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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 04:17 PM Original message |
When's the last time there was a post on theology in here? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think it was right before someone posted that pro-gun-control essay on the gun forum |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Lol. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. I was thinking about a theology post while I was...nevermind what I was doing. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Onan had great insight. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why not give one a shot? Adoptionism vs. modalism perhaps? NT |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. That will just bring out the Sabellians. |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. I submit that every post in all subjects on DU and else where has a Theological aspect. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. They're more about scatology than eschatology. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. How many posts can dance on the head of a pin? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. If it's 50, the pin bursts into flames. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. There are very few |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. What do you know of theology? |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Not much at all... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. The message box demonstrated the subject line. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. All of which apparently |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. It didn't go over my head. I simply stepped over it. |
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Sal316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Been a while... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Oh thanks ... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. I posted this 23 May, from a larger theological collection: |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. That is an interesting post. Thanks. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. Probably because theology isn't very interesting or relevant. Post one, and be happy if you get |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I find it to be both. Surely people come here for reasons other than hurling shit. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Hehe...by all means, give it a shot. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
16. theology: noun - the study of the nature of God and religious belief |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Good points. Although it seems few threads get past the god/no god gate. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And why should it be otherwise? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The flip side is that everything has always existed, in one form or another. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Everything has always existed? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. The irony in your last sentence is throbbing. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Hey, what works, works. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Sigh. Ok. Where did matter come from? |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Out of the energy |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Where did the matter from which the Big Bang banged come from? |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Well, it certainly is tedious |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. No one mentioned God, although I find your steadfast belief in the inevitability of a scientific |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. What does "inevitability of a scientific explanation" have to do with this? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Apropos your example, I'd rather read Dostoyevsky than say "I don't know" and move on. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Do you actually think you're evincing some sort of clever wisdom... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It's your example, Sherlock. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I should think the analogy I made was not so difficult to penetrate. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Nor was mine. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Reading Dostoevsky is not a mutually exclusive choice... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Look, knowing, or not knowing, how something occurred is not the sum total of the phenemenon. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Then why ask "where did the matter come from"? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. The question both defines and limits the competence of science. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. "indomitable ignorance" is a condition of life, not a choice. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. The "standards of repeatability and testability" are incompetent to test these areas. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Funny word that, "incompetent". |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. It's a perfectly apt word. Learn its meaning. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. You keep repeating things like... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Sorry, too repetitious to read. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I wouldn't keep repeating... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Reread the thread, tough guy. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Let's have a re-cap then... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. It all went downhill when you didn't answer 38 |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. The beginning of my very last post answered exactly that question. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Do you mean to say I have not been speaking with skepticscott all this time? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. My screen name is "Silent3". It's right there for you to read. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I don't believe you. Prove it. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. This is just childish. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Why is your avatar an eclipse? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Because I took the picture myself while in Zambia in 2001 to see the eclipse. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Answers. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. That first quote seems more to me... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. It shows the idiocy of anyone, theist or atheist, trying to measure God. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #85 |
90. I'd have to have a reason to believe... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. It seems to be the "in" thing |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Absolutely spot on: |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. I doubt I'm delusional but given your perseverance I can only repeat |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Pour the water into a box... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. Water is not described by measuring volume. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. That's part of the picture, however. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. To a clam, you would not exist. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. I would be a detectable stimulus. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Clams would be incapable of sensing, measuring, or understanding you. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Evade, evade. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #106 |
114. Blather, blather. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. You're a human just like me. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. The converse is also true. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #117 |
124. Impart the wisdom of this theology upon us then. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. You have not demonstrated "the essential absurdity of gods". |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. It's a matter of burden of proof. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. The first part of your post has already been discussed. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #129 |
148. There aren't any such preconditions for these forums, however. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. That would only be true |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. If you're talking about alleged miracles, you're right. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:10 AM Response to Reply #99 |
109. Well, gee... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #109 |
113. Well, golly... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #113 |
118. Did Jesus have DNA? n/t |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #118 |
127. Yes. He also pissed standing up. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. So if Jesus had DNA, |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. Look up transubstantiation. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #133 |
138. Already have. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. If you had, you wouldn't have asked such an ignorant question. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. If you had, you would have more than your lame one-liner. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. If you post anything of substance, it would be an accident. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. QED! |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. FUBAR |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. I truly do feel the love of Jesus emanating from you. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. You're right, I should shake the dust from my sandals. Bye! |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. You're kind of missing the point of that, but oh well. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #113 |
125. You confuse obtuseness with rejection of self-serving... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #113 |
134. Whether "miracles" can exist |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #83 |
104. If a large computer contains billions of tiny components... |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. With current computers, I think the point is moot, but in the future... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. I don't claim that wetness or squishiness endows a system with consciousness. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #108 |
123. How does my analysis "focus" on numbers? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. "most religious thought starts with the acknowledgement that science has its limits." |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Not quite. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
79. A starting point that shrinks every year, every month, every day, every minute... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #79 |
84. Not really. The larger the universe is seen to be, the larger the questions. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. The larger the universe, the smaller the spots left for your god. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Given you've adopted the name of a failure, I'm not sure what you can grasp. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Says the guy who named himself after an inanimate object that everyone walks all over? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Oh, Trotsky was pretty well walked over. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Thank you for teaching me that the very latest in advanced theology... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. I'll see your mockery and raise you one irony. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #94 |
110. See, atheists can do theology too! |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #110 |
111. lol |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #111 |
112. I miss ol' whatshisname... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #110 |
115. I see three have already been here for a while, |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. You and two friends? n/t |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. No, Moe, Larry and Trotsky. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. We've tried to get you to defend theological thought. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Look closer. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #122 |
130. You have been asked many very basic questions. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. And the reason you post here is? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. Mainly to laugh at people like you. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. If there was a genuine question, it might be worth an answer. So long, Shemp. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #122 |
135. Oh, we believe in theology |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #135 |
136. If you choose to believe in an intellectual fraud, that's your business. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:15 AM Response to Reply #136 |
149. I've asked over and over |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Summa Theologica. Critique it after you've read it. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #150 |
154. Funny for a whole lot of reasons |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. I see. You haven't read it. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. Enough of it to know |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. Then you also missed this. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 05:03 AM Response to Reply #157 |
158. As I said, not worth finishing |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #158 |
161. I believe this discussion is not worth finishing. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Inevitable? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. "Yet" implies inevitability. And you're right that science is competent only in its purview. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
70. "Yet" implies |
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Sal316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
67. Hmmm...interesting..... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. The difference is that |
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Sal316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. There is no difference. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. You evade, delay and obfuscate...nothing more |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
152. There is a difference |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #152 |
153. The odds are scant there will ever be a natural explanation for existence. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #153 |
160. Sure - so the answer is then to make one up? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #160 |
162. You haven't been paying attention. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #162 |
163. Of course few people plainly say, "let's make an answer up"... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. There are many analyses in theology that deal solely with the nature of revelation. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #164 |
165. There are many books on astrology... |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #165 |
166. consistency |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. Consistency about things which couldn't possibly... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #165 |
168. Which is it? Do you accept revelation may exist in theory, subject to your satisfactory proof, or |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. I can accept that a lot of things might exist in theory. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. Well, theology is a study of these speculations. |
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Sal316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Wow.. no bias there. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Oh, theology is great at discussing and debating |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. "if theologians are discussing things that have no grounding in reality" |
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Sal316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Hmmm.. how openminded of you..... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Gee, how about both of you |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. The Trinity is a metaphor, that attempts to indicate a particular attitude about what |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Do you just make this stuff up |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. It's like some weird combination of The Emperor Has no Clothes... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Do you have a talent for anything other than personal attack? Bye! |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
105. "Of course not every subject (or even any subject) that theologians or philosophers discuss... |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
151. You can certainly post one if you think it's been too long |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #151 |
159. I notice that when he says "theology" he certainly seems to |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #159 |
171. Thanks, TZ! |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
173. Right about the last time I made a pro-nuclear post in Energy/Environment/Hemp Advocacy forum |
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