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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 08:21 PM Original message |
Faitheist Wins Templeton Prize |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Martin Rees: I've got no religious beliefs at all – interview |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Thanks. I was just about to go looking for that interview. - n/t |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Martin Rees's Templeton prize may mark a turning point in the 'God wars' |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. So I guess we have to just put up with all the religious violence in the world... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yes, when Ree listens to the Trinity College choir, he may masquerade as a nice cosmologist |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. I never said religion was the ONLY cause of violence in this world. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. So how exactly does |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. "Does "tone" ever outweigh truth?" The truth |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It has no idea how to address the question posed |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. The it that is being questioned by it seems set on avoiding |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Clearly. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Truth outweighs tone because it has more letters. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. We can only hope |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 03:45 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. We have been through this many times before. you should have |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Full transcript of Martin Rees's acceptance speech |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. At what point should I alert for spamming?` |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Feel free to alert the mods about me whenever you want: I'm sure they share your concern about spam |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. The sites serve different purposes. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Feel free to alert the mods about me whenever you want: I'm sure they share your concern about spam |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Still nothing of merit to contribute? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. When Cthulhu calls |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. Rees is to be applauded for having the courage to extend his |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. Coyne's piece also makes this obvious yet brilliant observation: |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. He zeroed in on the heart of the debate: |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. So, to summarize: |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. OR, in other words: |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. And it's back to the humble bum STRAWMAN! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Deleted message |
skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Do you not comprehend |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Only something sensed can be empirically proven. If I sense nothing |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. 18 minutes. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. It has a talent |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 07:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yeah but lucky for us... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. And of course, you offer NOTHING |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. The sickening thing about the obviousness of that observation is that so many miss it. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. No, the sickest are those who get it but try to convince people of the opposite for their own ends. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Good point. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I just noticed something. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Avatars are funny. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Well, that's the tired "Hey, look, I have a (X) avatar! Hence, I'm a liberal!" troll tactic. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. Headline: Man uses imagination and conjecture, makes money from fools. |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. Addendum - Mark Vernon sure is a slimy little weasel |
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