"RE "death visits just once" - I'm sure that's what we'd all prefer, but Shakespeare tells us that a coward dies a thousand times before his death, only the valiant taste of death but once."
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Miracles
Started this discussion. Last reply by archaeopteryx Aug 12, 2012. 40 Replies 0 Likes
Are there still miracles happening today? Saints are still being named.I know a few good refutations, but am looking for a few more:Cancer was cured for her! what about everyone else who wasn't?…Continue
On the origin of beauty
Started this discussion. Last reply by Joe Oct 2, 2011. 6 Replies 0 Likes
I had a friend of mine text me today. He knows I'm an atheist. Here's the conversation:Friend (F): Do you see beauty in things?Me: Of course I do.F: What's the point of seeing beauty? How does that…Continue
I told my best friend
Started this discussion. Last reply by Neko_74 Sep 5, 2011. 26 Replies 0 Likes
He wants to be a jesuit priest. I told him I was an atheist, and he was a little surprised, but he thought it was interesting, and I thought that everything was ok and he was alright with it.I think…Continue
Why do they take it so personally?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Brad Reddekopp Sep 4, 2011. 18 Replies 0 Likes
The title explains it all really. Why do some theists seem to take it so personally when you say you don't believe in not just their god, but any god? It just seems so silly...Continue
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Judith van der Roos replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"As the religously inclined see them then NO, there are no such things as miracles, just extraordinary patterns interpreted by the religously polluted mind to be evidence of a Devine power at work.
Speaking personally; when I look about me I see…"
Judith van der Roos replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"As Terry Pratchett points out in one of his wonderful books, death visits just once, the tax man all but camps out on your doorstep (and charges you for the privilege) !"
archaeopteryx replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"I don't know how it is in Holland Judith, but here, the Internal Revenue Service taketh away. And withholding, and sales tax, and gasoline tax, and excise tax, and tobacco tax, and liquor tax, and inheritance tax and,...."
archaeopteryx replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"At least with Dionysus, the "God of the Grapes," you knew what you were getting --"
James Cox replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"Now this was a rare 'Event'. A theist going away happy, and not condemning folks to hell.
Makes me wonder who Mike/Andrew really was? "
diggerbanks replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"Last season Fabrice Muamba, a footballer for Bolton Wanderers to all intents and purposes died on the pitch during a football match. He was clinically dead for 90 minutes or something.
One of the Bolton fans was highly trained in first aid,…"
diggerbanks replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"Miracles = an event with no explanation + chinese whispers"
Tim replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"Check out this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSXhHDjrt6o
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Russell commented on Russell's blog post 'The Man Next to Me is Made of Staw... and His Arguments Suck'"That's what I said. Apparently if you're going to make the vows, you've got to stand by them forever and ever, even if both of you are miserable together"
Kendra Willems replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"I always wonder about Jesus's "Miracles". Why did he cure specific peoples with leprosy? What did he did? "I'll cure you, and you annnnnd YOU! The rest of ya'll gotta wait for science!" Why did he not give…"
Reg The Fronkey Farmer commented on Russell's blog post 'The Man Next to Me is Made of Staw... and His Arguments Suck'"What if they have no kids and can't stand the sight of each other?"
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Tonight I started a discussion with my religious friend about immortality. I was interested in talking about the problems it would pose, such as population ect, and the solutions and products of those solutions. The conversation soon sidetracked.He asked me what marriage would mean if we all lived for a very long time. I said it would mean the same thing today, depends on the couple. If people are going to stay together, they will. If they want a divorce, they will get one, and that's ok,…See More
Keith Murphy replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"Miraculous don't exist, that is wishful thinking. Cancer being cured is got do with medical science not talking to the floor every night.
Even suggesting such a thing is an insult to human scientific achievement. You should be commending…"
archaeopteryx replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"Por supuesto, they did Cesar, because it didn't fit what they wanted to believe.
I know that you are Dominican, but let me tell you a little story about your ancient cousins in Mexico:
Once upon a time, the Mayans had a…"
Cesar replied to Russell's discussion 'Miracles'"That reminded me that a few months back a couple missionaries were trying to convince me that a miracle had happen in a poor town far from the city i live.
A mother have just arrived home when she found her daughter lying on the floor and apparently…"
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The Man Next to Me is Made of Staw... and His Arguments Suck
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:00am 2 Comments 0 Likes
Tonight I started a discussion with my religious friend about immortality. I was interested in talking about the problems it would pose, such as population ect, and the solutions and products of those solutions. The conversation soon sidetracked.
He asked me what marriage would mean if we all lived for a very long time. I said it would mean the same thing today, depends on the couple. If people are going to stay together, they will. If they want a divorce, they will get one,…
Continue Ignorance is bliss
Posted on August 30, 2011 at 11:30pm 5 Comments 0 Likes
Sometimes I wish I didn't know so much about all the reasons god doesn't matter. Just join the masses and agree.
My friend said if he and I ever had a falling out, it would be because of my atheism. Every time it comes up, he always tells me I'm not an atheist, as if it's something impossible to be. It's not that I believe god doesn't exist, I just don't think he matters if he does exist. It's like santa. Santa could exist, he could circle the world at the incredible speed…
Continue Jesuits
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 7:32pm 5 Comments 1 Like
I REALLY want to respect these guys. Their awesome, and the Jesuit high school I went to was amazing. My best friend is going to be a Jesuit as well.
Their brilliant people, open minded, thoughtful, skeptical of traditional thought patterns, and very kind. Everything I strive to be as an atheist.
But they dedicate their lives to god. Every time I see one, I get this disappointed feeling, like their wasting their lives, because I know they, of all the religious people in the world, are… Continue
Their brilliant people, open minded, thoughtful, skeptical of traditional thought patterns, and very kind. Everything I strive to be as an atheist.
But they dedicate their lives to god. Every time I see one, I get this disappointed feeling, like their wasting their lives, because I know they, of all the religious people in the world, are… Continue
Stereotyped
Posted on August 16, 2011 at 1:29am 4 Comments 4 Likes
So a few nights ago, I told my best friend, who wants to be a Jesuit Priest, that I was an atheist, and we had a very long discussion about it. He isn't a science guy, and over the next few days, he told his science-minded friend, Will, (whose also my friend) about our discussion. This wasn't a big deal, I don't really care who he tells about it, it's not a huge secret.
Anyways, we all went out for dinner tonight, as kind of a last hurrah since I'm leaving for college and he's got another… Continue
Anyways, we all went out for dinner tonight, as kind of a last hurrah since I'm leaving for college and he's got another… Continue
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