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I acknowledge Blue's deconstruction of your arguement, Q, and offer one of my own: I have distilled your comments above to show how it is internally inconsistent. Your understanding of elementary thermodynamics seems sound, and yet you deny its primary conclusion. Such flaws abound in any...

By rigorous & logical means, one can neither 'prove' nor 'disprove' the existence of god. This is the basic assertion of the agnostic position, which is unassailable. Those who are not satisfied with this truth fall into well-trodden camps: the Faithful and the Atheist. The Faithful...

Re: Word of (divine moniker here)? The foregoing exchange elucidates the divide between those who have faith and those who do not. Rationally, we all require that the foundations of our beliefs be proven to our own satisfaction. Critically, the nature and extent of such proof varies...

*edgy sarcasm* If you are informed that your wife has been unfaithful, since this possibility has never occurred to you, it would clearly be best to ignore the information and go on about your life as if nothing had changed. *end edgy sarcasm* Faith without doubt is delusion. You must...

Barnstone, Willis (editor), "The Other Bible," Harper-Collins, 1984. ppg 30-31.

Excuse me. The rate of time will appear to accellerate, not decellerate. First, the apparent rate of time behind them would speed up exponentially. Second, their field of view would be taken up increasingly by the event horizon itself, until it closed in behind them as they passed beyond it...

To expand upon your point: Prophesy before-the-fact, properly constructed, can be made to come true by motivated individuals. Simply put, all prophesy may be self-fullfilling. An anecdote: Once, I attended a concert in a former cinema venue. Seated near the front, and in a suggestable state of...

Ovations to Quahom1, and my apologies for any emotional tension brought about by my attitude. It seems that our ideas regarding 'separation' are on paths which cross, but have not met before now. I concede that you are entirely correct. The nature and goal of the 'separation of church and...

I've looked through the Apocryphal creation section of my favorite compendium, and not found any direct quotes relating Adam to the priesthood. I feel that I could still defend the assertion logically based on Genesis, if we care to travel that road. Question A for Quahom1: If Genesis is a...

Can it be shown that any religious writing was done by a god? Aniticipating a negative response to the above: can it be shown that a deity directly or indirectly influenced a writer? Finally, why would anyone believe affirmative responses to the above questions?

The United States Constitution. Article 6, Clause 3. (See text above) The US Gov't is not "looking for a test of religion." Also, I thought that it was taboo (or rude) to cast other religions as "myths" in this forum. Mute means unable to speak. There is another word for irrelevant...

The first 10 amendments to the US constitution are the Bill of Rights. These refer to rights of the people upon which the gov't cannot infringe. However, I have just confirmed that Article VI (that is: 6) Clause 3 states, "... all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and...

Your affirmation is appreciated. Refer to Genesis 4:26, where it is during the lifetime of Seth that people begin to worship the Lord. I'll need to look over my apocryphia to find the actual text that calls Adam the first priest. As for America, I'm not certain that you can prove your case for...

Forgive my late rejoinder, but the above definition seems to reveal a misapprehension. The wording of the difinition is fair enough, given an proper understanding of the words "work" and "available." It is simpler if you realize that entropy will always increase when work is done. Example: the...

Once you are in the afterlife, it will no longer be in issue of faith; or of practice, for that matter. :D In response to the main thread: I kick around the the terms "antitheist," and/or "antideist." In practice, my beliefs are: 1.) that anyone who has 'faith' has created an internal...

>>why the controversy? I echo this question. Where was it stated that Z... merged with Jud... ?

I've been drawn in by the provocative title of this thread, and am interested in the foregoing discussion which led to the lengthy initial diatribe. With luck I'll find the 'Torah vs Talmud' thread later. Nevertheless, the coupled-pittance which I offer follows: Religion provides a/the...

God is what God is: don't you people read? This is one of those questions that should not be asked. It is, at best, foolish to presume to have a proper answer. If you say God is omnicient then you limit God to an omnicient role. If you say that God is limited then you reduce the...