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Re: [AvC] Re: Resurrection Issue

sjew...@gmail.com (Simon Ewins) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:40:55 UT

Was he a doctor?
What procedures did he use to determine that Jesus was dead?
Do we have an affidavit from this soldier?
Was this soldier above bribery?

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Re: Are their any evolutionary scientist out there that believe in God

ranjit_math...@yahoo.com (ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:26:27 UT

If you knew any Christian who considered the God of Genesis a false
god, would you consider him intelligent or weak minded?

Re: Evolution witnessed

dead.kenn...@live.co.uk (Dead Kennedy) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:16:47 UT

excellent example of the argument from, "i can pick my nose for 1
second but cant pick my nose for 10 seconds"

Re: Fine tuning and Free Will

drafter...@gmail.com (Drafterman) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:55:16 UT

If God chose to make my son specifically, and the creation of my son
required a precise set of variables, some of which were ostensibly my
"decisions", then God made those choices, not me.

Re: Fine tuning and Free Will

drafter...@gmail.com (Drafterman) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:53:42 UT

Not sure. Why is this relevant?

Re: Determinism & Free Will

chazwy...@yahoo.com (chazwin) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:58:24 UT

If you consider all the automatic reactions upon which we have no
control that is the best way to describe insect behaviour.
You are not normally aware of breathing, and yet you breath all the
time, heart beat etc..
You do not command your hunger. Then there are a range of other
responses such as ducking, flinching, knee jerk, fear of heights,

Re: Fine tuning and Free Will

thelemiccatho...@gmail.com (JFG) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:43:58 UT

Recall: Why couldn't an omnipotent God work our free will decisions
into His plan?

How do you say that such a plan dictates?

God is omniscient; thus He knows everything, including the future free-
will decisions of created beings. That doesn't make them un-free.
When He creates a creature such as an angel or a human, He knows

Re: Definition of a soul

chazwy...@yahoo.com (chazwin) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:41:24 UT

Gee Golly whiz - Oil member thayut. thank fer thayt.
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Re: What a price to pay for Jesus.

chazwy...@yahoo.com (chazwin) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:28:56 UT

If you were half as clever as you think you would be twice as clever
as you deserve.

Re: Definition of a soul

savingthefut...@hotmail.com (STB) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:10:48 UT

REMEMBER that only Jesus and God tell the truth and all others you are
warned are nothing but students and many do poorly as given in example
of the 12 themselves that make many mistakes and false conclusions
that Jesus had to deal with...so to go to others in the scriptures is
as dumb as to copy off the sheet of another that does not know any

Re: Instead of being born again

smwil...@tpg.com.au (philosophy) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:16:36 UT

Ah-huh - another good one.

Re: I AM

smwil...@tpg.com.au (philosophy) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:15:52 UT

That's a huge number. Have they got names for them all?
Actually, on reflection, I am probably wrong, considering the
number of people in the population.
Talk about exclusivity - wow!.
Why do these people have to claim that?
Are there lives so bloody awful?

Re: I AM

lawrenc...@btinternet.com (Lawrey) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:13:38 UT

philosophy,

Not unlike the 144,000 the J Ws think are anointed ones,
who will judge the rest in the last days. ;)

Re: Definition of a soul

mayors...@gmail.com (Observer) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:12:54 UT

Observer
Try thinking it out more clearly.

Every model of reality existing in our minds by which we attempt deal
with the world around us is the product of personal fictions. These
constitute only approximations and not the actual stuff of
reality .

No matter how closely these approximations resemble what is out there

Re: Calling "myth" to account

lawrenc...@btinternet.com (Lawrey) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:08:14 UT

Gregkaye,

One definition of myth is: a fictitious or imaginary person, and, or
thing. and godthings are the stuff of myths handed down and
promoted by religion. What is the problem? A myth is a myth,
is a myth, and we all know that it is part and parcel of
mythological, paganistic story-line. In short, the result of the