I would like to post a conversation I just had on Google+. I understand how my statements may sound offensive but I see things as I see it. My opinion is not unheard of but I am not saying it is fact. However, my issue really isnt about what I said it is about the response it received from a guy who didn't like what I said but posted his opinions. I don't understand them and I was wondering if someone could explain what he means by his definition of consciousness and "objective…

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The Preacher

Ecclesiastes 1:1 to 12:1



1:1 The words of the preacher, the son of King David in Jerusalem.



Everything is nothing, absolutely nothing. Everything is absolutely nothing. People live and people die but the Earth just keeps on keeping on. The sun rises and the sun sets.…

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God and Job

Job 19:1 to 42:10



19:1 Both God and Satan remained quiet while Job and his three friends continued debating the system of justice God had provided for the Universe. Job said, "Give me a break, I'm innocent. I've begged God to hear my story but he's shut me out. He has unfairly counted me among his enemies. He has…

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Job's Friends

Job 8:1 to 18:1



8:1 After Job's extensive tirade about the unjust nature of humanity's role in the battle between cosmic factions of good and evil, his number two friend had finally heard enough and entered the fray. He said "How long can you go on and on about what a good guy you are? If…

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Testing Job

Job 1:1 to 6:4



1:1 Once upon a time there was a rich man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was indeed one righteous dude. He was very afraid of the Lord, which is wise, and also he hated evil. So that was essentially Job’s stand on the subject of human morality, fear and hate. He had a…

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Is there anyone who doesn't ask this question? If not, why not? I'm pretty confident that any thinker has pondered this. Hmmm... why is this such a concern of ours? Why is this question in our mind? Why were we not content with just being? You know, as in the earth was always here.

Well, regardless, we asked.

Science is now telling us that the universe came into existence when a primordial start of elemental condition started to expand. Which still begs the question,…

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Tonight we'll be featuring our interview with evolutionary biologist Dr. Mark Pagel. The audio of…

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hey guys! apologize for whatever glitch that was that prevented the post from going up last night! thanks to the surprising number of you that messaged me to ask "hey, I miss my Sunday School! What happened?" let's see if it'll work this time!

 

first, make sure you check out tonight's episode of the show. we're featuring a chat with…

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welcome back everyone! thanks as always for stopping in to see what i've gathered together for your Sunday (and into the new week) reading pleasure.

 

first of all, if you haven't already, you simply must get entered into the contest we're currently running to…

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This is for all the lay people out there. Of course, we all know the  universe is big. But this paragraph (paraphrased below) in the book I'm  currently reading: Chris Impey's "How it Ends", crystallizes that fact  more dramatically than I've ever heard before.

 

Shrink the universe by a factor of 300 million. Earth reduces to the size of a golf ball. The Sun is a 3-meter ball 400 meters away. But the nearest star is still 35,000km (20,000 miles) away.

 

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i'm reading through Erik Wielenberg's book Value and Virtue in a Godless…

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first off, before we get to the links, TA's Radio Show podcast is returning tonight after a several months long hiatus during which we revamped and re-conceptualized the show. our first guest is former minister and apologist turned atheist author and creator of the popular blog Debunking Christianity, John Loftus! the show begins tonight at 5PM PST/8PM EST and goes for an hour and a half. our host Greg will play his interview with John and take some calls from the audience.…

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I was talking with a friend of mine about the universe, and space. He started in on a size-comparison of us to the universe, and then extended it between us and our white blood cells. He pointed out that as far as cells go, white blood cells are pretty sophisticated, but in general they're pretty stupid (they attack good cells, for instance).



He posed the question, "What if we're just the white blood cells of some other being?"



We weren't talking about a god in the sense of… Continue

This article is found in my website, Uncompromising Rhetoric

Prelude: Are Atheists reluctant to confront Islam?

As I was reading about professor Hawking blasting his way onto headline news online, I stumbled on a quite astonishing website of an Islamic fundamentalist, Hamza Tzortzis, known to his fellow…

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This amazing summary of our latest understanding of cosmology, by Lawrence Kraus, will blow your mind. It's what the majority of physicists now believe about the universe. It's the most informative hour I've ever spent in my life. You've GOT to see… Continue

hey every one look at this t-shirt heres the link: your Brain

it's like… Continue