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Well said Doc - and to add, this entire thread is a self-contradiction. The OP must acknowledge there was a message and in doing so must acknowledge that to suggest 'God' failed is a contradiction - for at least, the OP knew the message!! If there is any failing, it is by way of both theist and ath...

Sure, reciprocity may exist if we're Atheists? Nobody's ever been able to give me a reason. Maybe you can. You're not paying attention, the answer is "reciprocity." Non-answer. You forgot the follow-up question. Why is any Atheist morally obligated to reciprocate anything? Sure, reciprocit...

I think the key here is the idea of a political comment. The president in this context was condemning the idea of not respecting the anthem and/or flag. While he said the players should be fired, it was from the perspective of one opposed to their statement and manner of demonstrating it, not the fa...

The short answer, then, is that we're here because God is love, and because He wants to bring us into a relationship with Him. We're not cosmic accidents or the detritus of an indifferent universe; we are here by God's deliberate intention, and are precious and valuable, and loved. I remember that'...

Over my years it has become apparent to me that all people are the same, just differing degrees of intelligence, and wisdom - to understand the two are not coupled together to a great degree is necessary to understand what needs to be understood. While I am 100% behind you on the need to differenti...

I find your response deeply confused. Of course atheists say that the universe has no meaning. Saturn has no meaning. Grains of sand have no meaning. Empty space has no meaning. And so on. Quite right, according to Atheism. Nothing "means" anything, nor does any entity -- planet or person...

Isn't in required within the concept of God to be almighty? If there is a scenario in which he is not, then he must not be God. Vendetta, that's a crucial point and we come to the question of the almightiness of God, like if God can create 4-sided triangles. But we have here an empirical example, t...

PauloL wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2017 4:49 pm To explain the elements, I think that God mustn't be almighty in that a universe had to be created according to physical laws,

Isn't in required within the concept of God to be almighty? If there is a scenario in which he is not, then he must not be God.

As of recent, there has been some debate as to whether the gender of babies should be required on official documents. Many of those who specifically identify as "outside the gender binary" feel that gender is something that develops over time with exposure, and cannot be determined at birt...

Automatic car? Any American car, the Europeans had to design a new transmission for every new car they made and seldom got it right. The Americans would design a transmission, develop it, and then put the same transmission in everything, so everything had a good transmission. So, what little run-ar...

Arising_uk wrote: ↑Sun May 28, 2017 10:25 pm

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:Pringles are delicious but they could do with a chicken flavour without embellishments.

All abominations! The only true Pringles come in a red-box.

Truer words have never been spoken.

It'll probably come up again, right after the next homicidal Muslim kills a bunch of innocents. In other words, talk to you tomorrow or the next day. My sincere apologies. It wasn't even one day. I presume you've been hearing or reading about events in Egypt? Whom do you blame there? Was it the Qua...

This is an interesting perspective, and yes, in that sense you're right. But this can be applied to other situations in the world beyond cards where people can manipulate others for gain, without outright lying to them. Is this any more ethical than lying? By manipulation, do you mean manipulating ...

In order to create a simulation of something, there requires to be something there to base the simulation on. That which the simulation is based on is considered true reality in that sense. I've simulated plenty of things that are effectively imagined worlds. Some assign ontic reality to imagined t...

In order to create a simulation of something, there requires to be something there to base the simulation on. That which the simulation is based on is considered true reality in that sense. When you simulate, say, a human brain; and when your simulation is very very good; how do you determine wheth...