Comments for cephyn http://cephyn.com Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:43:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 Comment on One Direction by Skick http://cephyn.com/2009/06/28/one-direction/#comment-9282 Skick Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:15:05 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2009/06/28/one-direction/#comment-9282 Beautifully written!!! :D My Dad once told me that comparing myself to others was futile. You will be comparing the inside of yourself to what the other shows on the outside so you are guaranteed to lose. Kind of unrelated and related comment... Beautifully written!!! :D

My Dad once told me that comparing myself to others was futile. You will be comparing the inside of yourself to what the other shows on the outside so you are guaranteed to lose.

Kind of unrelated and related comment…

]]> Comment on One Direction by Catherine http://cephyn.com/2009/06/28/one-direction/#comment-9221 Catherine Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:05:11 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2009/06/28/one-direction/#comment-9221 I wholeheartedly agree with this. :) Excellent. I wholeheartedly agree with this. :) Excellent.

]]> Comment on Messiahs don’t get grace periods by Ben Sullivan http://cephyn.com/2009/02/17/messiahs-dont-get-grace-periods/#comment-8710 Ben Sullivan Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:03:14 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2009/02/17/messiahs-dont-get-grace-periods/#comment-8710 Hi Cephyn, I know you've probably long forgotten, but I just stumbled on a Scienceblogs.com posting that kind of made me out to be an asshole, and you stood up for me. So I wanted to thank you. http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2007/08/yet_another_idiotic_proof_of_g.php I tried reaching out to the author and explain that my site had been around a while before the SEED cats started theirs, but he just emailed me back calling me a scumbag :) Anyhow, thanks again. You're in L.A., by the looks of it. And you went to UCSB? Seems like a lot of common history here. Do we know each other by other names? Did you work at the Daily Nexus? Ben Hi Cephyn,

I know you’ve probably long forgotten, but I just stumbled on a Scienceblogs.com posting that kind of made me out to be an asshole, and you stood up for me. So I wanted to thank you.

http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2007/08/yet_another_idiotic_proof_of_g.php

I tried reaching out to the author and explain that my site had been around a while before the SEED cats started theirs, but he just emailed me back calling me a scumbag :)

Anyhow, thanks again. You’re in L.A., by the looks of it. And you went to UCSB? Seems like a lot of common history here. Do we know each other by other names? Did you work at the Daily Nexus?

Ben

]]> Comment on President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address by Vince Delmonte http://cephyn.com/2009/01/20/president-barack-obamas-inaugural-address/#comment-6014 Vince Delmonte Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:04:03 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2009/01/20/president-barack-obamas-inaugural-address/#comment-6014 Not that I'm impressed a lot, but this is a lot more than I expected when I found a link on Delicious telling that the info here is quite decent. Thanks. Not that I’m impressed a lot, but this is a lot more than I expected when I found a link on Delicious telling that the info here is quite decent. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Messiahs don’t get grace periods by Mike http://cephyn.com/2009/02/17/messiahs-dont-get-grace-periods/#comment-4977 Mike Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:35:17 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2009/02/17/messiahs-dont-get-grace-periods/#comment-4977 So, is what Obama did yesterday on embryonic stem cell research all a part of the master plan, or is it exactly what you're saying presidents shouldn't do. "Working in tandem with Congress"-- does that mean that he is going to let them handle the hot potato with the creation of embryos? So, is what Obama did yesterday on embryonic stem cell research all a part of the master plan, or is it exactly what you’re saying presidents shouldn’t do. “Working in tandem with Congress”– does that mean that he is going to let them handle the hot potato with the creation of embryos?

]]> Comment on Good but not good enough by Skick http://cephyn.com/2009/01/23/good-but-not-good-enough/#comment-4314 Skick Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:25:03 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2009/01/23/good-but-not-good-enough/#comment-4314 Is it that you would have liked him to mention non-believers more in his speech? Or not mention God at all? The first I can definitely see an argument for, but the second... Is it that you would have liked him to mention non-believers more in his speech? Or not mention God at all?

The first I can definitely see an argument for, but the second…

]]> Comment on I Count! by Good but not good enough | cephyn http://cephyn.com/2009/01/21/i-count/#comment-4241 Good but not good enough | cephyn Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:55:20 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2009/01/21/i-count/#comment-4241 [...] I Count! [...] […] I Count! […]

]]> Comment on Warrin’ over Warren by Mike http://cephyn.com/2008/12/19/warrin-over-warren/#comment-4137 Mike Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:02:02 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2008/12/19/warrin-over-warren/#comment-4137 You know, now that I think about it, you're right. It is a good ploy. Some of Obama's first acts as President are going to be major steps backwards, and Warren should have declined, considering some of his political views. Leave it to a religious person to try to posture as an aloof philosopher-king instead of taking sides. You know, now that I think about it, you’re right. It is a good ploy. Some of Obama’s first acts as President are going to be major steps backwards, and Warren should have declined, considering some of his political views. Leave it to a religious person to try to posture as an aloof philosopher-king instead of taking sides.

]]> Comment on Warrin’ over Warren by jennifer juniper http://cephyn.com/2008/12/19/warrin-over-warren/#comment-4102 jennifer juniper Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:57:48 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2008/12/19/warrin-over-warren/#comment-4102 i think it is a clever idea as well! i saw more power to obama. it is showing the left that he is not always going to be towing the party line. jennifer juniper i think it is a clever idea as well! i saw more power to obama. it is showing the left that he is not always going to be towing the party line.

jennifer juniper

]]> Comment on Lonely and Sad by Mike http://cephyn.com/2008/12/09/lonely-and-sad/#comment-4012 Mike Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:51:01 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2008/12/09/lonely-and-sad/#comment-4012 I was reading along, and reading along, and bearing in mind the profile page you showed. Of course the Bible is a ridiculous marriage manual. Serial monogamy, anyone? Here's the juiciest part for the tribal religious opponents of gay marriage: <i>The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author, cites the story of Jesus revealing himself to the woman at the well— no matter that she had five former husbands and a current boyfriend—as evidence of Christ's all-encompassing love.</i> Bible believers would probably say that they were probably all hetero marriages, for starters. Then the point would that Christ's all-encompassing love extends to anyone, including people who shouldn't be able to get married. It's a completely different story. I think the point that I am sure Reverend Martin is partially baiting is that serial monogamy or polygamy are all on the table, according to the Bible. And that's exactly what the tribal belief-makers want more from the tribe than scriptural support. Our bureaucratic system is the reason to blame for problems with divorce and serial marital relations, polygamy of one or both genders in marriage (i.e. group marriage), and same-sex marriage. The tribal belief in "The Word of God (Whatever that means)" isn't going anywhere, and it's way past time for "I believe in the separation of state and marriage" to be a slogan of the movement. I was reading along, and reading along, and bearing in mind the profile page you showed. Of course the Bible is a ridiculous marriage manual.

Serial monogamy, anyone? Here’s the juiciest part for the tribal religious opponents of gay marriage:

The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author, cites the story of Jesus revealing himself to the woman at the well— no matter that she had five former husbands and a current boyfriend—as evidence of Christ’s all-encompassing love.

Bible believers would probably say that they were probably all hetero marriages, for starters. Then the point would that Christ’s all-encompassing love extends to anyone, including people who shouldn’t be able to get married. It’s a completely different story. I think the point that I am sure Reverend Martin is partially baiting is that serial monogamy or polygamy are all on the table, according to the Bible. And that’s exactly what the tribal belief-makers want more from the tribe than scriptural support. Our bureaucratic system is the reason to blame for problems with divorce and serial marital relations, polygamy of one or both genders in marriage (i.e. group marriage), and same-sex marriage. The tribal belief in “The Word of God (Whatever that means)” isn’t going anywhere, and it’s way past time for “I believe in the separation of state and marriage” to be a slogan of the movement.

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