Cofty as unpopular as that might be.
Posts by azor
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30Who is your favorite thinker pt 2.
by The Rebel inonce upon a time i started a thread who is your favorite thinker and got many responses.
however revisiting that thread i noted we were to modest to name ourselves or fellow posters.
i therefore think we are either complete idiots, or modesty aside we should now name names, and restrict our answers to posters on the board.. so who on this board is your favorite thinker and why?.
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100-million man hours
by Coded Logic inthe james webb telescope is set to launch in october of 2018 and will allow us to study the formation of first generation stars, the molecular clouds that became the first galaxies, and directly image exoplanets.
roughly one hundred times more powerful than the hubble space telescope the jwst is going to push back the current boundaries of science.. this is what 100-million man hours can accomplish.. .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8p0samsz7m.
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azor
This brings a tear to my eye. Thank you for making me aware of this.
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azor
TB & Problem Addict you are emphasizing the point exactly as I intended.
Hyperbole!!
This is my last post on this series. Just trying to drive the point home.
Sometimes even hitting people over the head with a concept doesn't work. Like the old saying goes you can lead a horse to water but you can't force it to drink.
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azor
Kate I'm sure most jihadis have families. Kiss there kids at night, tuck them in, read to them. Enjoy meals with friends and family. Want what they believe is best for those they care about.
Some Muslims believe jihad is an inner struggle. I respect jihadis to much as people to respect their beliefs. A belief system and an individual are 2 different things. There are varying belief systems and they all have consequences. Some of them more severe than others and deserving a response in kind.
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Jehovah protects his people. Did he ever protect you?
by TimeBandit inhello forum.
i started this topic because i had been thinking recently about a story that i had heard many times in different congregations over the years.
kind of a jw urban legend if you will.
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azor
Not when my wife was hit as a teenager by a drunk driver going 60 to 65 mph. Her body not her car that left her permanently disabled. Or when she ended up in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit when our son was a year old to be told she has a chronic condition called perarcarditis (inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart) that gets worse with age. Or when my beautiful 5 year old boy was diagnosed with leukemia. I can go on but why.
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azor
Mikey the point im trying to get at is how ridiculous it is of those who think beliefs should be respected just because someone holds them. What one believes matters. It affects actions, and actions affect me and those I care about. No belief should be held sacred and be beyond criticism. People and beliefs are not the same thing
One of my favorite quotes is "I respect you to much as a person to respect your beliefs. "
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azor
Kate you are one of the reasons I started these threads. To hopefully get through some of the thick headedness on display here regarding some people's inability to separate beliefs from people.
Gees things get wordy when trying to prequalify everything I say.
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azor
Outlaw I didn't say you were good with that. I am talking about respecting their beliefs. 2 separate things.
I'm trying to illustrate how ridiculous it is to state that beliefs of any kind merit respect. This example is the extreme result of such a stance. I'm not saying every belief is the same just that knocking people that challenge someone elses belief system is dangerous and needs to be called out as such.
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azor
Outlaw so I guess your ok with people that believe we should respect the beliefs of jihadi extremists. There are many out there and it is unfortunately part of our popular culture to just say meh.
Atheist extremists kill with words while religious extremists kill with steel. 2 sides of the same coin I guess. So yes I agree to disagree.
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azor
If you don't get it you don't get it. It's not about dumping on people with faith. It's about dumping on people that decry challenging beliefs. Many of these people are atheists.
I'm trying to progressively illustrate the ridiculousness of that stance. People that are non believers complaining about it doesn't help drive home the point. There are more people viewing this site than posting on it. I know, I have windows of time where I can post with a young family and all.