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God Is Real
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Another example of what I used to call an Oort Cloud religionist - they spiral in randomly from outside, post a couple of times, then bugger off into oblivion.
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.'
I suppose we can always hope that he got run over by a bus.
 (October 22, 2011 at 12:59 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I suppose we can always hope that he got run over by a bus. I believe the correct term for something so sweet is "miracle". Cunt
Perhaps it is too much to hope that he is studiously examining the list I provided?
.....Hey, a guy can dream. :/ ![[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJ7QA6UraSubYrmCW4YJp...Sax3cLx1iQ]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=t3.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQJ7QA6UraSubYrmCW4YJpwoOmkWnioYXRyXDChyG4FSax3cLx1iQ)
Stranger things have happened.
Can't actually think of any right now, but I'm sure there must be something.
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.'
No 'God' isn't, take it from an existentialist to know what is and isn't so
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
RE: God Is Real
October 24, 2011 at 10:21 am
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2011 at 10:24 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Abiogenesis and Evolution actually don't leverage chance in the way that people think they do. Ask yourself this, why is life carbon based on this rock? Similarly, grass doesn't evolve into a dog because it can't. If it were chance operating here at a fundamental level it could. The better way to think about this is
"After billions of years life arose from the element most likely to permit long and complex chemical bonds available on this rock. From this simple cell, life evolved into forms most likely to survive given the conditions they were presented with on this rock, in conjunction with well defined laws of inheritance." The trouble with mapping all of this isn't that we don't understand the mechanism, we understand that very well, we find it difficult to replicate the conditions in the field at any given time due to a lack of data. This may seem to give the appearance of chance, but chance is easily the most minor of the players in this cast.
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!
 RE: God Is Real
October 24, 2011 at 11:29 am
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2011 at 11:31 am by Handprint.)
(October 20, 2011 at 1:37 am)aleialoura Wrote: Jesus waved his hand, and here we are. Duh! It says so right in the bible. Uh, you do mean "God waved his hand" not Jesus, right? (October 20, 2011 at 1:50 am)KdThaKing Wrote:(October 20, 2011 at 1:46 am)aleialoura Wrote:(October 20, 2011 at 1:37 am)aleialoura Wrote: Jesus waved his hand, and here we are. Duh! It says so right in the bible. I disagree. Nothing was by chance, evolution occurs when there is an advantage in having certain traits. It's adaptability and survivability which makes certain traits stick around. RE: God Is Real
October 24, 2011 at 11:37 am
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2011 at 11:38 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Also reliability in replication and heritability. Novel gene that rarely expresses itself, is prone to error, or is difficult to pass on? That's a no-go.
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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