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Rob Klaers commented on G. Randall's blog post 'Face(book) to Face(book) Conversation - LONGEST POST EVER!'"Just beautiful... :) "
Reg The Fronkey Farmer commented on G. Randall's blog post 'Face(book) to Face(book) Conversation - Pt. 2'"Excellent rebuttals to all the points made. The scenario is a common one for me to be in with fundamentalist Christians. While reading your post - one of the best I have read in recent times. - I am reminded of a 3 hours debate with a Jehovah…"
G. Randall posted a blog postVote for God Jacobson!
I was stumbling around the internet this afternoon and came across an interesting question. The original post was on some very small, obscure blogspot page, but StumbleUpon did its due diligence and delivered it to my screen.The question (posed here: http://enlightenedostrich.blogspot.com/2010/06/vote-for-god-jacobson.html) was this: would you vote for a man named God Jacobson, take under consideration that…See More
Chetan D commented on G. Randall's blog post 'Face(book) to Face(book) Conversation - LONGEST POST EVER!'"GOOD DEVIL!!!
this is too much!
i got tired before i even read your first post..."
Velogiraptor commented on G. Randall's blog post 'Face(book) to Face(book) Conversation - Pt. 2'"Niiiiice!
I have to say that he almost seems to be intentionally misunderstanding you. I've had this problem while discussion whether a person can be good or have morals without the Bible. He kept intentionally sidestepping the obvious point I…"
B. commented on G. Randall's blog post 'Pretentious Questions on Facebook - Answered'"ugh I am so sick of the statistical improbability argument.. I don't think anyone that actually understands math recognizes it as legitimate."
Natasha Kenny commented on G. Randall's blog post 'Pretentious Questions on Facebook - Answered'"Please post the entire conversation.I certainly am interested in reading the conversation.I think it will let me know what I'm in for."
Chetan D commented on G. Randall's blog post 'Pretentious Questions on Facebook - Answered'"First of all, the s#it hit the fan when you responded.
You should have blocked the guy's status from appearing on your news feed. Easy. Confrontation always begets more confrontation..."
G. Randall posted a blog postPretentious Questions on Facebook - Answered
Even though I don't live anywhere near the place I grew up, I still have many friendships and other connections to the people who are still there. Most of them I'm friends with on Facebook. I've gotten in the habit recently of just reading over peoples' status updates to see what's new with my old home.One guy's updates over the past few months have almost driven me over the edge. Here's a sample:"[name] Is wondering: who has more faith, the Atheist or the Christian? Your turn:""[name] Question…See More
Neil commented on G. Randall's blog post '"We Are All Connected" - Music by Symphony of Science'"I love these. Carl Sagan is my hero. Far and away my favorite author."
Gaytor commented on G. Randall's blog post 'Why Can't We Change the Debate?'"In the public square it's a matter of getting a source to set the terms. Bill Maher is a place where when it comes to religion, he sets the terms. We don't see much of this on regular television because they are broadcasting and selling…"
Dave G commented on G. Randall's blog post 'Why Can't We Change the Debate?'"In addition to what others have said, there is a fundamental difference between a debate and trying to determine the facts. A debate is focused more on sounding good than it is on establishing what the truth is.
This is one reason that theists tend…"
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Vote for God Jacobson!
Posted on June 11, 2010 at 3:52pm 0 Comments 1 Like
I was stumbling around the internet this afternoon and came across an interesting question. The original post was on some very small, obscure blogspot page, but StumbleUpon did its due diligence and delivered it to my screen.
The question (posed here: http://enlightenedostrich.blogspot.com/2010/06/vote-for-god-jacobson.html) was this: would you vote for a man named God Jacobson, take under…
Continue Face(book) to Face(book) Conversation - Pt. 2
Posted on May 11, 2010 at 4:30pm 3 Comments 2 Likes
[THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE. THIS ONE IS MORE INTERESTING TO ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF A ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE PAGE OWNER TOM]
Tom: Um no [ME], other way around. If either A or B, if not A, then B. That is sound tested philosophy. Thus, argumentally speaking, either side could prove one side right by proving the other side wrong. Besides, what person in the world would ever believe anything that they cannot see the evidence of? Totally ignorant from a… Continue
Tom: Um no [ME], other way around. If either A or B, if not A, then B. That is sound tested philosophy. Thus, argumentally speaking, either side could prove one side right by proving the other side wrong. Besides, what person in the world would ever believe anything that they cannot see the evidence of? Totally ignorant from a… Continue
Face(book) to Face(book) Conversation - LONGEST POST EVER!
Posted on May 11, 2010 at 4:15pm 2 Comments 1 Like
I was requested to post it, so why not? Here is the entire transcript from the facebook conversation I had with "the faithful" as was mentioned in my previous article. For anonymity I've chosen to use just first names for each person, if two people share the same first name I'll indicate with the name followed by 1 and 2.
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This conversation is still ongoing and contains 98 posts as of right now, some are quite lengthy. Where I…
Pretentious Questions on Facebook - Answered
Posted on May 8, 2010 at 5:00pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
Even though I don't live anywhere near the place I grew up, I still have many friendships and other connections to the people who are still there. Most of them I'm friends with on Facebook. I've gotten in the habit recently of just reading over peoples' status updates to see what's new with my old home.
One guy's updates over the past few months have almost driven me over the edge. Here's a sample:
"[name] Is wondering: who has more faith, the Atheist or the Christian?… Continue
One guy's updates over the past few months have almost driven me over the edge. Here's a sample:
"[name] Is wondering: who has more faith, the Atheist or the Christian?… Continue
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