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Achilles

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Posted in: Moscow police beat anti-Putin protesters
  Achilles
04-18-2007, 3:26 PM
#18
Russia toughens penalties for extremism. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_eu/russia_opposition) Anyone want to take a guess on what they mean by "political extremists"? Oh wait: Russian lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed new rest...  [Read More]
Posted in: Moscow police beat anti-Putin protesters
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 1:23 AM
#6
Yeah, Russia is sitting on about 28% of the world's natural gas reserves. It's about 7th for oil reserves (approximately 60 billion barrels. Saudi Arabia is #1 with 262 billion barrels. The U.S. has about 22 billion). So what do you think? Are they...  [Read More]
Posted in: Moscow police beat anti-Putin protesters
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 12:27 AM
#1
Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070415/ap_on_re_eu/russia_protests) Anyone else concerned about the state of affairs in Russia?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Oppression! Stop the Oppression and Slavery by the Writers!
  Achilles
04-19-2007, 7:23 PM
#18
Surely that depends on whether the multiverse theory is valid or not?Why? Life forms elsewhere in a multiverse wouldn't be fictional. Are people in Asia fictional? :) EDIT: Disregard. Totenkopf made this point also....  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 4:15 PM
#167
the THEORY of evolution was founded by charles darwin when he studied finchis on the galapogos (or however it's spelled) islands. what he witnessed was survival of the fittest, which i accept as true, cause logically the most fit will survive to repr...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 3:33 PM
#164
huh. that actually makes sense. the part where atheists reject ALL gods, whereas theist accept one, but reject all others. Yeah, I kinda think so too ;) by the way, what kind of atheist are you? To be honest, I'm not sure how one would go about cate...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 2:19 PM
#162
it contradicts itself. a lot. Religion? Yes, I know ;) to use a slightly overused argument, just for fun, where did matter origionate? hmm? that's what i thought...:) The Big Bang, of course :) Ok, that's the "how" not necessarily the &q...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 1:03 AM
#158
Ya know, Atheism is a faith too. It is not. Faith is belief with little, no, or contradictory evidence. Faith makes positive statement regarding belief. Theism makes the claim that a god or gods exists without any evidence. Atheism is belief-neutral...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 12:14 AM
#156
How about the traitors such as France and Germany, who refused to have anything to do with Iraq? That's a good idea. Why don't you write to him and ask why he hasn't started nuking people yet? In the mean time, I'll stay here and try to figure out wh...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
04-14-2007, 11:48 PM
#154
I'm having a look at these sources, but I'm wondering, are you hedging your bets with religion? I'm not sure what this means. Could you expand on this please? The Bible's meant to be fiction isn't it? Bush can't bring back a fictional character, but...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
04-14-2007, 7:58 AM
#152
Where is the logic in all this? It may be that I cannot comprehend how big this plot is but from what we've ascertained Bush intends to destroy the world so that Jesus will return and bring about Revelations. Nope. Pretty please recognize that this i...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
04-14-2007, 5:35 AM
#150
Whew. A lot to unpack here... Bush's view on this specific topic could arguably be somewhat connected, and since we were already talking about it before the thread got split off, that's fine. I just don't want the thread to turn into a political/Bus...  [Read More]
Posted in: Can't get married? Go to Disney World!
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 6:55 PM
#28
Child pornographers don't want their abuse of children to be a taboo subject, either. There is a objective argument for the immorality of child pornography. No such argument exists for homosexuality. If there is, please provide it. I think there's...  [Read More]
Posted in: Can't get married? Go to Disney World!
  Achilles
04-14-2007, 4:47 PM
#23
Most of the things I say sound like they have been said by a racist, or something like that. The term is "homophobe" :D Ummm, what? Let me quote your earlier post in which you confirm it. (post #18) <snip> Yes, it is a fact that hig...  [Read More]
Posted in: Can't get married? Go to Disney World!
  Achilles
04-14-2007, 1:19 PM
#21
Why do people understand ''sick'' in a negative sense? If you get a cold it means you are sick. It's not your fault you got the cold, but you sure as hell won't leave it untreated. We can use the word in whatever context you'd like. This doesn't answ...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution: The discussion and the theory...
  Achilles
04-16-2007, 3:33 PM
#58
The way I see it, neither Evolution nor Creationism, in the context of the beginnings of life, will ever be scientifically proven, so I choose to believe the one that isn't so "scientifically based." My question is, why trust in "proof...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution: The discussion and the theory...
  Achilles
04-16-2007, 1:03 AM
#56
I certainly don't feel like Mr. Lee is flaming and I don't get the impression that he feels as though I'm flaming him. If our tone is too informal, then I'm sure we can just merge this is with the PM dialog that we've already established and save you...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution: The discussion and the theory...
  Achilles
04-16-2007, 12:50 AM
#54
well, lets say God DID create the universe, but by, instead of going to each and every place in the universe, just created that "expansion" and made it expand, much as one would program a computer. and let's say that same God created all li...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution: The discussion and the theory...
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 11:01 PM
#52
hey, i didn't write those. sorry, i'll be more specific next time. Actually, I was quoting the section that you wrote :) i must admit, though. i used to think atheists were brain dead idiots, but you seem to have disproven that. now i just consider...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution: The discussion and the theory...
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 7:32 PM
#50
a better question would be where aren't there. That isn't very specific. If you're interested in learning more about evolution so that you can make your own decision, I can help. If you're just here to take pot-shots at something you don't understand...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution: The discussion and the theory...
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 7:00 PM
#48
what do you think of us religious people? I think that your brains are running bad software called "religion". That's the nicest, most clinical way I can think of to phrase it. hm. no, i don't buy into it. you haven't proved anything, but...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution: The discussion and the theory...
  Achilles
04-15-2007, 6:41 PM
#46
I don't know. I imagine I would believe whatever I was enculturated to believe. Evolution was already fairly established and Scopes would've been happening right about the time I would have been getting to university. I'd like to think that I'd still...  [Read More]
Posted in: Corruption in the education system
  Achilles
04-19-2007, 1:45 AM
#45
Which one was that? I seem to recall there being at least a couple....  [Read More]
Posted in: Corruption in the education system
  Achilles
04-19-2007, 12:39 AM
#43
Based on what I've read, it really shouldn't be. It's relatively easy to get lousy methodologies past the peer-review process. If x methodology produces y result and it's repeatable, then everything is hunky-dory. Nevermind that the scope for problem...  [Read More]
Posted in: Corruption in the education system
  Achilles
04-18-2007, 10:01 PM
#41
*is glad he decided to get his Masters in organizational management rather than business administration* Thanks for the link, Jae....  [Read More]
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