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LaurV 2015-01-09 06:09

[QUOTE=TheMawn;392010]I don't believe in God, Heaven or Hell, but this is a time where I would be okay with the existence of Hell.[/QUOTE]
Why? I would ALWAYS be ok with the existence of hell. I know in that case I would go there for sure, but I would boil/burn happily in my tar barrel, knowing the other barrels around me contain some guys I know...
:smile:

kladner 2015-01-11 00:16

Huck Finn says:

[QUOTE]Then she told me all about the bad place, and I said I wished I was there. She got mad then, but I didn’t mean no harm. All I wanted was to go somewheres; all I wanted was a change, I warn’t particular. She said it was wicked to say what I said; said she wouldn’t say it for the whole world; she was going to live so as to go to the good place. [U][B]Well, I couldn’t see no advantage in going where she was going, so I made up my mind I wouldn’t try for it.[/B][/U] But I never said so, because it would only make trouble, and wouldn’t do no good. [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
—[I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers"]Will Rogers[/URL] (actor,[/I] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_%28film%29"]A Connecticut Yankee[/URL])[/QUOTE]

clowns789 2015-01-11 06:52

This was from last month, but I thought it would be worth mentioning. James Stewart, author of many calculus textbooks, passed away December 3. [url]http://blog.cengage.com/james-stewart-math-lifelong-inspiration/[/url]

chappy 2015-01-22 04:44

[url]http://www.episcopalcafe.com/breaking-marcus-borg-has-died/[/url]

Member of the Jesus Seminar and a rare voice of reason in Christian studies. Marcus Borg passed away this afternoon.

xilman 2015-01-23 21:24

Edgar Froese.

I'd play Stratosfear if it wasn't already late enough for my bed time. Tomorrow ...

ewmayer 2015-01-29 04:11

[url=http://m.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/charles-h-townes-nobel-laureate-and-laser-pioneer-dies-at-99/2015/01/28/73e65e04-a69d-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html]Charles Townes[/url], co-inventor of the laser, aged 99.

Townes also did important work in astrophysics:
[quote]In 1985, after a decade spent studying infrared and radio emissions, he led a team of researchers that discovered a massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, a finding that dramatically advanced the understanding of the universe.[/quote]

ixfd64 2015-02-27 17:38

[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html]Leonard Nimoy[/url]. :sad:

davar55 2015-02-27 17:46

[QUOTE=ixfd64;396560][URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html"]Leonard Nimoy[/URL]. :sad:[/QUOTE]

Oh no! Spock Must Live !

chalsall 2015-02-27 18:01

[QUOTE=davar55;396564]Oh no! Spock Must Live ![/QUOTE]

IMO, one does not die as long as one is remembered.

ET_ 2015-02-27 18:06

[QUOTE=chalsall;396565]IMO, one does not die as long as one is remembered.[/QUOTE]

Non omnis moriar...

firejuggler 2015-02-27 18:39

He lived long and prospered


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