after Christ died for the worlds sin, but it was Humanism, that made society more susceptible to the idea, as well as the printing press providing means of mass literature. Scholasticism is the idea that belief systems steeped in traditional values are by their very nature, grounded, valid, and respectable. This belief system ruled the brief era of Antiquity. Conversely, when Humanism came out of hiding in Italy, it shook the roots of Scholasticism, making a way for new ideas to come forth. This was really what allowed the Renaissance to become so great, was the idea that new ideas had the potential to be just as valid as the established facts and beliefs (Humanism). If scholasticism has remained the standard mindset of the era, Copernicus might have never attempted to understand the Earths relationship to the Universe. On the other hand, the significance of a falling apple lost to Newtons mind. Clearly the extent of Humanism reached far beyond even the Protestant Reformation. Christian Humanism propagated other such revolutions in thought, not unlike the Enlightenment. As soon as the Catholic Church had amassed enough power to control Europe, it began to lose control of Europe. With inventions, of both the tangible, and the cognitive, the tectonic plates of the human cultural psyche began to shift. Humans drifted away from the belief system of scholasticism, during the Renaissance, as well as the Protestant Reformation, to form which together shaped the world as we know it. Humanism brought about many different voices to the playing table, but most importantly, Humanism made humans, human again. Works Cited Kristeller, Paul O. "The Humanist Movement." Renaissance Thought, The Classic, Scholastic, and Humanist Strains. New York: Harper & Row, 1961. 15. Print. Bush, Douglas. The Renaissance and English Humanism. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1939. 55. Print. Hooker, Richard. "Humanism." Washington State University - Pullman, Washington. 6 June 1999. Web. 6 Nov. 2010. <http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REN/HUMANISM.HTM>. Kreis, Steven. "The Printing Press." The History Guide -- Main. 13 May 2004. Web. 09 Nov. 2010. <http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/press.html>. [/hide]

Yeae. 6 hours of working on the paper and i've been [bleep]ed by a librarian. I literally need to access two web pages to get their info for works cited, and they are "closed for maintenance" what the [bleep] is this [cabbage]?

alas captain, the ship sank.

omg im so tired atm. Oh god of grammar show me how to tell the difference between active and passive voice. I am a fool. (Apparently my entire 8 page humanism paper was written in passive voice, so I'm staying up all night changing it >.> )

Call of Duty? The game about a bunch of men shooting their ammunition at them as they get all dirty? Sounds incredibly gay.

Quinoa? Didn't the Geneva convention ban that?

Stop it Shiny, you're turning me on. :oops: gay. ----------------------------- Foot fetishes are ftl. In fact, I think most fetishes are ftl.

And that's the thing, my philosophy teacher, who does believe in determism, gave this as an example: "You did not choose anything in your life, even what you wore today. Your preference for that orange shirt MADE you wear the shirt, there is no other option, because your preference is for the color orange." I mean, that's just asinine. It's like "yea ok... but"

Fun fact: I believe it was Queen Elizabeth, or, just, some English Queen who lived recently... She stayed awake for two days, then slept for two days. She lived to be like 100+ I think. I forget it. It was on the news like 4 years ago. Edit: The reason I cannot pull an all nighter, is because if you sit at a desk answering phone calls for 9 hours, after doing a 2 hour strenuous work outclass in the morning, and you DON'T involuntarily fall asleep... I will give you a medal. Seriously. I get tired enough at that job when I get plenty of sleep. Also: Philosophy class is dangerous.... "Now class, let's contemplate the idea, that the brain, the mind, the ego, is the same material as the desks you are sitting in" *snores* *sigh* I'm a bad student...

Sometimes, I have no idea what you're saying. Actually, the majority of the time. I'm gonna gulp down red bull very quickly. That is just so boring to say, though.

You must type pretty good with your face then, it's hard for most people. Not Elks, they use their antlers.

I have to wake up at 6:45, it's 1:33. I can't do an all nighter, but oh bull that is red, greet my throat in leaps.

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