Miss Mango

I believe that doctors dont really try to cure you or make you better (same with drug companies) because if you get better, they wouldnt get to take any more of your money.

I believe that the JKF assasination was a government cover up. Too many people ended up dead and Lee Harvey Oswald was the unlucky person they chose to pin it on.

I believe theres crazy military stuff at Area 51.

I think Marilyn Monroe was murdered.

I believe that ADHD/ADD were invented by drug companies to push pills to kids. My brother was diagnosed with ADHD and he has admitted that he is\\\'t hyper, he just didnt like school.

You?

debaser

I believe that people are responsible for thier own actions and choices in life.

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Radio Monk33

I think the official story regarding 9/11 is not the exact truth. I don't believe the hardcore conspiracy theories like that the US government was complicit in the attacks, but I think there are a few loose ends that don't match up.

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"Punk rock had this cool, political personal message. It was a bit more cerebral than just stupid cock rock, you know"
-Kurt Cobain

Lasereth

I believe that there is such a thing as good and bad entertainment. There is such a thing as bad movies and good movies. Bad books and good books. Bad videogames and good videogames. People say to me, "But I liked that movie that has 8% on rottentomatoes. That means it's a good movie to ME!" No, sorry, it means you like bad movies. Works the same way with all forms of entertainment. If you like Independence Day then you like bad movies. If you hated Children of Men then you don't like good movies. I believe examples like this are absolute.

It's funny how certain forms of entertainment are OK to hold a line between bad and good but if it comes to something that everybody has access to, all of a sudden it's "my opinion is that it's a good movie" instead of "it is a good movie whether you like it or not." Sorta like The Beatles and Beethoven are good musicians, you just don't like them, but if you don't like No Country For Old Men then the movie sucks because you didn't like it.

Baraka_Guru

I believe fertility drugs are unethical.

I believe misandry is far more prevalent and damaging than most are willing to admit.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

ngdawg

I believe we can connect with others on a level not evident to everyone and that this connection is devoid of distance matters or verbal expression.

I also believe that "A Fish Called Wanda" was the most assinine, unfunny movie ever made...

Cynthetiq

me too

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ratbastid

I believe that all people have the capacity to be anything they create as possible for themselves. ANYTHING.

casual user

i believe that this is ridiculous since there are no absolutes for unquantifiable things such as enjoyability or quality. i liked both independance day and children of men, what does that mean?

also, what deity of modern entertainment determines whether a movie is classified as good or bad?

Jadast

In principal I agree with most of your points.

#1. I agree. No one is getting rich treating Polio these days. Has anything been cured since?

#2 Jackie did it.

#3 Area 51 is where the givernment filmed the moon landing.

#4 This one explains #2.

#5 Not sure about this.


#3 gets me into more arguments than it is worth.

Lasereth

Before I respond, I have to remind you of the thread we're in. I don't expect you to agree.

If you liked Independence Day and Children of Men then you like good movies and bad movies.

No deity determines it. Good movies are good and bad movies are bad. I personally believe that Roger Ebert is as close as the world will ever get to a true movie critic but I don't expect you to agree with that either.

casual user

i know that's the point of the thread, but i felt like arguing anyways. i just don't get those classifications when certain "bad" movies are more fun to watch than certain "good" movies.

as for roger ebert, i havn't really kept track of enough of his opinions to determine how good of a critic he is. i tend to steer away from critics in general. i know what i like, and i go to movies that fall into those categories.


anyways, since i've done enough to bastardize this topic, i'll actually do something worthwhile and contribute to it: i believe that humans are incapable of understanding the greater workings of the universe, and while it's not completely pointless to have a firm belief, the most likely scenario is that nothing we can imagine can really come close to the truth. whatever you believe, theist or atheist or whatever, these are only minute examples that human beings are able to come up with among the infinite of possibilities that we can never even comprehend

Plan9

Only fools are capable of maintaining "love" in a relationship.

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"You should not drink... and bake."

Willravel

I believe that the human race will probably become extinct in the next 1000 years.

World's King

I believe that no matter what, I'm better then everybody.


People are stupid.


Children are not the future and should be eaten by their parents.


Sex is about sticking a dick into a pussy. Pumping back and forth until both parties are too tired to continue. No love.


There is no reason to drink water if there is beer present.


I fucked your mom.

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Martian

I believe that PT Barnum may have been the wisest man who ever lived. I also believe that there is always a reasonable explanation, even if we don't always have the necessary insight to determine what it is.

I believe that the human mind is a very powerful thing and that people can convince themselves of nearly anything. One of the greatest steps an individual can take is to resolve first never to lie to oneself.

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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

Plan9

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

inBOIL

Since the government has admitted that this is a top-secret military base, I think most people would agree with you on this.

I believe that Jesus was just another cult leader.

I believe that it isn't wrong to scam a scammer.

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filtherton

I don't believe in anything.

Plan9

I believe people that make bold statements about not believing in anything haven't lived a life worth living. Or have an account on WoW.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

filtherton

I would think that living a life worth living would make one believe in less.

The peak of my certainties occurred somewhere around the age of 15 and involved a lot of really good marijuana, the wu-tang clan and a geo prism.

World's King

I believe Crompsin needs a blow job and a beer.

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Fotzlid

it never ceases to amaze me we've made it this far.

i believe that religion is an idea whose time has passed and has in fact become a burden to humanity.

blahblah454

I believe in God. But not necessarily the Church

telekinetic

I agree. For me, God is easy to believe in. It's his fanclub here on earth that make it difficult.

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clavus

I believe that Jesus Christ went to Church on Saturday and that the whole "church on Sunday" thing is a huge theological fuckup.

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Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

Plan9

Would you believe that I actually got both of those tonight?

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

DaveOrion

I believe that Crompsin will fall in love again, but World's King can't.

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Syriana...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer...

blahblah454

Nope! haha

abaya

I believe that everything humans do, think, feel, and say is a construct, a coping mechanism for dealing with a fucked-up, unequal, unjust world. Nothing about what we are is "real"--it is only real for the poor in spirit who need a mental salve to get through the day--the rest of us live with the knowledge that nothing can heal us, the wounds remain open until death. We are all deceiving ourselves. Everything has become a form of brainwashing, marketing, mindfuckery. All happiness is fleeting, so why even really enjoy it? Get used to feeling like shit, because that's the world. Shit, with the occasional moment of brightness--but I don't hold my breath for that.

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And think not you can direct the course of Love;
for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
--Khalil Gibran

Fremen

I believe my farts aren't that bad smelling, and that if I keep my leg or arm off the side of the bed while sleeping, "something" will reach from under the bed and grab me. *do-do-do-doo-do-do-do-doo*

Also, beer sucks. *ducks*

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KellyC

Holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and the likes are blah.

And that I'm perfectly normal despite what people around me think.

Oh, and shit happens.

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Him: Ok, I have to ask, what do you believe?
Me: Shit happens.

ShaniFaye

God and love at first sight

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I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!

Charlatan

Now that's just crazy... :P

I'm with Femen on the whole thing under the bed...

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"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke

analog

That babies are amazing, a "gift", a "miracle", or other object of heavy praise. It's the result of a man ejaculating into a woman while fucking her. There's nothing spiritual, magical, or miraculous about the resulting fetus.

The Beetles are "ok", at best. Most of their work is drug-muddled nonsense. They really only have a handful of "good" songs.

Plan9

Howard Dean would have been a good president if our entire special interests / bipartisan political structure didn't have the media muscle to "laugh" him outta the running.

Television has a higher count of soul-stealing than nuclear weapons ever will.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

ring

I believe that "Soul is closely connected to fate, and the turns of fate almost always go counter to the expectations and often to the desires of the ego"
-Thomas Moore

I also believe the flutter frequency of flourescent lights drove me insane.

highthief

I believe most conspiracy theories are, in fact, the product of overactive imaginations.

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maleficent

I believe that I will actually be hot...


(this should really be nonsense

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Jinn

I believe:

• That depression and AD(H)D are over-diagnosed, and that most adolescents diagnosed with such are crybaby idiots being coddled by an overpaid quacks with no idea how children work.
  
• That real depression is under diagnosed, and that there is more depressed and substance abusing individuals than most people know.
  
• That children with REAL AD(H)D should be labeled as gifted rather than disabled, as they have an incredibly useful (and marketable) ability to multi-task.
  
• That the 9/11 attacks occurred almost exactly as they were seen and reported, and that the only lies occurred later, as a justification for war.
  
• That Jesus was an illusionist on par with Criss Angel, performing half-assed illusion-miracles which were later dramatized. I don't believe he even approach es the skill of Houdini.
  
• That most people are poor by choice, rather than circumstance.
  
• That abortion is a very effective and necessary way to increase the quality of life for humans, and should be used more frequently.
  
• That men CAN cook, clean, and - heaven forbid - take care of children.
  
• That we shouldn't try too hard to educate stupid people, else we lose valuable service workers.

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