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by linuxbear
Mon 25 Nov 2013, 19:55
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
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afifio wrote:

I have two of Rumi's books translated into English. He's a good read if you like verse
by linuxbear
Mon 25 Nov 2013, 19:51
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
Replies: 284
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Apatheist: H0 + G0 = Null ----- Probably the correct answer, but not the best solution. ------------------------------------------------------ >>> Solutions are only needed where required. I just do not care other than to be a little fascinated by all religions, so a solution is not necessary for me
by linuxbear
Mon 25 Nov 2013, 19:43
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
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leeper69 wrote:if we are made in god,s image then possibly god goes where we go and would be everywhere we are. but who are we to question his existence if we are made in his image?
I cannot be made in a god's image, because there is nothing about me which resembles Kali
by linuxbear
Thu 21 Nov 2013, 20:16
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
Replies: 284
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Yens guys have really complicated matters with your suggestion of various versions and derivations of all of these "eists" Many in the United States understand the basic meanings to be thus: Deist: Believes in the possibility of gods, but not necessarily the Christian god Theist: Believes ...
by linuxbear
Thu 21 Nov 2013, 20:00
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
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"These are not MY judgments they are GODs' judgments. In fact that specific scripture you quote is telling the elect to NOT substitute their judgment for GODs' judgment." >>> Correction: These are your god's judgments. If you were born in India, you might be Hindu and this would not apply....
by linuxbear
Thu 21 Nov 2013, 19:46
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
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If you die in your iniquity, failing to obey GODs' standard, you may be "destroyed" in hell. But that isn't GOD destroying "the wicked" it's GOD destroying YOU. >>> It's my understanding that Jesus never said anything about hell, so why do Christians keep threatening us with a bi...
by linuxbear
Thu 21 Nov 2013, 19:40
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
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"Theism isn't a religion. It's just the presence of belief in the existence of god(s)."


>>> actually, you have defined Deist here. Theism and Theology are normally associated with the Judeo-Christian Islamic god
by linuxbear
Tue 19 Nov 2013, 20:33
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
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Views: 5309

but the logical atheists does not seems to accept that that one are neither believer nor disbeliever. 2. Weak atheism (neither belief nor non-belief in the existence of gods, no belief either way) What is a "weak atheist" ? That's the first time I have heard that term. BTW. Your definitio...
by linuxbear
Tue 12 Nov 2013, 20:13
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
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Agnostics and Apatheists and Freethinkers and what have you all of them are either theist or atheist to those atheists that are really at it. I see them as some kind of logical fanatics who are totally locked to see everybody as atheist or theist. No nuances like you describe. you might be right, i...
by linuxbear
Mon 11 Nov 2013, 20:34
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: For puppyluvr
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Views: 341

"Yeah,..like Dick Tracy's two-way-radio-watch, (in comics of the 1940's and 50's)....and Buck Roger's huge flat-screen wall televisions (shown in movies way back in the 1930's)" All your music on a "credit card" The mobile phone (pocket phone) Supercomputers with self awareness ...
by linuxbear
Mon 11 Nov 2013, 20:00
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
Replies: 284
Views: 5309

Agnostics and Apatheists and Freethinkers and what have you all of them are either theist or atheist to those atheists that are really at it. There are Deists, Theists, Agnostics and Atheists. Those are the most common places where people seem to sort themselves. But you cannot call an Apatheist an...
by linuxbear
Thu 07 Nov 2013, 20:06
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
Replies: 284
Views: 5309

Example of circular logic: "My god is the supreme god of the universe" > Why" "Because it is in the book." "My god is truth and the only truth" > Why? "Because it is in the book." "Everything I say will be true and come to pass as predicted" > ...
by linuxbear
Thu 07 Nov 2013, 19:45
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
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wikipedia says: apatheist=atheist or religious person not motivated to "put feet" to their religious beliefs, aka their faith.

>>>>This is wrong. An apatheist is apathetic. In other words, they do not feel a need for any god or gods in their lives.
by linuxbear
Wed 06 Nov 2013, 20:36
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
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g2k STOP IT WITH THE PREACHING

If you continue to preach, I will attack.
If you discuss like was originally requested, then many
of us will be happier
by linuxbear
Wed 06 Nov 2013, 20:29
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
Replies: 284
Views: 5309

Some quotes on religion from Heinlein: God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent - it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please. Cash and in small bills. [Robert...
by linuxbear
Wed 06 Nov 2013, 20:13
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
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"Well, the grumpiest old man I knew was an atheist (German-American farmer, born in the '20s; there was a copy of Mein Kampf in the bookcase at the place we rented from him...) "



>>>> And the happiest person I know is Hindu
BTW, Hindus often have very high moral standards.
by linuxbear
Wed 06 Nov 2013, 20:07
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: Theists and Atheists help me with logic about God!
Replies: 284
Views: 5309

The WHOLE rest of the planet: man, woman,child,infant,elderly,animal,insect,rodent,fish is to be destroyed. Are you trying to tell us that the monster who is many peoples god wasn't satisfied with his first act of genocide? That being the vicious mass murder of every human on the planet except one ...
by linuxbear
Wed 06 Nov 2013, 19:48
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: For puppyluvr
Replies: 10
Views: 341

"Yeah,..like Dick Tracy's two-way-radio-watch, (in comics of the 1940's and 50's)....and Buck Roger's huge flat-screen wall televisions (shown in movies way back in the 1930's)" All your music on a "credit card" The mobile phone (pocket phone) Supercomputers with self awareness a...
by linuxbear
Tue 05 Nov 2013, 20:37
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: I would not survive a day trying to get these accents!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 246

Nor do we end all of our statements on an up-note which makes them sound like a question I have a wild idea about such habits. Could it be a milder variant of the "east European" habit to actually make almost every sentence into a question. nope, the tendency to end every sentence on an u...
by linuxbear
Tue 05 Nov 2013, 20:28
Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
Topic: I would not survive a day trying to get these accents!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 246

When I listened to video it sounded like he came from a poor section of London. I didn't listen, but Geordie is nothing like London. Accents can be difficult for some. Most Americans think the Gecko in the American Geico insurance ads is Australian. Wrong. The little green guy is definitely a mild ...