GENIUS FORUMS

I did a lip-synch to that song in an air band when I was in the thrid grade.

However, we could say, as a manner of speaking, that the Totality (God) determines things independently of what we perceive. So no matter whether we perceive either a snake or a stick, or whatever else, God has already determined what is really there. I believe in objective reality, but I believe t...

Cory Duchesne wrote: I picked up the book 'On the road' - by Jack Kerouac the other day.

What inspid drivel!

Truman Capote's 'In cold blood'. Now there's a real book.

Interestingly, Capote, of Kerouac's writing said something like "That's not writing, that's typing."

Greg Shantz wrote: That a person becomes insane is only possible through his own fault. -Otto Weininger Otto Weininger is incorrect. Does a man choose to be emotionally confused? Yes. Does a man choose to hallucinate? Yes. If something is my own fault, it implies that I make a choice to be insane, ...

In one part of the article the author explains how Cohen actually scorns a student for blaming his lack of clarity on his schizophrenia. He told him that he needs to take responsibility for his own mental state, but how is that possible when he has a psychological illness that he cannot control? Th...

I like these quotes from Jennifer:

When so many people do it, you don't think you're doing something wrong.

My mother is like my God.

Geniuses don't have children.

Is a woman capable of giving consent for sex?

Katy wrote:

Rape isn't about sex, and it isn't about a "romantic relationship" it's about power.

Isn't all sex about power?

Marriage also signals that you aren't a homosexual.

Why does Hilary Clinton want to be President again? :-)

Consciousness is celebrated with unconsciousness.

What do you think of the Gnostic interpretation of scripture, Ken?

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1. God is satisfied with his works - Gen 1:31 God is dissatisfied with his works - Gen 6:6 2. God dwells in chosen temples - 2 Chron 7:12,16 God dwells not in temples - Acts 7:48 3. God dwells in light - Tim 6:16 God dwells in darkness - 1 Kings 8:12/ Ps 18:11/ Ps 97:2 4. God is seen and heard - Ex ...

Carl G wrote:

Greg Shantz wrote: I think it is great, filled with truth.

Greg, I'm curious. What truth did you find the film filled with?

Human psychology.

Did anyone see this movie? I think it is great, filled with truth.

Though each woman in his life had claimed to be different with minor similarities, in Victor's experience women were all the same, with minor differences.

-Dave Sim

Dan Rowden wrote:

I think it was Aristotle who said that only superficial people don't judge by appearances.

It was Oscar Wilde.

Cory Duchesne wrote:Greg wrote:

I remember being terrified of the idea of living forever, as a child.

why?

I couldn't grasp the concept.

I remember being terrified of the idea of living forever, as a child.

This reminds me of this bit from Sex and Character : Judaism in the broadest sense is that movement in science which regards science above all as a means to the end of ruling out anything transcendent. The Aryan percieves the striving to understand and explain everything as a devaluation of the worl...

That’s funny; my father constantly says to me: you know son, I’ve spent my entire life trying to understand your mother and I still don’t have a clue, they are the mysterious sex alright, you just cant figure them out. I've heard that spiel so many times I just feel like saying: yeah, you kee...

This is a letter to the editor from a weekly Canadian newsmagazine. It is a response to an article about 9/11 conspiracies, but I think the author's point is valid generally: If you wonder what Dewdney is doing on the faculty of a Canadian University, it is because you are labouring under the common...

Tharan wrote:
BTW, I got my name from another Vincent Minnelli film. Crazy mum. Free cookie to anyone who can guess which. Greg Shantz, you got a guess which?

I don't think I've seen any of Vincente Minnelli's movies. :-(

This is something that was posted on Dave Sim's weblog recently which seems relevant to this thread: "Remember thy seruants, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, looke not vnto the stubburnnesse of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sinne: Lest the land whence thou broughtest vs out, say,...

Clyde wrote: p.s: Although not required, a sense of humor is helpful. Nietzsche once remarked, with great insight, that laughter was maliciousness without a conscience. - You've got it backwards, David. Nietzsche said that laughter was maliciousness with a conscience. *edit* I don't suppose it make...