No, I have no illusions, I was thinking of science not so-called science. Most published papers come with substantial bias and poor quality, much...
I had to go back to the start of this thread to trace the trigger for what seemed a confusing exchange. It looks like - To the question - What does...
I did a search on the forums and only saw older partial references to this. Things have changed a little and I thought this hypothesis felt...
I agree to the extent that humans tend to believe whatever they want whether true or not, even outside of religion, imagination and propaganda tend...
The argument concerning infinity appears irrelevant. The essence is that a beginning is impossible. 1. Everything has a cause. 2. Time is required...
Mormons tend to have a confused view on Jesus. In their beliefs anyone can eventually become a god and have their own universe. The Jesus character...
If he had been a man with free will, then yes. But if he was really one of God's personalities, aka The Trinity, it would be a lot like...
The point is that religious fantasy can and does often distort the meanings of commonly held human ideals. Wars become to easier to rationalize when...
I have recently transitioned away from Windows to Linux (Mint Cinnamon). I have 3 desktop systems, I use Linux on 2 of them and kept 1 for Windows...
From the perspective of the non-believer, "be kind" is considered in a material sense, do no harm, be helpful, comforting, be generous, provide...
My simplistic non-scientific perspective on the impossibility and nonsense of time travel to the past. Time slows with increasing velocity, and at...
Jan, Your inability, as always, to demonstrate a non-fiction seems quite adequate. I quite understand and sympathize, that like most people, you...
Yes exactly. The overwhelming impact from centuries of religious propaganda and ancient superstitions will leave that mark on people. People tend to...
Exactly the same as for all other fictional characters. We have nothing to indicate a god exists anymore than there was ever a real Sherlock Holmes....
That the sun has come up some many billions of times is not evidence that it will rise tomorrow. A freak anomaly in the core or some killer asteroid...
The concept of ID is based on a flawed premise - that complexity instantly arises from something intelligent. There is no evidence for this. Our only...
Neural networks offer an evidence based first start. A disbelief is fine yet you offer no credible alternative. ↑ This is simply a variation on...
Haha - quaint computer analogy :-) The brain has some 200 billion neurons with several trillion connections between them. It is still orders of...
And yet - That still appears to be duality - (1) dust, (2) life force. When the body dies does the "life force" also cease to exist? Are they...
Haha - never really possible to leave this place. But having seen most arguments, it becomes tiresome to see endless re-runs - nothing new it seems....
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