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- July 6th, 2019, 12:59 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Alex Salmond and atheists
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11989
Re: Alex Salmond and atheists
I often hear this sort of argument here in the US, and then I remember that the mass majority of the prison population is that of people of faith while Christian. I think we need to be careful here: it could be that declaring yourself Christian in prison gets you special rights and privileges. What...
- July 6th, 2019, 12:44 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Alex Salmond and atheists
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11989
Re: Alex Salmond and atheists
84% of humanity are religious and this is estimated to increase to 87% by 2060. Islam is predicted to overtake Christianity and become the number one religion on Earth by 2060. The fact is secular people have fewer children than the religious. Religious beliefs can be source of comfort but that doe...
- July 5th, 2019, 7:50 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Alex Salmond and atheists
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11989
Re: Alex Salmond and atheists
"special claim to doing good works in their community over non-religious people." I often hear this sort of argument here in the US, and then I remember that the mass majority of the prison population is that of people of faith while Christian. I then remember how their religion is used to justify t...
- July 5th, 2019, 7:41 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: How and why can people ignore their God’s immoral ways?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 25487
Re: How and why can people ignore their God’s immoral ways?
My favorites are the hypocrites such as the religious pro-lifers who then praise a lord for committing world abortion because he was sorry for having made them. The problem with cults and religions is that they will profess the immorality of all others and then assert it isn't immoral when they do i...
- July 5th, 2019, 7:34 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7355
Re: Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
I have updated my posted articles on the subject and moved them to Wordpress since Newsvine had shut down. I have also included a 3rd article "Yahweh: The Rock of Israel". The new links are as follows: 1. YAHWEH: A VOLCANO FIRE GOD OF WAR? https://thejackelscolumn.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/yahweh-the...
- March 25th, 2013, 1:36 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: God is Existence
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3788
Re: God is Existence
For some reason, Humanism tends not to be theistic. I, on the other hand, am a pantheistic, secular humanist. I am also a biblical scholar and a metaphysician. My pantheism is significantly summed up in three letters, like the word "god," in the definition. "God is Existence." Comments welcome. The...
- November 26th, 2012, 5:30 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7355
Re: Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
Thanks for the clip. Have watched it once without listening to Jane Goodall's comments. No time now but will look at it again and listen to what the good doctor has to say. Lot of it looked like typical display behaviour, maybe a touch of the Canute in there! Hoping the narration says whether or no...
- November 24th, 2012, 10:13 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7355
Re: Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
TJ, your comment about chimps having some sort of fascination for waterfalls is something I have not heard before, very interesting. Can't think of any rational reason for that at the moment, might look deeper into it. I have seen film of chimps sitting in thundery rain, holding a tree branch as a ...
- November 24th, 2012, 4:23 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7355
Re: Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
I understand anthropomorphism, car and ships are always, "it, to me. Yet I will also say things like, "Come on you stupid computer!" knowing full well it makes no difference to the machine, just vents some of my pent up, negative emotional energy! :D lol.. Anthropomorphism, or at least personificat...
- November 23rd, 2012, 3:40 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7355
Re: Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
Not really bothered as to whether he was worshipped as a Volcano or a Molehill myself. I don't see why you should be.. After all, I don't think people who worship Pele are bothered that they worship her either... People attach a persona and give a spirit to all sorts of things to which includes ani...
- November 23rd, 2012, 5:09 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7355
Yahweh: A Volcano Mountain GOD of Fire and War
. . Now I am sure many of you here have heard of this argument of Yahweh being equated to a Volcano Deity before. I would say probably by various people extracting verses from Exodus and the Duet.. However, if you are really curious of the extent this argument, I had decided to write two very in dep...
- May 1st, 2011, 3:52 am
- Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
- Topic: Free will
- Replies: 683
- Views: 81605
Re: Free will
Free will doesn't actually exist.. You are only ever free to do what is within your limits to do, or what you are allowed to do.. Rules, laws, physics ect will pretty much guarantee your free will is a pseudo. And when you use this "Free Will" concept, if you are limited in anyway, you do not have f...
- April 28th, 2011, 2:20 am
- Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
- Topic: Spacetime
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2398
Re: Spacetime
Let me make this simpler for you in a more easy format: Time is the inertia of energy, also known in particle physics as time particle dilation.. So if you were to run really fast at the speed of light the time particle dilation of the particles in your body would move slower compared to those aroun...
- April 27th, 2011, 4:35 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: A Darwin Day rant
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1365
Re: A Darwin Day rant
You could cite Epicurus, but perhaps it's better to stick with the Creationist stuff. I think I'd ask what is wrong with the various methods of dating rocks and fossils, of which there are many, which complement each other. If it is merely the Lord confusing us , why should not the same be true of ...
- April 27th, 2011, 4:23 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: A Darwin Day rant
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1365
Re: A Darwin Day rant
You could cite Epicurus, but perhaps it's better to stick with the Creationist stuff. I think I'd ask what is wrong with the various methods of dating rocks and fossils, of which there are many, which complement each other. If it is merely the Lord confusing us, why should not the same be true of t...
- April 27th, 2011, 4:35 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: A Darwin Day rant
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1365
Re: A Darwin Day rant
Hi Animist We have not yet planned what to say but are discussing some pointed questions that can be asked without incurring the wrath of the entire room: questions that might provoke some critical thinking -even in the mind of one person would be great. Any suggestions? We can use all the help we ...