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September 17, 2020 at 00:20
The Catholic trinity doctrine traces itself back to 1215. The Zohar was printed in the late 1200s, so it post dates it. I don't see the similarities, ...
September 16, 2020 at 17:43
People don't get the concept of the trinity because it is incomprehensible, and the Catholic Church admits as much. "On this subject of its incomprehe...
September 16, 2020 at 17:38
I was just looking on Amazon, and I came across this book. I've not read it, but I ordered it. The author's theory is that Moses and Akhenaten are one...
September 16, 2020 at 13:14
This is part of where your link from Akhenaten to Christianity becomes difficult for me to follow. The Akhenaten religion is being used as support by ...
September 16, 2020 at 13:07
That looks like the sun. Regardless, the picture is ambiguous in meaning and any conclusions drawn are speculative. In any event, I was never under th...
September 15, 2020 at 23:06
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September 15, 2020 at 19:04
The question related to the influence of the Akhenaten religion upon Judaism is a historical one. Wiki dates Akhenaten to 1353 BCE to 1334 BCE. https:...
September 15, 2020 at 17:32
First, thank you for this post. It's interesting. My thought is that it is not controversial that there were precursors to Judaism. There are many bib...
September 14, 2020 at 17:39
Where do I find the data to compute my ratio? This one ought generate a bunch of good Samaritan replies that I won't need to respond to. Game on!
September 12, 2020 at 17:14
In: Oil  — view comment
Except that's not what happens in any economy anywhere. Assuming the majority of business owners cast aside all ethical considerations in the operatio...
September 11, 2020 at 16:03
In: Oil  — view comment
Do you really think this? I mean it makes for a good headline, but do you truly believe that all those in the oil business, from the guy who works at ...
September 11, 2020 at 13:28
I think there's a bit of equivocation going on with the term "coherency" here. I take logical coherence as distinct from scientific coherence. If an a...
September 07, 2020 at 12:32
Greetings.
September 05, 2020 at 20:24
I was in a hurricane once and I was spun into a world of color from mine of black and white and the mean lady from where I lived that rode a bicycle b...
September 05, 2020 at 11:34
A pragmatic basis for rejection of Christianity: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-09-04/dont-believe-in-god-you-might-sleep-bette...
September 05, 2020 at 11:20
I found you a brand of Christianity that isn't burdened by such ideas. https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Original_Sin
September 05, 2020 at 09:46
That an event that cannot be reduced to language didn't occur in any meaningful way. I don't think it means words carry pinpoint precision that cannot...
September 04, 2020 at 14:22
Word choice is obviously important, and in formal settings (politics, business, law), people are very careful how they phrase things. I would assume a...
September 04, 2020 at 14:12
But the French insist upon assigning a gender to everything and they don't use a gender neutral pronoun, so am I to assume they think differently of t...
September 03, 2020 at 19:19
I think you might be reading too much into it. We use words to communicate to the people around us and it's doubtful everyone is clued into all the nu...
September 03, 2020 at 13:59
And ships and nations are often referred to as "she," yet neither have personhood nor vaginas. We call hurricanes things like "Katrina," but I don't k...
September 02, 2020 at 17:30
Can you truly not see a distinction between having a pre-existing comorbidity that leaves you vulnerable to serious illness from an otherwise modest v...
September 01, 2020 at 20:25
This isn't correct. Prior to effective treatments, AIDS killed 100% of those infected regardless of age or comorbidity. Covid kills primarily (and wit...
September 01, 2020 at 20:14
I'd argue a behaviorist admits there is a mind separate from behavior, but its inner workings are unknowable. The mind is not just behavior, but the b...
August 28, 2020 at 13:34
There's a probably correct assumption that tribalism controls at some level and so people expect that someone of similar ethnic likeness will better p...
August 23, 2020 at 12:44
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August 23, 2020 at 12:23
Assuming your request is in good faith and not disingenuous, and that you sincerely seek the wisdom of the moderators so that you can elevate the qual...
August 21, 2020 at 16:09
We have something similar, although it's a section where only the mods can post, but it's different than you suggest because it's a section that only ...
August 20, 2020 at 14:35
In: Bannings  — view comment
There will always be some element of subjectivity in what is and isn't low quality, but, as a professor explained to me once in response to the compla...
August 20, 2020 at 01:25
Puff the Magic Dragon holds special meaning to me. Despite all that is said about it being about drug use, I take it as a sentimental song about a lit...
August 18, 2020 at 19:53
My favorite as well. But you knew that. Reach out your hand if your cup be empty If your cup is full may it be again Let it be known there is a founta...
August 18, 2020 at 19:49
I saw this movie called Charley where this person had an operation or some such shit and it turned him from being dumb as shit to being a brilliant fu...
August 14, 2020 at 17:01
When did S go above A? I never heard of that. It sounds stupid. I give an F to the creator of S. Speaking of S, where the hell is he? Instead of ratin...
August 14, 2020 at 16:55
I agree in part and disagree in part. Historically, bright line definitions of race have been used for nefarious purposes. Whether it be the discrimin...
August 12, 2020 at 13:46
I recall several years ago (which is documented in the Wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaGo#cite_note-latimes_milestone-66, which is a ...
August 11, 2020 at 12:55
I celebrate my anniversary date for joining here instead of my birthday now. It's just that important to me. I think I joined here in the mid 80s. I c...
August 04, 2020 at 20:23
I'm nice as fuck. Like if you said, "Hanover, can I borrow your pants," I'd be totally walking around in my boxers just to see you happy. I'm not just...
August 04, 2020 at 20:14
In: Privilege  — view comment
If I committed crime, no.
July 31, 2020 at 10:43
In: Privilege  — view comment
This assumes the work of evil manipulative geniuses. A better explanation is that whites simply chose to move.
July 31, 2020 at 10:40
I was thinking of raising chickens, but not so much for the eggs or meat, but mostly just for the slaughter.
July 30, 2020 at 19:44
In: Privilege  — view comment
How do you know that he and his family hadn't earned their position? Had he been black, would he have been similarly laughed down? I don't ask that rh...
July 30, 2020 at 14:25
You know nothing of the sweet Georgia peaches.
July 30, 2020 at 00:55
In: Privilege  — view comment
I tend to agree with this. The problem as I see it, is that the word "privileged" has an air of classism to it, suggesting some aristocratic upbringin...
July 29, 2020 at 20:52
If you go into the briars, you pick wild blackberries where I live. They have sort of crunchy centers, so I don't really like them. There are also wil...
July 29, 2020 at 18:03
It shows that cooperation is just part of the equation, but that selfishness plays an important role. It also provides am.explanation for why capitali...
July 25, 2020 at 23:52
I'm sure those folks are appreciative of your thanks, but it's doubtful any of them showed up at work each day to provide you such bounty in exchange ...
July 24, 2020 at 13:43
This seems a linchpin to your theory, and it's false at least in numbers high enough to matter. If it were true, the economic or political theory we c...
July 21, 2020 at 20:52
If a symptom of Covid is fiery diarrhea, then count me in! If it's just the expected consequence of hot wings, then that. I took some Pepto-bismol pil...
July 20, 2020 at 13:20
That would technically be potatoing, which would be funny if it didn't describe how my grandmother tragically died. What happened is that I threw a ho...
July 20, 2020 at 13:12