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Pilgrim

['Member']Joined: August 30, 2018 at 07:42Last active: October 01, 2018 at 21:521 discussions24 comments

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Paper (fiat) money really has no value any more. No real value. There is only a "perceived" value and the success or failure of that fiat currency han...
October 01, 2018 at 21:53
This whole thread seems somewhat squiffy TBH. My simple take on the OP: - A testimony can never serve as proof of a thing - Millions of consistent tes...
October 01, 2018 at 21:12
So . . . a pair losing to trips, one hand having more value than another, is the part that is down to pure luck. You can't impact the cards that are d...
September 26, 2018 at 15:54
The only decent poker is real life poker, bricks and mortar. All online poker is either horribly rigged or hugely open to abuse (collusion, bots, admi...
September 25, 2018 at 21:48
@Samuel The very fact that hypothesis S can be found hidden allegorically, cryptically and in actual code WITHIN the literal text of hypothesis C lend...
September 18, 2018 at 10:17
I think you miss the point TBH. You're taking there about plainly written things, the commandments for example. It's a very different thing when huge ...
September 13, 2018 at 18:23
I too invoke the principle of Parsimony, aka Occam's Razor. Objectively which is the more likely truth: 1. That the book of Genesis truly recounts the...
September 11, 2018 at 22:01
I would argue that while ever mankind is massively constrained through the need to acquire resources (i.e. constant work/slavery) that no-one can reas...
September 08, 2018 at 19:30
Yes. Because the resources for sustaining life are not free, they have been seized by others and the society that has evolved gets people to work most...
September 05, 2018 at 14:34
In this instance I would disagree. The sheer number of Bible references to this secret serve to underpin it's credibility imho. What all these passage...
September 05, 2018 at 13:35
In: Free Will  — view comment
I'm not really clear on the OP definition of free will TBH. I don't think there's doubt that our decisions are our own, i.e. that the will is our own....
September 04, 2018 at 17:14
Cont . . . Nowhere in the NT does Jesus come out and explain the truths in these passages nor does he explain the process I spoke of or its end produc...
September 03, 2018 at 11:45
Well now, here we risk totally derailing the thread. I will proceed with caution. Whenever I talk to anyone in matters concerning the Bible, esp the O...
September 03, 2018 at 11:45
Well now, here we risk totally derailing the thread. I will proceed with caution. Whenever I talk to anyone in matters concerning the Bible, esp the O...
September 03, 2018 at 11:43
In: Free Will  — view comment
Free will isn't eradicated by the fact that our choices are somewhat limited. We still have choices to make. We must not confuse choice with free will...
September 02, 2018 at 15:31
Having learned some astonishing secrets hidden cryptically, allegorically and in code in the OT, that part of your statement holds true, however I hav...
September 02, 2018 at 15:10
In: Free Will  — view comment
If so that would serve to demonstrate only that one or more people are capable of removing the free will of others by exercising their own free will, ...
September 01, 2018 at 21:43
In: Free Will  — view comment
A further way to think about your "free will" dilemma. Consider the computer with which you are using to surf this forum. It is a constrcuct, a machin...
September 01, 2018 at 16:41
In: Free Will  — view comment
That point is a moot point because there exist consequence to the ways in which we choose to respond, consequences which are forced upon us. So in tru...
September 01, 2018 at 15:42
In: Free Will  — view comment
As you have easily deduced, you don't have free will. You are born into a controlled society whose rules and absolute control have been established fo...
September 01, 2018 at 15:23
Thank you for your thoughts Samuel. I don't quite agree with that statement. The "ought to" part simply implies that the benchmark maximum exists albe...
September 01, 2018 at 11:30
I confess I find that reasoning difficult to take on board. If there exists a maximum value for a quality or attribute and if the beings in the univer...
August 31, 2018 at 08:21
In point of fact, the Bible itself mentions multiple Gods in many places. E.g. Deuteronomy 10:17 "17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of...
August 31, 2018 at 07:49
I would like to offer a couple of points to this thread if I may "P1: If there exist beings with varying degrees of a property, then there must exist ...
August 30, 2018 at 08:15