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dv82matt
SFN Regular

760 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  07:56:05  Show Profile Send dv82matt a Private Message
I have many reasons for being a skeptic. Too many to list here but I thought I'd take the time to share with you the top ten reasons why I became a skeptic.

1. Foaming at the mouth was getting old.
2. I enjoy feeling superior.
3. The other guy has to prove it.
4. I have a deep emotional need to verbally abuse people.
5. I was rejected by Harvard and I'm bitter.
6. It's not my fault that everyone else is an idiot.
7. I can't spell sinikal
8. I don't like the idea of anyone getting satisfaction from their beliefs.
9. Evolution is a fact, dammit!
10. It feels so good when I stop.


So I'm curious. Is it just me or is this pretty standard?

filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
14408 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  08:38:20   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by dv82matt

I have many reasons for being a skeptic. Too many to list here but I thought I'd take the time to share with you the top ten reasons why I became a skeptic.

1. Foaming at the mouth was getting old.
2. I enjoy feeling superior.
3. The other guy has to prove it.
4. I have a deep emotional need to verbally abuse people.
5. I was rejected by Harvard and I'm bitter.
6. It's not my fault that everyone else is an idiot.
7. I can't spell sinikal
8. I don't like the idea of anyone getting satisfaction from their beliefs.
9. Evolution is a fact, dammit!
10. It feels so good when I stop.


So I'm curious. Is it just me or is this pretty standard?


11. I do not suffer fools gladly.


"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude

Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,

and Crypto-Communist!

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dv82matt
SFN Regular

760 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  09:25:39   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send dv82matt a Private Message
Come on filthy. This is the humor folder.
quote:
Originally posted by filthy
11. I do not suffer fools gladly.

"11. I take myself way too seriously." would be more in keeping with the spirit of the thread.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
14408 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  09:58:23   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by dv82matt

Come on filthy. This is the humor folder.
quote:
Originally posted by filthy
11. I do not suffer fools gladly.

"11. I take myself way too seriously." would be more in keeping with the spirit of the thread.

I do not sufffer fools gladly, hehehehe?

Ok. It's fun to shove sticks through foolish spokes. There is a certain melancoly rapsody to be appreciated as the as the ride carrying the deluded soul collapses in a tangle of mined quotes, straw men and plaintive protests of unfairness.

Howzzat?


"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude

Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,

and Crypto-Communist!

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Siberia
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Brazil
2322 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  10:22:47   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message
12. Other people are stoopid.

"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa

"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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dv82matt
SFN Regular

760 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  10:31:53   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send dv82matt a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by filthy
Ok. It's fun to shove sticks through foolish spokes. There is a certain melancoly rapsody to be appreciated as the as the ride carrying the deluded soul collapses in a tangle of mined quotes, straw men and plaintive protests of unfairness.

Exactly, plus it's hilarious.
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Wendy
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USA
614 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  11:06:42   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Wendy a Yahoo! Message Send Wendy a Private Message
13. I like to sleep in on Sunday.

Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do on a rainy afternoon.
-- Susan Ertz
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard

USA
4907 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  11:39:15   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
14. I have enough spare time to waste looking up claims of ghosts, telepathy, and Creationists.

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov
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filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
14408 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  12:02:15   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
15. I have no life. What better way to spend it?


"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude

Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,

and Crypto-Communist!

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Ricky
SFN Die Hard

USA
4907 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  12:38:42   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
Alright, scratch mine, filthy's wording is much better.

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov
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dv82matt
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760 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  12:38:44   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send dv82matt a Private Message
16. I'm scared of ghosts.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
14408 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  13:29:20   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Ricky

Alright, scratch mine, filthy's wording is much better.

Ricky, swear to Hastur, I didn't even make the connection...

17: Unwarrented smugness annoys me.


"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude

Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,

and Crypto-Communist!

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Siberia
SFN Addict

Brazil
2322 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  13:52:24   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message
18: I like the title of 'antichrist' the fundies gave me.

"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa

"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard

USA
4907 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  14:16:14   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
19. I was rejected by the woo-woo's for being too smart.

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov
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tomk80
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Netherlands
1278 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  14:18:15   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit tomk80's Homepage Send tomk80 a Private Message
19: I never believed people when they said the Evil Atheist Conspiracy was a sect, but now I can't get out anymore.

Tom

`Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, `if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.'
-Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Caroll-
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Dave W.
Info Junkie

USA
26020 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2005 :  14:18:19   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message
19: It's a great way to meet chicks.

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too.
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