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Post by robocop656 » Sat May 22, 2010 2:09 pm

Read up on your SCIENCE!! They have a theory where all the matter in the universe was the size of a head on a needle before the big bang. Anyway, This is going to get ugly me thinks.

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Post by NeonVomit » Sat May 22, 2010 3:28 pm

robocop656 wrote:Nuke planet earth. Fuck the humans.
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Post by robocop656 » Sat May 22, 2010 4:06 pm

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Post by Ragehead91 » Sat May 22, 2010 4:35 pm

NeonVomit wrote:
robocop656 wrote:Nuke planet earth. Fuck the humans.
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Awesome! :lol:

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Post by Stratowarius » Sat May 22, 2010 4:39 pm

robocop656 wrote:Read up on your SCIENCE!! They have a theory where all the matter in the universe was the size of a head on a needle before the big bang. Anyway, This is going to get ugly me thinks.
:lol: But, do we really believe in that needle-head-thought? Let us instead make our own Strato-teori, as good as anyone.
God or whatever you will call him, sat in his emptiness and was bored, almost to death. He speculated over what fun he could find up. A firebomb maybe? He had salpeter, chlorate, sulphur, hydrogen, oxygen and some natrium and gallium. If he put it together, there would at least happen something. (here and now, CIA, FBI, KGB, Mossad and some smaller organisations are alerted and read this with great interest. Haha I am NOT a bombmaker).
Well, he put the things together and sparkled a little with his magic finger. And when the atoms were rubbed against each other, they went crazy and there was a nuclear reaction. Oh God, or whatever you call him, was there a reaction? Yes, a really BIG BANG. Everything flew away and the strange thing is, that it still moves.
Two questions. To where? And what happened with the one that was making the bomb? Did he survive and is he still there and still bored? And is there risk for more borebombs?

Jajaja. I know. :roll: I am crazy. I have already heard that... :roll: :roll: :roll:

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Post by robocop656 » Sat May 22, 2010 8:50 pm

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Stratowarius:
You remind me of this lady who photoshops crucifixes into Hubble Telescope images. :shock:

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Post by ggonza43 » Sat May 22, 2010 10:38 pm

Some things never change, sadly :(. So now my position of "I don't give a fuck about religion" may turn into "fuck religion" :?
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Post by browneyedgirl » Sun May 23, 2010 3:56 am

ggonza43 wrote:Some things never change, sadly :(. So now my position of "I don't give a fuck about religion" may turn into "fuck religion" :?
It's not religion, it's the people IN religions who are the problem. When people try to be God himself, who try to pass judgement on people, who play God, then, yes, religion is going to be screwed up. People bring their own psychological problems into the whole mess. Its like a parent who tells a teenager,"If you do that, no decent people will have anything to do with you!" Well, who the Hell is decent? LOL from what I know, its the so-called "decent" people who are doing all the bullshit in society/world! LOL And keeping it swept under the damn rug.

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Post by Stratowarius » Sun May 23, 2010 6:27 am

Stratowarius:
You remind me of this lady who photoshops crucifixes into Hubble Telescope images. :shock:[/quote]


:cry: Oh how you misunderstand me. :cry: I'm more the "lady"(!) that photoshops Hubble into some crucifix. But, but I'm not a photoshopper at all. Sorry to say I have never learnt that useful art...

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Post by NeonVomit » Sun May 23, 2010 1:45 pm

robocop656 wrote:Jens:
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I remember that day. I had a school performance when I had to read a text in Greek in front of the entire school (it was a national holiday). I was nervous as hell, spent weeks before worrying about it, and it seemed like it was going to be the end of the world, as I was 9 years old.

Finally an explanation about that feeling! These people were onto something!
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Post by Burning Reflection » Sun May 23, 2010 8:24 pm

In a metaphorical sense, these people are putting themselves through hell wasting their precious life judging the totality of a person's life off of less than a half truth; shows how insecure and fearful they are at the core of their over zealousness. These people are hardly religious, they are authoritarian and sadistic. Only people willing to exploit and control others would believe in a vengeful God. God is supposed to represent love and tolerance at Its purest form, not hate and ignorance.

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Post by NeonVomit » Sun May 23, 2010 10:00 pm

The best way to deal with them is like this:

Organise a bunch of gay and lesbian couples to go to the next funeral they picket. I'm talking busloads of them. They should then all surround them and start making out with each other.
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Post by rikkertje » Sun May 23, 2010 10:15 pm

NeonVomit wrote:The best way to deal with them is like this:

Organise a bunch of gay and lesbian couples to go to the next funeral they picket. I'm talking busloads of them. They should then all surround them and start making out with each other.
If you really organize that, then me and my boyfriend would gladly participate!:D :lol:

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Post by NeonVomit » Sun May 23, 2010 10:28 pm

rikkertje wrote:
NeonVomit wrote:The best way to deal with them is like this:

Organise a bunch of gay and lesbian couples to go to the next funeral they picket. I'm talking busloads of them. They should then all surround them and start making out with each other.
If you really organize that, then me and my boyfriend would gladly participate!:D :lol:
Uh, yeah, kind of tricky for me to organise something like that from London :D push the idea onto others though!

We haven't got anyone like that over here thankfully, because the English legal system is quite effective at stamping out people who abuse the law in that way. Also, they wouldn't qualify for charitable status, or have it revoked.
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Post by rikkertje » Sun May 23, 2010 10:53 pm

NeonVomit wrote:
rikkertje wrote:
NeonVomit wrote:The best way to deal with them is like this:

Organise a bunch of gay and lesbian couples to go to the next funeral they picket. I'm talking busloads of them. They should then all surround them and start making out with each other.
If you really organize that, then me and my boyfriend would gladly participate!:D :lol:
Uh, yeah, kind of tricky for me to organise something like that from London :D push the idea onto others though!

We haven't got anyone like that over here thankfully, because the English legal system is quite effective at stamping out people who abuse the law in that way. Also, they wouldn't qualify for charitable status, or have it revoked.
Haha okay. I'm really happy we also don't have these idiots in The Netherlands.:)

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Post by ggonza43 » Wed May 26, 2010 6:15 pm

browneyedgirl wrote:
ggonza43 wrote:Some things never change, sadly :(. So now my position of "I don't give a fuck about religion" may turn into "fuck religion" :?
It's not religion, it's the people IN religions who are the problem. When people try to be God himself, who try to pass judgement on people, who play God, then, yes, religion is going to be screwed up. People bring their own psychological problems into the whole mess. Its like a parent who tells a teenager,"If you do that, no decent people will have anything to do with you!" Well, who the Hell is decent? LOL from what I know, its the so-called "decent" people who are doing all the bullshit in society/world! LOL And keeping it swept under the damn rug.
It's the same situation. People in religions think that way because the religion makes them think like that, so I don't see any difference here :?
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Post by Stratowarius 2.0 » Wed May 26, 2010 10:06 pm

ggonza43 wrote:
browneyedgirl wrote:
ggonza43 wrote:Some things never change, sadly :(. So now my position of "I don't give a fuck about religion" may turn into "fuck religion" :?
It's not religion, it's the people IN religions who are the problem. When people try to be God himself, who try to pass judgement on people, who play God, then, yes, religion is going to be screwed up. People bring their own psychological problems into the whole mess. Its like a parent who tells a teenager,"If you do that, no decent people will have anything to do with you!" Well, who the Hell is decent? LOL from what I know, its the so-called "decent" people who are doing all the bullshit in society/world! LOL And keeping it swept under the damn rug.
It's the same situation. People in religions think that way because the religion makes them think like that, so I don't see any difference here :?
ggonza43 wrote:
browneyedgirl wrote:
ggonza43 wrote:Some things never change, sadly :(. So now my position of "I don't give a fuck about religion" may turn into "fuck religion" :?
It's not religion, it's the people IN religions who are the problem. When people try to be God himself, who try to pass judgement on people, who play God, then, yes, religion is going to be screwed up. People bring their own psychological problems into the whole mess. Its like a parent who tells a teenager,"If you do that, no decent people will have anything to do with you!" Well, who the Hell is decent? LOL from what I know, its the so-called "decent" people who are doing all the bullshit in society/world! LOL And keeping it swept under the damn rug.
It's the same situation. People in religions think that way because the religion makes them thinklike that, so I don't see any difference here :?
When a christian cretin creates a clamor at a civilians cremation...it is senseless to state he was spurred solely by his spirituality. :eyes

I would surmise that Westboro's witless wackjobs know no more about Christianity than Ragehead91 knows about smooth jazz. :rotflmao1:

When a death metal devotee desolates a school, should some singular specimens state his selected song spurred his soul to slay those specimens? :poke:

Those partisan, petulance promoting pinheads can pleasure priapus's phallus! :viking: :rvd: :bounce2:

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Post by NeonVomit » Wed May 26, 2010 10:29 pm

Stratowarius 2.0 wrote:
ggonza43 wrote:
browneyedgirl wrote:
ggonza43 wrote:Some things never change, sadly :(. So now my position of "I don't give a fuck about religion" may turn into "fuck religion" :?
It's not religion, it's the people IN religions who are the problem. When people try to be God himself, who try to pass judgement on people, who play God, then, yes, religion is going to be screwed up. People bring their own psychological problems into the whole mess. Its like a parent who tells a teenager,"If you do that, no decent people will have anything to do with you!" Well, who the Hell is decent? LOL from what I know, its the so-called "decent" people who are doing all the bullshit in society/world! LOL And keeping it swept under the damn rug.
It's the same situation. People in religions think that way because the religion makes them think like that, so I don't see any difference here :?
ggonza43 wrote:
browneyedgirl wrote:
ggonza43 wrote:Some things never change, sadly :(. So now my position of "I don't give a fuck about religion" may turn into "fuck religion" :?
It's not religion, it's the people IN religions who are the problem. When people try to be God himself, who try to pass judgement on people, who play God, then, yes, religion is going to be screwed up. People bring their own psychological problems into the whole mess. Its like a parent who tells a teenager,"If you do that, no decent people will have anything to do with you!" Well, who the Hell is decent? LOL from what I know, its the so-called "decent" people who are doing all the bullshit in society/world! LOL And keeping it swept under the damn rug.
It's the same situation. People in religions think that way because the religion makes them thinklike that, so I don't see any difference here :?
When a christian cretin creates a clamor at a civilians cremation...it is senseless to state he was spurred solely by his spirituality. :eyes

I would surmise that Westboro's witless wackjobs know no more about Christianity than Ragehead91 knows about smooth jazz. :rotflmao1:

When a death metal devotee desolates a school, should some singular specimens state his selected song spurred his soul to slay those specimens? :poke:

Those partisan, petulance promoting pinheads can pleasure priapus's phallus! :viking: :rvd: :bounce2:
...I think we've found the hand pulling George Zimmer's strings.
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Post by NeverendingAbyss » Wed May 26, 2010 10:35 pm

NeonVomit wrote:...I think we've found the hand pulling George Zimmer's strings.
:lol: You don't say? TimoToikki and Chris P. Bacon are all the same person.

So am I.

I think I'll make a new username to lol about. brb. :P

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Post by Stratowarius 2.0 » Wed May 26, 2010 11:18 pm

NeonVomit wrote: ...I think we've found the hand pulling George Zimmer's strings.
It would not be very sportsmanlike for me to take credit for the ingenuity of another's work. :leapfrog:

The masked maniac behind George Zimmer served as my my inspiration. :user:

However, I am most certainly NOT responsible for his highly entertaining posts! :poke:

Soon, the grammar nazi will make his forum debut. :nervous:

Are you exited? :shock:

I am! :rvd:

But it is also not of my doing. :eyes

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Post by AAAAAAAAAA » Wed May 26, 2010 11:21 pm

BLOODY HELL!!

I just posted all this from the wrong account :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

What a waste! :puke:

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Post by robocop656 » Wed May 26, 2010 11:27 pm

Christ on a bike went on a hike with the 3rd reich. I'm so edgy man.

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Post by robocop656 » Wed May 26, 2010 11:36 pm

Here's a cheesy quote for the babtizsz:

"It's hard to get the big picture when you have such a small screen."

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Stratowarius 2.0 wrote: Soon, the grammar nazi will make his forum debut. :nervous:
This is gonna take some time....



I need to remember the email I registered with.
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AAAAAAAAAA wrote:BLOODY HELL!!

I just posted all this from the wrong account :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

What a waste! :puke:
...you do know you could've just deleted the post and most people wouldn't have noticed, right?
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Post by AAAAAAAAAA » Thu May 27, 2010 4:06 am

NeonVomit wrote:
AAAAAAAAAA wrote:BLOODY HELL!!

I just posted all this from the wrong account :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

What a waste! :puke:
...you do know you could've just deleted the post and most people wouldn't have noticed, right?
You had already quoted it, fascist* :eyes

*just because :roll:

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Post by NeonVomit » Sat May 29, 2010 3:14 am

AAAAAAAAAA wrote:
NeonVomit wrote:
AAAAAAAAAA wrote:BLOODY HELL!!

I just posted all this from the wrong account :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

What a waste! :puke:
...you do know you could've just deleted the post and most people wouldn't have noticed, right?
You had already quoted it, fascist* :eyes

*just because :roll:
I guess that's one head of the hydra gone. Will another two pop up in its place?
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The first photos and fan-filmed video footage from Ronnie James Dio's public memorial service — which was held this afternoon (Sunday, May 30) at the Hall Of Liberty at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, in Los Angeles — can be viewed below.

More than 1,200 fans attended the event, which featured performances by Geoff Tate (QUEENSRŸCHE), Glenn Hughes (BLACK SABBATH, DEEP PURPLE), Paul Shortino (QUIET RIOT, ROUGH CUTT), Joey Belladonna (ANTHRAX), John Payne (ASIA), Oni Logan (LYNCH MOB), Claude Schnell (DIO) and Scott Warren (HEAVEN & HELL, DIO), along with personal tributes from Ronnie's family members, bandmates and business associates. According to the Associated Press, hundreds more gathered in the scorching heat outside the auditorium to watch monitors of the proceedings.

"He touched all of us with his music and his message and his magic," said David "Rock" Feinstein, Dio's cousin and ELF bandmate. "I know that Ronnie truly loved all of you. He had a great appreciation for your loyalty. I'm talking about all you out there, all the fans."

According to the Associated Press, Dio's son, Dan Padavona, cautioned the memorial crowd to be screened regularly by a doctor and take care of themselves, something he said his father did not do.

"I beg you not to make the same mistake my dad made," said Padavona. "For dad, the show always had to go on. He ignored the warning signs for years, and all along the cancer was growing and mutating from something that was probably easily defeatable into a monster which even Dio couldn't slay."

"He had that magic," remembered Willie Fyfe, Dio's longtime personal assistant. "He always called it magic. Once he had a crowd in his hands, that's where they stayed until it was time to go, then he'd give them back, and walk off and do his thing. Bless him. He's still doing that now, and the guy is in a coffin."

It has now been confirmed that two major concerts are being planned to celebrate the life of the late Ronnie James Dio. The gigs — dubbed Ronnie James Dio "Stand Up And Shout" Memorial Concerts — will take place in London and Los Angeles in the fall. There are also plans to hold annual events in the years to follow "so that Ronnie is never forgotten" and to raise money for cancer awareness and support, according to artist manager Adam Parsons.

Ronnie James Dio's widow, Wendy Dio, recently asked fans to ignore a protest by members of the Westboro Baptist Church, a fringe Christian congregation from Kansas, at Dio's public memorial service. The far right church announced its plans shortly after Dio's death, calling the late metal vocalist a "Satan-worshiper" and claiming he was "residing in hell."

As news of the group's protest began to spread online, Wendy Dio posted a message saying, "Ronnie hates prejudice and violence. We need to turn the other cheek on these people that only know how to hate someone they didn't know. We only know how to love someone we know!"

According to one person who attended today's memorial, the WBC "protesters were cordoned off outside of Forest Lawn grounds proper and were small in number with an at least equal number of counter-protesters." He added, "All seemed orderly despite the usual idiocy from the WBC folks."

Westboro Baptist Church is led by "minister" Fred Phelps, who has previously claimed that terrorist attacks and natural disasters are God's revenge for a society that tolerates homosexuality.

The church feels that they "have the duty to protest and picket at certain events, including funerals, to promote their religious message."

Members of the church have staged demonstrations at funerals of fallen soldiers.

Dio, who fronted BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW and his own band, died on May 16 from stomach cancer at the age of 67.

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Post by NeonVomit » Mon May 31, 2010 2:56 pm

Why they still have charitable status and are deemed a religious order is beyond my ability to grasp. I'm actually going to look into US charity law and see how they differ from here...
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