Yea, labels are fun but there's so many to choose from, why identify as something negative from a group you dislike and don't subscribe to anymore?
Posts by Twitch
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12Are you an Apostate...?...or a Heretic...?
by Balaamsass in/jumpto bodycontent .
look up heresy in wiktionary, the free dictionary.heresy is a religious act or opinion held to be in opposition or ardent violation of the stated doctrine of the christian church (particularly the holy roman or roman catholic church)or that of any church, creed, or religious system.
" - wikapedia.
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Do Not Let Your Opponent Define You...
by truth_b_known ini recently went to a class offered by my local chamber of commerce that teaches people how to run an election campaign.
i did this because a good friend of mine asked me to assist him in getting elected to a local county office.
i'm highly involved in politics, now, and thought it would be something fun to do.. one point that really struck a chord with me went something like this:.
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Twitch
To the OP, I agree on not identifying yourself by their terms.
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Help with Mathematical Concepts, Not Arithmetic
by Band on the Run inmy math background is embarassing.
my public education was very sad.
although i received good grades in college track math courses, i never understood the underlying ideas or motivations.
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Again, I'm no expert but have found this book to be rather intriguing and well written for the layperson. Some history and practical examples but some of the theorems and proofs are beyond me.
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Help with Mathematical Concepts, Not Arithmetic
by Band on the Run inmy math background is embarassing.
my public education was very sad.
although i received good grades in college track math courses, i never understood the underlying ideas or motivations.
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BOTR,
I find math fascinating though i only have an understanding of the basic fundamentals. One simple math concept that is inherent in nature and thus physics is the inverse square law which as applied to variables such as distance and intensity is true of many forces and/or effects in the universe. Sound, light, gravity, magnetism, etc all follow this simple rule, which states that as you increase the distance from a source, the intensity or force in question decreases by the inverse square of the distance.
y=1/x 2
If you stand twice as far away from speaker, it will appear 1/4 as loud. If you quad the distance, it is 1/16th as loud. (Note here that we don't hear sound levels in a linear fashion; it's logarithmic but that's another story) Same rule goes for light and brightness, gravity and attraction, etc. A very simple equation that is inherent in much of physics, though much other stuff can be built around it, essentially.
Were you to graph only the positive real numbers;
Ok, pretty but this is the basics of analytic geometry. Nothing much funky about the function but the idea of the cartesian coordinate system is fundamental to many types of math. It has roots in the early Greek geometers and the ideas of Euclid and his planes. But in itself, it's a little tough to make the connection to the concept it describes. Sure one might see that the function doesn't quite cross either axis and deduce that for any real number x, y will never be 0 or infinity. So, it has limits but that is another story. Still not seeing it.
It didn't really click with me until I saw this
Now that's a lot easier to understand and is worth a thousand words IMO. Of course, the effect that's being described is easily seen here though it's still a cartesian system, just with a third axis, z.
If I'm not mistaken, an equation is "derived" from the basic function in the xy coordinate system to this xyz one using calculus and differentiation. It works the other way as well using integration. I stand to be corrected by the professionals here on this though.
So maybe this is kinda something like what you're looking for. Maybe you know it already. But it was fun to try and explain. Kinda weird, eh? ;)
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Help with Mathematical Concepts, Not Arithmetic
by Band on the Run inmy math background is embarassing.
my public education was very sad.
although i received good grades in college track math courses, i never understood the underlying ideas or motivations.
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Twitch
I propose the probability of INTP types to be higher than average on this thread, but not exclusively :)
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Twitch
A real person, with real feelings, who doesn't deserve to be bullied on-line.
And who deserves some real reality, which in a sense they're getting here. But perhaps we should let the poster in question promote Godlike Productions and encourage the posting of ridiculous shite. Or at least look the other way, eh?
The question is, are we talking about their feelings here or yours? Because from what I've read, they don't seem to care about negative responses or any feedback for that matter. Just another poster on a mission from god. Besides, this thread is nothing as far as insults have gone for 867pintofkeiths5309, lol.
I have a dear cousin, who is mentally challenged. I hate to think of how he would get treated by someone like YOU.
Never met your cousin so you really don't know. Besides, this isn't about your cousin. Not thinking about virtual thugs like us pummeling strawmen you create is likely in your best interest ;)
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feeling much better since the meds were amped up
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Theistic Evolution
by cofty inthoughtful christians including scientists like francis collins and kenneth miller accept the evidence for evolution unconditionally.
the only thing that distinguishes their understanding of life from the views of dawkins is that they believe god planned and started the process intentionally.. just a word about the subtle but vital distinction between "theistic evolution" and "intelligent design".... over-simplifications alert - intelligent design is creationism in disguise.
it is a modern twist on the "paley's watch" argument.
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so close that we interbred with them
I read that in Scientific American. A little sidebar thing but I recall it saying there were traces of it in modern DNA samples. Kinda freaky actually. Must resist urge to derail, must resist...
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Theistic Evolution
by cofty inthoughtful christians including scientists like francis collins and kenneth miller accept the evidence for evolution unconditionally.
the only thing that distinguishes their understanding of life from the views of dawkins is that they believe god planned and started the process intentionally.. just a word about the subtle but vital distinction between "theistic evolution" and "intelligent design".... over-simplifications alert - intelligent design is creationism in disguise.
it is a modern twist on the "paley's watch" argument.
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Evolution has no concept of 'inferior' or 'superior' - jamesmahon
Agreed.
It is clear that evolution is what it is. The question may be what is god with this in mind.
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Theistic Evolution
by cofty inthoughtful christians including scientists like francis collins and kenneth miller accept the evidence for evolution unconditionally.
the only thing that distinguishes their understanding of life from the views of dawkins is that they believe god planned and started the process intentionally.. just a word about the subtle but vital distinction between "theistic evolution" and "intelligent design".... over-simplifications alert - intelligent design is creationism in disguise.
it is a modern twist on the "paley's watch" argument.
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Earlier I had said "creationist first cause" where I should've said "theistic". It may just be semantics but terms are important.
Either way, it implies a willful hand to put things in motion. Whether or not it's aware of it's own handedness and "loves" you is a another question and one more relevant to the topic.
I get a drift from Sulla that says prior to humans developing higher brain functions and the concept of mind, we were just animals with no free will and thus not qualified for an afterlife or god's love, in a nutshell. I guess that answers the question, do dogs go to heaven? Perhaps in a few million years...
Some interesting ideas here, worthy of some pondering.
