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Achilles

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Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
03-14-2007, 4:41 PM
#26
In the spirit of reciprocity, maybe we can let science progress a little farther to answer this. :D Absolutely. I'll happily go whereever the evidence leads. In the absense of evidence though, I'll exercise my duty to remain skeptical. :D Quantum me...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
03-14-2007, 3:02 PM
#22
In an academic sense, their opinion is invaluable because their motive is not based upon religious morality. Just an opinion of course. Hi, Your argument makes several false assumptions including, but not limited to: religion is the sole source of m...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
03-14-2007, 2:52 PM
#21
What I take from this paragraph is that you believe there is something that distinguishes life from non-life. Yes. Was that the thrust of your original question? If so, I completely missed that. My apologies. I tried to distinctly steer you away fro...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
03-14-2007, 12:43 PM
#18
But the passage SPECIFICALLY states that the man must wait a month before the marriage is established before "going in to her". That is certainly not rape. I think you may be operating on the assumption that there's some sort of time limit...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
03-14-2007, 4:14 AM
#15
From my point of view, atheists see the universe as well, dead. (I'm more of a panentheist.) It seems to me, and please correct me where I'm mistaken, that to an atheist, a living human is really just a special concoction of chemical processes that a...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
03-14-2007, 2:45 AM
#14
I want to start this off by personally thanking you for your response. You've put forth more effort than several others that have come up against these questions and I sincerely appreciate your concern with furthering my education. Ok... Judges 5:30...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
03-14-2007, 1:18 AM
#11
You're taking that WAAAY out of context. <snip> He's talking about Jerusalem being ransacked, Jewish women raped by outsiders, and half of the people exiled. I suppose I had not read it in that context before. Thank you. I learned something tod...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
03-13-2007, 10:08 PM
#8
That's probably because we don't have a brilliant answer for you. :) I don't know that I require a brilliant answer :) I don't know if I'm reading this correctly but it seems as though you may have thrown out your first comment unprepared to back it...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
03-13-2007, 4:33 PM
#4
I think JediMaster12 was referring to things in the Bible such as 'Love your neighbor as yourself' and not the oft-quoted-by-atheists 'marry your rapist!' I understand your point and I'm very frustrated by the fact that this is going to lead us (the...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
03-13-2007, 3:14 PM
#2
Atheism is the belief that there is no God or gods. I'd like to offer a correction here. To categorize atheism as a belief is to falsely set it up as the antithesis of theism. I think a more accurate represention is to think of belief as a scale. Fo...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution: The discussion and the theory...
  Achilles
03-14-2007, 8:40 PM
#3
Oh how I hate it when I can't remember a word! There is actually a term for people that hypothesize that the Earth is an alien colony. (EDIT: Gah! Got it! The group is call Raelians (http://www.rael.org/rael_content/rael_summary.php)) Also, I belie...  [Read More]
Posted in: Climate change issue not as clean as we thought?
  Achilles
03-13-2007, 11:28 PM
#5
Neither the web site that linked to the article nor the Telegraph had an answer to that one, but I think the onus is that the blame lies with the doomsayers on climate change. I think the two "experts" are looking for a little attention. :d...  [Read More]
Posted in: Climate change issue not as clean as we thought?
  Achilles
03-13-2007, 11:01 PM
#2
err...and who's doing the alleged threatening? EDIT: Tim Ball (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tim_Ball). Richard Lindzen (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Lindzen). Hard to take climate scientists seriously when they...  [Read More]
Posted in: Morality and religion
  Achilles
03-14-2007, 4:53 PM
#4
If the only thing that is stopping you from going out and murdering, raping, and stealing is the fear of being punished for it... then you are an amoral person. It's that simple. QFE Mods, didn't someone already start a thread on morality and religi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Morality and religion
  Achilles
03-13-2007, 4:49 PM
#1
I'd like to have a dialog on this topic, however I won't be able to break down the barriers to communication as much as I would like :( I would like to persuade the reader to visit this site (http://beyondbelief2006.org/Watch/) and view a part of Se...  [Read More]
Posted in: How Can We Beat Outsourcing?
  Achilles
03-12-2007, 3:04 AM
#2
I will be straight up, I absolutely despise outsourcing. Americans are losing good decent paying jobs all the time to India and China. The fact is, they can get the job done just as well but do it for less. I realize the fact that companies need to d...  [Read More]
Posted in: Help me Prove the Irrational is Wrong...
  Achilles
03-12-2007, 6:08 PM
#32
From experience, being angry, in love, happy, sad, depressed etc rarely is a rational thing. Is being angry a rational response if the guy behind you rear-ends your car? Is being in love a rational response when you have an attractive partner that yo...  [Read More]
Posted in: Help me Prove the Irrational is Wrong...
  Achilles
03-12-2007, 5:45 PM
#31
Would string theory be considered a systemic irrationality? (I guess we'll wait for the results Large Hadron Collider this November before weighing in on that.) Yes, we'll have to withhold judgment until all the facts are in :D In all seriousness, I...  [Read More]
Posted in: Help me Prove the Irrational is Wrong...
  Achilles
03-12-2007, 4:48 PM
#26
If I could, I'd like to voice my growing concern with the strawman argument that rationality is somehow the antithesis of emotion. I think anyone that advocates the elimination of emotion is putting themselves in a very difficult position indeed. R...  [Read More]
Posted in: Help me Prove the Irrational is Wrong...
  Achilles
03-12-2007, 4:28 PM
#24
Yes, I agree. Both rationality and irrationality have their place in human nature and there's a time and place for each.I guess the next question would be are you referring to situational irrationality (whoops, I made a mistake) or systemic irrationa...  [Read More]
Posted in: Help me Prove the Irrational is Wrong...
  Achilles
03-12-2007, 4:15 PM
#21
:lol: Never even heard of it, much less seen it. *views wiki* :xp: You aren't missing much except some pretty gunfights. :) It's true, I like to take an argument to the extreme to see where to draw the line and to bring competing values into relief....  [Read More]
Posted in: Help me Prove the Irrational is Wrong...
  Achilles
03-12-2007, 3:52 PM
#18
My assertions are: Emotions are irrational. Reason is rational. The conclusions I draw from this: - On beauty: If beauty is defined as mathematical elegance, then there is room for beauty in a purely rational society. edit: same as what you said ab...  [Read More]
Posted in: Help me Prove the Irrational is Wrong...
  Achilles
03-12-2007, 2:04 PM
#12
Is there no rational basis for art, beauty, love, etc? I guess I'm still not seeing the steps to your conclusion....  [Read More]
Posted in: Help me Prove the Irrational is Wrong...
  Achilles
03-12-2007, 1:44 PM
#10
Are you saying that being rational would somehow cause us to forgo our humanity? If so, I guess I'm not seeing the correlation. Would you mind expanding on this a little more?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Documentary shows possible Jesus tomb
  Achilles
03-12-2007, 2:00 PM
#32
That's not entirely true, offhand I know for a fact that Irenaeus of Lyons (d. 202) associates them with their "traditional authors" in Against Heresies which was written in the 170's. That doesn't mean that has to have been right of course...  [Read More]
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