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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is everyone named the same in the New Testament? |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011, 8:26 pm
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| About surnames:People in most of the world didnt have last names back then. The name "Mary" means "of the sea" in latin. Maybe there is some hidden or lost meaning in all of that. Not true. Many people in the Bible had two or more names to distinguish families from one another. Jesus would have bee... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do you believe the foreign Pope of Italy is infallible? |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011, 4:57 pm
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Replies: 20
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Why do you call him "the foriegn Pope"?
Is there a domestic American Pope ?
Or is that you think the Vatican is a threat to American soveriegnty? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Could Moses be appointed to the US Supreme Court today? |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011, 4:50 pm
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Moses had no concept of the seperation of church and state.
That doesnt make him a bad person, nor indict his 10 commandments, but it completely disqualifies him from serving on the US surpreme court. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do you believe the foreign Pope of Italy is infallible? |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011, 2:55 pm
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| To head off this scandal in the making it could well be that "God" will suddenly.. and conveniently.."reveal" to the Pope that "yes its okay to let priests marry".. just in time for the church to clean house of all of the perves, and for the corporation to hire replacements who wont be scaried away... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Peoples thoughts on Nuclear Fusion |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011, 12:38 pm
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| Presumebly you mean "cold" fushion. Is cold fushino possible? If so what would the societal effects be? Both in nature, and in man made H-bombs nuclear fushion only occurs in conditions like those at the core of the Sun- humongous pressure-and humaongous ten million degree temperatures. It takes an ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do you believe the foreign Pope of Italy is infallible? |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011, 12:25 pm
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| It aint that complicated. Catholics believe that the Pope is "infallible" on articles of faith . If he pronounces something that has to do with faith ( like "from now on Catholics have to eat jujube's on Thursdays") then that would be "infallible". But if you had an audience with the Pope and then p... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is everyone named the same in the New Testament? |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011, 10:44 am
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| About surnames:People in most of the world didnt have last names back then. The ancient Romans seem to have invented the idea of first and last names, but in the dark ages the only Europeans who had both first and last names were Kings and nobles. Even in the early Renaissance it was unusual for com... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Your thoughts about Moses? |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2011, 2:47 pm
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| The last speech by Martin Luther King Jr. never looses its punch. Especially when you hear the actual audio-something about it. He reluctantly attended a function in which they demanded he speak. He flounders around for a momment - mumbling about longevity- then you sense the light bulb going off ab... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Recommend some blasphemous books and movies |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2011, 2:42 am
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Replies: 87
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| There's "Religulous" starring that comic who's name escapes right now - its quite good. If youre more into blasphemy than quality then you should watch Sarah Silverman's "Jesus is Magic" which is so blasphemous that it managed to offend even a not particularly religous viewer like me, but was only s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Recommend some blasphemous books and movies |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2011, 2:42 am
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| There's "Religulous" starring Bill Maher - its quite good. I own a tape of "Dogma". Thought it was so-so. Maybe I should give it another try since the posters below recomend it so much. If youre more into blasphemy than quality then you should watch Sarah Silverman's "Jesus is Magic" which is so bla... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I no longer believe |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2011, 12:42 am
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| Just out of curiosity... I'm now a secularist (specifically a secular theist/deist). Could you elaborate on this point? Sure. To me, secular theism means that there may be a God out there that led to the existence of this universe but that such a belief does not prevent one from being rational abou... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not sure what my problem is...ideas and input? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2011, 11:33 pm
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Replies: 6
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You might be bipolar.
What they used to call "manic depressive". |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Could mammals have evolved from birds? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2011, 12:05 pm
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| The whole point of being a reptile was the innovation of egg laying that enabled the offspring to develop in a hardshelled little container away from water. That plus having watertight skin on the adult animals. So the first reptiles were by definition already free of the water, and already layed m... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Longevity and Interstellar Spaceflight |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2011, 10:01 am
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| In order for a manned space flight to another solar system to be remotely practical would be if we can find a way to go faster than light without the time disruption. Otherwise, you go on a mission to a distant solar system and if you're traveling at 90% the speed of light you may get there within ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: jif slogan offensive |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2011, 8:35 am
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Philologos wrote: If the legislators have to cite constitutional authority, should we not make it clear whether this falls into Pol of Phil [Polyfilla?] or Rel?
What are you talking about? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are aspies good at acting? |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2011, 12:49 pm
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I did well in an acting class.
Used to go on stage at comedy clubs for 'open mic' night and got laughs.
I spoofed the entire "we are the world" video once - the crowd loved it.
Havent done that lately. |
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