Gee, that sounds like a pain in the ass!
| SamuelRSmith said: You can become addicted to things without the said things having the necessary chemicals. Do you think that gambling addicts get injected with nicotine every time they use the slots? |
Those are properly called habits. An addiction is defined by the pain and/or illness a person experiences when they can no longer consume a non-essential substance. For example, quiting heroin causes pain, powerful cold sensations and mental distress whereas quiting marijuana caused loss of appetite and mild insomnia. Repeated use of marijuana arises from the enjoyment of using it, not a dependance on getting a fix to prevent the painful withdrawal symptoms that define an addiction. Therefore pot smokers aren't addicts.
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I agree.. lol
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WessleWoggle said:
MY problem as I indicated in my original post, was that he stated his comment like fact, and also insulted, ambiguosly, non-biblical ideas, and also said people follow them blindly. I took this out of the context of the thread because I am a douchebag, and my brain didn't connect to the ideas at the time because I just finished a religious debate elsewhere. While my comments may be discusting to someone with a closed mind of a particular religous or moral persuation, I fail to see where ignorance takes part. Ignorance to scripture? I feel I wrapped it up quite nicely, though I didn't sugar coat it. Anyways I should have left my religious hostilities off VGchartz, but sadly I was baiting to see if someone would post a comment like yours, I've been awake too long, just quit smoking, but still I fall short of a real excuse. I'm just an asshole. I'll except my ban like a man, for trolling and religiously offensive comments, though I'm not sorry, because I understand what I was thinking at the time. I found his statements as offensive towards secular ideas, mainly from the 'blindly following' part. Now I realize I was just being overly touchy. |
Yeah, you most definitely took me entirely incorrectly. While I can understand a little misunderstanding, you were absolutely uncalled for. Frankly, even if I had said something offensive, that's no excuse to fire back something twice as offensive. Ever heard of maturity? Decency? You should probably check 'em out; sounds like you've been without either for a while.
What I was saying is that many people claiming to be "Christians" have adopted dozens and dozens of so-called "Christian" beliefs and traditions that have absolutely no basis whatsoever in the Bible. This would be an example of one. The Bible does mention head-coverings while "prophesying", but it doesn't specify what sort of coverings and it does specify "while prophesying". It also specifically had to do with the culture during Biblical times.
Point is, guy was overreacting on something that God doesn't even have any rules over. And he overreacted in a Biblically sinful manner. The idiot.
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| WessleWoggle said:I'm for a different brand of peace and tolerance than you. The bible is a peice of shit that causes a lot of harm in the world, and the good things it causes(like charity, and morals and such) could easily be caused by something that has a lot less mythology and useless bullshit rules in it.
Your version of peace and tolerance sound like a goody goody 'let's all get along and not offend eachother, be civil' type, and my type is, 'people shouldn't be offended in the first place, express yourself'.
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Oh, so you use peace and tolerance as an excuse to say and do whatever you desire. That is...convenient.
WessleWoggle said:
I'm for a different brand of peace and tolerance than you. The bible is a peice of shit that causes a lot of harm in the world, and the good things it causes(like charity, and morals and such) could easily be caused by something that has a lot less mythology and useless bullshit rules in it. Your version of peace and tolerance sound like a goody goody 'let's all get along and not offend eachother, be civil' type, and my type is, 'people shouldn't be offended in the first place, express yourself'. |
Then feel free to name some spectacular Atheist-built charities. I'd love to hear how many charities they've established.
I don't see what's wrong with the idea that we should respect eachother as opposed to not caring at all.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
| WessleWoggle said:No, not an excuse, a reason. It's not convenient, as I still get people like you judging me without actually explaining why it's a bad thing, that people shouldn't be offended.
I like to go by that saying 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me'. I don't do whatever I desire, only say. People who are offeneded by words are silly and need to take themselfs less seriously. |
Yes, it is an excuse. I could not care less whether people should be offended or not, I simply care about other people. It is undeniable that people are offended by words. Saying things that will knowingly offend people is not tolerant simply because you believe people should not be offended by words. It is the antithesis of tolerance.
| WessleWoggle said:I care about other people but not their silly connotations of words, phrases, or statements, level of being offensive.
It is undeniable that people are offended by words, and frankly, I think they're douchebags. Saying things, and having people be offended by them shows intolerance on their part and free speaking on my part, it's not the antithesis of tolerance, it's a different kind of tolerance. |
No, it is not a different kind of tolerance. Tolerance is not about you. Tolerance is about the other person. It is about how you treat people. Offending people is not tolerant.
people shouldnt be tolerant of intolerance.
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