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8390
Let me quote to you what someone on a Christian forum told me only a few weeks ago: "The existence of God cannot be proved or disproved by man. Man is too...
technogiddo
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Jun 5, 2005
2:02 pm
8391
In a message dated 6/6/05 3:42:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com writes: Note: the guy who wrote this claims to have been quite an...
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happy_rasta
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Jun 6, 2005
1:51 pm
8392
... I think it is a mistake to assume that Christianity is incompatible with intelligence. Besides the fact that it is personally insulting (since I label...
ecarlson
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Jun 6, 2005
4:05 pm
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Hexagram ... I would suggest that the quality lacking in some cases is not intelligence but the willingness to use intelligence. William Lane Craig and Duane...
Tim Bedding
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Jun 6, 2005
6:53 pm
8394
... That seems to be an old problem. I used to think also that the typical christian belief - whatever that may be exactly - and especially the literal ...
Walter Hecker
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Jun 6, 2005
7:14 pm
8395
... Indeed, intelligence is not the problem, but the way it is used. Some brilliant scientists - who are also creationists - probably use compartmentalization...
Lee
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Jun 6, 2005
8:20 pm
8396
Haunted Times Magazine is expanding and seeking experts, skeptics and authors of all types to join our print magazine staff. Those interested should possess a...
Christopher Moon
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Jun 7, 2005
11:36 am
8397
Attached is a short piece of science fiction that I wrote a few months ago. I think its preaty good, and I wanted to spread it around a bit to see what others ...
technogiddo
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Jun 7, 2005
4:19 pm
8398
Note: I accidentally sent the message before I could attach the file. My humble apologies Attached is a short piece of science fiction that I wrote a few...
technogiddo
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Jun 7, 2005
4:27 pm
8399
Wasn't there a study about 14 months ago which pointed to a malfunction in the right front lobe causing delusions in a significant statistical proportion of...
Gord C
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Jun 9, 2005
1:08 pm
8400
Here is your problem. Why would any legitimate skeptic with kindergarten level writing skills and a Pongo like minimal abstractional intelligence have any...
Gord C
gordc238
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Jun 9, 2005
1:09 pm
8401
Thanks for the advice ;) but I'm not too convinced how well it would work. This guy I'm communicating with last called me a satanist when I last talked to him....
technogiddo
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Jun 9, 2005
4:22 pm
8402
Oh dealing with those clowns are easy. Tell him, Satan doesn't exist either. And unlike a god, there is proof because if he did exist Dubyah would be out of a...
Gord C
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Jun 10, 2005
7:01 pm
8403
i hope to never have to use this group for a silly thing like this again but a friend of mine insists that a duck's quack does noe echo it seems absurd but a...
lloyd smith
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Jun 10, 2005
7:04 pm
8404
... http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm...
ecarlson
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Jun 10, 2005
7:14 pm
8405
... You win the beer! Check out http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html. When the Straight Dope people tested this, they found that a duck's quack...
Shelley Poole
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Jun 10, 2005
8:55 pm
8406
Hey Lloyd, I don't even know how to respond to your comment. Tell your friend you don't either. John in WI...
Epistemite@...
epistemite
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Jun 10, 2005
9:14 pm
8407
You get around John, dont you? You must belong to many groups, this is the 3rd one Ive seen you at. Robert ... From: Epistemite@... To:...
Robert
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Jun 11, 2005
2:29 pm
8408
Such a good link. However, I just cannot believe that taxpayers money went into this study. Do we spend money to study childhood deafness in third world ...
Gord C
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Jun 11, 2005
2:33 pm
8409
I've fowarded it, I'll keep you posted about what the responses are. ... === message truncated === Only pain shall hurt me. Only fear shall scare me. None...
technogiddo
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Jun 11, 2005
7:51 pm
8410
[[[[From: "lloyd smith" <lloyd_s55@...> Subject: is this true? i hope to never have to use this group for a silly thing like this again but a friend of...
Brian van der Spuy
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Jun 11, 2005
9:54 pm
8411
... Before science was well established there were still some smart folks. One of them was Thomas Aquinas. He is probably the person most responsible for the...
Joe Needham
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Jun 12, 2005
1:07 am
8412
Blind faith is the hallmark of a fool. ... From: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Technogiddo Sent: Saturday,...
Mike Ramone
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Jun 12, 2005
1:45 am
8413
I think giving this message to fundamentalists may prove a mistake. They will undoubtedly point out that none of these statements is backed up, and several of...
ecarlson
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Jun 12, 2005
10:40 pm
8414
Hi everyone, I am searching for alternatives to drugs - to ease the athritic pain my mother gets - in a shoulder joint. However, I have just sent away for some...
Mary
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Jun 12, 2005
11:15 pm
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Mary <marymanchesteruk@...> wrote:Hi everyone, I am searching for alternatives to drugs - to ease the athritic pain my mother gets - in a shoulder joint....
lloyd smith
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Jun 13, 2005
12:48 am
8416
Dear Mary, The only effect such items have is as a placebo, i.e. if people believe they help, they report feeling slightly less pain. They aren't worth ...
Lloyd Davidson
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Jun 13, 2005
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8417
First things first. Has a doctor returned a diagnosis of arthritis? Second one must know what kind of arthritis it is. And different types of arthritis ...
Gord C
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Jun 13, 2005
3:18 am
8418
Oh then you simply state that this story is just as true as any biblical story. ... backed ... are ... they ... really ... healthy life ;) ... ...
Gord C
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Jun 13, 2005
3:22 am
8419
I need some help. I simply don't have the time to read this whole site, and need to know whether it's coming or going. Is it really a site that should be...
Lee
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Jun 13, 2005
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