Well obviously in that case you need to wait for the right moment, and we do have extensive testimonials from NK defectors. But as I'm in a free nation, I can speak up all I please (and have). It's even worked a few times.
Of course I'm saying intellect in the scripture is worth damning. The very tree god told adam and eve not to eat from was the tree of knowledge. That was the start of it all. There is, through history and in present day as well, distinctly anti-intellectual movements within many religious communities. Consider, even, how many peoples counter to evolution is that it's "just" a theory. Putting aside the fact that theory doesn't mean what these people think it means, I wonder what they think of
It may be a questionable opinion to have, but you were still essentially calling for deportation of all said opinion bearers. Yes, it was a rant, but there are people who would seriously give that opinion if asked. Getting upset like that does nothing to discredit them, and everything to unintentionally link oneself with genuinely hateful elements of society. Times like these you distance yourself, and let them have their (wrong) opinion... or see what they're arguing about, see if an
But did Job really know he'll see them again? By the arguments within the bible itself, Heaven is a notoriously difficult place to get into, nor is Jobs virtue inherently virtue they themselves bear. From a human perspective, yes, it is easy to say "Death can come at any time, and that's just how it works", but in this case God literally, intentionally arranged for their deaths, to prove that Job is great. I still can't see why an omnipotent god would feel he would have to prove anyt
Honestly what I found most disturbing was the op with " If it was up to me I'd repatriate the lot of them to WhiteRussia". Since when was voicing an opinion worth a deportation? All it does is prove the guys point - that things aren't better on this side.
It's not that I am cynical; rather it is that I am critical. I see no reason to ignore the faults you can spot; being vocal about them is the first step in effecting changes to a system.
Yes, and that's certainly monstrous, but you can look at just about any nation and discover ways in which they are sickening little monsters. Even my home nation of Canada is sickening in its treatment of natives among many other things. The article itself concedes that terrible things did happen, and I don't think anyone denies that. What I believe the fellow is going for is lamenting the loss of how it felt rather than how it was. To me its the same as an upper class Americ
The conversation has clearly taken a different spin since when I last left, but I'll make another post. I no longer have the time to get too deeply into discussions; the difficult part of school is done with (4.0 gpa thus far; made the honour roll and took one of the 5 remaining open places in the RN program) for a couple months but life, without getting into details, always manages to find ways to keep you busy. Regarding Job: Ok, if I was mistaken about Jobs wife, I was mi
FOR. FUCKING. EVER. Edit: But seriously I hope you're reporting this soon.
It's almost as if childhood memories inaccurately represent the pros and cons of a complex economic system and thus are a poor barometer with which to make comparisons! But the dude outright admits he's better off today, but not as happy. Is this somehow verboten?
Odds are your dog stays away from that fence not because of the scent but because it makes the fence taste absolutely vile and dogs learn very quickly to associate types of scent with flavours.
Job is a pretty terrible book since it's all about how Job had his life ruined and his children (and I think wife?) were all killed because god made a bet with the devil. Anyway time is once again a precious commodity for me (chem exam next thursday complete with a massive section on organic chem), but as far as hell and all that goes - if god really doesn't want anybody to suffer there, why couldn't he simply "deactivate" a soul, or turn hell "off"? As far as the "only god will
Hahahaha if it were only politicians who exploited people that'd be great. Read up on some of the stuff the medical company Bayer has done (this includes knowingly selling products tainted with AIDS), or most companies and feel your faith in mankind plummet.
Basically when alcohol meets acryllic, it starts to crack. Granted there are grades of acryllic that are more alcohol resistant, but on a consumer level, and on smoking periphenalia at that, it's toast. I used to have a wood pipe, loved it. Also had a glass one but that one broke due to an unfortunate incident involving a cat believing cherry tobacco is something it wants. These days though, I'm stuck with regular menthol cigarettes for day to day life. A rushed pipe smoke is a lousy
It could have been worse. A friend of mine once used alcohol to clean an acrylic. It did not end well.
Wait so are you actually going at this straight up? It's a parody.
Why can god not forgive unbelief? Surely he understands how, from a logical viewpoint, it's quite easy to conclude that there's no evidence for him existing. Furthermore your fire metaphor might be correct if said sole path out was also one which I frankly find miserable because it condemns others to the flame, as part of your own escape plan. And if God IS ok with us questioning him, then clearly he should see that that is exactly what I'm doing here. I'm questioning everythi
You wouldn't believe the ridiculous crap even the government of Canada has tried its hand at lately. Without getting into detail on the parliamentary system, the conservative government (currently and then the government in power) tried to write in a clause on a bill that would have denied public funding for parties not in power - essentially this would have destroyed all of its competition. Obviously this didn't make it very far. Then once the other parties attempted what amounts to a legali
Also the brain is in a vat because it was put there.
The brain is not knowledgable on the matter of kidneys. All it knows is that kidneys are important somewhere down the line. It doesn't know about dialysis for example.
A brain in a vat is at the wheel of a runaway trolley. There are only two options that the brain can take: the right side of the fork in the track or the left side of the fork. There is no way in sight of derailing or stopping the trolley and the brain is aware of this, for the brain knows trolleys. The brain is causally hooked up to the trolley such that the brain can determine the course which the trolley will take. On the right side of the tra
Well here's the tricky part: if the crusades were just men manipulating the word of god, is it not also feasible for the conflicts in the Old Testament to have been much the same, with a simple case of victors rewriting history as needed? As for choice, it's a pretty awful choice - stick to this route specifically or you suffer forever. That's as much a choice as doing something with a gun pointed to your head. And heaven help you if you disagree or question the morality of certain as
Hahaha wait you're actually trying to apply a method for discerning the way the universe functions to morality. You may as well ask that I use string theory to prove the morality of capitalism. It's two different things. No worries; I guess you're easily confused between the humanist view of things and mere application of scientific method. But even then, I'm unsure how you aren't getting it. It's almost as if humanism is focused on human rights and thus would outright conde
Also did you seriously just argue that two wrongs make a right (in that because other, nonrelated people killed christians, they were just in killing hypatia) and that because some individuals works didn't all survive, others wouldn't either? Do you realize how many writings we still have that are far older than Shakespeare's works? The Republic? The Odyssey? Particularly when, as a follower of Platonism, Hypatia's works were primarily mathematic? And did you honestly just argue that
So are you not getting the whole "physicist commenting on religion" thing? No matter which way you lean on the subject, you can't rightly say "Well Einstein said this, therefore (blank)". And given that I brought the fallacy to the attention of KFCs mistaken quoting of Einstein, specifically to further her religious beliefs, well, what more needs to be said?
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