Originally, I was going to write an entire page of hilarious observations about the life of the modern college student and share them with you. However, this plan hit a snag when I failed to make any hilarious observations.
Instead, I shall report on one thing. I have met the DARKSTAR of, well, religion, apparently. True, honest to Cats, unaltered quotes:
"We have to have One True Religion."
"86% of all people are Christian. If you took away all other religions, Christianity would be the One True Religion."
"People know that I'm usually right, because I download statistics and things from the Internet."
"Do you know if I'm nearsighted or farsighted?"
Um, hello? Of course not! And I think he was trying to get me to give him my glasses. Yes, they turn dark in the sunlight. That is because I am a badass.
Seriously, I feel a little bad about all this. This guy is in my psychology class, and he's obviously dealing with a minor developmental problem or two. He claimed to recognize me from some church bus. In a town I was never in. But he knew my name! Maybe from the class role, but I think it was before that.
Anyway, I have now made a friend, apparently. I wound up giving him a ride home; because he asked, and because I didn't think it was right to just leave him there. I guess he was planning to walk. He doesn't live that far from the college.
Remember anything from all those psychology classes, Liam?
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You are in the death zone, my friend. The death zone.
------------------ "Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that, if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence, neither steel nor fire can eradicate the erroneous opinions of the mind."
-Edward Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.
Shik
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I thought Scientology was the One True Religion?
------------------ "For people with resources, the right events happen. They may look like coincidences, but they arise out of necessity." --T�rk Hviid
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Scientology was the result of a bet between Isaac Asimov and L. Ron Hubbard when they were sitting on an authors' panel at a genre convention back in the late 50s. Asimov bet Hubbard that he couldn't create a viable religion whole-cloth (not taking precedents from any other established religion), and have people buy into it. The stakes: the loser had to buy the winner dinner. Hubbard went home and wrote "Dianetics".
Knowing this, I look at people like John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, and Tom Cruise... and I feel sad.
--Jonah
------------------ "It's obvious I'm dealing with a moron..."
Shik
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Member # 343
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"GodDAMN, she is SO fucking hot! I would give SO much money to have her be my sexual plaything...or vice-versa. Whatever. I'm flexible. Not as flexible as SHE is, I bet. Oh, wait. She's a Scientologist. Dammit. :::shrugs::: Oh, well. I simply won't listen as she screasm out L. Ron's name after I bang her to multiple orgasms."
Me, commenting on Catherine Bell, 1995.
------------------ "For people with resources, the right events happen. They may look like coincidences, but they arise out of necessity." --T�rk Hviid
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I must admit, I didn't read that anecdote in the unauthorised biography of L. Ron, "Bare Faced Messiah." Truth is he was pretty much persona non grata in the SF community because he was such a hack.
------------------ "Kif, I have made it with a woman! Inform the crew!"
quote: "86% of all people are Christian. If you took away all other religions, Christianity would be the One True Religion."
Ask him for me, about how many Muslums there are. I believe I read somewhere that it was the fastest growing religion in the world, and that they would eventually out number christains in the USA. Which is bad, since there are already far to many christains.
Orion Syndicate
He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
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That's the problem that the rest of the world has with the religious cults in the USA. They all basically believe the same thing, but there's always some dickhead who decides to take Christianity, and create a new religion called Christainity, put his own spin on it and make loads of money.
I couldn't resist, sorry!
------------------ The Worlds Ten Greatest 'Fucks' #7
Watch him - he'll have some fuckers eye out! - King Harold
[This message has been edited by Orion Syndicate (edited March 27, 2001).]
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It is NOT true that 86% of ALL people are Christians.
according to World Almanac 2001: 1.974 billion people are Christians, of some sort. 1.044 billion of THOSE are Roman Catholics 1.155 billion are Muslims 912 million are Nonreligious or Atheists 799 million are Hindus
------------------ The government that seems the most unwise, oft goodness to the people best supplies. That which is meddling, touching everything, will work but ill, and disappointment bring. - The Tao Te Ching
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