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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 08:20 PM
Response to Reply #12
14. Careful
You are creating a scenario that us skeptics love to tear apart. Does god really need to be asked for things to decide whether he wants to do them? Isn't he paying attention?
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  - Bring in  flakey_foont   Mar-22-05 11:37 AM   #1 
  - (Cups hand to ear) Ba-By....Ba-BY!  BlueJazz   Mar-22-05 11:55 AM   #7 
  - Where was the "god" I used to pray to when * stole 2 elections?  NoSheep   Mar-22-05 11:38 AM   #2 
  - Same thought, diff spin:  elehhhhna   Mar-22-05 11:39 AM   #3 
  - Maybe their god wants her suffering to end?  sparosnare   Mar-22-05 11:39 AM   #4 
  - Then why not just take her?  Modem Butterfly   Mar-22-05 11:50 AM   #5 
  - Did you ever notice  Dr.Phool   Mar-22-05 11:52 AM   #6 
  - Depends on how big their "guts" are  Az   Mar-22-05 02:39 PM   #9 
     - Hydrocloric or LSD?  Modem Butterfly   Mar-22-05 02:48 PM   #10 
        - Claimed to be a cop on a drug bust  Az   Mar-22-05 03:02 PM   #11 
           - I'll Believe it When I See It  Beetwasher   Mar-23-05 09:51 AM   #16 
  - Well, as I see it ...  progressoid   Mar-22-05 12:36 PM   #8 
  - Sometimes the answer to a prayer is "no"!  polmaven   Mar-22-05 05:40 PM   #12 
  - Careful  Az   Mar-22-05 08:20 PM   #14 
     - Prayer is really more for my own focus  polmaven   Mar-22-05 10:14 PM   #15 
     - Suppose God creates and respects our freedom  Stunster   Mar-27-05 02:55 AM   #37 
  - maybe their prayers are being answered....  ayeshahaqqiqa   Mar-22-05 06:36 PM   #13 
  - Cheryl Prewitt Salem, Miss America 1980, says one leg was shorter  bobbieinok   Mar-24-05 02:41 AM   #17 
  - I have something which is shorter too.  FM Arouet666   Mar-24-05 11:13 PM   #19 
  - Prayer does not work and has never worked.  FM Arouet666   Mar-24-05 11:12 PM   #18 
     - This is an interesting case  Stunster   Mar-25-05 11:30 AM   #20 
        - Interesting to those who have a supernatural bias.  trotsky   Mar-25-05 12:19 PM   #21 
        - But the doctor did not  Stunster   Mar-25-05 05:34 PM   #22 
           - So?  trotsky   Mar-25-05 07:00 PM   #23 
              - Well, at least you're open-minded about it  Stunster   Mar-25-05 07:07 PM   #24 
                 - A lovely story.  trotsky   Mar-25-05 07:13 PM   #25 
                    - I have loads of answers to your questions  Stunster   Mar-25-05 08:28 PM   #26 
                       - No, not really.  trotsky   Mar-25-05 08:38 PM   #27 
                          - The truth is  Stunster   Mar-25-05 08:50 PM   #28 
                             - Dream on, Stunster.  trotsky   Mar-25-05 08:59 PM   #29 
                                - There you go again  Stunster   Mar-25-05 10:58 PM   #30 
                                   - All I know is that I asked a question  trotsky   Mar-26-05 08:02 AM   #31 
        - And you accept this as proof of a supernatural cure?????  FM Arouet666   Mar-26-05 08:43 PM   #32 
           - Ah but subjective experience is the only thing that counts...  Frumious B   Mar-26-05 09:27 PM   #33 
           - Fortunately, science demands more.  FM Arouet666   Mar-26-05 10:34 PM   #34 
              - What if there's no scientific explanation?  Stunster   Mar-27-05 02:42 AM   #36 
              - Then why do we have to make one up?  trotsky   Mar-27-05 08:58 AM   #40 
              - Yawn  Stunster   Mar-27-05 11:06 AM   #42 
                 - Someone already corrected you on this.  trotsky   Mar-27-05 07:57 PM   #49 
                    - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-27-05 08:32 PM   #53 
              - Well, we could then invent a supernatural explanation.  FM Arouet666   Mar-27-05 01:18 PM   #44 
                 - Science deals exclusively with natural phenomena  Stunster   Mar-27-05 03:26 PM   #46 
                    - .........  FM Arouet666   Mar-27-05 05:17 PM   #47 
                       - It's kind of irrational  Stunster   Mar-27-05 08:41 PM   #54 
                          - Not don't want, don't need would be more appropriate  FM Arouet666   Mar-27-05 09:06 PM   #55 
                             - Miracles  Stunster   Mar-27-05 09:24 PM   #57 
                             - Unsupported hearsay.  trotsky   Mar-27-05 09:59 PM   #59 
                             - LOL  Stunster   Mar-27-05 10:20 PM   #60 
                                - Your debate skills again reveal their superiority.  trotsky   Mar-27-05 10:24 PM   #61 
                                   - Aaaawwwww  Stunster   Mar-27-05 11:24 PM   #64 
                                      - My feelings are quite intact, I assure you.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 07:50 AM   #74 
                                         - Christ-like?  Stunster   Mar-28-05 08:57 AM   #77 
                                            - Spoken like a fundamentalist.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 09:01 AM   #78 
                                            - If it makes you feel better about yourself  Stunster   Mar-28-05 09:10 AM   #80 
                                            - I call you a non-Christian  trotsky   Mar-28-05 09:22 AM   #82 
                                            - When I read things like this  Stunster   Mar-28-05 09:41 AM   #84 
                                            - All I know is what liberal Christians on DU say.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 09:51 AM   #87 
                             - Lovely evidence.....  FM Arouet666   Mar-27-05 11:24 PM   #63 
                                - Miracles, by definition  Stunster   Mar-27-05 11:28 PM   #65 
                                   - Great argument.  FM Arouet666   Mar-27-05 11:48 PM   #68 
                                      - Are you hard of hearing?  Stunster   Mar-27-05 11:57 PM   #69 
                                         - Whats that sonny, your going to need to speak up........  FM Arouet666   Mar-28-05 12:26 AM   #71 
                                            - Bingo.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 07:34 AM   #73 
                                               - It's quite simple  Stunster   Mar-28-05 08:49 AM   #75 
                                               - Oh, unbelievably simple, no doubt.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 08:53 AM   #76 
                                               - Sometimes  Stunster   Mar-28-05 09:08 AM   #79 
                                               - Assumes facts not in evidence.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 09:18 AM   #81 
                                               - Wrooooooonnnnnnnnnnngggg  Stunster   Mar-28-05 09:46 AM   #85 
                                               - Yes, I know you're wrong.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 09:49 AM   #86 
                                               - I make it easy 'cos it is easy  Stunster   Mar-28-05 10:19 AM   #90 
                                               - Geez Stunster, read your own bible.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 10:27 AM   #92 
                                               - Read Wright  Stunster   Mar-28-05 10:37 AM   #94 
                                               - If I'm "grossly uninformed"...  trotsky   Mar-28-05 10:44 AM   #97 
                                               - I couldn't give a monkey's  Stunster   Mar-28-05 10:46 AM   #99 
                                               - I'm glad you're so supremely confident.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 10:49 AM   #101 
                                               - Oooooooh  Stunster   Mar-28-05 10:53 AM   #103 
                                               - The only evidence you can provide  trotsky   Mar-28-05 10:59 AM   #105 
                                               - Are you really  Stunster   Mar-28-05 10:44 AM   #96 
                                               - No, I didn't say that.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 10:45 AM   #98 
                                               - It's implied by what you did say  Stunster   Mar-28-05 10:50 AM   #102 
                                               - Unfortunately, you're still in the dark.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 10:55 AM   #104 
                                               - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-28-05 11:04 AM   #108 
                                               - And in the end...  trotsky   Mar-28-05 11:09 AM   #109 
                                               - Scared me for a minute  FM Arouet666   Mar-28-05 01:50 PM   #111 
                             - A few more  Stunster   Mar-27-05 09:37 PM   #58 
                             - What about alien abductions?  trotsky   Mar-28-05 07:29 AM   #72 
                                - As a matter of fact  Stunster   Mar-28-05 09:30 AM   #83 
                                   - The evidence for alien abductions is on the same plane,  trotsky   Mar-28-05 09:53 AM   #88 
                                      - I take it you missed this bit?  Stunster   Mar-28-05 10:21 AM   #91 
                                         - Luckily I haven't made those claims.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 10:29 AM   #93 
                                            - No discrepancy at all  Stunster   Mar-28-05 10:41 AM   #95 
                                               - Sorry, there is.  trotsky   Mar-28-05 10:49 AM   #100 
                                               - You're being obtuse  Stunster   Mar-28-05 10:59 AM   #106 
                                               - You don't believe them,  trotsky   Mar-28-05 11:01 AM   #107 
                             - Does science have the answer for everything  Stunster   Mar-27-05 11:22 PM   #62 
                                - You are making an assumption here  FM Arouet666   Mar-27-05 11:34 PM   #66 
                                   - In other words...  Stunster   Mar-27-05 11:41 PM   #67 
                                      - No I would have to conclude that  FM Arouet666   Mar-28-05 12:06 AM   #70 
              - Everyone is delusional madman on one level or another...  Frumious B   Mar-27-05 06:53 AM   #38 
           - Ho Hum(e)  Stunster   Mar-27-05 02:30 AM   #35 
              - What exactly is "lacking" in the natural explanation?  trotsky   Mar-27-05 08:57 AM   #39 
              - Except  Stunster   Mar-27-05 10:56 AM   #41 
                 - If the medical panel could be wrong...  IMModerate   Mar-27-05 12:36 PM   #43 
                 - What medical panel?  trotsky   Mar-27-05 08:03 PM   #50 
                 - I will have to agree with Trotsky  FM Arouet666   Mar-27-05 08:31 PM   #52 
                    - Could this be another example of Lying for the Lord?  Modem Butterfly   Mar-28-05 10:06 AM   #89 
              - Dueling world views.  FM Arouet666   Mar-27-05 02:03 PM   #45 
                 - I'm something of a Jungian.  Frumious B   Mar-27-05 06:02 PM   #48 
                    - Well then  FM Arouet666   Mar-27-05 08:14 PM   #51 
                       - I appreciate the benefits of science.  Frumious B   Mar-27-05 09:23 PM   #56 
                          - And there is nothing wrong with your outlook  FM Arouet666   Mar-28-05 01:28 PM   #110 
 

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