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Exactly. Any God that uses the criterion of 'belief' for entry into heaven or paradise or whatever is no God of mine. Why would God have given us the mental capacity to question his existence if he wanted us all to believe? And don't give me some garbage like 'cuz it's a test to separate da...

Do you need me to point out the contradiction here? I'll assume so, as your eloquent English in the second quote leads me to believe. On the one hand you say belief with scepticism makes no sense. And then you define a believer as someone who believes even though 'derz not enuff proof'. You...

Quoted for truth.

You've missed the point, because that's the point of this whole thread: to assert that we cannot know whether God exists or not. The tone of the thread has been more agnostic-vs-believer than athiest-vs-believer. Furthermore, the mere fact that we can't reach a definitive answer on a question...

Er, no. Belief that is not blind is belief with at least a hint of scepticism and an open mind. Anyone who believes totally, without even an iota of doubt, is, of course, a blind believer. Those who believe on what they deem a balance of probabilities are probably the most rational believers...

It has a deeper flaw, though, in that it assumes God rewards blind belief. In response to Pascal's Wager is the Athiest's Wager, which goes something like this: I choose not to believe in God and live my life according to my own principles of morality and justice - if a God does not exist, my...

Belief is one thing. Blind belief is another. Oh, and your god will now punish you for telling us to suck balls.

The funny thing is, Pascal believed that you can strip away someone's capacity to question God's existence by making them attend Church every Sunday. Sounds a lot like brainwashing to me.

The fuck!? I would've went through that housekeeping crap again if I'd known that...

Re: Semester 2 Chatter Thread My day in a nutshell: HSTY1044 lecturer was hilarious for all the wrong reasons. Caught up with a friend for lunch. We went to that bbs coffee place in Wentworth, and they gave me some scratchie game thingy with my focaccia. Lo and behold, I won a free regular...

Re: Semester 2 Chatter Thread Aiming for at least an 86 in Torts so that I can sit on a nice HD average for Law. It'll be difficult, because all the time I have off uni (constant 4-day weekends) is gonna be tempting, and a friend and I usually watch movies at Broadway in our breaks instead of...

That's called directionless, I'm afraid.

I understand what you're saying, but it's erroneous to assume that only Arts students do this - I know of more directionless Commerce students than I do Arts students. If you're going to increase the prices of Arts units, you should do the same for Commerce/Economics units by your logic.

The implication here being that everyone doing an Arts degree is 'chaff'. I'm doing a BA. Am I chaff? Why is someone doing a run of the mill Commerce degree, which is just as, if not more widespread than Arts nowadays, not chaff? I guess what I'm trying to say is that your comment was a pretty...

I attribute my success completely and totally to the ability to write well and with flair. That's the only key to the HSC, really. Ok, I've only done a semester of Law, so bear with me here. I'd say, though, that my service is hardly 'unfairly competitive with the private sector' when you...

You sound like George Bush at the G8 summit. Please don't sound like George Bush at the G8 summit. The end never justifies the means. Anyone who says differently is a hypocrite, because if the means required them to take the fall, they'd oppose them.

Eh, feel free to stereotype me all you want. I don't fit the mould of the kid with the 100 UAI, and anyone I know will attest to that. I don't blame you though. If I met some kid like me (and in my degree I've met a few) I'd probably feel the same on first impressions.

Let's just say I didn't have the healthiest habits, and still don't. I worked by day (as in, employment), played by night. Minimal sleep. And perhaps you could've gotten that 100 UAI! I must say, though, the HSC was a complete joke in comparison to the year thus far. Nope. They leave that to...

There's no extra year for Law honours. If I recall correctly, Law honours is based solely on final WAM.

About a quarter white, more or less. Most can't guess my ethnicity - some dude thought I was Russian the other day. I led a pretty active social life in semester 1 and got a HD average. I'd say it's doable, if you know how and when to study.