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Just when you thought he had nothing left to say, he shows up and says nothing again.

I'd cut him down in a heartbeat. But that's just me.

For the purposes of this thread, whatever your religion or lack thereof, let us consider the individual 'Jesus' a bona fide historical and biblical figure: You find Jesus hanging on the cross. You have the opportunity to cut him down and save his life. Others step up to you and say "No, he...

I'm not sure how many times I'm going to have to explain the terminology but here it goes again. Gnostic / Agnostic is just a modifier. Gnostic = Know Agnostic = Don't know Gnostic Deist - someone who is sure there is a deity, unassociated with any particular religion. Agnostic Deist -...

Now this is interesting: http://atheists.org/blog/2010/01/05/why-is-google-blocking-islam-is-search-recommendations I ran through their test and it's accurate. Google is hiding Islam results.

I didn't mean you you. Myths are built upon past events, and not like histories (which can also be distorted, but multi-point written histories are a better meter than oral histories which suffer the 'telephone game' more easily.

There is actually little to no historical (in the academic sense, not the religious sense) evidence of the existence of a religious figure Jesus Christ. Yes, there were probably Jesus, Josephs, Marys, and Xerxes running about. But the specific individual associated with the biblical claims was...

It's hardly universal among non-Christians.

You even admitted to putting words in my mouth after the fact. "I'm putting words in your mouth"... Well duh.

You know why North American atheists don't get a lot of death threats from Muslims? Because most of the fundamentalists are very far away and a much smaller percentage of them are surfing the net or reading the news in english. They still get them though. Those fundies on both sides who are a...

Look. I can put words in your mouth too! Statistically there are more fundamentalists in the south than any other part of the US. That does not make all people in the south whackos. It just means there are more whackos. So statistically you have a higher probability of encountering those...

Gnostic just means "to know" with no other connotations than what it's associated with. So you can be a gnostic or agnostic of any concept, not strictly religion :) You can be a gnostic a-unicornist. Or an agnostic fart-in-your-sleeper.

The reason you can't believe it is that I didn't say it and that's the SECOND time you've lied and said I did. Wow, you're a real piece of work. This is in Ohio: http://current.com/items/91446453_death-threats-force-removal-of-atheist-billboard.htm Ohio could barely be called religious in...

When chiropracty is done by honest professionals for what it's intended, it can help. But in the UK you have people claiming that cracking your back or neck will help with diabetes, and all kinds of other unjustified and unscientific claims. Homeopathy, the dilution of molecules of substance in...

Defibrillators actually stop your heart. It gives your autonomic system a chance to reset when the muscles are wigging out :)

We have an interesting trade off. Without tech, no advanced medicine. But also no wars causing huge loss of life. No wars, few sudden surges of technology prior to the computer age. So no medicine, then huge loss of life via pandemic, or maybe not because without the technology there would be...

That's LaMarckian genetics. Evolution doesn't work that way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck

The 'Seven Generations' is definitely a better approach than 'Maximize Profit in this Quarter' trend that we see today.

Disgusting, isn't it?

You know what's not true? Your statement that I said that about the south.