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What, in your opionion has been the greatest lie ever told by human kind?


For me, it is "my culture/race/nation/religion/ideology etc... is better than yours". I mean, think about it, how many wars/conflicts start over "x" is better than "y"? And this is a blantant lie established by the early power holders in human history, and has contiued very strongly into today. :upyours: Liars!

"my culture/race/nation/religion/ideology etc... is better than yours".

Can an opinion be classified as a lie?

What, in your opionion has been the greatest lie ever told by human kind?


For me, it is "my culture/race/nation/religion/ideology etc... is better than yours". I mean, think about it, how many wars/conflicts start over "x" is better than "y"? And this is a blantant lie established by the early power holders in human history, and has contiued very strongly into today. :upyours: Liars!

If you are truely passionate about something, you will succeed!

A big lie that.

If you are truely passionate about something, you will succeed!

A big lie that.


I concur. Like a mental handicapped person, in a vegitative state can be president of the united states:p


my bush joke for the day

"This wont hurt a bit"

I concur. Like a mental handicapped person, in a vegitative state can be president of the united states:p


my bush joke for the day


Here's another one -

"Romance begins with friendship".

Fat lie.

Here's another one -

"Romance begins with friendship".

Fat lie.


I'll drink to that one :)

I'll drink to that one :)

*clink!*

Oh me gots another.

"World Peace."

You are kuhl :P

You are kuhl :P

How is that a lie?

If me is kewl then it's true.

If me is uncool, then it's just wrong. Nobody has to believe Xisla's cool.

How is that a lie?

If me is kewl then it's true.

If me is uncool, then it's just wrong. Nobody has to believe Xisla's cool.


:fluffle:

From each according to ability to each according to need.

"but baby, I love you"
"just the tip"

they usually appear together too.

Size doesn't matter.

:fluffle:

:fluffle: :confused:

I think me gots meself a fan.

More major league truisms -

"Love conquers all"

(an intrinsic contradiction! Double cookies, man!).

"Every penny counts"

"Every vote counts"

"Hard work leads to success"

"All men are equal"

Wow I'm a cynic.

Here's another one -

"Romance begins with friendship".

Fat lie.I've found it to be true on occasion (and if you replace "romance" with "casual sex", it would be even truer).

It's not about the money it's the principle of the thing!

Trust me

From each according to ability to each according to need.

Good one!

What, in your opionion has been the greatest lie ever told by human kind?


For me, it is "my culture/race/nation/religion/ideology etc... is better than yours". I mean, think about it, how many wars/conflicts start over "x" is better than "y"? And this is a blantant lie established by the early power holders in human history, and has contiued very strongly into today. :upyours: Liars!



Well, Thats not really a lie.

"Time heals all wounds......"

Bullshit if you ask me. Death and a bullet maybe ;) , but time? Who the hell are we kidding?

Time heals all things......

Bullshit if you ask me.



You are right, just ask the people who died after fighting a illness for 20 years.

You are right, just ask the people who died after fighting a illness for 20 years.


Oh yes, I know.....that's why I think it's the biggest "cop out" ever. Just a bunch of a naive people trying to be hopeful.

:D

I think I'm runner-up in the skeptic contest.

"I absolutly, unequivically, did not have sexual relations with that woman."

"I absolutly, unequivically, did not have sexual relations with that woman."



Ummmmm........Maybe the Nazis propaganda during WW2 was worse.

Ummmmm........Maybe the Nazis propaganda during WW2 was worse.
Worse? Yes. But this was the most untrue. The Nazi's blamed the jews for German economy crapping out, since the thing the falsley blamed them for did happen, there is a grain of truth.

"I absolutly, unequivically, did not have sexual relations with that woman."

It's not like he lied about something much bigger than getting a blowjob.

It's not like he lied about something much bigger than getting a blowjob.
But he lied so completly it's astounding. The act doesn't anger me, it's the lie.

But he lied so completly it's astounding. The act doesn't anger me, it's the lie.

A lot of people don't consider it actual sex.

A lot of people don't consider it actual sex.
If it involves pleasure from down there, it's sex.

"All men are equal"
All are equal. Some are just moe equal than others :p

Okay, biggest lie?
"The meaning of life"

There's no meaning of life, except to die and make babies so the species will surive, though not necessarily in that order.

"It was just a weather balloon."

The biggest lie ever told is that of heaven and hell. It is biggest not only by how many times it has been told and by how many people, but also biggest in the cost in human lives and utter destruction of culture and knowledge. This one lie has rained down hate and devastation like none other and will continue to do so until there is not a being left capable of telling a lie.

Apsodi']The biggest lie ever told is that of heaven and hell. It is biggest not only by how many times it has been told and by how many people, but also biggest in the cost in human lives and utter destruction of culture and knowledge. This one lie has rained down hate and devastation like none other and will continue to do so until there is not a being left capable of telling a lie.
Congrats buddy, you just overshot Clinton.

"What won't kill you will only make you stronger"

Apsodi']The biggest lie ever told is that of heaven and hell. It is biggest not only by how many times it has been told and by how many people, but also biggest in the cost in human lives and utter destruction of culture and knowledge. This one lie has rained down hate and devastation like none other and will continue to do so until there is not a being left capable of telling a lie.

Wonderful. Another opinionated atheist. Completely obsessed with everything wrong with the worst of Christianity and completely unable to see anything of any worth or value within it's construct. As common as a grain of sand and almost as original.

I feel sorry for you.

"What won't kill you will only make you stronger"
Huh, I've always said it "That which doesn't kill me will wish it had." :D

Oh yes, I know.....that's why I think it's the biggest "cop out" ever. Just a bunch of a naive people trying to be hopeful.

:D

I think I'm runner-up in the skeptic contest.

Does that mean I win this thread? :D

Wonderful. Another opinionated atheist. Completely obsessed with everything wrong with the worst of Christianity and completely unable to see anything of any worth or value within it's construct. As common as a grain of sand and almost as original.

I feel sorry for you.

So you are claiming that heaven and hell is not a lie?

Does that mean I win this thread? :D


Absolutely! :D I'm not contesting you.....I'll take my runner-up and run. ;)

Absolutely! :D I'm not contesting you.....I'll take my runner-up and run. ;)

Whoopie!

*unwraps the gold foil from the chocolate coin*

*takes a bite*

Chocolate coins for everyone!

:fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

(extra cookies for anyone who get's that computer game reference)

"i'll do it later"

"i'll be down in a minute"

<_<

arghhhhh

"Do you want a Chocolate Chip Cookie?" And being handed an oatmeal raisin cookie.

Wonderful. Another opinionated atheist. Completely obsessed with everything wrong with the worst of Christianity and completely unable to see anything of any worth or value within it's construct. As common as a grain of sand and almost as original.

I feel sorry for you.

That's a lot to infer about who I am from that post.

opinionated.....true

athiest.....hardly

obsessed with the wrongs of Christianity.....not obsessed, aware

unable to see the good....false, christianity, as a social construct, has provided the framework for the thriving western culture. A perfect metaphor is that of a cactus and a tree. During the early stages of its life, the cactus needs a tree above it to protect it from the elements and provide warmth during the coldest winter nights. Not unlike christianity protected believers from barbarism and provided a shelter of morals to keep order. Later in its life, the cactus grows strong and big enough to support itself and no longer needs the shelter and protection of the tree. Not unlike the renaissance period in europe. A time when western culture decided that perhaps there was more to the universe than the church could explain. Thus the birth of science. Eventually the cactus grows so big that it begins to soak up the water that the tree used to get. Over time the tree weakens and shrinks. Not unlike the way a secular state arose as the new preferred way of governing in the west. So you see, I am hardly ignorant of the benefits Christianity has bestowed upon western culture and the world. Truly, we would not exist if not for the social organization that Christianity provided.

Anybody who lives in the southwest can continue this metaphor to its inevitable end.

The greatest lie ever told is one told by most people, who tell themselves, and their children, and everyone around them, just to reassure one another. The lie is simply this: "Being human makes you special." There is nothing special about being human. We are completely inconsequential and meaningless. We are one tiny race, on one tiny world, in one tiny solar system, in one tiny galaxy, in one tiny corner of the universe.

We don't mean shit. Nothing puts us above other creatures. And even if it did, chances are there's other, more advanced, more "intelligent" life in the universe somewhere.

Being human does not make you special, and it doesn't make you better, either.

"Do you want a Chocolate Chip Cookie?" And being handed an oatmeal raisin cookie.

or when you call home and ask if you need to buy milk, and they say no and you come back only to find there's no milk :mad:
THAT lie has the most destructive results- no cereal, not as nice textured mashed potatoes, no tea :(
if that is not the worst lie there is then i just don't know what to think...

Apsodi']....A perfect metaphor is that of a cactus and a tree.....


What happens when someone cuts down the cactus? Or the tree falls down on the cactus during a lightening storm? ;)

:D


(Not trying to make you look like an asshole by the way....trying to make me look like the asshole.)

or when you call home and ask if you need to buy milk, and they say no and you come back only to find there's no milk :mad:
THAT lie has the most destructive results- no cereal, not as nice textured mashed potatoes, no tea :(
if that is not the worst lie there is then i just don't know what to think...
But at least when you get home and you ask for milk they don't hand you a quart of Orange Juice. Seriously, that cookie thing was the worst thing I've ever encountered.

What happens when someone cuts down the cactus? Or the tree falls down on the cactus during a lightening storm? ;)

:D


(Not trying to make you look like an asshole by the way....trying to make me look like the asshole.)

you have succeeded

Apsodi']you have succeeded

Yes, I'm going to compete for the NS Asshole award now! :p

But at least when you get home and you ask for milk they don't hand you a quart of Orange Juice. Seriously, that cookie thing was the worst thing I've ever encountered.

yeah, well at least you got a cookie. eat around the raisins dammit :mad:

sorry... the prospect of no milk has left me more than a little shook up...
what i said was just uncalled for. you deserve to have your cookie needs satisfied, and what are cookies without a nice glass of milk?
....

yeah, well at least you got a cookie. eat around the raisins dammit :mad:

sorry... the prospect of no milk has left me more than a little shook up...
what i said was just uncalled for. you deserve to have your cookie needs satisfied, and what are cookies without a nice glass of milk?
....
We have both been deceived and humiliated.

We have both been deceived and humiliated.

yes :( maybe we should form a support group.... and at said group serve cookies and milk :)

yes :( maybe we should form a support group.... and at said group serve cookies and milk :)
That's all the support I need! The more cookie dunking and the less time spent talking, the better!

That's all the support I need! The more cookie dunking and the less time spent talking, the better!

you know what? i think we have made the world a better place :cool:
i feel like i have truly accomplished something today....

Apsodi']That's a lot to infer about who I am from that post.

opinionated.....true

athiest.....hardly

obsessed with the wrongs of Christianity.....not obsessed, aware

unable to see the good....false, christianity, as a social construct, has provided the framework for the thriving western culture. A perfect metaphor is that of a cactus and a tree. During the early stages of its life, the cactus needs a tree above it to protect it from the elements and provide warmth during the coldest winter nights. Not unlike christianity protected believers from barbarism and provided a shelter of morals to keep order. Later in its life, the cactus grows strong and big enough to support itself and no longer needs the shelter and protection of the tree. Not unlike the renaissance period in europe. A time when western culture decided that perhaps there was more to the universe than the church could explain. Thus the birth of science. Eventually the cactus grows so big that it begins to soak up the water that the tree used to get. Over time the tree weakens and shrinks. Not unlike the way a secular state arose as the new preferred way of governing in the west. So you see, I am hardly ignorant of the benefits Christianity has bestowed upon western culture and the world. Truly, we would not exist if not for the social organization that Christianity provided.

Anybody who lives in the southwest can continue this metaphor to its inevitable end.

The cottonwood sucks the ground dry and the cactus dies. Or we have a big prick of a cactus giving shade to no one.

Im feeling jaded, and riddled with insomnia, so im gonna suggest its Christianity.

Whether or not God even exists, I think the lies this particular religion has thrown around, and the unreal expectations it demands from its followers, qualify it for this list.

it's not you, it's me

and

this will only hurt a little bit, just relax.

Size doesn't matter.
First thing that come to my mind, cunnilingus.;)

Anyway, the biggest lie ever? God.

Sorry I'm on my period ;)

Sorry I'm on my period ;)
:eek:

:eek:
LOL! I'm sure that one has been used countless times! It can be used for so many things!

Lies make baby Jesus cry.

the offiacial story about 11/9.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Braun_HF_1.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Braun_HF_1.jpg)

there are no lies ,
only what you want to believe in, is relevant.
that is why some use it to let you believe what they believe.