Quote (princess @ Sep. 18 2011,00:51)Interesting data Prince, even the pic is understandable tis not a pretty sight. I have always found hands to be interesting, they can give insight to a person before one even begins to know them. I do believe you missed my question of 'has any other species gone through this change'? For instance the Pongidaes…[Read more]

Quote (princess @ Sep. 17 2011,07:35)Prince, Thank you for taking the time and giving reference. So no established conclusion is known why the brian tripled in size, there are a few theories I see for why this happened, what is your take on the matter and is there any other species that is known to do the same.No, it is known why: humans walked…[Read more]

Quote (princess @ Sep. 16 2011,12:52)Prince, I know this may sound a bit strange, I have a question. Is it true that the human brain has grown three time its size since man had been discovered. For this to be the case, would that not deter the evolution theory, due to evolutionist state that it takes millions of years for such to happen. Just…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Sep. 16 2011,12:04)Some people have no idea that no free will means you are a robot, and free will carries a risk, i.e., that we could choose against the will of the one who made us.But love requires free will. Risky, yes.Ultimately however, eternal life is given to those who choose God, so creation is populated by beings that are…[Read more]

Quote (bodhitharta @ Sep. 16 2011,09:12)Quote (Stu @ Sep. 15 2011,18:34)It's only my responsibility if I can create something that evil god cannot or did not create.Evil god put the blasphemy in my head.Bozo god.StuartIllogical.To think something is not to create something and to use a tool incorrectly is not correlated to the tool maker being…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Sep. 14 2011,21:57)Quote (Stu @ Sep. 14 2011,16:48)Quote (t8 @ Sep. 13 2011,19:21)I should also mention that those who reject God, rightly do not get to live forever with the one who they CHOOSE to reject.I think that you should understand that. After all it is very fair. I don't like you, love you, and do not even acknowledge you…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Sep. 14 2011,21:56)Stu, are you sure about that.I think the information you posted confirms it.Although it gets Spinoza's god wrong.Stuart

Quote (david @ Sep. 14 2011,07:19)This video and the story bother me and I've had to try to explain to people that logically, this story didn't happen.Quote Ignore the Albert Einstein bit and focus on the message.This is not a topic about Albert Einstein.It's exceedingly hard to ignore Einstein.  Really, 'Einstein believes in God' is the message…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Sep. 13 2011,19:21)I should also mention that those who reject God, rightly do not get to live forever with the one who they CHOOSE to reject.I think that you should understand that. After all it is very fair. I don't like you, love you, and do not even acknowledge you exist. And then God says live with me forever anyway. Na. Doesn't…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Sep. 13 2011,19:15)God created all including doing the opposite of what he intended.It is called free will.Why have free will?If he didn't give us free will, we would be robots that were programmed to love and be obedient.However the very definition of love has free will built into it.Imagine your wife loves you because she has no…[Read more]

Quote (princess @ Sep. 13 2011,20:20)Quote I think the next question is how you treat language as a cultural artifact.  I only clicked to language as technology just recently.Monogenesis? Evolution?!Jumping ahead in time to the 19th century, we come to a time when social sciences went askew. Overzealous and Eurocentric (I'm using euphemisms…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Sep. 13 2011,15:16)Is God evil.Are we evil if we allow our sons and daughters to drive a car?Yet they can potentially kill a person with a car.Likewise God is not evil if someone drowns someone in water because God created water. It is the one who chooses to do evil that is responsible.God created all, including the capacity to kill by…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Sep. 13 2011,16:10)Quote (Stu @ Aug. 27 2011,01:04)I don't understand your point about a complete opposite needed.  What do you mean by that?  What we are talking about is the positive identification on a large scale of a direct relationship between genetics and “religiosity”.  This means there are god genes, although that might be to…[Read more]

Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Sep. 13 2011,01:17)Stu,I am running out of ammo here, but I did want to clarify two things.First, you screwed up the quotes in your last post.  You were the one who wrote:Quote I think dolphin snout sponge technology has probably made life significantly better for those dolphins that use it.  Fewer dolphins will succumb to i…[Read more]

WITQuote I really didn't expect this discussion to go this far, but as long as you are not annoyed by it…I’ve attempted discussions with Ed, so you’ll be fine with me for hours yet.Quote This may be a semantic issue. By “first generation”, I simply mean that there is only one developmental layer to the tool. For example, “using sticks to pok…[Read more]

Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Sep. 10 2011,00:44)Stu,Great links!I think that my response may have been more strong than I intended it to be.  You don't have to have all the answers.  I certainly don't claim to have them.I did want to clarify one thing though.I have said all along that I am aware of animals using tools.  The critical distinction for me is…[Read more]

How well do they work at night?Stuart

Quote (TimothyVI @ Sep. 08 2011,21:46)Quote (Stu @ Sep. 08 2011,18:41)So a god is an electron.  Or an honest politician?  Or both.StuartWe know for a fact that electrons do exist.God must be an honest politician.TimWhat about honest electrons? Heisenberg demonstrated how devious they are.Stuart

Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Sep. 09 2011,01:18)Stu wrote:Quote I'm sorry to say that I don't think you have grasped my meaning.  I feel that I have addressed your objections already.I believe that I understood your explanation just fine.  What I am asking for now is actual evidence.  If you don't have any, that's fine.  It just renders your point of vie…[Read more]

Quote (princess @ Sep. 08 2011,01:51)PrinceMatter and energy need a host, what is that host? To concur that we are human apes is dualism in humanity, which is separation that we are not really humans, but some form of a mutant ape. The instinct of each species is not the matter at hand, tis how far the species instinct can take them, humans seem…[Read more]