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    The historical Paul

    OK, so he was refering to outside of the bible perhaps. If so, I apologize. Thank you Cynthia.
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    Free Will as Brain Scans Reveal

    But, what we are exploring here is that relationship that all of us know so very little about. I imagine it is akin to the iceberg that sunk the Titanic. Again, to me it is fascinating to try and tackle the workings of this semi-symbiotic relationship and how it works, and what we can learn from it.
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    The historical Paul

    Which Christians flat out rejected Paul? I realize some were afraid at first, but please explain. I never said other people weren't teaching Gentiles, I just pointed out that a book that has a lot to say about Paul, explains he was to be particularly important to the gentiles. So, what you are...
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    Choice Poll

    Here is a poll, about how you view choices. Hopefully something can be learned by this. I am presenting three choices in the poll, and feel free to elaborate, because I want to find out what everything thinks is the determining factor in how we label our choices. The three choices are (please...
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    Free Will as Brain Scans Reveal

    Did anyone notice that part where the scientist talks about the brain is GENERALLY acting in harmony and cahoots with our consciousness. In other words, there is a synergy that develops in each persons union, to where some like pickles and others don't. So the brain USUALLY isn't going to force...
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    The historical Paul

    By you, or Fallingblood?
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    The historical Paul

    Yet still it is one of the perspectives one will naturally wrestle with in their mind, when handling these topics. It seems to me, that in any debate I have witnessed on religious topics, that when the God being or supernatural is taken out of the equation, the field becomes so dusty with anger...
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    The historical Paul

    I claim nothing at this point in time. I will however say in the context of this discussion say that it shouldn't be overlooked when discussing Paul, or at least not dismiss Paul as the previous poster did so easily. Is that not fair enough?
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    The historical Paul

    Perhaps, the material that Paul deals with, and how it is expressed is why it is still around. If you are looking purely from a non-religious scholarly perspective, or perhaps an agnostic or atheistic perspective, than your question is natural. If you are of faith, Paul's words are the words of...
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    The historical Paul

    Is this a normal type of comment for discussion of scholarship? In the light of the following verse?
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    Free Will as Brain Scans Reveal

    Cute! but, no I meant dogma, sorry. My only point is, that we are not consciously aware of our decisions when they are being made according to this study, and only carry out what our brain decides in the realm of whatever you want to call it, but for now I am calling it as the article does...
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    Free Will as Brain Scans Reveal

    Sort of, but then again you will always do what your brain decided unconsciously to do, and you have no control over that. At least according to this study.
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    why jews refuse jesus and Mohamed

    By no means is that "my" world. I can see why you might eagerly jump to that conclusion, though I am not sure why you did? But anyway... No, I was interested in your experience. You made a comment that allowed any reader to infer that you had much experience in these discussions. I then...
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    Free Will as Brain Scans Reveal

    This only works within your frame work of perception of life. Take a Christian of Calvin ideology. Often times they can't subscribe to the idea of Free Will, because if they did, they could dictate to God at their own leisure when God would save them. If we have free will in that scenario, we...
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    why jews refuse jesus and Mohamed

    You offered you have either participated or witnessed numerous discussions about a certain list. You remarked about the list that was copied and pasted in an effort to prove Jesus was talked about in the OT. You said, it was a list that has been discussed "ad nauseum". I then asked, "have the...
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    why jews refuse jesus and Mohamed

    While your sentiment is agreeable, do you find the discussions you mention here have been satisfactorily completed? Or, rather do you find unfair bias on all three Abrahamic sides?
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    "Hero" Is The Most Over-Used Word

    I have a pet peeve about seeing an obese cop, obese firefighter or obese soldier. Unless they are never going to see action any more, it should be mandatory to keep certain physical parameters. :D
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    Free Will as Brain Scans Reveal

    This of course is another case of Dogma. It is what you subscribe to and that is PERFECTLY fine, so don't get me wrong. However, it is like Penumbra said, there are so many variations, so many suggested concepts, that the idea of Free Will, is akin to using the word Awesome, which has about just...
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    To Penumbra

    Agreed Agreed as well. This logic makes perfect, sound and solid sense in a physical universe such as we have. Yet, when we venture to discuss concepts of supernatural and the like, we have to adjust the allowable equation a bit. To suggest it is without justification, by saying Creator doesn't...
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    To Penumbra

    For the record, I do not intend to exclude others from participating in conversation or debate.
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