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by 697134002
05 Jul 2012, 13:15
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Ctrl-V Thread
Replies: 184
Views: 280616

Re: The Ctrl-V Thread

Furthermore, I think that Carthage must be destroyed.
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 21:01
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Ctrl-V Thread
Replies: 184
Views: 280616

Re: The Ctrl-V Thread

Delenda est Carthago
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 16:54
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

Hmm... That's not a fact. Asi did not say the god of the bible in his original post. And Jake did not say god of the bible in his response. So, as a result, I read things differently. Whenever someone says God, capitalized, they usually mean the god of the bible. And yet another atheist who betrays...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 16:45
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

Tulonsae wrote:Hmm... That's not a fact. Asi did not say the god of the bible in his original post. And Jake did not say god of the bible in his response.

So, as a result, I read things differently.
Whenever someone says God, capitalized, they usually mean the god of the bible.
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 16:28
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

Sure, of course atheists can think of fictional things. But if it's fiction, it exists as fiction. My understanding is that atheists consider god to not exist. And, perhaps I worded it badly, but my original post in this thread was my confusion at why atheists would comment in a thread on the natur...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 16:16
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

Ok, I'll try again. So, you see a post titled "Who are Martians to you?" You're curious so you read the original post. And it says, "What automatically comes to mind when you think about Martians? I think they cute and cuddlely, and I love how they laugh." What do you do? I would say that I think o...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 16:07
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

Ok, I'll try again. So, you see a post titled "Who are Martians to you?" You're curious so you read the original post. And it says, "What automatically comes to mind when you think about Martians? I think they cute and cuddlely, and I love how they laugh." What do you do? I would say that I think o...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 16:04
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Why don't you believe?
Replies: 11
Views: 31075

Re: Why don't you believe?

My parents were going to send me to a private school, but it closed down the year I was going to go to it. Rather than put me in the public system, they sent me to a catholic school. While there, they told us stories but never explained why they were true. I never really believed, in the sense that ...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 15:51
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

So explain what you mean when you say that atheists cannot think of the god of the bible in terms that we can both understand perfectly.
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 15:47
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: American Independence GO
Replies: 12
Views: 13383

Re: American Independence GO

I'm assuming Americans don't just celebrate their independence on july 4th, but just the US in general. To conform to the posting of pictures, Abraham Lincoln, who managed to keep the southern states in the US and defeat the vampires: http://images.hollywood.com/site/Abraham-Lincoln-Vampire-hunter-r...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 15:44
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

2: EXACTLY - They could not detect the gravitational effects. They said something which was correct to the best of their knowledge. They eventually turned out to be wrong, but, given what they knew at the time, they were correct. Okay, I don't know half enough about this stuff to comment for the mo...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 15:19
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Who is God to You?
Replies: 185
Views: 212523

Re: Who is God to You?

@697, Ummm... Really? You're using the King James version of the Bible to back up your claims? A translated version made by scholars without as much information as we have today and heavily influenced by the politics of the time. If this is the nature of your facts.... It is less influenced by poli...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 15:12
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

1. Ummm. No. I am saying that when you think of Hitler in a monkey suit outside your house, you are thinking of that as a concept. If you are thinking of it as existing, you are probably delusional. Harry Potter does exist. Harry Potter is a fictional character in several books and movies. You can ...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 15:10
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Who is God to You?
Replies: 185
Views: 212523

Re: Who is God to You?

The bible claims that the world was made in 6 days; science has shown that to be false. There is no Bible verse that says "And God created the world in six days." There are lots of people who believe in the "billions of years" theory who love God and believe he died and rose from the dead. The bibl...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 15:00
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

1. Ummm. No. I am saying that when you think of Hitler in a monkey suit outside your house, you are thinking of that as a concept. If you are thinking of it as existing, you are probably delusional. Harry Potter does exist. Harry Potter is a fictional character in several books and movies. You can ...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 14:47
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

@697 I understand your point, but I disagree. When you think of God, what automatically comes to your mind? To me, this presupposes that you think of God. It doesn't say, what do you think of the concept of god. If you are thinking of god, then by default you think he exists. If you are thinking of...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 14:28
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

@679, @m477 In short, Tulon is right. In the interest of courtesy, a discussion about the nature of God's existence should be no place for an atheist. What Haxx says is exactly my point. To your points. Of course, athesists can think about more than nothing. However, by intruding into a discussion ...
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 12:48
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: American Independence GO
Replies: 12
Views: 13383

Re: American Independence GO

Although I'm not American, I recently stumbled across this.
by 697134002
04 Jul 2012, 10:43
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

Well, the OP in the original thread asked "When you think of God, what automatically comes to your mind?" Atheists don't believe in God, so when they think of God, nothing should come to mind. The concept of "nothing" has no physical manifestation or qualification and thus cannot be posted in a for...
by 697134002
03 Jul 2012, 16:08
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

@697 Wait. What? You mean you think all scientific theories have equal likelihood of being correct? Or do you mean it's a fact that those are scientific theories? Which, of course, is true - they are scientific theories. Edit: Or are you saying a theory is the same as a fact? And that if something ...
by 697134002
03 Jul 2012, 15:27
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

@697 Wait. What? You mean you think all scientific theories have equal likelihood of being correct? Or do you mean it's a fact that those are scientific theories? Which, of course, is true - they are scientific theories. Edit: Or are you saying a theory is the same as a fact? And that if something ...
by 697134002
03 Jul 2012, 14:44
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

Well, I understand the attraction of pointing out facts when someone has got them wrong. But there is a big difference between the "fact" that salt is composed of sodium-cloride and the "theory" of the big bang. I tend to think that when explaining a theory, it's better to phrase it as a commonly a...
by 697134002
03 Jul 2012, 14:00
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

Well, I understand the attraction of pointing out facts when someone has got them wrong. But there is a big difference between the "fact" that salt is composed of sodium-cloride and the "theory" of the big bang. I tend to think that when explaining a theory, it's better to phrase it as a commonly a...
by 697134002
03 Jul 2012, 12:55
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

Tulonsae wrote:
697134002 wrote:I posted in that other thread when I saw that asi had a misconception about the big bang.
But why were you reading it in the first place? Or, are you religious and I just missed that?
I read every single thread that I am able to see.
by 697134002
03 Jul 2012, 12:12
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

Thank you for providing a corroborating example to my assertion 697. Let's say you're reading something and have some interest in discussing the topic. You then see that something which is likely contributing to someone's opinions, which you disagree with, is a common misconception. I also had litt...
by 697134002
03 Jul 2012, 11:43
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Religion and atheists
Replies: 67
Views: 102416

Re: Religion and atheists

I posted in that other thread when I saw that asi had a misconception about the big bang.
by 697134002
03 Jul 2012, 03:17
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Who is God to You?
Replies: 185
Views: 212523

Re: Who is God to You?

Now. Please give me documented empirical evidence of your Diety's Miracles. The biggest miracle is undoubtedly the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The proof we have are the eyewitness accounts. The gospels were written with primary, secondary, and include tertiary information. The stories in them all...
by 697134002
03 Jul 2012, 01:09
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Who is God to You?
Replies: 185
Views: 212523

Re: Who is God to You?

I'll have to take a look at that experiment. Although, interestingly enough, I've seen proof of natural selection - just not of evolution. And yes the other things are theories, too. And why yes, it does bother me when they are taught as fact in school rather than theory. Scientific theories are in...
by 697134002
03 Jul 2012, 00:55
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Who is God to You?
Replies: 185
Views: 212523

Re: Who is God to You?

Glad to see things back to normal. Also, I know I said this somewhere else, but Gravity is also a theory, and while you can see it in your own lifetime, it doesn't make it any less of a "theory" than Natural Selection or Evolution. The geologic timescales needed to witness evolution at work are far...
by 697134002
03 Jul 2012, 00:41
Forum: Religion & Politics
Topic: Who is God to You?
Replies: 185
Views: 212523

Re: Who is God to You?

@To the scientists, Evolution is a scientific theory. Sorry, Vallorn, it's not a fact. A fact is a piece of data. Evolution is not a piece of data. I do not believe in Evolution because I have yet to see supporting data for it. I have, however, seen plenty of supporting data about changes in popula...