Forum: General
February 13th, 2014, 04:53 PM
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Re: Any other childfree people here?
Aldin, have you read the Mistborn trilogy? It's difficult to say why it's relevant without giving spoilers, but you should give it a read if you haven't already.
Disclaimer: the quality of the...
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Forum: General
February 13th, 2014, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 929
Views: 61,885
Re: Any other childfree people here?
HBO just started broadcasting a rather fascinating documentary "Questioning Darwin" where one pastor addressed this question in the starkest terms I've ever seen. He stated that if he found a passage...
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Forum: Music
November 6th, 2013, 01:31 PM
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Forum: Contests and Forum Games
September 29th, 2013, 01:07 PM
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Re: NFL Football Pick'em PRIZES
Son of a... What is it in my head that makes me remember to do this just two minutes after the deadline? I didn't even turn on the tv.just outside, mowing the lawn, when suddenly "Hey! It's Sunday,...
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Forum: Contests and Forum Games
September 8th, 2013, 01:12 PM
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Forum: Contests and Forum Games
September 5th, 2013, 02:42 PM
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Views: 17,276
Re: NFL Football Pick'em PRIZES
If you can easily rev last year's league (and have it automatically send out invites) it might be the better way to go. You could likely switch to confidence points in the process.
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Forum: Contests and Forum Games
September 5th, 2013, 02:00 PM
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Views: 17,276
Re: NFL Football Pick'em PRIZES
With confidence points, you assign a "confidence" of between 1 and 16 points (no repeats) to each pick. Each correct pick gives you that number of points for the win. Obviously the total score each...
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Forum: Contests and Forum Games
September 5th, 2013, 10:55 AM
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Views: 17,276
Re: NFL Football Pick'em PRIZES
OK, it's up:
Click HERE (http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem/register/joingroup)
Group ID: 61992
Password: 4Aquilla
Get in soon to include tonight's game. Note that I checked the...
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Forum: Contests and Forum Games
September 1st, 2013, 10:48 PM
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Forum: General
December 6th, 2012, 02:38 PM
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Re: Titanic, Gargantuan
This is frivolous, but I'll clarify. In your earlier message you defined huge to mean "the number of choices I make in my lifetime." If you identify that number with the symbol "huge" then the actual...
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Forum: General
December 6th, 2012, 02:22 PM
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Re: Number Games
I'm clear on infinity (or at least our inability to "see" it). I was just interested in making the point that "huge" in your earlier message was insufficient. On a scale where huge is "the number of...
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Forum: General
December 6th, 2012, 01:53 PM
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Views: 29,792
Re: Actually...
Let's not forget that the potential outcomes for your life are unavoidably affected by the huge finite number of choices presented to all the people you interact with, and in turn how their lives'...
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Forum: General
December 2nd, 2012, 07:36 AM
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Re: I see your point of view.
Were you just hoping what you were saying was true or did you consider these to be failures?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_evolution
Or perhaps your complaint is that bacterial...
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Forum: General
November 30th, 2012, 08:10 PM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
They also didn't know what caused lightning and earthquakes and volcanoes and droughts and tides and plagues. When you don't know any better, supernatural is the only game in town.
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Forum: General
November 29th, 2012, 11:36 AM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
Which drives straight to GB's original point. You can be a really awful person and still go to Heaven as long as you've got faith. As I understand it, this is true even if you only find faith on your...
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Forum: General
November 28th, 2012, 07:03 PM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
This is where evangelical Christianity lost me. In High School I was very active in a youth ministry until the ministry leader assured me, against all objections, that anyone who does not know Christ...
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Forum: General
November 27th, 2012, 08:22 PM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
Closer to home, Bristlecone Pines also provide a good chronology. I remembered them shortly after I gave up the fight, but decided not to bring them up. I'm sure we will learn that the rate of tree...
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Forum: General
November 26th, 2012, 09:26 AM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
It would seem that the goal of this thread was not to change anyone's mind, but merely to make sure that everyone's entrenched position was thoroughly understood. So be it. Hopefully it gave the...
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Forum: General
November 21st, 2012, 10:40 AM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
Wait, you're saying that you, the heterosexual Christian, are the one who feels hated, excluded, insulted and rejected?
Through the looking glass we go.
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Forum: General
November 20th, 2012, 07:19 PM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
No, I noted your parable. I just failed to realize that it provided the answer to every question.
Does the pamphlet explain why Kelly made the sand castle breathe and eat through the same hole?...
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Forum: General
November 20th, 2012, 04:44 PM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
I know you know what a cop-out that is. Do I have to whip out Karl Popper?
The biggest issue with any of this is that it is a theory whose sole reason for being is to prove the Bible correct. If...
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Forum: General
November 20th, 2012, 03:46 PM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
Has such a change in the rate of radioactive decay ever been proven via experimentation? I know that the current rate of radioactive decay has proven stable in underwater scenarios. For example,...
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Forum: General
November 19th, 2012, 04:17 PM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
For what it's worth, I know of no scientists who make this claim based on scientific data. I have only seen this claim made using calculations based solely on Biblical genealogy.
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Forum: General
November 19th, 2012, 03:41 PM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
Where did I say that?[/QUOTE]
You didn't. I believe the more interesting question is this: if a commonly accepted scientific belief conflicts with a belief of your faith, which are you more likely...
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Forum: General
November 19th, 2012, 10:14 AM
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Re: Politics, Religion, and Morality
Now the deep dive begins. Soul.
When does one become imbued with soul? Does it pre-exist in a woman's eggs? Does it come into being at the very moment sperm meets egg (which is a waste, since many...
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