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  1. justa_gurl

    dating monotheism

    Hey everyone, i could use your help. I'm looking for some good sources that outline and compare the various theories as to when Zoroastrianism and monotheism first made its appearance. I know it's all a bit foggy but any sort of timeline showing archealogical discoveries, theories ect. would...
  2. justa_gurl

    It is difficult to describe atheism - True ?

    I'm so sorry...My full apologies everyone. I didn't even catch myself doing it. Have they got a patch for that?
  3. justa_gurl

    It is difficult to describe atheism - True ?

    You are absolutely right, i should. Unfortunately, i haven't so i guess you'll just have to bare with me. I really appreciate your taking the time to reply and hope you'll continue to humor me though. If we could take a child straight from a womb, deny it all external influences and without...
  4. justa_gurl

    Pagans and Environmentalism

    Sabio, No, i don't believe it does conflict. Allow me to explain.. I fully understand that the underlying message of Jesus' portrayal implies by its very nature care and stewardship of the earth. None-the-less, this fact alone seems... well, insufficient. The message is there but the Christian...
  5. justa_gurl

    It is difficult to describe atheism - True ?

    "The first step is to know what a belief is. It is to make the discovery, perhaps startling to many today, that a report over the radio of the latest scientific discovery adds, not to one's scientific knowledge, but to one's beliefs." Insight, by Bernard Lonergan...
  6. justa_gurl

    It is difficult to describe atheism - True ?

    Technically speaking, no belief or opinion requires definition or justification. However... unless the rules of discourse have changed, arguing that position does suggest one has the ability to defend it. Unless of course, your intent is to use it as a platform for attack rather than for any...
  7. justa_gurl

    It is difficult to describe atheism - True ?

    He must truly be a miserable man, trying to reformulate the whole of language just so his experiences and beliefs in no way resemble religious influences. I mean good grief.. What is so astounding about atheism that all the subtle changes in language that have formed and reformed the whole of...
  8. justa_gurl

    The worst pain..

    post removed sorry.. it posted twice
  9. justa_gurl

    The worst pain..

    nerve damage anyone? About 19 months ago i started getting these pains in my head that were so severe i would pace and scream and bash my head into a wall to divert myself from the intense pain. They grew worse and worse. Once, i uknowingly tore the skin of my thighs through a pair of jeans...
  10. justa_gurl

    Miracles - always and never

    Thanks for the replies everyone, sorry i haven't been able to get back to you sooner. :) So miracles are subjective, Engyo? But i thought the miraculous WAS something we don't understand yet. Oh bother.. I speak in circles you'll have to forgive me. You're right not to agree. Mental...
  11. justa_gurl

    Miracles - always and never

    Ah.. like Donald Trump's comb-over. That's a miracle alright. :p Absolutely, good point. Yet, contracting a rare disease has meanginful purpose but is seldomly considered a 'miracle'. There must be not only meaning but a sort of positive meaning taken from the event? Here's where things get...
  12. justa_gurl

    Miracles - always and never

    hmm.. i'd agree but there's some room left in everything for scientific explanation. If that were the case, wouldn't everything be a miracle, still awaiting a full explaination on both a mirco and a macro level?
  13. justa_gurl

    Miracles - always and never

    Non-believers, lend me your cerebral cortexes. I'd like to hear your definitions of 'Miracle'. Not the definitions of believers but your own, secular ideas. I'd also like to hear if you - based on your definition - believe they: 1) always happen 2) never happen 3) sometimes...
  14. justa_gurl

    Mind if i join you?

    Yeah, don't fear. He knows his place. As you can see this is just his own neurotic way of flirting. :D
  15. justa_gurl

    Animism

    In a 3ft, telepathic, swamp-muppet sort of way... sure. Hard to tell the true meaning is. :D
  16. justa_gurl

    Animism

    Nope silly.. :p i was distinguishing a persons conscience and character from his blood and bones. The 'soul' is traditionally thought of as the 'being' that is within the meat and hair, not just the guts and gore itself. To the animist, the same applies to animals, plants, and even rocks; all...
  17. justa_gurl

    Atheism vs agnosticism

    Melody, you're absolutely correct in the traditional sense. Atheism is defined as the belief that God does not exist. But then one day.. </goes into story telling mode ...] ...the poor little atheist discovered that the burden of proof made their 'logically superior' argument impossible to...
  18. justa_gurl

    Do we have free will?

    but it is a personal effort to determine, based on individual specifics unique to you? is every response than an 'automated' one then, even when there are several seemingly correct or equivalent responses?
  19. justa_gurl

    First principles and the existance of God.

    Let me see if I’ve got this straight… he only defines ‘being’ by it’s negative, rules out the possibility that a non-being (say a force or metaphysical constant like time) can exist, shows that a non-being (or force) is incapable of bringing things into ‘being’, then uses this to assert a...
  20. justa_gurl

    Do we have free will?

    so then if it is theoretically impossible for anyone except that particular individual to make that choice, is it safe to say it is in fact a personal choice? that is dependant upon the a combination of psychological, emotional, genetic, and other external influences specific to that particular...
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