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Question(s) for the Religious
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RE: Question(s) for the Religious
August 9, 2013 at 9:38 am
(August 9, 2013 at 9:12 am)Walking Void Wrote: -Can I make up something spiritual and officially coin it divine?
Go right ahead. In fact, if you want to make a comparison to religion, you should make up something spiritual. A swimming pastrami creature isn't spiritual, it's corporeal.
Quote:-Is it just as authoritative as any other belief?
No. There are numerous ways to evaluate a claim. I typically start as Frodo did - the very first thing I'll assess is whether the claimant actually believes it himself. You admittedly don't, so why should I? This criterion isn't restricted to spiritual claims. If I tell my kids that there's a turkey in the back yard, they'll run to the window to see it. If one of them sees me wink as I say it, indicating that I don't believe it myself, she won't run to the window.
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Question(s) for the Religious - by Walking Void - August 8, 2013 at 8:14 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 8, 2013 at 11:01 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Captain Colostomy - August 8, 2013 at 11:04 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 2:35 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 10:31 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 10:38 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 11:33 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 11:39 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 12:18 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 7:40 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 11:21 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 11:41 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Walking Void - August 9, 2013 at 9:12 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 9, 2013 at 9:38 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 10:28 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 9, 2013 at 4:07 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 4:44 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 4:59 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 6:30 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 6:50 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 7:16 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Esquilax - August 9, 2013 at 11:10 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 2:38 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Walking Void - August 9, 2013 at 11:21 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 11:45 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 11:58 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 12:34 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 12:41 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 12:14 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 12:45 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 1:08 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 1:37 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 12:38 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 1:15 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 1:47 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 1:24 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 2:00 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 2:04 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 2:14 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 2:16 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 3:30 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 4:07 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 2:14 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 2:31 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 2:39 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 2:57 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by CleanShavenJesus - August 9, 2013 at 3:02 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 3:26 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 3:30 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 4:07 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 4:14 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 4:02 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by CleanShavenJesus - August 10, 2013 at 11:14 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 3:08 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 3:09 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 3:13 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 3:54 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 4:09 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 8:46 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 3:15 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 9, 2013 at 3:57 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Godschild - August 9, 2013 at 4:11 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 4:11 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 4:13 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 4:18 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 4:34 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 4:42 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 5:03 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 5:02 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 9, 2013 at 5:03 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 9, 2013 at 5:40 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Chas - August 9, 2013 at 6:00 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Walking Void - August 9, 2013 at 8:07 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 8:14 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 8:42 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 8:54 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 9:37 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 10, 2013 at 11:33 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 12:39 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 9:41 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 9:57 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 10:10 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by John V - August 10, 2013 at 10:24 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by fr0d0 - August 10, 2013 at 10:13 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 11:25 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 10:19 am
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Faith No More - August 10, 2013 at 12:35 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Bad Writer - August 10, 2013 at 12:42 pm
RE: Question(s) for the Religious - by Cyberman - August 10, 2013 at 12:45 pm

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