Imperfectionist

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Hmm. Gwazi, I would very much like you to confirm something for me. I am a spiritual person, with a background in Buddhism and Christianity, but no loyalty to any church or temple or sect or institution. I am moral in as many ways as possible, and I believe in life beyond the body, I believe in a consciousness that permeates all things, and I believe in a form of reincarnation that involves not only animals and living things, but planets, stars, galaxies and universes themselves.

Do I cause harm to society, and to the progress of science, because I believe in such things without having gained experimental evidence? Would it be better for the world as a whole if I did not believe in such things? Is your worldview better for my mental health and that of those around me?

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-shrug- I just still think you've drawn the wrong conclusions, Gwazi. Not only are there good people, I've already told you of people who do, in fact, justify their faith through reason.

As for unhealthy and counter-productive, what kind of health are we talking? And the same for counter-productive. What would be produced that being part of a religious community stifles (and please don't say science, you know as well as I that there are a multitude of religious scientists in all fields). As a corollary, I would really like it if you could prove that it was absolutely the religious practice itself that causes people to be "counter-productive", and not other factors that are ascribed to religion.

Avatar RP: Raising The New Avatar

Shadowcatcher said
@imperfectionist you seem to be really interested and active. would you like role of co GM?

:) Well, sure, I'll be happy to help, and I hope your power troubles clear up soon. Can you PM me some info about your plans and everything, so we start out on even footing?

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Not very jumbled at all, Pyro. It didn't exactly cover new ground, but hey, I liked it. And, you and I seem to see eye to eye, which is always nice (excepting the use of "one man, another man" as if it were some great universal thing that everyone can identify with... But that's just a pet peeve of mine).

My childhood was somewhat similar, just with Buddhism replacing Catholicism...

(Also, the "no outside stimulus" question was mine, from way back at the beginning of the thread)

Avatar RP: Raising The New Avatar

Yeah, Sketcher, we're not sure if this game is still going on or not. Most of the players and the GM seem to have gone AWOL...

Avatar RP: Raising The New Avatar

Well, I have a different Avatar RP I've been kicking around, set much farther in the future... If this is really already dead, I guess I could write it up and see what you think?

Avatar RP: Raising The New Avatar

Well, unless they've lost interest, we've already got several people... :) What would your character be like?

Avatar RP: Raising The New Avatar

Hey, is everybody still game for this? I don't know if Shadowcatcher would mind, but we could go ahead and start up the IC. The very beginning of the story is just the group setting out from Republic City, getting to know each other and such. :) And, hey, what if the bad guys waylay them on the road, and try to stop them from reaching Gaoling? Could be interesting.

What do you say?

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Well, I hope you're happy when you die as well, Gwazi.

:) And I'll be sure to look for you in the next life.

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You're repeating yourself, Gwazi. You said the same thing about thick skin on the last page.

Also, I'm new at this, plain and simple. I haven't had a chance to acclimate to the styles people use. This stuff, all of it, is a learned skill, one that I'm just dipping into for the first time, and I'm not very good at it right now. I'll get better. I'll formulate better arguments, write longer posts, etc, but I gotta start somewhere.

So, I'm starting here, unable to develop an adequate response to Brovo's post. The points are logical, and I have no real faults to point out.

I hope you die happy, Brovo. I really do. I'm just too scared to take on a mindset like that. Too untrusting of my own perceptions. Too fond of the irrational and the fantastic. I hope you die happy, and I hope I do too.