All right, I'm being a jerk now. Help talk me down.

[Pale Blue Dot]

I've spent way too much time in GD over the last 36 hours. I've posted more in 2 days then I have the entire rest of the year so far. I passed 10,000 posts and didn't even notice.

My beautiful wife is in the next room and even SHE can't calm me down. HELP!!!

[AlCzervik]

1. Jesus!

:7

i read that thread and almost posted my opinion on the bible but then I figured why bother, gd doesn't need another flame war.

[Pale Blue Dot]

2. Who?

:D

Thanks. That made me laugh.

[AlCzervik]

8. good, that whole thread had me giggling a bit especially since i'm in the middle

of reading "God is not great".

[Pale Blue Dot]

15. I read that already!

Actually, I listened to the audio book.

If you want to see a completely different perspective on the authorship of the Bible, read a book called Misquoting Jesus. It proves that we can't possibly trust that a single thing that the Bible says comes directly from the mouth of "God".

[AlCzervik]

19. i'll have to check that out. I used to think i was an agnostic but in the past

few years i've been struggling with even that.

[Pale Blue Dot]

21. That's where I was

I used to call myself an agnostic, too, only because I was scared of death. I'm still scared of death, but I've been reading a lot of science books and listening to skeptics podcasts, and I've finally decided that if the evidence isn't there, then the evidence isn't there, no matter how afraid I am.

I think I'm getting too heavy for my own thread. :D

[AlCzervik]

22. i'm really glad you shared that, thank you.

:toast:

[KG]

3. bro, DU got fun for me when i gave up trying to point out the obvious to the willfully obtuse.

creative snarking is much more fulfilling :hi:

[Pale Blue Dot]

12. I like snarking, but I also want people to like me.

How pathological is that?

[KG]

18. yeah, ya gotta work on that 'wanting people to like me' thing. it's overated.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Finnfan...

You will calm down....that GD can be too much at times!

And....Congrats on passing 10,000 posts! :yourock:

Now....to really relax, come and comment in my pic thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6560181&mesg_id=6560181

:hug:

[Pale Blue Dot]

6. Done and done.

Thanks, CP. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Thank you as well........

:hug:

[SarahB]

5. Sweetheart, as I said, Jesus is needed.

What would professional sports do without him? :yoiks:

[Pale Blue Dot]

9. If he helps the Giants this year, I'll believe in him.

If the Giants win the Super Bowl AND Tom Coughlin gets fired, I'll become a monk.

Yes, SB, I know you don't know what I'm talking about. Don't you worry your pretty little head about it. :hide:

[SarahB]

13. Arrrgghhh!

Me- :argh: :grr: :nuke:




You are so lucky you can, you know. :banghead:

[Pale Blue Dot]

16. ...

:D

Did you have a nice afternoon? :evilgrin:

[Inchworm]

7. Hurry! Look before all is lost!

Did that help?

:hi:

[Pale Blue Dot]

10. ...

woof woof woof. Bow wow.

[Inchworm]

20. Now- you are ready

for the joke



:rofl:

[Deja Q]

14. At least you HAVE a wife. You'll probably lose her if you can't get calmed down.

:shrug:

(I'm also presuming you wish to keep your relationship intact...)

[SarahB]

17. All is good, dude.

He's just typing loudly. We had a lot of time together this afternoon and are mutually just hangin', drinking beers. :hi:

[InvisibleTouch]

23. Eh, people will believe what they want to believe.

All you can do is put out the facts as you know them. You can't control whether someone else is going to accept it, or learn something, or at least be curious enough to investigate further. So, no sense getting too worked up over it.

Keep in mind, though, that in any such thread there are readers and lurkers who never post, and possibly they learn something along the way.

[Pale Blue Dot]

24. Oh, it's not just that thread.

I've been involved in one of the other major controversial topics in GD today, and I'm a little burned out. :D