There's a significant correlation.Quote: 1BBThe word atheist has been coming up in the 2016 Election thread with many proclaiming their atheism. It has come up throughout this forum from it's inception. I'll pose this here rather than interrupt an ongoing thread.
The atheists on this forum seem to be of above average intelligence for the most part, some way above average. Is there a correlation? Are smart people more likely to be atheists? Have there been studies done?
There's also a correlation between kids who were molested by church leaders and atheism.
Quote: GTMEveryone has a choice.
Not so.
Think of it this way: we are either right handed or left handed.
Did we choose?
Or this: some people can detect the smell of sulphur in their urine after consuming asparagus, and some cannot.
Did they choose?
Same with sexual orientation: it is not a conscious choice, it is simply how we are.
Quote: MrVNot so.
Think of it this way: we are either right handed or left handed.
Did we choose?
Or this: some people can detect the smell of sulphur in their urine after consuming asparagus, and some cannot.
Did they choose?
Same with sexual orientation: it is not a conscious choice, it is simply how we are.
I've not quite figured out the "we have a choice" sentiment. Is that person saying they are equally attracted to men and women?
I think only bisexuals say they spend any time thinking sexually about both sexes. Gay people and straight people don't. Or if they do, it's such a small percentage of time, it doesn't affect their sexual preference.
being Gay is a choice, why don't you choose
to lead a Gay lifestyle for a week and see if you
last even a day. You'll find nobody would choose
this unless nature compelled them to.
Some people are born with something where even at a young age they are attracted to the same sex(born gay or whatever you want to call it). They may choose no not act on their instincts, but that's like asking a straight person to not be attracted to the opposite sex.Quote: GTMGays do not choose to be gay, that is simply who and what they are. Bull$#@%. You said it yourself. Everybody, without exception, is free to choose and has chosen to believe in their chosen religion: they aren't born that way, they have freedom of choice.
When I was younger I believed it was a choice and they were just overly sex driven. I though that because I didn't know any better. There's more and more evidence showing you are born gay.
It's hard for me to believe you're not born gay. There's far to much heartache and pain, especially for teenagers, ones who even commit suicide.
What teenager would choose to be gay with all the possible challenges that come with it? Disappointing family, subjected to ridicule,outlasted, hated, bullied, teased, beaten.
Quote: odiousgambitQuote: QuasiIntellectu3. This forum is open to all, but is intended to be a place for educated discussion about Las Vegas and gambling, in general. If you wish to discuss religion, politics, or sexuality, please do so at my other forum, Diversity Tomorrow (http://diversitytomorrow.com/).
I didn't know it was yours?
In any case, Bob is way ahead of you! Tears into Father G with great relish.
Any guess as to the identity of the "new" member who begins here with the post you quoted?
Quote: DocAny guess as to the identity of the "new" member who begins here with the post you quoted?
None yet.
Quote: beachbumbabsNone yet.
I, for one, hope you find it is the legitimate owner of the site.
I liked the post, liked it a lot. The Feathered One
Quote: QuasiIntellectu3. This forum is open to all, but is intended to be a place for educated discussion about Las Vegas and gambling, in general. If you wish to discuss religion, politics, or sexuality, please do so at my other forum, Diversity Tomorrow (http://diversitytomorrow.com/).
Oh, pshaw!
This site has forums for both LGBT and Religion.
This misc. thread is apt.
Quote: MrVOh, pshaw!
This site has forums for both LGBT and Religion.
This misc. thread is apt.
Odd that I was getting bashed last night
on DT by a seldom posting member and
somebody joins here just bash me about
the same subject, What coinkydink.
Quote: rudeboyoiThink of sexual preference like this. Imagine a 3D graph that has a spectrum on each axis. Male/female, masculine/feminine, trans/non-trans. There's some point in that space where your sexual preference radiates out from forming a sphere. Your sexual preference is what it is though your perception of where your sphere is located may be influenced by your interactions with other people. And someone who shares similar attributes to you but whose sphere is different than yours may be difficult for you to comprehend.
That may be the most educational post, here or anywhere, that I have ever read on the topic. I'm still thinking, I'm slow .....
Quote: DrawingDead
hahahahaha....it's the guy hanging over the edge, disgusted at the banner crumpled on the ground, that's really funny. You could say that the sign, as it is, is almost always correct, too.
Quote: beachbumbabsYou could say that the sign, as it is, is almost always correct, too.Quote: DrawingDead
You sure could.
Yes Haiti, not the brightest spot in the Western Hemisphere.
Do you know the population numbers? Me neither, so I looked them up. (Kid homework project).
Looked up world population, by country.
Was blown away by the result. I have obviously lived a sheltered and dumb life.
Everyone knows the country with most population right? (China)
Everyone knows the country in 2nd right? (India )
Does anyone know who is 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th? I was amazed.
Not necessarily by who was in the 'top ten', but just how far out of the top ten our closest allies are.
Oh, BTW, 3-10 amazed me as well.
Go look for yourself if you don't already know.
Cheers, Feathered guy.
Now where is my tin hat and "The End Is Nigh!" sign?
Hollering, beeping your horn, flashing lights, waving arms, etc just freaks them out.
Quote: beachbumbabsThey're a herd animal, not aggressive. (All cows, right, no bull?) Approach from behind and slightly to one side, not touching her, smooth movements (cows can see almost all the way behind them). Don't let any clothing flap in the wind, or make sudden, aggressive movements. You should be able to take the lead cow by the collar or scruff of the neck and lead her firmly to the side, talking gently and low as you approach and lead her. The others should follow. (grew up rural Midwest).
Hollering, beeping your horn, flashing lights, waving arms, etc just freaks them out.
Some had horns so I was not going to get out of the car to herd them.... Being from the city I've never dealt with this situation, it was just weird. Also the super eclipse was out so who knows what they were capable of.
Add the super-moon eclipse of doom into the mix and there's no telling what those awful monsters are capable of doing.
I'd get out and start singing to them.... if I had a life insurance policy in force.
Otherwise, reverse course and find a bar.
It works most of the time. If it doesn't, that cow may be off to market.
"and there's hamburger all OVER the highway in Mystic, Connecticut." --- Firesign Theater, Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers
Topped a little hill running only about 45 MPH, what's that?
Bam de bam,bam,bam.
Crap, whole herd maybe 25 black angus in the road, missed one or two but got the 3rd.
Just side swiped it, tore up front bumper, grill, hood, left front quarter panel, driver door, left side of bed, and almost ripped off the rear bumper as well. Hell of a racket.
Drove couple miles up the road to a little greasy all night diner and called the local law and ordered breakfast.
Officer showed up, wrote up a report over a cup of coffee, and had me drive him back down to the scene of the accident. Herd still in road. I had expected a dead one to be laying there but nope, none of them looked hurt. Apparently they are more bounceable than p/u trucks. I went on to work as the officer herded them down the road, full lights and siren. What a way to start your morning ;-) This was before cell phone, so probably mid eightys.
When I was a kid, we lived on a dirt road (for about 1 year). Almost every mornin', a pack-a-cows would come hollering down our road. Everyone had a big ass metal trash-can in front of their house (not really sure how that happened, but yeah). Anyways, these cow-f*ckers would knock down everyone's trashcans and eat a bunch'a trash outta the trash-cans and spread the trash all over the street.
Finally my mom got smart and bought a big metal wire thingie, so she'd tie the trash-can in front of our house to the fence in front of our house (so that the cows couldn't knock over the trash-can). Well, few days later, some Mexican would steal it (don't ban me BBB for using the 'M' word). My mother would buy another wire...few days later, same thing, a different Mexican would steal it. This went on for a little while until all the Mexicans in our neighborhood had a metal wire for their trash-can so that the cows wouldn't knock 'em over.
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Sutter and his wife, Katey Sagal both have roles in the show. She will always be Peg Bundy to me. :-) Enjoy!
Quote: 1BBHas anyone seen The Bastard Executioner on FX. It's from Sons Of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter. It takes place in the 14th century and makes Jax Teller et al. look tame. There's something in it for all, decapitation, disembowelment, dismemberment, skinning alive and even the slitting of a child's throat.
Sutter and his wife, Katey Sagal both have roles in the show. She will always be Peg Bundy to me. :-) Enjoy!
I couldn't watch GoT, much of LotR, or several other things (what was that Mel Gibson thing about William Wallace 20 years ago?) for the extreme gore. Had to leave during Apocalypse Now. Which probably makes this one unwatchable for me as well.
Quote: beachbumbabsI couldn't watch GoT, much of LotR, or several other things (what was that Mel Gibson thing about William Wallace 20 years ago?) for the extreme gore. Had to leave during Apocalypse Now. Which probably makes this one unwatchable for me as well.
Braveheart.
Excessive gore doesn't interest me. I'm a fan of GoT primarily for the interactions between characters, as they manipulate each other. A show allegedly about executions doesn't seem like it has a lot of draw for my entertainment either.
I wasn't a fan of Sons of Anarchy either though, so there's that.
Quote: 1BBHas anyone seen The Bastard Executioner on FX. It's from Sons Of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter.
Run, don't walk, away from this awful series.
Bad writing, bad acting, bad FX, and a low
budget do not make for a good series.
The gratuitous violence is obscene to the
utmost degree, especially when it's against
children. The dialog is silly and dopey and
just plain weird half the time. Katey Sagal
is as bad in this as she was brilliant in SoA.
She has some kind of strange accent and is
laughable in a long grey wig. Ken Sutter's
huge ego is smeared all over this piece of
crap show, I don't see how it can make it.
This short trailer is far better than the cornball
show itself, which offends on so many levels.
So we're eating, and still half watching/listening, and they interviewed some topless body painted gals in Times Square. Looked like a Fremont St rip-off to me, but I was inspired. I think I'm coming out of retirement. I want to be a boob painter. I told my wife, she only laughed. Asked could I practice on her, she laughed some more. Gotta get to Target for some brushes before they close, more later...
Pretend they are sheep and do what you normally do with them.Quote: djatcI was driving on a rural road and came across 4 cows blocking both lanes. How do you get them to move?
I was in an attempted aggravated assault. Someone tried to mug me with a knife.
Has anyone been mugged outside of a casino?
Mine was outside our restaurant after closing, not near a casino. When I opened the door, She had the knife high overhead and demanded my money.
I closed the door and pulled out my handgun and opened the door. She ran away.
Yes. I was stabbed at work, about 35 years ago in a place that I managed at the time. I suppose the fellow had a complaint of some sort he wished to express, though I never found out exactly what it may have been during the process of getting him convicted and jailed. And only a few months later whacked with some kind of club by someone who came up behind me on a street in a random botched robbery attempt. Got a free weather prediction barometer out of it, because years later a particular bone still aches when the air pressure changes. Suggestion: don't be embarrassed to take some extra relaxation & reflection time if you come to feel that may be useful at some point. Professionals in the business of dealing with scumbags routinely do it, so no reason for anyone else to be reluctant to do the same. Sometimes these things can actually bother you more a little later than they did immediately.Quote: jjjooogggHas anyone been mugged outside of a casino?
Congratulations on your effective reply to her impolite request.
Did you call the police?Quote: jjjooogggTonight,
I was in an attempted aggravated assault. Someone tried to mug me with a knife.
Has anyone been mugged outside of a casino?
Mine was outside our restaurant after closing, not near a casino. When I opened the door, She had the knife high overhead and demanded my money.
I closed the door and pulled out my handgun and opened the door. She ran away.
4.5 of 5 stars.
Quote: jjjooogggI closed the door and pulled out my handgun and opened the door. She ran away.
Why did you open the door after closing it?
What was the point of that?
With the door closed you were safe; in opening it you exposed yourself to further risk.