RegularGuy

The Serpent in Genesis tempted Adam & Eve, claiming they would gain the knowledge of God. I thought you would know that.

Of course the Roman Catholic Church, and by extension all of the sects that followed their example, is self-serving and corrupt. I don’t think there a...

You really have no imagination. As @"StreetlightX" once said, you’re a “fucking retard.”

I think you’re the one who is taking the myth literally. Ancient people had an oral tradition, myths that taught through metaphor and morals. The smar...

We are the cause of the current mass extinction. Sooner or later, the ecosystem will fail to sustain us. I’d certainly call this a mess.

And as the legend goes, Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit. It could be argued that this is how he was without sin. Mary, on the other hand, is ju...

The Knights Templar were also involved in banking, and they were all slaughtered by the Church in a coup for their so-called heresies.

That was part of it (or maybe even most of it). Christians during the Dark Ages weren’t allowed to be bankers, leaving the profession LARGELY to the J...

Haha! And they call me an inconsistent bipolar schizophrenic drug addict.

Unfortunately the experts in the fields with good models of explanation with the hard evidence to back it up OFTEN think they know how to run things. ...

Right. All areas of knowledge and informed opinion involve philosophy. Hawking suggested that to save humanity we should move out into space. We haven...

Thank you. You gave me some things to think about.

I don’t know. Logically that conclusion is inescapable if you only consider us as matter and energy. I even wrote a now unpublished book which I have ...

maybe

I like to troll the authorities for their harassment of me. I put someone in the hospital once. I didn’t get charged, but his friend is a cop. I’ve al...

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I presume any technologically advanced alien species would likewise see these patterns, too, and maybe many more.

You’re too funny. The police and the NSA know it’s me, though. Meta-data and all.

Although we do argue from time to time.

I unequivocally agree.

I actually used my real name. :wink:

My wife is always trying to trap me because she always knows what’s best. I guess it comes with the territory.

There is chaos and patterns. You can’t separate the human mind from empirical experience.

Sure thing. I’m pretty honest unless someone is interrogating me with the aim of catching me in a trap.

On the other hand, Fibonacci patterns exist throughout nature, even in stocks charts. Fractals exist in nature, too.

alcontali seems like he genuinely tries to be a good person and that he wants others to try to be good, too. I don’t always agree with him, but I thin...

No, I don’t know him personally. Only on this site. It’s just my impression.

I feel like I butt heads with you too much. That is my shortcoming, not yours. I just have strong feelings about such things, but I shouldn’t get so e...

Thank you for trying to explain it to me. I, however, still don’t get it. I wouldn’t bother clarifying as I’m not sure I would get it even then.

I wouldn’t worry too much about it. They got sick of me a long time ago. Lol

Agree. Disagree. I think it would take clairvoyance and knowing the future to avoid errors.

Logic only gets you so far when it comes to questions such as, “How do I live a good life?” “What should I do with my life?” “What should humanity do ...

Does love usually sour after years of cohabitation? Do couples need to learn to “fall back in love” for the sake of keeping together what they have bu...

:100: So wise, so true. It all starts out with lust “first and foremost.” :lol:

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Jesus was a liberal/conservative hybrid. He taught us peace and love but at the same time condemned those who didn’t follow the Laws of Moses and who ...

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Plus, drugs bring you closer to God. Maybe they should all get high.

Mostly because of the propaganda of their leaders on both sides. Most people are capable of living in peace, side by side with anyone. It is and alway...

Yeah, the Israeli Jews’ discrimination and oppression of the Palestinians is awful, but what are they to do with a population that wants to expel them...

It was obvious. I immediately thought of him before there were any replies. I agree that it is still a good question in the OP. Mathematicians aren’t ...

Did you meet someone who was like a god but was an atheist? I’m sorry to derail the thread, but I think we should make this public. All of us are wond...

We all know this thread was started as a complaint against alcontali. You don’t have to be so passive-aggressive. He’s okay.

Well, I don’t think the ancient Hebrews were genius philosophers. There is wisdom in the myths, but don’t expect them to be ironclad.

I guess that’s what you were getting at. I agree.

God isn’t a philosophical idea. That’s not in philosophy’s purview.

Eating from the Tree of Knowledge of What is Good and What is Evil. It’s been a debate for millennia what this means. Personally I think it was the re...

Agreed. :smile:

That said I don’t believe anyone knows what God is like. My opinion is that He gives us insight along our journeys in life. Some are open to His revea...

Falsification in science and natural science in general only deals with the material world. God is a Spirit (at least that’s what most believers say)....