17-02-2003 07:04									#121
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Over the line...

bah, I only take offense from people of importance... he's one of the lucky "surplus" population

	17-02-2003 07:30									#122
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when those damned dirty apes took over.

as in, when they decided that coming down out of the trees was a good idea.

and in all this time, all we have to show for it is little green pieces of paper to make us "happy".

	17-02-2003 08:26									#123
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Im surprised no one mentioned Dildos.

Invention of this evil thing ahs caused an already intense competition to be even greater than it needs to be

	17-02-2003 10:33									#124
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I'll be contrarian and say that the fall of Rome wasn't a bad thing. The major problems with Western Europe following the end of the empire were well on their way before its collapse (serfdom, end of trade, etc.).

	17-02-2003 10:53									#125
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Lots of Christian trolls, 6 unique suggestions eliminating the Crusades and the Inquisitions that were misuses of religious authority.


That being the case, I'll say the inventor of the suction abortion machine making abortions cheaper, quicker and more efficient.

Combine all the death in wars of the 20th century, and you'll have a number lower than the number of worldwide abortions in the last 50 years.

	17-02-2003 10:58									#126
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you dont understand... everything boils down to the nookie.

Men acquire nice cars, nice house etc.. for what? If a man can f--k a woman in a cardboard box he wouldnt need a house. (forgot where the credit to quote should goto..)

My conclusion. Dildo leaves many women content without a good lovin' from the males. Competition increases. Need for material good increases. Reasons for war increases. Need for crime increases.

Next time you look at a dildo... think long and hard about it... hehe long and hard.... (god, im sounding so immature )

	17-02-2003 11:01									#127
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quote: Men acquire nice cars, nice house etc.. for what? If a man can f--k a woman in a cardboard box he wouldnt need a house.

Chris Rock, IIRC.

Post in my Soul Calibur II thread, Calc!

	17-02-2003 11:03									#128
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quote: Originally posted by obiwan18 Lots of Christian trolls, 6 unique suggestions eliminating the Crusades and the Inquisitions that were misuses of religious authority. That being the case, I'll say the inventor of the suction abortion machine making abortions cheaper, quicker and more efficient. Combine all the death in wars of the 20th century, and you'll have a number lower than the number of worldwide abortions in the last 50 years.

Obi Wan,
How were the Inquisition or Crusades trolls? I'm as spiritual a person as you'll find on these boards and I recognize that they were justified in being considered some of the worst events ever.

	17-02-2003 11:09									#129
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monkspider, I think he was refering to claims that the Inquisition and Crusades are considered by some people as being represenative of what Christianity is.

	17-02-2003 11:17									#130
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten quote: Men acquire nice cars, nice house etc.. for what? If a man can f--k a woman in a cardboard box he wouldnt need a house. Chris Rock, IIRC. Post in my Soul Calibur II thread, Calc!

where is it? I will spamm it to death

	17-02-2003 11:44									#131
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The creation of the United Nations.

	17-02-2003 11:45									#132
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The election of George W. Bush in 2000.

50 years later it shall be known as a date that will live in infamy.

	17-02-2003 11:47									#133
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Read my post again Monkspider. I exclude the Crusades and the Inquisition as Christian trolls because they were misuses of religious authority. Your target is not Christianity per se, but the actions of some believers in the past.

I agree, both were terrible and caused great harms, but can Christianity be faulted for what it does not teach?

	18-02-2003 09:50									#134
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, WHOA!... wait a minute here! You go on and on and on in thread after thread about evil white male Southerners and their bastardization of the tenth amendment, in essence making "states rights"="codeword for oppression", and you don't even bring that up? Are you feeling ok, Mr. Fun? I'm going to say the invention of slavery, by some unknown bastard in the deep recesses of history.

You'd be shocked to know that I really am not anti-Southern.
You would also be shocked to know that not all states' rights arguments are based on preserving white supremacy.

Now, in terms of total, global human history from prehistory to contemporary era -- the Southern states is only one region among countless other regions in the world that has based its economy on slavery. So no, in the scheme of global, human history in its entirety, this did not have a tantamount effect.


I also see that no one cared to respond to my earlier response to the trolls against religions.

	18-02-2003 11:18									#135
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Creation of christianity.

- It has killed outrageous amounts of people (look for words "crusades", "inquisition" and "columbus")
- It has slowed sciense down so much. Without it humankind could have achieved this level of technology a few hundred years ago.

	18-02-2003 11:22									#136
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The invention of branching threads!!!

I know you are reading this **** Underwater Jockey!!!

Harrison Ford in horrible Russian accent: "Fire missle three!"

	18-02-2003 11:54									#137
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quote: The election of George W. Bush in 2000. 50 years later it shall be known as a date that will live in infamy.

I agree. His lax immigration policies are going to allow the Mexicans to ruin our great nation...

	18-02-2003 12:43									#138
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drake, should we gas them and burn the corpses in large crematories? would that solve the "mexican problem"

	18-02-2003 13:24									#139
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quote: Originally posted by aaglo Creation of christianity. - It has killed outrageous amounts of people (look for words "crusades", "inquisition" and "columbus") - It has slowed sciense down so much. Without it humankind could have achieved this level of technology a few hundred years ago.

.00000001/10

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	18-02-2003 17:40									#140
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quote: Originally posted by obiwan18 Read my post again Monkspider. I exclude the Crusades and the Inquisition as Christian trolls because they were misuses of religious authority. Your target is not Christianity per se, but the actions of some believers in the past. I agree, both were terrible and caused great harms, but can Christianity be faulted for what it does not teach?

Are you on drugs? These were authorised or even called for by the Pope.

	18-02-2003 17:51									#141
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quote: Originally posted by Jon Miller .00000001/10 Jon Miller

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

This was the first rating I ever got.

But alas, I was being completely serious.

	18-02-2003 17:54									#142
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Are you on drugs? These were authorised or even called for by the Pope.

I doubt obiwan, being a mennonite, recognizes the Pope as being an infallible relgious authority.

	18-02-2003 18:48									#143
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quote: Originally posted by Shi Huangdi The Treaty of Versailles

ekhem....?

quote: The fall of Rome sent humanity back by 500 years.

Again and again, Rome fell only in XV century.

quote: the creation of Islam

I don't agree. That's nothing really bad. But creation of theocratic state in Medina, yes, perhaps, if You see it this way.

quote: Crusades?

They were just late and not very strong reply to earlier Muslim conquests

quote: Islamic tribes were very pro education. It was they who preserved Roman education when the Christians were burning books. Don't worry, they saved Persian works as well.

They weren't. But the rulers were. Also, when You say Christian, mean western ones only.

	18-02-2003 19:06									#144
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Religion in general and Christianity and Isalm in particular

	18-02-2003 19:12									#145
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The invention of reality TV.

	18-02-2003 20:40									#146
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quote: Originally posted by Heresson ekhem....?

Without the unreasonably harsh penalties against Germany imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, it is likely Hitler would never had risen to power and the rise of Nazism, the Holocaust and WWII would never have happened.

	18-02-2003 22:41									#147
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quote: Um -- Catholic monasteries, especially Irish monks, were partly responsible for the preservation of future generational knowledge of the ancient world. And the Catholic religion, while exploitative in the feudal system, did provide some base of stability in the early Middle Ages until better systems would emerge centuries later. Isn't it the case that if it weren't for Catholic monks, we would probably have far less knowledge of the ancient world that we have, today?

If the Thousand Year Reich had lasted a thousand years, would you be praising their public library system for saving a few books from the Nazi book burners? You have to take a holistic view of the whole thing.

Monasteries themselves destroyed far more literature than they ever preseved while encouraging the best and brightest to waste their lives on self-flagellation and mindless prayer.

	18-02-2003 23:21									#148
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ummm

you know that christianity wasn't responsible for the destruction of knowledge that happened at the end of the roman empire?

Jon Millr

	18-02-2003 23:22									#149
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I am thinking you are confusing how the catholic church acted at different times

Jon Miller
(alexandria was most likely not the result of a christian riot)

	18-02-2003 23:23									#150
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and China was not Christian at the time, nor was India

admit it, all the anti-christian posts don't have a leg to stand on

Jon Miller