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 Topic: Questions atheists ask about God. |
Speckles
Replies: 6
Views: 183
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 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:27 pm Subject: Re: Questions atheists ask about God. |
Can God destroy himself?
It depends on what powers one attributes to god. If he is omnipotent, yes; if he is eternal, no. Logically he can't be both at once.
Can God create a rock that he cannot ... |
| Topic: Is the Bible at all accurate? (Christians only) |
Speckles
Replies: 65
Views: 936
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:09 am Subject: Is the Bible at all accurate? (Christians only) |
| Conspicuously missing was His mischievous teen years. What everyone wants to know is just how many of His school teachers got turned into goats? How many, if any, girls did He shag while floating in ... |
| Topic: Is the Bible at all accurate? (Christians only) |
Speckles
Replies: 65
Views: 936
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:57 am Subject: Is the Bible at all accurate? (Christians only) |
| I agree and I appreciate your comments. Very nicely written. Do you think false faith is the only kind of faith that comes easily? I'm not sure if faith has to hard-fought, necessarily. This is the ty ... |
| Topic: Is the Bible at all accurate? (Christians only) |
Speckles
Replies: 65
Views: 936
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:59 pm Subject: Is the Bible at all accurate? (Christians only) |
| I like your interpretation of the Bible being the word of God, slowmutant. I've read the bible, and actually found it pretty thought provoking, though if every part is taken literally it's nonsensical ... |
| Topic: What about politically incorrect Aspies? |
Speckles
Replies: 114
Views: 2028
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:44 pm Subject: What about politically incorrect Aspies? |
| I'm aware of the Flynn effect, Speckles, as well as other factors that are likely to influence IQ. I would expect that they all have a part to play to greater or lesser extents. The fact still remain ... |
| Topic: What about politically incorrect Aspies? |
Speckles
Replies: 114
Views: 2028
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:59 am Subject: What about politically incorrect Aspies? |
... Africans hypothetically better smarts.
I think most research has indicated sub-Saharan Africans come out near the bottom, on average, in IQ tests. Ashkenazi jews are up near the top, as well as c ... |
| Topic: Why are so many aspies into politics? |
Speckles
Replies: 18
Views: 312
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:40 am Subject: Why are so many aspies into politics? |
The PPR is the closest thing to my real interest, behaviour economics and psychology. But there really isn't a forum for that ...
I do like politics and traditional economics though; it's one of th ... |
| Topic: Why does every job require PEOPLE SKILLS? |
Speckles
Replies: 29
Views: 867
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:38 am Subject: Why does every job require PEOPLE SKILLS? |
How do companies remain competitive with mediocre programmers?
Well, from what I have heard from some of these 'mediocre' programmers, since circumstances, such as finances or technology, can chang ... |
| Topic: How can I learn how to communicate |
Speckles
Replies: 18
Views: 423
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:26 am Subject: How can I learn how to communicate |
| I don't know if you would find the following factoid helpful, but to me it made small talk make a lot more sense. It has been hypothesized that small talk in humans served the same purpose as in monk ... |
| Topic: Post a BENEFIT to your diagnosis: |
Speckles
Replies: 13
Views: 282
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:04 am Subject: Post a BENEFIT to your diagnosis: |
| Oh heck yeah. I flat out couldn't function at the level I do if I didn't have an official dx to flash in people faces to get accommodation. It's awesome. |
| Topic: Anyone else frequently distracted by background noises? |
Speckles
Replies: 20
Views: 339
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:55 am Subject: Anyone else frequently distracted by background noises? |
| @Squidy - The best thing I've found is active noise cancelling headphones. They're okay at filtering out some of the background noise, but aren't very effective at filtering out voices so you can stil ... |
| Topic: Animated Music Videos |
Speckles
Replies: 82
Views: 1446
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:38 am Subject: Animated Music Videos |
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7XoC4Tf_X8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a08Cahr_xFg&feature=user[/youtube] |
| Topic: Should people be paid to be a parent? |
Speckles
Replies: 29
Views: 453
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:50 pm Subject: Should people be paid to be a parent? |
Could you cite your source? That doesn't match what I know about paid parenthood.
From what I understand, the push to pay people to be parents in the EU has less to do with preserving traditional v ... |
| Topic: What about politically incorrect Aspies? |
Speckles
Replies: 114
Views: 2028
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:52 pm Subject: What about politically incorrect Aspies? |
Not to mention Albert Einstein, who is considered the brightest person, happened to be jewish. Unless there is some conspiracy theory about it, explaining some cover-up. 
Yeah, honest eugeni ... |
| Topic: Waterboarded |
Speckles
Replies: 39
Views: 561
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:35 am Subject: Waterboarded |
| Besides the moral issues, there`s some controversy over how effective this kind of torture is at getting accurate information. You`ll definately get something, but wheither it`s the truth, a lie, or t ... |
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