Better reasons to quit Christianity

[spockrates]

Yes, having her colonial viper explode and then having her appear months later with no memory of the event and then having her find her own charred remains in a crashed viper on some alien planet was cheesy, since there was no explanation given as to how this was possible.

Hmm, I didn't realise that, most probably because I watched the feature-length pilot episode of the rebooted BSG with great interest, thinking "well, something's bound to happen in a minute" and I kept thinking that right up to the point when it ended. I decided not to bother with it after that. No, I was thinking more along the lines of when Starbuck looked uncannily like Dirk Benedict:



Not in any sexually-curious or even 'bromance' way; I just feel the series had more dramatic impact back then. In many ways I'm a traditionalist when it comes to classic sci-fi. Hence my totally-unrelated disappointment with J J Abrams' Marmite version of Star Trek (i.e. you either love it or loathe it).

Sorry to keep going off-topic. Consider my interruptions a pause for reflection.

I can't agree more. Star Trek (TNG) cannot hold a candle to the 52 episodes of Star Trek (TOS).

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A valid point, some terms like "self" or "you", or "I" may be artifacts of ignorance. Nevertheless, try to communicate any concept about them without using the terms. Stranger than we can suppose...I believe is the phrase.

So who am I talking to, if not you?

:p

Omniscience, in any form Spock..abrogates free will. How many times do I have to say this? It is not omniscience itself (or any omniscient thing)which has this effect, and so altering the particulars of your "omniscience" claim will not alter this. Even if there were no omniscience, and no omniscient thing, if it was possible...free will is shitcanned.

In what way does an inherent omniscience (which is not total) abrogate freewill?