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... rexcat Apr 2013 #1
Doesn't exist? What if I still want to believe that he is a male bipod who looks like me, AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #2
I have stopped believing in absolutes on some things. R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #4
your logic just gave me a neck injury. Deep13 Apr 2013 #30
Never said they were, but R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #42
Your reading habits edhopper Apr 2013 #74
And? R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #82
You are not answering my reply edhopper Apr 2013 #87
That's nice. R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #97
Glad I could edhopper Apr 2013 #98
It's not realy an amusing day. R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #99
Sorry edhopper Apr 2013 #100
No offense taken. R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #102
I think the possibility edhopper Apr 2013 #103
A REAL one to worship should be a tripod.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #22
I have proof that you don't! immoderate Apr 2013 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2013 #5
Welcome to DU! rug Apr 2013 #7
i think it was quite clever. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #9
Welcome. However, what you say is nonsense. mr blur Apr 2013 #11
There's that warm welcome that makes this Group a beacon of civility. rug Apr 2013 #12
It looks like Name Removed has already been escorted from the building EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2013 #24
It doesn't excuse the comment. rug Apr 2013 #26
Nothing to excuse EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2013 #32
What familiarity? rug Apr 2013 #33
The aforementioned poster, now nuked EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2013 #48
And you know this how? rug Apr 2013 #65
You were on MIRT, you know how it goes EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2013 #67
I do. It's usually more than one post. rug Apr 2013 #68
I didn't know about the posts in the C&O group, and I certainly wouldn't have EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2013 #69
We should be polite to obvious trolls? Why? Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #34
I would answer you Warren but I'm too polite. rug Apr 2013 #36
You can't resist personal attacks, but attempt to shame others for doing Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #43
Although, my politeness has limits. rug Apr 2013 #44
A jury voted 5-1 to leave this post alone... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #75
Thanks. rug Apr 2013 #76
You're welcome.... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #77
"There's that warm welcome that makes this Group a beacon of civility." goldent Apr 2013 #80
I welcome you to Du but remember everyone has a different opinion on faith. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #13
Welcome to DU and to the religion group. cbayer Apr 2013 #15
Nonsense. Hissyspit Apr 2013 #18
Wrong. Zoeisright Apr 2013 #21
"There are many proofs" all of which are considered uninteresting to modern philosophy Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #23
Mr Fiborg Has Succeeded On the Road Apr 2013 #6
i wouldn't take him at face value.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #10
And that's okay EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2013 #25
Straw man argument. rug Apr 2013 #8
how so? nt Deep13 Apr 2013 #28
"It is perfect and irrefutable." rug Apr 2013 #31
proof is enough evidence to exclude other possibilities. Deep13 Apr 2013 #38
It depends on what you're trying to prove. rug Apr 2013 #39
true but kant tried to argue that divine imperatives.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #110
I think it's God Himself that 'his proof' is being compared to muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #46
I'm sure that's his intent but his grammar leads elsewhere. rug Apr 2013 #66
I have absolute proof there is a god: corkhead Apr 2013 #14
I have absolute proof there is a devil: Sarah Palin could have been our Vice President. n/t A Simple Game Apr 2013 #16
ftw Soylent Brice Apr 2013 #20
Whenever you find yourself in that position, you face a difficult choice. Should you go dimbear Apr 2013 #17
I am going to steal that. sakabatou Apr 2013 #19
outstanding nt Deep13 Apr 2013 #27
Interesting and logical, but there is no proof either way. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #29
He knows that. Hissyspit Apr 2013 #35
I never believed in any Burden of proof. You believe or you don't. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #37
Burden of Proof Fallacy: Hissyspit Apr 2013 #40
Thanks for clarrifying it. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #41
If there is a God, let me put this to you: Marrah_G Apr 2013 #47
I don't believe miracles happen today. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #50
Did they use to happen? Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #54
I believe that Jesus made miracles. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #57
But not the Old Testament ones? Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #59
Some I would say yes and some i would say were allegory. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #70
To everyone: What would proof of God look like? lindysalsagal Apr 2013 #45
Empirical is what it would look like. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #49
so you think when we die there is nothing? hrmjustin Apr 2013 #51
I've seen nothing that supports the idea that there is. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #52
Just faith that there is a heaven. Sorry I have no inside knowlege. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #56
No hell? Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #60
I do not believe in hell. I think almost all souls make it to heaven. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #71
So this heaven is crowded with billions of individual former people? Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #72
I am sorry to get back late on this but all I can say is I do not know hrmjustin Apr 2013 #83
Doggie heaven! Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #85
I would imagine so! hrmjustin Apr 2013 #86
So do babies go to heaven? Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #88
I would think they do. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #89
What personality do they have for eternity? Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #90
I can not answer that but it is something to think about. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #91
maybe god can make one up for them? Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #92
I would think you don't have all of your old problems from earth when you get into heaven. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #93
Insane from birth. What "personality" survives for eternity? Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #94
i do not know. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #95
Is there Nutella? lindysalsagal Apr 2013 #105
If you want it there than i am sure it will be there. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #106
OH: So Heaven is whatever you want? No wonder you believe in it! It's GOOD! lindysalsagal Apr 2013 #107
"OH: So Heaven is whatever you want? No wonder you believe in it! It's GOOD!" goldent Apr 2013 #108
Go for it! hrmjustin Apr 2013 #109
Yes of course. You die, you're dead, done, gone. Lights off. Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #53
I hope there is more! hrmjustin Apr 2013 #58
You can hope all you want but I suggest you make the most of this life here. Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #73
Good advice! hrmjustin Apr 2013 #84
No straight answers here. Guess we have no idea what we're looking for. lindysalsagal Apr 2013 #79
If we are talking about proofs come up by humans... goldent Apr 2013 #81
Kurt Gödel, probably the top logician of the 20th century, thought it would look like ... Jim__ Apr 2013 #104
not everything mathematical is also empirical. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #111
That's not a mathematical theorem. Jim__ Apr 2013 #114
ah so.. i had no idea he tinkered so deeply with metaphysics.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #115
The argument was offered here only as a response to the question in post #45. Jim__ Apr 2013 #121
Here's my proof: gateley Apr 2013 #55
The Blessed Trinity? Not Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #61
And that book bu Viktor Frankl - inspirational and awe-inspiring. I'm not sure I'd gateley Apr 2013 #63
I hear you Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #64
Reminds me of a brief (and I do mean brief) HeiressofBickworth Apr 2013 #62
The last time the jehovah's knocked on my door, I asked them to grab the end of the 12'X20'carpet I lindysalsagal Apr 2013 #78
Proof is for logic, mathematics, and whiskey. LTX Apr 2013 #96
great post! kwassa Apr 2013 #101
there's another layer of satire.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #112
Doesn't that still come full circle to evidence? LTX Apr 2013 #116
ah but it's a *joke* .. so no, because it wouldn't be as funny. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #117
Maybe. But if the "joke" is LTX Apr 2013 #118
well i chuckled. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #119
The point is that he can feel superior to everyone. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #120
Good catch goldent Apr 2013 #113
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