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(...) Science doesn't need to answer question for which it doesn't have enough evidence to address. According to the Big Bang Theory, one cannot ask what caused the Big Bang or where the Big Band came from, because (according to the theory), all (...) (19 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think I'd consider it a dodge, really. My own thought on it is that there's no such thing as "first". The concept of time is just a perception you have that appears linear. I happen to think it's more circular in nature, without a real (...) (19 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I think you misunderstood me. I meant that the origin of the universe (however it came to be) demands a leap of faith. At some point, logically, something came from nothing. I don't believe it is valid to simply state that "the universe always (...) (19 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, lift the ban and all h-e-double-hockey-sticks breaks out in Parliament... (URL) there you are Oh Canada! Dave K (19 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm... Well, even if they were just motherhood totems, (URL) this> piece of sculpture apparently had other connotations. Those naughty, naughty prehistoric Germans! Dave! (19 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) What had been a primarily theoretical debate for Mike and me has turned into policy in the great state of Florida: (URL) the kicker--now you can shoot someone in the street just because you *feel* threatened! So when that apparently middle (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, government is pretty stupid at times--trying to prevent publication of gov't stupidity is like trying to unring a bell. This reminds me of the 'publication ban' during the Paul Bernardo trial--any American station airing any news on that (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) His fiction writing is good. Especially if you stick to stuff he wrote when he was younger and to stuff that ISN'T part 5 of a 19 part series. He talks about stuff that most of us embrace, tolerance, self reliance, growth as an individual, and (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I almost never post here in .debate, but I was wondering what Canadians think about the (URL) publication ban> on testimony from the Adscam trial, and the subsequent breach of the ban by an (URL) American blogger>. It's very strange to me, as an (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, (URL) this guy> wasn't executed, but the point is served. Dave! (19 years ago, 4-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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