Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-02-2007, 12:24 AM
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Views: 524
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 2,168
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 2,168
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 03:11 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 1,394
Re: Case in Point...
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For they have been swayed away from their true calling by Allah, blessed be his name, and lead them straight into the arms of the dessert demons.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 02:55 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 1,394
Re: Case in Point...
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If she had followed the law she would not have been raped, except by her owner.
To quote a muslim cleric
"“If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 1,394
Re: Case in Point...
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Does that make the rape and punishment justified?
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 2,168
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 12:33 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 1,394
Re: Case in Point...
If she had followed the law she would not have been raped, except by her owner.
To quote a muslim cleric
"“If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 2,168
Pope blames atheism for all the worlds problems.
After all the flack theism is rightfully getting for the suffering it causes the Pope fires back. Saying that atheism has lead to the "greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice"
He goes...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,100
Re: Mormons In Group One
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Since they baptize long dead Jewish people and others,
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,100
Re: Mormons In Group One
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,100
Re: Just A Reminder About Religious People
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If someone says that he's a believer because he feels the touch of god, his belief is not logically falsifiable. So, you know, stop trying to falsify it....
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,100
Re: Just A Reminder About Religious People
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What do you mean by "knowable"?
[/ QUOTE ]I mean a couple things, first the deeper meaning: that if it's typical to believe in Allah in your culture those touches by god come from...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,100
Re: Just A Reminder About Religious People
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If someone says that he's a believer because he feels the touch of god, his belief is not logically falsifiable. So, you know, stop trying to falsify it. More importantly,...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 03:31 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,100
Re: Just A Reminder About Religious People
Ya see, Brett Favre is is like an Old Christianity and and ah Tony Romo is like a new Judaism. And well Muslim is like you know a Brett Favre from a parellel world. Whos' the best quaterback in the...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 123
A fractional Reserve
It seems that more and more respected experts are coming around to the fact that a fiat money system is unsustainable. However I don't really see I a need for a 100% backed money system. What is a...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 204
Views: 1,722
Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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Without regulatory bodies and without elected representatives to make our choices for us, we'd all be overwhelmed intellectually and we'd run out of time.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-27-2007, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 681
Re: Society, Intuition and Logic
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Has society elevated logic over intuition because logic attempts to provide an explanation of things where intuition doesn't? Does that make logic better than intuition or is it just a...
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Forum: Politics
11-27-2007, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 204
Views: 1,722
Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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If X is listed as the foremost cause of poverty, and X goes away Im assuming that the poster thinks poverty will at least dramaticly decrease without X
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Forum: Politics
11-27-2007, 09:12 AM
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Replies: 204
Views: 1,722
Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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If X is listed as the foremost cause of poverty, and X goes away Im assuming that the poster thinks poverty will at least dramaticly decrease without X
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Forum: Politics
11-27-2007, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 204
Views: 1,722
Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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1)If you say ACists are in favor of slightly coercing some ppl to reduce the coercion of poor kids then nvm my critique.
2)Here is...
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Forum: Politics
11-27-2007, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 204
Views: 1,722
Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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Scarce resources are the primary cause of poverty.
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That's a view. I think that unequal, unbalanced, unfair, distribution and withholding, and waste, of...
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Forum: Politics
11-27-2007, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 204
Views: 1,722
Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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If X is listed as the foremost cause of poverty, and X goes away Im assuming that the poster thinks poverty will at least dramaticly decrease without X
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Forum: Politics
11-27-2007, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 204
Views: 1,722
Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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First question, do you think the majority of Americans care about poor people?
Second question, if the American government is needed to help poor people why doesnt it eliminate poverty?...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-27-2007, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 621
Re: Kool-Aid didn’t kill those people.
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Freud informs us the reason for this form of behavior is the tendency for humans to be suggestible and influenced by a psychic form of transference.
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