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SDjack

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158. Transubstantiation is the more goofy. I can actually participate in experiments,
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 05:49 PM
Jul 2012

and the results are always the same. No change occurred. I wasn't present when Earth was created and when humans began. So, I can see that goofballs will accept the word of their preacher rather than invest several years of study of the sciences. But, even a goofball can participate in the transubstantiation experiment and taste that no change occurred.

It doesn't matter how goofy the dogma looks to outsiders Warpy Jul 2012 #1
This reminds me of another post. rug Jul 2012 #2
LOL, I thought you gave up the habit EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #7
Remember kids; he's always watching.... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #12
Are you posting in a sealed, pressurized cylinder? rug Jul 2012 #41
Just because you can troll, doesn't mean you should troll. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #70
Reading a DU group is not trolling, even if you say it. rug Jul 2012 #73
Are you kidding? trotsky Jul 2012 #21
Reading DU is a hard habit to break. rug Jul 2012 #23
Or trolling a safe haven group for things to try... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #32
It's pretty clear who's trolling what group. rug Jul 2012 #40
Yeah, you posted something Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #44
I reposted an intent to disrupt originally posted in your group. rug Jul 2012 #46
Couple things Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #48
That's three things. rug Jul 2012 #49
Frankly, I don't care what you think about my hosting abilities. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #50
You're rather persistent for someone who doesn't care. rug Jul 2012 #51
The OP is pointing out what he/she views is an inconsistency. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #55
No, the OP is posting flamebait. rug Jul 2012 #58
If only such evidence existed to substantiate your claim. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #60
There is. Oodles. Look around the thread. rug Jul 2012 #64
Yes, and candy is raining from the skies here. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #66
Now that's just goofy. rug Jul 2012 #68
Not nearly as poetic as calling somebodies point a "crock." eqfan592 Jul 2012 #72
Had you a point, I'd have used another word. rug Jul 2012 #74
Ah, so your unwillingness to acknowledge a point means it doesn't exist. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #75
I am bound by empirical evidence. rug Jul 2012 #77
Oh, you're surely bound by something, rug. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #79
Well said. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #172
How is my op disruptive? Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #81
Explain this: rug Jul 2012 #88
Discussing the fundamental beliefs of Christianity is disruptive? Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #108
Well, let me see. rug Jul 2012 #115
Again, how is discussing the fundamental beliefs of christianity disruptive? Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #138
Because that's not what you're doing. rug Jul 2012 #146
No I asked a question based on an observed thread in GD. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #150
The only alert I know of about is the one Goblinmonger put on me. rug Jul 2012 #152
If one is going to say mythology is correct and challenge empirical evidence snooper2 Jul 2012 #142
That's all well and good but it's not a playground for coy snark. rug Jul 2012 #147
Good thing for you skepticscott Jul 2012 #175
Shouldn't you be more sensitive? - He's clearly in Agony and is throwing Fits.... xocet Jul 2012 #177
Considering your favorite group, that's rather funny. rug Jul 2012 #180
WOYH...no need to duck...n/t xocet Jul 2012 #182
WKRP rug Jul 2012 #183
No, it isn't.. rug Jul 2012 #178
Because questioning beliefs is problematic - it leads to thinking about said beliefs.... xocet Jul 2012 #176
I have yet to see intellectual rigor displayed in this goup when questionng beliefs. rug Jul 2012 #181
Nice deflection Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #10
I wouldn't expect anything else. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #16
Considering you confuse Aristotlean physics with Aristotlean metaphysics, you shouldn't. rug Jul 2012 #25
actually no, accident and substance are part of his physics. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #35
Sure it is. rug Jul 2012 #45
You must have missed the thread here the last time he asked it. rug Jul 2012 #24
I'm not his nanny. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #30
Then maybe yos should check yout facts before you snark. rug Jul 2012 #39
The fact that you are deflecting the issue Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #42
The fact is I am spotlighting an intent to disrupt. rug Jul 2012 #47
An intent to post a contentious OP does not equate to an intent to "disrupt" in the manner you... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #56
No, it's the product of intellectual curiosity. rug Jul 2012 #59
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! eqfan592 Jul 2012 #61
Read again. rug Jul 2012 #65
Ahhh, I see, so I should just assume from now on that you are only responding to the title... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #67
Or you may move your lips if it helps. rug Jul 2012 #69
Move my lips? To where, exactly? eqfan592 Jul 2012 #71
Why do you go into AA. You're not an atheist. Evoman Jul 2012 #82
He's been banned from there Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #83
The guy spends his time on DU picking through the atheist safe haven. trotsky Jul 2012 #84
I'll gladly compare the volume of my atheist reading to your volume of theist reading. rug Jul 2012 #87
It's good to be proud of one's obsession, I guess... trotsky Jul 2012 #89
The first step is owning up to it. rug Jul 2012 #95
Get over your strange obsession? trotsky Jul 2012 #96
You guys are so snippy. Evoman Jul 2012 #98
You need to change a vowel. trotsky Jul 2012 #99
Lol...thats funny. He's more into atheists than I am. Evoman Jul 2012 #92
It's hard to feel abandoned when you keep coming over. rug Jul 2012 #86
Just out of curiosity....nothing to do with this conversation. Evoman Jul 2012 #93
That's funny, I keep picturing you with a pirate hat. rug Jul 2012 #94
I have a fedora that I call my "Travelling hat". Evoman Jul 2012 #97
Actually I do. rug Jul 2012 #100
Man, I can't stand facial hair. I gotta shave as soon as I get hair. Evoman Jul 2012 #101
I barely comb my hair in the morning. rug Jul 2012 #102
"keep coming over"? So I shouldn't be here. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #105
You're the one that talked about abandonment. rug Jul 2012 #114
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #116
I'm not the one who posted flamebait for the sake of posting flamebait. rug Jul 2012 #118
lol, saying your behaving like a troll for doing what you do... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #119
As a matter of fact, I discussed it at length in this Group. rug Jul 2012 #120
Oh yes, I'm sure you did rug. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #122
It's a question. Since you raised the issue, answer it or scuttle away. rug Jul 2012 #123
Ahhh, even more baiting! eqfan592 Jul 2012 #124
I see you've answered. It's clear you prefer insinuation to discussion. rug Jul 2012 #126
Actually, I prefer not to have my posts alerted on. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #127
Then perhaps you should not make cowardly, unsubstatiated insinuations. rug Jul 2012 #130
I take offense to that! eqfan592 Jul 2012 #131
You mean like this person did here? Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #137
Better luck on your alerts. rug Jul 2012 #148
I find this tactic of yours shameful, rug Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #136
I find cowardly insinuation shameful, Goblinmonger. rug Jul 2012 #151
The comments indicate Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #135
If that's the only reason you can come up with, it's sadder than I thought. rug Jul 2012 #149
You completely misunderstand me. When you use the metaphor "keep coming over" Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #134
And it's pretty bad to take a shit in the commons. rug Jul 2012 #153
nah, it only looks, smells, and tastes like shit. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #155
I see. You are comparing the Eucharist to shit. rug Jul 2012 #156
well no, I'm claiming that shit can also be transubstantiated. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #157
I doubt that's what you're saying. rug Jul 2012 #160
Give up this round of "Let's find an alert that sticks" Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #161
Between us, the only one who alerted in this thread is you. rug Jul 2012 #162
You think I alerted on eqfan592's post? Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #163
"Most people in Meta agreed with me" rug Jul 2012 #164
Oh, please. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #165
Lol, you're flailing. rug Jul 2012 #166
Whatever gets you through the night. n/t Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #167
It's not flailing. rug Jul 2012 #169
It is a miracle. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #170
Why shouldn't I? It's DU. rug Jul 2012 #85
No. I don't give a shit what you do. Just strikes me as weird. Evoman Jul 2012 #91
A slight correction LARED Jul 2012 #3
Don't stop him, he's on a roll. rug Jul 2012 #4
Well not quite. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #5
There's no overlap between the churches that teach young earth creationism and the Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #37
That might be true, but how is it relevant? Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #109
it isn't Skittles Jul 2012 #6
Yes. Thank you. PDJane Jul 2012 #8
it would be OK if they kept it to themselves Skittles Jul 2012 #9
+80,152 Angry Dragon Jul 2012 #14
Gotta love Christianity's ritual cannibalism and vampirism of their deity! backscatter712 Jul 2012 #11
That is very rude. Go back to ridiculing creationism. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #17
Don't forget Christians use an execution device as their primary symbol, backscatter712 Jul 2012 #29
And that's not even the core doctrine... Scootaloo Jul 2012 #78
That's only the Catholic Church, not all of "mainstream Christianity" ButterflyBlood Jul 2012 #13
Yes just eastern and western catholic churches and some Anglicans. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #15
Call it magic, call it what you want. cordelia Jul 2012 #20
I go to a Vineyard church, which believes in memorialism ButterflyBlood Jul 2012 #36
The Catholic Church isn't mainstream? trotsky Jul 2012 #18
On this very board, there is someone who implores everyone else to respect the beliefs of others... trotsky Jul 2012 #19
+1,000,000 Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #31
People here have no problem ridiculing scientology, attacking all of its believers, etc. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #34
It isn't. In fact it's even less goofy than transubstantiation, mr blur Jul 2012 #22
Well, it looks like this OP has achieved its intended result. rug Jul 2012 #26
Asking this as an atheist - why jeer at other beliefs? djean111 Jul 2012 #27
Because they do try to force those beliefs on everybody else. backscatter712 Jul 2012 #33
Who's forcing a consecrated wafer down your throat? rug Jul 2012 #43
The religious right, and you damned well know it. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #113
The religious right is forcing a consecrated wafer down your throat? rug Jul 2012 #117
Wow, you really are only capable of responding to the titles of posts. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #121
Considering this flamebait OP is about transubstantiation, rug Jul 2012 #125
If only your reply was to the OP, your question may have merit. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #128
Oh, tedious bullshit. rug Jul 2012 #129
Tedious bullshit you brought down on yourself. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #132
Nothing has been brought down on me. rug Jul 2012 #133
Tell me, who's forcing those beliefs down on you. If it's on TV, change the channel...if they come demosincebirth Jul 2012 #104
Wow, really? eqfan592 Jul 2012 #112
What ever. Your bigotry for religion is well shown by your statements nt. demosincebirth Jul 2012 #139
That word. I don't think it means what you think it means. n/t Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #140
because we would like to have a planet that isn't driven by thousands year old mythology snooper2 Jul 2012 #143
I Think You Should Start Out by Observing On the Road Jul 2012 #28
Legalism is goofy. jeepnstein Jul 2012 #38
They are the same. A professed belief in a group's goofy beliefs is a way to show group loyalty. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #52
yeah it does seem to me to be a game. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #144
Quantum Physics? Transubstantiation seems less goofy than creationism if we consider.... Moonwalk Jul 2012 #53
"woo is not explained by invoking the magic phrase 'quantum physics'" - the Chopra Rule. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #145
Granted, and I thank you for reminding me of that--however, Woo would seem to be explained here... Moonwalk Jul 2012 #159
Transubstantiation is a flatout one event only acceptance of magic. It isn't testable. dimbear Jul 2012 #54
You're suggesting that it isn't possible to test transubstantiation of this sort? eqfan592 Jul 2012 #57
Are there experiments to show that 'mystical equivalences' can be false? dimbear Jul 2012 #62
lol, no trouncing is forth coming. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #63
No one is teaching transubstantiation as science rox63 Jul 2012 #76
So your argument is creationism is only OK to laugh at because... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #80
People are welcome to whatever spiritual beliefs they want to believe rox63 Jul 2012 #90
People have all kinds of beliefs that aren't strongly supported by evidence LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #107
This thread begs for a "Religious goofyness rating system". JoePhilly Jul 2012 #103
Excellent idea. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #111
Use a logarithmic scale, like the Richter index. n/t dimbear Jul 2012 #179
While I personally believe in neither, the crucial difference is... LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #106
Well that is indeed a substantial difference. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #110
I don't disagree with that at all ButterflyBlood Jul 2012 #168
I don't think I've ever said... Iggo Jul 2012 #141
If you change the word Dogma to Dog Mess, it makes more sense. Zen Democrat Jul 2012 #154
Transubstantiation is the more goofy. I can actually participate in experiments, SDjack Jul 2012 #158
No one really seems serious about this question but what the hell MattBaggins Jul 2012 #171
Which is sort of the point. An 8 year old can figure this out. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #173
Well, 8 years olds skepticscott Jul 2012 #174
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