Subj : Re: religion quiz To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 04:14:42 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > 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. > A mathematician, a physicist and an engineer are asked to coral a herd of sheep with the least fencing material possible. The engineer gathers the sheep together in the tightest group he can manage and builds a fence around them, declaring the job done. T he physicist doesn't bother with the sheep but builds an infinitely large fence and slowly gathers it in from infinity until the sheep are tightly packed. The mathematician builds a tiny fence around himself and declares himself to be outside. -- Jim .