It'd be more interesting, to me, to prove that an all-powerful and all-loving god would make faith a test, the losing side of which gets eternal damnation.

Yeah. To me too.

It's like there's a carrot-and-stick approach, so you're supposed to believe because it's in your best interest to believe, which for some reason bugs me.

"Believe this is is true and you'll get presents! But if you don't believe, you get a spanking!"

I don't know. I thought Puffy Combs, and the rest came naturally.

But, I mean, she is into fur coats, right? A live springbok is just a fur coat with some sharp parts and an alimentary canal.

A live springbok is just a fur coat with some sharp parts and an alimentary canal.

How can you so discount the spark of life????

Bob Bob. Heh. Hi, Bob.

As for the rest, I'm a skimmer what skims. Marked for later reading.

I'm going to get to your questions, but someone named Brent just called me to tell me about ... uh ... I don't quite know, but it has to do with the airport.

How can you so discount the spark of life????

The spark of life is all well and good, until it is chewing on your Versace earrings.

I'm not just being persnickety, either (well, not just persnickety);

Oh yeah, you're going to fit in around here juuuust fine.

Pretend it was a monkey typing Hamlet?

This made me laugh and think of us this weekend: [link]

with Hec on the "Who Cares?" bus.

I care! That's not my bus. I'm on the Sentient Tables Bus.

Philosophy of Death class

Could you find out what the reading list is? I'm intrigued.

The spark of life is all well and good, until it is chewing on your Versace earrings.

True -- but the alimentary canal and the pointy bits aren't quite the key difference between a fur coat and a live animal.