Beer in here!!

[Skeptical Greg]

Well, we aren't supposed to trash the great ' KRKEY ' debates, so I thought we could come over here in our underwear ( I'm actually wearing sweat pants and a ' Cool Dad ' T-shirt, circa 1996 ) and drink our beer.. ( actually a shot of Cuervo with a dash of Orange Curacao for me... )


( rubs hands together, takes a sip of my Devils brew )... I can't wait for this thing to get started, it should be a riot..

What's crazy so far, is that krkey has shown no evidence of knowing what he sayeth.. I trust it is some kind of intellectual ' Rope-A-Dope ' and we will be richly rewarded in the tradition of samhainfire and Does scientific rigity lead to false negatives (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10090)

Wait! Wait! We weren't richly rewarded..

But maybe this time it will be different....

So, anyway, why don't we gather over here to comment, go off on tangents as the need arises, and see if we can keep the clutter out of the great debate...

[TruthSeeker]

I think he's gone out to celebrate his birthday. It may have to wait.

Me: green terry robe and pjs and a great big mug of tea.

[EdipisReks]

i'm drinking mandarin orange spice tea, though i had plenty of guinness for lunch. mmmmmm, guinness. what is this thead about again?

[triadboy]

www.beeradvocate.com

[extra sensory potato]

I'm fully dressed (striped T-shirt, track suit pants) as the internet cafes from where I post object to me sitting in my underwear. And I haven't any beer, I usually just stop off at a bar for two drinks after I log off and then drink. I envy the folk who can sit at home in their underwear and sip their beer while posting, but at least they don't get to have passer-bys stare at them through a window!

[Skeptical Greg]

In the morning all..

Sleep tight.. And as my son and I always exchange..

" Sweet dreams or no dreams.. " :w2:

[Aoidoi]

Ah, beer... truly one of the leading causes of religion... :D

[WildCat]

I'm having a Bell's Pale Ale, wearing shorts and a t-shirt. When is this thing starting anyway? I'm expecting no less than Godzilla -Mothra. Or Ali-Frazier.

Oh well, the World Series rain delay is over.

[Suezoled]

"To Alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!" -Homer Simpson

[Nyarlathotep]

I am fully dressed (and trust me, only my wife would want to see me otherwise) but can I have a beer anyway?

[Skeptical Greg]

There is a rumor that krkey has entered the building..

I understand he is doing a little ' speed-bag ' work....

Of course, Yaweh may have missed the bus today, so that could push things out a bit...

[Lord Emsworth]

I'm fully dressed. And I have my Tea, Coffee, Milk.

I might however resolve to alcohol should the debate involve (im-)materialism.

[whitefork]

I'm all anticipation here, but what exactly is being debated? That the scriptures taken by themselves prove the resurrection, or that they show that the resurrection is more likely than some sort of fakery?

It's gonna take a heap o beer.

[hgc]

Dio, can you edit that thread title to get Krkey's name right?

[Skeptical Greg]

Grab your seats!

First come first serve.... The waitstaff will be along shortly...

While we're waiting, it just occurred to me, I'm not aware of any really funny stuff in the bibe; as opposed to stuff that can be made fun of.
I'ts all so serious.. No pause for knock-knock jokes or " A Samaritan and a Levite walk into a bar..... "

I have heard that some of Jesus' parables would have been real knee slappers, but only in the original Aramaic, and you would have had to grown up in the neighborhood.. They lost something in translation..

Are there any good Greek stand-ups, that you know of? What is the source of their material?

Cleo?

[Skeptical Greg]

Originally posted by hgc
Dio, can you edit that thread title to get Krkey's name right?

Noted... I'm working on it.. I have to get a moderator involved..

[whitefork]

Originally posted by Diogenes
Are there any good Greek stand-ups, that you know of? What is the source of their material?Plato's Protagoras and Gorgias are funny in a dry way. The first book of the Republic is good, the section where Thrasymachus gets tied up in his own argument.

Aristophanes is funny and Lysistrata is pornographic - a winner on two counts.

[rustypouch]

I came in here because of the promise of beer, of which I have seen none.

I demand satisfaction and will not rest until the beer is flowing!

[hgc]

Originally posted by Diogenes
...

Are there any good Greek stand-ups, that you know of? What is the source of their material? Undoubtedly Aristotle's Second Book of Poetics, Comedy, the last known copy of which was destroyed by a bitter, blind old monk named Jorge of Burgos in an Italian monastary in 1327.

So says my impeccable historical source, Eco's The Name of the Rose.

[geni]

http://www.budapestsun.com/visitorsguide/beer.jpg

[TruthSeeker]

No offense, but I'm getting bored. When does Yahweh get home from school? Where's Mr. Krkey? Perhaps they've abandoned us and gone for non-virtual beer?

[TruthSeeker]

Spoke too soon. Mr. KrKey is here but in the wrong thread. I shall settle in now with my lovely mocha coffee...

[Ruby]

Originally posted by EdipisReks
i'm drinking mandarin orange spice tea, though i had plenty of guinness for lunch. mmmmmm, guinness. what is this thead about again?

I am drinking Tequiza right now. It is so good. It is beer with Blue agave nectar and lime. I am not much on beer...but love Tequiza.

I have no idea what this thread is about either!:D

[Ruby]

Oh...and i'm not in my undies. I am wearing a spaghetti strap denim sundress and sandals.;)

[Beleth]

Not to sober up this thread or anything, but...

I just wanted to say that since Diogenes at least accepted my offer to judge this debate, I will not be posting anything more to this particular board until the debate is over, which I expect will be in a reasonable timeframe.

I would also admonish both participants to stay on topic, and that pointing out that an opponent's argument is off-topic is considered a valid refutation of that argument.


I better stick to club soda for this.

[Mercutio]

Originally posted by Ruby
Oh...and i'm not in my undies. I am wearing a spaghetti strap denim sundress and sandals.;) Oddly enough, just the way you said that was...perfect.

Make mine the darkest beer you have on tap. If I can see light through it, I'm sending it back.

Lord Emsworth--I'd gladly debate materialism...but only after several of them there light-blockers...

[Keneke]

::trudges in from work and strips down to his boxers::

Screwdriver, please.

[Keneke]

Originally posted by Beleth
I just wanted to say that since Diogenes at least accepted my offer to judge this debate

Remember that link he posted as a near fit to his beliefs? The apologist rant that said that most skeptics learned a few fallacies and went to town? I am thinking that that kind of attitude will invalidate whatever jurisdiction you wish to lay down. I'm betting my undies that krkey will claim you are biased or unfit to judge in 20 posts or less.

[Beleth]

Originally posted by Keneke
I'm betting my undies that krkey will claim you are biased or unfit to judge in 20 posts or less. That's one of the reasons I will not be posting anything while the debate goes on. It is not my place to influence it, except perhaps in matters of procedure.

As anyone that has read my postings on this board over the last year can attest to, I am not at all in the hard-skeptic camp. I am, if anything, in the devil's-advocate camp. I can argue either side if called to it.

I know the value - and it is high - of an in-context quote from an authority on a subject. Krkey and Yahweh do too; I know Krkey does because they have been the meat of his arguments so far, and I know Yahweh does because he is on his school's debate team. We may be the only three people on this board who don't automatically dismiss it as an "appeal to authority" fallacy, because it isn't. (http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/aa.htm)

Like I said in another post, I'm not going to base a decision on who convinces me. I'm going to base a decision on who is more convincing.

I'm the fairest ear Krkey's likely to get here, outside of Suddenly. And I don't think Suddenly's interested in the position.

[Skeptical Greg]

Sheesh!! Krkey says he wasn't planning on starting till Monday...

I'll plan on reviving both threads at that time.

Of course you are all welcome to stay in here and drink beer, or whatever tops your tank..

And please, at least turn your underwear inside out between now and Monday...

[billydkid]

I'm not going to have to report you am I? Where's the beer?

[geni]

More beer
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~racs/pint.gif http://www.shef.ac.uk/~racs/pint.gifhttp://www.shef.ac.uk/~racs/pint.gif

[arcticpenguin]

krkey promises we will be rewarded with a worthy debate. I guess that means he is going to stand down and let someone else bat for him.

[triadboy]

::taking a seat directly across from Ruby::


Well, I think Yahweh's winning.

[canadarocks]

I think that I will be quite hammered if I keep drinking beer until Monday!!! I hope this krkey guy is worth the hang over.....:)

[Suezoled]

So, who dis Jeebus guy der gonna be talkin bout?

[Mercutio]

Most recently krkey has said that In the end no matter how well I do in the end it is up to the person to accept the apostles were truthful and correct about what happened on easter sunday.
It just reminded me of a time, about 25 years ago, when I was supposed to bear witness against somebody who mugged me (a polite way of saying "was one of two guys who beat the bejeebers out of me"). I was ready to swear on a stack of bibles (and this was back when I was a born-again christian) that this guy who was standing trial was the guy who made sure I ate my meals through a straw for a week. How could anyone mistake an orange afro and goatee? (Hey, it was 25 years ago, he probably thought it was stylish.) Turns out it was the wrong case--they brought in my guys a bit later...there was a certain resemblance...

So the crux of krkey's argument is going to be eyewitness testimony from 2,000 years ago? Heck, I thought I was "truthful and correct", and it was something that had happened to me only a few weeks prior...let's take the years that lapsed before the writing of the gospels, and ...well...

Who's buying, again?

[Keneke]

Yahweh if you do not want to continue farther then I can understand

How patronizing! Yeah, yeah, Yahweh may be in high school, but still.

[arcticpenguin]

It's just like a baseball game, "hold me back, hold me back!"

[Yahweh]

Originally posted by Keneke
How patronizing! Yeah, yeah, Yahweh may be in high school, but still.
Dont worry, I dont feel patronized. I didnt expect an opening statement that would take days to write, oh well, while I am plenty confident in my debating skills, all my free time in invested into procrastinating my school work.

In the mean time, I'll grab myself a Capri Sun.

(Here is an image of a rough draft of what I am writing debate... that is the Negative side, now I have to write the Affirmative side... yeah, its time consuming...)

[triadboy]

Originally posted by Yahweh
(Here is an image of a rough draft of what I am writing debate... that is the Negative side, now I have to write the Affirmative side... yeah, its time consuming...)

Jesus, Yahweh! Why didn't you sign up for 6th period study hall instead of Debate. Then you could spend more time entertaining US!

[Yahweh]

Dont worry, triadboy, I always have weekends...

I can still entertain with abuse of a Digital Camera and reckless disregard for humility... Didnt this brand used to be really popular...

[rustypouch]

Originally posted by Diogenes
Sheesh!! Krkey says he wasn't planning on starting till Monday...

I'll plan on reviving both threads at that time.

Of course you are all welcome to stay in here and drink beer, or whatever tops your tank..

And please, at least turn your underwear inside out between now and Monday...

Who's wearing underwear?