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For the Thinking Man.
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RE: For the Thinking Man.
May 27, 2014 at 9:46 pm
(May 27, 2014 at 9:42 pm)Artur Axmann Wrote:
(May 27, 2014 at 9:35 pm)Heywood Wrote: Rational thinking builds upon itself. It pulls itself by its bootstraps so to speak. I believe in God, but I see no reason why rational thinking is dependent on God's existence any more than 2+2=4 depends on God's existence.

Rational thinking lies outside the realm of evolutionary biology.
And that's true no matter how it develops.

The only rational thinking things I can see or touch are biological ones. Why could not the ability of rational thinking develop evolutionary?
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For the Thinking Man.

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For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 7:25 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 27, 2014 at 7:28 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 7:36 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 7:37 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 7:42 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 7:47 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Losty - May 28, 2014 at 2:36 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 28, 2014 at 6:52 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 6:54 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Losty - May 28, 2014 at 7:21 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 28, 2014 at 7:23 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 7:50 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Jackalope - May 27, 2014 at 7:52 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 8:07 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 8:08 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Jackalope - May 27, 2014 at 8:30 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 8:34 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Jackalope - May 27, 2014 at 8:35 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 7:59 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 7:59 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by rexbeccarox - May 27, 2014 at 7:49 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 8:00 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 8:06 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 8:16 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 8:27 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by rexbeccarox - May 27, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 8:48 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 9:17 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 9:42 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by rexbeccarox - May 27, 2014 at 9:51 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 9:56 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 9:57 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by rexbeccarox - May 27, 2014 at 10:05 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 8:09 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 8:20 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 8:28 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 9:26 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 9:43 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 9:48 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 10:35 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 9:50 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Ravenshire - May 27, 2014 at 10:37 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 10:40 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 11:06 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 9:35 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 9:42 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 9:44 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 9:44 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 9:46 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 27, 2014 at 10:53 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Neo-Scholastic - May 27, 2014 at 8:27 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 9:09 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Jackalope - May 27, 2014 at 9:15 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 9:03 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 9:16 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Angrboda - May 27, 2014 at 9:15 pm
For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 27, 2014 at 10:02 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 10:08 pm
For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 27, 2014 at 10:20 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 10:31 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 11:14 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by LostLocke - May 28, 2014 at 2:52 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Grand Nudger - May 27, 2014 at 11:22 pm
For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 12:07 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by max-greece - May 28, 2014 at 12:42 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Wyrd of Gawd - May 28, 2014 at 1:02 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by BlackMason - May 28, 2014 at 2:30 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 6:16 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 6:48 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 6:54 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 6:59 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 7:21 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bad Wolf - May 28, 2014 at 7:25 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 7:36 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bad Wolf - May 28, 2014 at 7:42 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 7:49 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bad Wolf - May 28, 2014 at 7:50 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Ravenshire - May 28, 2014 at 9:01 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 28, 2014 at 9:04 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 28, 2014 at 7:33 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 28, 2014 at 7:37 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Wyrd of Gawd - May 28, 2014 at 10:12 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 10:27 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 8:09 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by RobbyPants - May 28, 2014 at 11:32 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by archangle - May 28, 2014 at 11:55 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 28, 2014 at 7:52 pm
For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 10:30 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 10:36 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 28, 2014 at 10:48 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 29, 2014 at 6:42 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Ravenshire - May 28, 2014 at 10:53 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Zidneya - May 29, 2014 at 12:04 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Fidel_Castronaut - May 29, 2014 at 3:50 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by LastPoet - May 29, 2014 at 3:56 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Mothonis - May 29, 2014 at 5:50 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Esquilax - May 29, 2014 at 6:54 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Mister Agenda - May 29, 2014 at 12:12 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 29, 2014 at 6:07 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Ravenshire - May 29, 2014 at 9:08 pm

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