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And Hells come back to haunt me
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 (October 25, 2013 at 10:50 pm)snowtracks Wrote: didn't say important. seems the U. is rational, and rational would mean it's activity would have meaning. heat death or no afterlife would certainly imply nothing eventually matters. no, yes? The universe seems rational? How so? Rational means its activity would have meaning? How so?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
 
I'll be only too glad to flush, Cat. Just say the word.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
the word...
Great. Now dance a little jig for me.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
You can tell the young fish from the old by their willingnes to take the bait. :/
 (October 26, 2013 at 10:08 am)catfish Wrote: Why, why, why does everyone require someone else to tell them what something says? I'm not trying to get anyone to tell me what something says. I don't really care what your specific interpretation of any particular chapter or verse is in the Bible. All I am trying to do is get you to describe the process that you use in order to determine which parts of the Bible you take literally and which you don't. In other words, you read a particular passage and you decide, "that passage should not be taken literally", or, "that passage should be taken literally". How do you decide that? You have to be making some sort of determination, following some sort of rules you have defined for yourself in order to make this distinction. I'm not sure why you are having such problems with this? You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence. (October 26, 2013 at 10:37 am)Simon Moon Wrote:(October 26, 2013 at 10:08 am)catfish Wrote: Why, why, why does everyone require someone else to tell them what something says? It's his MO. |
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