STU,The funny thing is even animals admonish and scourge others in a pack, I guess you don't believe even in Nature

Quote (Stu @ April 29 2011,11:45)Quote (bodhitharta @ April 29 2011,08:13)STU,Did you also pick up on the word “Banish” don't we think of the word banish as to mean permanent removal? Well do you think that verse is saying never sleep with them again or just don't share your bed with them during a serious disagreement?What you fail to understand…[Read more]

Quote (karmarie @ April 29 2011,10:01)Quote (bodhitharta @ April 29 2011,11:06)Quote (karmarie @ April 28 2011,22:03)Quote (bodhitharta @ April 26 2011,15:05)Quote (karmarie @ April 26 2011,10:08)OK. Thanks for that Bod.So are you still a Muslim? Do you still believe that Christians and Muslims believe the same thing?(Title of the thread).Muslims…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 28 2011,22:17)karmarieDon't mean to butt in, but just curious about this.  BD you might like to answer as well.  Is islam correct about this?Sura 4:34 Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are t…[Read more]

Quote (karmarie @ April 28 2011,22:03)Quote (bodhitharta @ April 26 2011,15:05)Quote (karmarie @ April 26 2011,10:08)OK. Thanks for that Bod.So are you still a Muslim? Do you still believe that Christians and Muslims believe the same thing?(Title of the thread).Muslims and Christians believe that submission in God is the way to Salvation.Hi…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 25 2011,17:16)BDQuote Sociopaths don't just have a problem relating to their own feelings they don't understand how others feel those feelings. …even though you originally wrote:  “People who are sociopaths can not experience certain emotions”.You are very sensitive to the word hypocrite, and yet you are one.  Quote You don&#03…[Read more]

Quote (karmarie @ April 26 2011,12:32)Bod, I believe that submission to God is important, and something that can be learnt off Muslims, as I did, and still do.May God continue to place Peace and blessings upon you

Quote (karmarie @ April 26 2011,10:08)OK. Thanks for that Bod.So are you still a Muslim? Do you still believe that Christians and Muslims believe the same thing?(Title of the thread).Muslims and Christians believe that submission in God is the way to Salvation.

Quote (karmarie @ April 23 2011,18:57)Bod,Hi. Iv forgotten. What is it that Muslims belief Jesus was, again? (before coming to Earth)..Do they believe Jesus pre-existed, because it seems to be the topic in the other part of the forum a lot. So whats your view?The Quran does not specifically talk about the pre-existence of Jesus it simply says that…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 22 2011,10:15)Quote (bodhitharta @ April 22 2011,04:25)You seem to not want to admit that it is not possible to know what everyone else knows or to experience what everyone else experiences. So your logic is if “you” can't experience something it has to not be real, that doesn't make sense does it?People who are sociopaths can…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 21 2011,11:45)Quote (bodhitharta @ April 21 2011,00:33)Quote (Stu @ April 17 2011,18:56)What is interesting about it?Theists believe in Imaginary Friends.  They expect atheists to respect their delusions but they do not respect the concept of the burden of proof.I feel no particular conflict with theists.  If they need my help i…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 17 2011,18:56)What is interesting about it?Theists believe in Imaginary Friends.  They expect atheists to respect their delusions but they do not respect the concept of the burden of proof.I feel no particular conflict with theists.  If they need my help in their struggle to distinguish reality from fantasy then I am here to h…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 13 2011,07:03)That's the question I mean to ask.  How is it forcing any error in thinking?  What is an “error in thinking”?  Do you mean the usual logical fallacies or is that when the Think Police correct you for thinking the wrong dogmas?StuartIt was the vagueness and the use of the word “animals” which has a vast im…[Read more]

STU,”the same job would be expected to be done the same way in different animals?”That was the line you put in the question that was trying to force an error in thinking however you have been found out again.

Quote (Stu @ April 12 2011,16:19)Quote (bodhitharta @ April 12 2011,07:05)No.Nor do I expect a cake to tase the same or have the same texture because common cake ingredients are used.I would preict that a Supreme designer could compose a set of programs with infinite variation just how we have mathematics with only 10 basic digits 0 through 9and…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 11 2011,16:36)Quote (bodhitharta @ April 11 2011,12:30)Quote (Stu @ April 10 2011,14:31)In the past few years t8 has claimed (more than once) that the similarity in DNA between different species of animal (or if you prefer, different “kinds”) is not evidence of descent from a common ancestor but evidence that the designer used…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 10 2011,14:31)In the past few years t8 has claimed (more than once) that the similarity in DNA between different species of animal (or if you prefer, different “kinds”) is not evidence of descent from a common ancestor but evidence that the designer used the same or similar code in different species.So my question, which I have…[Read more]

Quote (TimothyVI @ April 07 2011,01:28)Quote (bodhitharta @ April 06 2011,14:47)Quote (TimothyVI @ April 04 2011,22:49)Stu,I am in awe of your patience.TimIf you are in awe of his patience then you obviously disregard the fact that he doesn't understand what he believes, which leads me to think you may also not know exactly what it is you…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 06 2011,17:38)Quote (bodhitharta @ April 06 2011,14:38)Quote (Stu @ April 04 2011,17:57)Quote (bodhitharta @ April 04 2011,06:02)If a person can not see due to their lack of optical blindness would that make all the things that people without that condition see be considered imaginary?Come on, think harder.As usual your question…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 05 2011,17:37)Quote (kowalskil @ April 05 2011,14:13)Quote (Stu @ April 04 2011,18:28)Stuart wrote Quote Something has befallen you which causes you to hold a sincere belief in an Imaginary Friend, the existence of which is supported by no unambiguous evidence whatever.  Why should you not be considered a candidate for…[Read more]