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  tommy Robinson --update

  by zeb in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8b_xqi_nm.

  this is self explanatory.

  please if you are in a commonwealth country write /phone /fax your local member to support tr release from his current place of imprisonment.. you may not receive any reply but do so anyway.

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  The sexy you belong to in any of these religions directly affects their orthodoxy

  That's a brilliant example of predictive texting.

  Of course you are correct that the bible and the quran and the Hadith are appallingly bad guides to morality.

  How many Muslim-majority countries can you name where minorities feel safe? How about women's rights? How many grant their population freedom of speech and of worship?

  Despite its history Christianity has largely matured and become relatively harmless. When the occasional xtian nutter crosses a line the rest of christianity is very quick to condemn. We openly mock Westboro. The same cannot be said for Islam. It's like the slow kid in the class.

  Some immigration from Muslim majority countries by individuals who wish to adopt western values of personal freedom and liberal democracy is fine. Mass immigration by those who see integration as sinful is a threat to the future of Europe.
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  The bread pan illustration is totally flawed

  by purrpurr in

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  it just suddenly occured to me today.... you know the jws always say about adams sin being passed on to his descendants that its like you have a bread pan with a dent in it and that every loaf of bread will then have a dent?

  well that's fine for bread, cos your using the same pan.

  but that's not how genetics work?.

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  cofty

  It's a good question purrpurr.

  I don't think the WT has ever defined what they actually mean when they say Adam became 'imperfect' or how it differs from 'perfection'.

  How did he pass on 'imperfection' exactly?

  They did state a long time ago that 'imperfection' can only be passed on by the man but I don't know if they ever revised that bit of nonsense.
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  Do You Think The Mayor of London Is Doing a Good Job?

  by minimus in

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  his city seems pretty dangerous especially since he has taken over and of course he just loves trump.

  lol .

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  cofty

  Sadiq Khan came to office promising to do everything within his power to cut 'stop and search'.

  The murder rate soared and then he told the police to 'stop and search'. Genius!

  He gives the impression of somebody who cares primarily about his popularity.
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  tommy Robinson --update

  by zeb in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8b_xqi_nm.

  this is self explanatory.

  please if you are in a commonwealth country write /phone /fax your local member to support tr release from his current place of imprisonment.. you may not receive any reply but do so anyway.

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  cofty

  Ironically Tony Blair cynically created the conditions that led to Brexit.
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  Is There Life After Death

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i think this is a well developed discussion, of ian stevenson's work in investigating people's past lives claims.

  it's a little long.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0attm9hgcdw.

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  The body is the actuality and the soul is the potentiality - Brazil

  What is a soul exactly, and how do you know?

  This only took 4 pages to devolve into the standard “whats reality?” - Morpheus

  Indeed! It's a way of looking profound while avoiding all burden of proof. I cannot count how many threads have been ruined by the same tedious sophistry.

  Nobody can PROVE that we are not brains in a vat. So f***ing what?
  
  
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  Is There Life After Death

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i think this is a well developed discussion, of ian stevenson's work in investigating people's past lives claims.

  it's a little long.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0attm9hgcdw.

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  cofty

  okay. So?
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  Is There Life After Death

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i think this is a well developed discussion, of ian stevenson's work in investigating people's past lives claims.

  it's a little long.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0attm9hgcdw.

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  Materialists seem to come down on the side of the chair being real regardless of what the person feels. I’m not sure that makes a lot of sense.

  Rational people seem to come down on the side of the chair being real. I'm certain that makes a lot of sense.
  
  
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  Is There Life After Death

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i think this is a well developed discussion, of ian stevenson's work in investigating people's past lives claims.

  it's a little long.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0attm9hgcdw.

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  How can your analogy work? Everybody has a different consciousness. I have no idea what others are experiencing or thinking or dreaming.

  Animals also have a consciousness to a lesser degree.

  It's nothing like billions of creatures all tuning in to the same 'radio station'.
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  Is There Life After Death

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i think this is a well developed discussion, of ian stevenson's work in investigating people's past lives claims.

  it's a little long.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0attm9hgcdw.

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  and then say this important subject hinges on the experiments of a magician - xant

  No I said no such thing.

  Susan Blackmore is a serious scientist who spent decades trying to find scientific support for out-of-body and 'near-death' type phenomena. James Randi used his knowledge of how tricks are performed by top illusionists to debunk pseudoscience. His million dollar prize has been remained unclaimed.

  The onus is on those who makes positive assertions about life-after-death etc to provide objective evidence and on scientists to investigate those claims.
  
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  Is There Life After Death

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i think this is a well developed discussion, of ian stevenson's work in investigating people's past lives claims.

  it's a little long.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0attm9hgcdw.

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  If you start demanding proof I quote Cofty when he talks about evolution and says stop being lazy, read some book - xant

  That is disingenuous. There is no comparison. Biology textbooks and academic papers lay out a mass of objective evidence checked and reproduced by multiple groups of independent scientists. Evolution is a fact. Scientists invite scrutiny and challenges to their conclusions.

  Is there even one peer-reviewed paper presenting positive evidence for incorporeal consciousness?

  Also I don't just tell people to go and read books, I have made hundreds of posts setting out the evidence to explain it.

  Susan Blackmore dedicated the first couple of decades of her life to try to bring science to the subject, convinced as she was that there was something to be discovered. She eventually gave up with the conclusion that every single example was deception, lies or delusion.

  Books about life-after-death are a multi-million dollar business for obvious reasons. Their authors refuse objective scrutiny. James Randi's prize remains unclaimed. Subjective experiences are not proof of anything,