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[AntiChri5]

Myself.

[silver_sparrow]

AntiChri5 wrote...

Myself.

^

[Wentletrap]

My mom:

Grew up in a village out in the jungle. Studied and did her homework by candlelight (no electricity) and got her water out of a well every day (no running water). Also had to buy / kill fresh livestock daily (no elec = no fridge). Helped her mom do cooking / cleaning / laundry for four other brothers. (Her dad died during her childhood, or she would have had to do his stuff too).

Went to nursing school in the big city, married a doctor, came to the US. Had three C-sections and left work to raise the three of us, (housework for us + dad),  then went back to work and started her own business, now making more money than my dad did.

Plus, she kills spiders with her bare hands.

I love her!

Modifié par Wentletrap, 15 octobre 2011 - 02:42 .

[Cutlass Jack]

Jack Skellington.

When you reach for your dreams and everything gets screwed up, take a moment of dramatic melancholy. Then dust yourself off, make no apologies, and plan something even bigger for next time.


My mom would also be my hero, but she was so amazing that she'd sound more fictional than my previous choice.

[_Aine_]

I don't have one. Every time this question comes up I feel a bit let down that I can't imagine a single person that has inspired me beyond any other (there have been so many). The truth though, is that at every stage of my life, I find many, many people, animals, moments (etc.) that resonate with me and act as my impetus to keep going when I would rather quit and propel me to greater things when I would rather sit letting life quietly tick by, dying slowly while enjoying the scenery.

My greatest motivator (not hero) are my past mistakes. Nothing teaches like experience that hurts.

Modifié par shantisands, 15 octobre 2011 - 06:39 .

[fightright2]

Easy. My husband.

When we were younger, he literally saved me from...being violated. When we were a little older he saved me from self-destruction. It was he, that taught me the things most valuable in this world. Integrity, loyalty, and the strengths in love.
Because of him, I know that happy endings do exist.

I have never met a more noble man.

[marbatico]

my girlfriend

[HoonDing]

Nikola Tesla

[slimgrin]

-My mom.
-Richard Dawkins.

[DragonRageGT]

My 87 yrs old dad and Ayrton Senna. If you don't know who that was, watch

Senna (2010) - IMDb

[Soul Cool]

DominusVita wrote...
Who stands out in this world as one you can admire and idealize?

Bill Millin.

[Giant ambush beetle]

Trent Reznor.

[JoeLaTurkey]

My father (R.I.P.)

Christopher Hitchens

Stephen Fry

Charles Darwin

[Eternal Phoenix]

No love for Christ Jesus?

Well he's my hero!

[slimgrin]

Elton John is dead wrote...

No love for Christ Jesus?

Well he's my hero!

A dellusional idiot.

[Chromie]

Elton John is dead wrote...

No love for Christ Jesus?

Well he's my hero!

Jesus is my hero because no other zombie will ever get that much love.

[Siansonea]

slimgrin wrote...

Elton John is dead wrote...

No love for Christ Jesus?

Well he's my hero!

A dellusional idiot.

I dunno. He seemed to mean well for the most part. It's not his fault that so many delusional idiots over the last 20 centuries have decided to use his name as a pretext for their greed and power plays. The dude himself, he was probably a mostly harmless guy who wanted to do the right thing. After all, what do we know of him from a DIRECT source? Nothing. Everything's hearsay from tertiary sources. Who knows what the guy was actually like?

My personal hero is probably Michelangelo Buonarotti. But I also have a soft spot for Isaac Asimov, Carl Sagan, Elizabeth Enright, Charles Schulz, Fred Rogers, and Jim Henson.

Modifié par Siansonea II, 16 octobre 2011 - 01:52 .

[Eternal Phoenix]

How dare you two above (slimgrin and Ringo12). Dellusional is no word and a zombie is well this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie

Jesus was an Angel before he was born human.

But now that we are in the topic of debate. What has Richard Dawkins ever done for humanity other than write a book about how much he hates God? The God Delusion? He should have called it "I Hate God".

How could this guy be your hero:



He looks like he's seen a ghost! And we all know what he's thinking in his head.

At least Jesus spoke of peace, love and forgiveness. If some people decided to some how find a way to "kill" in his name. That's not his fault because I don't find any words of Jesus justifying murder. He even tells the people to spare the woman who committed adultery despite the fact that they were saying that the Scripture called for her stoning. It's humans who are to blame for their actions, not God or Jesus. If someone calling himself Christian goes out and murders, suddenly, Christianity is to blame eh? Despite the fact that "Thou Shall Not Murder/Kill" is part of being a Christian/Jew/Muslim?

Modifié par Elton John is dead, 16 octobre 2011 - 02:08 .

[Eternal Phoenix]

iOnlySignIn wrote...

Muhammad > Jesus, historical or legendary, as a prophet or a philosopher.

Muhammad was also a brilliant statesman, general, and entrepreneur. Jesus was a better carpenter though.

It's just that Jesus somehow attracted a lot more violent followers in the 2,000 years after he was dead.

Everyone who has influence attracts violent followers. You can't hate the leader for what a few odd followers have done when the leader warned against them doing such. If the leader showed no violence, spoke no violence and practiced no violence, then only his followers are to blame, not him himself. Gandhi got it right when he said "I like your Christ but not you Christians" but he also considered himself a Jew, Muslim, Christian and Hindu because he thought all the major religions were the way to God because they taught non-violence, truth, love and compassion.

Yes religion has been used for evil but it has been used for good too, more than anything else in this world. It's better to fight for a belief and die for it than to die for greed, power, lust and the orders of a greedy Government. I've found that the kindest people have been religious but I've met some evil bastards too. Atheists though? Never met one who is tolerant of ANY belief.

But enough of this subject. I'm done here.

Modifié par Elton John is dead, 16 octobre 2011 - 02:18 .

[LiquidGrape]

Elton John is dead wrote...

Atheists though? Never met one who is tolerant of ANY belief.

I find it delightfully ironic how you bemoan an alleged lack of tolerance amongst atheists by making an intolerant statement regarding atheists.

Modifié par LiquidGrape, 16 octobre 2011 - 03:08 .

[BTG_01]

Keeping on track with the religious flame war that seems to have errupted, I've always had great respect for the Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur, the only religious leader I'm aware of who sacrificed his life for somebody else's relgion (a Hindu sect called the Pandits). Now, that takes commitment.

Oh yeah, In before the lock.