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Posted by arwalden in The DU Lounge
Mon Jun 26th 2006, 03:13 PM
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Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.

So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the right side of life...
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the bright side of life...
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life...
(I mean - what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life...

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Posted by arwalden in Religion/Theology
Mon Apr 03rd 2006, 11:23 AM
Further up the thread, someone asked:

Do they think we are threatening them in some way, that we want to take their rights from them?


I find it positively astounding to think that any reasonably intelligent individual would suggest that such things were not true. Statements like that--at worst--reek of intellectual dishonesty, or--at best--extreme naivety.

It ranks right up there with the "every atheists is trying to convert us" nonsense that we're witnessing in another thread in this forum. This irrational fear that some folks have of atheists, and the "we're poor persecuted Christians" is really too much.

No... seriously, it's TOO much. Stop it!

There's been a disconnect from reality from those two separate mindsets at the far end of the religionist spectrum. There's one extremely paranoid group that feels as though atheists are the new Pod-People who seek to convert all believers (into what I wonder?)

Then there's another extremely myopic group that's totally oblivious (or pretends to be oblivious) to the actual goings-on in our government, with our laws, and even our constitution. They are absolutely clueless as to what it is that the religionists are doing when it comes to non-believers or anyone unlike themselves.

To see perfect examples of this, one needs to look no further than the religious-based challenges to a woman's right to privacy; attempts to deny equal rights to homosexuals; and attempts to legislate that religious creationist fairy tales are taught in public schools.

Do they think we are threatening them in some way, that we want to take their rights from them?


On the face of it, that's an absurd thing to say... and it speaks volumes about the type of person who would seriously ask such a thing. But what's even more revealing is that when the statement is challenged, the OP chooses to play evasive Clintonian word games.


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