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Thread: Qualia Soup "Putting Faith In Its Place"
Post: RE: Qualia Soup "Putting Faith In Its Place"
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(May 26, 2011 at 2:23 pm)Eudaimonia Wrote: (May 26, 2011 at 1:13 pm)tackattack Wrote: No, I'm suggesting that there is no scientific evidence for consciousness independent of the brai... |
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May 26, 2011 at 4:17 pm |
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Thread: Qualia Soup "Putting Faith In Its Place"
Post: RE: Qualia Soup "Putting Faith In Its Place"
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Quote:Replace the cube analogy with say, my clenched fist and I ask you "What am I holding in my hand?", without any evidence you have no basis to assert anything, be it a shiny coin, or not... |
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May 26, 2011 at 10:00 am |
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Thread: Qualia Soup "Putting Faith In Its Place"
Post: RE: Qualia Soup "Putting Faith In Its Place"
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Quote:Ok, so you're arguing for something that's independent of natural processes in that first paragraph, it's supernatural/magic, gotcha.
On some occasions, for the sake of argument I a... |
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May 26, 2011 at 8:42 am |
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Thread: Qualia Soup "Putting Faith In Its Place"
Post: RE: Qualia Soup "Putting Faith In Its Place"
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Quote:The question "would we be able to deduce precisely what occupies such a realm.." was followed by "such as a divine being.." and he stated that while we can list countless numbers of b... |
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May 25, 2011 at 10:25 am |
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Thread: Poor uneducated unintelligent aheists
Post: RE: Poor uneducated unintelligent aheists
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Quote:Maybe I would accept the money, maybe I wouldn't. It's not like that matters. Me accepting the money or not is step two of this process. Since we were never going to get past step one ... |
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May 22, 2011 at 12:13 pm |
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Thread: Qualia Soup "Putting Faith In Its Place"
Post: RE: Qualia Soup "Putting Faith In Its Place"
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This video, with the accent and all..is seriously flawed...
Here is a quote taken from 00:52 of the video "Without evidence from the cube itself, we can only ever make valid justifiable st... |
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Atheism
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May 22, 2011 at 12:05 pm |
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Thread: Understanding the Religious Mind
Post: Understanding the Religious Mind
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(Warning relatively long post..)
We all gather information in multiple ways. As individuals we tend to have our choice approach to what we choose to believe and how we arrive at such choic... |
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May 21, 2011 at 10:59 am |
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Thread: How do we grow?
Post: RE: How do we grow?
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Quote:My Response -You don't understand the term.. It means diversion.. it can be a literal diversion to another topic or literary tricks used to obscure the point..
There is a difference b... |
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May 20, 2011 at 8:44 am |
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Thread: What is God?
Post: RE: What is God?
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What is God?
God is essentially The highest degree of consciousness. God is a Creative Brane which is self aware and is the Force and power which generates existences. God arises within c... |
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May 20, 2011 at 8:04 am |
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Thread: How do we grow?
Post: RE: How do we grow?
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Quote:I got your point.. I did not respect it..
You missed the point the first time around...and you know you did...what you are doing now is hiding under a false cloud of smugness hoping t... |
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May 19, 2011 at 8:20 pm |
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Thread: Problem dealing with death as an atheist
Post: RE: Problem dealing with death as an atheist
| (May 19, 2011 at 1:45 am)Girlysprite Wrote: (May 19, 2011 at 12:03 am)Whirling Moat Wrote: So let us say that it was now possible to transfer all of a recently deceased individual's memories into ... |
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May 19, 2011 at 8:00 am |
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Thread: How do we grow?
Post: RE: How do we grow?
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Quote:Free Will is evil?
The fact that you say this in response to what I wrote evinces a comprehension problem on your part...
I did not write that...I wrote Free Will is the root of a... |
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May 19, 2011 at 12:58 am |
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Thread: How do we grow?
Post: RE: How do we grow?
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Quote:If a man beats a woman the root of his anger may stem from childhood abuse himself.. But an ethical society would be remiss if it did not stop his behavior currently..
Agreed. I thin... |
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May 19, 2011 at 12:40 am |
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Thread: Problem dealing with death as an atheist
Post: RE: Problem dealing with death as an atheist
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Quote:Think about it this way: every second, you are dying many times, and being reborn again. The same electrons/chemicals that create your consciousness a split second ago have already r... |
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May 19, 2011 at 12:03 am |
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Thread: How do we grow?
Post: RE: How do we grow?
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Quote:Look up appeal to authority, quoting Einstein is not going to get you anywhere or defend the acts of hatred, terror and divisiveness prompted under religious dogma. Einstein said a l... |
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May 18, 2011 at 4:48 pm |
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Thread: How do we grow?
Post: RE: How do we grow?
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Quote:Religion isn't the root of all evil, it just impedes process, it always has. While I admit that pre-monotheistic religions made massive strides in astronomy. But this progress was slo... |
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May 18, 2011 at 1:25 pm |
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Thread: Poor uneducated unintelligent aheists
Post: RE: Poor uneducated unintelligent aheists
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Quote:Why stop at $100? I'm asking for $1000
Would you accept someones hard earned money which you did nothing to earn but put out a hand? Is this the morality which should look f... |
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May 18, 2011 at 12:51 pm |
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Thread: How do we grow?
Post: RE: How do we grow?
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Quote:The point should be conceded .. then the importance acknowledged.. Before you address the roots of evil.. *sigh*.. You should address its protector.. So please go to theists sites and ... |
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May 17, 2011 at 10:34 pm |
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Thread: How do we grow?
Post: RE: How do we grow?
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(May 17, 2011 at 5:47 pm)Chuck Wrote: Religion is not the root of all evil, but it is an indispensible promoter, facilitator, and protector of many of the worst and most damaging ones.
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May 17, 2011 at 7:58 pm |
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Thread: Poor uneducated unintelligent aheists
Post: RE: Poor uneducated unintelligent aheists
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Quote:Moat... You are on this board because you believe you have a strong case to make for a creator.. I've yet to see you make a strong argument...
I am consistently kneading..prepar... |
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May 17, 2011 at 7:29 pm |
