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    Thread: How we spend our time
Post: RE: How we spend our time

(October 23, 2018 at 5:14 pm)Rahn127 Wrote: I thought about how much time religious people spend focused on something they have no evidence for. Theists spend so much time on religion that it seems...
fromdownunder Atheism 21 3376 October 23, 2018 at 11:58 pm
    Thread: Are Numbers Real?
Post: RE: Are Numbers Real?

01001111 01101110 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101110 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01101110 01...
fromdownunder Mathematics 67 6525 October 16, 2018 at 2:46 am
    Thread: Question about permanent death
Post: RE: Question about permanent death

(September 30, 2018 at 4:03 pm)Reltzik Wrote: I have been informed several times that as an atheist I am constrained by solipsism.  That means that upon my death the world will cease to exist.  Ergo...
fromdownunder Atheism 110 11630 September 30, 2018 at 8:10 pm
    Thread: Does anyone mow "The Moral Landscape"?
Post: RE: Does anyone mow "The Moral Landscape"?

I, for one, welcome our new Triffid overlords. Norm
fromdownunder Off Topic 21 1120 September 28, 2018 at 10:05 pm
    Thread: Atheists who announce "I'm good without god"
Post: RE: Atheists who announce "I'm good without god"

In all honesty, I don't ever recall saying I am good, or I am bad, or I am moral except in a facetious sarcastic or self deprecating manner. (e.g., when I got a turkey bowling, playing a hand of Pok...
fromdownunder Atheism 220 22345 September 28, 2018 at 9:58 pm
    Thread: 3 simple points to end the discussion with any atheist
Post: RE: 3 simple points to end the discussion with any...

It seems that the only person who wanted to end the discussion or was incapable of responding was the OP. Is he always a seagull poster? Norm
fromdownunder Islam 94 4589 September 26, 2018 at 8:01 pm
    Thread: 3 simple points to end the discussion with any atheist
Post: RE: 3 simple points to end the discussion with any...

(September 25, 2018 at 8:20 am)Brian37 Wrote: What a wonderful home we have, planet earth. Full of hurricanes, wild fires, earthquakes, tornados, tsunamis, volcanos. Not to mention other deadly life...
fromdownunder Islam 94 4589 September 25, 2018 at 9:37 am
    Thread: 3 simple points to end the discussion with any atheist
Post: RE: 3 simple points to end the discussion with any...

(September 25, 2018 at 1:43 am)AtlasS33 Wrote: 1-Ask about the design of the universe: this question is very embarrassing to atheists, because the universe is full of signs. From the human body to m...
fromdownunder Islam 94 4589 September 25, 2018 at 3:37 am
    Thread: 3 simple points to end the discussion with any atheist
Post: RE: 3 simple points to end the discussion with any...

(September 25, 2018 at 1:58 am)AtlasS33 Wrote: Life is perfectly obsolete: creating something as big as the universe but also as obsolete and fragile does indicate a divine creator behind it all. We...
fromdownunder Islam 94 4589 September 25, 2018 at 3:21 am
    Thread: This is officially the funniest thing Trump has ever said
Post: RE: This is officially the funniest thing Trump ha...

(September 19, 2018 at 10:43 am)Mathilda Wrote: "You know what uranium is, right? It’s this thing called nuclear weapons. And other things. Like lots of things are done with uranium. Including some ...
fromdownunder Politics 12 1545 September 19, 2018 at 7:27 pm
    Thread: Admit It, Guys. We Were Wrong.
Post: RE: Admit It, Guys. We Were Wrong.

When did he get out of prison? Norm
fromdownunder General Science 20 1388 September 19, 2018 at 7:23 pm
    Thread: Is there a quick way to view new posts in an existing thread?
Post: RE: Is there a quick way to view new posts in an e...

(September 17, 2018 at 12:48 am)Kit Wrote: I think it's the arrow to the left of the thread title? Yes, works for me. Thanks for that. Norm
fromdownunder Questions, Problems, Suggestions, and Feedback 6 1395 September 17, 2018 at 2:07 am
    Thread: Is there a quick way to view new posts in an existing thread?
Post: Is there a quick way to view new posts in an exist...

Most Boards I am on have a "go to first unread post" or something similar, so when I open a thread I have already been reading, I can click on that and it takes me to the first post in that thread tha...
fromdownunder Questions, Problems, Suggestions, and Feedback 6 1395 September 17, 2018 at 12:42 am
    Thread: The obsession with exactly two levels
Post: RE: The obsession with exactly two levels

Robert A Heinlein's Job: A Comedy of Justice suggested multiple levels of Gods, where Yahweh, Satan, Odin et all were only apprentices to a higher level God, who in turn may have had his own superiors...
fromdownunder Religion 12 1444 September 16, 2018 at 8:45 pm
    Thread: What's your biggest beef with religion?
Post: RE: What's your biggest beef with religion?

I dislike the ways that some religious people interpret their holy books to support what are mostly morals, beliefs and prejudices acquired earlier in life, and then use their Book - "I am right - it...
fromdownunder Religion 78 8159 September 16, 2018 at 8:19 pm
    Thread: Pet Photos thread where too much is never enough.
Post: RE: Pet Photos thread where too much is never enou...

These are my cats from many years ago.  The first was Tajah (seen with my daughter when he was a kitten) and the second Billie Boy. After I took the second Photo, the rewind whirled, and both cats wer...
fromdownunder Introductions 1182 124980 September 15, 2018 at 1:07 am
    Thread: Good Christians only may answer...
Post: RE: Good Christians only may answer...

Pat Robertson has personally prayed that the hurricane to veer off and not hit the land. Actually, not quite. He commanded it in the name of the Lord, that it will do no damage to his property. “W...
fromdownunder Christianity 58 10092 September 15, 2018 at 12:26 am
    Thread: Are all religions cults?
Post: RE: Are all religions cults?

I can only speak of my personal knowledge, which is limited to Australia, where most people do not take religion very seriously any more. Many churches and excepting the Charismatics such as Hillsong...
fromdownunder Religion 88 11136 September 13, 2018 at 8:27 am
    Thread: Maybe the Shit should hit the Fan
Post: Maybe the Shit should hit the Fan

Dung Beetles contribute more than $1 Billion annually to the Australian economy. Just thought that should be on everyone's need to know list. Norm
fromdownunder Off Topic 2 529 September 12, 2018 at 1:41 am
    Thread: UFO Abductions, impossible, and here's why.
Post: RE: UFO Abductions, impossible, and here's why.

(September 10, 2018 at 6:42 pm)Fireball Wrote: I'd venture to the End of the Universe for a nice steak. I understand that there is a nice Restaurant there.  And you get to select your steak from the...
fromdownunder Off Topic 18 1120 September 10, 2018 at 8:04 pm