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edhopper

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27. I know, I just used it

Reply to cbayer (Reply #26)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 03:16 PM

Feb 2015

because it reflected what I was saying, and paraphrasing seemed perfunctory. I wasn't using him to back up my point.

So look at it as I intended and not what NDT did.

If you want i can edit it out.

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Thousands of Gods have been or are worshiped, [View all] safeinOhio Feb 2015 OP

Um ok. hrmjustin Feb 2015 #1

If you believe in God, you have chosen to reject Allah, Vishnu, mr blur Feb 2015 #17

You seem to think you know what my opinion is so I guess I shouldn't bother. hrmjustin Feb 2015 #18

Perhaps you shouldn't. You're the one who was shrugging in incomprehension mr blur Feb 2015 #20

What bothers me is you dared to try to speak for me and tell me what I believed when hrmjustin Feb 2015 #21

Do you think that these are all different gods? Starboard Tack Feb 2015 #23

Actually, Allah is the same "God" as the Judaeo-Christian God. dballance Feb 2015 #29

And therefore...what? nt Htom Sirveaux Feb 2015 #2

Just an interesting statement safeinOhio Feb 2015 #3

It goes with this quote I found. safeinOhio Feb 2015 #4

Do you think that quote gives off a "We're smarter/superior to you" vibe? nt Htom Sirveaux Feb 2015 #8

I do. hrmjustin Feb 2015 #10

Mr Silverman is a self-promoting conservative, so I'm going to cbayer Feb 2015 #9

My thoughts along that line Cartoonist Feb 2015 #5

If you're Christian, arguably it's 3 away; and there are rumours of a sacking... muriel_volestrangler Feb 2015 #6

And if you are an atheist, you are only one god away from being a theist. cbayer Feb 2015 #7

I would think one would be safeinOhio Feb 2015 #14

Do gods come in fractions? cbayer Feb 2015 #15

Heracles comes to mind, I believe he was 56.25% god =) (nt) LostOne4Ever Feb 2015 #19

Putting that in the book of things I did not know. cbayer Feb 2015 #22

I have always loved greek mythology and found it interesting that He was more than half god =) LostOne4Ever Feb 2015 #41

That's very cool. cbayer Feb 2015 #42

There have been millions of gods since we dropped out of the trees Warpy Feb 2015 #11

Perhaps it is just that the human concept of god has changed as cbayer Feb 2015 #16

The information edhopper Feb 2015 #25

As you and I have discussed previously, cbayer Feb 2015 #26

I know, I just used it edhopper Feb 2015 #27

No, no need to edit. I just wanted to make sure that the context was clear. cbayer Feb 2015 #28

But none of the answers edhopper Feb 2015 #30

Again, since no one really knows what or who god is, if there is a god, cbayer Feb 2015 #31

I can say that I am more correct... trotsky Feb 2015 #32

The space where people edhopper Feb 2015 #33

Why makes you think that that space is receding? cbayer Feb 2015 #34

You just gave the same argument edhopper Feb 2015 #35

I most certainly did not give that argument. cbayer Feb 2015 #36

Yes, you did edhopper Feb 2015 #37

It is not. The critical point of the argument is that the lack of scientific evidence cbayer Feb 2015 #38

You never have edhopper Feb 2015 #39

I am rereading this edhopper Feb 2015 #40

Are you an admirer of the thirteenth reincarnation of the Dalai Lama? rug Feb 2015 #12

Sure I admirer him, just as safeinOhio Feb 2015 #13

I'll drink to that Starboard Tack Feb 2015 #24