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Flip that Mother Father!
e:DeFender1031 wrote:
please don't, it's hard to read
It's less intrusive than substituting symbols for letters. I'd rather adopt a new diction than allow for one word to be corrupted by symbols. Haven't you ever read The Phantom Tollbooth?
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seto007 wrote:
Whats The URL?
You're probably going to get banned if you don't start listening.
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seto007 wrote:
GOD!!! WHAT THE HELL IS WITH YOU ALL!!!!!ALL I WANT TO F**KEN KNOW IS HOW TO DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1) BLJs have limitless speed in the negative vector direction.
2) No
3) Probably not, but it's worth a shot.
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Dacicus wrote:
I think it would be nice if people asked those questions about so-called "scientific" knowledge, however, such as the so-called "proof" for evolution, which definitely doesn't claim to be inspired by God. We could make a whole other thread just about that, though.
They do. They ask themselves those kinds of questions all the time. When we question religion, there is a huge necessity for faith in order to accept the responses. When we question science, we further question things we don't accept until we can surely agree or disagree, to an obvious limit.
This is the difference between religion and the scientific approach:
"How did the universe begin?"
R: God created it all out of sheer will.
S: We think that it was created by something known as the Big Bang.
"And what was happening before this? Where did all of this come from?"
R: That is beyond our comprehension, and we simply accept that God and his ways are beyond us. We can not comprehend God in his infiniteness.
S: We can't answer that now, but we are still looking for answers.
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The one part that comes to mind is when Jesus is doing his thing on a sunday, and the herodian preists are watching him. He goes in to a church and a blind man asks for help. Jesus asks the priests if he is allowed to heal on the Sabbath, and they give no response. He goes ahead and heals the man, and the priests begin to plot against him.
None of the 4 Apostles were there for that, I don't recall. Also, as you stated, anything in the Gospels that the Apostles didn't witness was described to them by Jesus. Therefore, how is it possible that we can accept a second-hand telling of a situation that serves to benefit the initial narrarator? Isn't that practically rumor?
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Hyena wrote:
Based on rumours? The authors were supposedly there when it happened. Either they simply wrote what they observed, or they were embellishing facts.
The scriptures and gospels were definitely NOT written right after the fact, or even close enough to the point where exaggeration and whatnot couldn't have seeped in. I'm not saying that the works aren't true or anything, but I have a hard time remembering what I said to my room mates a few hours ago.
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**I refuse to back up any of my statements with facts or whatever.
Religion isn't really becoming less popular. It's just as widespread as ever, but those who aren't as extreme as others aren't really noted for any religious standing. There is an underlying sub-genre of religious people that have faith, but don't follow the public/life guidelines that they should, according to their beliefs.
Just because science is becoming more accepted than anything most religions can create is not analagous to religion losing a war with non-religion. Religious people have the uncanny knack to twist non-religious things in to religious things (see the poor example of Intelligent Design), which keeps the faithful mostly faithful. Also, keep in mind that not every culture sees the unpopularity of religion that other countries see.
The thing you're trying to say is that the moral standards of the world are dropping. This is true, and though it does fly in the face of religion, it doesn't mean that religions are losing followers. It just means that those who don't share the morals of most religions have more outlets by which they can voice themselves, and technology is allowing these people to slowly have more of a say.
Blame it all on generation degeneration. And Janet Jackson's nipple.
