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Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)
1. yes, reconciling that pesky 'relationship between religion and science' again
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 03:23 AM
Jan 2012

lol, I get more of my divine inspiration from reruns of the MOD Squad. Rock on Pete, Julie and Linc!

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yes, reconciling that pesky 'relationship between religion and science' again Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #1
Preacher-man's gotta pay the rent, too! xfundy Jan 2012 #2
This is how I look at it. cbayer Jan 2012 #3
Is that not EXACTLY the God of the Gaps argument? darkstar3 Jan 2012 #4
Call it whatever you want. cbayer Jan 2012 #5
And is your "god" always evolving? skepticscott Jan 2012 #6
I don't know the answer to your questions. cbayer Jan 2012 #7
Have you ruled out the possibility that there being no god whatsoever skepticscott Jan 2012 #13
and the "god" in that new room is smaller and less consequential each time. darkstar3 Jan 2012 #8
As I said, darkstar, everytime I open a door, I walk into a new room cbayer Jan 2012 #10
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." darkstar3 Jan 2012 #11
Swith to insults. So predictable. cbayer Jan 2012 #12
I don't see an insult in the post you responded to. darkstar3 Jan 2012 #14
A switch to victim status skepticscott Jan 2012 #18
I don't know how you read an insult into darkstar's post EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2012 #23
This is how I see it. cbayer Jan 2012 #24
I can only speak for myself edhopper Jan 2012 #25
I wasn't talking about you and haven't seen you do this. cbayer Jan 2012 #26
Well I hope you think about some of the thoughtful response to your posts. edhopper Jan 2012 #27
I do think about some of the thoughtful responses and I appreciate cbayer Jan 2012 #29
There is a safe space. In fact, there are 9 of them. darkstar3 Jan 2012 #28
I don't dislike you and I don't want you to go away. cbayer Jan 2012 #30
This is called God of the Gaps edhopper Jan 2012 #15
I'm not making an argument, you see, so it doens't matter to me whether this is a cbayer Jan 2012 #16
Uh, yes you are skepticscott Jan 2012 #19
I use the term argument as a POV, not a conflict. edhopper Jan 2012 #20
I am constantly rethinking it from a different perspective. cbayer Jan 2012 #21
But can you let go of ideas edhopper Jan 2012 #22
Religion did teach me a lot of things. 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2012 #9
hmmm edhopper Jan 2012 #17
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