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nwr
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Message 42 of 271 (567788)
07-02-2010 2:43 PM
Reply to: Message 34 by sac51495
07-02-2010 2:04 PM


Re: Detection of God
sac51495 writes:
And likewise, the fact that we do not fully understand the exact nature of God is not evidence that we never will.
I suspect that many of the athiest members of evcforum would tell you that they understand very well the exact nature of God.

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Message 129 of 271 (570692)
07-28-2010 10:37 AM
Reply to: Message 122 by onifre
07-27-2010 1:09 PM


Re: Name these things please
Think of it this way, what's the difference between a 2D movie and a 3D movie?
I haven't watched the current ones. Back in the 1950s, when 3D movies first showed up, the difference was clear. The 3D movies had crappier plots.

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Message 185 of 271 (574741)
08-17-2010 2:38 PM
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08-17-2010 11:36 AM


Re: Correct, but uselessly so
sac51495 writes:
I can interpret the 2nd law of thermodynamics ("In a system, a process that occurs will tend to increase the total entropy of the universe.") as saying ...
That is not how the 2nd law is usually stated. I'm not even sure whether "the total entropy of the universe" makes sense.
sac51495 writes:
Why do there tend to be more mis-interpretations of the Word of God than of physical laws?
I'll take "word of God" as a metaphor for "the Bible." Why there are many interpretations is obvious enough. What the Bible itself says is actually rather straightforward. However, it is contains many contradictions and factual errors. Conservative Christian groups want to delude themselves into the belief that the Bible is inerrant. In order to so delude themselves, they must read their own interpretations into the Bible, instead of reading what it actually says. The reason that there are so many interpretations, is that there are many different Christian groups with their own made up theologies that they want to insist on reading into the text.
Personally, I think it makes more sense to read it as it is, warts and all.

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