Subj : Re: religion quiz To : alt.tv.farscape From : Tyler Trafford Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 03:56:40 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > weirdwolf wrote: > >> Jim Larson wrote in >> news:Xns96C9C88E444EE3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >> >>> weirdwolf wrote: >>> >>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>> news:Xns96C9C5A0D13473v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>> >>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>>>> news:Xns96C9C3FE62D1A3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>>>> >>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>>>>>> news:Xns96C9C241E5EBD3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>>>>>>>> news:Xns96C9C1AA69D4E3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>> news:Xns96C9C06B3B8BD3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> K wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:Xns96C9DA5B9F8E0notmenotherecom@ 216.196.97.142: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tyler Trafford wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:3o6djfF4fd01U1@individual.net: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=10907 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> atheism 100% >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Satanism 88% >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Paganism 58% >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> agnosticism 58% >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Buddhism 46% >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Islam 42% >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Judaism 33% >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Christianity 13% >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hinduism 0% >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not sure on the Satanism part, but other than that, I'd >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> say >>>>>> it's >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pretty spot on. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I rather get the feeling that the person who devised the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> quiz >>>>>>>> sees >>>>>>>>>>>>>> both >>>>>>>>>>>>>> satanism and atheism as the same thing. For some reason a >>>>>>>>>>>>>> lot of the religeous types I've met think that just because >>>>>>>>>>>>>> you don't believe in god you are working for the other >>>>>>>>>>>>>> side. It never >>>>>> really >>>>>>>>>>>>>> seems to sink in that >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in either heaven or hell. It's one of >>>>>>>>>>>>>> those beliefs >>>>>>>>>>>>>> without any evidence that seem to abound when you mention >>>>>>>>>>>>>> you >>>>>> are >>>>>>>>>>>>>> an athiest, like the one that because we don't follow the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> rules layed down by some guy off his rocker in the desert >>>>>>>>>>>>>> that we have >>>>>>>> no >>>>>>>>>>>>>> morals at all. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ted >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I got a high atheism score and a low satanism score. Face >>>>>>>>>>>>> it; >>>>>>>> you're >>>>>>>>>>>>> just evil. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not evil I'm just differently moralled. >>>>>>>>>>>> I think part of it is that I don't see life as being sacred >>>>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> would >>>>>>>>>>>> prefer that people followed their own moral codes that they >>>>>>>>>>>> had thought about rather than blindly following whatever >>>>>>>>>>>> doctrine was layed out by priests of any denomination. >>>>>>>>>>>> It's that free will thing, they talk big about it but when >>>>>>>>>>>> push comes to >>>>>>>>>>>> shove.... >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> (The above was what we like to call "A Joke".) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Just a piss poor one. >>>>>>>>>> I knew you went being serious, hence the light hearted >>>>>>>>>> response. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Woohoo! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> (What just happened?) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I dunno, I'm still waiting for you to get my topology joke. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What? When? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> DOES NOBODY BOTHER TO READ MY BLOODY POSTS!! >>>>>> Your post: "see if you can find an introductory book on >>>>>> topological surgery. Or look on the web. The web knows all." >>>>>> >>>>>> My Post: COOL, very pretty. OF course now I have >>>>>> the contents >>>>>> from my mug of tea all over the place. >>>>> >>>>> Haaaaaahaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaa... >>>>> >>>>> (Seriously, what? Is that some kind of bizarre Klein Bottle joke? I >>>>> don't get it.) >>>>> >>>> >>>> I thought that one of the standard classes of topology shapes is a >>>> sphere with a handle type attatchment, which can be deformed in many >>>> ways,for example into a mug shape. Now do you get it? Or am I just >>>> totally wrong about what I though I knew, which is more likely. >>> >>> Ah... >>> >>> (You're talking about a 2-D handle body...a closed surface in R^3 >>> with, for lack of a better term, handles. If you have n handles, the >>> surface has genus n. Cool fact: take any tiling of one of these things >>> with polygons, the number of faces(F), edges(E) and vertices(V) is >>> related by V - E + F = X(g), where X is supposed to be the Greek >>> letter chi and represents the Euler characteristic of the surface. >>> This is related to the genus, number of handles, by X(g) = 2 - 2*g. If >>> you try it on a sphere, which has 0 handles, you end up with the >>> classic polyhedral formula.) >>> >>> ((I need to shut up now.)) >>> >> >> But more importantly, was it funny? > > Er...it was as funny as most of your jokes. > > (Warning: Stupid Math Jokes > > 1. Q: What's yellow and equivalent to the Axiom of Choice? > A: Zorn's Lemon > > 2. Q: What is the integral of d(cabin)/cabin > A: Houseboat (i.e. log cabin + C) > > 3. Q: What is the contour integral around Western Europe? > A: Zero, because all the Poles are in Eastern Europe. > > See...not funny is par for the course. > > ) Jeeze, worse than Physics jokes. -- Tyler Trafford Be incomprehensible. If they can't understand, they can't disagree. .