Forum: Religion and Philosophy
19th August 2015, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 188
Views: 11,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
19th August 2015, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 188
Views: 11,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
18th August 2015, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 188
Views: 11,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
18th August 2015, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 188
Views: 11,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
18th August 2015, 08:11 AM
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Replies: 188
Views: 11,560
The hypothetical existence of a "Creator" that...
The hypothetical existence of a "Creator" that just happened to already be there, and that had some unexplained desire to create universes, is an egregious violation of Occam's Razor and can simply...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
20th July 2015, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 1,279
Views: 213,250
I disagree vehemently with Maartenn100's...
I disagree vehemently with Maartenn100's assertion that an eternal soul is more reasonable than the lack thereof.
For starters, science has yet to find even a whiff of a clue that such things as...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
14th July 2015, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,853
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th June 2015, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 361
Views: 124,403
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th June 2015, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 361
Views: 124,403
If a culture believes what I see as utter...
If a culture believes what I see as utter nonsense, IMO it should be questioned. I value the quest for truth far, far above any and all cultural traditions -- So far above them, in fact, that...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
15th June 2015, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,715
Nope, can't let the world end on September 23. ...
Nope, can't let the world end on September 23. September 24 is National Punctuation Day, one of My official holidays, and I'll have none of this apocalyptic stuff distracting Me while I'm decorating...
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
15th June 2015, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 5,058
Views: 477,374
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
14th June 2015, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,449
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
13th June 2015, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 5,058
Views: 477,374
And I tell you again, Gaetan: Under a no-money...
And I tell you again, Gaetan: Under a no-money system there will not be any big industry at all. There will be only very small village economies, with no goods travelling long distances, no heavy...
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
13th June 2015, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 5,058
Views: 477,374
It took money to develop GPS, Gaetan. A lot of...
It took money to develop GPS, Gaetan. A lot of money. It didn't just spring into existence in the stores one day. It's also dependent on data it receives from satellites, and if something were to...
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
13th June 2015, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 5,058
Views: 477,374
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
12th June 2015, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 5,058
Views: 477,374
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
10th June 2015, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 5,058
Views: 477,374
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
10th June 2015, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 5,058
Views: 477,374
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
10th June 2015, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 5,058
Views: 477,374
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Forum: Economics, Business and Finance
8th June 2015, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 5,058
Views: 477,374
Yes, we can refer to ourselves, Gaetan. Our...
Yes, we can refer to ourselves, Gaetan. Our honest opinions are true for us, although they may not be true for anyone else.
I would never under any circumstances spend My life working for free at...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
4th June 2015, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 246
Views: 54,262
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
6th May 2015, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 264
Views: 57,207
A nice idea, Gaetan, but if the neighbour's...
A nice idea, Gaetan, but if the neighbour's behaviour doesn't justify such treatment this might set up a state of cognitive dissonance. Submerging negative judgments and pretending that one loves...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th April 2015, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 313
Views: 66,092
Interesting special pleading you have going...
Interesting special pleading you have going there, Paul.
Gorillas are primates. Humans are primates.
Gorillas are mostly vegetarian. There exist dark-skinned humans who are mostly vegetarian,...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
9th April 2015, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 5,047
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
18th March 2015, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 313
Views: 66,092
Eating primates is generally an unhealthy...
Eating primates is generally an unhealthy practice because it transmits disease. That's right: Disease, not "sin."
However, I have eaten steak that was essentially "blue" (raw) in the middle,...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th March 2015, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 3,520
Views: 366,698
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
11th March 2015, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 3,520
Views: 366,698
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
10th March 2015, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 3,520
Views: 366,698
Not at all. Molecules, atoms and subatomic...
Not at all. Molecules, atoms and subatomic particles fall together into stable structures as a result of their own electromagnetic properties, and those structures react with other ones to create...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
9th March 2015, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 3,520
Views: 366,698
There is no "chance" in inanimate structures of...
There is no "chance" in inanimate structures of matter/energy fitting together into stable structures. This does not require divine intervention; it merely requires pieces to fit together, such as...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
6th March 2015, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 3,520
Views: 366,698
This is an unsupported assertion and an...
This is an unsupported assertion and an existential fallacy, Paul, and certainly not "truth" in any meaningful sense. You have to prove that your god exists first before you start assigning it...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
27th February 2015, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 3,520
Views: 366,698
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
26th February 2015, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 3,520
Views: 366,698
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th February 2015, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 3,520
Views: 366,698
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
24th February 2015, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 3,520
Views: 366,698
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd February 2015, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 3,520
Views: 366,698
Evolution refers to living organisms. ...
Evolution refers to living organisms. Electricity is not a living organism.
Electricity is a form of energy. Energy can change from one form to another, and even change into matter.
If energy...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
20th February 2015, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 22,195
I'll get the rope.
No; on second thought,...
I'll get the rope.
No; on second thought, I'll get the brain bleach.
I've always been puzzled by the "But He loves us!" abuse apologia so closely intertwined with Christianity. There's...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
18th February 2015, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 3,987
Views: 612,416
In respect of chocolate (Mmm... Chocolate...)...
In respect of chocolate (Mmm... Chocolate...) perhaps we should get the Belgians and the Swiss involved as well.
In fact, every nation that doesn't want its language deprecated, its restaurants...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
17th February 2015, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 3,772
Views: 903,504
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th February 2015, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 3,987
Views: 612,416
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th February 2015, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 3,987
Views: 612,416
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th February 2015, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 3,987
Views: 612,416
No, that's incorrect. That image search turned...
No, that's incorrect. That image search turned up pictures of a yin/yang and various Buddhist symbols.
Here is an article on Yin and Yang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang). The concept...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th February 2015, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 3,987
Views: 612,416
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
12th February 2015, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 3,987
Views: 612,416
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
12th February 2015, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 3,987
Views: 612,416
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
12th February 2015, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 3,987
Views: 612,416
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
10th February 2015, 09:06 PM
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Replies: 3,772
Views: 903,504
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
10th February 2015, 02:56 AM
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Replies: 3,772
Views: 903,504
Some of the active manpower will have to be...
Some of the active manpower will have to be dedicated to transporting myriad sacks of buckwheat from battle to battle. At best you'll have 5/7 of the soldiers actually fighting.
And what happens...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
10th February 2015, 02:48 AM
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Replies: 3,987
Views: 612,416
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
10th February 2015, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 3,772
Views: 903,504
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
9th February 2015, 02:45 AM
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Replies: 3,987
Views: 612,416
What a preposterous waste of resources! I'd be...
What a preposterous waste of resources! I'd be rather concerned about someone trying to knock it out of the sky, either as a political statement or just for the sport of it.
Assuming, of course,...
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