Dennis Hopper?
So are you guys gonna report his death or what? I only heard about it weeks and weeks ago

I need to paraphrase that: There is no God because the Christian bible sucks (for whatever assorted reasons) omits many logical steps. But saying that arguing about the existence of an omnipotent, omnipresent being without taking into account the particulars of Christianity is just downright essentialist. An…

@Alasdair: I vehemently disagree with what (I think) you're saying. I believe that discrediting the Bible as the "truth" and plausible and discrediting the existence of God are two separate things, as any rational atheist would likely agree with.

Yeah and like Lone Audience said, if you believe every unsupported, undocumented fact in the Bible (minus some partially legitimate Jewish history), I don't understand why the principles of evolution are too much of a leap for you.

I can respect that some people have trouble refuting the first cause argument for the existence of god, so I understand general deism. But everything else is for the birds.

"But seriously, unless you have a Delorean that can go back in time, you can't prove some of that stuff any more easily than I can go back and use a camcorder to spy on Noah while he built the ark."

Ann Arbor is surprisingly nice for Michigan, having spent some time there myself. But it indeed is turning into an asshole of a town. Tell me though, is Pinball Pete's still around these days?

MAGNICIFENT

Well, if someone else is going to out and say it, I'll drop my tolerance facade and say that I find biblical literalism to be appallingly silly if not outright dangerous

Because a Jehova or gung-ho Christian is no different from your average shill for any organization or whatnot. No reason to place religion on a pedestal—deserves no more or less respect than any other worldview or personal opinion, spiritual or not.

I don't want to sound too glib, but a lot of people die waiting for transplants. That doesn't sound like it would be unique to Canada's kind of system. But that is an interesting perspective, and thank you.

I feel like I go insane. I have an overwhelming depression whenever I read a high quality novel

If you mean that you can only read poorly-reviewed books so you can read them and see the obvious flaws and feel better about yourself, I completely understand. As a frustrated writer myself, it is heartbreaking and painful for me to read Pynchon. I wish I could write like that.

I sure as shit am not a teabagger, and no Canadians I know (family and friends and one douchey redheaded elitist French Canadian, friggin Quebec) have had any problems with the healthcare system. I mean, sure, they've had gripes and inconveniences, but never heard of someone dying waiting for care. I only asked…

Still love Eastwood the actor, though sad but true on Eastwood the director. At least his weaker 90s movies were still pretty great, but I don't think he'll top Unforgiven (liked Mystic River and Flags well enough though). But shit man, if he makes one more Oscar-bait melodrama he's gonna start irrevocably tarnishing…

ANYTHING by Tom Stoppard. After I read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead in high school I read all the Stoppard I could get my hands on.

Yeah, Canada isn't some liberal paradise, although my family up there does seem to lead a more pleasant life, they live in one of the less populated areas, so I guess they don't know any better (Alberta ftw!). But having gone to college near Buffalo (and thus taken a ridiculous amount of road trips to Toronto and…

I call Clint Eastwood. Followed by Don Rickles, and then Kirk Douglas.

Rilke, you display a harrowing amount of epicaricacy. Also, your bio is fucking sad. Ever seen an AV Club profile page? No one gives a shit about your life story, pseudo-philosophical unoriginal musings, or email address.

@mad: Fair point, I guess. What I meant was that F9/11, in its first 45-60 minutes, showed such contempt for scholarship and balance that it made me sick. Moore's documentaries do, for the most part have their redeeming qualities and underlying message, beyond the emotional reactions they produce (and as flawed as…