Subj : Re: religion quiz To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 04:08:12 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > Jim Larson wrote in > news:Xns96C9CA7FD23303v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > >> 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. > > Bugger, and yet I still try. > >> (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. > > Is it wrong to admit that I giggled at some of those jokes? Yes. Yes it is. -- Jim .