^lol.


some of these may have been posted before, i'm not sure.

It's how they greet in Russia.
I shit you not.
Creepy as fuck if you're not from that culture. Even worse if you're not expecting it :<

These days it's more the old folk and some of the highups that do it. Not too many others.
I'd say Ol' Kimmy's doing it out of respect rather than wanting to.

crap, i didn't know that. tis a bit creepy. but i guess it's normal in their culture.

im sure hitler thought he was doing the right thing too. doesnt mean he was though does it? But im sure youll respect his beliefs.

well you wouldn't want to say that his beliefs were wrong, then you would be no better then those self-righteous preachy religious types.

*clap,clap,clap* congratulations for a couple of the dumbest comments i have seen in this thread. out of context completely.

1. in no way related
2. i got started because someone took one tiny portion out of my first post and turned it into 'faith in god is bad'. Hitler had the right to believe whatever he wanted it's his actions which changed things. Just as islamic extremist have the right to believe what they want. but the second they try to force their beliefs upon people by blowing things up and killing people of different religions it's no longer just a personal belief.
3. if you go back and read my post i said nothing about hitler, i am talking specifically about the large portion of christians who live their lives by faith without being over-bearing with their beliefs


I think the worst thing is humans make the assumption they know more than they actually do.
i admit i know next to nothing about the universe, but it's not just me, it's all of mankind. there's a lot of plausible theories but in reality the universe and the concept of god is too great for humans to properly comprehend.
The bible is human way of understanding the incomprehensible, but in doing that it creates cliches which people refer to when they think of god. they think of something tangible, who they can talk to and see. when in actual fact the concept is so much greater then that.
One thing i do know is that in all the discoveries man has made, all the theories man has come up with although it has shown many of the stories in the bible to be implausible (not impossible) but not one thing has proven that god does not exist, in fact it has just opened more questions about how everything came into existence. Why there is anything.
In my short time on this planet i have realized that we know so little that it is stupid to make any assumptions about the universe and the meaning of life. One of the most arrogant (and stupid) things people can do is say with absolute conviction "life is pointless and god doesn't exist"  and therefore begin feeling mighty and looking down on those who believe maybe, just maybe, there is a point to life and complete existence isn't just one giant accident. because ultimately we don't know, and we probably never will.

i'm sure there's people who will disagree with me and try to pick apart every sentence while quoting einstein or their 7th form physics teacher.

Dramatic slow clap anyone?

*claps*

Seriously, I like this guy. +rep.

thanks :thumb:
i'm not a guy though.

First define misguided & blind then we can talk about the rest.

obviously i'm not talking about all the god-fearing types out there. because people do some stupid stupid things for the sake of religion and their beliefs. i just don't get how people using the bible and their personal faith in leading the best lives possible for themselves can be defined as 'misguided and blind'.  when they have chosen that path, it's not as though they have all been hidden from the outside world, they learnt about evolution and the conflicting evidence science presents and made the decision for themselves (again, i'm not talking about everyone, but in my experience it is a large portion)
If an article was written in popular science stating a team of the worlds top researchers had made the discovery that the earth used to be rectangle most people would be like 'wow i never knew that' And just take the what it says as fact, they wouldn't spend the next 10 years of their lives researching and finding it out for themselves. now THAT is blind and misguided.  

obviously the brains of the relationship:asian:

it's ok you're the raging gaming talent  <3

Everyone needs to believe something, and faith in itself isn't a bad thing.
The thing i can't stand is organized religion, the whole institution is utterly fucked. it's full of self-righteous, power-tripping, hypocritical leaders who preach acceptance yet they won't accept you unless you conform exactly to their way of thinking.
the other day i had some 70yo Jehovah's witness come to my door and start preaching about how the end of the world is almost here, and how i need to repent my sinful ways or i'm not going to be resurrected into the new world or some shit like that.  i felt like slapping him in his smug self-righteous face. wtf makes me some kind of devil spawn sinner? because i don't wear floor length floral dresses and spent my weekend stuck in stuffy buildings listening to how horrible i am. i would seriously take hell over being stuck in heaven listening to his shit.
ARGH!

i wonder if this whole swine flu thing came along by mexican farmers getting a  bit too up close and personal with their pigs?

Still beats your name- killswitch engage