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    Thread: Knowing everything and allowing evil
Post: RE: Knowing everything and allowing evil

(March 2, 2012 at 9:54 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: [Image: http://lh6.ggpht.com/tumbletooth/SOgESgI...%20Hot.jpg] Now tell me you are NOT salivating?? Jesus Salivates! (The Christians had it misinterp...
Abracadabra Religion 251 96318 March 2, 2012 at 4:03 pm
    Thread: Knowing everything and allowing evil
Post: RE: Knowing everything and allowing evil

(March 1, 2012 at 5:22 am)tackattack Wrote: 1- I agree with you that “Jesus was clearly rejecting the teachings of the Torah” which is different than “Jesus is spitting in th...
Abracadabra Religion 251 96318 March 1, 2012 at 5:14 pm
    Thread: Something about Apologetics.
Post: RE: Something about Apologetics.

(March 1, 2012 at 1:31 am)Categories+Sheaves Wrote: Thank you for going into that. Not much more to add here. I'm a fan of that empty set theory, you're not. But if you ever do write this stuff o...
Abracadabra Off Topic 23 6850 March 1, 2012 at 3:29 am
    Thread: Thoughts on Buddhism
Post: RE: Thoughts on Buddhism

(March 13, 2010 at 1:08 pm)Laurens Wrote: I decided to stop affiliating myself with Buddhism, and I feel a whole lot better for it. I think there is a lot of good stuff I can get out of Buddhism - b...
Abracadabra Other Religions 440 182877 March 1, 2012 at 1:23 am
    Thread: Something about Apologetics.
Post: RE: Something about Apologetics.

(February 29, 2012 at 8:17 pm)Categories+Sheaves Wrote: (February 29, 2012 at 6:28 pm)Abracadabra Wrote: The reason for that is quite involved, but that too is based on a concept of self-reference...
Abracadabra Off Topic 23 6850 February 29, 2012 at 10:38 pm
    Thread: Thoughts on Buddhism
Post: RE: Thoughts on Buddhism

(February 29, 2012 at 5:32 am)Carnavon Wrote: Abracadabra Wrote:I personally don't even trust the "quotes" to be verbatim and correct. In fact, it would be utterly foolish to do so. These authors ar...
Abracadabra Other Religions 440 182877 February 29, 2012 at 7:47 pm
    Thread: Something about Apologetics.
Post: RE: Something about Apologetics.

(February 29, 2012 at 10:44 am)Categories+Sheaves Wrote: I thought we were talking about Zeno's paradoxes? Our universe does seem to behave discretely, but Zeno's paradoxes are not proof of this of...
Abracadabra Off Topic 23 6850 February 29, 2012 at 6:28 pm
    Thread: Why did God make atheists?
Post: RE: Why did God make atheists?

(February 29, 2012 at 2:59 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: The Quran view is that humanity is inclined towards God and has been given knowledge of him, and that God's light is in the soul. The thing with dis...
Abracadabra Religion 41 17931 February 29, 2012 at 5:13 pm
    Thread: Something about Apologetics.
Post: RE: Something about Apologetics.

(February 29, 2012 at 6:50 am)Categories+Sheaves Wrote: Unless, of course, your definition of 'continuum' is not related to the mathematical one. In which case, what are you taking 'continuum' to m...
Abracadabra Off Topic 23 6850 February 29, 2012 at 8:12 am
    Thread: Something about Apologetics.
Post: RE: Something about Apologetics.

(February 29, 2012 at 6:04 am)Categories+Sheaves Wrote: (February 29, 2012 at 5:46 am)Abracadabra Wrote: The calculus limit has nothing to do with Zeno's objections concerning the idea of being ab...
Abracadabra Off Topic 23 6850 February 29, 2012 at 6:27 am
    Thread: Spiritual Atheist here!
Post: RE: Spiritual Atheist here!

I certainly understand what you're saying. I feel very much the same way. I too tend to use the term "God" to refer to the spiritual essence of life. But I agree that the very term "God" itself has...
Abracadabra Introductions 12 3296 February 29, 2012 at 6:10 am
    Thread: Something about Apologetics.
Post: RE: Something about Apologetics.

(February 29, 2012 at 3:22 am)Categories+Sheaves Wrote: (February 24, 2012 at 8:33 pm)Abracadabra Wrote: Zeno's claim is that you can't perform an infinite number of finite steps. And the calculu...
Abracadabra Off Topic 23 6850 February 29, 2012 at 5:46 am
    Thread: Knowing everything and allowing evil
Post: RE: Knowing everything and allowing evil

(February 28, 2012 at 7:12 am)tackattack Wrote: I didn’t say acts would be impressive. Well, you offered it like as if it should convince me of something. (February 28, 2012 at 7:12 am)tackattack...
Abracadabra Religion 251 96318 February 28, 2012 at 12:12 pm
    Thread: Knowing everything and allowing evil
Post: RE: Knowing everything and allowing evil

(February 27, 2012 at 10:44 pm)Rhythm Wrote: "Belief" is just another thing you'd like to argue your own special definition for I take it. If "belief" means that I think I know something that I can...
Abracadabra Religion 251 96318 February 28, 2012 at 12:31 am
    Thread: Knowing everything and allowing evil
Post: RE: Knowing everything and allowing evil

(February 27, 2012 at 7:15 pm)Rhythm Wrote: That was part of his plan Abra, washed us clean dontcha know. He's returning any day to set up his Kingdom. Maybe we should see if the romans you're re...
Abracadabra Religion 251 96318 February 27, 2012 at 10:35 pm
    Thread: Knowing everything and allowing evil
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(February 27, 2012 at 6:44 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I agree, the jesus narrative was sparked off by a social event. Roman occupation. They invented themselves a deliverer, but unfortunately for them cultu...
Abracadabra Religion 251 96318 February 27, 2012 at 7:03 pm
    Thread: Knowing everything and allowing evil
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(February 27, 2012 at 4:06 am)tackattack Wrote: @Abra- Jesus didn't spit in the face of the God of Abraham according to the Bible, he "spit in the face" of the Pharisitical teachings of the time. As...
Abracadabra Religion 251 96318 February 27, 2012 at 11:31 am
    Thread: Knowing everything and allowing evil
Post: RE: Knowing everything and allowing evil

(February 27, 2012 at 10:17 am)Rhythm Wrote: @Abra, ah I see. So, as long as one doesn't just look at the text, and as long as one does not assume that he said what he is supposed to have said...th...
Abracadabra Religion 251 96318 February 27, 2012 at 10:57 am
    Thread: Thoughts on Buddhism
Post: RE: Thoughts on Buddhism

(February 26, 2012 at 5:53 pm)Rhythm Wrote: How, precisely, do you reckon that science or scientists determined that there was something beyond the "veil", do they have scientific reasons or somethi...
Abracadabra Other Religions 440 182877 February 27, 2012 at 3:03 am
    Thread: Knowing everything and allowing evil
Post: RE: Knowing everything and allowing evil

(February 27, 2012 at 12:18 am)Rhythm Wrote: Except that he doesn't seem to have been a historical figure, and there are more things we have to remove (more than just the christ claim and miracles c...
Abracadabra Religion 251 96318 February 27, 2012 at 12:57 am