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From where do you get your information ?
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RE: From where do you get your information ?
January 9, 2018 at 7:05 am
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RE: From where do you get your information ?
January 9, 2018 at 7:18 am
"Magic Hateball says......"
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: From where do you get your information ?
January 9, 2018 at 7:36 am
Wikipedia for the most part. I find it to be the most objective source of info, on the surface of things.

I read news articles and view YouTube vids mostly for entertainment, not for info - I've come to distrust news articles on the Internet and see most YouTube vids as opinionated pieces (especially the ones on social issues).
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RE: From where do you get your information ?
January 9, 2018 at 7:55 am (This post was last modified: January 9, 2018 at 8:11 am by Whateverist.)
(January 9, 2018 at 6:29 am)Grandizer Wrote:
(January 9, 2018 at 6:14 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: Theistic philosophers are a guilty pleasure of mine. They are so open-minded and logical! If most believers were as reasonable as them, I wouldn't have a problem with religion.

A really good "contemporary" theistic philosopher (he died a few years ago) is John Hick.

Oh, they can be very logical to the point that I can't but respect them for that (better than a handful of intellectual atheists I've come across). It's only when it comes to matters pertaining to God that they lose me, but I will still read their works (even on God) just because they can still be good at explaining stuff.

By the way, most here won't agree with me on this, but I think William Lane Craig is very good with the logic, and not just rhetoric. But it doesn't help that he's sneaky and skews things in his favor. Plantinga comes off as more honest. Never heard of Hick, but I'll give his words a check next time I'm in reading mode.


WLC loses my respect precisely because I know he will use the forms of valid argumentation to deliberately distort and mislead.
(January 9, 2018 at 6:29 am)vulcanlogician Wrote:
(January 9, 2018 at 6:29 am)Grandizer Wrote: By the way, most here won't agree with me on this, but I think William Lane Craig is very good with the logic, and not just rhetoric. But it doesn't help that he's sneaky and skews things in his favor. Plantinga comes off as more honest. Never heard of Hick, but I'll give his words a check next time I'm in reading mode.

WLC is okay. In my opinion he's not worthy to lick the salt off John Hick's nuts though. Totally different class of thinker.

Hick is no apologist. He could give a shit about proving god's existence. He writes remarkably insightful commentaries on what he thinks the true nature of God is.

If you can, check out "A Rational Basis for Theistic Belief" by Hick-- short essay, easy read

Looked for it online with no luck but found this on youtube.



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RE: From where do you get your information ?
January 9, 2018 at 8:37 am
I have a select panel of specialist ready to consult at a moment's notice.

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January 9, 2018 at 8:45 am
Church.
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January 9, 2018 at 9:08 am
(January 9, 2018 at 8:45 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Church.

That's a code word in the USN for brothel/bar.
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RE: From where do you get your information ?
January 9, 2018 at 9:18 am
(January 9, 2018 at 9:08 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(January 9, 2018 at 8:45 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Church.

That's a code word in the USN for brothel/bar.

There are many churches my son, filled with all manor of glories.
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January 9, 2018 at 9:19 am (This post was last modified: January 9, 2018 at 9:19 am by Gawdzilla Sama.)
(January 9, 2018 at 9:18 am)mh.brewer Wrote:
(January 9, 2018 at 9:08 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: That's a code word in the USN for brothel/bar.

There are many churches my son, filled with all manor of glories.

"manner"
And if I were your son you'd be a Kluxxer murderous asshole. Still want the job?
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RE: From where do you get your information ?
January 9, 2018 at 9:22 am
(January 9, 2018 at 9:19 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(January 9, 2018 at 9:18 am)mh.brewer Wrote: There are many churches my son, filled with all manor of glories.

"manner"
And if I were your son you'd be a Kluxxer murderous asshole. Still want the job?

Maybe, what's you net worth???
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