Posted on 08/18/2005 5:17:34 PM PDT by curiosity
If this, if that, but don't equate disagreement or even distaste with hate. That simply is a lazy and simplistic way of viewing the matter. It appears to me to be parroting mindlessly some passage of the Bible inappropriately, and inappositely.
You are right, and I apologize.
I got carried away, and inserted those comments at an inappropriate point in the thread. (I've done that more than once tonight).
That being said, I'm not off base in asserting that Christians are quite commonly hated. Most of the "separation of Church and State" nonsense in this country, is really an expression of hatred towards Christianity.
As has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread, liberals and athiests have a lot of tolerance for every other religious belief.
Atheists come in many hues. I quite favor a robust Christianity in the American public square. Take that and smoke it.
At pubemd there are 19,222 references to consciousness.
Some are marginal to the subject of location, but most aren't
here's the link:
Entrez PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=PubMed
I don't think many reference the left little toe as the seat of consciousness.
That will learn me for jumping into the middle of a conversation
With over 400 posts, there must be something worth reading here. Bump for later.
Is that a problem for you? Or does everyone have to share your ideas about this?
Yes. There are many paths that take you to that destination.
I quite favor a robust Christianity in the American public square.
Why?
Take that and smoke it.
Gave up smoking 30 years ago. Gave up smoking for eternity about the same time :-)
Very wonderful quotes. But the world has changed in the past two hundred plus years. This is no longer a homogeneous society and no longer 95% Christian. I really don't know the percentages but the demographics of this country have changed and will continue to change. This ID is creationism and changing the name willl not change what this movement is promulgating. And that is a religious view of science. The two are best left separate in my opinion. One is faith, the other is objective evidence. And the only evidence for ID is faith. And faith has no place in schools or science.
Must the IDer have changed the rules?
Precisely...lack of predictability.
So what.
Anyone who has read the Bible knows that it clearly says "The wisdom of God is folksiness to them that are perishing." They aren't ever going to respect what they are unable to understand.
We should honor their "wisdom" over God's, so we don't look foolish to the lost and dying? What do we give up next, so as not to offend fools?
I'll pass on that deal, thanks.
Who said "shame". I have no shame about your views or those whom you call "us". I thought I was "us". But since you seem to want a division here, my opinion had to do with the anti scientific views, the theocratic vision of our schools, the imposition of anyone's "faith" on others. That is just plain wrong in my view.
Oh MY! Not this again...and again...and again...
Because, traducing the useful in order to try to launch on a quest to achieve the Quixotic impossible dream of the perfect is a fool's errand. Good night.
Ok, then prove ID theory wrong using the scientifc method.
Questioning the motivation of the source does not validate or invalidate the issue scientifically. This is my point about dogma. Your dogma, apparently based on dislike for the Moonies, is ID cannot possibly be fact because the Moonnies are the ones studying it. Using the Scientific method, your point cannot be proven or disproven. Your logic seems to be, If the Moonies then it is a lie. That is opinion, not science. I am willing to say about ID "I'll listen but show me the proof" rather then insist "Science" proves my personal opinions "true".
Whatever you say, Moonbat.
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