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I ve heard a lot of praise for it so I feel like watching it. I ve watched the first two episodes at kisscartoon.com but the frame rate has been pretty choppy which undermines the experience. Is there anywhere else to watch it for free?

I just realized that I don't really know why. I've always heard and accepted that black holes can "swallow" light...but isn't EM radiation without mass? Doesn't the lack of mass mean it isn't affected by gravity?

I mean, the whole reason that light and other radiation move at the speed of light is because they are mass-less right? That's why it looks so impossible for something that has mass, like a spacecraft, to move at that speed.

I know light acts both like a particle and a wave but still...I don't know if I'm just having a brain fart or if I never really learned this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIlWKp44T50

I have a lot but I'll just list the ones that I think are the most valuable.

Charizard level 76 from the first set

Shining Steelix level 53

Tyranitar level 54

Venusaur from the first set

Blastoise from the first set

Meowth Promo from the first movie I think, still sealed in the plastic

And then I have a bunch from the first set too like Gyarados, Chansey, Hitmonchan, Electabuzz, Alakazam, Raichu, Mr. Mime, Mewtwo, Zapdos, and so on.

All of them are holographic except the Electabuzzes, but none are first edition unfortunately. Just a ballpark estimate would be nice, even if it's for just a few of the cards I mentioned.

I got my iPhone not too long ago and I can put music on it fine from the iTunes on my laptop. But I bought quite a few songs years back on our old desktop computer, and I can't put that music onto my phone. What do I have to do to get them compatible? I can't get them from my current iTunes without paying for them again. I'm hoping there's an easier way then pirating all of them.

Because what most evolution-deniers don't understand is, evidence against evolution, even if you could provide it, IS NOT EVIDENCE FOR CREATIONISM. Creationists pretend that it's a dichotomy where if evolution is proven wrong, creationism is immediately proved. Except proof has never worked that way, ever.

That's like saying that if Colonel Mustard isn't the murderer, then Miss Scarlett is immediately guilty without any proof needed. What about the other options? What about the options that you aren't even aware of yet?

So I challenge you evolution-deniers to actually provide evidence FOR creationism. As in, evidence where the only rational explanation for the species today is in divine magic. NOT simply taking shots at evolution--that's not the same thing. Because even if you did disprove evolution, you would STILL have to actually prove creationism. So let's see if you actually can, even just a little bit. Let's see if you have a shred of a piece of a hint of evidence that indicates design and design only.

I'm waiting. But I expect to be waiting for a long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUxLR9hdorI

I have yet to see ANY explanation from anyone who refuses to accept evolution. (Well at least good ones--"god isn't creative in designing things" is terrible and contradicts with his supposed omniscience/perfection.)

As in if you were able to stay suspended, freely, not connected to anything, wouldn't the Earth keep revolving without you and you'd be on the other side of it in 12 hours or so?

I've heard that planes on long flights have to compensate for this effect. So I'm thinking if you were able to stay in the air and not be buffeted by wind or whatever, you'd travel by not moving.

I'm sure most of you know at least one person who you probably think isn't "saved." So let's say this person is very close to you, for example.

How could heaven be perfect if you're despairing at the thought that this person you cared so much for is burning in a lake of fire (or whatever you think hell is)?

P.S. I've already gotten answers like "you wouldn't be aware of it." Which just brings up a new problem: god erases or alters my memories/perceptions of reality? Would I even remember anyone I once knew? Not even my parents? Just how much of myself are they altering to make experience euphoria for eternity? (Basically, this explanation makes it sound like it's a permanent drug-high.)

For anyone that wonders how we atheists make purpose in our lives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU6bc_Gsp7s

Because if you can't, your beliefs (or lack thereof) aren't rational. You have them because you WANT to have them, so nothing will change that.

But if they're rational and justifiable and have grounds in truth, then anything proving the contrary will cause you to re-think yourself.

Acts 1:18 (NIV)--"With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out."

(KJV)--"Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out."

This conveys a remorse-less Judas who felt the wrath of god.

Matthew 27:5 (NIV)-"So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself."

(KJV)--"Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself."

This conveys Judas feeling heavy remorse, and god seemingly doesn't act at all.

Still think this is the divine and perfect word of a god?

I can understand why people would get offended when an atheist equates the belief in god with belief in Santa. That's why I'm not doing that at all.

You see, we KNOW Santa is fiction because it's historical fact that we made him up to amuse children. So the two beliefs are inherently not the same.

But that's not the point.

The point is: we actually get children to REALLY believe that Santa Claus is an actual, physical being.

Think about that for a second. Santa is apparently immortal, he FLIES through the AIR in a SLEIGH powered by DEER and visits EVERY child in ONE night.

It's a ridiculous belief. But they FALL FOR IT, hook line and sinker. Simply because we create some situation they can't explain and they spoon feed them an explanation that sounds nice.

So here's the real point--we do the same with god. Parents start teaching their kids about god at around the same age. The same age when they readily believe in fat flying immortal elves. Simply because we tell them it's true.

Naturally the belief in Santa wanes. Either from other children or their parents, doubts creep in and they eventually find out the truth of those "mysterious" presents appearing.

But this is because, for one, we purposely don't let them believe it forever. And two, the explanation for the presents appearing is incredibly simple.

But what if it was like with real religion, where no one TOLD them it was all fake, and the explanation (ie. origin of universe and such) was NOT something that has a simple answer? Wouldn't a lot of them keep on believing it was true?

Something to think about, I'd say.

Because to me that's the worst thing imaginable.

Think about it. A lot of the people reading this can't even see a few decades into the future, to guess at what they'll be doing or where or if they'll have changed or grown in that time. Same with me. I'm a very "now" kind of guy.

But say heaven is real and you get there and it's infinite. And supposedly it's awesome beyond imagining.

Will it still be awesome 1000 years later? Consider that time span for a moment. One THOUSAND years. Think of how much human life was different back in 1011 A.D. Think about how that's over 10 lifetimes. Most of you are only at half of a lifetime right now, maybe even less.

But ok, heaven is SO awesome that even after 1000 years, you're "living" large and it's all grand.

Another 1000 years pass. And another 1000 years pass. And another 1000 years pass.

Damn, you've been "living" for over 4000 years now, if you count your time on Earth. Is it possible for anything to not become standard, regular, anticipated, and routine after that long? All of us easily take things for granted if they're constant, and only realize their importance when they're gone. After all, do you feel thankful for the Sun every morning? But that's not happening in heaven--heaven won't be changing just for you.

And then...a million years pass. One MILLION years. 1,000,000 years. A thousand thousand years, on top of those first few thousands already. And you know what?

YOU STILL HAVE AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF TRILLIONS OF YEARS TO EXIST.

Even after 100 trillion years, far far bigger than any timescale ever imagined...you'd still have infinity in front of you, staring you in the face, indifferent to your gradual, slow suffering.

Even if takes eons and eons and eons and eons for you to find heaven dull and empty...it wouldn't matter, since you'd still have a cold, heartless infinity waiting for you, deaf and blind to your pleadings as you weep on the ground and beg, beg, BEG for an end to this consciousness that has been plaguing you. But it won't matter. This will never, ever end.

THAT is what infinity is, and I don't think any of you have really considered it before.

The only reason I don't despair is because after looking into it, the whole notion of religions and infinite anything is incredibly implausible. I welcome not existing after I die. I don't fear death at all, because once it happens, I no longer will be.

Forever is not just a really long time. Forever is...FOREVER. So...do you still want to live forever?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI

Sometimes I find it hard to understand this fear.

If you're an atheist, you think you lose consciousness and that's it. Hardly a sad fate at all--just like before you were born, or every night when you're in a deep sleep, or when you've been put under for surgery. While you were unconscious, you perceived nothing, so you can hardly fear this.

If you're a theist...well, don't you believe its going to be awesome after you die?

I understand the fear of DYING since that could potentially be very unpleasant but I've seen lots of people express fear for just DEATH. They can't imagine the universe existing without them? Sheesh. Talk about self-centered.

Begs the question why so many believers see it as their duty to badmouth gays and atheists and scientists and so on...

If you truly believe and did what you should, that should be all that matters to you, not what strangers do.

Tons of times you see someone saying "the chances of all this happening by chance is impossibly small." Whether it be the variation of today's species, or the earth, or the universe.

But...you're doing it all wrong. You don't take the finished product and then calculate the likelihood of it happening.

BECAUSE IT ALREADY HAPPENED.

Here's an example: I'm going to flip a coin 10 times. Say I get (H = heads, T = tails) HHTHTTHTTH. Now, the chances of me getting that exact result, before I started, was very small.

And yet, it happened. Because it didn't MATTER what I got. I wasn't TRYING to get a certain result. I was trying to get A result. And the chances of me getting a result was 100% likely.

If the earth/universe was different, maybe we wouldn't be here. But that's the thing--you wouldn't be here to know that it didn't work. We're here because it did. It wasn't trying to produce life...but when you have the unimaginable vastness of the universe and 13.7 billion years, SOMETHING is going to happen, pretty much guaranteed.

Sometimes theists try to say that being an atheist requires faith. They do this to put the "enemy" on their level.

But even a simpleton can see that atheism requires doubt.

Which is pretty much the opposite side of the spectrum. Does it take faith to not believe in Bigfoot? Do you have to actively focus on not believing in Bigfoot?

No. Because you merely DOUBT Bigfoot, which takes no effort at all when you haven't been given any reason to think otherwise. (Yeah, yeah, thousands of people say they've seen Elvis walking around too. Footprints are easily faked. Oh boy, you found hair--get it DNA tested, then we'll talk. And get me a video that doesn't look like a guy in a suit.)

Every single person reading this trusts science. You'd have to. Otherwise you'd be living in a shack in the woods with no electricity or running water, because all those things are a CONSPIRACY.

None of you have any qualms with "beyond reasonable doubt" in the courtroom.

You trust science when they have discovered another world. You trust science when they design a new car design that doesn't use fossil fuels. You trust science when it says you get sick because of germs and you stay on the ground because of gravity.

And remember that "science" is just the scientific method--testing phenomena and drawing conclusions based solely on what those tests produce, and then submitting the findings for others to evaluate. You trust all this.

Maybe you don't trust scienTISTS because they can be corrupt...but that doesn't explain not trusting them when they all agree. It's pretty damn hard to organize a conspiracy like that, especially when debunking something that huge would be greeted with fame and fortune.

And yet some of you reject one facet of it purely because it didn't get the result you wanted, the one your parents told you was true. As if it doesn't follow the same process as the rest that you DO accept. Why?