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I'll have to do some reading. Good to know that you incorporate the Old Testament (and therefore ALL the Old Testament in your religious world view), since you don't Cherry Pick. For starters, I don't think you could accuse me, most of my extended family, my Bible study group at college (or the one ...

Wait! I have it!

Pat Robertson!!!!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/06/p ... -hate-god/

Actually, this is the wrong way to go about proving that "it's incorrect to say that everyone cherry picks." What I'd need to do is find ONE person who does not (or did not) Cherry Pick. Maybe... http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/fred_phelps-signs(3).jpg http://upload.wi...

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$5 says the kid's dad is NOT a Jew.

Or maybe he was referring to Romans, Corinthians, or Timothy....

EP,

I'm a reductionist, but it's a beautiful day out, and I have other things to do.

I thought I'd throw this out there for possible discussion: Science Can Answer Moral Questions It didn't take him long to make the blunder that I was fully expecting him to make. "Values are facts about the well-being of conscious creatures" and then he goes on to talk about suffering. Le...

In all seriousness, regular civilians placed in that situation (dark theater, tear gas, confusion, live fire, armored assailant) would very likely NOT have been successful against the shooter. I think it's a reasonable assumption that there would have been MORE people shot--either those attempted he...

Syphon, The recent attack on the Sikh Church was carried out by a former member of the US military. So, unfortunately, he went and ruined it for other "well trained police or military" to be carrying guns into movie theaters (that theater, BTW, is owned in part by Romney or one of his affi...

The other day, I was walking in the park, and a young man came up to me and asked me what time it was. He had slight speech impediment, and a "lazy eye," so I shot him.

I'm so grateful for the lax gun laws that allowed me to protect myself in this life and death situation.

TG, Okay, there's a difference between the Bible and a manual. The Bible isn't a "How to live you life" guide, it's an explanation, by God and through men, of who God is. The Bible never said that Jesus or God slept with closely related family members. I haven't read too much of Lot's stor...

Same document: Christopher Isham I once had a debate with John Polkinghorne about more or less the same issue. This was serious, it was one of these Vatican meetings and it was to do with the nature of prayer and the theory of special relativity. Because I claimed to him that actually the concept of...

BTW, Elf, since I can't review all the philosophies of all the people you listed, I picked one at random (so muych for free will--though I did DECIDE to pick one at random, all by myself), and I picked Chris Isham. The first statement about God I read from him is this: The best answer to that is tha...

Every Christian denomination I can think of has special conditions for being worthy of God's love. At the very least, you have to be a member of that particular denomination. [citations needed] Which mainstream denominations teach this? Here's a starting point: http://www.religioustolerance.org/rel...

I thought Bushby was interesting, though I can't yet vouch for his veracity. I have done some reading, and attended some lectures (names escape me right now) that pretty much shone a bright, glaring light on all claims of historic accuracy, and found it to be wanting. Hopefully I can get back to tha...

Dr. M; EP13, I'm still not sure WHICH to follow. Do I follow the Bible? Do I follow the OLD Testament? The LORD is one nasty, nasty son of a bitch in that one: Numbers 31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Numbers 31:2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be ga...

TG, There's a word for people who accept this line of reasoning: The first (and most obvious) poiint is that we're humans and flawed, we can't follow it perfectly. The second (based on some of this discussion) is that not only can God do things that seem impossible to we of limited knowledge but als...

TG, The first (and most obvious) poiint is that we're humans and flawed, we can't follow it perfectly. The second (based on some of this discussion) is that not only can God do things that seem impossible to we of limited knowledge but also these contradictions in the Bible cease to be contradiction...

But seriously: My important question for you is this: are you a reductive, or non-reductive, physicalist? That is to say, it is quite obvious that you only believe in the physical universe, but do you believe that a physical system (for example, a person) can accurately be described as the sum of it...

Quote: And it's certainly better than saying it's "Spirit" or "God," which is just a pretense for saying, "I don't know," but by way of throwing a bunch of other ridiculous nonsense into the mix in a failed attempt to distract others (and one's self) from that basic ig...

I was merely pointing out the overall value of stating an opinion that has no basis.

Dude! DUDE! Chill! I'm just trying to apply the same level of skepticism to the use of scientific jargon as I would to religious jargon! I meant nothing personal by it. I would expect to be called out on that, myself!

I think it's birds. Brightly colored birds in tight formations are the crux of consciousness. In other words: just using words in sentences does not make for an explanation. It's no good when religion does it, and it's no good when one uses "science" words. What's the REASONING behind &quo...

What I find VERY interesting is that when Cassandra posted the Battle School images on EndersAnsible, there was a HUGE response in the comments section. After she was told to pull it, the responses there (and, similarly, on EnderNews) slowed to a trickle. You'd think that the PR people at Summit and...

TG, Well, but of course the human mind is a biochemical SOMETHING. As best as we can currently label it, it's fair enough to call it a computer. From Wikipedia: Conventionally, a computer consists of at least one processing element and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmet...

It's like the "Chinese Box" scenario, except that the "Box" in this case is a television playing endless re-runs of Fox News, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity. I would write out a sentence, "Please explain the current economic environment in the United States, and...

It may be that individuals recognize when they, themselves, understand something.

I have found that it is very difficult to determine when others actually understand what they are talking about, though. Especially if they are Republicans.

I agree: there should be.

Is there?

EP13, It read to me like Searle was saying that one of the leading (at least one of the leading theoretical/philosophical) tests for awareness/intelligence/understanding is unreliable as a test for those very things. Basically, if something PASSED the "Chinese Box" test (a superset of the ...

I'll ask Darian to swing by. If I ever get a tat, it will be his hand-drawn Battle School.

Thanks, Dave--I appreciate your effort to bring those back!

Bingo! But my posts are accessible (since, apparently, in some circles I DO know all the right people), so I can recover my wonderful, flowing, evanescent, technically astute prose, and post it somewhere where the only images of the "Official" (as opposed to merely "Authorized") ...

Well, as expected, it's gone, now.

However, the shadow of it still lurks around teh Interwebs, asking for cheezburgers.

Searle asserts that there is no essential difference between the role the computer plays in the first case and the role he plays in the latter. Each is simply following a program, step-by-step, which simulates intelligent behavior. And yet, Searle points out, "I don't speak a word of Chinese.&...

I mis-read your response as saying:

It's hard to say what a .... relationship with a silicone doll would look like

And my first thought was I don't think I really want to know, followed by It probably involves a lot of scrubbing with a special-purpose cleaner

Wow. So many words. So little understanding. It's not satirical. I think it is a valid argument 1) You said you were not being satirical. You were presenting a valid argument. But when I actually responded, then you say you are not serious ("Bolded underlined portion clearly implies a lack of s...

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