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>:) - when you see you're wrong, you run away. You can't know if it's unfalsifiable if you cannot even bring yourself to specify what predictions it m...
December 09, 2017 at 09:41
Right, but he's not considered to be the One True God come amongst mortals to save us from sin. Muhammad is not of absolute importance. Allah is. Muha...
December 09, 2017 at 09:35
You don't understand what literal means. You think literal means physical >:O
December 09, 2017 at 09:29
If you think about it, every little thing is actually spooky. The only reason why we don't find it spooky is because we're so used to seeing it. So fa...
December 08, 2017 at 15:54
Yeah, so what if they believe only matter and physical forces exist? Do colors exist for the materialist? Yep. So the materialist also acknowledges th...
December 08, 2017 at 15:03
But Jesus Christ is unique to Christianity and unique amongst the religions. No other religion has such a figure, which has absolute central importanc...
December 08, 2017 at 15:00
See @"Noble Dust", I told you that you were smoking crack :B
December 08, 2017 at 12:59
Yes, in an absolutely substantial manner, just not a physical one (in terms of their appearance).
December 08, 2017 at 11:42
They do, but they don't physically become the flesh and blood of Jesus. So they do REALLY become the flesh and blood of Jesus. But that's not a physic...
December 08, 2017 at 11:35
We're at about the right time to short-sell gbtc I think >:)
December 08, 2017 at 11:20
And did I ever imply they were physical :s ?
December 08, 2017 at 11:18
As respectable as the POMO books you read all the time? You mean those books that no one's ever heard of? X-)
December 08, 2017 at 10:58
Yep, I was never arguing that only Christians have mystical experiences. What thoughts would you expect? I think the Eucharist is amply prefigured in ...
December 08, 2017 at 10:53
Mystical experiences are found to be discussed in many respectable books, some not written by adherents to religions. Would you like a book list perha...
December 08, 2017 at 10:43
Expound? Maybe expand. https://www.nature.com/news/2006/060828/full/news060828-3.html
December 08, 2017 at 10:41
This was too much for you: You must have been like :OOOOOOOOOOO - what will I say now? :’( (Y)
December 08, 2017 at 10:30
Because you've been given actual reasons.
December 08, 2017 at 10:20
Right X-) - it's implied there but not visible... I see X-)
December 08, 2017 at 10:17
I did kindly take note of it, young lad. T Clark makes no mention of materialism >:)
December 08, 2017 at 10:15
You are as convinced as Mike is about making some easy money trading Bitcoins >:) >:O >:O >:O
December 08, 2017 at 10:13
Believe it or not, young laddies, this has nothing to do with materialism. You can be a hardcore materialist and still believe in transubstantiation. ...
December 08, 2017 at 10:10
Oooh it's something that the poor white knight could not find in his POMO books hmmm X-)
December 08, 2017 at 10:06
Unhistorical. Yep it is. Just not physically.
December 08, 2017 at 10:05
http://www.dailywire.com/news/19511/googles-leftist-goggles-leave-googlers-agog-ben-shapiro#
December 08, 2017 at 10:04
Mystical experiences can be verified scientifically. As can "funny feelings". Apart from the Protestant bit, the other bits are false. Transubstantiat...
December 08, 2017 at 10:02
I didn't ask you to entertain the idea. I simply asked you to tell what you expect to happen if the doctrine is true? That's much like asking you what...
December 08, 2017 at 09:53
I don't think the elements you cite are any more dangerous to children than they are to adults. I agree. I personally found that to be the case for me...
December 08, 2017 at 09:34
I only know that people can have a sexy time in the UK from 16 I think. I don't think they can vote or drink for that matter from 16. They may also be...
December 08, 2017 at 09:32
It's backed by the might of the US government ;) - the dollar that is.
December 07, 2017 at 22:02
For those unable to buy Bitcoins, this looks like a good alternative. Less risky too (no risk of your bitcoins getting stolen). https://www.marketwatc...
December 07, 2017 at 21:10
I guess their big consumption is of electricity, so if anything fails it will be the electricity providers not being capable to keep up with demand, t...
December 07, 2017 at 21:04
And how can we profit from it? What should we be shorting?
December 07, 2017 at 20:58
I remind you that I've already provided my personal reasons for believing the doctrine here: Yep, some of them no doubt are. Some of them aren't intel...
December 07, 2017 at 20:55
They all do >:O
December 07, 2017 at 20:54
They do hate the 1% people, Wall Street and big banks. But they don't hate multinationals like Facebook, Google, etc. These companies are full of left...
December 07, 2017 at 20:51
So large criminal organisations sifting through millions upon millions of dollars cannot get fake identification, or steal other people's identificati...
December 07, 2017 at 20:50
Market crazes (& speculative bubbles) are always marked by people dogmatically sticking to one idea, and greedily chasing it, thinking that they too c...
December 07, 2017 at 20:48
This isn't really true. The hardcore left just assumes that private ownership, business and economic life generally are evils. They actually quite lik...
December 07, 2017 at 20:41
You're welcome Noble (Y)
December 07, 2017 at 20:39
Yeah, a metaphor can certainly be vacuous, depending on the context. Now you can have your break :P
December 07, 2017 at 19:53
That they are one event is clear by the simultaneity of cause and effect. However this isn't to say that what is the cause in this case is the same as...
December 07, 2017 at 19:52
Does poetic mean vacuous? When you're making music, don't you follow a method? Don't you think about some guiding principles? About how different soun...
December 07, 2017 at 19:45
I have yet to meet a man who says he will do that.
December 07, 2017 at 19:43
Question for you two: Who here suffers from Peyronie's Disease?
December 07, 2017 at 18:46
Really, I think we need to advance beyond these kindergarten New Atheist objections. That's exactly the kind of thing that makes New Atheism entirely ...
December 07, 2017 at 18:30
Yeah me too, I wasn't talking about dreamland. What would you expect to happen if the doctrine was true? You must know what predictions the doctrine m...
December 07, 2017 at 18:22
Right, except that it's very risky. If your Bitcoins get stolen, that's it, you're finished - they're not backed by anything. The only case where it m...
December 07, 2017 at 18:18
Okay, so how does this translate into economic value? Who exactly, in what industry, would be helped?
December 07, 2017 at 18:01
And also easy losses of money. Trading of fictive commodities without much underlying value is always a zero-sum game.
December 07, 2017 at 16:38
Yes, I do notice that, but there's no necessity for it. Part of that, seems to me, to be due to the parents. The parents encourage the child to keep b...
December 07, 2017 at 15:36