Posts by LtCmd.Lore

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Why I must be Agnostic and not Atheist.

by OnTheWayOut in

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the wts has this nice little explanation for everything.

how can man be .

only six thousand years old, how could a global flood have actually taken.

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I agree with mavie, thiesm is the belief in god, atheism is the lack of a belief in god.

Only people who have either never heard of god, or have never done any research should be called agnostic.

So if someone says: "Do you believe in god?" What do you say?

And if someone says: "Do you believe in fairies?" What do you say?

You can't prove one way or another about either one... but if don't believe that they do exist, then you are atheistic about them.

But if someone says: "Do you believe in Ninko-Tonimaticons?" What do you say?

Well if you have no idea what the heck a Ninko-Tonimaticon is, then you are agnostic in regards to them.

So you can go around calling yourself agnostic, but in my opinion, since you are educated on the subject, you are an atheist unless you think god exists. No offence though. I'm an atheist, because I do not think god exists. I can't prove it anymore than I can prove that fairies don't exist... but I'm still an atheist.

Summary, there are three classes:

I believe in god. _ Theist.

I don't believe in god. _ Atheist.

What's a god? _ Agnostic.

And those titles aren't etched in stone, you are allowed to change your mind whenever you need to. You can be a theist and say "I think god exists, but I'm not sure." Likewise you can be an atheist and say "I don't think god exists but I'm not sure."

You don't have to have undeniable proof that your right before you assume a title... in fact being able to question your beliefs simply means your open minded, and not an idiot... not that you can't say one way or the other.

Allow me to illustrate. (Caution, watchtower style illustration.) Do you vote for a president? Are you 100% sure that the guy you vote for is better than his opponent? Or will you able to change your mind if evidence to the contary comes up? I'm sure you wouldn't refuse to vote just because someday you might change your mind... Belief in god is the same, plus you are allowed to change your mind later on.

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Who doesn't give two ****s about the super bowl?

by Euphemism in

so, am i the only person (or at least, the only male) in the usa who won't be glued to my tv in an hour?

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LOL I like the way you think Tyrone...

We would both rather be programming than pay to see a bunch of grown men act like children.

My thoughts exactly... and in fact that's exactly what I did today.

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First time ever--I'm out of replies

by Junction-Guy in

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this is the first time ever, but i have reached my posting limit for the day, i cant even reply back to this thread until tomorrow.

there are so many topics i would like to keep on replying to, but i will have to wait until tomorrow.

sorry thebiggestlie, i cant reply any further in your topic until tomorrow.------dave-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ok penny, but i will be awake for about 2 more hours, then i will hit the bed--it's now 1:25 am

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Just curious... can you edit your posts when you run out??? At least then, when you know you're about to run out for the day you can still add your thoughts.

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Who doesn't give two ****s about the super bowl?

by Euphemism in

so, am i the only person (or at least, the only male) in the usa who won't be glued to my tv in an hour?

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How can you guys not like the Superbowl???
I think you need to get in touch with your masculine side!

And that is probably the only reason guys watch it... a combination of peer pressure and thinking it makes them tougher. By sitting on there butt watching other guys do all the work?!

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The Blasphemy Challenge

by Elsewhere in

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according to the bible, if your sins are not forgiven by jesus you will experience an eternity of fiery torment in hell.

the only sin you won't be forgiven for is blaphemy of the holy spirit.

(mark 3:29).

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This may be a good way to keep people from preaching to you.

"Would you like a free home bible study?"

"No thanks, I commited to unforgivable sin so it would be a waste of time."

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Who doesn't give two ****s about the super bowl?

by Euphemism in

so, am i the only person (or at least, the only male) in the usa who won't be glued to my tv in an hour?

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I am male, and I live in the US, and I will NOT be watching the SB... I find sports to be uninteresting.

I simply do not understand the common human obsession of watching a bunch of smelly guys kick, throw or hit a ball into a net, basket or field. It just seems mindless.

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Let's Get A Woman For President

by Butters in

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uh, hey guys, i was kinda wonderin' what you all think of a woman for president here in 2008?

i like the idea myself... in another thread i said "i noticed that i found myself more sorrowful for military funerals then i used to be, and i am finally starting to see christmas as an act of love, and not so much a disobedience to god's ways.

i often thought of how jesus took the pharisee's traditions and explained how they were evil, because of how they were being used.

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Honestly I'm fine with the idea, but what about periods? Some women can get REALLY BAD... definately to a point where they are not suitible to make any major decisions. Just imagine a stressed out woman trying to engage in negotiations during her period.

But other than that, I don't see the big deal...

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Homeschooling . Are you for or against?

by becca1 in

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just want to take a poll.

no need for explinations, just for or against.. me- against..

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I think you can get a much better education if your homeschooled, but it takes a lot of dedication from the parent.

But, don't make the mistake my parents made, I had NO social life, and now I have difficulty relating to people, I'm virtually emotionless except in extreme circumstances (That may be unrelated but I figured I'd throw that out there anyway.), I have no team spirit, I didn't have any reason to play sports so I didn't do much physicaly... I had to turn to the internet for friends, which worked out great for me, but could be disastrous for some kids.

I you homeschool, DO NOT let the child grow up without being involved in some kind of club, team or group... cults don't count...

So I'll summarize for those to lazy to read my opinion:

Public school = Medium for education, great for interpersonel relationships.

Homeschool = Lousy, Medium or Exellent for education, likely horrible for interpersonel relationships.

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kissing hank's A**

by avishai in

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I liked that one too, it really drives home the circular reasoning to the point of ubsurdity. I have it saved, I was thinking of sending it to some of the dubs I know. Well, the sanitized version of course... otherwise they'd never get passed the title. LtCmd.Lore

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How old are these talk outlines?

by LtCmd.Lore in

we had a talk at our hall recently and the speaker was quoting facts that i know had to be over 10 years old at least!

it was a talk on gods wonderfull creation.

he talked about things like the wonderfull organization of the universe.

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Oh well they are just trying desperately to make their belief in god seem logical. http://www.jetpress.org/volume1/moravec.htm

That is a very informative site, that shows just how much computers have progressed.

Although I wonder how they gauge intelligence, because a normal household calculator can out perform the average human mathematicaly no problem.

So I have to wonder: if a robot is invented that can outperform humans in every aspect, art, math, science, memory, and logic, that has the ability to run and jump and be more coordinated than any human... would people accept it's superiority? Or would they still say that it only seems intelligent, and it's not 'self aware' no matter how good it is?

Anyways, I hate it when the speaker gives out false science! Because everyone accepts what is said on the platform as gospel, no matter how old the information is, or blatantly wrong!

I said to my family that some of his figures where wrong, and nobody believed me, they acctualy said that god would make sure we didn't get false information!!! I could probably spend a couple of hours proving to them that he was wrong, but what good would it do? They would just brush it off as human error.

AUGHH! I'm am so not looking forward to explaining my atheism to my parents... Now I know how gay guys feel about coming out of the closet! I know that they are incapable of understanding.

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