Actually each of you are talking about something different. Goodvibes is talking about the max human lifespan ("very strict limit") and Randy C is talking...
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Randy C
carumba17
May 31, 2010 12:55 am
... Randy C: But no where do I say that they are a separate species. Instead I say that this single characteristic overwhelms all of the other characteristics...
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Randy C
carumba17
May 31, 2010 1:08 am
... Randy C: I agree that they are different things. However I also think that life expectancies have increased due to factors beyond mere infant mortality...
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goodvibrations99
goodvibratio...
May 31, 2010 3:10 am
... Where? It would appear that humans are the only part of it that need bothersome rituals and parephenalia like churches, praying and baptism in order to...
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goodvibrations99
goodvibratio...
May 31, 2010 3:12 am
... Let me see. Firstly there is the time scale issue. I'm not saying a superior being couldn't do the task in 6 days, but I doubt if this was the case. The...
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goodvibrations99
goodvibratio...
May 31, 2010 3:21 am
... I never said life was started all at once, I simply said life must surely have begun in a single location on the planet. Randy is the one that said there...
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goodvibrations99
goodvibratio...
May 31, 2010 3:26 am
... This is where I get a bit confused over genesis. I know it says he created the cattle etc, but does it mean he created cattle as in male and female, just...
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Alan
kaptainkobold
May 31, 2010 4:00 am
... Summary Looks like a duck - check Walks like a duck - check Quacks like a duck - check Yet, despite this, continually claims not to be a duck....
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goodvibrations99
goodvibratio...
May 31, 2010 4:01 am
... Perhaps someone else will take it up with you. Personally, now we've agreed there are too many unknowns, I fail to see the point in debating it. ... What?...
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Alan
kaptainkobold
May 31, 2010 4:04 am
... Psalms 69, 96, 145, 148 and 150. Also a reference in Luke 19....
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goodvibrations99
goodvibratio...
May 31, 2010 4:08 am
... If anyone else understands this, please send me a translation. In English please....
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Thomas
averylinden
May 31, 2010 1:16 pm
... You're a fundamentalist, literalist creationist. You use the talking points and arguments from creationists, you defend the bible like a literalist, and...
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Randy C
carumba17
May 31, 2010 1:40 pm
... Randy C: Richard Dawkins is equivalent to Lucifer? I would say that's going a bit overboard, but Dawkins might actually feel flattered. ... But Lucifer...
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Randy C
carumba17
May 31, 2010 1:43 pm
... Randy C: I'm pretty sure that you get it, but: YOU describe yourself as an atheist. Yet everything you say, every argument you make and every topic you...
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Alan
kaptainkobold
May 31, 2010 2:23 pm
... And a specific holy book as well. To be fair, in his original post on 1st May he did claim that whilst he had been looking into religions it had mostly...
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goodvibrations99
goodvibratio...
May 31, 2010 6:37 pm
... And I believe the term for people like you is 'idiot' How can I defend something which science hasn't discovered?...
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skrogh
panterragroup
May 31, 2010 6:52 pm
... People do it all the time....
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goodvibrations99
goodvibratio...
May 31, 2010 7:03 pm
... That is NOT what I said. You know, I've picked you up on many occassions where you twist what people say. It really is a dirty trick. Pay attention, I said...
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Thomas
averylinden
May 31, 2010 7:56 pm
... It sure looks like you're choosing to believe, in direct contradiction to your previous claims of not believing in any gods. Care to provide a detailed...
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Thomas
averylinden
May 31, 2010 7:58 pm
... As I recall, ad hominems and insults are not allowed on this list. Besides, nearly every post you've sent to the group in the last couple days has been a...
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runx10
May 31, 2010 9:27 pm
The people that I mentioned were only a couple of specific examples from Roman times. That the max life span was widely recognized (at the time) as being...
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goodvibrations99
goodvibratio...
May 31, 2010 9:53 pm
... oh the village idiot returns. Anyway, first of all, let's ask YOU a question. Have YOU ever read the bible?...
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goodvibrations99
goodvibratio...
May 31, 2010 9:54 pm
... So what you are saying is, everyone who reads the bible properly from beginning to end is a creationist? you are definitely off your rocker....
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Randy C
carumba17
May 31, 2010 10:07 pm
... Randy C: There are atheists, right? If there are atheists then there is no irrefutable proof that God exists. Q.E.D. "Irrefutable" means that there is no...
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goodvibrations99
goodvibratio...
May 31, 2010 10:09 pm
... Yes I agree that in hospitals the amount of treatment given is based on age. For example, someone who is 80 years old is much less likely to receive a...
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Randy C
carumba17
May 31, 2010 10:27 pm
... Randy C: NO! The point is that there is NO single "proper" reading of the Bible! That's because the Bible is written by many human authors over many...
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Alan
kaptainkobold
May 31, 2010 11:44 pm
... Yes. Why?...
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Alan
kaptainkobold
Jun 1, 2010 12:01 am
... Could you explain what you mean by reading it 'properly'?...
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Thomas
averylinden
Jun 1, 2010 3:19 am
... Yes, several times (I know you were asking Alan, but I figured I'd answer too). Have you read the Koran, or the Baghavad Gita, or studied the 8-fold path...
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Thomas
averylinden
Jun 1, 2010 3:24 am
... Define "reading the bible properly". What does that mean? How does it differ from reading it normally? Simply saying we aren't "reading it properly"...
