millertime: Question: are we referring to mere atheism, which is a broad term meaning simply "there is no god", but otherwise potentially believes in some supernatural force (like souls or karma or whatever), or are we referring to naturalism, meaning that there is absolutely nothing beyond the physical world? i think the word "god" carries such a load of baggage and is so fuzzy that it should be abandoned altogether. as
ShadowWorrior: no justifications needed! the bible is such a random assortment of texts, and was assembled only in 325 at the council of nicea, when a bunch of guys voted on which texts to include and which to leave out. and they left out some pretty interesting ones at that! like the gospel of judas. yep, that's right! judas has his own version of the story, and it goes much like in "the last temptation of christ"(1988),a great film to watch if you haven't seen it. a spoiler:
Achillus: serious case of the mondays? Just kiss your kids goodbye everyday. Tell your spouse you love them every moment your with them. Appreciate your friends and enjoy their company... Bah,they won't remember any of this when they are dead. Just go out there. DO WHAT YOU WANT. KILL. STEAL. SCREW YOUR BEST FRIENDS SPOUSE. WE'RE ALL WALKING DEAD. THE
There is in math an equation which operates similarly to this riddle "This is a lie." Now like this riddle logic cannot answer the math problem. There exists within two logical answers which can neither be proved nor disproved. Either the answer is yes this is a lie or no its truth. For those that believe that logic can answer all questions this problem creates a dynamic paradigm. you are talking about a paradox. paradoxoi are indeed powerf
Well, I would say I am maybe 20% sure he does not exist and 80% sure he does in fact exist. In my mind, taking everything in my life experiences into account, it is more likely that some form of a God does exist. fair enough. i agree it is the only thing one can do. However, the circumstantial evidence is compeling. If you consider that in a court of law, two impartial witnesses saying the same thing would ho
ok that is killing and plunder but i didn't read anything about rape. unless you try to read it into that one passage. i hope you don't mean it's allright, because it's JUST killing and plunder?! and yes, "keep for yourselves" means take as wives. and i do not presume you would actually WANT to marry someone who just slaughtered your family and nation. also, try this one on for size: Isaiah13:13 I will make heaven
stanley: first of all, i am just as fascinated by NDE as you are. thanks for this interesting link! Antibody, take a look at this website. I ask that you read through it and provide counter - arguments if you wish after you have read trough it. This provides some of the "verifiable evidence". http://www.near-death.com/evidence.html i am afraid for reasons of time, i shall be unable to read th
The old testament is full of this: jahwe's tribe goes out and kills, pillages and rapes, all for the glory of god. some fine "values" that god instills in us there. If its full of it than you shouldn't have any trouble quoting a particular instance, hmmm? I don't remember God ever saying, 'Go destroy that village and rape their women and children, because it pleases me!' Probably because it never
Hi! Request: Please remove off-topic categories from recent posts list There is a lot of smart people hanging around these forums, and i freely admit i think it is fun to discuss just about anything with smart people. However: since this IS supposed to be primarily a game forum, i agree with the OP. please remove off-topic categories from recent posts list!
which is not the least bit verifiable? that would be called faith. and that would be why i am an atheist
Ok, here is something. Do people have NDEs where there is nothing to do with God and the afterlife? If NDEs are solely a function of the brain and nothing more, why wouldn't a NDE just be like a random dream?? to my knowledge, the part of the brain that does the dreaming has usually already shut down. however, if you want to get into a deeper discussion of NDEs, i suppose you would have to consider the individual situation and circumstances of the
That is the problem with you guys. You are so SURE. So Sure God doesn't exist. You guys won't admit His existence is at least possible. You treat it like it is absolute fact that God doesn't exist. I will concede with you guys and acknowledge that it is possible that God doesn't exist. Certainly, you guys can concede the opposite? 99.99% sure. but i admit that unlikely as that may be, the existence of a god is at least possible. however, in order to exp
Anonymous charity drains the substance of the giver, with no benefit, and increases the substance of the reciever. Greater chance to breed, blah, blah, blah, you know the bit. Should be considered bad, but its not. actually, there is an interesting example i saw referenced in "The God Delusion" : some species of finch or other uses "altruism" as a means to establish social dominance, which INCREASES the chance to breed for the giver. you k
Shouldn't we be doing this? Why aren't all of us going around and murdering other families to ensure our good genes and only our genes get passed? Why aren't murder and stealing socially acceptable?? Maybe God has insitlled these vaules in us? umm, no. maybe a measure of cooperation actually confers a selective advantage? it is well known from game theory that the strategy of "cooperate first, then respond in kind" works best for the individual. as
so scientists transferred parts from one living cell to another living cell. that is the same as making a cell that never had life and making it live. Good one Daniel. When scientists can basically slop together a bunch of atoms and form a living biological organism with absoultely 0 reliance on an already living organsim, then I may be swayed to be aetheist. actually, bad one. "0 reliance on an already living organism" is
this is the light in which genome-transfer experiments should be seen, IMO. i have to agree with this. to stay with your image. we can put the car together but we can't make the car run. actually, i think we can. all we need is fuel and time. i suppose someone needs to spend the millions of $ and a
I take it as faith that the bridge on the Missippi collasped. no you don't. seeing is believing If you really read these people's stories who have had near death experiences its like why wouldn't you believe in God? first of all, afterlife!=god. second, because I know that hallucinogenic dr
scientists transferred the genome of one bacterium into another one. so scientists transferred parts from one living cell to another living cell. that is the same as making a cell that never had life and making it live. more like killing it and then making it live again as a different being, actually. a "cell that never had any life" by definition does not exist
now explain something for me if life was an accident. and we now what it takes to make a cell. and we put all of those elements together how come we can't make that cell live. yes we can make proteans but we can't make that cell live. dear all: first, life was NOT an accident. if life started on earth, it must rely on processes that were chemically (i.e. thermodynamically) favored under the conditions of the
somehow it bothers me to build all those crappy defenders early on, and I'd rather build up my planets or build colonizers or constructors. In my latest game as the Altarians on maso, DA1.6, large galaxy all abundant, I built a strong economy early, then bribed the other civs to go to war with each other. I also traded an economic treaty for a research treaty and a ton of crappy terran fighters. I was next to last or last in military strenght until the late game, but I was never attacked because
Yup, that worked. Thanks a bunch!
In my current 1.6 game, the Arceans put defenses on their troop transports: 1-1-1, but no guns. Maybe they were getting ready to propose the "armed transports" resolution to the UP? heh.
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Hi all, and sorry if this has been posted before. When I start a new game in DA1.6 (latest), and I pick one of the stock races, I can customize them with 10 ability points- except for the Drathi, it seems, which don't get ANY points. Is this normal? regards, me.
SPORE: the game that is scheduled for release in spring 2006! No wait: Fall 2006! Errm, spring 2007. Fall 2007? Perhaps sometime in 2008?!
