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Date Posted: 21:23:06 10/07/04 Thu
Author: IGNN
Author Host/IP: 207.44.154.35
Subject: snipping piph
In reply to: volt 's message, "piphlle" on 20:13:55 10/07/04 Thu

"He'd told me once that lots of girls are turned off by the fact that he is agnostic."

That made me laugh out loud (or, as Ms Peri would say, "LOL!!!!!!!").

Maybe Piph is a precocious 12 year old.




>another monumental LK triumph:
>
>
>the night we met
>
>Posted by piph
>
>"He was worried that I'd judge him for his beliefs but
>I wasn't afraid. Isn't that one of the perks of being
>an adult? The ability to live and let live?"
>
>can we say C L I C H E? sure we can
>
>
>"He'd told me once that lots of girls are turned off
>by the fact that he is agnostic. I just found it
>interesting."
>
>Whoa. Now's there some deep philosophical ruminations.
>Some of us attempted to address the mind-body problem,
>or the status of reason vs. faith, or the status of
>hypocrites and betrayers in Dante's Inferno levels,
>but Miss Piph is content to discuss how she lost her
>cherry to an agnostic (oooo how intriguing!).
>
>"Being raised in a Catholic surrounding, there was
>always the concept of heaven and hell (awkward
>phrasing to say the least---yo here comes that concept
>again--hit it with a flyswatter!!).
>
>Nothing else was discussed. Even though it's been many
>years and I'm no longer Catholic the idea that there
>is something else out there is a belief of mine
>(another LK'er that never quite mastered Punctuation
>90).
>
>People may think that it's foolish or a crutch but
>it's not their opinion to change. Sure, I'm quite open
>to hearing other thoughts and opinions or having a
>lively discussion but faith is a tricky and very
>personal thing. Why must people always think that
>their ideas are the only ones that matter? Why is it
>so hard to accept and let others have their beliefs?
>
>Respect, people, is it really that hard."
>
>Thomas Aquinas you are not, Ms. Piph. Perhaps a few
>perusals of say Swift's Gulliver's Travels or some Sam
>Johnson or Voltaire might provide you with a glimpse
>of what skepticism, eloquence, and non-colloquial
>English prose is all about.

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  • some of us? -- knip, 22:23:21 10/07/04 Thu (66.185.84.198)
  • nothing is clear to you, fool -- volt, 22:45:03 10/07/04 Thu (4.27.250.92)
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