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03 Sep 2008, 7:25 pm

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"Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness" does not seem to apply in such cases.

Well, God doesn't seem to mind in that case, might be the only exception. But, what if he did?

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For example, class, can anyone tell me why the chicken crossed the road...?

God helped it, duh!


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03 Sep 2008, 7:27 pm

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do you expect us to read all of this?

no

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And, did you like it?

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03 Sep 2008, 7:28 pm

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The human mind is just a dream inside God.
Humans discussion of the existence or non-existence of God is therefore irrelevant.
You cannot discover something that is beyond the realm of discovery.
The only way you can relate to God is by moving closer to the line between the Dreamed and the Dreamer and to finally wake up.
It is You who has to be discovered, not God.
Discussing it before you do that or manage to have that done is just a waste of time.


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03 Sep 2008, 7:33 pm

greenblue wrote:
Fnord wrote:
"Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness" does not seem to apply in such cases.

Well, God doesn't seem to mind in that case, might be the only exception. But, what if he did?

Damned if I know!

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For example, class, can anyone tell me why the chicken crossed the road...?

God helped it, duh!

Wrong! The correct answer is "God predestined the chicken to do so." Now, hold out your knuckles while Sister Mary-Oliphant fetches her ruler...

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03 Sep 2008, 7:43 pm

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Wrong! The correct answer is "God predestined the chicken to do so." Now, hold out your knuckles while Sister Mary-Oliphant fetches her ruler...

:wink:

Well, on a matter of speaking, it would make sense, if the chicken exists is because it meant to exist in the first place, by the laws of God in nature or something like that, if God is beyond nature and human comprehension, anything that it is, it is by his own will. But that would be a background answer. And it would depend on the approach about predestination, as some christians believe in it and others don't.

Hmmm, I'm starting to feel like a new born christian already :P


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03 Sep 2008, 7:46 pm

^^ Don't give up hope!


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03 Sep 2008, 7:49 pm

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^^ Don't give up hope!

As hope for being saved?


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03 Sep 2008, 7:50 pm

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^^ Don't give up hope!

As hope for being saved?

... and redeemed for valuable prizes!


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03 Sep 2008, 8:56 pm

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^^ Don't give up hope!

As hope for being saved?

... and redeemed for valuable prizes!

Yes, don't forget the 72 virgins you get after you die!
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03 Sep 2008, 8:59 pm

z0rp wrote:
Fnord wrote:
greenblue wrote:
Fnord wrote:
^^ Don't give up hope!

As hope for being saved?

... and redeemed for valuable prizes!

Yes, don't forget the 72 virgins you get after you die!

Oh yes!! !


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05 Sep 2008, 7:50 pm

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Pragmatic agnosticism is a lack in belief or a lack of interest in a deity because of the practical impossibility to prove either the existence or non-existence of such a being. A Pragmatic agnosticist, similar to an apatheist, is someone who is not interested in accepting or denying any claims that gods exist or do not exist. In other words, it is someone who considers the question of the existence of gods as unanswerable and thus not useful in his or her life; or perhaps to human affairs.


I accept the above. As do many people I know.


The proposal that a being exists superior to all logic with absolute power to do anything throughout all time and space renders any sensible mental investigation as to its existence and policies as totally useless. Why anybody with normal intelligence would even extend the effort to demand respect for belief in such an all powerful being is incomprehensible to me.


Agreed. If God exists and is important, he will show us his existence.

That defeats the purpose of faith.



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05 Sep 2008, 8:51 pm

No ... it is proof of claim that defeats faith.

Carry on...


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05 Sep 2008, 8:53 pm

z0rp wrote:
Fnord wrote:
greenblue wrote:
Fnord wrote:
^^ Don't give up hope!

As hope for being saved?

... and redeemed for valuable prizes!

Yes, don't forget the 72 virgins you get after you die!
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The original meaning for the word virgin in those days meant 'young', it didn't mean someone who hasn't had sex..



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05 Sep 2008, 8:59 pm

WOW! is that an Okidata 17-pin dotmatrix?! !

Decades, man ... decades...


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07 Sep 2008, 3:21 pm

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WOW! is that an Okidata 17-pin dotmatrix?! !

Decades, man ... decades...


Dunno - it could be an Epson 24 pin number, which wouldn't be quite so ancient. The monitor shows colors, although that might be through the magic of photoshop.



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07 Sep 2008, 3:23 pm

Is that ... an EGA monitor?! !

That's so eighties, man!

I'll bet he's even got an 8087 chip installed ... on a heat sink.


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