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Before asking if God exists one must define God. by bowser January 10, 2012 10:22 pm
  • Apparently "God" is that ineffable being to whom those who believe in him credit all responsibility for that which Man ... by bowser 2012-01-12 00:22:00
    • From The Edge of the Sea by ER 2012-01-11 23:10:28
      • ER...that is beautiful. by Jody 2012-01-12 10:07:13
        • Be careful who you share that sentiment with. Although she died some time ago, to this day, Rachel Carson ... by ER 2012-01-12 11:30:26
          • I Goggled her...she sounds like an amazing woman. A strong woman. An enlightened ahead of her time woman. I would have ... by Jody 2012-01-12 21:09:52
      • Some things we must accept on faith alone. There are times when we have some reason to suspect that the ... by johannes 2012-01-11 20:52:33
        • unless of course our galaxy is simply an atom in the man’s big toe.;-) ...don't laugh j....I have actually thought about ... by Jody 2012-01-11 21:19:43
        • Fantasy by RobVG 2012-01-11 17:44:44
          • Assuming God has not ascended to higher plane, he is probably pondering a gigantic black hole at the center of ... by FrankC 2012-01-11 19:20:28
            • In a sense dying is life’s greatest adventure. SWEET by Jody 2012-01-11 21:22:05
            • I love that Rob. I do believe in re-incarnation...long before it was *fashionable* and I come up with that realization after ... by Jody 2012-01-11 19:17:45
              • I believe reincarnation has been fashionable for thousands of years. by bowser 2012-01-11 23:46:32
                • Not *fashionable*...I should know, I was one of the founding mothers. It has been a rocky road. Eventually others will understand. by Jody 2012-01-12 10:05:06
                  • Leslie Lemke by RobVG 2012-01-12 16:35:27
                    • Stories such as this abound...and don't forget Mozart! What began my thought processes in this area was an absolutely *took my ... by Jody 2012-01-12 21:05:05
            • At the risk of you not following my train of thought again, and blowing me off,...I offer, and I must, ... by Jody 2012-01-10 22:47:52
              • I certainly don't mean to blow you off. There are several things you said I understand, and some I ... by bowser 2012-01-10 23:03:07
                • What else would make us look beyond ourselves ...It would have to be something greater. We begin by ... by Jody 2012-01-10 23:15:17
                  • As a reference of time...maybe this would help my communication: By referring to creating God, I am talking about since ... by Jody 2012-01-10 23:33:05
              How do search engines work? by ER January 12, 2012 6:39 am
                On Tactical Nuclear War by ER January 11, 2012 11:10 am
                • In a real sense all nukes are strategic. No country, except the US, with nukes has ever used them ... by bowser 2012-01-11 16:52:45
                  • When even the tiniest tactical nuke, one comparable to a large conventional explosive, goes off on the earth's surface, it ... by ER 2012-01-11 17:32:07
                  • The military boffins are always looking at small nukes for tactical needs. by TB 2012-01-11 11:23:41
                    • Using a nuke does have some aspects of losing your virginity, doesn't it? There's no such thing as a ... by ER 2012-01-11 13:08:45
                    Going back in time... by Jody January 11, 2012 12:12 pm
                    • Pontius Pilates, and gotten to see and know all the hot chicks who exercise. by bowser 2012-01-11 16:57:02
                      • The guy in charge of the Babel Project. Yes, I'm an architectural geek. No, I don't understand why ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-11 14:32:19
                        • awww...my li'l Fountainhead. by Jody 2012-01-11 15:39:30
                          • Careful, if does't get his way he'll blow the place up. by ER 2012-01-11 16:13:17
                        • My favorite Bible Dude was Uriah the Hittite. Although I don't think I would have wanted to be him. by ER 2012-01-11 13:36:23
                          • Sorry your wife cheated on ya Uriah...but you were a workaholic...never home... by Jody 2012-01-11 15:38:11
                            • Yeah, he was a loyal soldier, and the chickenhawk politician was rogering his wife. by ER 2012-01-11 17:20:01
                          • Of all the research I have done over the years, I firmly believe Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. I ... by Jody 2012-01-11 13:07:31
                            • The Republicans would have demanded to see a marriage certificate. by ER 2012-01-11 13:16:18
                              • HAH!!! by Jody 2012-01-11 15:38:41
                            Ultimate drop test for IPad case by TB January 10, 2012 10:24 pm
                              More Pointless Philosophizing by ER January 6, 2012 6:02 pm
                              • Where is Marcus Aurelius when you need him? by FrankC 2012-01-07 19:11:05
                                • Perhaps the "good emperor" is an outmoded concept. by Robert 2012-01-07 23:15:22
                                  • Why stop there? by ER 2012-01-08 11:11:13
                                    • I noticed the gentle merging of "GOP" and "corporals of industry" again. by TB 2012-01-09 10:24:10
                                      • Tom, as you yourself love to point out, "no one put a gun to their heads." You can't blame the regulators ... by ER 2012-01-09 12:50:14
                                        • You've got a point. The Democrats can't win without corporate support, and the suits in the suites aren't shy ... by ER 2012-01-09 12:41:55
                                          • My philosophy says that you aren't going to get rid of human failings, such as greed, corruption, and power-lust, so ... by TB 2012-01-09 13:29:01
                                            • Your view of history may be very realistic, but your expectations for it are adolescent fantasy. Businessmen do not want ... by ER 2012-01-09 14:49:25
                                              • Polar bears in the South Pacific again. by TB 2012-01-09 16:55:04
                                                • I stop in the mid 1800s because things only got worse between then and the beginning of the 20th century. ... by ER 2012-01-09 17:19:08
                                                  • Most of what you know about the "Gilded Age" is mythology. by TB 2012-01-09 20:36:39
                                                    • Like most Americans, you're provincial and apparently unaware of developments in the rest of the world. Those people ... by ER 2012-01-09 21:55:32
                                                      • Your first theory fell flat, so you came up with a different one. by TB 2012-01-09 22:58:25
                                                        • Post withdrawn. by ER 2012-01-10 06:06:56
                                        • Did you read my condemnation of party politics by FrankC 2012-01-09 00:30:07
                                          • I can't attribute the quote, it's not mine, but I can't remember who said it. "The Democrats don't have any ideas, ... by ER 2012-01-09 07:18:56
                                            • Oh, the Democrats have ideas. Very specific ones. So does their opposition. by TB 2012-01-09 10:02:23
                                              • Its like team sports. The teams are different, and they play very hard for the prize, but it really ... by ER 2012-01-09 12:34:41
                                    • Well we all know something... by RobVG 2012-01-06 20:37:58
                                      • I'm surprised it hasn't hit yet. Here's my reasoning. Inflation destroys the value of cash, so people with savings ... by ER 2012-01-06 22:11:59
                                        • Usually the first thing that comes to mind is TARP and the stimulus by RobVG 2012-01-07 12:02:13
                                          • Most of that stuff is out of my pay grade. Whether or not 'tis better to let a business, ... by ER 2012-01-07 13:05:47
                                            • "A lot of problems just go away on their own”. by RobVG 2012-01-07 15:06:21
                                              • I never had any illusions of ever using my house as a cash cow. If there is an economic crash, ... by visitor 2012-01-07 15:44:42
                                                • Take heart.. by RobVG 2012-01-07 15:55:39
                                              • An analogy by RobVG 2012-01-07 13:56:21
                                                • I don't dispute your figures, but I do have a question. Just who is all that money owed to? ... by ER 2012-01-07 14:23:22
                                                  • Last time I checked, the majority of US debt is held by US corporations and individuals. It'd be interesting to ... by RobVG 2012-01-07 15:12:01
                                                    • You can find ownership of Federal Securities in this PDF document, page 51 (internal document numbering). by TB 2012-01-07 19:50:13
                                                      • Look it up? by ER 2012-01-07 16:08:21
                                                  • Corrected for inflation, the Federal government is spending more than the amount of the entire WWII debt every single year. by TB 2012-01-07 13:21:49
                                                    • That was my point too. If you borrow money or sell stock to build a factory, that factory will ... by ER 2012-01-07 14:01:36
                                                      • I'm well aware of how the mortgage industry created pretend money. It was aided and abetted by people who ... by TB 2012-01-07 14:48:22
                                                        • Shorter version: by TB 2012-01-07 14:49:28
                                                          • If you want to keep skunks honest, throw them in jail. by ER 2012-01-07 15:02:26
                                                            • They didn't do that either, did they? by TB 2012-01-07 18:12:53
                                                              • Start with this by RobVG 2012-01-07 18:59:24
                                                                • So what you're saying is they knew this crash was coming as early as June, 2008? by ER 2012-01-08 06:14:27
                                                                  • I'm just saying that someone should have gone to jail. by RobVG 2012-01-08 11:04:05
                                                                    • Information is power. Even if you don't illegally profit yourself from insider trading, you can use your inside knowledge, ... by ER 2012-01-08 11:38:52
                                                                      • The struggles are what seem to get the publicity. n/t by RobVG 2012-01-08 12:34:07
                                                              • √ by RobVG 2012-01-07 15:23:37
                                              • Bowser's Rule: Things will never be better than they are right now. by bowser 2012-01-06 18:32:11
                                                • "We are, by definition, at the center of the observable region." Or, we are suspended precisely at the intersection of past ... by ER 2012-01-06 18:53:24
                                                Now this is a BIG surprise! by BuckGalaxy December 22, 2011 8:13 pm
                                                • skeptical update (and bounce test) by podrock 2012-01-08 17:02:57
                                                  • damn local news redirect to their home page....arrgggg...you'll have to cut and paste the url... by podrock 2012-01-08 17:04:38
                                                    • Testing this link. by TB 2012-01-08 17:39:24
                                                  • DeSoto's map of his journey in the southeast United States contains place name that sound as if they could be ... by podrock 2011-12-23 11:49:34
                                                    • The Spanish transliterated Indian languages so they sounded Spanish. Indian names for geographical entities are very common in Latin ... by ER 2011-12-23 12:39:18
                                                      • PS: There are some nice little gold deposits in that region of Georgia. by podrock 2011-12-23 12:11:21
                                                      • When you think about it, with a huge Mayan civilization in Mexico, it is more surprising to me that there ... by TB 2011-12-22 22:13:58
                                                        • When I toured the Southwest, we visited some "Pueblo" ruins that contained features peculiar to Maya cities, specifically, a court ... by ER 2011-12-23 06:18:11
                                                          • Have you read "1491"? by podrock 2011-12-23 12:12:05
                                                            • I had heard of it, but knew little about it. I suspected it was either a do-gooder lament about how ... by ER 2011-12-23 12:54:41
                                                          • No respect for the border even then. At least the neo-moderne variety comes by it honestly. by bowser 2011-12-22 22:17:39
                                                          Rock stars and brown M&Ms. by TB January 7, 2012 10:55 am
                                                          • Rock promoters are notorious scumbags. Ted Nugent once related that he had an aerial photographer overfly one of his ... by ER 2012-01-07 14:19:31
                                                            On a Philosophical Note by ER January 4, 2012 12:04 pm
                                                            • Science, knowledge and technology are indeed cumulative. Wisdom has to be learned by each individual, and usually isn't. Therefore the ... by bowser 2012-01-04 12:44:46
                                                              • Taking a slightly different tangent. Let's assume for the moment that "science" can and does establish that homosexuality is ... by bowser 2012-01-04 15:20:08
                                                                • Hubble actually brings up that same point, immediately after the quote I presented. Nevertheless, the atmosphere of scientific research--the disinterested curiosity, ... by ER 2012-01-04 16:30:42
                                                                  • Solidly Buddhist. The Universe "is", neither right nor wrong, not in the realm of that determination. Science is ... by bowser 2012-01-05 17:55:18
                                                                    • Heavy, dude. by ER 2012-01-05 19:04:20
                                                                      • And another one. Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. by bowser 2012-01-06 00:57:22
                                                                        • And Odysseus had his men lash him to the mast so he could hear for himself the Sirens sweetly singing. It ... by ER 2012-01-06 04:41:28
                                                                        • Well done. One further thought. The concept of "God" is an attempt by Man's ego to extend Man's ... by bowser 2012-01-05 20:10:08
                                                                          • Hey Bowser, your thoughts about God are a lot different than mine. Your question of, “(One is left to ... by johannes 2012-01-06 20:52:06
                                                                            • What you are really saying is that Western Man would rather be a slave to god than free in an ... by ER 2012-01-06 06:51:15
                                                                              • Exactly. It's human nature. As an example, consider the current state of affairs in the US. The ... by bowser 2012-01-06 14:15:23
                                                                                • Consider the connotation if we had used the word *Universe* all along, instead of the word *God* by Jody 2012-01-06 07:44:17
                                                                                  • At first blush that sounds just fine. There may be more to the matter, however. What is "God"? A ... by bowser 2012-01-06 12:30:32
                                                                                    • Consider this: I am God. You are God. We are God. We make God whatever we choose. Freewill. by Jody 2012-01-06 13:23:36
                                                                                      • We discussed that above. That is exactly what Man has done, define "God" in whatever way meets Man's needs. However, ... by bowser 2012-01-06 14:07:23
                                                                                        • Predictability is in the religion Man creates to explain God. Collectivism. If every man and woman defined God according to our ... by Jody 2012-01-06 14:20:56
                                                                                          • Frankly, I'm not smart enough to follow your train of thought. Going back a ways, the "Universe" was defined ... by bowser 2012-01-06 14:58:11
                                                                                            • What will the preachers do when the Devil is saved? by ER 2012-01-06 15:29:33
                                                                                              • They are very, very versatile, much like neutrinos. Remember the Inquisition? Where the Roman Catholic Church was indistinguishable ... by bowser 2012-01-06 17:02:28
                                                                                    • Good point. My idea of god IS the universe, nature, the world, reality, the Laws of Physics, whatever you ... by ER 2012-01-06 09:32:05
                                                                                      • I agree with you ER...and as of late I have come to appreciate even *more*, the intricacies of the Universe, ... by Jody 2012-01-06 11:34:12
                                                                        • You may very well be right, Bowser, (or at least, you may have little trouble getting others to agree with ... by ER 2012-01-04 14:21:38
                                                                        One of your better soccer saves by TB January 5, 2012 1:01 pm
                                                                        • Wow. And one of the worst, too. by bowser 2012-01-06 17:16:50
                                                                          Hell hath no fury, dept. by ER January 6, 2012 5:05 am
                                                                          • Good Lord! by bowser 2012-01-06 17:15:47
                                                                            Lost DaVinci sketch to be tested in Milan. by Jody January 5, 2012 7:57 am
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