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Message 2 of 35 (781936)
04-10-2016 11:57 AM

Best Posts In General

I might also add that if anyone finds a really good post from older threads and you are reading it for the first time (or rereading it, as I often do) go ahead and submit it here as well. Just remember to keep things neat and tidy and use the suggested format.

Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul
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~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith

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Message 23 of 35 (834157)
05-31-2018 11:55 AM

Reply to: Message 22 by Minnemooseus
05-31-2018 3:22 AM

Re: NoNukes at "The Methods of Historical Science..." topic

I would agree that this is POTM material except I would have left off the last line:

Like every thread Faith offers, this one is a farce that tells us much more about her than it does the purported topic. Keep them coming.

Otherwise, the post makes a valid argument.

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Message 29 of 35 (872081)
02-19-2020 4:29 PM

Taq Defends Climate Change Stats against marc9000

Author: Taq
Forum: Coffee House
Thread: Climate Change Denier comes in from the cold: SCIENCE!!!
Message #: Message 621, Message 622

Taq patiently explains why 7 billion people exhaling is not a significant contribution towards climate change and why Marc 9000 needs to stop being afraid of the science behind it as if it is attacking his liberty.

A great example of arguing the position and not attacking the person.

The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.Calvin Coolidge
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As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.-RC Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith

- You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. Anne Lamott
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Message 30 of 35 (884831)
03-09-2021 8:20 PM

Taq Picks Up Where He Left Off In 2020

This topic has been idle for a couple of years. I saw a great post today and thought about our old POTM. Lo and behold it was again Taq who also won the last nomination posted here. I will say Taq that you exhibit great tact and diplomacy in your posts. Very well done. (and i just so happen to agree with his conclusions!

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Author: Taq
Forum: Side Orders--Free For All
Thread: anti theist
Message #: Message 192

Edited by Phat, : No reason given.

"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain "
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far from science having buried God, not only do the results of science point towards his existence, but the scientific enterprise itself is validated by his existence.- Dr.John Lennox

The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe; the theist believes a 'who' created the universe.
- Criss Jami, Killo

The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him. Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You
(1894).

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Message 31 of 35 (887802)
08-22-2021 1:43 PM

DWise1 is indeed a wise one

Author: dwise1
Forum: Coffee House
Thread: Who's the bigger offender: Conservatives or Liberals?
Message #: Message 330

Dwise1 is one of my favorite critics. He never insults me nor questions my reading ability nor does he criticize me in any way to boost his own ego. Rather, he succinctly and professionally diagnoses my rant/post and goes into great descriptive detail about why I may want to rethink my positions. My blood sugar and I both thank him for a job well done.

Excellent post on a rather contentious topic around these parts! I might add that he makes many such high-quality and descriptive posts elsewhere in this Forum.

"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain "
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“…far from science having buried God, not only do the results of science point towards his existence, but the scientific enterprise itself is validated by his existence.”- Dr.John Lennox

“The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe; the theist believes a 'who' created the universe.”
- Criss Jami, Killo

“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him.” — Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You
(1894).

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Message 34 of 35 (903247)
12-07-2022 9:06 AM

A POTM for December 2022

We don't do POTM's as we used to do here at the Forum, but I saw a gem of a post by dwise1 as he challenged the creationist logic of Dredge.

Author: dwise1
Forum: Coffee House
Thread: Coffee House Musings on Creationist Topic Proposals
Message #: Message 1227

Apart from his last sentence, dwise1 was thorough and professional in his succinct response. I might add that his response to me in Message 1225 was also educational and thorough. dwise1 has been dealing with Biblical Creationists for a long time and can get frustrated with their repeated nagging arguments gleaned, as he says, from PRATTS found elsewhere.

Edited by Phat, : added second post as I just saw it

Edited by Phat, : added second link and edited my mistake

The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him.” - Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You (1894).

When both religious and non-religious people reach the same conclusions then you know religion isn't the reason.--Percy

Nor are Democrats the best party or the only one we should have. -Phat,2022 addressing The Peanut Gallery.

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