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Achilles

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Posted in: Stock Market Suffers Deadly Blow, Recession Might Be On Horizion
  Achilles
02-28-2007, 1:40 AM
#14
If a 2nd-term U.S. President with no re-election to worry about can't pull it off, what chances do the mere mortals have?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Stock Market Suffers Deadly Blow, Recession Might Be On Horizion
  Achilles
02-28-2007, 1:24 AM
#12
Actually this could happen, if our political leaders would grow consciences and take a stand on, say, China's human rights abuses and refuse to trade with them until these abuses are stopped. Trade has been going on long enough that if we were to sud...  [Read More]
Posted in: Stock Market Suffers Deadly Blow, Recession Might Be On Horizion
  Achilles
02-28-2007, 12:41 AM
#9
Not so fast, America can still be saved from the Chinese Bear. China could suffer an economic depression...or...*gasp* suffer regime change (as in, a military coup, not a US invasion) and become a Democratic Nation! The sudden economic collapse after...  [Read More]
Posted in: Stock Market Suffers Deadly Blow, Recession Might Be On Horizion
  Achilles
02-28-2007, 12:26 AM
#6
I can't tell whether you're being genuine or sarcastic here.:giveup: What about the ~$400 billion war (that seems to be accomplishing nothing, BTW). Oh well: I guess it's good for the defense contractors. I'm sorry. I guess I assumed that no one coul...  [Read More]
Posted in: Stock Market Suffers Deadly Blow, Recession Might Be On Horizion
  Achilles
02-27-2007, 11:53 PM
#3
^^^^ Well, I have a slightly different take on that. I would say that it's less a case of China being out to get us and more of a case that China is trying to join the rest of the developed world. The fact that we've really hurt our long-term econom...  [Read More]
Posted in: Documentary shows possible Jesus tomb
  Achilles
02-27-2007, 1:52 PM
#5
On the topic itself--there's not enough info in this article for me to find compelling evidence either for or against. The name 'Jesus' ("Yeshua" or Joshua) was quite common, as was Mary. Without knowing about the ossuaries themselves, the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Documentary shows possible Jesus tomb
  Achilles
02-27-2007, 12:38 AM
#1
linky (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070227/ap_en_tv/jesus_s_burial;_ylt=AgkB88mEJKurBXRxnpfM_nmmG78C) This is one of those rare times that I actually miss watching television....  [Read More]
Posted in: Jehovah's Witnesses
  Achilles
02-26-2007, 11:45 AM
#54
Actually, Achilles, there is one world religion actually encourages people to ask ‘why’ all the time. Haven’t really seen it mentioned in this thread, but thought you might find the folllowing quote of interest. Gah! Clearly, I'm not being as c...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jehovah's Witnesses
  Achilles
02-24-2007, 8:01 PM
#52
re: The Bible - to my mind, it adds veracity. In the four gospels, there are a variety of reasons that timelines contradict that I can see - simple muddling of recollection, or, in very rare and specific situations, such as the order of events leadin...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jehovah's Witnesses
  Achilles
02-24-2007, 12:09 PM
#48
Quick point on contradictions in the gospels - even if you took down four accounts from four different eye-witnesses right after the event, you would find some contradictions... Indeed you would, however I think this further shows that the veracity o...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jehovah's Witnesses
  Achilles
02-24-2007, 2:46 AM
#44
i believe that there is a god. However, i also believe that god has had very limited involvement in human life in the past couple thousands of years up to this point. Perhaps god does not have a one "chosen" religon as many people believe....  [Read More]
Posted in: Jehovah's Witnesses
  Achilles
02-24-2007, 2:38 AM
#43
There is general agreement among the scholars that the books were written by the stated authors. Which scholars are you referencing? None of the Gospels are signed. All of the Gospels are titled "The Gospel According to..." (Not "The G...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jehovah's Witnesses
  Achilles
02-22-2007, 9:09 PM
#35
Eh, I'm at work so I don't have the book I really wanted to use since it's at home. 1. Eyewitness accounts of a. His existence and b. the miracles He did and c. His resurrection I want to point out that there is still an active debate about these ver...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jehovah's Witnesses
  Achilles
02-18-2007, 8:58 PM
#24
Yes you can. That God can quite easily be called an invention of the Hebrews' ideals and culture and belief. SilentScope001 once again misses the point. Regardless, it's best to get off this topic, as to not derail Neg. Sun's threads. Agreed....  [Read More]
Posted in: Jehovah's Witnesses
  Achilles
02-18-2007, 12:52 PM
#20
Can you interprt them to be the laws of society at that time, of how they would govern themselves? After all, the future will laugh at our patheic death peantly, drug laws, tax codes, etc. but that doesn't dismiss what we have done. We did what we h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jehovah's Witnesses
  Achilles
02-18-2007, 4:36 AM
#15
The battle for souls is very difficult to describe, because very few are recorded, but I'll cite some saints who fought for souls.I appreciate you taking the time to type all that out but there are a few problems with this: Then one day, he asked fo...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jehovah's Witnesses
  Achilles
02-18-2007, 12:27 AM
#11
There is a great deal of evidence for Christ's existence, a lot more than can be elaborated here in a short post at the moment. Hi Jae, Could you (or someone else) please elaborate more on this? Also, does this evidence also speak to his divinity (...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jehovah's Witnesses
  Achilles
02-17-2007, 2:40 PM
#5
Hi there, I believe that my post is in accordance with Negative Sun's 2nd groundrule, but might be in violation of the 1st. My purpose, like his, is to better understand the logic behind these arguments, however if you feel that responding to this (...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethics and Religion
  Achilles
02-20-2007, 5:50 PM
#115
Achilles: Apologies for the belated response to your response to my (somewhat trite) thought experiment/argument; I tried to reply twice, but I got logged-out mid-posting. >.< No worries. Glad to see that you responded when you were able. Firs...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethics and Religion
  Achilles
02-19-2007, 2:23 PM
#111
Happy belated birthday!...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethics and Religion
  Achilles
02-14-2007, 11:26 AM
#104
Ok, I will slightly rephrase :-p Some scientists becoming dogmatic in thinking that science is the only way to explain the world, where as I take it as how something works but doesnt not explain why... e.g. science can tell us how the human body work...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethics and Religion
  Achilles
02-14-2007, 1:45 AM
#101
In light of recent discussions, I thought that some of the findings discussed in this article might be relevant food for thought: click me (http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040167)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethics and Religion
  Achilles
02-14-2007, 1:40 AM
#100
I have been reading the thread with intrest but havent read everything within the thread, so won't give a 'full' (e.g. very long Silentscoopey ;) post untill the weekend when I have the time. I do however hava quick note to add; Thought 1; Pah...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethics and Religion
  Achilles
02-13-2007, 8:22 PM
#98
I can wear two hats because it's what I am. I can give you a reasonable explanation for it except that I am driven by a desire and love to learn. That is certainly commendable. The problem is that religion is dogmatic. This means that you can only ex...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethics and Religion
  Achilles
02-13-2007, 7:53 PM
#97
I respectfully decline to continue this dialog with you, SilentScope001. I cannot tell if your contradictions and fallacies are an intentional attempt to "troll" or if you truly are not interested in having a rational discussion. Either way...  [Read More]
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