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Kieran Child

the square creates a challenge.

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Yeah, what Jon Corby said.

Though Everyone knew what the terms meant, so I wouldn't really want the poll changed.
Hey cool a graph:

Kieran Child

Chris, the problem with indisputible facts is that the religious have a tendency to dispute them.
http://www.bible.ca/tracks/tracks.htm

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I didn't say there's no useful distinction You said "[G]rowl at the distinction between agnosticism and atheism". If you think there is a distinction - let alone a useful one - why do you growl at it? Make your mind up, for God's sake. I did say that, and I still would, because the distin...

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Of course an atheist can exist. I'm an atheist.

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I didn't say there's no useful distinction :shock: And that quotation is correct. Dawkins is an agnostic, along with every published atheist I've ever read. To be honest, I find it highly unlikely that you aren't agnostic, but you claimed not to be on the grounds that it implies that you haven't mad...

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Apologies but I find this very important. Atheists are constantly being attacked for their position being based on faith, when it isn't. Atheism should be the lack of faith. But then when an atheist rules out the possibility of god it becomes a faith and plays into this common criticism.

Kieran Child

So both of you rule out any possibility of their being a god? :shock: If so, your position is definitely not one of science, which is what I was expecting. This may be because you do not properly understand what is meant by science. Like any other scientific question, in considering the existence o...

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Rosemary Roberts wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Kieran Child wrote:You don't know whether or not God exists.
Yes, I do.
IAWTP

So both of you rule out any possibility of their being a god?

If so, your position is definitely not one of science, which is what I was expecting.

Kieran Child

For people to make up their own minds:

Also, I always thought Kirk looked more like England reserve footballer Wayne Bridge.

Kieran Child

Find it offensive, but you are one.
agnostic is a-without gnostis-knowledge.
You don't know whether or not God exists.
Dawkins, Dennet, Hitchens and Harris all identify themselves as agnostic, because that's what all sensible atheists are.
Be offended, but you are agnostic.

Kieran Child

gordon williams hasn't been on though, so he didn't pass the audition clearly.

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Matt's a decent player.

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I hope you're all aware of this

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Or the 1970s rock band, 'ocean'.

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Depending on which ratings figures are used, Junaid, the survey question could just be "what have you been watching?" in which case any way of watching countdown would 'count'.
The use of people meters is curiously believed to be much more widespread than it actually is.

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No Muslim would think that the Koran was compiled by one person, because the story of the compilation of the Koran is known, but every Muslim believes that it is the word of a god. You will not be able to find a Muslim who does not think that Surah 21, Passage 33 has, at some point, been spoken by g...

Kieran Child

you guys are strange

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My year 10 creative writing can be found here:
http://asoue.proboards.com/index.cgi?bo ... read=26097

I think some people on here may like it

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The bandits then release the prisoners, but the prisoners afterwards are all like "hey, that actually was quite fun. you wouldn't mind....erm....threatening our lives again would you?" and the bandits are like "sure!" So they do, and luckily there were 2 other people nearby so th...

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The citation was "several programs with Richard Dawkins in"

But yeah, in his books he emphasizes his uncertainty.

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Full House has been on in the UK. I'd never heard of it though, but a friend was telling me about it a couple of days back.

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But this is only the first step. There should be far more rolling than there is.

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So if someone asked you what you made a cake from, you would only say one of the ingredients? :| And yes. I pretty much 'celebrate' every religious festival. The main reason being that the food around those times is better and cheaper. When I was back in Yorkshire, there was a place where you could ...

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Jon Corby wrote:
Jason Larsen wrote:Yes sir, Kirk.
Did you actually read what Kirk said?

Did you actually read this extract from the award winning adult fiction novel "a suitable boy"?

I thought not.

Kieran Child

"created man of dust" 3-59
"created you from clay" 6-2
"created man from a drop of fluid" 16-4
"we created him out of nothing" 19-67
"created man from water" 25-54
"create a mortal out of mire" 38-71
"created man from a clot" 96-2

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fAn5A0HbhU

It doesn't do it as quickly, but then Chris isn't limited to 2 motors.

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Not quite apterous, but you can get a very similar experience by clicking here

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Because of ocham's razor. You cannot just believe stuff willy-nilly. There is no evidence that the pavement you walk down has a trap door, so you assume there isn't one. There is no evidence that your house is about to explode, so you assume it won't. There is no evidence that unicorns exist, so you...

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lack of evidence isn't contradiction.
and neither is lack of contradiction evidence.

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In the Koran, homosexuality is mostly ignored, but for 3 instances where it is called unnatural, and 1 instance where the biblical story of Lot is quoted and the same wording of 'abomination' and 'men who act senselessly' is used. See the following surahs: 7-80 26-165 27-54 29-28 There will likely b...

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But you do assume there is no god, and then discuss the evidence for it. In scientific expeceriments you start with the null assumption, but you still do the experiment and then discuss the findings afterwards. That's not always true though. Often, one assumes the hypothesis to be true and seeks co...

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But you do assume there is no god, and then discuss the evidence for it.

In scientific expeceriments you start with the null assumption, but you still do the experiment and then discuss the findings afterwards.

Kieran Child

the lack of evidence for other universes is reason to assume this is the only one, just as the lack of evidence for god is reason to assume that there is no god.

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then the only universe which exists is one which allows life, despite the fact many many coincidences had to happen for that to be so. If the force binding nucleons was just a tiny bit different then nothing would have come about. If the gravitational force was a tiny bit different then nothing woul...

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However unlikely our universe is, if it is the only one we could have evolved in then - seen from the inside - it is in no way remarkable. Well that made almost no sense. If this universe is the only one we could have evolved in, and it is the only one that exists, then it is NOT remarkable? It's t...

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apart from "never be help for the disbelievers" 28:86

The line that made zakat in too many countries restricted to muslims only.

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scene from the film (I think) "Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IblzBerSFk
Jesus kicks ass. Thus God exists.

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Is a fairly big deal if the amount of other possibilities for stable, life-allowing universes is negligible. Firstly you're making assumptions on the unlikelihood of life occuring in any other possible universe (and even our own). Secondly it could also be that abiogenesis is as likely or unlikely ...

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The fact that the universe's constants are so perfect for so many things to happen is a tad fishy, and a problem that we've never really been able to solve. This argument has never made sense to me. What makes the constants 'perfect'? It's like saying that Jackson Pollock's swishing movements were ...

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Is a fairly big deal if the amount of other possibilities for stable, life-allowing universes is negligible.

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The fact that the universe's constants are so perfect for so many things to happen is a tad fishy, and a problem that we've never really been able to solve. But if you introduce god it turns the problem into a different one. It's an equally unsolvable problem, but it could quite possibly be a step t...

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I don't get all this stuff about Ed being a sore loser... He played very well, and was understandably upset afterwards?...

Also, I only saw the latter two thirds of this show, but in those I beat Chris... it felt weird... I would never manage that on apterous.

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In my next round of klaxon questions (actually... I don't think I ever posted round 1 on here.... ah well) there is the question "Name any of the 10 commandments" Read through exodus and it is clear that there is no "thou shallt not steal" and there is no "honour thy father ...

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Cheers Michael. That was a good explanation, but also EURGH. Why on earth would you want to start turning things as beautiful as crossword clues into a rigid set of rules that must be followed before something is considered 'proper'. That's sickening. Yes, the other clue has a descriptive part and a...

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On "zeitgeist the movie", you may want to read some work of Freke and Gandy, and a chap called Bart Ehrman. But basically speaking, there's not sufficient evidence that Jesus did exist, but then there's a tendency to start claiming irrefutible likeness with older myths and you run into tro...

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Taste it?

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On the subject of cubes. I could never do speedcubing, so I went for the other cube-based abilities. Big cubing, blindfold cubing, and cube patterning. Here's the completely random combination of letters "kai" on a 7x7x7 http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8715/ag28001.jpg I also do knights...

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My reply wasn't meant to be especially passionate. Dinnae be feart.

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"speaks three languages, including Latin"
I found that odd.

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What? No Bowenism?

Also growl at the distinction between agnosticism and atheism. All atheists are agnostics (basically) and a good proportion of the religious are agnostic.

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the second one is a proper clue in that it has an answer?
The first one I nicked from a mate, the second one I made up for a cryptic science crossword for school.

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Ebb (4)
Electrical centre of Ireland (7)

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I got ADDE
Which considering I missed the entirity of the summer modules and 3 of the january modules isn't all that bad.
(the A is 100 UMS too I think)

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I'm not allowed on BBC opinion boards, because of my opinions.

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Things can't actually really be pushed "up" your nose. Your nose goes back into your face, not up. The outside bit is an optical illusion. People who nail things into their nose aren't actually doing a trick as such, just playing on the fact that everyone thinks your nose goes up. Also, my...

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gah I'm going to need to work on that one. The intended answer is NE.... hmm....

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oooh you make a good point. This is a corrected version: N: Keep away! Plague! NE: If you go this way you'll meet the same fate as had you gone north E: You came from this direction, jerkass SE: Keep away! Plague! S: There are 3 false statements here SW: If you go south-east, nothing bad will happen...

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In that second truth table, you've said something bad will happen to you by going south east, and then went there anyway.

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I used to make tonnes of these. I'll post two here: You arrive at a town and find a notice on the town noticeboard from the town's mayor :o It reads "Oh god oh god oh god. You'll never guess what's happened. A plague has hit our town and it lingers in the air, infecting people like a good'n. We...

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