When they experience the moment of doubt, then they're temporarily agnostic, yes. If after they get past that crisis they manage to convince themselves again of being "100% sure" then they become gnostics again.
It's a momentary property, it doesn't refer to what you were 20 years ago, or I'd ...

gnosticism/agnosticism is a matter of degree (unlike theism/atheism, which is binary and mutually exclusive). i can call anyone who's not completely agnostic on the god question a "gnostic theist/atheist" if i use a sufficiently strict definition of agnostic.

there is no "cutoff point ...

Funkyterrance wrote: The only perceived flaw I've ever noticed in Mexican women is they tend to have hairy arms, etc..
I'm not bothered by that though.

I'm slightly worried by that "etc".

i never said that the decline of homicide was due to religion. i said that a decline in religion (which has not happened to any meaningful extent) would lead to an increase in homicide.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0815/Atheism-on-the-rise-around-the-globe

Atheism is on ...

Yeah, we're getting to the end of the AG archives, so there might be some reposts now if I happened to also post the comic when it first came out.

http://abstrusegoose.com/strips/gabenbernanke.png

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Gillipig wrote:It's amazing how a serious thread got silly so quickly. I think we should give ourselves a pat on the back.

Meanwhile, DY is probably being held by the russian mob in a dank basement as we speak.

Either that, or he's "researching" the inner workings of the prostitution operation.

MeDeFe wrote:
I really like this one.

Yeah, I think that one is among his best.

i never said that the decline of homicide was due to religion. i said that a decline in religion (which has not happened to any meaningful extent) would lead to an increase in homicide.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0815/Atheism-on-the-rise-around-the-globe

Atheism is on ...

AndyDufresne wrote:I think #2 has Nietzsche in it.


--Andy

Is he the girl or the cartoon alien?

First thing that pops in mind: Isn't this assuming wages are completely elastic? Is there not a minimum wage level under which people are unwilling to go regardless of the employment situation (because, for instance, going lower would mean they starve)?

I don't follow. If your choice is between ...

We all know ET porns are one of the great emerging art-forms, but which one is your favourite?

1. E~3: The Extra Testicle
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_EmxQVdeExk/UXaZPmyRZtI/AAAAAAAAA8o/qMa4lChFFRg/s1600/big+happy+family.png

2. Keep up the lust, ET
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Well....perhaps it's that they put their asses so much more on the line? Remember, we're just a country full of drunken stupid gun-toters (well, excluding the tofu-eaters and Birkenstock wearers...lol)), so every day becomes a lottery on getting shot for a cop. Endows them with a higher sense of ...

79 Year old (at the time) Buzz Aldrdin got tired of a guy dogging him (which isn't in this short video). :D


Well, that guy was actually directly insulting him, and appeared to have been warned several times, AND this was just 2 citizens interacting on equal footing, not 1 citizen and several ...

I have several close friends that are cops....a thankless fooking job and one that many (most?) can't keep from affecting (ruining?) their lives. They DON't abide ANY crap from bleeding hearts or dumbass loudmouths.

I assume the cops told that dumbass loudmouth to STF out of the cordoned off area ...

He wasn't being violent in any way, he was just being an asshole.
It may be emotionally satisfying to see and asshole get tazed, but I don't see what reasonable case can possibly be made justifying the use of physical violence to deal with a guy verbally annoying you.
They should have just warned ...

It is a waste of time for the Wal-Mart critics to worry about average wages falling too low. Average nominal wages on an economy-wide basis will always tend towards the level of full employment. If average wages go higher or lower than this point, the market automatically works to bring them back ...

I'm going to maintain here a list of articles and papers that discuss the stupidity and inferiority of non-human animals.

First paper:
Can fish really feel pain?

Abstract: ( emphasis mine )

We review studies claiming that fish feel pain and find deficiencies in the methods used for pain ...

Whos writes good existential sci-fi?

I need a break from the space operas.

No clue. Also did you mean to post that in here? You might have better luck with a new thread.

Anyway, ONWARDS:

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How has no one posted this yet?