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Bob the Atheist
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BTW, Bob, I hope all is well and continues to be so. I know you don't pray (and that I have hardly earned your good favor), but wish me luck. I've been through a rough year, and it's about to get worse (and better, my second son will be born in about
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Science
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To jg167, Yes, the parts of science that have resulted in technology can be said to be unlike religious faith, but other parts of science, such as evolutionary theory, the historical sciences or some parts of the social sciences have not yet "
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Bob the Atheist
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Bob, I'm assuming you would like me to answer your questions before I leave. So, you can still have the last word, but I thought it may be appropriate in light of your response to clarify before doing so. Quote: Perhaps you see the problem that s
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Science
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I'm putting your last point first, as I think it needs more emphasis.Originally Posted By: MeunierBut I agree that something is left that singles out science: its technological applications. Ordinary people may understand nothing of Einstein, but the
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Bob the Atheist
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Originally Posted By: BobSeidenstickerjg: Quote:Existence of a being is not what we are after but the scientific conclusion that its God. Yes. Quote:What test will distinguish this God from an arbitrarily advanced ET? I was more focused on the ex
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Bob the Atheist
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Hurin: Quote:If angels didn’t exist, they would be neither natural nor supernatural, they would be nothing. Agreed! Now tell me: are angels natural or supernatural or nothing? Perhaps you see the problem that stops me: we can’t put them into a
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Bob the Atheist
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jg: Quote:Existence of a being is not what we are after but the scientific conclusion that its God. Yes. Quote:What test will distinguish this God from an arbitrarily advanced ET? I was more focused on the existence question. But whether this du
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Science
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To jg167, From the laymen's standpoint, much of science is beyond their reach and is accepted on faith. Of course, the scientists know better and if we are gifted and persistent enough to be trained as a scientist, faith will be much less needed (e
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Bob the Atheist
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Lao Tzu: Quote:How? I mean, I'm wondering how you found it. It was mentioned in a podcast, if I remember correctly. Quote:They quit. Their entire subforum was deleted. Not just "disappeared" into the back room, but totally gone. Ouch!
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Quodlibet
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Yankee42: since you where there, could you answer this for me? Originally Posted By: jg167The theme [and title] of this event in DC was "restoring honor". Ok, so far no one has explained what honor is in need of being restored, what aspect
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Quodlibet
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Quote: Right out of the gate you accuse me of being disingenuous. I think the reality is that what you would really appreciate is if I was more in alignment with your personal opinion about Glenn Beck. Unfortunately I can’t accommodate that without b
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Originally Posted By: Ralphtjg, I think you've done well in correcting Avalon about natural selection. Originally Posted By: RalphtMoreover, if consciousness doesn't have attached to it a "fifth force", then an evolutionary process would
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jg, I think you've done well in correcting Avalon about natural selection. Originally Posted By: RalphtMoreover, if consciousness doesn't have attached to it a "fifth force", then an evolutionary process would never be able to select for
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Bob the Atheist
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Bob, Quote: What if angels didn’t exist? Would they be supernatural entities then? What about ghosts or pixies? Are they supernatural? If angels didn’t exist, they would be neither natural nor supernatural, they would be nothing. As for ghosts
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Science
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Avalon, I wouldn't say that evolution nor natural selection are random processes. Mutation is random, but natural selection (and thus evolution) does not randomly select, but selects things that work better in propagating genes than the competing th
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Bob the Atheist
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Originally Posted By: BobSeidenstickerjg: Quote:I'm not so sure. I'm tempted to say that any action from outside the universe have to violate conservation of energy measured within our universe, but I'm not sure even in theory that our universe coul
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The Bible
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Just because someone can't prove that the universe was uncreated, doesn't mean that it was created. You can't prove that it was created, does that mean that you are not a creationist? I don't see why the logic flows your way only. I am agnostic on t
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The Bible
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I've read that its been calculated that gravity could cancel out the mechanical energy lost in each brane collission. But the math is so far beyond me that I can't even start to evaluate it. I will take the physicists word for it. I never said I was
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Bob the Atheist
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Originally Posted By: BobSeidenstickerI recently came across the site ILoveAtheists.com ... How? I mean, I'm wondering how you found it. Todd and Richard brought their foray into apologetics over to Theologyweb.com, where they were given status a
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Science
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Hi Ralpht, Quote:Since we have conscious free will, our perception is that we are causing things to happen.You assume you have free will because you have the perception that you cause things to happen. Quote:natural aelection only works with attribu
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Science
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I've heard it said that four forces describe pretty well everything we know scientifically: - the strong nuclear force - the weak nuclear force - electromagnetism - gravity. But for materialists, our consciousness seems to be a huge problem. Since w
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The Bible
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Originally Posted By: Rethinker Might be the lamest argument I've ever heard in my life, and I went to BIOLA! Wow! I'm thoroughly convinced by your meticulously thought out and presented rebuttal!!!!!! LOL If you imagine that branes and the ext
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Bob the Atheist
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jg: Quote:I'm not so sure. I'm tempted to say that any action from outside the universe have to violate conservation of energy measured within our universe, but I'm not sure even in theory that our universe could be said to have an energy level, let
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Bob the Atheist
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Agreed. But don't blame the flippant atheists. It's a Christian site (no Poe's Law in effect here, to the best of my knowledge).
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The Lounge
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As an atheist I can't offer prayer. I can't offer sage wisdom since what the heck do I know about what ever it is that is going badly for you (and have the feeling i wouldn't even if I did know what it was). Given the internet I can't even offer fo
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