"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?"
-Epicurus
I don't think I need any more words after that. Of course this only works for monotheistic debates, but no argument is perfect.
An old man by a seashore
At the end of day
Gazes the horizon
With seawinds in his face
Tempest-tossed island
Seasons all the same
Anchorage unpainted
And a ship without a name
Sea without a shore for the banished one unheard
He lightens the beacon, light at the end of world
Showing the way lighting hope in their hearts
The ones on their travels homeward from afar
This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind long ago
The albatross is flying
Making him daydream
The time before he became
One of the world`s unseen
Princess in the tower
Children in the fields
Life gave him it all:
An island of the universe
Now his love`s a memory
A ghost in the fog
He sets the sails one last time
Saying farewell to the world
Anchor to the water
Seabed far below
Grass still in his feet
And a smile beneath his brow
This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind long ago
So long ago....
This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind so long ago
Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...
The love that you bring
You bring me alone
The pain that you give
Gives me a home
Do you want to stay by my side
Do you want me to turn and hide
We are disappearing inside
Seeing pictures of our goodbyes
When we, we believe
That our love will survive
The pain that you bring
Brings me all alone
Do you love me
Do you hate me
Do you wanna believe me
Do you think that you don't need me
Do you wanna deceive me
I can't think that it's all over
Don't wanna forget
I can't live this disappointment down
That I wanna repress your
Goodbye, goodbye
The design we broke the mold
The dreams when you see
That goodbyes aren't for long
Please follow me
To the borders of destiny
I don't wanna break from your side
The falling ground screams goodbye
Please follow me
To the borders of destiny
I don't wanna break from your side
The falling ground screams goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
The design we broke the mold
The dreams when you see
That goodbyes aren't for long
Spongebob, always. Aquaman can talk to and summon fish, whoopty-damn-do. Spongebob is a sentient sea sponge that has all sorts of wacky misadventures in a hilariously named town and is pals with POSEIDON. Plus, he knows karate. I'll wager Aquaman doesn't.
This is absolutely true. The whole point of sports is not to give everyone a prize, it is to reward the winners and the winners alone. If a child gets a reward no matter what they do, how motivated will the child be about winning? Let me tell you: Not very. The participation trophy reminds me of communism. You work hard and win, and you get the same thing as the slacker who sat in the far edge of the field and played with the dandelions. Are we really willing to risk having our children grow up content with failing? Do we really want them to think "Oh, I just completely messed up my life. It's ok though, I'll still end up fine even if I don't do anything about it". I know I wouldn't. And what's more, children should not be mollycoddled their whole lives. I've never really been one for "character building", but I think it is important that children learn failure isn't acceptable in real life. In real life there will be no trophies for the people who sit and poke people on facebook all day. There will however be social security, but that's another debate entirely.
It is always about winning or losing. It is ridiculous to say otherwise. No one cares whether you played admirably or not, all that matters is victory. You never see a boss give a raise to a struggling employee because he is working hard, the boss gives that raise to whoever is doing the best in his workplace. Effort is meaningless when it comes to victory and failure.
If you're not in first place, you're in last place.
the jedi are relentless and will never stop to fight for what is good
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The Jedi only fight for what they think is right, without considering the views of others.
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anakan vs obi wan is a classic example because obi wan won shows good always prevails over evil.
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Technically, at that point it was Vader vs Obi Wan, but I get your point.
"Good" and "Evil" are subjective terms. What you consider "evil", I may consider "meh". What I consider "good" you may consider "evil". The point is the Sith thought the Jedi were evil, and the Jedi thought the Sith were evil. Both sides fought for their opinion, and their opinion alone. Really, the only difference between the two is the code. The Jedi code is very restrictive, making many things "off-limits" for Jedi. The Sith were more laid-back.
i don't think there is any reality in harry potter
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What reality is there in vampires and werewolves? And what's more, what reality is there in a secret society of vampires stationed in Italy that control all vampire movements in the world through intimidation?
People of all ages thoroughly enjoy Harry Potter as well. And if you'll forgive the pun, vampires suck quite a bit as well. But the main difference between the two is Harry Potter has a detailed plot (not to mention sub-plots), well designed characters, and a world that one would want to actually live in. Twilight has paper thing characters, a ridiculously simple plot (blah blah blah Bella loves Edward blah blah blah Edward loves Bella blah blah blah they eventually get married and have a horrifying abomination of a child the end), and I don't know anyone who would want to live in the Twilight world. I'm not saying there aren't people who want to live in Forks, but I'm sure not many people associate with them.
As an aspie, I lean toward Temple Grandin's "different, but not less" argument. Yes, autism can severely inhibit the development of social skills, but it does wonders for the intellect. Almost all high-functioning autistic people have above-average IQs for their age. I myself am seriously considering taking an IQ test to see if I can join Mensa. I sound like I am bragging, but I'm not. I'm trying to make the point that trading social skills for amazing intellect is not a handicap, but a strength of sorts.
Ghosts are nothing more than the hope that there is something beyond death. The reason man dreamed up ghosts is so he would have the belief that when he dies, he doesn't go into a hole in the ground and rot. Of course, various churches soon replaced this idea with their different versions of "heaven", but it is hard to displace the deep-seated belief that no matter what, man will go on after death regardless of his deeds in life with conditional paradises.
