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cbayer

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69. Do you know whether it is or isn't?

Sun Jan 26, 2014, 06:13 PM

Jan 2014

When the answer is unknown, as it is in this case, using words like "reality" and "true" don't make a lot of sense.

Unless, of course, you know something that no one else knows.

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Pope: Internet Is a 'Gift From God' for Dialogue [View all] cbayer Jan 2014 OP

You think he's a DUer? Squinch Jan 2014 #1

Lol. He might check it out from time to time. cbayer Jan 2014 #2

Clearly he's in the Lounge there! Squinch Jan 2014 #3

He'd probably fit right in there. cbayer Jan 2014 #4

Looks like DU to me pokerfan Jan 2014 #6

. Squinch Jan 2014 #7

Very well done! cbayer Jan 2014 #13

lol Renew Deal Jan 2014 #98

hrmjustin? Renew Deal Jan 2014 #97

I think this is true. Squinch Jan 2014 #99

"the pretense that they alone are valid and absolute" skepticscott Jan 2014 #5

So Al Gore is God. I knew that. Warren Stupidity Jan 2014 #8

Only in the Religion Group okasha Jan 2014 #9

okasha, there is no reason to personally smear someone over this. trotsky Jan 2014 #10

Don't confuse skepticscott Jan 2014 #11

Is that a fact? rug Jan 2014 #14

Her behavior was fine thank you. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #15

Oh, you believe skepticscott to be an "alleged" progressive? trotsky Jan 2014 #16

I don't know who she is talking about. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #17

Sorry your alert didn't work out. trotsky Jan 2014 #18

I give you my word I did not alert on you. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #19

I realize you didn't alert on MY post. trotsky Jan 2014 #20

I would not have used alleged progressive. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #21

Do you still think her behavior was "fine"? n/t trotsky Jan 2014 #22

I am trotsky but I am not condeming her. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #24

And back a few steps we go. trotsky Jan 2014 #25

let's stop pretending that we are going to make this group any better. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #26

Ah, I see. trotsky Jan 2014 #27

"And they'll kno-ow skepticscott Jan 2014 #29

Not every believes like I do. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #31

Clearly. trotsky Jan 2014 #37

Spare me! This did not happen in a vacuum. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #39

What personal attacks have I made? trotsky Jan 2014 #41

I am not saying u personally attack people. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #42

Happens to me all the time. trotsky Jan 2014 #44

Fine with me. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #45

I totally support trotsky as a host Goblinmonger Jan 2014 #47

There is a nomination thread. Nominate him. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #49

Not interested. trotsky Jan 2014 #53

if your serious about making this room a better place then volunteer to be a host. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #32

Why, do you think the current hosts aren't doing an adequate job? n/t trotsky Jan 2014 #34

One of the hosts on the non beliver is stepping down. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #36

And why wouldn't you have said that? skepticscott Jan 2014 #28

You get what you give here scott. Yeah I should have not but in but you get what you give here. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #30

And what did I "give" skepticscott Jan 2014 #35

It is not my job to give a pass or not. Juries deal with this. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #38

Baloney skepticscott Jan 2014 #50

Why don't you nominate yourself for hozt or nominate someone. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #52

Oh, I think we can guess who skepticscott Jan 2014 #33

I thought the "alleged progressive" remark was about the pope. arcane1 Jan 2014 #55

Nope. Goblinmonger Jan 2014 #56

The pope is being dishonest and hypocritical skepticscott Jan 2014 #12

She wouldn't have anything else to say if she did. cleanhippie Jan 2014 #23

Um ... Laelth Jan 2014 #40

I don't think he meant that literally. cbayer Jan 2014 #43

If you are right about his intended meaning, then I agree. n/t Laelth Jan 2014 #46

I can't be sure, but that's my read. cbayer Jan 2014 #48

sorry god had nothing to do with it...if anything god was a hinderence to its develpment bowens43 Jan 2014 #51

How is god blatantly anti-science? cbayer Jan 2014 #54

a 'Gift From God' ? amuse bouche Jan 2014 #57

Well, no, phil89 Jan 2014 #58

Er, he didn't mean it literally. cbayer Jan 2014 #59

I'm not so sure phil89 Jan 2014 #60

If you read what he says, he is talking about how the internet making cbayer Jan 2014 #62

Just because you have your own interpretation doesn't make everyone else wrong, cbayer. n/t trotsky Jan 2014 #63

He's the pope phil89 Jan 2014 #65

For many religious believers, life is a gift from god cbayer Jan 2014 #66

Life phil89 Jan 2014 #68

Do you know whether it is or isn't? cbayer Jan 2014 #69

I said phil89 Jan 2014 #71

Who claimed that someone's belief would change it? cbayer Jan 2014 #72

Yeah phil89 Jan 2014 #73

Sorry i was not clear. cbayer Jan 2014 #74

No problem phil89 Jan 2014 #75

See, here's my problem. You are still doing it. cbayer Jan 2014 #77

How is it mocking it to compare it to another belief? Lordquinton Jan 2014 #81

Does anyone believe in them anymore? hrmjustin Jan 2014 #82

People do Lordquinton Jan 2014 #83

Curiosity. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #84

Are there books written about Leprachauns that can be found in most homes in the world? cbayer Jan 2014 #87

Why does the number of people who believe something determine how much respect it gets? trotsky Jan 2014 #88

Ok, so you'v enow established that some beliefs are lesser than others Lordquinton Jan 2014 #89

I don't set those criteria, do you? cbayer Jan 2014 #90

And juries enforce the standards. You don't. trotsky Jan 2014 #91

That's a false comparison and you know that as a former Mod Goblinmonger Jan 2014 #92

This whole sub thread is revealing more about yourslef Lordquinton Jan 2014 #100

And that would be a problem why? cbayer Jan 2014 #101

So you don't hold all beliefs on the same level? Lordquinton Jan 2014 #102

Can you honestly tell me that when you compare the major religions to a belief in leprechauns cbayer Jan 2014 #103

Maybe you should look to yourself first Lordquinton Feb 2014 #104

As has been pointed out to you before skepticscott Feb 2014 #105

It's also mocking skepticscott Jan 2014 #85

faith phil89 Jan 2014 #93

Faith is not irrational by definition, though it may sometimes be irrational. cbayer Jan 2014 #94

Not true phil89 Jan 2014 #95

Are you claiming to be in possession of all the laws of nature? cbayer Jan 2014 #96

So you'll be telling us, then skepticscott Jan 2014 #80

I believe life is a gift from God. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #79

He is also giving thanks for the internet. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #67

And we know this how? Goblinmonger Jan 2014 #61

Vell, vell, Herr Goblinmonger. okasha Jan 2014 #70

Think about that one a little bit more, okasha. trotsky Jan 2014 #86

I've said "Oh, thank God" at times. Or the Irish colloquialism "Oh, Jesus, Mary and Joseph!" pinto Jan 2014 #64

i do the same thing. i'm an atheist but DesertFlower Jan 2014 #76

LOL. Yeah, we are more alike than we are different. pinto Jan 2014 #78