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General Discussion / Re: Yo Song of the Day 2008!
« on: December 30, 2008, 03:59:16 PM »
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General Discussion / Re: You & Your Religion
« on: December 30, 2008, 09:54:47 AM »
...The reality is that man created religion as a way to cope with all of the things that occurred in his enviroment that he could not fathom or understand. For example 10-15,000 years ago what did people know about natural phenomena i.e. Tsunami's, earthquakes, volcanoes, meteoric showers, thunder, lightning, Blizzards, floods, shooting stars / comets etc? How could the people of those times explain such things? Of course they couldn't and that must have been daunting, so the natural human reaction was to attribute it to a higher power.
Ask yourself this, why do different people in different parts of the world have different takes on God? People have different takes on God in exactly the same way they different takes on culture and language. It all goes to show you that religion is a man-made beast. If there really was one God (in the Biblical/Islamic/Toranic sense) why doesn't everbody, bar none, believe in that God and more to the point, don't you think that God would have revealed him/herself to all us just to reinforce that belief.
Prime example, the Bible (which by the way was written by man approx 2000 years ago) tell us that God created Man first, ahead of all other animals. But we now know (through scientific advances) that man was at the back of the queue when it comes to life on this planet. The first homonids (Homo Sapiens) only showed up on Earth approx 40,000 years ago and there were in fact two different types of Human species roaming the Earth competing against each other for survival, one of which died out (Neanderthal Man or the European "Caveman") due to the technological advances of the other group which lead to a scarcity of food sources for the Neanderthal. We know all of this from fossil research and the DNA analysis thereof. Before the arrival of Homonids however, there was a whole host of animals roaming the planet, insects for example have been around on this planet for much longer than humans. So then, why is there no mention of these things in The Bible, Qu'ran or the Torah? Simply because at the time those texts were being penned there was little or no knowledge of the Natural World, it's as simple as that. For example Crocodiles have been living on earth 1000 times longer than Humans.
All religious texts reflect the level of knowledge that was availble at the time, for example the people who wrote the Bible didn't even know that the Earth is round, how many planets there are in our Solar System or that the Earth revolves around the Sun. If all these religious texts (Qu'ran, Bible, Torah) really were the "Word Of God" don't you think those important bits of information would have been pa**ed on from "The Creator"?
My argument is that there probably is a Supreme Creator out there but nobody, and I mean nobody on the face of this planet knows what that Creator looks like, or indeed if that creator even has an image.
Religion is man's dual response to living on this planet and understanding very little and having to deal with the fact that one day he will die with very little knowledge. So as a response he creates God and religion and thus ensures himself an "Afterlife", which conveniently eases his conscience.
I'm with most of this, except the some of the chronology is wrong. Man is several million years older than 1st believed, and we seem to keep finding older and older fossils to push our age further and further back. Even the Sumerians claimed to be able to trace us at least 450 000 years back. Our problem is that our civilistions tend to "reset" on a +- 10 000 year cycle, so we become primitive and "forget" everything and start anew. Just Imagine what another meteorite like the 1 that supposedly wiped out the dinosaurs would do to our current state of civilisation. Or another Great Flood...
Fact is, 10 - 15 000 years ago, we were pretty smart, building pyramids and a bunch of other advanced structures across the globe. And we knew Earth was round, coz we used to travel around it. What made most of humanity go back to primitive ways all those years ago was the last ice age.
Then came religions to explain things we once understood, but had lost knowledge about. This might explain why we have more and more "smart" modern people moving away from "traditional" religious beliefs. Coz science, etc has filled in many of the blanks.
Religion is man's dual response to living on this planet and understanding very little and having to deal with the fact that one day he will die with very little knowledge. So as a response he creates God and religion and thus ensures himself an "Afterlife", which conveniently eases his conscience.
So true, and as we got smarter, some guys decided to add some functionality and use these religions as a control mechanism as well. But basically I think it provides a convenient "box" in which to throw all the unkowns, and explain some particularly discomforting things like what happens when we die.
The fact that we have so many different religions tells me that each one probably has at least some the story wrong. The truth is probably a hybrid of some sort. I haven't got it exactly figured out, yet, hopefully I'll discover in the afterlife. But I'll trade religion for good old understanding any day... And I think there is a Creator, though not the emotional guy we read about in the greatest story ever told. I don't see any other way to explain where this entire universe popped up from...
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General Discussion / Giving head cures breast cancer
« on: November 07, 2007, 03:40:42 PM »
I aint read anything THIS informative in a while... 
So if you'll excuse me, I have lives to go and save....
I suggest the rest of the dudes get off their a$$es and do the same, there could be some pretty young thing out there DYING, while you sit behind a PC with the cure in your pants.... :twisted:
So if you'll excuse me, I have lives to go and save....
I suggest the rest of the dudes get off their a$$es and do the same, there could be some pretty young thing out there DYING, while you sit behind a PC with the cure in your pants.... :twisted:
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Hip Hop Events / N.T.H.A.B.I Birthday
« on: November 06, 2007, 09:16:09 AM »
Sorry I'm late...
I'd also like to echo what most of the peeps done already said.
And may the force be with you...
I'd also like to echo what most of the peeps done already said.
And may the force be with you...
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Hot Traxxx / HANDSOME BOYS MODELLING SCHOOL
« on: November 06, 2007, 09:05:47 AM »
Dan's the shiznit, 4 shizo...
Any1 wanna share sum of his stuff :?:
Any1 wanna share sum of his stuff :?:
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Long time, mine people...
I are in urjent need of this guy number man...
And I know some of you peeps are well connected in the SA media scene, so plz, if any1 can slide me contact details 4 this DJ Waxxy cat via PM or email, I'd be indebted 2 u 4 life...
Its bloody urgent, plz hook me up ASAFP. Yesterday wud b nice...
Thanx in advance.
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I are in urjent need of this guy number man...
And I know some of you peeps are well connected in the SA media scene, so plz, if any1 can slide me contact details 4 this DJ Waxxy cat via PM or email, I'd be indebted 2 u 4 life...
Its bloody urgent, plz hook me up ASAFP. Yesterday wud b nice...
Thanx in advance.
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General Discussion / Blacks don't Read!!!!
« on: May 22, 2007, 11:19:07 AM »Quote from: "Phreestyle"
Define read! You read emotions ,situations and people not only books.
Blacks read a lot...a lot of life!
We aint illiterate negroes!
Can whites read Hyroglyphics..?NO! coz thats our writing
Unless black Egyptologists outnumber whites in the same field, then there are currently more whites who can read heiroglyphics than blacks...
I sure as hell cant read heiro, and haven't met any blacks who do...
Can you? :?: :?:
:wink:
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Geek Section / Banned Books:Secrets of the Ninja
« on: May 09, 2007, 06:07:54 PM »
I've actually got that ninja book, its pretty interesting, plus a few others if u interested...
Upload the others tho, them books sound interesting...
Upload the others tho, them books sound interesting...
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Producers - Discussion / Art of Sampling
« on: May 02, 2007, 05:56:38 PM »
Sampling can b done in such creative ways that u'd need 2 get forensic 2 tell what the f*** the dude sampled in the 1st place. Just listen 2 cats like Pete Rock, u'll get a good idea what i mean. Sampling need not necessarily limit one's creativity.
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General Discussion / To Upload or Not to Upload
« on: April 05, 2007, 08:47:43 PM »
Upload them SA albums after about a year and a half, or however long it takes 4 most of the album sales to have taken place. Then u minimise the loss of sales coz of netlegging.
But upload, my brother, upload.... :twisted:
But upload, my brother, upload.... :twisted:
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General Discussion / Some manly shit
« on: February 04, 2007, 10:59:57 AM »Quote from: "briCK"
I had the same problem till I discovered that it was not me but the female, I guess its true then there is someone for everyone Beyonce does not do it for me I have no disire(Sorry Crus) for her.
^^ Yup. I'm with that. Except 4 the bit about Beyonce, coz I'D HIT THAT! :twisted:
So basically, the problem's not with the gut, it's with the chick, right? 8O
Yeah, I like that...
Ladies, it's al YOUR fault!
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Producers - Discussion / Industry people wanting free beats-Ever dealt with this
« on: October 23, 2006, 08:43:19 PM »
How daoes SOMRO's paying out of royalties work, detail any1? with figures, even ruff ones...
:?: :?: :?:
:?: :?: :?:
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General Discussion / (()(<>))(()<[]>)[]/\/\/\)([](((<>))))([]/\
« on: September 24, 2006, 11:56:23 PM »
Thanks a mil Ed.
So far most of what you told me is not news, i've read a bit about the universe and it's composition.
But what i was really curious about is wether or not we've discovered exactly what the dark matter is made up of. The stuff i read never mentioned neutrinos though.
OK, what about the dark energy, thats a first for me, can u break it down a bit? I wont ask MN again, i'll pro'lly be wasting my time...
So far most of what you told me is not news, i've read a bit about the universe and it's composition.
But what i was really curious about is wether or not we've discovered exactly what the dark matter is made up of. The stuff i read never mentioned neutrinos though.
OK, what about the dark energy, thats a first for me, can u break it down a bit? I wont ask MN again, i'll pro'lly be wasting my time...
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General Discussion / (()(<>))(()<[]>)[]/\/\/\)([](((<>))))([]/\
« on: September 21, 2006, 12:16:28 AM »
Are you a cosmologist? If you are, I have a question:
What is this dark matter in the universe that I've come across in several texts, any idea? Is it also dust or what?
P.S. Please reply in regular english, I'm sure Ed's translation fees are exorbitant. :lol:
What is this dark matter in the universe that I've come across in several texts, any idea? Is it also dust or what?
P.S. Please reply in regular english, I'm sure Ed's translation fees are exorbitant. :lol: