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    Thread: Does the mind survive death?
Post: Does the mind survive death?

I've blacked out frequently during seizures when my body is actually walking around, putting clothes away, opening doors, etc. You don't "see darkness" or dream or anything. When you are unconscious,...
toro Philosophy 30 9511 June 10, 2013 at 11:41 am
    Thread: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China"
Post: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China"

And the reporter was showing areas with very low income rates as an example. Boo to the government limiting rights. Boo to the reporter misrepresenting what he reports. And the reporter was showing ...
toro Atheism 16 6998 February 14, 2013 at 1:51 pm
    Thread: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China"
Post: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China"

(February 9, 2013 at 3:50 am)Zone Wrote: I think he more meant that there must clearly be some deeper truth if people who are otherwise well off with everything they need materially still feel the y...
toro Atheism 16 6998 February 13, 2013 at 3:23 pm
    Thread: Dialetheism
Post: RE: Dialetheism

Interesting. Does that make dialetheisms the philosophical and semantic equivalent of zero?
toro Philosophy 7 3509 July 30, 2012 at 10:59 pm
    Thread: If you deconstruct it, they will come
Post: RE: If you deconstruct it, they will come

Go (S)aints! As a long-time St. Paul resident and Saints fan, I can only say that I am not surprised, and this just proves my point: the Saints are so much better than the Twins.
toro Atheism 27 7011 July 22, 2012 at 6:04 pm
    Thread: Why are you so Stupid? :P
Post: RE: Why are you so Stupid? :P

I can only say one thing to you Stevie. The entropy of a black hole is determined by the number of states within a 2d surface with an area A. More random posts to come!
toro Atheism 40 12739 July 22, 2012 at 10:19 am
    Thread: I know how the universe was created
Post: RE: I know how the universe was created

(July 20, 2012 at 5:42 am)Ace Otana Wrote: If a clock entered the outer edges of a black hole, it'll stop. Mass effects time, and that when all the mass/energy was concentrated into an infinite spec...
toro Atheism 36 20754 July 21, 2012 at 10:18 am
    Thread: Muslim cleric wants Canadian women to cover up to prevent rape.
Post: RE: Muslim cleric wants Canadian women to cover up...

Considering Islam encourages men to beat their wives if they "rebel" (don't want to do what the husband says), does not allow women to refuse sex with their husband, and allows men to take wives from ...
toro Religion 5 2817 July 21, 2012 at 9:42 am
    Thread: James Holmes - Mind Controlled by Illuminati
Post: RE: James Holmes - Mind Controlled by Illuminati

(July 20, 2012 at 6:09 pm)Stevie Wrote: I seriously doubt the real James Holmes would have committed this crime. He looks like a nice kid. I think they intentionally picked him to carry it out to ma...
toro Philosophy 28 15342 July 20, 2012 at 10:38 pm
    Thread: Deceitful - to be or not to be! That is the question!
Post: RE: Deceitful - to be or not to be! That is the qu...

If you are, you're deceitful according to their belief, and their belief alone. But it's probably a ridiculously skewed one anyway. These same people might very well say that people that hang out and...
toro Philosophy 30 9196 July 14, 2012 at 11:39 am
    Thread: Voiding Free Will
Post: RE: Voiding Free Will

(July 14, 2012 at 6:34 am)FallentoReason Wrote: I just exercised my free will when I decided to respond to this, did I not? I see free will as the ability to do as one pleases. Whether this action i...
toro Religion 17 7880 July 14, 2012 at 11:09 am
    Thread: how do you forgive yourself?
Post: RE: how do you forgive yourself?

(July 14, 2012 at 1:38 am)Jeffonthenet Wrote: Given the situation, it is evident that you cannot change the circumstances. In all honesty I hope you can reconsider the supernatural, for if He exists...
toro Philosophy 71 20770 July 14, 2012 at 10:27 am
    Thread: German court rules religious circumcision on boys an assault
Post: RE: German court rules religious circumcision on b...

(July 8, 2012 at 4:02 am)CliveStaples Wrote: So is a lot of plastic surgery. Should that be outlawed, as well? It seems like you're coming close to imposing your own personal decisions about elect...
toro Religion 111 43908 July 8, 2012 at 10:48 am
    Thread: Scientific Evidence That God is Real
Post: RE: Scientific Evidence That God is Real

Ow. That hurt to read.
toro Religion 27 10349 June 20, 2012 at 11:13 pm
    Thread: why things are rather than not...and necessary existence
Post: RE: why things are rather than not...and necessary...

You are using two different definitions of "necessary", not defining "ultimate", assuming your rationale by intuition, and eventually defining God as the answer. In short, this argument doesn't show ...
toro Philosophy 15 8319 June 18, 2012 at 10:52 pm
    Thread: Why not more of us in Congress?
Post: RE: Why not more of us in Congress?

(June 16, 2012 at 11:34 pm)Godschild Wrote: I see our state is one of the six, it should be changed, equal rights for all citizens, still think everyone who runs for public office should have to dec...
toro Religion 44 15107 June 17, 2012 at 1:16 am
    Thread: What is the difference between me and a rock?
Post: RE: What is the difference between me and a rock?

Rocks are composed of domains of covalently (strong) bonded oxidized lattices of inorganic atoms. You are composed of clusters of dipole (weak) bonded chains of organic molecules/atoms. The strong la...
toro Philosophy 19 6555 June 16, 2012 at 11:12 am
    Thread: God is real.
Post: RE: God is real.

The laughable part is that until a century ago, everyone thought the universe always existed as-is because God was eternal. Then when we learn the universe had a beginning, we say that makes sense be...
toro Religion 58 20166 June 5, 2012 at 9:57 pm
    Thread: Science + Creation
Post: RE: Science + Creation

(June 2, 2012 at 4:01 am)FallentoReason Wrote: The thing with the video my friend showed me is that their argument is that time wasn't constant in the beginning. Because the simple explanation of ...
toro Christianity 102 47290 June 3, 2012 at 1:41 pm
    Thread: Boy visits heaven
Post: RE: Boy visits heaven

Last I heard, quantum mechanics was "outside" classical physics (the latter is an approximation of the former). QM explains collective electrochemical states temporal evolution very, very well and app...
toro Atheism 44 14345 June 2, 2012 at 12:09 pm