Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Dec. 12 2009,09:19)Quote (Stu @ Dec. 12 2009,04:40)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Dec. 12 2009,09:20)I think that you are skipping too quickly past the definition of consciousness, as that is a huge chunk of the problem as I see it.  The definition that you quoted brings up more questions than it answers.  Unlike mass or gravity, c…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Dec. 12 2009,04:40)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Dec. 12 2009,09:20)I think that you are skipping too quickly past the definition of consciousness, as that is a huge chunk of the problem as I see it.  The definition that you quoted brings up more questions than it answers.  Unlike mass or gravity, consciousness can not be described in p…[Read more]

Stu,I think that you are skipping too quickly past the definition of consciousness, as that is a huge chunk of the problem as I see it.  The definition that you quoted brings up more questions than it answers.  Unlike mass or gravity, consciousness can not be described in physical terms, and therefore does not appear to be (in my opinion) highly l…[Read more]

No, I have observed that a complete material explanation for consciousness is not available and does not appear to be forthcoming anytime soon.  From there, I have supposed that the reason for this is that the explanation (as to how consciousness is generated) is partly supernatural.  I readily admit that my supposition is unprovable, but that's k…[Read more]

Douglas,From the article you referenced:Quote The new research does not imply that reaching CO2 levels this high would definitely result in huge sea level changes, or that these would happen quickly, Dr Tripati pointed out – just that sustaining such levels on a long timescale might produce such changes.Again, it seems to me like we are not nearly…[Read more]

Douglas,You said:{quote]Natural earthly cycles putting us on a course for a climate regime not seen for millions of years?Is that really true? What about the Medieval Warming period?Has your view changed at all in light of recent revelations about outright data manipulation by top global warming scientists?Quote But more dramatic still has been…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Sep. 27 2009,03:44)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Sep. 22 2009,10:24)Quote (thethinker @ Sep. 22 2009,04:05)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Sep. 22 2009,05:49)Quote (thethinker @ Sep. 22 2009,00:18)Quote (Stu @ Sep. 15 2009,21:46)Decent people are the saviours of christianity. They help us to ignore its absurdities and focus on Matthew 7:12 (even…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Sep. 22 2009,04:05)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Sep. 22 2009,05:49)Quote (thethinker @ Sep. 22 2009,00:18)Quote (Stu @ Sep. 15 2009,21:46)Decent people are the saviours of christianity.  They help us to ignore its absurdities and focus on Matthew 7:12 (even though there are better versions of the golden rule out there).Christianity…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Sep. 22 2009,00:18)Quote (Stu @ Sep. 15 2009,21:46)Decent people are the saviours of christianity.  They help us to ignore its absurdities and focus on Matthew 7:12 (even though there are better versions of the golden rule out there).Christianity itself is a nasty way to carry on, if done according to its book of…[Read more]

Job 2:9-10Quote Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.Indeed.  Christians seem quite prepared to…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Aug. 15 2009,06:49)WitQuote (WhatIsTrue @ Aug. 11 2009,15:52)Can you see how that might produce slightly more biased results than a real scientific poll of random adults throughout all demographics in society?No I can't see how you would think that just because we are Christians that you assume that we are being biased…[Read more]

WorshippingJesus wrote:Quote Christians do not commit violence on humanity, or they are not Christians at all but merely imposters!So you are prepared to acknowledge that the people who wrote the Nicene Creed, proclaiming the divinity of Christ, and the Athanasian Creed, spelling out the Trinity doctrine, were not Christians but imposters? These…[Read more]

Quote (Paladin @ Aug. 15 2009,03:22)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Aug. 15 2009,07:59)Paladin wrote:Quote What history? What you have presented is certainly not history. It is a corrupted account of what really happened.To correct your ignorance would require a much longer post than I care to entertain here and now.Corrupted? Ignorant? I quoted and…[Read more]

WorshippingJesus wrote:Quote You just proved my point!Not a single example or any shred of evidence that the early 1st century Christian Church committed acts of violence against any part of humanity.The best historical record we have of that is the NT scriptures!Please show me some examples there. All you have done is shown what religious men…[Read more]

Paladin wrote:Quote What history? What you have presented is certainly not history. It is a corrupted account of what really happened.To correct your ignorance would require a much longer post than I care to entertain here and now.Corrupted? Ignorant? I quoted and paraphrased scripture. Surely you can devote a few seconds to point out what part…[Read more]

Quote (Jodi Lee @ Aug. 14 2009,13:45)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Aug. 08 2009,07:30)Paladin,So the question remains:Was the ingestion of shellfish ever evil?How exactly would you define the word evil, What is True?The Ancient Hebrew Research Center defines the transliterated Hebrew word Ra`, to be defined as meaning dysfunctional. The King James bible…[Read more]

WorshippingJesus wrote:Quote Your attacks on Christianity are entirely unmerited and based on the sins of men who acted out terrible things in the name of Christianity in the middle ages!And:Quote I see, so you steriotype all of Christianity because of a few random acts that appose the teachings of the NT scriptures?The history of Christian…[Read more]

Quote (Paladin @ Aug. 12 2009,05:29)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Aug. 11 2009,14:21)Paladin,I guess this is a case of not defining terms. Let me illustrate it this way.If I tell my three year old not to eat any cookies before dinner, there is a clear reason behind it. I don't want him to fill up on junk, or overload on sugar. But, if, when he gets his…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Aug. 12 2009,01:50)Quote (kejonn @ Aug. 11 2009,06:44)Both of these polls are very unscientific, and thus worthless. It is not a poll taken randomly from a large population of both males and females, and judging by the thread participation, only males are voting here. How many girls were approached by an older male?Better…[Read more]

Paladin,I guess this is a case of not defining terms.  Let me illustrate it this way.If I tell my three year old not to eat any cookies before dinner, there is a clear reason behind it.  I don't want him to fill up on junk, or overload on sugar.  But, if, when he gets his dinner, I tell him not to eat any of the food that is on the top left co…[Read more]