universeness

Some bad shit happened in the life of Les McKeown. Totally ripped off by his vile manager Tam Paton (now dead). Paton was also jailed in 1982 for abus...

To me, he's like Bob Dylan, good lyrics, awful voice. :smile: Well, only his shrink knows that one, and perhaps the god(s) in his (since you suggested...

Well, This suggests that the reporter of the Genesis fable was indeed a human who was familiar with the human invention of a 24h day. But how long wou...

Yeah, I think I misunderstood your post Tom. You were simply typing about the bible taken metaphorically rather than literally, yes?

Are you okay?

:blush: I might print that out and keep it Mr Clark. I think that's the nicest most supportive posting I will get from you. I appreciate it.

I have a replica targe (traditional Scottish shield) and a replica broad sword that I can hardly lift. So you Americans with your .22 and your 12 gaug...

Which part are you assuming I ignored? Demonstrate that you know more than I about history. You may know more about Mr Cochrane but we all have our ar...

No the offspring shall help to continue the species and the parent's legacy. Fogged logic. My main point is that life started in the universe without ...

If I was Elon, I would buy TPF and sack your mod ass! You can't always get what you want but even if you do; If I get banned here Javi, I will moan ab...

A belief in theism can result in a happier existence than that same individual may experience without their theism, yes, BUT you are leaving them in a...

I disagree. Rome did not exist in a bubble. The actions and atrocities committed by its forces were widely reported at the time, probably quite slowly...

Are you not assuming you know more about history than I do? What assumptions are you making? But they did have hostile intentions along with any ailme...

Sorry Javi! I will focus more on the Brits, the French and the Russians and the Germans in the future. So many tyrants to get through and not enough t...

Not if it's NOT TRUE! That's the very point Sam Harris is making imo. If there is virtually zero evidence that god is an existent then why should nonb...

You are the one preaching antinatalism as a solution to your conflated moral issue, so the burden of proof is yours. I did not suggest that a couple l...

I am more familiar with the efforts of Simon Bolivar in ridding South America of foreign invaders, but I have heard of Cochrane, but considered him mo...

Well, I appreciate what you mean but there is a valid argument that if the Portuguese and the Spanish were not as brutal as they proved to be, then th...

I didn't TELL YOU to move, I suggested you move if you are miserable where you are, but you seem to have backtracked on that original claim, you did n...

I am sure I read somewhere that the snake was what god turned Lilith into, for disobeying it.

Are you familiar with the story of Adam's first wife Lilith? Did she not sin before Eve? She wanted to take the dominant top position during sex with ...

I have not met an atheist, who is familiar with the content of religious texts, who thinks there is zero value in such texts. But the value to be garn...

Yeah, but I am just airing my protest that the justifications, for what this article suggests is a 'pragmatic approach' and a 'will to believe,' is, i...

I would assume the Christians who dissent from inside the Christians world have the weight of their hierarchy descend on them. That seems a relatively...

How about Professor Bart Ehrman or Doctor Robert Price (despite the fact he is a political nitwit republican)? Price was pastor of the First Baptist C...

In what way is this any evidence that god exists? Sometimes your mother does not love you and sometimes she does, no god required. You choose to make ...

You don't have to politically self-flagellate. Living a satisfactory life yourself need not clash irreconcilably with fighting the good fight. For me,...

Why do you think a merging of all the peoples of Europe into one nation would be akin to something like Orwell's 1984? Why do you suggest it would emp...

Well, I live in a small seaside town and there are as many here who I have common political, social and economic ground with. Perhaps even a majority....

Sounds like you should find a community with viewpoints closer to your own and move there, if you can. It sounds like you live in and around something...

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Based on what evidence? You think in extremes! Why would I have to reject morality altogether? What utter nonsense! I typed the word intent YOU decide...

I would personally declare myself as of the strong atheist persuasion in that I am 99.9% convinced that no god/universal mind/supernatural phenomena e...

Seems like your friend employed bad tactics. Writing books seems like a better approach than a 12 gauge and a rusty dump truck. It's not the winning V...

I will save methods of 'debating the theists,' and employ them based on the threads on offer. Genisis is merely one of hundreds perhaps thousands of c...

Do you think a tsunami, or an earthquake is an immoral imposition?

I accept your opinion that I have failed to provide such for you, and I have so far been unable to wipe the antinatalism fog from your mind. You claim...

:lol: Welcome brother, to those of us who will 'call out the BS of people.' :flower: :flower: :flower:

I have already asked you this before. Do you consider a universe without intent to start life but life started through happenstance to be immoral? If ...

There is no 'special case of logic' involved or required, that's just another fake claim you make. Life was formed in the universe without intent and ...

I am happy to confirm that many theists and even some Christians and Muslims don't deny evolution and I am happy to admit that some scientists are rel...

I think I already covered your points earlier, including your concern about 'people' rather than 'peoples,' with:

I am quite willing to focus on an exclusively theistic/theosophist/god(s)/supernatural against a materialist/scientific view of the universe if you li...

Losing battles is very very different from losing the war. The struggle continues without you. I think that deep down, you are screaming and shouting ...

A scene from 'the third man.' I think the message is 'beware of who is hiding in the shadows.' :scream: They will use religion, science and even YOU! ...

:grin: You're like one of the agitators they churn out to give preambles on the big build up to the 'Thrilla in Manilla' or 'the rumble in the jungle....

It's annoying that so many folks who seemed to have fought the good fight when they were younger, can now only offer some survivalist post-apocalyptic...

:up: Elvis did one or two politically relevant songs, but not many. I think his biggest song containing a vital message about an example of how bad th...

I just thought you might find Sam's viewpoint interesting in that particular offering. The thread you suggest sounds interesting but would no doubt fl...

I agree. Martin Luther King got involved in politics, to reduce or stop minority groups living lives of unbearable suffering, due to racism and a lack...