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Starthrower

['Member']Joined: January 13, 2018 at 03:16Last active: June 18, 2018 at 22:254 discussions30 comments

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Christian (flexible but only by solid evidence), came here to speak with intelligent people, as my community is small and hunting-based.

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I suppose that in the view of an atheist, that would work at least until alien contact or the Singularity. What if something comes along without neuro...
June 06, 2018 at 22:34
The reason for the first one is because of the Cold War and its participation in space travel.
February 13, 2018 at 19:38
No. The ideal government is a collection of different governments of equal power that hate each other, if you are looking for advancement of humanity....
February 13, 2018 at 19:36
Unless we lose humanity and become a hyperdimensional being, we cannot prove or disprove a God.
February 13, 2018 at 19:29
Precisely nothing, actually. That is also the answer to the question of time. There was no time before time, and yet there was infinite time before ti...
February 13, 2018 at 19:14
Being able to teleport, telekinesis, etc.
January 16, 2018 at 20:34
Correction: defined in terms of OUR physics.
January 16, 2018 at 14:31
But what causes the “brain activity”?
January 16, 2018 at 14:29
Nope. Nice sum-up.
January 15, 2018 at 19:30
What do you mean?
January 13, 2018 at 21:17
Perhaps, but there is equal (if not more) evidence of intelligent design.
January 13, 2018 at 21:12
Or for us theists, God (most likely)
January 13, 2018 at 21:11
Because it would take googols of years for random chance to form a Universe at all, and much, much longer to form a Universe like this.
January 13, 2018 at 21:09
If you are speaking of the Israel conquests, God was using Israel to punish other countries.
January 13, 2018 at 21:00
God is from before. God created time, created limits. All things are from God, except the void.
January 13, 2018 at 20:01
Thank you. In fact, it is benefitial, at least to other people. My belief in God influences my decisions in that I try to be kind to people and refrai...
January 13, 2018 at 20:00
it makes sense because God has infinite power
January 13, 2018 at 19:56
Until we can explain them, however, it’s still fun to theorize.
January 13, 2018 at 19:54
Intriguing idea, but what of other life forms, such as those beyond in space?
January 13, 2018 at 19:53
But what makes something sentient? When would a machine become sentient, capable of thought? And are we humans REALLY capable of thought? Or the illus...
January 13, 2018 at 18:13
simple answer: nothing is absence of something. Or, in some contexts, no thing. Example: nothing is taller than Mount Everest. No thing is taller than...
January 13, 2018 at 17:48
Theism CAN be brainwashing, depending on why a person believes in it. It’s not a mental illness. It spreads from one person to another, so maybe inste...
January 13, 2018 at 17:45
The truth is nobody knows enough about the Universe and beyond to make concrete conclusions about metaphysical things. Until then, everybody is free t...
January 13, 2018 at 17:42
Why do you say so?
January 13, 2018 at 17:28
Based on the answers I have been given here, I draw my conclusion: nobody has any idea whether God exists, science doesn’t have any idea either. Until...
January 13, 2018 at 17:05
I don’t know how to quote officially, but in response to the question, “what came before God,” God is eternal. He has no beginning and no end. That is...
January 13, 2018 at 16:59
Have you tried it?
January 13, 2018 at 16:56
Interesting answer. My emphasis is different from yours, however. What I meant was: is there such thing as necessary “evil”? Does oppression of the po...
January 13, 2018 at 16:55
The Talos Principle is a puzzle game that involves a shady, deceptive character named Elohim, an unnamed android, a bunch of ruins and a mysterious to...
January 13, 2018 at 16:50
Wait, are you, also, a human supremacist?
January 13, 2018 at 16:46
The mind is the soul, or a physical representation of it. This may be proven false later on but until then I believe this is the best answer.
January 13, 2018 at 03:36