iwashere33 wrote:i don't beleive in religion or god - here's why, prayer does not work, so either god isn't listening or doesn't care OR there is no god.
I already covered this. I responded to this very specific point. If you want an answer, scroll up and read. You are not worth repeating myself.
iwashere33 wrote: I am not atheist or theist
Bull shit.
iwashere33 wrote:if you do beleive in god - why? have you seen christ or something?
I’ve never seen the wind. I have felt it, and I can see its effect on things, but I have never seen the wind itself. Such is God.
iwashere33 wrote: have you found evidence that my 'small mind' hasn't come accross?
Yes. Repeatedly. Nothing that I can present on the internet, and nothing that couldn’t be attributed to other things (a room that’s been trashed with a few spatters of blood, for example, could be evidence of a fight, but if you don’t want to believe there was a fight you could just as easily say “this doesn’t prove their was a fight, it could just have been a drunken party where someone got hurt”), but yes. I have absolutely found evidence. And it is compelling enough to keep me believing.
iwashere33 wrote: have you spoke to god?
Every man who prays speaks to God.
iwashere33 wrote:do you normally hear voices?
Not exactly. But I have gotten answers. To describe the way in which they come is something I’ve never been able to accurately do; the best I can describe it is vividly remembering someone telling you something, but knowing with absolutely certainty that no one ever has.
iwashere33 wrote:no matter what you beleive, trying to force those beliefs on others is exactly against the whole point of democracy, sure the voting system is meant to get unpopular politicians and ideas out of law-making power. but for now it looks as though this particular minister, is trying to bring in a forced and mandatory filter on the internet that will block everything the goverment doesn't like due to "refused classification" guidelines. the big worry is because is something is censored than you don't know it exists. in china where they have been filtering and censoring for years - have even made it illegal to show the 'tank man' image.
1. I think #2 on this page answers this particular part of your post quite nicely.
2. Again, I think you’re over-simplifying the matter. AFAIC, the best a lawmaker can do is try to pass laws that represent the will of the people, and when you get right down to it, the will of the people is really just our collective personal beliefs. I think it’s crap to censor the net. I’ve been rather outspoken on the matter in the past. But regardless of the fact that I disagree with people doing this, I understand their motivations. They’re not evil men, they’re trying to do the right thing, and they believe that this will help curb kiddy porn and child molestation. They’re wrong and should be stopped, but I don’t think it’s simply a matter of some Bible-thumper who doesn’t want ayone seeing the itty-bitty-titty-committee.
3. What I find interesting about all this is that his goal here seems to only be filtering porn that is or appears to be child-porn. If his motivations were purely to push his own religion on others, I would think that he’d attempt something a little broader.