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Frank Apisa

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In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
PERHAPS "the real world" is just the noise in MY head. No way I can know that is not the way things are. If there is a "you" out there discussing this...
May 01, 2019 at 15:04
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Geller is a stage magician...and not an especially good one. His tricks can be done by most amateur magicians. Not sure about that book author...but h...
May 01, 2019 at 14:32
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
You know that...how? What we "look at and listen to" MAY be the real world. Not sure what you were trying to say there. Perhaps. But perhaps not.
May 01, 2019 at 14:30
In: Should the future concern me?  — view comment
Smoke lots of pot. You won't feel any less pain... ...but you will enjoy it.
May 01, 2019 at 08:51
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Absolutely correct, Wholly. I used to do Uri Geller TRICKS as a bartender. His tricks are not considered particularly sophisticated among the magician...
April 30, 2019 at 20:36
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
God Who?
April 30, 2019 at 17:50
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
But...what size tee shirts? Like XXXXXXXXXXXL?
April 30, 2019 at 09:20
In: A model of suffering  — view comment
You seem to want to eliminate the single easiest way to end the suffering...allow the individual to commit suicide. Why? Suffering happens. If a perso...
April 30, 2019 at 09:18
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Tell me something about this entity you call "God."
April 30, 2019 at 09:13
In: Are causeless effects possible?  — view comment
I am being consistent. I DO NOT KNOW if every effect have a cause, or is it possible for causeless effects to happen\. There is no way to KNOW it. One...
April 30, 2019 at 09:09
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
There is no way I will get into a "god debate"...so we can take that off the table. BUT...I am interested in the God to which you refer in your statem...
April 29, 2019 at 21:01
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Ummm...you seem to be talking about a particular God here. I'd like to know more about it. Could you put a bit of "flesh", so to speak, on it.
April 29, 2019 at 20:50
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Correct. I VERY SELDOM as for proof from a theist of the existence of a GOD. (There is none.) In almost any other forum, the moment I realize the indi...
April 29, 2019 at 20:48
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
EnPassant...you seem an intelligent fellow. Get your error. Get your rationalization. You can go far if you drop the pretense. Honestly. You either KN...
April 29, 2019 at 19:43
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
We humans simply do not (perhaps, cannot) know if any gods exist...or if none exist. Some of us are willing to acknowledge that simple fact. Some of u...
April 29, 2019 at 17:50
In: Are causeless effects possible?  — view comment
I have no trouble with the answer for me: I do not know. Nor do I see any way to determine if it is more likely "Yes than no" or more likely "No than ...
April 29, 2019 at 09:46
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Anyone using "atheism" as part of a self-descriptor...is doing so because of a guess that there are no gods...or a guess that it is more likely that t...
April 29, 2019 at 09:43
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
There is no unambiguous evidence FOR the existence of any kind of god. None whatever. There also is no unambiguous evidence that no gods exist. Any as...
April 29, 2019 at 09:00
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
It is okay for people to blindly guess that gods exist...or that gods do not exist... ...and pretend their blind guesses are something other than just...
April 29, 2019 at 08:55
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
Or said another way... ...I didn't answer the question because there are no decent answers. The epiphany nonsense is nonsense. If there is a god that ...
April 29, 2019 at 08:48
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Obviously you are one of those people who will never acknowledge "I do not know"...and would prefer to kid yourself with "alternate reality." Good luc...
April 28, 2019 at 21:07
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
I said you do not know how many stars there are...and I stand by it. Neither does anyone else alive...or who has ever lived. As for your link...notice...
April 28, 2019 at 17:24
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Maybe you do...but I do not. I do not even understand what you meant there.
April 28, 2019 at 16:12
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
We are 5 x 5 on this, PC.
April 28, 2019 at 15:59
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
You are being a jerk here, Devans. If the god could actually make all of that...it could easily search the whole thing in 10 humans seconds. And stop ...
April 28, 2019 at 15:56
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
Devans...step away from the edge. We do not even know if there are any gods...let alone that particular being you are calling God. And you are assumin...
April 28, 2019 at 14:14
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Okay...so we are left with "I do not know." Could be...but we are not talking about that kind of stuff. We are talking about whether gods exist or not...
April 28, 2019 at 14:11
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
If there is a being that could create the entire of what we puny humans call "the universe"...which may well be just a tiny part of a much, much great...
April 28, 2019 at 14:04
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
You are suggesting a God who could create the planet Earth, the other planets in the Solar System, the Sun, the 200+ billion stars in our galaxy...and...
April 28, 2019 at 13:43
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
What do you see as wrong or inappropriate about simply acknowledging that we do not know if gods exist or not? IF people inclined toward "there are no...
April 28, 2019 at 12:46
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
I hope you eventually answer my question. Sorry, but I very seldom view videos posted to me.
April 28, 2019 at 12:38
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
A question, if I may: If a GOD exists...especially one that sought to "reveal" itself to an ancient, relatively unsophisticated, unknowledgeable, rela...
April 28, 2019 at 10:58
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Thank you, EP. I agree with that last part. I try always to qualify my comments about "evidence" with the word "unambiguous." EVERYTHING is evidence.....
April 28, 2019 at 10:48
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Okay, think that. But I think the reason for most progress...is the acknowledgement that we do not know. If scientists thought they knew everything......
April 28, 2019 at 10:01
In: Assange  — view comment
If you double down and continue to suppose the laws and decisions of a nation are trivial...not much I can do about it. So continue to think that. It ...
April 28, 2019 at 09:58
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
What I am, Devans...is a person willing to acknowledge I do not know the things I do not know. And I also am someone unwilling to pretend I can calcul...
April 27, 2019 at 20:23
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
No problemo, EnPassant. You are allowed to blindly guess there is a god...and call that blind guess a "belief"...and suppose it came from thought and ...
April 27, 2019 at 20:20
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
Just busting chops, Devans. The word "movement" has lots of meanings. My thought after reading your post went to the euphemism, BM...initialization of...
April 27, 2019 at 18:33
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
First movement! Gotta be Freudian!
April 27, 2019 at 18:06
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Shamshir...what would it matter if you took the more logical step of saying, "I have no idea if any gos exist or not?"
April 27, 2019 at 16:59
In: The right to die  — view comment
Just shakes head...and leaves!
April 27, 2019 at 16:56
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
Exactly.
April 27, 2019 at 15:27
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
If you want to continue to claim something as a proof...that OBVIOUSLY is not a proof... ...nothing can be done about that except to call the error to...
April 27, 2019 at 15:27
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
There are absolutely NO PROOFS that a first cause exists. NONE WHATSOEVER. You keep claiming that...but it simply is not so.
April 27, 2019 at 14:57
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Okay...your comment: Truth is a vision of the world as it really is. This vision comes from God. This is what, in some religions, is called enlightenm...
April 27, 2019 at 14:12
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
My point was a counter to what EnPassant wrote: "Truth is a vision of the world as it really is. This vision comes from God. This is what, in some rel...
April 27, 2019 at 14:06
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
More bullshit! People are willing to have a meaningful discussion with you, EnPassant, but you are averse to it...which is probably why you refer to i...
April 27, 2019 at 12:35
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
This is what humans with a functioning brain call "bullshit."
April 27, 2019 at 12:03
In: The right to die  — view comment
Txastopher 167 You made a claim to me earlier. I challenged you to show where that claim is written or promulgated. — Frank Apisa Oh, because some Ger...
April 27, 2019 at 11:41
In: Assange  — view comment
NOTHING trivial about it. In this case, legal battles will be fought both in the UK and the US. If you are going to consider the fact that something h...
April 27, 2019 at 10:44
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