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Well, in that case, I hope I am correct. :up: Its been a long time theistic claim that humans cannot approach god or understand god using human intell...
August 14, 2022 at 13:04
I agree, but I think the inevitable landing zone for all omni posits is called paradox. I mean paradox as a purely logical proposal (or of proposition...
August 14, 2022 at 12:01
I accept what you type here in general but it's probably even more nuanced than you suggest. I think there are many 'cowed secularists' around all con...
August 14, 2022 at 11:12
An interesting irony about 'look to Iran,' it has been ever thus, Iran/Iraq was Persia, Mesopotamia etc Parts of Iraq and Syria were Sumeria, Assyria,...
August 14, 2022 at 10:48
I hope you are correct but is there much evidence that theism has progressed in very significant ways in the past 2000 years ? Or is it only secular n...
August 14, 2022 at 10:19
If omni science includes omni physics? Would it also include omni metaphysics? Omni evil? Omni good? Omni error. Does omniscience suggest knowledge of...
August 14, 2022 at 09:57
Would be great if they did but as I suggested, I think there is as much chance of that as there is of each of them drawing their own rendition of moha...
August 14, 2022 at 09:39
In my atheist opinion, those who follow the Allah fable ride on the coattails of those who follow the Yahweh fable. The Mohamed fables were suggested ...
August 14, 2022 at 09:30
Again, I just checked and my thread still does not appear in the main page of the forum!
August 14, 2022 at 08:07
Oh? How did you access this thread? I posted it 28 days ago but it was removed by a moderator or an administrator. I even typed some random characters...
August 14, 2022 at 08:04
Some people fight dirty and try to hit you where they think it will hurt most. The best response is to not let them hear you scream but to become more...
August 13, 2022 at 21:32
Your core sounds like it has strength. You may well conquer your own negatives. For what it's worth to you, I hope you do.
August 12, 2022 at 21:39
Well, we weren't 'talking,' we were typ.... :yikes: OKAY OKAY! put down your guns guys! Stop pointing them at me :scream: Let's get back to the OP. We...
August 12, 2022 at 08:29
No disrespect to you AT ALL @"L'éléphant" I know your intentions are totally supportive but honestly @"ArguingWAristotleTiff" CRY, CRY CRY! as much as...
August 12, 2022 at 08:10
Hey! I'm 10 ft tall and mean! :lol: and I'm gonna tell my dada you called me a b******! :naughty:
August 11, 2022 at 20:35
It's fun debating with you regarding accurate terminology, you defend your positions well. I might also complain about your constant use of the 'he' g...
August 11, 2022 at 19:59
:lol: Ok, fair enough. We are not trying to create a cold fusion system here so I will relax on the ABSOLUTE details if you wish. It's your thread! Bt...
August 11, 2022 at 19:43
Oh, they absolutely do, especially when it comes to developing new tech. There are many many examples of 'very precise settings' that will allow a lar...
August 11, 2022 at 16:30
:up: fair enough, but I suspect that it has everything to do with you!
August 11, 2022 at 16:21
I don't think that helps as the word 'always' means at every moment in time, past, present and future which could make 'truth is always subjective,' a...
August 11, 2022 at 16:18
:up: Stay with the light side of the force, Ya auld Jedi!
August 11, 2022 at 15:55
I would suggest that genuine empathy is emotionally challenging for many people, especially if deeply felt but pity is a different harsher offering th...
August 11, 2022 at 15:05
I want to be careful here. I do raise a small eyebrow of interest towards those who posit a universe in which humans may be components of a future 'un...
August 11, 2022 at 14:57
Well, I am intrigued by his hypothesis and that of his partner Stuart Hameroff. Did you view my thread on the topic? Consciousness, microtubules and t...
August 11, 2022 at 14:46
I would suggest that your conclusion should be simply 'make your choice!' I cite again (as an atheist) a variant based on what's in Deuteronomy 30:15-...
August 11, 2022 at 14:27
This is close to my viewpoint but needs some tweaking. I concur with everything except 'The universe contains only absolute truths.' No, the universe ...
August 11, 2022 at 13:24
I tried to think of a good example for consideration. I decided to try using one often cited to try to improve common understanding of the concept of ...
August 11, 2022 at 09:59
Ah, ok, I understand your viewpoint better now. I agree based on the reference frame you are describing but I favour another reference frame based on ...
August 11, 2022 at 09:25
Just playing the paradox card. The only absolute truth is there are no absolute truths. The only true fact is there are no true facts.
August 10, 2022 at 19:44
But humans are of the universe, we are an aspect of the universe made manifest, what we think, invent, debate, kill, save, disassemble, assemble is al...
August 10, 2022 at 18:58
The only absolutes I am willing to accept as 'truths' are scientific ones such as: The speed of light in a vacuum The mass and charge of an electron T...
August 10, 2022 at 17:44
I worked in education for 30+ years. I also served a 4 year apprenticeship as a painter and decorator. Teaching was as much of a vocation as it was a ...
August 10, 2022 at 14:37
Capitalism, the money trick, the manipulation of supply and demand are all methods used by the nefarious to make themselves rich and powerful and crea...
August 10, 2022 at 07:37
Just a little more on this. Transhumanism seeks more control over the inevitability of death and there may be an aspect of death anxiety as one of the...
August 09, 2022 at 09:51
The law of the conservation of energy is not a claim, the clue is in the title. There is indeed a frame of reference that suggests that from your poin...
August 09, 2022 at 08:38
Perhaps not for you. You are 'overruling' natural instinct. I am glad that humans can do that or else we could not overrule a Darwinian law of the jun...
August 09, 2022 at 08:29
Pleasant instrumental sound but I much prefer the invocations of Jean Michele Jarre, Mike Oldfield or even Vangelis!
August 08, 2022 at 16:06
As a representative of the Universe, I have a voice within it. I choose to speak in support of the Universes demonstrated preference to create life. I...
August 08, 2022 at 13:54
Agreed and life affirmation is already based on sound science imo. Matter survived and continues to do so against antimatter annihilation and imo, it ...
August 08, 2022 at 13:05
As I have said many times, to me, the fundamental is a question of purpose. A universe devoid of life has no purpose that I can conceive of. Such poin...
August 08, 2022 at 12:49
All the points you make are valid, but as I said, this situation is changing. Think of how much information will be available to future generations ab...
August 08, 2022 at 10:02
I don't think this has ever been true as most parents attempt to nurture and teach their offspring how to survive and even how best to thrive in the w...
August 08, 2022 at 09:47
Just a little bit more on this. I know some people who have traced the ancestry of their family and can describe a good deal of detail about many memb...
August 08, 2022 at 08:03
I completely agree! No! I think anyone who has a successful marriage and has produced children and has managed to bring them up in a loving environmen...
August 08, 2022 at 07:52
:clap: In general and in history, I think non-humans have suffered more than humans. I wonder how many lions or lambs decide that life and living is j...
August 07, 2022 at 22:03
This is true for some but we have many people amongst us who are very humble and genuinely humanist. They just get on with helping people every day an...
August 07, 2022 at 21:51
The fact you can type out some of your thoughts and feelings here makes you a strong person in my view. I hope things get better for you soon and all ...
August 07, 2022 at 18:36
Anti-life is completely futile as the universe has clearly demonstrated that if life can happen, it will happen, somewhere at some point, again and ag...
August 07, 2022 at 17:37
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August 07, 2022 at 10:15
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August 06, 2022 at 13:08