NIBIRU Are you ready? The earth as we know it will change

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by The Animal, Dec 16, 2007.

  1. dzurisova

    dzurisova Well-Known Member

    I never learn. Sorry for the assumption! :) I guess I made an ass out of myself and 'umption. :wink:
     
  2. eso

    eso Well-Known Member

    I social worker si může přečíst Ovidia v originále!!

    / Sorry, exclusive Czech humor ;) /
     
  3. Sova

    Sova Well-Known Member

    If only I had an online chalkboard ...
     
  4. dzurisova

    dzurisova Well-Known Member

    If only this entire thread made any sense to me. :)
     
  5. scrimshaw

    scrimshaw Well-Known Member

    That's a joke only Čechs would get? Now I'm curious.
    What is 'Ovidia' about?
    I'm guessing it's some ancient text.
     
  6. wer

    wer Well-Known Member

    “Ovidia” is the accusative form of the name “Ovidius”.

    The eso’s rejoinder is paraphrasis of a Czech movie quote:

    „Mám dotaz. Dá se studium latiny využít i v mém oboru?“
    „Jakému oboru se hodláte věnovati, studente?“
    „Pracuju jako skladník ve šroubárně.“
    „I skladník ve šroubárně si může přečísti Vergilia v originále!“
     
  7. The Animal

    The Animal Well-Known Member

    Ahoj everyone!

    To me, this is still a very interesting topic. We have here, alot of nice friends interacting together, who have lots of knowledge.

    Torque wrench= comes in many different styles and sizes.
    Used for torqueing nuts and bolts to a measurement of Inch LBS, Foot LBS, or Newton Metors.


    Well, how about our friend, Glenn in Florida? I wounder what he has to say?

    Oh, I need some more popcorn prosím. :lol: :lol: and a DR.Pepper děkuji.
     
  8. eso

    eso Well-Known Member

  9. czechchris

    czechchris Well-Known Member

    Wow, some of those comments are truly amazing!

    I consider myself a committed Christian who believes in the Bible as the inspired Word of God, but I am horrified by some of those comments, and would distance myself from the majority of them.

    Many "Christians" do not do the faith any favours by the things they say!
     
  10. GlennInFlorida

    GlennInFlorida Well-Known Member

    well, so far the only comment I have is that I remember a late night commercial for a local tire store that got taken off the air because the pitchman said "You haven't lived until you've had you nuts torqued at Tire Kingdom" :wink:
     
  11. scrimshaw

    scrimshaw Well-Known Member

    Provaketer Eso,
    Everybody believes. It's just not everybody believes the same thing.
    And people are glad to take a stand for their own position.
    They make their stand, and all other beliefs are heresy.
    I do not like the extremes on either side. Intolerance breeds self-righteousness, contempt, and even hatred.
    Nevědět není hřích, nechtít vědět, to je problém.
    Žádný není víc slepý, než ti, kteří odmítá vidět. Má to smysl?
    I vůl, jak jsem já, si může přečist Vergilia v originálně. No, možná to není pravda.

    Still waiting for Nabiri to show up.
     
  12. eso

    eso Well-Known Member

    What about sceptics and skepticism?

    Originating in Greece in the middle of the fourth century BC, skepticism and its derivatives are based on the following principles:

    - There is no such thing as certainty in human knowledge.
    - All human knowledge is only probably true.
     
  13. Sova

    Sova Well-Known Member

    Belief is not knowledge, not a 100% surety. "All human knowledge is only probably true," is itself a statement of belief.
     
  14. scrimshaw

    scrimshaw Well-Known Member

    Well, that's a good example. Seemingly, they would question everything a doubt what they hear until it is proven true. But then, wouldn't that be a belief system, that you can't trust anything or anyone?

    I like that system somewhat, (nothing wrong with questioning what you are told is true), but it too can be taken to the extremes.
    Our present day skeptics are so politically motivated.
    No matter what the government says, 'well, it must be a lie.'
    They have turned from 'seekers of truth' into 'the government always lies.'
    Everybody lives their lives and sees their world from eyes filtered by their own beliefs.
     
  15. Sova

    Sova Well-Known Member

  16. eso

    eso Well-Known Member

    Only if you think in absolute scale. - only Yes or Not.
    In that way - you could only believe or not believe to anything or anyone. But scepticism is about probability.

    I consider myself as sceptic. There are some things, which I consider as realy unprobable, but not impossible - such as existence of God. In real life, of course, I'm guided by opinions I consider most probable.


    Actualy sova, I'm not sure I understandt what do you mean:

    Belief is not knowledge, not a 100% surety.

    I met many believers, who insisted, that their believe is 100% surety.
     
  17. scrimshaw

    scrimshaw Well-Known Member

    Where'd you come across that Sova? Even the physists have their own cartoons now.
    Nabiru, according to my belief, :wink: , is the figment of some overactive imaginations.
     
  18. eso

    eso Well-Known Member

    BTW - I'm not expert, I only read some popular science books or articles here and there. But for now, dark matter theory seems to me little holey (bad pun intended ;) ) and I think you scientists have to work harder on it to convince me ;)
     
  19. scrimshaw

    scrimshaw Well-Known Member

    I'm a skeptic at heart too, meaning I won't believe something just because I'm told it's true.
    But then again, I will not refuse to believe something just because I don't like who is telling me.
    Oy, it's a fine line
    The blind patriot says my country can do no wrong.
    The blind Bush hater says my country can do no right.
    Nothing wrong with sitting on that proverbial fence, I can get a pretty good look at both sides.
     
  20. eso

    eso Well-Known Member

    Wrong and right could be relative terms - it depends on observer.
    In most cases, any action has good impact on something and bad on something other.
     

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