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2. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Hydraulic Fracturing is not a health hazard?
#11. No. I drink it from my own tap, no methane there, and I pay fuck-all for it. Compare that to the dimwits who buy it in bottles, believing it is somehow better quality water.
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3. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video NASA | Earth at Night
When you've seen one Earth, you've seen 'em all.
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4. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Speech 101 Prank
He seems unusually proud of the fact that he's spent 4 months of his life pretending to speak differently, in order to 'prank' strangers who probably don't care anyway.
What an odd man.
What an odd man.
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5. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Flawless - Dance Act - Britains Got Talent 2009
Nothing new in this.
Quite silly really.
Quite silly really.
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6. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Strong winds.
That sure was some fart.
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7. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Does The Universe Have A Purpose?
#17. Thanks for your input. Having an open mind and always ready to acquire new knowledge and insight, I have downloaded Huxley's book you mentioned, from here if anyone else is interested: http://knowledgefiles.com/categories/religions/the-perennial-philosophy/
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8. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video One weekend in East London
Red Stripe is lager, and like all lagers, Budweiser etc, it is nothing more than insipid, fizzy, flavourless urine-coloured water, with added alcohol.
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9. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Does The Universe Have A Purpose?
Asking questions and seeking the truth about things is what has pushed the human race forward. The reason we're watching this video on a computer screen, not a painting drawn on a cave wall is a result of human inquiry and scientific advancement.
I think it's healthy to examine things in an objective and logical way. Why should this approach not be applied to religion? Is religion somehow off limits, because so many people find it uncomfortable to analyse it?
Proving conclusively that a caring creator-God exists or does not exist is difficult if not impossible. But balancing up the different sides of the argument, it is perfectly clear that religious people have a great deal more to prove than atheists. For example Christians might like to begin by explaining why, if an omnipotent, caring Creator-God exists, he allows such misery to dominate our lives here on Earth. Natural disasters and disease would be easy for an all-powerful caring God to eliminate, if he chose to do so. I therefore ask myself why he does not. Is he not able to? Does he not care? Does he exist?
Sure, it would be nice if we were all part of a great master plan and a wonderful heavenly kingdom awaited us all when we die. But that's nothing more than wishful thinking, and wishing something, doesn't necessarily make it so. I am reminded of this every week when I examine my lottery ticket.
So I'll remain an atheist. I won't try to convert people to my way of thinking. I won't knock doors or push leaflets into people's hands or build tall buildings to gather together more people around me to bolster my own beliefs and make me feel more comfortable believing what I do.
I'll leave that kind of action to religious people.
I think it's healthy to examine things in an objective and logical way. Why should this approach not be applied to religion? Is religion somehow off limits, because so many people find it uncomfortable to analyse it?
Proving conclusively that a caring creator-God exists or does not exist is difficult if not impossible. But balancing up the different sides of the argument, it is perfectly clear that religious people have a great deal more to prove than atheists. For example Christians might like to begin by explaining why, if an omnipotent, caring Creator-God exists, he allows such misery to dominate our lives here on Earth. Natural disasters and disease would be easy for an all-powerful caring God to eliminate, if he chose to do so. I therefore ask myself why he does not. Is he not able to? Does he not care? Does he exist?
Sure, it would be nice if we were all part of a great master plan and a wonderful heavenly kingdom awaited us all when we die. But that's nothing more than wishful thinking, and wishing something, doesn't necessarily make it so. I am reminded of this every week when I examine my lottery ticket.
So I'll remain an atheist. I won't try to convert people to my way of thinking. I won't knock doors or push leaflets into people's hands or build tall buildings to gather together more people around me to bolster my own beliefs and make me feel more comfortable believing what I do.
I'll leave that kind of action to religious people.
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10. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Angry Cat Vs Mirror
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11. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Home Made Roller Coaster
I'll wait for the inevitable fail video where this guy or one of his guinea pigs gets seriously injured.
Crackpot redneck builds mini-roller coaster out of bits of steel in his own back yard. What could possibly go wrong?
Crackpot redneck builds mini-roller coaster out of bits of steel in his own back yard. What could possibly go wrong?
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12. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video DMX "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"
This is as lame as a three-legged donkey.
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13. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video The Jimmy Kimmel Live Hunger Games
As funny as a wet fart.
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14. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Speech 101 Prank
#9. I guess some people will laugh at anything...
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15. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Chinese Farmer Builds His Own Wind-powered E-car
What an imbecile.
How about this for an added 'energy-saving' touch?
He could mount a mast and sail in the middle of the car and then, with the electricity generated by the front fan, he could power another fan at the back of the car, blowing air into the sail and propelling the car forward.
How about this for an added 'energy-saving' touch?
He could mount a mast and sail in the middle of the car and then, with the electricity generated by the front fan, he could power another fan at the back of the car, blowing air into the sail and propelling the car forward.
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16. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Does The Universe Have A Purpose?
#12, #14. I've heard similar arguments of course. Yours #12 comes under the simplistic heading that declare it all to be part of God's plan for us. I think your analogy of a child being spanked is rather weak. Think instead of the child being spanked, to the child being burned to death, butchered to death, dismembered and mutilated for hours until finally being allowed to die. These miseries and many more happen every day. Do you have any children? Would you be happy to see that happen to yours? I don't believe a caring god, if he exists, would allow that to happen, and for me this is one of the strongest arguments against his existence.
And #14, I guess you think the sufi story is profound. But you missed the end of the story:
A man was praying to God when he noticed sick, and crippled, and poor people. He prayed "O God, how can a loving creator see such things and do nothing about them?". The answer came back "I did do something. I made you."
Then God turned to a small child standing nearby, and with a wave of his hand, the child was smitten with AIDS. God chuckled and said: "See? I could have saved that kid, but now he'll die a miserable death in agony. I think I'll give his brother leprosy and his sister's gonna get run down by a truck. LOL"
Declaring that there is a god that made everything is a pretty Big Deal I reckon. In my book, a Big Claim such as that requires Big and Substantial evidence to back it up. The onus is on the Christian/Muslim etc. etc. to provide proof for their claims. I've yet to see any. Have you?
And #14, I guess you think the sufi story is profound. But you missed the end of the story:
A man was praying to God when he noticed sick, and crippled, and poor people. He prayed "O God, how can a loving creator see such things and do nothing about them?". The answer came back "I did do something. I made you."
Then God turned to a small child standing nearby, and with a wave of his hand, the child was smitten with AIDS. God chuckled and said: "See? I could have saved that kid, but now he'll die a miserable death in agony. I think I'll give his brother leprosy and his sister's gonna get run down by a truck. LOL"
Declaring that there is a god that made everything is a pretty Big Deal I reckon. In my book, a Big Claim such as that requires Big and Substantial evidence to back it up. The onus is on the Christian/Muslim etc. etc. to provide proof for their claims. I've yet to see any. Have you?
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17. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Kitten cam
A stupid video and an ugly bitch rolled into one.
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18. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Drunk English in Indian Restaurant
Atkinson was funny as hell in the Blackadder series. Not so sure about the rest of his stuff. This seems a bit Mr. Bean-ish with words. I didn't exactly laugh my socks off.
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19. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video One weekend in East London
#8. sux2bu. You can call me what you like, since I don't give a shit. I think I'll call you dimwitshitforbrains. Given your previous self-important egotistical comments on snotr, meant it was no surprise to see your latest 'knowledgeable' pronouncement on lagers. I'll bet that kept you busy on wiki eh? LOL.
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20. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video One weekend in East London
Gee. That's so interesting. LOL. Yawn. ZZZZZzzzz
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21. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Presidential Motorcade Bike Cop Owned By Speed Bump
It's always nice to see a copper get it.
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22. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Jurassic Prank
Jurassic Parnk?
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23. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Teddy, spread your wings and fly!
It would be more interesting if they were throwing dynamite.
+4 1. CaptainConcrete commented 11 years ago on video Hydraulic Fracturing is not a health hazard?