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SCOC Upholds Discreditation of Religious Law School

Last post by bobbo_the_Pragmatist « Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:27 am
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by OlegTheBatty » Fri Jun 15, 2018 6:19 pm
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Background:
Trinity Western University, in Langley, BC, is an evangelical university with several academic programs. Their mandate is to provide post...

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It keeps niggling at me.........the function of UN accredited law schools. If to take the bar you have to have a degree from an accredited law...

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Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:27 am
megan phelps roper

Last post by Nikki Nyx « Sat Jan 06, 2018 7:06 pm
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by psychiatry is a scam » Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:33 am
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former member of westboro Baptist church family

her TED presentation is something everyone on this site needs

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former member of westboro Baptist church family

her TED presentation is something everyone on this site needs Thank you for drawing attention to...

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Sat Jan 06, 2018 7:06 pm
Simply science

Last post by Gord « Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:52 am
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by TJrandom » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:02 am
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I found this site to be interesting, and will be passing it along to my grandkids…

OK, so I was number 2,690,760 – what were you?

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You should not post your home phone number on the internets like that.

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Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:52 am
Wikileaks and Hillary: drip, drip, drip...

Last post by Matthew Ellard « Thu Mar 09, 2017 11:16 pm
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by Fab Yolis » Tue Nov 01, 2016 7:00 am
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Does WikiLeaks have the 33,000 emails Hillary deleted from her private server last time she was under investigation by the FBI? Will they leak them...

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This thread is silly.

The Russians are contributing to the Wikileaks stockpiles of documents. That's what they do. Whether Julian Assange knows his...

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Thu Mar 09, 2017 11:16 pm
End of Faith

Last post by Lausten « Tue Oct 04, 2016 11:49 pm

by Lausten » Tue Oct 04, 2016 11:49 pm

Sam Harris is reading his book, and adding comments and expanding on it, for free, on his podcast. It's completely brilliant. Around 1 hour 50...

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Tue Oct 04, 2016 11:49 pm
Trump's supporters

Last post by TJrandom « Thu Sep 29, 2016 9:19 am
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by Lausten » Fri Dec 18, 2015 8:59 pm
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Check out question #38
30% of Republicans would support bombing of Agrabah. It's a fictional city from "Aladdin". I'm speechless.
I have...

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He iz 59. Must be early sinility.

I didn`t think that VKTW was that old - must be early onset sinility... ;)
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Thu Sep 29, 2016 9:19 am
Crazy Cat Lady Cult

Last post by Angel « Sat Jul 16, 2016 3:13 am
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by Lausten » Fri Jul 15, 2016 1:54 pm

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Aww, look at the cute kitties , no wait, it's a cult.
I heard about this on Life After God podcast #41. Ryan Bell is interviewing people about their...

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Sorry, you waste my time.

That's ok ~ I don't mind. :rain: :burn: :quix:
Ps~ I only come here for the smilies :lol:

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Sat Jul 16, 2016 3:13 am
Life After God

Last post by Lausten « Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:55 pm
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by Lausten » Mon Jan 11, 2016 3:52 pm

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This guy is amazing.
Obviously he fits my worldview, you might not like him. Unfortunately, Ryan Bell is not the best interviewer, so this a bit of...

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Before going too far down the Bobbo rabbit hole, I would like to add that all that enormity can be looked at two ways. 1, that we just got here on...

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Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:55 pm
Regressive PC reverse racist liberalism

Last post by Gord « Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:12 pm
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by Lausten » Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:37 am

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Well I said I would post my blog that picks apart a video by some moderate Muslim group. The biggest problem I have with this video is I can't tell...

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it's methodology
its

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Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:12 pm
Christmas Revolution

Last post by Matthew Ellard « Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:18 am
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by Lausten » Sat Jan 02, 2016 3:42 am

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Did anyone else catch this in the NYT?

It's your basic "Jesus changed the world and created modern ethics" garbage. I can't figure out...

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ummmm, would it be shaped like a bell?

Lausten. I'm going to make a very strange hypothesis as to why "humans are good in general"....

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Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:18 am
This is awkward

Last post by Gord « Mon Dec 21, 2015 4:54 pm
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by Lausten » Mon Dec 21, 2015 2:02 pm

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Miss Puerto suspended for racism
One of the reasons I prefer supporting people's freedom of religion, it's easier. It's easier to judge people on...

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*gag*

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Mon Dec 21, 2015 4:54 pm
US Candidate Quiz

Last post by TJrandom « Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:27 am
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by TJrandom » Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:09 am
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Take the quiz to match your views against the candidates...

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Behind the link there is a nice chart that shows where the various candidates stand on AGW…

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Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:27 am
State of the conversation, w/Neil

Last post by Austin Harper « Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:23 pm
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by Lausten » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:17 pm

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Great conversation at the latest Star Talk. Neil DeGrasse Tyson takes bits of conversations with Dawkins and plays them for a Jesuit priest on stage....

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I think he generally tries to go with the Socratic method, asking them leading questions that they are unwilling to answer either to him or to...

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Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:23 pm
Public Enemy of the Month

Last post by Gord « Sun Sep 13, 2015 6:33 am
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by Tom Palven » Sat Sep 12, 2015 6:54 pm

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Public enemy of the month, Assad, ISIS, or Russia?
S'plain this to me Lucy:

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The Syrian government doesn't want to defeat ISIS, it wants to use ISIS to its own advantage:

Assad does not see ISIS as his primary problem, the...

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Sun Sep 13, 2015 6:33 am
Moderates got nuthin

Last post by Lausten « Mon Aug 10, 2015 5:45 pm
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by Lausten » Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:57 pm

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This discussion is for all those people who say the "new atheists " don't address the liberals and moderates. Martin Marty is highly...

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So, Harris is arguing against a single one of those, and Marty says the equivalent of "I don't believe that." I'm referring specifically to...

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Mon Aug 10, 2015 5:45 pm
Don't bother

Last post by Lausten « Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:34 pm

by Lausten » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:34 pm

Doctrine to rot your brain

Another in my series of public service messages. Beware of this community Bible Study. A group of people set this up in...

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Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:34 pm
Atheist of the Year

Last post by Gord « Fri Jul 17, 2015 4:49 am
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by Lausten » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:55 pm

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This one just popped up after something by AronRa that I had picked. It's a long but interesting story about her relationship with her atheist uncle....

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Four minutes in. I like her. I think I'll listen to the end...unless my brother comes home and crashed my wifi on me. :)

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Fri Jul 17, 2015 4:49 am
A good almost

Last post by Lausten « Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:29 pm

by Lausten » Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:29 pm

I couldn't make this more succinct, so I'll link to my blog.

Greta Vosper is a minister in Toronto. On her blog, she has the titles...

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Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:29 pm
Arf arf…

Last post by Gord « Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:06 pm
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by TJrandom » Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:48 am

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Tickle behind the ears of the owner if you want their dog to eat out of your hand….

Research: Dogs shun people who don't cooperate with owners...

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Dogs in general don't like being touched on the head. They learn to put up with it because they enjoy the attention, but they'd rather receive...

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Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:06 pm
A beautiful thing

Last post by Lausten « Sat Apr 18, 2015 1:26 pm

by Lausten » Sat Apr 18, 2015 1:26 pm

Pretty amazing blog entry over at patheos. A Christian, who's first entry was a piece directed to Christian about how to partner with atheists,...

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Sat Apr 18, 2015 1:26 pm
Why I keep doing this

Last post by Lausten « Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:14 pm
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by Lausten » Thu Apr 02, 2015 5:48 pm
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I went to a talk recently by a local professor, mostly a Russian philosophy expert, but he talked about how Augustine suppressed the more humanistic...

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That one has Kant walking a fine line between matching concepts to be taught to a person's maturity and level and blatant indoctrination. I'm not...

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Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:14 pm
Oh, that's what spiritual means

Last post by Gord « Sat Mar 21, 2015 10:56 pm
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by Lausten » Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:21 pm
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Pretty funny

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Shaka needs to see this, NOW!

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Sat Mar 21, 2015 10:56 pm
A New Kind of a Russian Nuclear Reactor

Last post by kowalskil « Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:19 am

by kowalskil » Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:19 am

A New Kind of a Russian Nuclear Reactor

Link to my article:

Feel free to share it with all who might be interested, especially with students....

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Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:19 am
2015 "Consumer Reports" Top Car Picks

Last post by Centaur « Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:23 pm

by Centaur » Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:23 pm

Today (Feb 24) Consumer Reports published its top car picks for 2015. American cars moved nicely higher up the list compared with 2014, although the...

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Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:23 pm
Trying on Letting Go

Last post by A-number « Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:35 pm
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by Lausten » Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:01 pm
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At first this sounded silly. I thought it would be like one of those “Atheist Sundays” some churches do. But now that I’ve read a little of his words...
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Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:35 pm
Startling Reactions to Acceleration Goes Viral on Internet

Last post by scrmbldggs « Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:37 pm
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by Centaur » Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:13 pm
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This 3-minute video compilation of Tesla Model S demonstrations, with incredibly startled reactions while in “insane” mode, has quickly gone viral on...

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Will diehards demand a fuel-scented ?

:-P

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Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:37 pm
Jacoby on Muslims

Last post by A-number « Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:27 pm
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by Lausten » Sun Dec 14, 2014 5:41 pm
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I mentioned this a while ago in a Philosophy thread. It includes a well thought out commentary on the use terms like "Muslim terrorists"....

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Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:27 pm
The Most Beautiful Mummy In The World and Its Mystery

Last post by scrmbldggs « Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:16 am
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by A-number » Sun Dec 07, 2014 5:53 am
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Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:16 am
You're all wrong

Last post by Hex « Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:56 am
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by Lausten » Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:29 am

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Just had to share this from my wacko cousin . The guy is dead, one of the few good things I can say about him. The students look like they are from...

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That is funny that I just watched the proceeding video, just today, that kind of addressed your video. Wonder if god is trying to tell me something....

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Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:56 am
D'Souza in decline

Last post by A-number « Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:13 pm
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by Lausten » Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:28 pm

Demise of Douza

Some good news in the battle for a better conversation. The rise of a young intellectual, catapulted by his ability to spout...

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Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:13 pm
Truthism.com

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by Pamam55 » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:57 pm
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Read it and weep

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Hi. :wave:

P.S. He was born...with an Aquarius Rising and a Cancer Moon, and Uranus 26 degrees Gemini.
Ew. Sounds painful.
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Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:57 am
Biological warfare

Last post by octopus1 « Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:38 am
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by Jaina_Proudmoore » Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:17 am

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Is that the future of warfare or maybe it will come back and kick us in the butt?

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Is that the future of warfare or maybe it will come back and kick us in the butt?

I'm not sure that you can call something that's been...

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Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:38 am
Cosmos

Last post by JO 753 « Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:15 am
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by Lausten » Mon Mar 10, 2014 5:21 pm

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After one episode, I can only critique it on the quality of telling the story. I learned a little about Giordano Bruno, but the rest was pretty...

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Kool ship.

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Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:15 am
Facebook

Last post by kowalskil « Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:19 pm
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by kowalskil » Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:41 pm

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A new version of Notes on Facebook has been posted at:

csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/facebook.html

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Thank you for alerting me.

Use this link instead:

The ending /index.html is usually not necessary. But this server behaves abnormally. i do not...

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Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:19 pm
Grasping Reason

Last post by Lausten « Sat Feb 08, 2014 12:48 am

by Lausten » Sat Feb 08, 2014 12:48 am

If you've never heard of Sye Ten Bruggencate, lucky you. He has a large YouTube presence and gets on talk shows about atheism. He has a couple...

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Sat Feb 08, 2014 12:48 am
It's a philosophy

Last post by nmblum88 « Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:29 pm
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by Lausten » Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:42 pm

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A book for atheists
My ex-pastor linked me to this. He's getting old so I usually just ignore him, but he specifically addressed it to atheists, so...

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A book for atheists
My ex-pastor linked me to this. He's getting old so I usually just ignore him, but he specifically addressed it to atheists, so...

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Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:29 pm
Animated Biblical Stories

Last post by Monster « Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:20 pm
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by OlegTheBatty » Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:10 pm
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I just discovered these.

Many more in the sidebar. See ya later.

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Ramayana cartoon:

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Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:20 pm
Video puzzles

Last post by fromthehills « Sat Jan 04, 2014 5:08 pm
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by Ali3nz » Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:55 pm
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I used to love those sliding puzzles as a kid, came across this the other day and had some fun as it's kind of like the old stuff except that the...

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Solved the cloud one, too.

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Sat Jan 04, 2014 5:08 pm
Cambridge? Really?

Last post by kennyc « Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:23 pm
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by Lausten » Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:19 pm

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I guess they'll let anybody have a website now. I am hassling people at the new "Freedom From Atheism Foundation" facebook page. It appears...

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I know this is an old thread (about a year) but just ran across Plantinga as he apparently has a 'new' book out:

Where the Conflict Really Lies:...

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Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:23 pm
The Amazing Sam

Last post by SweetPea « Fri Dec 20, 2013 4:24 pm
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by Lausten » Fri Dec 20, 2013 2:48 pm
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Harris continues to be one of my favorite, dare I say, philosophers. This is a compiled video from a longer seminar, featuring Sam. But look at who...

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Lawrence Krauss makes the best statement at 31 minutes in.

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Fri Dec 20, 2013 4:24 pm
New Halloween Favorite

Last post by Austin Harper « Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:23 pm
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by Lausten » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:31 pm
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Hell No! "Kinda predictable".

I haven't tried watching a scary movie since becoming a skeptic. I'd probably sit there and complain about...

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I've never really been much of a fan of horror films. The only part of them that's really scary is the soundtrack. Those guys know what they're...

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Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:23 pm
Supreme Court troll

Last post by SweetPea « Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:27 pm
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by Lausten » Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:25 pm
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Scalia interview
Antonin Scalia made some remarks during an interview recently that sound much like the believers that occasionally pop up on at...

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Scalia came off as borderline crazy, and seemed to be very paranoid. I was also struck by his referring to Catholic doctrine as justification for his...

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Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:27 pm
An almost reasonable debate

Last post by Austin Harper « Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:46 pm
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by Lausten » Fri Aug 09, 2013 2:01 pm
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Aslan vs Harris

Reza Aslan recently came out with the book Zealot , a modern historical analysis of a very political Jesus. He is very liberal...

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I need a good policy, and cheap....
Eat more cheese.
That's always a good choice.

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Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:46 pm
Light at the end of the tunnel

Last post by OlegTheBatty « Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:25 pm
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by Lausten » Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:18 pm
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Gotta love this article. It's come from Madalyn Murray O'Hair is the most hated person in America to this within my lifetime. It's not just an...

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Yeah, I can never even remember who Madalyn Murray O'Hair is anymore.
She never writes, never returns my calls. :sigh:
Does anybody? :mrgreen:...

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Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:25 pm
Atheist Church

Last post by kennyc « Wed May 08, 2013 3:55 pm
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by Lausten » Tue Feb 05, 2013 4:02 pm
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I don't know, could be fun.

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Talk about dirty tricks... My crazy Pentecostal Christian mate invited us to see him play in his church band. "We'll be playing rock and roll...

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Wed May 08, 2013 3:55 pm
Krauss v Islam

Last post by Gord « Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:17 am
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by Lausten » Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:47 pm
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I'm sure many of you are tired of debates, but Krauss?? I'm glad I checked this one out. The Islamist presents some pretty standard stuff, although...

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The moon librates.
Too cool for school:

See, if they'd just been able to show me that in astronomy 101, I wouldn't have had to do all that math...

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Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:17 am
Where do you live?

Last post by Poodle « Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:30 pm
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by Lausten » Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:48 pm

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If you're not familiar with it, the Barna group is fundamentalist, but they use very scientific methods in their polling. Their purpose is to alert...

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I live in my socks. Someone has to.

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Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:30 pm
What's the Ask?

Last post by Gord « Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:07 pm
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by fromthehills » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:46 pm

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Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:07 pm
Interesting site, interesting subject,,,

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by nmblum88 » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:36 pm

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Admittedly encouraged by my interest in the life and death by suicide (at 26) of Aaron Swartz, I came across this interesting and relevant article ,...

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I contribute to one particular page. And my sites are cited in a few thousand pages.

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Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:42 pm
Al-Ghazali

Last post by Lausten « Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:40 pm

by Lausten » Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:40 pm

I learned about this guy Al-Ghazali from this little speech fragment by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

There is a complete documentary about him here . It...

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Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:40 pm

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