When you told us to drink deeply, you never said it was the "kool aid".
You have no proper evidence for this. A claim such a this, a miraculous suspension of the laws of biology, would require incredible proof to...
Perhaps, but you also have to sleep in the bed you make.
Personally I think the debate is an exercise in language more than an inquiry into reality "out there". My brain is creating every qualia of...
Are you saying that love and electricity are abstract concepts? They are clearly not. Neither are they matter. How strange, they do not seem to...
We recognize absurdity better when it's multiplied; like using a lens.
I've hurt god's feelings have I? I mean, we're only talking about my eternal soul and my understanding of the meaning of life here. But hey, I...
There is no subsuming to be done; the quest for meaning is a direct facet of our effort to improve the quality of our lives. I don't know why...
I expect more from the omnipotent creator of the universe than what we call the biblical scriptures; frankly they are on par with schizophrenic...
Unfortunately according to the calculated age of the earth from biblical science, it was created before the invention of beer by the Sumerians....
Imagine that there is a set of holy books in all cultures in which there are a few enigmatic phrases that God or the gods tell our ancestors are...
From Michael Shermer's Why Darwin Matters TO THE CITIZENS OF KANSAS (along with those from Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, and a dozen other states...
They didn't need to. The myth of the virgin birth is neither rare in history nor reserved for religions; even Genghis Khan and Alexander the...
Yeah, because you say its a perfect little oasis, but your definition of perfection somehow includes the death of 99% of all species which have...
Did you notice that the wikipedia page you use to refute that one single instance of virgin birth has listed in it many other instances, which...
Are you aware that over 99% of all species that have ever lived on this "oasis" have been wiped out? Also, why does god make so many babies and...
You return to the artificial cleaving; where do you get your two categories from, "material" and "consciousness/god" ? What observation or...
Where in those choices does electricity belong? Gravitation? Moonlight? The sense of "I" inside you? Regret? Ecstasy? Transcendental love?...
You need to be able to hold the soap firmly and stop it from flying out between your fingers. I agree that our conflicts are reflections of...
But he did make points. he had an overall argument, bolstered by three areas of evidence. When presented with the outline of his argument, you...
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