Ask me anything!

[Aqualung]

Well, I guess I'll bump this thread for anybody new in the past year. Plus, others have been making these threads so I guess there's a demand for them. Plus, I am bored, so maybe this will give me something to do.

 

[Buttons*]

you'd think so ay!

Well, how's school going this year?

 

[UnTheist]

Can you explain what Christian Existentialism is?

 

[Buttons*]

When did you change your title from "thick as a brick"?

 

[Aqualung]

you'd think so ay!

Well, how's school going this year?

School is going great. I actually like all my classes this semester. I'm taking Linear Algebra; Intro to advanced Mathematics (which is basically proofs and logic); Ethics; Intro to Mass Communications; Beginning Piano; and Spanish Civilisation and Culture. They're all really fun.

 

[Aqualung]

Can you explain what Christian Existentialism is?

Briefly:

Existentialism is the idea that there exists no "self" or "essence" inherent in humans. Plato, for example, taught that all things on earth are imperfect representations of things in heaven. Therefore, the human essence is related to the perfect form of "humanness". Aristotle taught that human essence lay in reason and that man must use his reason and therefore fulfill his essence. Existentialism teaches that man has no essence, but that rather he must create it for himself. Christian existentialism often teaches that while man may have an essence (created by God, or like God's idea of what humans are), he can never figure out what that essence is in order to live up to it. If one can't figure out that essence, one might as well live as if he didn't have an essence.

For more on this subject, I recommend reading about Soren Kierkegaard, who is basically the foremost Christian existentialist.

 

[Aqualung]

When did you change your title from "thick as a brick"?

It was two fold: People I debated thought that it was sufficient rebuttal to say things like, "Well, you're 'thick as a brick', so I shouldn't listen to you anyway." Furthermore, they would then deny that they were being insulting or using ad hominem tactics by saying, "Well, it's in your title, you said it yourself."

Second: People often think I'm being sarcastic in print. I, however, think sarcasm gets nowhere in print (since it's so hard to accomplish) and does nothing for a debate. So, in an attempt to ensure that people didn't automatically assume I was being sarcastic, I put it in my title (since my sig was a bit full).

 

[Buttons*]

It was two fold: People I debated thought that it was sufficient rebuttal to say things like, "Well, you're 'thick as a brick', so I shouldn't listen to you anyway." Furthermore, they would then deny that they were being insulting or using ad hominem tactics by saying, "Well, it's in your title, you said it yourself."

Second: People often think I'm being sarcastic in print. I, however, think sarcasm gets nowhere in print (since it's so hard to accomplish) and does nothing for a debate. So, in an attempt to ensure that people didn't automatically assume I was being sarcastic, I put it in my title (since my sig was a bit full).

I think it's a clever way of being sarcastic... I actually was going to give you props on it but I love humor... so sarcasm is awesome to me.

Going to any good concerts?

 

[Aqualung]

I think it's a clever way of being sarcastic... I actually was going to give you props on it but I love humor... so sarcasm is awesome to me.

Going to any good concerts?

I recently went to a Rush concert, but I can usually only afford to go to and find people to go with me to one concert each year, usually in the summer with my brother. On the other hand, my school usually has some sort of concert in October-ish, so if that's good I might go. They're usually cheap.

 

[Buttons*]

What's your favorite kind of food?

 

[Aqualung]

Pig (especially bacon, ham, pork... Ok, the whole thing) or popcorn. I'm also partial to sunflower seeds.

 

[Kungfuzed]

All this time I had no idea you were female, not that it makes a difference.

What's your favorite Van Halen song? Did you choose your avatar because you like Van Halen or because you are a rebellious little angel?

 

[Smoke]

Do you buy your sunflower seeds already hulled, or do you put the whole thing in your mouth and spit out the hulls?

 

[Aqualung]

All this time I had no idea you were female, not that it makes a difference.

What's your favorite Van Halen song?

I'm not sure. It might be Unchained, and Atomic Punk is pretty good, too. Balance is one of my favourite albums, because it's so sappy.

Did you choose your avatar because you like Van Halen or because you are a rebellious little angel?

It was a combination. I generally have album covers of albums that I like for avatars at forums. On this one, I considered many covers (including Jethro Tull's Aqualung), and finally settled on the 1984 cover because the rebellious little angel is particularly suited to a religious forum.

 

[Aqualung]

Do you buy your sunflower seeds already hulled, or do you put the whole thing in your mouth and spit out the hulls?

I buy them with the shell. It's no fun to eat them the other way.