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[Angrboda]

You are absolutely right! The fact that philosophers have been debating these questions for centuries upon centuries certainly means they are not some of the biggest questions in life! You're still small time. If you don't like me and think this thread is pointless, don't post on my thread and save both of us the trouble.

There's a famous problem in computer theory known as the dining philosophers problem. In the problem, you have a number of philosophers sitting at a round table. In front of each philosopher, there is a plate of spaghetti, and to the side, between each is a fork. The philosophers do two things: eat, and think. When they want to eat, they pick up a fork and dig in. To think, they put down the fork and ponder. The problem is, if they all decide to eat at the same time, there aren't enough forks, so there will be a deadlock over the last fork.

Now I bring this up simply to point out that what philosophers do is not esteemed to be the sine qua non of existence. Indeed, they're poked fun at. Now don't get me wrong, I'm an amateur philosopher myself, and have undertaken to correct an ignorance of the subject -- but philosophers doing something, specifically failing to do something isn't exactly hot shit.

Now Cinjin Cain points out something you should pay attention to here. You come across to many here as an arrogant prick. You seem more interested in pummeling anyone who disagrees with you than sharing your worldview. You this very evening mouthed off to me in private message simply because I chose not to talk to you. Dude, if you want to bring glory to God, you're doing something wrong. A little humility, and some mutual respect would go a long way toward getting people to listen to you. But whatever; it's your funeral.

Re: Carl Wieland. I must have been thinking of another Carl or maybe I just didn't know who you were talking about. The only ex-atheists with any name recognition to me are Antony Flew and Lee Strobel. Regardless, my offer still stands. If you can make good on explaining why I am an atheist Taoist, I will make time to learn the story and reasons for the re-conversion of a theist of your choice. That you chose not to take up the gauntlet and focused instead on trying to paint me as ignorant and foolish is yet another example of your butt munchery. Nobody likes you Statler -- that's not helping God display his glory.