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(...) Done. Call me on it if I slide, as I will you. (...) This thread, not being about Religion, but rather being about the tendency for certain elements to repeat themselves, is inappropriate for an answer. Start a new thread (which I will then (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Deal. (...) One nit...why "improbable"? -John (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why is that? I think that basically everyone who wants to can even now. Certainly the move to Libertopia would not change that. (...) But you would have more to invest back into your society _and_ you would have the ability to choose how such (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No! I disagree! Etc etc. :) Darned UUs! Any forum is only as good as its practitioners. Since LUGNET went 'live' I've operated with the assumption that .debate matters stay in .debate, and expect others to do the same--I've only once seen what (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I was listening to your countryman, Nader, make just the same point on Friday evening. He made a credible argument for idea of change - what is yours? The LP would have government run by them and private enterprise (cutting out the middle man (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not sure we they do. We have a different culture from you - we need less materialistic comfort. I suppose most of it harks back to our class structure. In the UK, most of my countrymen aim to rise up the class structure. Being (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Tell you what, John... (...) How about this: I concede that it is not impossible(1) that the christian god as described by brand X (choose your favorite brand, there are many choices) exists. With the implication, of course, that brands Y, Z, A, B, (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I suggest asking a similar "honest question" to your self: "How would I personally, or anyone else for that matter, be benefited by the knowledge that there is god?" (...) So what? (...) This is the most stupid way of reasoning, unfortunately (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Wow, that's the answer John. I really appreciated it. I think the only answer for any belief can be "I believe/don't believe it, because I like it this way ay don't feel any need to have any evidences for it" and till now you are the only one (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Sorry Jon, but I think you should be feeling "trapped"..:-) (...) Hey I'm good and righteous, too. Selçuk (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) All of the following answers are predicated upon a belief that the Bible is true and these answers solely represent It's content. This is not an attempt to "assimilate" anyone. It is merely answers to question posed. (...) Because it's His (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It is you, sir, who hasn't been listening. (...) NEVER ASKED YOU TO BELIEVE ONCE. Go back and check. (...) Okay, here is my point (again). If I turned water in wine right in front of your eyes, what I am hearing you say is that you wouldn't (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think He (Jesus) made it perfectly clear as recorded in the Gospels. (...) I never said that. It is more right for me (obviously, because otherwise I'd believe the one which I felt most valid). (...) Hmm. Works in advertising.... -John (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't know, Lar. Whether you drive a horse and cart, a 2000 LeSabre or a Hovercoupe, you are still going to wonder about the nature of your own existence and die. Maybe the little details change, but the important questions are still the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I would like to see .debate be able to exist as something worthwhile, but I sense that with each debate which explodes into a ravaging god vs science debate, we lose another of the folks who are interested in serious debate. I'm not sure how (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) we (...) Why? Seriously. Is the creation of an individual human life a reasonable analogy? Do you advocate parents having the same rights over their children that you are accepting of your God having over us? (...) I think that creating life (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No one here is enslaved! The above whining is based on a misconception about Diety. Many people in history have been enslaved and don't whine about it or blame it for why they can't get ahead. No, I have no patience for whining. It's a Marine (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Understood. The point is not how good someone is, we are expected to be good, no brownie points there. Being good is breaking even. The problem is in the deficits we allow. How do we make up for our mistakes? Apologize and correct it in the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oops. My bad. I should have caught that, but as you say, I was away for what has got to be one of the biggest weeks on l.o-t.d and was racing to mow through hundreds of posts. At this point I'm overwhelmed and haven't even looked at the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The god debate again... sigh (Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) Yes. As well as all the statues. Bill (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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