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Thread: Search for Causes
Post: RE: Search for Causes
| (December 30, 2019 at 10:54 pm)Lek Wrote: If I had advanced stage cancer and it suddenly disappeared or went into remission, how could it be proven to be from natural, rather than supernatural cause... |
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Atheism
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December 31, 2019 at 10:25 pm |
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Thread: Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.
Post: RE: Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.
| His personal self-image and narrative is that of an aggrieved and persecuted person who just wants to go Back To The Good Old Days or some version of that thought. He probably thinks Jesus put up the ... |
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mordant |
Christianity
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December 27, 2019 at 9:06 pm |
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Thread: Why you all need others, to believe?
Post: RE: Why you all need others, to believe?
| My theory is that proselytizing, as well as being controlling around the behaviors of people outside the religion, is the inevitable result of belief in corporate guilt. If you believe god will judge ... |
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Religion
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December 24, 2019 at 10:33 pm |
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Thread: How to not take critical feedback personally?
Post: RE: How to not take critical feedback personally?
| (December 18, 2019 at 7:37 pm)NightHawk Wrote: Right now I am in Grad school. I am doing just fine. 3.45 GPA. However despite getting A's on 99% of my assignments it seems every time there is feedba... |
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Off Topic
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December 20, 2019 at 5:22 pm |
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Thread: C++ "sort"
Post: RE: C++ "sort"
| I have no problem with someone getting under the hood and understanding what is going on there. In the world of line-of-business application development, though, you're working on a platform and most ... |
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Technology & Computing
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December 20, 2019 at 2:19 pm |
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Thread: Are there any theists here who think God wants, or will take care of, Global Warming?
Post: RE: Are there any theists here who think God wants...
| The narrative I usually hear is that "god is in control of something as big as the weather, not puny humans, ergo, he will not permit things to get out of hand". This is of course abject nonsense on m... |
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Religion
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December 20, 2019 at 1:58 pm |
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Thread: Can too much respect be bad?
Post: RE: Can too much respect be bad?
| It is somewhat subjective who is "deserving" of, or has "earned" respect, but it seems imprudent to afford the same respect to all actors. Most people afford an initial default level of respect on the... |
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Philosophy
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December 20, 2019 at 1:41 pm |
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Thread: My argument for atheism +
Post: RE: My argument for atheism +
| (December 18, 2019 at 4:07 am)Belacqua Wrote: It's Nietzsche who tosses Logos. He claims that the order and regularity we interpret and abstract from the real world is like a dream image --- a false... |
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Atheism
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December 20, 2019 at 12:45 pm |
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Thread: Why are you an Atheist?
Post: RE: Why are you an Atheist?
| (December 20, 2019 at 9:20 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: From that moment onward, I knew that I was an atheist and probably had been one for some time without realizing it.
I think the realization comes to ma... |
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mordant |
Atheism
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December 20, 2019 at 12:24 pm |
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Thread: Why are you an Atheist?
Post: RE: Why are you an Atheist?
| (December 19, 2019 at 12:03 pm)maxolla Wrote: I think anything is possible. We usually think of prayer as something of a request and then some base belief on the “answer” or lack of one. Make me r... |
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Atheism
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December 20, 2019 at 12:15 pm |
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Thread: Is Religion an Attempt to Understand the World?
Post: RE: Is Religion an Attempt to Understand the World...
| (December 16, 2019 at 10:33 am)tackattack Wrote: To address the OP, I believe religion, and any other institution, is a collective attempt to reinforce a tribalism mentality to restrict our world vi... |
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Religion
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December 20, 2019 at 12:03 pm |
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Thread: Predictions for the new year
Post: RE: Predictions for the new year
| Trump will not be convicted in the Senate. The Senate trial may not even occur. We will spend the whole year arguing about who has the upper hand there, mostly not in reality, but in terms of rhetoric... |
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Religion
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December 20, 2019 at 11:56 am |
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Thread: Is Religion an Attempt to Understand the World?
Post: RE: Is Religion an Attempt to Understand the World...
| (December 14, 2019 at 1:17 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Is Harry Potter an attempt to understand the world? Marx Brothers? NFL? That fucking cricket game they play elsewhere? Any of that?
Exactly.
Reli... |
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Religion
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December 15, 2019 at 9:48 pm |
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Thread: [Not Even A Little Bit Serious] Why AREN'T You An Atheist?
Post: RE: [Not Even A Little Bit Serious] Why AREN'T You...
| Well I'm an atheist now, but the primary reasons I had for not being an atheist, could be summarized as follows:
1) Theism was all I knew
2) Theism provided my entire social support system
3) Theism ... |
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Atheism
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December 14, 2019 at 10:51 pm |
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Thread: Thanksgiving and Family
Post: RE: Thanksgiving and Family
| Thankfully, my entire immediate family are non-theists. This year we changed it up and had actual Thanksgiving day dinner with friends who are conservative Jews but even so, non-judgy and keep their b... |
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Atheism
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December 7, 2019 at 3:31 pm |
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Thread: Is the bible left or right?
Post: RE: Is the bible left or right?
| (November 20, 2019 at 11:57 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: I would actually posit that magic book isn't vague, regardless of peoples need to make it so in order to justify their own predispositions -by- magic ... |
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Religion
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November 21, 2019 at 10:15 pm |
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Thread: hate
Post: RE: hate
| (November 21, 2019 at 6:44 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (November 20, 2019 at 11:17 pm)mordant Wrote: Hate is just disappointed love. You can't hate someone if you didn't love them and feel betrayed.
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Religion
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November 21, 2019 at 9:55 pm |
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Thread: In what way is the Resurrection the best explanation?
Post: RE: In what way is the Resurrection the best expla...
| (November 21, 2019 at 12:06 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: That's amazing, that's what they teach in formal theological training? In comparative and sociological studies it's asserted that "prophecy"..likely.... |
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Christianity
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November 21, 2019 at 12:22 am |
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Thread: Interview Assignment
Post: RE: Interview Assignment
| (November 14, 2019 at 12:21 am)Student Wrote: How would you describe your own religious background and church involvement?Converted at age six in an evangelical church, very involved and devout, one... |
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Christianity
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November 21, 2019 at 12:10 am |
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Thread: In what way is the Resurrection the best explanation?
Post: RE: In what way is the Resurrection the best expla...
| (November 17, 2019 at 12:32 pm)Vicki Q Wrote: Understanding the meaning of apocalyptic prophecy in Judaism is generally done retrospectively. The original prophecy set isn't meant to be precise. Tha... |
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Christianity
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November 20, 2019 at 11:57 pm |
