tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post115251400467457882..comments2023-05-02T06:06:00.795-07:00Comments on Tropical Embellishments: Banned from the GardenWeb Again qqqChristopher C. NChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1153123865838559872006-07-17T01:11:00.000-07:002006-07-17T01:11:00.000-07:00I've always been told that the difference between ...I've always been told that the difference between an agnostic and an atheist, is that an agnostic only doubts or <I>questions</I> the existence of a higher power, whereas an atheist <I>unequivocally disbelieves</I> that there is a spiritual world at all.<BR/><BR/>Although I certainly see the value in science, I also feel that it has its limitations. Maybe its just that I can't stand the thought christin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1153091876699224472006-07-16T16:17:00.000-07:002006-07-16T16:17:00.000-07:00I had never been able to wrap my head around the d...I had never been able to wrap my head around the difference between atheist and agnostic either until recently. It never really mattered. I guess I would be considered an agnostic because I can not deny the existense of the mysterious. I can't explain it, but I can't deny it.<BR/><BR/>The fatal error for them in my indoctrination was that they told me a bunch of fairy tales before and during the Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1153089735147740762006-07-16T15:42:00.000-07:002006-07-16T15:42:00.000-07:00Religion just doesn't add up for me.Guess I am too...Religion just doesn't add up for me.<BR/>Guess I am too much of a realist and put my faith in science.<BR/><BR/>My Bostonian Irish Catholic mother dutifly enrolled me in Sunday Catholic school and it was a complete disaster for everyone involved.<BR/>She finally gave up after many torturous years and let me follow my own path.<BR/><BR/>I would question the nuns and the priests endlessly and was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1153025871704894992006-07-15T21:57:00.000-07:002006-07-15T21:57:00.000-07:00Yeah, it's amazing the things they taught us -- es...Yeah, it's amazing the things they taught us -- especially considering that it was religion-based education. They even taught us about the perils of illegal drug use. One day, they showed us some film footage of a guy going through opiate withdrawal. That was gross. When it got to the part where a guy with a bag over his head was sniffing model airplane glue, one of the boys in our class christin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1152950040437417672006-07-15T00:54:00.000-07:002006-07-15T00:54:00.000-07:00I want my Toyata Pick Up before any TV.Good thing ...I want my Toyata Pick Up before any TV.<BR/><BR/>Good thing I claimed Copyright at the top of my blog eh? Precocious Ex-Catholic schoolboy points out lack of morals in the garden.<BR/><BR/>Pointing out The Moral Rights clause was what ended it for me the first go round. They kept saying this is just business as usual and not a moral issue and I asked well then why is it listed in the TOS. Buh ByeChristopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1152941697121592452006-07-14T22:34:00.000-07:002006-07-14T22:34:00.000-07:00I ‘ll take my dogma shaken , never gently stirred....I ‘ll take my dogma shaken , never gently stirred.<BR/>I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist, but rather a pragmatic cynic.<BR/>Sure many web sites have much of the same type of verbiage in regards to their terms of service agreement but what makes GardenWeb’s TOS sinister is their ‘moral rights clause ’, not to mention a not so minor detail that makes them slightly different from most other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1152936565946772062006-07-14T21:09:00.000-07:002006-07-14T21:09:00.000-07:00Talking back to the nuns in Catholic school?In the...Talking back to the nuns in Catholic school?<BR/><BR/><I>In the 1960's???</I><BR/><BR/>Wow, you were <I>daring</I>... Either that, or you only had the <I>sweet</I> nuns. None of the girls ever got into trouble, because we never dared to defy or -- even for a <I>moment</I> -- question their authority. But it was a different story with some of the bolder boys...<BR/><BR/>The lyrics in the secondchristin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1152901520366437772006-07-14T11:25:00.000-07:002006-07-14T11:25:00.000-07:00GW tamara was in the Landscape Design forum asking...GW tamara was in the Landscape Design forum asking for people to post pictures to their new gallery feature. The first thing that came up was the Copyright issue and she has not replied for days. The silence speaks volumnes.<BR/><BR/>Life can be a little snappish at times for us little devils. Even as the innocent faced Catholic schoolboy I was unable to control my tongue and just couldn't resistChristopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1152893700618640632006-07-14T09:15:00.000-07:002006-07-14T09:15:00.000-07:00I will genuflect, light 3 candles and say 4 Our Fa...I will genuflect, light 3 candles and say 4 Our Fathers for you Christopher but I doubt it will help.<BR/>The High Priestess of Deleteness is probably violating some other g-webber in the rectory.<BR/>tsk tsk tsk. And you know the Cardinals rule.... thou shall protect thy molesters of the church of GW.<BR/><BR/>I agree, we gardeners can be a scruffy lot.<BR/>I have chosen not to kneel at the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com