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    Evolution is illogical and non sense

    Whereas, I for one continue to cling to the hope that those whose minds are clouded by religion can, one by one, eventually be led back out into the light. It will take time. It will take patience. It will take understanding, and compassion, and empathy. But they can be saved. I have faith...
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    Can science ever get the end of this universe ?

    The great thing about science is that it's a method of learning by being wrong. Curiosity is a motivation that everyone possesses. We all ask, to varying extent, in varying circumstance: why? What is the cause? We can ask each other and, in many cases, the answer's already been discovered...
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    Is Worship an innate human feeling?

    I would assert (and indeed, recent studies have demonstrated) that there is an instinctive desire to seek something more than one's self. This sentiment is the result of the natural extenuation of a baby's desire to seek a food source, a toddler's desire to seek a protective presence, a child's...
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    Can Atheists and Theists ever acknowledge each other.

    I would like to echo this sentiment, if I may. It is of paramount importance to me that the distinction between the belief and the believer remain clear. Thus am I always both able and willing to maintain a respect for the believer even while lacking a respect for the belief. This principle...
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    Does prayer work?

    I have no recollection of such an event. Given how dramatic and monumental you seem to feel that experience would be for me, I in turn daresay I'd remember it. Therefore, I am compelled to deny it. However, amusingly, I cannot make a knowledge claim regarding whether or not I've ever met...
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    Does prayer work?

    I appreciate the effort. That's quite a stupendous knowledge claim. But you violate the principles of knowledge claims by asserting one without being able to provide evidence for your claim. It is, in every way, equivalent to the claim about aliens that I mentioned earlier. If you cannot...
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    Does prayer work?

    I do experience this feeling. I experience it frequently. I feel inspired, uplifted. My heart is moved. I am consumed, subsumed, with the sensation of a world, a universe, greater than myself. I am both humbled and awed, transfixed by the vision of a connection with the greatness of...
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    On the topic of if prayer works...........

    Interesting. Is there a particular depiction of the sort of entity/entities who might be listening in that you have in mind? I for one have oftentimes noticed a tendency for those of religious or even would-be religious ilk to either actively believe in or otherwise seek out divine entities...
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    Dinosaurs and Religion

    Oh, blast it all. I thought this thread was about dinosaur religion! Oh T-Rex, who art in the tar pits, carnivorous be thy name... - Xaxyx
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    Does prayer work?

    There's really nothing particularly amazing about the way we perceive our environment. We have, as you noted, five senses. And of course, many more than that; we have a sense of balance, a sense of spacial awareness (where your limbs are, for example; close your eyes, wave your arms around...
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    Does prayer work?

    How does this entity communicate with you? And what makes this entity correct? That this entity has never lied to you does not, in turn, allow us to conclude that it never lies. I have never lied to you; does that mean you trust me implicitly as well? Of course it does. You made a claim about...
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    Does prayer work?

    How do you know this? And how do you know this? This is demonstrably untrue. I do not need your god. I furthermore resent your inclusion of me in your sample set without first polling my opinion. How could an omnipotent being have needs? Why does an omniscient being need to be informed? Why...
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    Does prayer work?

    It really doesn't take a deep and powerful mind to perform a simple test and analyze it. I'll even show you how to do your own, personal Prayer Power™ test; see below. Absolutely so. Case in point: take a coin. Close your eyes and pray to any preferred deity that it comes up heads. Flip it...
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    On the topic of if prayer works...........

    Who did you pray to? Since you asked... I would view this as a coincidence. Coincidences happen. But the real question, of course, is how you feel about it. Have you ever heard of the phenomenon known as confirmation bias? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias It's a peculiarity of the...
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