Forum: Philosophy
08-07-2003, 09:49 AM
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reminder
interesting thought, BryanD. and a good reminder that i need to come back here sometime and answer to warch's invitation.
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-21-2003, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 15
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ah—you're right. i can hear him now....
...uttering a very decided 'th-r-r-r-EEE.'
and the dejection on the boy's face as the narrator concludes that the world may never know.
sorry for causing all the extra brain exertion, UT. :)
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-21-2003, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 15
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happy gilmore
if i could make my living golfing, i would be, trust me.
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-19-2003, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 15
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VWs
you know, i was run over by a VW once.
(explains a lot i guess.)
but i don't have anything against most of them. :)
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-19-2003, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 15
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CRUNCH. CRUNCH. CRUNCH.
This reminds me of those old candy commercials where the little boy quests to find out how many licks it takes to get to the chocolately-chewy center of a Tootsie Roll lollipop. Finally he finds the...
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Forum: Philosophy
07-14-2003, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 88
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good or evil discipline?
Sorry, this is over my head. If you'd like, feel free to say you've stumped me. I cannot express the fathoms that separate these scenarios from the real thing. There is no way to up the stakes.
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Forum: Philosophy
07-14-2003, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 88
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I don't frown upon asking for evidence, no. On...
I don't frown upon asking for evidence, no. On the other hand, I can't guarantee that the 'evidence' that satisfies me as convincing will satisfy your curiosity. The Bible itself says 'faith is the...
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Forum: Philosophy
07-14-2003, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 14,152
joy: Ah. Foiled again.
:)
I said you...
joy: Ah. Foiled again.
:)
I said you are a gracious but skeptical audience, and it seems like a fair evaluation at least on this subject. I was asked (about 20 pages back or so) to lay off the...
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Forum: Philosophy
07-14-2003, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 14,152
will work on it...
You guys are funny.
joy: This is hard to explain simply. Let me use an analogy. ANALOGY
others: Joy, your analogy rotted here and here and here. Explain your position.
joy: Um, an analogy is...
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Forum: Philosophy
07-13-2003, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 14,152
Hi, Torrere. Either I miscommunicated or you...
Hi, Torrere. Either I miscommunicated or you misread me. I was actually criticizing the so-called "Holy Wars" and made my views on murder pretty clear. As I said, we do not live in a theocracy as the...
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-12-2003, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,968
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Forum: Philosophy
07-10-2003, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 14,152
will & grace
I just watched "Henry V" last night, and I was reminded of various stories I've heard from WWII, how God seems to spare certain people/nations and allow others to get hit--regardless of the odds,...
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Forum: Philosophy
07-10-2003, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 88
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circular reasoning vs. faith
Absolutely nothing, friend. If you are looking for answers that come from flawless arguments within the realm of logic, I cannot go further than to use logic to prove to you that you rely on faith...
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Forum: Philosophy
07-10-2003, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 88
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defining terms uniformly
Your statement reiterates the need to make sure we are all on the same page (sort of like getting our watches in sync) about the definitions for the terms we use. You say Christians warred and killed...
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Forum: Philosophy
07-09-2003, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 88
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No, I didn't say it wasn't open for...
No, I didn't say it wasn't open for interpretation. But the Bible itself says that it is the Holy Spirit of God who gives insight (illumination) into the Bible's meaning. There are issues that the...
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-09-2003, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,417
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-09-2003, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,417
non-typical in the rough...
What do you think about this alternative? You or your friends or pets could become a carbon jewel.
<a href="http://www.rrstar.com/business/services/20030101-25926.shtml"...
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Forum: Philosophy
07-09-2003, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 14,152
roots
i was born in SC (11 years there, off and on), raised in the Indianapolis area (15 years there, off and on), Colorado for a summer. i've lived in the Chicago area now for almost exactly a year. left...
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-09-2003, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 24,590
"thou shalt not kill" ...redirect...
hey, warch...
please see here for a reply.
<a href="http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=48150#post48150" target="new">"thou shalt not kill" entry on Philosophy blog</a>
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Forum: Philosophy
07-09-2003, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 14,152
"thou shalt not kill"
This is leftover from the other blog....
God justifies the justifiable actions of civil authorities. Under the Old Testament law, the community leaders were sanctioned with the authority to...
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-09-2003, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,417
ah.
That was another weird thing about it. When I first spotted their name on the company truck, it was pulling out of the driveway of a being-constructed mausoleum in one of the local cemeteries.
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-08-2003, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,417
There is a company in my town that calls...
There is a company in my town that calls themselves:
<b><i>Non-Typical Taxidermy</i></b>
Did it just strike me on a strange day? Am I the only one who thinks that is a non-typical (to say the...
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-08-2003, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 24,590
packing it up
Hey, I'm just thinking it would be best to move any insane remains of this discussion over to Philosophy as was originally proposed/implied as a good idea.
So, maybe we could continue here....
<a...
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Forum: Philosophy
07-08-2003, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 14,152
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Forum: Image of the Day
07-08-2003, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 24,590
I am not ignoring the verifiable scientific...
I am not ignoring the verifiable scientific discoveries of facts. There is no such thing as faith in a vacuum, and there is no such thing as facts in a vacuum. I cannot validly claim to have stripped...
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