So you're an agnostic in denial?

That is a kindergarten view of God and I don't know anyone who actually believes that who is over the age of 8. This is why people become Atheists, they think people of faith believe God is some old bearded man who lives on a cloud. In reality the only people who see God that way are Atheists and Agnostics. I see God everywhere and in everything. God is the Universe and the Universe is God. Alpha and Omega Baby!

Soooo, then you're an agnostic not an atheist? Or do you not believe in what you just said. Your statement is an absolute, yet you turn around and state that if we don't know an answer then we try to figure it. Kind of sounds like you already made up an answer and believe it completely. Maybe you should take your own advice and admit that you really don't know everything and then go try and figure it out.

Actually the flying spaghetti monster argument is making fun of Atheists, not the other way around. It shows how little Atheists understand. I would assume you consider yourself a person of science, thus you must realize that each of us is comprised of a network of individual living cells that are connected in a manner that creates your sentient mind. Scientifically I don't think anyone can argue with that assumption. So this little ball of gray matter in our heads, made up of billions of living cells, works together to form a single life form. Billions of living things, all working together, to create something greater than the sum of it's parts. Now tell me that the Universe itself isn't just a bit more complex than that ball of gray matter.

I personally find Atheists to be the most closed minded group of people that ever walked the face of this World. Agnostics I can almost understand, at least they haven't closed their minds completely. But to sit there and know how complex the Universe is and to proclaim there is no way the Universe isn't alive and Sentient isn't following 'Occam's razor', it's the opposite. The simple, and logical conclusion, is that larger lifeforms follow the same pattern of smaller lifeforms and together create something greater than the sum of their parts.

Sounds like my first year of college. At the time it seemed fun, but you're right Rigelians are so over possessive.

Sorry guys, even though most people consider me an uber geek I still buy all my books as a paperback. Sure, I've been known to grab something from Baen's free library or from Project Gutenberg , but it isn't the same. There is nothing like cracking the spine on a freshly printed book. I love me some tech but sometimes, the best tech, is low tech. I still applaud TOR and I'll still buy their books, but just the one's made out of paper.

Here, here! Not sure how K-9 was left off the list, but I would assume they're too young for Classic Doctor Who to have made any impression on them. Between you and me I still think of Tom Baker as being "The Doctor", no offence to the 3 before him or those who followed.

FTFY

Sometimes, the best tech is low tech. We do a lot of work for various political groups on both sides of the spectrum and they all use some kind of electronic form online for people to fill out when contacting politicians on a specific issue. In almost every case these groups will then PRINT and stuff each letter and then hand deliver them to the Politicians official office. These are far more likely to evoke a response and in many cases action. Few politicians can ignore a couple thousand letters being dropped off at their office every week.

The reason I mention this is so everyone understands that the pen really is mightier than the sword, but receiving an individual reply even by sending a letter is unlikely, the volume of paper they are receiving is very high.

How much we all love/hate Microsoft/Apple/Google and hate/love all the other people who do/don't, also how much we all tired of Facebook this and Facebook that (except that one guy who thinks it's awesome...you know who you are).

We have illustrators?