Evidence

It has been said, and I thank Gillian for originally bringing this quote to my attention although it is no longer her profile, that "for those who believe no proof is necessary, for those who do not believe no proof is possible,"

I have found this to be rather a genius quote up until this moment when I realised it is a contortion of the truth, rather it would be more accurate to say, "for those who believe proof is in everything, for those who do not believe proof is in nothing."

Clearly, I find myself in the former category.

Don't Give Up on the Dream until the Dream Comes True

We’re far apart, but in our hearts

We draw each other near (draw each other near)

And in our dreams, this distance seems

To fade and disappear (fade and disappear)

We kiss in sleepy fantasies,

Embrace in silent reveries,

And maybe we will never live to see the day when I’m with you...

        ...but if you believe in fairy tale endings,

        Sad ones just won’t do

        ...So don’t give up on the dream, until the dream comes true

        Don’t give up on the dream until the dream comes true

We’re miles away,

But every day,

We’re stronger in our will, (stronger in our will)

And late at night,

Our eyes shut tight,

It seems we’re closer still, (even closer still)

We pray that we may reunite,

Here within our waking life,

And maybe we will never live to see the day when I’m with you,

        ...but if you believe in fairy tale endings,

        Sad ones just won’t do

        ...So don’t give up on the dream, until the dream comes true

        Don’t give up on the dream until the dream comes true

being good

Antony Sammeroff · 5 September 2009 ·
so i don't know what being good is but i'm trying to learn how to be and i feel very scared confused and hurt a lot of the time and by the looks of it most of you feel the same so maybe we can try and help each other and teach each other what we've learned about it but I think the most important thing is to have these kind of thoughts, be honest with ourselves and try and fix ourselves first then we will share
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Antony Sammeroff I should have said by the looks of it all of you feel the same, and I also love the fact that to post that I would press the share button smile emoticon happy coincidence
5 September 2009 at 03:05 · Like

Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes was a man who was very afraid of himself and what he feared he would become without his conscience, I think he saw the state (or monarch) as ones conscience, thats why he supported monarchy, but also because he was so traumatised by the civil war in Britain during his life time that he thought that monarchy was the only way to prevent such catastophes, but actually forcing order at the point of a gun (or blade in those days) is setting up those catastrophes to happen, people need to learn how to order themselves by mutual experience!


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Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes was a man who was very afraid of himself and what he feared he would become without his conscience, I think he saw the state (or monarch) as ones conscience, thats why he supported monarchy, but also because he was so traumatised by the civil war in Britain during his life time that he thought that monarchy was the only way to prevent such catastrophes, but actually forcing order at the point of a gun (or blade in those days) is setting up those catastrophes to happen, people need to learn how to order themselves by mutual experience!

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My feelings on a couple of German Philosophers, liked it so wanted to share it

the only German Philosopher I know well is Kant I think he's very beautiful but a little too cerebral I think he had some kind of OCD because he took his philosophy very seriously, it is rumoured that his servants could time his morning walks by their watches

like many philosophers we are all too cerebral

Neitsche I know a little, he is very misunderstood people said he was a Nihilist but I'm not sure that he is one even though he is associated with that philosophy, in the end his genius drove him crazy because it prevented him from manifesting the message clearly which I think (with my limited understanding) was that each person should strive to be the best version of themselves that they can. I will have to ask other people who know Neitsche better than I if they agree with that!

See Also: http://reasonspiritandesthetics.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/thomas-hobbes_5.html

John McLintock i think it is quite fair to call Nietzsche a nihilist; and he was driven mad by syphillis, not his genius wink emoticon

5 September 2009 at 05:38 · Like

Antony Sammeroff i don't believe it haha poor old Neitzsche got his for putting it about a bit

5 September 2009 at 05:45 · Like

Antony Sammeroff like Mozart

5 September 2009 at 05:45 · Like

Antony Sammeroff he wasn't a Nihilist though he used it as a derogatory term saying, "Christians, and other Nihilists"

Nihilism implies having no ethical values, whereas Neitsche did suggest some...See More

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John McLintock mwah hah ha, etc wink emoticon

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Antony Sammeroff smile emoticon was that your evil genius laugh? I like it please show it to me in person

You are wretched and you're mean, You're abraisive and obscene, You're horrible, and nasty too...

...I can't get enough of you!




Ant: this would be a cool chorus for a glam rock song
Alan: IM NOT BEING IN A GLAM ROCK BAND!
Ant: welll fuuuuuck you I'll peddle my eyeliner elsewhere

----------Some Fun Discussing Theology----------

Ken: would you rather be god's worst enemy or completely no existent
Ken: assuming the big chap exists
Ant: surely that would make me satan
Ant: which means I'd have a wicked cool fiery realm of my own
Ken: though if Satan takes all the nasty folk then surely God is reliant on him to make heaven so lovely
Ant: yeah true
Ant: very reliant
Ken: so they must be in cahoots rather than worst enemies i'd say
Ant: maybe no one actually gets sent to hell and so he just needs to wallow there alone
Ken: plus Satan was supposedly an angel at one point wasn't he?
Ant: he fell
Ken: in a certain respect
Ant: down to the fiery depths
Ken: depends which bible you're reading
Ken: if it's the christian one he was an angel who got a bit unruley
Ant: oh did he not tell god to fuck off and fdo his own dirty work?
Ken: eh not quite
Ant: basically he was sick of being the harbinger of sorrow
Ant: angel of death rather
Ant: and said piss off am not doing it anymore
Ken: that sounds viable actually
Ken: im basing my knowledge on the Peter Cook film Bedazzled
Ant: and god told him welll FUUUUUUCK you then get down to hell
Ken: which suggests it was satans arrogance that got him banished
Ken: rather than laziness
Ant: personally I sympathise with satan, I wouldn't want to be the angel of death
Ant: this God doesn't sound that loving all of a sudden
Ken: dunno Satan shouldnt have went around speaking through Serpents to be fair
Ken: if you're God you've got to take a strong hand with those types, or else they'll be speaking through giraffes before you know it
Ant: point
Ken: i'm now on wikipedia researching satan
Ken: the Angel of Death is his role in jewish theology
Ken: or at least thats how he's interpreted
Ant: right
Ant: now The Old Testament is still a testament of both the Christian and Muslim faiths
Ken: christians believe he was an angel to proud to bow to god
Ant: so which is right if both are testaments of god in the eys of a christian?
Ken: dunno this is all fairly new to me
Ken: maybe its an inconsistency
Ken: apparently theres plenty of those
Ant: yeah like "an eye for an eye" and "turn the cheek"
Ken: yeah and apparently the disciples all had different angles to how they wanted to portray jesus and it ended up with quite contrasting accounts of the same event
Ant: hrm

----------And Glasgow----------

Carine: so what's planned for tomorrow?
Ant: well my plans are to get up at 6 in the morning and embark on a quest
Carine: ooooo! a quest!
Carine: go on!
Ant: in the early hours I shall stalk the streets of newlands until I come upon the monolith...
Ant: ...that which is more widely know as "the bus stop" ...
Carine: ah...:P
Ant: and from that point I shall be picked up by a magical vehicle, able to traverse large distances at a greater spped than any human
Ant: this vehicle... more often know as "the bus"
Carine: NO WAY!
Ant: this so-called "bus" shall take me right into the very heart of the horrible, sordid badlands best knows as "Glasgow"
Ant: many strange creatures inhabit the heart of the badlands
Ant: some harmless, such as the big issue vendors
Ant: others hazerdous, such as the neds and junkies
Carine: hahahaha
Ant: I shall avoid these creatures as a bad encounter with one may be deadly
Ant: and I shall hasten to the apointed place where which I shall embark on yet another journey in a "bus"
Ant: and finally I shall arrive at the place where knowledge is obtained...
Ant: ...The College
Carine: not the collage!!!!
Carine: poor you ant! that sounds like a really horrid journey!
Carine: and at 6 in the morning!
Carine: poor poor you!