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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Heliocentrism: Teach the controversy |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 8:52 pm
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| In any case, 91 is quite right. That there are idiots and dupes and charlatans we all agree. It takes very little to see that they are pretty evenly distributed in time and space and that no organization of any size, no community larger than the nuclear family has lacked for lunacy. It is hard to c... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The possibility of an evil God. |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 8:45 pm
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| There, I have finished quoting all the posts that have requested you to stay here instead of going to the funeral. It is all a sad thing, but you do not have an obligation to be in this forum, and thus bringing it to our attention seemed unnecessary. What? Ganz und gar Unsinn. I will be at the fune... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Richard Dawkings shunned by fellow atheists/skeptics |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 8:36 pm
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| I do not see blauSamstag as an idiot. Not that they do not prowl here. As for Dawkins, whether or not one agrees with his points, ouside his work [which I do not know and will not value] he is an idiot. The accusation of idiocy from idiots must be examined with, if nothing else, a sense of humor. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The possibility of an evil God. |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 8:33 pm
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| For the other part, I would gladly summarize the interesting discussion this afternoon - Yrs Trly, Herself, and Malo visiting from Texas for the funeral. A good talk totally covering your point, but it would be wastedon you - PBS after all. Quoting personal tragedies as an excuse for not facing iss... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Militarism, Pacifism and War? |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 8:20 pm
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| Absolute generalizations are foolish and heartless. Actions must be closely analyzed under any circumstances. Let me expand the syntax of your declaration. (All) absolute generalizations are foolish and heartless. (All) actions must be closely analyzed under any circumstances. This is a generalizat... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The possibility of an evil God. |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 8:17 pm
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| Our view of good and evil is based entirely on frame of reference and the context of the action. Look at the Christian history of witch burnings... Done in the name of God, then seen as justifiable, now viewed as a horrific blemish in humanity's history . Consider the wars waged in the name of God.... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A Book You Can Trust |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 8:12 pm
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| We know that certain groups of Homo Sapiens bred with Neandertals and Denisovans and their descendants carry those genes today. People from New Guinea carry the genes of all three sub-species. Seems like the bible omitted a few details regarding human origins. I think the Biblical account of human ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Militarism, Pacifism and War? |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 7:20 pm
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| I do not think outside countries should intervene militarily in the case of domestic uprisings. For one thing, the leaders of the uprising may be no better than the current government, or they may have great ideas but lack the organization to lead the country if they succeed. Mostly, though, I thin... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The possibility of an evil God. |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 6:53 pm
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| And where says it that if you say you are doing something in God's name you are obeying God or in tune swith his will? Since so-called free will has been thoroughly and completely blasted innumerable times at this site, all events must be under the absolute control of an all powerful god if it exis... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Militarism, Pacifism and War? |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 6:49 pm
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Militarism, Pacifism and War? |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 6:49 pm
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| If a country is abusing its citizens, war is not the only option. The surrounding countries can open their borders to refugees, for example, and other countries can provide supplies to build and maintain refugee camps. Various sanctions can be imposed on the offending government, as well. But in th... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The possibility of an evil God. |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 6:38 pm
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| And where says it that if you say you are doing something in God's name you are obeying God or in tune swith his will? Since so-called free will has been thoroughly and completely blasted innumerable times at this site, all events must be under the absolute control of an all powerful god if it exis... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Heliocentrism: Teach the controversy |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2011, 11:31 pm
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| "kalbos" and "female kalbos", forsooth. Where were you brought up? Check next door. Ha kalbo, Hdho klabtho, kalbe ghalabe, kalbotho ghalabe. I see you have no familiarity with the standard wildlife inhabiting the average wooden gazebo. They are frequently difficult to perceive by linguists, acrobat... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A Book You Can Trust |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2011, 10:53 pm
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Philologos wrote: But of course Brutus is an honorable man and Fnord is by no means confrontational.
The facts about Brutus are quit debatable. There is evidence one way and the other. Shakespeare, of course, loved a good story and his version is no more reliable than the Bible. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Heliocentrism: Teach the controversy |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2011, 8:44 pm
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| "kalbos" and "female kalbos", forsooth. Where were you brought up? Check next door. Ha kalbo, Hdho klabtho, kalbe ghalabe, kalbotho ghalabe. I see you have no familiarity with the standard wildlife inhabiting the average wooden gazebo. They are frequently difficult to perceive by linguists, acrobat... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Heliocentrism: Teach the controversy |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2011, 8:18 pm
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| Whatever crusade you may have right now is probably not going to benefit by trolling to make you look like you actually support geocentrism... I have no crusade; and no thoughtful person could interpret my pointing out your inconsistencies as supporting anything but conistency. Only a kalbo would t... |
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