Originally posted by lord xyz
Not that he's inspired me definitively; I do like his work.
I'd go so far as to say he's inspired me. Between his books, articles, magazine (Skeptic) that he is chief editor of and the myriad services and functions they provide, all of which has influenced me greatly. But more than that, the fact that he can be such a rational, level-headed free-thinker who doesn't inspire the polarization in his adherents/detractors like Richard Dawkins or anyone cut from his ilk, is a charming example of what we can aspire to. Along with my aforementioned hero, Joseph Campbell, he's shown me what I want to be like as both an intellectual and a human.
Not to say that I dislike Dawkins' work, btw. I enjoy it and agree with most of it. He's just not really a viable model for life. He's an antagonistic figurehead.
Shermer's also a libertarian atheist who writes brilliantly. If he had boobs, he'd be my soul-mate.
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Didn't mean to belittle you. Just looking for some humor.
I'm glad you have inspired others.
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So far I'm up to Joseph Campbell, Michael Shermer, and Charles Shultz. In that order. I'd add more, but they'd be on the fringes of my life's influences. Literary or musical influences, for example. Inspirations? Only loosely.
Originally posted by DigiMark007Haha, no I understood that, just took me awhile to figure out the zombie reference since I changed sigs briefly.
Didn't mean to belittle you. Just looking for some humor.I'm glad you have inspired others.
Originally posted by Grand-Moff-GavWell, in general. I have Osteo Genesis Imperfecta and everytime a disabled fan attends my shows, I usually break up a mosh pit just to allow them a front row seat. I let them know that oen can do much more than what they're told to do, or think they can achieve. A young disabled girl in her mid teens saw my show and she wrote me a letter tellin' me how I inspired her go out there, socialize and form a band of her own.
Oh, don't suppose you have a casefile you could share?