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Alas, Akhenaten
But Akhenaten can never return. Have you forgotten? Years ago, DOC announced, more sorrowfully than angrily, that he had "blocked" the pharaoh. Yes, blocked his majesty! Although it was immediately explained to him that he had only blocked himself, DOC disdained to understand the functioning of the iggy button, and loftily refused to acknowledge Akhenaten's existence.
And it worked! Have you seen the pharaoh lately, here or in any other thread? Oh, beware the blockage of DOC! |
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I remember the blocking fondly. .
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"In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken," and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996 RIP |
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I think a psychoanalyst is a follower of Sigmund Freud and his theories, whereas a therapist could be something else.
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"In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken," and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996 RIP |
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DOC hath shewn the Way
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There is truth and there are lies. - President Joseph R. Biden, January 20th, 2021 |
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There is truth and there are lies. - President Joseph R. Biden, January 20th, 2021 |
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What?!?
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What's the best argument for UHC? This argument against UHC. "Perhaps one reason per capita GDP is lower in UHC countries is because they've tried to prevent this important function [bankrupting the sick] and thus carry forward considerable economic dead wood?"-BeAChooser |
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I don't believe you unless you can cite the exact posts that DOC "brought in" that made you unbelieve.
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Know what I think? DOC has blocked us all. We're in limbo.
Or in hades, maybe. Like the mouthless shades, we loiter by the farther bank of Lethe, endeavoring forever to remember something we've forgotten. DOC, if you can read this -- aw what's the use? He's left us here, and will never return. Probably. Most likely. Dare we hope? I mean, hope that he'll come back. Sorry, Mods. |
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Counterbalance in the little town of Ridgeview, Ohio. Two people permanently enslaved by the tyranny of fear and superstitution, facing the future with a kind of helpless dread. Two others facing the future with confidence - having escaped one of the darker places of the Twilight Zone. |
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Sorry this wasn't enough for you:
http://www.internationalskeptics.com...65#post9829265 Now back to the topic. |
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LOL. I'd never seen this before:
Originally Posted by DOC's bad link
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What's the best argument for UHC? This argument against UHC. "Perhaps one reason per capita GDP is lower in UHC countries is because they've tried to prevent this important function [bankrupting the sick] and thus carry forward considerable economic dead wood?"-BeAChooser |
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Those would be the extreme ones like Westboro, which in no way are a representative sample.
Except of course for Catholicism, which literally has exactly such a body. Unlike Westboro, Catholicism does comprise a majority of Christians, and I'm pretty sure they don't still teach what Tertullian wrote. |
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Doc says, "Now back to the topic."
Still convinced that you get to call the shots, huh Doc? The topic is -- what? The chrrrristian rightness of lying to children? The virtue of filling their heads with ugly Iron Age fairy tales? Come on now, doc. State your own views. Don't try to rely on vaguely topical (in your own view) authoritative voices. Be a man.* Talk in your own voice. *Okay, be a woman then. But knock off this humming monotone. |
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I didn't lie to my son when he asked about me not going to church or believing. He has to go because mom makes him but isn't a believer even at 9 years old.
It is just more stuff to do, illogical stuff. I told him the classes end in june and he was thrilled. He has no concept of faith as a guiding force in life. |
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I don't know how you can be "pretty sure". Tertullian is a respected father of the church although there is a cloud over him because of some heresy he may have been guilty of. He never got to be a saint as a result, but still may have made the grade and entered Heaven, after a stint in Purgatory I suppose. Probably getting his rocks off gazing down at the poor bastards writhing in agony in Hell now. Saint Augustine did get the nod for sainthood, so I would suspect his views would be regarded as being without blemish. He had a similar optimistic view about the pleasures on offer in Heaven to Tertullian. |
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This is amusing. I intentionally refused to pass on my atheism to my kids. Who am I to impose my position on them.
I was rather proud when they came to me with atheism. They reached that all of their lonesome. I can still recall their uncertaintity when they saw fit to reveal their lack of belief, and their relief when they found that we shared that position. Weirdly enough, we now read the bible together. And laugh at it. |
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