Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-12-2006, 07:31 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 271
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-11-2006, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 271
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-11-2006, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 111
Views: 372
Re: Sciene under attack (while you slept)
Home schooling is becoming pretty popular here. Interestingly, the folks most likely to take it up are the 'science-deniers' that the OP was getting exercised about.
Most of the atheists,...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-11-2006, 03:48 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 72
Re: Salary capping
Interesting responses.
Note that I did not in any way suggest that companies should not be able to make as much money as they wish.
There is no obvious sense in which salary capping decreases...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-11-2006, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 72
Salary capping
Economics seems to be in vogue at the moment, so I thought I might put in my 5c worth.
It is a common practice in professional sporting competitions for salary caps to be imposed. The rationale...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-22-2006, 11:22 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 164
Re: Was Jesus literate?
I suspect one reason he may not have written a bunch of laws was that he was coming to a society who had already been given all that. His job was to be the radical wake up call to start taking God...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-22-2006, 11:17 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 276
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-19-2006, 03:46 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 201
Re: Would this be evidence for God?
Surely if you found a fact common even to several religions, you would have no evidence for the existence of any particular God on the basis that they do not agree on who he is.
Or are you...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-17-2006, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 96
Views: 334
Re: Does God exist?
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Hiya bunny,
Sorry about the confusion between pilliwinks and yourself.
I think it is precisely the "omni" that makes the argument for god being evil. Anything less and you admit...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-16-2006, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 334
Re: Does God exist?
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The creator of the universe who knows everything that can be known and can do anything that can be done?
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Knows everything and leave things as they are??? He...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-15-2006, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 59
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-15-2006, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 73
Re: You have beautiful genes.
Exactly: while you are able to trace a line of descent in which the parents avoided these problems, every other member of your family at each generation may have had all of them.
Feeling lucky?
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-14-2006, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 252
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-12-2006, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 393
Re: religion and faith (also long)
In 'most people' I include those that are not particularly skeptical. Whis is most people, in my experience.
Plenty of skeptics seem to be unable to believe anything (including that they are...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-12-2006, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 393
Re: religion and faith (also long)
I agree that God must know that many are skeptical by nature and nurture. My impression is that he is not bothered by this, but is sad, because although the maturity of thought is welcome, for many...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-09-2006, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 393
Re: religion and faith (also long)
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I am not sure how you can tell that you are unable to believe in him. I can tell that I currently do not believe in Krishna, but I am by no means sure that I am unable to.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-08-2006, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 101
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-08-2006, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 393
Re: religion and faith (also long)
I am not sure how you can tell that you are unable to believe in him. I can tell that I currently do not believe in Krishna, but I am by no means sure that I am unable to.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-08-2006, 08:48 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 101
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-08-2006, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 393
Re: religion and faith (also long)
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As to the rest of your posts, I agree. I don't think the christian god would condemn anyone for not believing in him. Its just nasty strain of christianity that demeens god so.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-08-2006, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 393
Re: religion and faith (also long)
WRT your comment on foxholes I totally agree. Nothing less convincing than a frightened person praying 'god, if there is a god, save me and I promise to be good'! I was by no means praising or...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-08-2006, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 393
Re: religion and faith (also long)
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I don't think that's right. If I find the bible to be nothing to do with god (which is the case) its still the case if its true and describes a god that would condemn me to eternal...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-08-2006, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 393
Re: religion and faith (also long)
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I take it that you were born into a christian family and became saved at an early age?
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No, actually. Agnostic, intellectual dad, believer mum, dropped out of church...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-08-2006, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 393
Re: religion and faith (also long)
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A benevolent god will not punish us for eternity for acting during a short life according to our god given nature, even if we are mistaken.
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I think I mentioned...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-08-2006, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 393
Re: religion and faith (also long)
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That's all irrelevent when it comes to believing in god. Only if you belive in god would you believe any of it is true.
All you've got is men repeatedly invoking some god concept to...
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