Why So Serious?

[Salvanas]

Originally Posted by noodle

So wait, being those things doesn't make you immature? What's your definition of being immature?

I'm not going by stupid = immature... If anything, I'm going by stupidity is included in immaturity.

Immaturity doesn't have a... let's say a definition. You can't give a few terms and say "If you've done any of that, then you're immature". The term immature, and what you use it for is subjective to different people, and changes to every situation

Stupidity, as you say, might be included in immaturity. But everything that is stupid, doesn't also make it immature.

For example, swimming in shark infested waters is stupid, but not immature.
While swimming while drunk, shark infested or not, is immature aswell as stupid.

[noodle]

Nevermind... by what you're saying, you can't really disagree if someone says that Kendo is immature or anything for that matter! So this convo is kind of a mute.

Also, I didn't say everything that is stupid is immature. Otherwise I would've agreed when you said I said stupid = immature. Stupidity being included in immaturity implies that other things need to be included in immaturity for it to be immature!

[Salvanas]

Nevermind... by what you're saying, you can't really disagree if someone says that Kendo is immature or anything for that matter! So this convo is kind of a mute.

It is quite a pointless argument :P

[noodle]

Originally Posted by Salvanas

It is quite a pointless argument :P

haha... boredom strikes again for the both of us!

[Salvanas]

Originally Posted by noodle

haha... boredom strikes again for the both of us!

Quite.

Not to liven this topic up, I have now hijacked this topic.

It is now about Kittens. Discuss.

[MMM]

No...it has not...get back on topic before I start my clean up.

[noodle]

Originally Posted by MMM

No...it has not...get back on topic before I start my clean up.

It was a joke, MMM. Why so serious?

[Salvanas]

Originally Posted by MMM

No...it has not...get back on topic before I start my clean up.

I agree. Those burgundy kittens looked amazingly cute. What breed were they?

[minimin]

Todays society is serious, cant help that. If you are who you are and did things you want in the world atleast of adults you would be looked at as childish I don't see where Kendo is childish but maybe legos but whom ever does that should be able to do that if they want.

Im pretty serious these days and Im only 21, I see alot more immature grown ups around me, I think seriousness depends on location not everyone is serious or uptight these days in public around elder people I am most certainly serious, and around other peers unless I know them well. People do tell me I act childish in a way since I am on the Internet alot, my career choices seem childish to them, and I tend to play around with my neices and nephews alot. But even some family members say Im too serious for my age. lol

[Jaydelart]

Originally Posted by packetpirate

Another issue is religion. Christians being the worst of them all. (no offense to anyone, just let me make my point) I see Christians on the news or on the internet telling other people that they will suffer for eternity in a flaming realm of hatred because of simple life choices they make. Why should someone suffer because they like someone of the same gender? Or because they don't believe in a god who has never proven his existence? It is because these people, who force us to conform, want us all to be miserable with them.

I understand where you're coming from, but I can't help but feel a little irked. Let's make it clear, first of all, that I am, in fact, a Christian; a moderate Christian, border lining agnosticism. I am no Bible thumper, and I also find some Christians' behaviors disturbing.

However, frankly speaking... Yes, I do somewhat relate to the concept that sinners will get punished for "committing acts of evil." This concept isn't exclusive to Christianity or to religion; it is integrated into the legal system and even adopted as a way of living: bad decisions equals suffering and/or punishment. Perhaps this logic is too harsh for some people these days? I don't know... but I digress... This isn't about the content of the religion (we don't need another one of those debates), this is about the social tolerance of the religion.

It irks me that Christians get generalized as extremists. It is unfair in that if I were to say that all Muslims are extremists, people would tell me I'm wrong. And, yet, it is somehow different in the case of Christians.

I think part of the issue revolves around the fact that non-believers primarily look at the negative aspects of a religion partly as a way to reinforce their own beliefs -- or lack thereof. No offense.