Forum: Religion and Philosophy
26th December 2009, 01:36 AM
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Replies: 633
Views: 27,952
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
26th December 2009, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 633
Views: 27,952
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
24th December 2009, 01:12 AM
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Replies: 633
Views: 27,952
If "god(s)" exist but are incapable of being...
If "god(s)" exist but are incapable of being fully described accurately by our communication we would at least be able to convey partial descriptions that allow us to debate the existence or...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 287
Views: 8,853
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 287
Views: 8,853
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd December 2009, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,909
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
22nd December 2009, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 4,268
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
21st December 2009, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 4,268
I agree that asking questions is an essential...
I agree that asking questions is an essential part of the skeptic process, In my initial post I only stated that I had not performed any research into the field, not that I was unwilling to. I was...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
21st December 2009, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 4,268
GreyIce
It may work for dice, that are all...
GreyIce
It may work for dice, that are all the same, and have equal distribution of mass.
People are not all the same, and have many different weightings (regarding favouring one belief over...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
21st December 2009, 04:22 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 4,268
GreyIce, I said I doubted it as I had not...
GreyIce, I said I doubted it as I had not investigated it for myself.
I did qualify my statement saying a sample size of less than 100% (census e.g) does not allow for adequate correlative study...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
19th December 2009, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 4,268
The constitution of the sample was not made...
The constitution of the sample was not made public so we can not be sure if it is truly representative, I doubt it though, I don't think they went very far to find their 1000.
I am highly...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
19th December 2009, 04:35 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 4,268
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
26th October 2009, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,318
Australian constitution not like America's.
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Australian constitution not like America's.
The decision of how to teach a subjects content is up to the teacher but is subject to review by the Head Of Department for that Subject, then by the...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th October 2009, 03:02 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,318
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
22nd October 2009, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,318
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st October 2009, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,318
facepalm
the local high school my partner use to work at has removed evolution from senior biology.
I personally suspect it is due to the teacher being a lifelong christian and married to a wingnut of a...
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
23rd September 2009, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 3,202
Views: 697,282
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
18th September 2009, 04:23 AM
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Replies: 177
Views: 11,992
i think that the morality of the question is...
i think that the morality of the question is subjective to the culture, so there is no universal answer.
The effectiveness of capital punishment is debatable, i think that there are other ways...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
9th September 2009, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,964
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
2nd September 2009, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 166
Views: 12,149
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
2nd September 2009, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 3,987
Views: 612,400
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
29th August 2009, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 117
Views: 4,737
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
28th August 2009, 07:04 PM
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Replies: 926
Views: 24,749
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
28th August 2009, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 926
Views: 24,749
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
28th August 2009, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 384
Views: 16,071
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
28th August 2009, 03:26 AM
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Replies: 384
Views: 16,071
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
28th August 2009, 03:16 AM
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Replies: 384
Views: 16,071
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
26th August 2009, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,738
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
26th August 2009, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,738
is there a name for this argument?
I had a jeebuz lover doorknock me this morning, in the process of the ensuing debate he asked me if I believed my house had evolved.
I replied no, it was built. He then tried to use this as a...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th August 2009, 03:20 AM
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Replies: 926
Views: 24,749
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th August 2009, 03:07 AM
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Replies: 926
Views: 24,749
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th August 2009, 02:49 AM
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Replies: 926
Views: 24,749
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
25th August 2009, 02:37 AM
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Replies: 926
Views: 24,749
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
24th August 2009, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,320
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
24th August 2009, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 388
Views: 13,231
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd August 2009, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 2,230
Views: 114,749
major fail yrreg.
the correct comparison...
major fail yrreg.
the correct comparison would be you knowing about every type of alcahol in existence.
This is a very improbable task to achieve with new ones being created all the time.
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd August 2009, 05:01 AM
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Replies: 2,008
Views: 60,651
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd August 2009, 04:58 AM
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Replies: 2,008
Views: 60,651
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
23rd August 2009, 04:53 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 4,969
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd August 2009, 03:58 AM
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Replies: 2,230
Views: 114,749
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd August 2009, 03:50 AM
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Replies: 2,008
Views: 60,651
wow. just wow.
now atheists are...
wow. just wow.
now atheists are poisonous/harmful but benign/non-fatal?
in this version of reality rev i assume the patient refers to society.
does this make you part of the paraneoplastic...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
21st August 2009, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 2,008
Views: 60,651
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
3rd August 2009, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 2,678
Views: 64,594
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
3rd August 2009, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 106
Views: 2,930
Sorry if this has already been brought up, I...
Sorry if this has already been brought up, I noticed in the OP gerry says that he knows that god as he defines it exists because of reasoning.
The compatability of science and god, in my opinion,...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
24th July 2009, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 575
Views: 17,172
bri, I do not think there is a difficulty in...
bri, I do not think there is a difficulty in accepting belief has degrees, the problem is that the definitions of atheism and theism do not consider the degree of belief, only whether it is there at...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
24th July 2009, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 575
Views: 17,172
The terms of theism and agnosticism refer to...
The terms of theism and agnosticism refer to belief and knowledge respectively hence there is only four possible combinations.
gnostic theism
gnostic atheism
agnostic theism
agnostic atheism
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
24th July 2009, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 305
Views: 11,232
I have read the bible in at least 3 versions,...
I have read the bible in at least 3 versions, which version are you referring to?
So I can know god through his son, via non-conforming retellings of the sons life, written decades after the sons...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
24th July 2009, 02:37 AM
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Replies: 395
Views: 14,941
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd July 2009, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 451
Views: 17,323
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd July 2009, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 575
Views: 17,172
Bri, by definition Atheism is the default...
Bri, by definition Atheism is the default position regarding Theism.
Agnosticism would be the default position regarding Gnosticism.
Agnosticism is not a mid point between Atheism and Theism.
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