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| (...) Well, the only human immolating that went on that among the Israelites that I know of is the call for the sacrifice of Isaac (which was recanted anyway). Still, I would explain such interpretations of God's will as just that-- contextual to (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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|   brick, testament (score: 1.597) |
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| (...) I don't know that it's arrogant or naive, though it might be unjustifiably optimistic at the moment to call it "simple." Gould isn't saying that Hawking/Penrose will, like God, be magically able to terminate the regress; their intent is to (...) (19 years ago, 25-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I'm not sure that it will be forever outside the scope of science. The more we learn, the more we discover. Take Brendan's sealed-closet example. And let's suppose we can walk around the closet. Well, we know whatever's in the closet has to (...) (19 years ago, 24-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Well, I'm trying to be strictly accurate there. It's not that the evidence proves the conclusion, it's that the evidence doesn't contradict the conclusion. If we had (for example) two conflicting ideas about the origin of the universe (the Big (...) (19 years ago, 24-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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|   brick, testament (score: 1.597) |
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| (...) Well, that's pretty unfair. That's like saying we NEED an answer, and if we can't come up with one, creationism is correct. If you go back to 500 BC and asked people why lightning happened, I'm sure they could come up with answers. But just (...) (19 years ago, 24-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Well, I think the issue is that the Bible gets treated differently than most other written works. I find that your (John's) particular take on Christianity is something closer to "inspired from the Bible" rather than "based on the Bible". The (...) (19 years ago, 23-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) If, by "ignorant," you mean "lacking knowledge," then the answer is yes. Science definitely accepts "we don't know," but it doesn't posit that as a final explanation, either. The correct framing is "we don't know/we think it's like this/here's (...) (19 years ago, 23-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Demonstrating your eagle eye once again, Bruce. Yes, those are the two back-up torsos I was using for the Ammonites. :) (...) I do enjoy the challenge of coming up with ways to illustrate the non-narrative, but I think I will be focusing on (...) (19 years ago, 20-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| (...) I'd venture to say that this is just about your favorite question, because you return to it repeatedly! The answers, of course, are many and various: atheists don't necessarily deny the existence of God; they just don't believe that he exists (...) (19 years ago, 20-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) You have now many times asserted that there can be no rational explanations for the origin of the universe, but mere repeated assertion has done nothing to convince me (or others who have chimed in) you're right about this. Even if we suppose (...) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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