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Why are human beings imperfect?
Because of evil 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Because we don't act like we should 7%  7%  [ 2 ]
Because there can be intelligent beings that are better 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Because we have free will 4%  4%  [ 1 ]
Because existence is imperfect 15%  15%  [ 4 ]
"Imperfect" is subjective, therefore meaningless 41%  41%  [ 11 ]
Human beings are perfect 7%  7%  [ 2 ]
Because they aren't all like AG 11%  11%  [ 3 ]
Other 15%  15%  [ 4 ]
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07 Sep 2008, 2:57 pm

The answer is obvious: because they aren't all like AG. :P

I noticed that that option was actually surprisingly popular. 8O


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07 Sep 2008, 3:34 pm

Search for perfect wrote:
perfect:


compleo, complere, complevi, completus V (2nd) TRANS 2 1 TRANS [XXXAO]
|finish, complete, perfect; make pregnant; fulfill, make up, complete, satisfy;

conpleo, conplere, conplevi, conpletus V (2nd) TRANS 2 1 TRANS [XXXAO]
|finish, complete, perfect; make pregnant; fulfill, make up, complete, satisfy;

consummatus, consummata -um, consummatior -or -us, consummatissimus -a -um ADJ [XXXCO]
complete, perfect, nothing lacking; perfect/consummate (people);

apsolutus, apsoluta -um, apsolutior -or -us, apsolutissimus -a -um ADJ [XXXBO]
fluent; fully developed, complete, finished; perfect, pure; unconditional;

absolutus, absoluta -um, absolutior -or -us, absolutissimus -a -um ADJ [XXXBO]
fluent; fully developed, complete, finished; perfect, pure; unconditional;

solidus, solida -um, solidior -or -us, solidissimus -a -um ADJ [XXXAO]
|three dimensional; retaining form/rigidity, firm; real, lasting; perfect; full;


search for imperfect wrote:
imperfect:


claudus, clauda, claudum ADJ [XXXBO]
limping, lame; defective/crippled/imperfect; uneven/halting/wavering/uncertain;

inperfectus, inperfecta, inperfectum ADJ [XXXCO]
unfinished, incomplete; imperfect; not complete in every respect; undigested;

imperfectus, imperfecta, imperfectum ADJ [XXXCO]
unfinished, incomplete; imperfect; not complete in every respect; undigested;

dimidiatus, dimidiata, dimidiatum ADJ [XXXCO]
halved, divided in half; incomplete, imperfect, half;

cludus, cluda, cludum ADJ [XXXCO]
limping, lame; defective/crippled/imperfect; uneven/halting/wavering/uncertain;

clodus, cloda, clodum ADJ [XXXCO]
limping, lame; defective/crippled/imperfect; uneven/halting/wavering/uncertain;



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07 Sep 2008, 3:42 pm

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The answer is obvious: because they aren't all like AG. :P

I was wondering if that meant Awesomely Glorious or Awesomely God :P


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07 Sep 2008, 3:54 pm

greenblue wrote:
Orwell wrote:
The answer is obvious: because they aren't all like AG. :P

I was wondering if that meant Awesomely Glorious or Awesomely God :P

Well, if you look at the OP, it means me. I could be both! However, if Awesomelyglorious = Awesomely God then it hardly matters.



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07 Sep 2008, 3:58 pm

Orwell wrote:
I noticed that that option was actually surprisingly popular. 8O

Not popular enough though, there are still a few options that happen to beat it.



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07 Sep 2008, 4:00 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Orwell wrote:
I noticed that that option was actually surprisingly popular. 8O

Not popular enough though, there are still a few options that happen to beat it.

Given that the most popular option rejects your question as meaningless, I wouldn't be too concerned.


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07 Sep 2008, 4:11 pm

I was going to pick that option, but, then, I thought that would be subjective :P


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07 Sep 2008, 4:20 pm

greenblue wrote:
I was going to pick that option, but, then, I thought that would be subjective :P

My awesomeness and perfection are facts!



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07 Sep 2008, 4:28 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
greenblue wrote:
I was going to pick that option, but, then, I thought that would be subjective :P

My awesomeness and perfection are facts!

Facts are subjective.


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07 Sep 2008, 4:28 pm

Orwell wrote:
Facts are subjective.

Subjective is subjective.



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07 Sep 2008, 4:31 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Subjective is subjective.

Post-modernist.


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07 Sep 2008, 4:34 pm

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Post-modernist.

And "facts are subjective" was the war-cry of the modernists? If facts are subjective then so is subjectivity.



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07 Sep 2008, 4:38 pm

A fact is a datum that is interpreted by a paradigm. ;P



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07 Sep 2008, 4:40 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
A fact is a datum that is interpreted by a paradigm. ;P

How could it not be?



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07 Sep 2008, 5:00 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Orwell wrote:
Post-modernist.

And "facts are subjective" was the war-cry of the modernists? If facts are subjective then so is subjectivity.

:P

I wasn't exactly being serious on this thread.


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07 Sep 2008, 5:03 pm

Orwell wrote:
:P

I wasn't exactly being serious on this thread.

Sure...... I don't think you carry around that Derrida as a doorstop.