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Eternal the originator of time - proof.
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RE: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
April 12, 2015 at 8:08 pm
(April 12, 2015 at 7:50 pm)bennyboy Wrote: SPECIAL PLEADING IS BAD ARGUMENTATION

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"But in MY case of special pleading its excusable..." Hopefully the special pleader in this instance realizes that to specially plead about special pleading is special pleading about special pleading... oh shit I think I just started an infinite regress!
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RE: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
April 12, 2015 at 8:33 pm
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That's funny on at least 3 levels.
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RE: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
April 13, 2015 at 11:48 am
(April 12, 2015 at 11:18 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Twist what is stated, just to deny. Alright suit yourself.

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RE: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
April 13, 2015 at 12:05 pm
(April 12, 2015 at 8:08 pm)Nestor Wrote:
(April 12, 2015 at 7:50 pm)bennyboy Wrote: SPECIAL PLEADING IS BAD ARGUMENTATION

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"But in MY case of special pleading its excusable..."  Hopefully the special pleader in this instance realizes that to specially plead about special pleading is special pleading about special pleading... oh shit I think I just started an infinite regress!

(special pleading)^n   is funny on at least n levels
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RE: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
April 13, 2015 at 12:06 pm (This post was last modified: April 13, 2015 at 12:06 pm by robvalue.)
Kalam with a wig on its head and a bin-bag skirt on is still Kalam.
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RE: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
April 13, 2015 at 12:10 pm (This post was last modified: April 13, 2015 at 12:11 pm by Cyberman.)
But sexy. In a desperate, trying-too-hard way.
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RE: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
April 13, 2015 at 12:14 pm
(April 13, 2015 at 12:10 pm)Stimbo Wrote: But sexy. In a desperate, trying-too-hard way.

If it doesn't come directly from closeted puppy-kicker WLC, it's already got some bonus points in my book.
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RE: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
April 13, 2015 at 12:36 pm
(April 12, 2015 at 2:06 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: How can the whole of time be eternal, when some of the past didn't always exist, and the present didn't always exist? By whole of time..I mean all of time that existed. It's obviously not eternal.
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There's nothing "obvious" about it. It's just how your ape brain happens to perceive time. You have no way of knowing whether time - or any point in time -  is "eternal", or not. Trying to "prove" anything based on such assumptions is a fool's errand. 
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RE: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
April 13, 2015 at 1:38 pm
(April 13, 2015 at 12:14 pm)Alex K Wrote:
(April 13, 2015 at 12:10 pm)Stimbo Wrote: But sexy. In a desperate, trying-too-hard way.

If it doesn't come directly from closeted puppy-kicker WLC, it's already got some bonus points in my book.

Yeah, there can be only one WLC, and clearly it's me. Tongue
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RE: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
April 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm
(April 13, 2015 at 1:38 pm)Esquilax Wrote:
(April 13, 2015 at 12:14 pm)Alex K Wrote: If it doesn't come directly from closeted puppy-kicker WLC, it's already got some bonus points in my book.

Yeah, there can be only one WLC, and clearly it's me. Tongue

You aren't doing it right.  You have to say, "There can be only one WLC," then wait a couple days, and then say, "As I already showed, I'm WLC."
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