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jar
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Message 42 of 302 (642185)
11-26-2011 11:59 AM
Reply to: Message 40 by thingamabob
11-26-2011 11:53 AM


Re: Let There Be (Self-Caused) Light
What vacuum?

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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jar
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Message 278 of 302 (881790)
08-30-2020 3:09 PM
Reply to: Message 277 by PaulK
08-30-2020 2:58 PM


Re: Framing The Issue Using Definitions
Would you say that mind even exists as an entity or is mind simply a process like digestion?

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jar
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Message 296 of 302 (883464)
12-09-2020 7:23 AM
Reply to: Message 294 by Phat
12-09-2020 4:26 AM


Re: Speculation within the limits of a science mind
Phat writes:
If there is a GOD, Creator of all seen and unseen, what makes you think He(She,It) is relative to the individual...sort of like a cosmic chameleon? Is it so implausible to believe that of all the Gods in the catalogue, one is likely to actually exist?
What does the evidence show Phat?
Evidence, not belief; what does the evidence show Phat?
Let's look at the Bible as evidence. What we find is that there is no "One God" to be found; the God found in Genesis 1 is entirely different from and mutually exclusive to the God in Genesis 2&3 and the God in Exodus is entirely different than the God in Genesis 18:16-33.
Is it plausible to conclude that the God of Genesis 1 actually exists while the gods of Genesis 2&3 and Genesis 18 and Exodus do not? Is it plausible to conclude that all of them exist or is it more plausible to conclude that none of them exist and that they are all the creations of the authors and story tellers?
Is there ANY plausible reason to conclude that any one of the thousands of gods that humans describe is actually the one that does exist or is it more plausible to conclude that none of them exist and that they are all the creations of the authors and story tellers?
Phat writes:
I never choose God based on cultural availability. It just so happened that God picked me. And I have no problem with the fact that He never picked you. Your day will come if you let it. Does that statement sound arrogant?
That statement just sound silly like the kid on the playground insisting that Santa really did send him a letter. It's not even up to the standards of Tommy Smothers; "Yeah? But mother always liked you best!"

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jar
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Message 298 of 302 (883469)
12-09-2020 8:57 AM
Reply to: Message 297 by Phat
12-09-2020 8:44 AM


Re: Speculation within the limits of a science mind
Phat writes:
I realize that my experience is and was personal and subjective and in no way refutes your question except to say that in my belief, Jesus is plausibly unique.
Why is Ganesh not also plausibly unique?
Why is Coyote not equally plausibly unique?
Need I continue?

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jar
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Message 301 of 302 (883473)
12-09-2020 10:32 AM
Reply to: Message 299 by Phat
12-09-2020 9:06 AM


Re: Speculation within the limits of a science mind
Phat writes:
need I continue?
As long as you are posting silly stuff there is not much point is there?
There is zero evidence that you were chosen by any god any more than a Hindu was chosen by Ganesh.
The idea that you were chosen is another of your creations.
You walked into a Pet Store that only sold one very particular pet. There was no choosing involved, there was only the one critter there.
Edited by jar, : No reason given.

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