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Achilles

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Posted in: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
  Achilles
07-09-2008, 1:25 AM
#35
@Achilles--I thought you were asking your question in an attempt at humor. How do you prosyletize? Talk about atheism as fervently as and with the same amount of faith as any theist, which you do.I'm afraid this misses the point. You cannot "cov...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
  Achilles
07-08-2008, 1:03 PM
#26
Of course the idea is important, but it must be taken in context. In any case, one cannot, sadly, be an expert on everything, and failing that, as a general rule it is best to follow the experts, no?Which experts? :p If there are two sides of a deba...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
  Achilles
07-08-2008, 12:29 PM
#24
This is Biblical Archaeology, not theology - which is, in any case, an area that neither of us are qualified to comment on. :) Thank you for the correction. I shall now adjust the barriers of my disdain for hypocrisy to include Biblical Archaeology :...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
  Achilles
07-08-2008, 11:41 AM
#22
First of all, stuff similar to this turns up all the time. Most of it is fake - convincing fake, but fake, nonetheless. Oddly, the stone is not really a new discovery. It was found about a decade ago and bought from a Jordanian antiquities dealer by...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
  Achilles
07-07-2008, 3:24 PM
#20
If one argues that they can't know if God exists, that's conceivably a somewhat neutral stance, but basing a worldview on the concept that God therefore does not exist (or, we don't know, so we're going to assume He doesn't exist) can no longer be co...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
  Achilles
07-07-2008, 12:50 AM
#16
:lol: Given this relentless agenda of yours, your position could hardly be described as neutral, Achilles. I mean, how many threads attacking religion have you started in the Senate and here in Kavar's in the past month or so? You've been spreading...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
  Achilles
07-06-2008, 9:45 PM
#12
Perhaps you'd like to explain how one goes about proselytizing a neutral position? :confused:...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
  Achilles
07-06-2008, 7:48 PM
#10
My original post is about people who are religious in that way. They're unlikely to be convinced because the facts never (for them, at least) had anything to do with god's existence in the first place.Thank you for clarifying your point. It seems tha...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
  Achilles
07-06-2008, 2:57 PM
#7
I am skeptical that presenting some facts will change anyone's mind.I would agree that you are right to be skeptical in many cases. I would however argue that there are many people that are persuaded by facts and logic and rational arguments. To stat...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
  Achilles
07-06-2008, 1:03 AM
#3
So, if you think Jesus is fake, you don't have anything to worry about,Worry? and this whole discussion theoretically for you is moot.Since I'm stuck on the same planet with 2 billion believers, I wouldn't say it's moot in the slightest :D I'm not...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
  Achilles
07-06-2008, 12:20 AM
#1
Note: frankly, I think the headline is a bit of a herring, considering that the article itself points out that this is merely just another piece of evidence for an existing argument. Anyway... Link to full article (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/...  [Read More]
Posted in: "Attacker Told Me 'No Decency, No God'"
  Achilles
07-04-2008, 1:22 AM
#34
Certainly not, but it is a larger factor than a lot of people would like to admit.I'll be honest and admit that I haven't followed the field of psychology that closely since I dropped it as a major many years ago. Could you please update my understan...  [Read More]
Posted in: "Attacker Told Me 'No Decency, No God'"
  Achilles
07-03-2008, 5:16 PM
#27
I don't think I'd call rapists mentally unhealthy, but I'd certainly suggest they're hormonally imbalanced. Then again my perspective is skewed by a scientific mind, which tends to think mental illness is also caused by some kind of physical imbalanc...  [Read More]
Posted in: "Attacker Told Me 'No Decency, No God'"
  Achilles
07-03-2008, 12:10 PM
#7
"the bulky, jittery defendant shook his head and said loudly: 'F---.'" "I didn't rape nobody. I didn't do it." "I didn't do sh--! I have to go to jail for this," "you stupid woman, there is no decency. There is no G...  [Read More]
Posted in: Opponents of Evolution Adopting a New Strategy
  Achilles
07-04-2008, 5:02 PM
#63
Perhaps you'd enjoy the series (http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=potholer54) then. :)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Opponents of Evolution Adopting a New Strategy
  Achilles
07-04-2008, 3:04 AM
#61
Perhaps this video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=R_RXX7pntr8) would help?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Opponents of Evolution Adopting a New Strategy
  Achilles
07-03-2008, 3:42 AM
#40
CNN clip on this news story (http://youtube.com/watch?v=nivXv_qjl6s) Love that half of the segment is news and that the other half is an attempt to pander to the middle :dozey:...  [Read More]
Posted in: Opponents of Evolution Adopting a New Strategy
  Achilles
06-27-2008, 2:13 PM
#37
Link to full story (http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1214544197127670.xml&coll=1) BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal attracted national attention and strongly worded advice about how he should deal with the Louisiana S...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush admits explosives were used in 9/11
  Achilles
07-03-2008, 12:16 PM
#249
Ah. Thanks for clarifying. :)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush admits explosives were used in 9/11
  Achilles
07-03-2008, 4:22 AM
#247
Hmmm, well since I've made a point to address each of everyone else's arguments......  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush admits explosives were used in 9/11
  Achilles
07-02-2008, 11:12 PM
#244
^^^^ Best EW post ever....  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush admits explosives were used in 9/11
  Achilles
07-02-2008, 1:40 PM
#241
Well, yes. But that's delving into things like physics, of which my grasp is rudimentary at best. :pSeriously, though, at the moment I don't have the time - or, in fact, the inclination - to go through and knock out each of the film's claims...:confu...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush admits explosives were used in 9/11
  Achilles
07-02-2008, 12:23 AM
#232
There was a Conspiracy to cover up evidence AFTER 9/11 not before, the programme pointed to a systemic failure of leadership, poor acting on intelligence and a cover up going all the way to the White House, in trying to suppress evidence the at the g...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush admits explosives were used in 9/11
  Achilles
07-01-2008, 3:48 PM
#229
The hypothesis that there should be a core column left standing?The hypothesis that localized damage will initiate a synchronous pancake collapse in not one, but two steel frame tube structures that were overdesigned to withstand multiple impacts fro...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush admits explosives were used in 9/11
  Achilles
07-01-2008, 1:37 PM
#227
The collapses were caused mainly due to structural damage coming from the plane crashes. I'm still waiting for a reputable source that supports this. <snip> Note how the paths of the planes lead basically directly through the cores' structure...  [Read More]
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