What do religious people think they are doing when they pray?

[Deicide]

Rand's comments claim that man should strive for heaven on earth. One of heaven's "advertisements" (for lack of a better term) is the END OF SICKNESS AND DEATH. Since man CANNOT deliver on that promise, his attempt to replicate heaven on earth is a miserable failure.

Who? Ayn Rand? (a she by the way). I don't personally subscribe to her philosophy. Heaven is a juvenlie fantasy and hence should not be attempted to be replicated. You can't replicate something that does not exist. One should accept this life (our only life) for what it is; it has good and bad, and make the best of it.

[MCWAY]

Who? Ayn Rand? (a she by the way). I don't personally subscribe to her philosophy. Heaven is a juvenlie fantasy and hence should not be attempted to be replicated. You can't replicate something that does not exist. One should accept this life (our only life) for what it is; it has good and bad, and make the best of it.

That contradicts your earlier claims about ending one's life (or having it ended via abortion) if you're born into less-than-ideal circumstances.

[Tapeworm]

(a she by the way)

Lol.  I think the jury's still out on that one.

[Deicide]

That contradicts your earlier claims about ending one's life (or having it ended via abortion) if you're born into less-than-ideal circumstances.

I totally don't follow you on this one. Care to explain?

[Deicide]

Lol.  I think the jury's still out on that one.

That's true.

[MCWAY]

I totally don't follow you on this one. Care to explain?

You said here that people should accept the life they have on earth and make the best of it. But, on another thread (yours, I believe), you were claiming that, if someone were going to be born in a less-than-ideal situation (i.e. high-crime or to a crackhead) abortion wouldn't be so bad.

Actually, your thread seems to be a potshot at people who are pro-life/anti-abortion.

[Deicide]

You said here that people should accept the life they have on earth and make the best of it. But, on another thread (yours, I believe), you were claiming that, if someone were going to be born in a less-than-ideal situation (i.e. high-crime or to a crackhead) abortion wouldn't be so bad.

Actually, your thread seems to be a potshot at people who are pro-life/anti-abortion.

No, IF you are already alive...then you should make the best of this life but oblivion is preferable to some lives, no doubt.

[Tapeworm]

Actually, your thread seems to be a potshot at people who are pro-life/anti-abortion.

I don't want to go pointing fingers but if it weren't for babies we wouldn't have any of this trouble.  I'm not saying they're doing it on purpose but they do manage to cause an awful lot of trouble for something so 'innocent.'

[Deicide]

I don't want to go pointing fingers but if it weren't for babies we wouldn't have any of this trouble.  I'm not saying they're doing it on purpose but they do manage to cause an awful lot of trouble for something so 'innocent.'

LOL. That is dry, Perth-style wit for you. 

[Butterbean]

I don't want to go pointing fingers but if it weren't for babies we wouldn't have any of this trouble.  I'm not saying they're doing it on purpose but they do manage to cause an awful lot of trouble for something so 'innocent.'

You are a nut

[garebear]

Perth-style?

[Tapeworm]

You are a nut

Crazy like a fox, sister!


And ya, Perth style.  You never heard of The Mullet?!

[garebear]

"Perth" sounds Greek to me.

All I can find out about it is that it's in Australia.