Bliss wrote: <.... but the modern scientific community does not want to include <the concept of God, but will include the conept that one animal can <morph...
... I think it could be a really interesting study. Just needs to be done very carefully. Iam not sure if a demographic study, survey study or a controlled...
... Your comment assumes an uncertain premise. The meaninglessness of life might be true, but it is not certain. You think it is true based on your experience...
... I do not know why you would believe, on the whole, that "knowing that there is not an afterlife would force people to take more responsibility for their...
... While it may be true that there is real debate over whether viruses are "alive", I don't think that there is any real debate over the fact that they...
... I am amazed at how many Americans are so gleeful at the prospect of discarding their liberty. I am starting to wonder if victory in the Cold War means...
... Remind me of the name of this self-replicating molecule, Dave. If my memory serves me, we have been over this before and the molecule that you are...
... **IF** science included God, it wouldn't be science any more. Science is about making predictions. It's not possible to predict how a supernatural being...
... Hyperbole is not one of your strong suits, Timothy. I assume you prefer torture, warrantless wire-tapping of US citizens, torture, detention of US citizens...
... REPLY: Well, you didn't answer my question. Of course you picked the example I listed that seems like it wouldn't pertain. How about, now there is no...
... an opinion. ... meaningless. I do not deem such an implication good. ... REPLY: Yes, that is just my opinion. Orval ... I took this as an admission that...
... You invite tyranny, and it comes with a smiling face and "the best of intentions." This is bread and circuses and the saving hand of government where it...
... I don't think that anyone is expecting you to put together something that could be published as scientific paper. But while theisitic people often insist...
... As a practical matter, Orval, I do not think religion is going away. For as much as one might point to its decline in some places, globally it is not going...
... REPLY: I would agree with most of your statement if you included Bushes push for funding of faith based organizations and the Patriot Act. I would rather...
... But that wasn't the point. No one actually observed the origin of life from chemicals. But I'm sure that as the very first living thing developed from...
... REPLY: You need to answer a couple of my questions that I directed at you and give more substance to your refutations and quit creating Straw Men before I...
... REPLY: Impossible without rewriting the foundations of all religions. You are now just showing your feelings and not how it really is. You think the...
... The $1200 paid for the equipment and expertise necessary to give you two IVs, not simply the content of the IVs. If Obama gets what he wants we will at...
... REPLY: Well said Joe. I am already using the energy savers, recycling and trying anyway I can not to leave any more of stain on this planet than I must....
... Orval's new to the forum so it is likely that he is unaware that the "meaning of life" is one of Timothy's favorite subjects. We have discussed it in...
... Well, I should not have commended you for your honesty. You think life is meaningful in a meaningless universe? Why is this meaning not simply coping? How...
... REPLY; No, uh uh. You are just pulling poop out your butt. The charge for the services were seperate. Do the math; 5500-(2*1200+850).How much is left over?...
... Actually, I have lived in the very context of such religion for most of life and it is based on the Bible. No doubt, religion connected with the Bible can...
... My own modest opinion is that religion itself IN GENERAL is not a bad thing. But I feel very strongly that FUNDAMENTALIST religions and FUNDAMENTALIST...
... Actually, Orval, the hospital, all hospitals and medical service providers, are limited with respect to their ability to bill for services, equipment,...
