Posts by the_classicist

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Where did oil come from?

by IP_SEC in

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i guess there are two theories eh?

one that it came from dead dinos and decaying ancient plant material and the other that it is a normal geological process.. has anyone ever done any research on this?

the_classicist

According to the Daily Show, you kill two lizards, bury them in your yard, wait 300 million years, and then tap the oil well.

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Questions for God

by the_classicist in

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let's say that a being appears to you claiming to be god.

what questions would you ask it, or what miracles do you tell it to preform in order to determine whether this being is god?

the_classicist

How about those in the naturalist camp? Anyone?

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What time is it in your zone?

by sonnyboy in

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it's 6:04 am in maryland, so that means i spent another night wide awake.

what am i going to do when i go back to work...

AND CHAPTERS STILL HASN'T CALLED TO TELL ME TO PICK UP MY ORDER. IT'S AT THE MALL, I KNOW, THEY GAVE ME A TRACKING NUMBER. THREE DAYS, SO FAR HAVE I WAITED!!!!!!!!! I shall write a book, "Coping with Morons."

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Questions for God

by the_classicist in

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let's say that a being appears to you claiming to be god.

what questions would you ask it, or what miracles do you tell it to preform in order to determine whether this being is god?

the_classicist

Let's say that a being appears to you claiming to be God.

What questions would you ask it, or what miracles do you tell it to preform in order to determine whether this being is God?

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What time is it in your zone?

by sonnyboy in

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it's 6:04 am in maryland, so that means i spent another night wide awake.

what am i going to do when i go back to work...

the_classicist

We have three, but I'm only seeing Eastern and Pacific represented here. Where are the Centrals?

In bed! Which is where I'm going soon. A/C is on, but I'm a little thirsty and thinking of getting a drink. Then I'll decide what to set my alarm clock to.

It's 3:44am now.

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What time is it in your zone?

by sonnyboy in

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it's 6:04 am in maryland, so that means i spent another night wide awake.

what am i going to do when i go back to work...

the_classicist

3:07 am

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I said maybe, You're gonna be the one that saves me . . . . .

by nicolaou in

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and after all, you're my wonderwall .

today is gonna be the day .

that they're gonna throw it back to you .

the_classicist

Name: Sean Andrew.

Gender: Male.

Age: 18

Birthday: Dec. 30, 1986

Status: Single... I mean, unbaptized unpublisher, thoroughly 'postate (i was raised in it) Location: Canada

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What are you like when you don't get enough sleep?

by Crumpet in

how much sleep do you need generally?

if you don't get enough sleep - what are you like the next day?

does how you behave reflect the reason you didn't get enough sleep blatantly to others?

the_classicist

I'm a real bastard when I wake up from not having much sleep.

But on those times when I haven't slept for a while (like now, it's 2:32 am), my mind is always more creative and life makes sense. Nevermind the fact that I can barely form a cogent sentence now (the peak of my intellect is around 1 am).

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Shining One's Link To A Dishonest ICR Article

by AlanF in

in the thread "the skeptic's worst nightmare" ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/96102/2.ashx ) shining one gave a link ( http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&id=2464 ) to an icr (institute for creation research) artcle titled "evolution--impossible to embarass its believers" by the icr's founder henry morris.

why was the soft tissue preserved?

all it means is, "we don't accept what real scientists say.

the_classicist

Very thorough read, AlanF.

Though I do take exception to one thing that underlies the whole tone of the post: that the totality of reality can be explained in purely naturalistic and materialistic means.

One may consider man's so-called "yearning" for God, or a supernatural deity in two ways (although this is not extensive): 1) That this was implanted into man's nature by said deity or 2) This is an evolutionary mechanism that developed alongside other emotions. I think that some scientists favour option 2, as I've seen a few stories in the news about the "God gene" most notably in Dr. Hamer's book. Dr. Hamer, of course, does not view a "God gene" as negating the existence of God, which may seem paradoxical, but I can see know how religion can work around it (in terms of the predestination of the elect and since it seems that the God gene is not necessarily heredity, at least from present research, it would make sense to say that).

One might say that man's belief in an eternal absolute is simply primitive philosophy which can't come to grips with man's ephemeral nature. I don't see this as necessarily the case. If we take the Jewish religion as an ensample (as it is one of the few ones I know about), the resurrection was a later development in that religion, whereas they, in earlier times, seemed to believe that this life is what we have and God's blessing is shown in life. Then an atheist would point out that religion is simply meant for men to try to force their will upon nature without doing any real work. That would certainly explain magical religion, but not the type that feels the need to pay homage to the eternal absolute.

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I'm Fed Up!!!!!

by RichieRich in

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i just worked with a bunch of chicken-cooking retards for 8 hours.. then i come home and get no love from my jwd compadres?.

what is this world coming too?.

and btw, i am thoroughly pissed off that one my adorable self was not mentioned once on 4 pages of jwd love talk.

the_classicist

j'en ai marre aussi! edited to read: man, there's like no one on tonight.