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suminonA

Here "God" stands for the big guy in the Bible. You must have heard about Him ;) It would be nice if you could explain your vote with some arguments. :) --- My stand is this: I myself would be disappointed if there were a deity called God whose best creation was Humanity. Not that the comp...

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my post was not a joke. it was deadly serious. the idea of a mandatory "test" that must be passed in order to vote is the joke, in my opinion. Hold on. I didnâ€™t mean that I saw the whole post as a joke, just the idea of putting the age of the candidates on a test. I took your post serio...

suminonA

...still waiting for that definition

Ok, take the IPU for starters. And then the FSM.

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suminonA

...what would these "tests" be on? candidate's age? party? scandalous past? who administers this test? how is it graded? resticting the right to vote based on whether or not the voter in question passes a test? this idea is ridiculous. Thanks for your vote of confidence ;) It all depends ...

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I'm sorry, it's just that your not so veiled desire to see him dead smells to me as a wish to eliminate the concurrence. Why are you afraid to give away the monopole on absolute power?

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suminonA

I know that "the test" would bring practical/financial problems along. But if we make an effort, I think it should be towards information/education, every time we have a chance to do it.

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suminonA

to add to my case, superman is a lame superhero. out of all the popular superheroes, i find that superman is the one that's least interesting. he deserves to die.

Oh, so in your case it's a personal vendetta against Super?

Donâ€™t worry; he is not interested in buying peopleâ€™s souls.

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suminonA

For me, an agnostic is someone who claims that the existence of any given deity can't be proven either way by the inherently flawed humans. That's what the original term stands for. Yet, I might be wrong. Someone who isn't sure, is just that, unsure. What would be relevant at that point is if they a...

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I think that Batman is a more ruthless person, and has no inherent sense of needing to play fair. Superman, even when he needs to win, seems to. Superman is the original boy scout, while Batman is a ruthless hero. He knows Superman's weaknesses far better than Superman knows Batman's, and he is alw...

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Pluto is a name.

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Maybe we should make people pass a test about the candidates before voting, too, so we ensure that only informed people vote. /sarcasm Now that is something that I'd really like to see happening! No sarcasm. If the votes of the undecided skew the results, they do so randomly. The votes of the uninf...

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The only thing that makes me doubt that Batman would win is his aversion to killing, but if he thought it absolutely necessary, I'm pretty confident that he would. That's just it. If you manage to convice Batman that killing Superman is worthwhile, then it is possible to convince Superman of killig...

suminonA

Thanks :) For me, what you say in the 4th point is what makes you an atheist. But that is in no way meant to offend you. It's just the definition that I use ;) ---- edit to add: BTW, have you thought that maybe the atheists/deists (by your definition) don't necessarily believe in a deity, but they s...

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Superman isn't that good either. See the "Superman vs. Superman" movie. (Incidently, guess who won that fight :lol: ) If they really get into fighting each other, Super has greater strength. Plus, he flies without all thost gadgets Bat has. (Note: I really like Batman, even more than Super...

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Incidentally, that assumes that they are in fact in a ring to begin with... i know i made it sound like a boxing match, but that was just cuz it sounded like a good intro.. incidentally, as i recall, in your reference he was already weakened by residual kryptonite radiation in his surroundings... w...

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Then how do you explain all the numerous villains who have had kryptonite and failed to do him in? At some point or other Lex Luthor, the Cyborg, Darkseid, the Kryptonite Man and a million other villains have had access to kryptonite. Just because someone can get ahold of kryptonite, it doesn't me ...

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One word: Kryptonite.

This way, even a toddler would defeat Superman. So whatâ€™s the poll about? Superman vs. Kryptonite? We all know the answer to that.

In a fight based on physical strength the Super would defeat the Bat any day.

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suminonA

I see. (I share your view that religion is not an absolute prerequisite for morality) You also said in a previous post that you have some kind of faith, equally if not even stronger than some of the theists. What is that about? I have to say, an atheist (a deist, who does not believe in a theistic G...

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Does that make you a totally unreligious person? What are you, apart from "reasonable"?
BTW, can a theist be reasonable? But an atheist?

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suminonA

Yes, an atheist can believe in a "divine clockmaker"

Are you such an atheist?

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suminonA

I see ...
And I was about to impose you all my way on the matter ...

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suminonA

What exactly is a : (non theistic) deity (or deities) that has not intervened in history . Can you give some example(s) ? -------------- Just because I don't believe in any sort of god doesn't mean I don't have faith. In fact, I probably have just as much or more faith than many people who haven't s...

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I also must quibble with the terminology everbody is using. Atheism shouldn't be used as a term. We don't have a term for somebody who doesn't believe in Zeus or astrology, they're just reasonable people . In the same way, we shouldn't have to have a term for somebody who uses common sense. [I'll e...

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Those were hydrogen atomic bombs, not uranium, suminonA.

Are you sure?

What is your source?

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suminonA

I can unequivocally PROOVE the existence of GOD.

Just tell me what God is (so I can understand what it is whose existence I'm proving), and I'll prove it.

How can you be sure that you can prove the existence of ANY deity?

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suminonA

It is your choice to believe that. But let me ask you, what happened to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945?

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suminonA

Though I must admit, there are some pretty scary ways that someone could use this invisibility technology. Does this mean that you have something to hide? :P As a side joke, it seems it's scary when an inherently flawed human organization uses it (so it will fail in its intents), but it's ok when a...

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According to the present acknowledged definition, Pluto is not a planet. I also think that Science is about refining what we know. Using categories has a purpose, and personal feelings about â€œpoor Plutoâ€ shouldnâ€™t affect that. Being afraid to change oneâ€™s â€œestablished factsâ€ should not b...

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I'd rather not participate in any one side only "debate".

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suminonA wrote: Therefore, Iâ€™d say that not being able to speak different languages is not the same as not being able to believe in different deities. They might be both personal choices, both require effort to accomplish, but that is about all they have in common. Even the nature of the needed e...

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Why do Islamic terrorists hate and attack America?

Do you expect an "Islamic terrorist" to post here their "honest" answer? Or is it just an invitation to speculation?

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suminonA

Evil and Good are coexistant. There cannot be one without the other. There is Good, so there has to be something that upsets it, something that opposes it. (this harkens back to the Laws of motion, one of them [cant remember which] stating that every action has an equal and opposite reaction) Thus,...

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I'd hate to destroy your lovely argument, but it is impossible to prove a negative. Prove there isn't a small invisible, indetectable turtle on your head. You can't logically disprove it. It may be so unlikely that you know it to probably be false, but it can't be proved. I agree with you when weâ€...

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Isn't atheism kind of a contradiction. Sure, they don't belive that there is a God but isn't that still a belief, NOT to believe... Thats pretty much my stand point on it. Nobody said that atheism isn't a choice. It's just the choice not to believe in the existence of something that hasn't been pro...

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