Gullible children in adult bodies.

approves (of the residuals)

"Here's another question I've been pondering - what is all this shiate about angels? Have you heard this? Three out of four people belive in angels. Are you farking stupid? Has everybody lost their mind? You know what I think it is? I think it's a massive, collective, psychotic chemical flashback for all the drugs smoked, swallowed, shot, and absorbed rectally by all Americans from 1960 to 1990. Thirty years of street drugs will get you some farking angels, my friend!"

"What about Goblins, huh? Doesn't anybody belive in Goblins? You never hear about this. Except on Halloween and then it's all negative shiat. And what about Zombies? You never hear from Zombies! That's the trouble with Zombies, they're unreliable! I say if you're going to go for the Angel bullshiat you might as well go for the Zombie package as well."

RIP George
/DRTFA

Here's another question I've been pondering - what is all this shiat about angels? Have you heard this? Three out of four people belive in angels. Are you farking stupid? Has everybody lost their mind? You know what I think it is? I think it's a massive, collective, psychotic chemical flashback for all the drugs smoked, swallowed, shot, and absorbed rectally by all Americans from 1960 to 1990. Thirty years of street drugs will get you some farking angels, my friend.

/can't be the only one who immediately thought of that.

And this belief is perfectly harmless. So why care?

mdbuff12: /DRTFA

That was almost an epic simulpost.

Touched by an angel? More like groped by an uncle.

CatJumpJohn:

/can't be the only one who immediately thought of that.

You are correct sir

now show us on the doll where the "angel" touched you...

mdbuff12 & CatJumpJohn

Hot damn, that's the best simulpost I've ever seen.

oldass31: And this belief is perfectly harmless. So why care?

Because Star Wars Clone Wars: The series isn't out yet so people need to biatch about something this week.

RetiredTroll: oldass31: And this belief is perfectly harmless. So why care?

Because it is still not illegal for stupid people to vote.

I believe in aliens. Should I not vote?

I believe in Chinese black magic.

oldass31: And this belief is perfectly harmless. So why care?

"But that's how it always begins. Very small..."

I've been touched by an angle. I thought she was the right one for me as she was quite complimentary and alternative. Maybe I was being obtuse but I thought she was very acute...

I was improperly touched by an angel.


/fallen angel

Bravo, submitter. I laughed. Out loud, even.

These bloody fools and their angels. With them, it's always with wings.

I thought my angel was in a centrefold...

We're farked.

+1 for headline.

oldass31 I believe in aliens. Should I not vote?

Depends on if you mean people from other countries, or other planets.

I was touched by an angel, but I asked for it.

/runs

griffix0: oldass31 I believe in aliens. Should I not vote?

Depends on if you mean people from other countries, or other planets.

Both

Seriously people. Get a grip, you have not been touched by an angel.

I saw a woman who has stupidly stayed in here house on Galveston Island through the hurricane. Her house had flooded and she was forced to retreat into the attic as the waters rose. She was eventually found and saved by a search and rescue team in a boat.

"I was saved by god. It's only by god's will that I survived" was the quote that struck me.

No, dumbass, you were saved by people in a boat who bravely risked their lives to pick you up. It would have been much easier for god to save her by NOT THROWING A CAT 3 HURRICANE AT HER CITY!! Dumbass, dumbass, dumbass.

OK, at the risk of seeming rude, this is the exact same attitude the churce took toward Galileo regarding his theories regarding the solar systems revolutions. This is despite direct observations. Same thing the science community did toward the first scientist to propose that concept of an ATOM even though he did not have direct observations. Yes, it does seem ludicrist in this day and age to believe in something supernatural that no one else has experienced because we obviously know everything about everything (IN the event you did not catch that, that was sarcasm). There is so much we do not understand and cannot comprehend, who can truely say that angels don't exist. Granted, it may be in a form we do not understand, but there are some very miraculous things we do not understand that could explain their exhistance. For example, for those who believe in multidimension, maybe angels are people in another dimension that crosses paths with ours. So our interpretation is "Angels." Don't be so quick to state that all people are stupid or drug induced for believing in them, just because you have not had any such experience. Have an open mind a little.


CatJumpJohn: Here's another question I've been pondering - what is all this shiat about angels? Have you heard this? Three out of four people belive in angels. Are you farking stupid? Has everybody lost their mind? You know what I think it is? I think it's a massive, collective, psychotic chemical flashback for all the drugs smoked, swallowed, shot, and absorbed rectally by all Americans from 1960 to 1990. Thirty years of street drugs will get you some farking angels, my friend.

/can't be the only one who immediately thought of that.

Headline made me barf coffee.

Angel touches my bagel every morning at the deli.

oldass31: And this belief is perfectly harmless. So why care?

Because it's a suspension of reality in favor of some fantasy world. If you believe you are being touched by an angel, or guided by some heavenly force, then by definition you can do no wrong. That might cause some conflicts in today's world.

bsmknight: Don't be so quick to state that all people are stupid or drug induced for believing in them, just because you have not had any such experience. Have an open mind a little.

Occam's razor dictates that the most likely scenario is that these people are misinterpreting stimuli or experiencing hallucinations. Not that there are supernatural beings interfering in our world.

Unless there's some sort of evidence that there are other dimensions and beings that exist in those other dimensions, I'm not going to accept that ghosts, angels, demons, or invisible pink unicorns exist because it makes other people feel better.

Walker: A new survey of the USA's religious beliefs and practices finds 55% of all adults - including one in five of those who say they have no religion - believe they have been protected from harm by a guardian angel.

And people wonder how Bush got elected.....twice.

It was obviously God's will, dammit!

bsmknight: OK, at the risk of seeming rude, this is the exact same attitude the churce took toward Galileo regarding his theories regarding the solar systems revolutions. This is despite direct observations.

As far as I'm aware, there have been no direct observations of Angels. Sure, there are people who claim to see them floating around, in their freezer in the form of an ice cube, on a piece of toast perhaps, but these are not "observations" in the scientific sense of the word.

Same thing the science community did toward the first scientist to propose that concept of an ATOM even though he did not have direct observations. Yes, it does seem ludicrist in this day and age to believe in something supernatural that no one else has experienced because we obviously know everything about everything (IN the event you did not catch that, that was sarcasm). There is so much we do not understand and cannot comprehend, who can truely say that angels don't exist.

I can. Replace the word Angel with say, unicorn, and you'll understand a bit more.

Granted, it may be in a form we do not understand, but there are some very miraculous things we do not understand that could explain their exhistance.

Just because something is outside our realm of explaination does not mean that that thing must be an "angel" or "god" or a "unicorn".

For example, for those who believe in multidimension, maybe angels are people in another dimension that crosses paths with ours. So our interpretation is "Angels." Don't be so quick to state that all people are stupid or drug induced for believing in them, just because you have not had any such experience. Have an open mind a little.

Maybe angels are dead cows that were sucked up by aliens. Don't be so quick to state that all people are stupid or drug induced for not believing in dead cows sucked up by aliens.

Get it?

Angels protect people just like God created the universe, and people, and animals, and inbreeding, and rainbows, and unicorns, and big foot...

now taking bets: Will this thread predominantly turn into atheist ITGs ragging on religious people, or evangelical ITGs huffing and puffing about papists and popery?

"Whenever people have said that God spoke to them it's actually been me... or they were talkin' to themselves."

oldass31: I believe in aliens. Should I not vote?

griffix0: Depends on if you mean people from other countries, or other planets.

oldass31: Both

If you don't vote with the belief in something without evidence then it should be fine. If your voting for Ron Paul because green men said so, then no you shouldn't vote.

oldass31: I believe in aliens. Should I not vote?

Actually, I find it highly likely that lifeforms exist on other planets. This is a big galaxy, in a big universe. We know that billions of other stars and planets exist.
We have no/nada/zip/zero evidence to support the theory that there is a magical place called heaven with magical flying humans called angels.
Unless "heaven" is a planet, and the "angels" are simply flying aliens.

oldass31: And this belief is perfectly harmless. So why care?

Only in that it is a fantasy, and believing in fantasies is never healthy.

Some people live their lives for THIS life.
Some people live their lives for THE NEXT life.

The second group is gambling their whole existence on a bet that will never pay.

Subby, I'd congratulate you but I still feel funny after confession.

Leopold Stotch: Seriously people. Get a grip, you have not been touched by an angel.

I saw a woman who has stupidly stayed in here house on Galveston Island through the hurricane. Her house had flooded and she was forced to retreat into the attic as the waters rose. She was eventually found and saved by a search and rescue team in a boat.

"I was saved by god. It's only by god's will that I survived" was the quote that struck me.

No, dumbass, you were saved by people in a boat who bravely risked their lives to pick you up. It would have been much easier for god to save her by NOT THROWING A CAT 3 HURRICANE AT HER CITY!! Dumbass, dumbass, dumbass.

This times a Brazillion.

oldass31: I believe in aliens. Should I not vote?

griffix0: Depends on if you mean people from other countries, or other planets.

oldass31: Both

griffix0: If you don't vote with the belief in something without evidence then it should be fine. If your voting for Ron Paul because green men said so, then no you shouldn't vote.

I should qualify that; The belief that it is likely that life exists in the universe and voting to increase science funding to that effect is fine.

Voting on funding for extraterrestrials visiting earth seams like a waste.

/Also no offense to people voting for Ron Paul for other reasons.

ReverendJasen: Unless "heaven" is a planet, and the "angels" are simply flying aliens.

If you have encountered a strange being, and are unsure whether it is an alien or an angel, the following may help.

Angels, according to the once popular television show "Touched By an Angel," appear in your hour of darkest need to assist you by spouting banal platitudes which you will ignore until you're just about to break down, at which point the angel will become bathed in golden golden illumination from a 100-W spotlight, at which point you will realize that everything is OK, because Jebus has a plan for you--a plan which revolves around driving you bonkers for no apparent reason.

Aliens, on the other hand, are beings which will attempt to abduct you and stick things in your butt.

Please note, however, that not all beings who attempt to forcibly stick things in your butt are aliens. You may also be dealing with a hillbilly.

You're welcome.

Jesus was an alien.

ReverendJasen: oldass31: I believe in aliens. Should I not vote?

Actually, I find it highly likely that lifeforms exist on other planets. This is a big galaxy, in a big universe. We know that billions of other stars and planets exist.
We have no/nada/zip/zero evidence to support the theory that there is a magical place called heaven with magical flying humans called angels.
Unless "heaven" is a planet, and the "angels" are simply flying aliens.



/can't be obscure around here

People crave a higher order and a more satisfying explanation than randomness. Not everyone is able to deny this need and function normally. Overall, belief in angels probably allows these people to lead happier and more productive lives than would belief in the Illuminati Jews From the Center of the Earth

ReverendJasen: We have no/nada/zip/zero evidence to support the theory that there is a magical place called heaven with magical flying humans called angels.

It can't be a theory with no evidence.