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Originally Posted by jammies

Well I'm glad you didn't just take the easy way out to come up with a pithy one-liner, but instead used a carefully constructed argument to refute at least one of the points you, apparently, vehemently disagreed with. Oh wait...

People who think that every opinion is equally valid, no matter how ludicrous. (Guess what I think your post is ignorant and pessimistic you think its right…but BOTH of our opinions are equal you can’t tell someone that your opinion is better or more valid its there opinion if they want to have it so be it) Astrology cannot explain the future, past, or present(Got some proof for this? I don’t believe in horoscopes or much astrology for that matter but some people do…what does it matter to you, does it have any bearing on your life if a culture wants to use the stars explain the un-known just because you don’t believe doesn’t make it wrong) adding the word "natural" to food or drink doesn't automatically make it healthy: your computer, like all inanimate objects, is incapable of being out to get you; logical thought is not a tool of The Man to keep you oppressed; "feelings" do not trump facts; and Justin Timberlake can only be called "music" in the same way that the latest Gap billboard can be called "art".

Your personal experience with the paranormal does not prove it exists any more than my experiences with LSD proved that colors can be tasted (again if people want to believe in the paranormal because of there own personal experience let them…just because it hasn’t happened to you doesn’t give you the right to tell them that they are wrong or that it doesn’t exist); your child is probably not especially clever nor beautiful (other than in the way that all children are)(God forbid a parent think there young child is beautiful or smart…more parents should take your outlook on life…yeah my child is pretty ugly and stupid); you do look rather fat in those jeans; chances are pretty good that you aren't a particularly good driver nor are you as attractive to the opposite sex as you think you are.(if you want to go around thinking you’re a poor driver and unattractive that’s fine, but don’t tell me I am I tend to believe in self confidence)

Flipping a coin and getting heads 10 times in a row means you have about a 50/50 chance of getting heads again next time you do the flip despite your intuition otherwise; if you ask an expert for an informed opinion and you don't agree with it, you are most likely wrong and he or she is right, especially when your idea is "common sense" and theirs isn't(you can’t tell someone there opinion is wrong even if your are expert…if your tell someone that 2+2=4 even though most would agree that you are 100% correct if they think 2+2=5 than that is there opinion its not right and its not wrong its just there opinion you can disagree like most would but if they believe its right than that is there opinion) ; alternative medicine is not being held back by the drug companies/doctors; you really do snore and since YOU ARE SLEEPING WHEN IT HAPPENS it's obvious that you are in denial when you claim otherwise.

If you have a simple solution to a complex problem, it has already been tried and failed to work; nuclear power is more environmentally friendly than coal, oil, or hydro, so if you were really environmentally conscious and not just a freakin' Luddite, you'd support it; if magic worked then we'd be flying brooms instead of jet planes; meat is not murder unless you're a cannibal(now see if you can grasp this in your opinion its not murder, I cannot tell your opinion is wrong because its your opinion…do I disagree? Absolutely but that is your opinion); and Jesus not only doesn't love you, he wishes you'd mind your own damn business already.