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What makes us Human?
by donkey inthe thoughts in this post are generated from work done by by carl sagan.
although i am not quoting him the core ideas and logic were his and i am recalling them from memory.. let's start with murder.
we cannot be convicted for murdering a chimpanzee even though the chimpanzee has a dna matching 99.6% of ours.
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Is it Love?
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simple question: if a schizophrenic falls in love with one of the people he/she is delusional about is it really love?
more importantly what is the reasoning behind your answer?
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Reach for God
by donkey inwhy do humans search and/or reach for god?.
if they are honest with themselves it is because have a fear or death or of non-existence.
or they draw "power" from god.
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What does the artificial creation of life mean?
by donkey inthe news story below was posted yesterday.
what does it mean for you as christians?
if the project succeeds will you as a christian start to look more seriously into evolution?
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Spirituality
by donkey inmany xjws and others i have encountered in my journey express disdain for religion but they instead refer to having found a spirituality.
do you mean that instead of seeking fulfillment from life that you have made an inward journey to self discovery?
or do you mean that you have found god by journeying outward?.
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an excellent question
by donkey inwhy would an omnipotent god need to become flesh in order to sacrifice himself to himself, so that his creations may escape the wrath of himself?
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Falsifiability
by donkey ini pose this challenge to believers: what would it take for you to stop believing in god?.
this is an interesting challenge.
well, it may sound paradoxical, but in order for any claim to be true, it must be falsifiable.
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Activists vs rationalists
by donkey inas humans our brain works in ways that make us tend to generalize and categorize things, including the types of people.
being as i am half human (the other three quarters are pure ass...) i do the same.
from my observations i see 3 types of people on this board: the activiststhe rationaliststhe rest of us (rest-of-us (tm)).