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#8. Never give a definite answer unless your absolutely certain that you know what you're talking about. Avoid even definite declarations of feeling or opinion because more often than not you're going to change your mind within minutes of having opened your mouth.
#9 When you do give definitive declarations, say what you mean and mean what you say!
teyrnon: An extremely abstract dragon logo (Default)
If you ever find yourself invoking some variation of the Omphalos Hypothesis when explaining your faith, especially if you're trying to convince someone yours is the "one true way," you really need, and I can't stress this enough, to rethink your position.

In doing so you are for all intents and purposes claiming that the universe is lying to you. By extension if you're claiming your god created the universe so that all the physical processes and evidences the sciences have uncovered, and anything that will be discovered in the future are probably entirely false then you are in essence calling your god a liar.

Do you really want to do that?

Well?

We evolved from earlier lifeforms. Get over it, already!
teyrnon: An extremely abstract dragon logo (Default)
I don't know about other parts of the city but it's been raining really hard for most of the day. In the kitchen it sounds like the washer is running with the torrents coming off the roof. It's been awhile since I've seen a rain quite this severe.

Thought for today: Have you ever noticed that the folks who talk the loudest about morals and morality invariably haven't a clue what they're talking about? All too often the phrase 'immoral behavior' spouted like, the speakers own personal brand of morality, if morality it can be called, is a universal law, means simply that the behavior is something the speaker doesn't like.

Moral codes are worthless unless they're constantly tested and examined. There are very few things that fall under morality that can, and even should, be placed under the heading universal morals. Never mind that they're often things the wannabe arbiters of morality don't want to face up to.
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