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  The limits of science.

  by Seraphim23 in

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  for a long time i have accepted that when a theist inserts god into some as yet not understood scientific matter, it constitutes a god of the gaps argument.

  as a theist myself, the problem with this for me, is that it implies an arbitrary limit on gods ingenuity.

  for example, the idea that god created automatic processes to do certain things in nature, and yet with other things the need for a direct hand to either tweak or directly organise!

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  Are Christians more or less likely to be in favour of stronger gun control than atheists?

  by Seraphim23 in

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  i have no agenda with this post, if anything i am suspecting the results will be against what i would want to hear as a christian.

  however im asking the question as i am curious as to the results.

  my personal position is in favour of a total ban but i do live in the united kingdom, however many of my friends live in the states.

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  Please sign this petition!

  by Seraphim23 in

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  please sign this petition!.

  http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/child-abuser-eunice-spry-release-location-ban.html.

  eunice spry was a jehovahs witness.. petition background (preamble): .

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  If you reject the existence of the soul then you are an Animist?

  by Seraphim23 in

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  the classic debate between those who believe that consciousness is merely the result of the operation of the brain, and those who believe that it is apart from the brain, like the idea of a soul or the classic dualistic distinction between mind and body, is a well-known one.. however the thought has occurred that when people try to convince me that the soul cannot be real; soul in the sense of consciousness being a separate thing to the operation of the brain, then really the materialistic non spiritual view is in fact a rehash of animism, strange as that might sound.. animism is the idea that soul, spirit, consciousness, or whatever it might be called, exists in plants, animals, things, objects, places or basically in everything and anything in the material world.

  the view of some is that very primitive cultures had this wide category of spiritual belief, which eventually evolved into the all the religions, faiths and spiritualties of today.

  some of the faiths of modern times are not defined as animistic because these draw a distinction between soul and body or in modern parlance, consciousness and brain.. so in very ancient times, at the dawn of human spiritual belief, the sun, for example, rising and setting was seen not so much as being caused by the proverbial spaghetti monster but as being the proverbial spaghetti monster.

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  Racist comment from Jehovah’s Witness!

  by Seraphim23 in

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  i work as a concierge for a building in central london.

  recently we had a new window cleaner firm take over, as the old boy who had done the job for years, retired!.

  i noticed that the new guy (with assistant) was a jw because i asked for his business card and noticed the blood card nestled tightly in the wallet card holder compartment, as he reached for a card.

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  Freedom From Atheism Foundation

  by Seraphim23 in

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  in the interests of being fair, i feel i have to point out this facebook page.

  after one minute of reading, i located at least one lie regarding the tyt or young turks presenter cenk.

  they said he was an atheist so i pointed out that this is not correct as he self identifies as an agnostic.

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  Merry Christmas!

  by Seraphim23 in

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  thats it, just a merry christmas to you all!.

  brian xx.

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  Theism without the bible, Koran, or any books and a question!

  by Seraphim23 in

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  i was thinking that to put oneself into the mind-set of someone else without the background and upbringing that we had is very hard to do.

  if i could live several lives without knowing i was doing so, to then compare all of them at the end of those separately lived lives would pose an interesting set of questions.

  one of these would be regarding what i would believe after the comparison of numerously lived dispositions and cultural upbringings.

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  Christians and conspiracy theories?

  by Seraphim23 in

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  i often have a pop at certain kinds of atheists but for a change i thought id have a pop at certain kinds of fellow christians.

  on the last christen web site i was thrown out of there was much love for the conspiratorial view of the world.

  they were mostly x witnesses who were very much still in its mind set.

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  Musings about different types of atheist!

  by Seraphim23 in

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  a thought that occurs to me is that if one has the belief that all that is real is only explicable in terms of particles and forces, and that nothing exists that is not one of these, then good and bad doesnt exist either, the same would be true for any concept for that matter.

  or perhaps it is only true when reduced to the level of matter and forces, but without the moral force, meaning and purpose that such a materialist only description would entail.

  after all, if death is forever, which is materialist view, then what does it matter if a seventy or seven year old enters the grave?

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