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    Thread: Is science the only way to knowledge?
Post: RE: Is science the only way to knowledge?

Knowledge is defined as "information" Information is at its core, values that equal a sum. The universe is made entirely of information. One atom will have a value for its atomic weight and energy, an...
Einharjar General Science 115 25631 November 6, 2013 at 11:37 am
    Thread: How do you feel when someone directly tells you ...
Post: RE: How do you feel when someone directly tells yo...

I believe I've only ever had two people legitimately condemn me to Hell. One was a grisly concerned Christian class mate whom was suggesting "you can go to Hell for this stuff, you know that right?"an...
Einharjar Religion 81 16956 November 5, 2013 at 1:42 pm
    Thread: Challenge to atheists: I find your lack of faith disturbing!
Post: RE: Challenge to atheists: I find your lack of fai...

To the OP/thread starter: I don't deny Jesus existed. Even if the name was "added" after and the real name was something else. It doesn't matter. I've found plenty to convince me that some crazy but ...
Einharjar Christianity 271 72869 November 3, 2013 at 8:08 pm
    Thread: The Jesus Itinerary
Post: RE: The Jesus Itinerary

(November 3, 2013 at 2:59 am)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:I just read up this whole thread. Wow. You're a glutton for punishment. We're used to dealing with this collection of fools but you're a newco...
Einharjar Christianity 219 39165 November 3, 2013 at 4:15 am
    Thread: Argument Against Religious Experience as Validation
Post: RE: Argument Against Religious Experience as Valid...

Wow, what's being professed here in the name of religion is just... wow. The ye'old argument of saying the personal experience you felt makes it true pretty much means you've closed the door on any r...
Einharjar Philosophy 31 7194 November 3, 2013 at 3:53 am
    Thread: I think death is beautiful.
Post: RE: I think death is beautiful.

The only way I see Death as beautiful is that I see death in two different lights. One, Death isn't really a "thing". We are all eternal. Matter and Energy cannot be created nor destroyed. So in one v...
Einharjar Philosophy 108 20701 November 3, 2013 at 3:30 am
    Thread: The Jesus Itinerary
Post: RE: The Jesus Itinerary

I just read up this whole thread. It's amazing how many brick walls one can talk too in a single debate. I'll say this however, as an ex-Christian? Taking the historical context of the Bible literall...
Einharjar Christianity 219 39165 November 3, 2013 at 2:52 am
    Thread: Things I learned in church
Post: RE: Things I learned in church

(November 3, 2013 at 12:51 am)ToriJ Wrote: Just thought I would share some quotes from Christians I have interacted with that still to this day stands out in my mind. Even t...
Einharjar Christianity 63 16725 November 3, 2013 at 1:25 am
    Thread: Describe Christian Religion In The shortest way you can.
Post: RE: Describe Christian Religion In The shortest wa...

A Sumerian/Babylonian mythos ripoff.
Einharjar Off Topic 54 8236 November 3, 2013 at 12:51 am
    Thread: Irish schoolchildren to learn about atheism
Post: RE: Irish schoolchildren to learn about atheism

(November 1, 2013 at 9:41 pm)Sejanus Wrote: (November 1, 2013 at 6:47 pm)Einharjar Wrote: How would one teach atheism? Its not as if its a discipline and it has no rituals to classify it as a reli...
Einharjar Atheism 28 4465 November 2, 2013 at 11:43 pm
    Thread: one thing i don't understand bout god/christianity
Post: RE: one thing i don't understand bout god/christia...

(November 2, 2013 at 4:37 am)GodsRevolt Wrote: (November 1, 2013 at 11:15 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: No, he just doesn't seem to care that people are starving in areas of the world where food doesn...
Einharjar Atheism 54 15673 November 2, 2013 at 8:38 pm
    Thread: Irish schoolchildren to learn about atheism
Post: RE: Irish schoolchildren to learn about atheism

How would one teach atheism? Its not as if its a discipline and it has no rituals to classify it as a religion. You cannot be indoctrinated as a result. Saying the class teaches atheism must be a ploy...
Einharjar Atheism 28 4465 November 1, 2013 at 6:47 pm
    Thread: Alincolnism?
Post: RE: Alincolnism?

(October 31, 2013 at 4:41 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: And if you are an Obama supporter, it's because you're a lazy bum on welfare and just want free government handouts at the expense of the hardwork...
Einharjar Atheism 62 14054 October 31, 2013 at 4:47 pm
    Thread: Alincolnism?
Post: RE: Alincolnism?

Is it like, an assumed fact that if I don't believe in god, hate religion, support gay marriage and all that, that I'm automatically an Obama supporter? Wtf, people act like we only have two choices.....
Einharjar Atheism 62 14054 October 31, 2013 at 3:07 pm
    Thread: one thing i don't understand bout god/christianity
Post: RE: one thing i don't understand bout god/christia...

Well to be fair, every foreigner I've met casually always asked if I had boots, cowboy hat and/or horses/oil well simply because I was from Texas. Ignorance goes both ways, believe me. I'm an American...
Einharjar Atheism 54 15673 October 31, 2013 at 2:55 pm
    Thread: one thing i don't understand bout god/christianity
Post: RE: one thing i don't understand bout god/christia...

Actually, god does impinge on free will. Optimistic gave several examples that do: genocide, city purges, the flood, egyptian plagues, all resulted in the deaths of children whom never grew beyond the...
Einharjar Atheism 54 15673 October 31, 2013 at 6:58 am
    Thread: Is god really omniscient?
Post: RE: Is god really omniscient?

That's the thing, fictitious or not, the bible is more of a code than anything else that uses the "lead by example approach. Surely we atheists don't take Napoleon Bonaparte seriously when he said "an...
Einharjar Religion 49 8946 October 28, 2013 at 2:16 pm
    Thread: Is god really omniscient?
Post: RE: Is god really omniscient?

When I used to study the Bible back in the day, I always afforded those terms ("omni" and "al" prefixes) some leniency based on the individuals that translated the scriptures into word. These tales we...
Einharjar Religion 49 8946 October 27, 2013 at 11:59 pm
    Thread: Theists, some questions
Post: RE: Theists, some questions

@ Sword of Christ You sir, seem utterly corrupted in your faith. You're being highly judgmental, when it's not your place. Only your God is meant to judge who lives and dies and by you pointing out t...
Einharjar Atheism 128 35571 October 25, 2013 at 12:14 am
    Thread: Reflecting on Atheism.
Post: RE: Reflecting on Atheism.

(October 20, 2013 at 8:52 pm)arvind13 Wrote: Here is an interesting quote from philosopher John Gray from his book Straw Dogs: "To Deny the existence of God is to accept the categories [framework] ...
Einharjar Atheism 88 14738 October 24, 2013 at 12:53 am