Countdown till the end of the world.

[Bob of Quantum-Faith]

Yankee Yahoo wrote:

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"The Universe could have existed prior to the Big Bang initial event, only in some other form."
Dude, you have no clue what you're talking about.

Dude! You have no clue... about ... pretty much 100% of everything.

Yankee Yahoo wrote:

Could have existed ... that is not science. There is no evidence to support anything existed prior to the Big Bang (and I INCLUDE the dense hot mass prior to that point.)

Are you really this stupid (daft) or did you take special brain-removal classes?

Did I claim there was evidence? Nope-- in fact, I categorically stated it is IMPOSSIBLE for any and all information to pass the barrier of the initial conditions.

But you-- in your "infinite wisdom" (sarcasm) claim that YOU HAVE SUCH EVIDENCE-- IN THE FORM OF YOUR MONSTER-GOD!

Wow... just... wow...

You manage to contradict yourself... AGAIN.

And that's enough of you.

[Bob of Quantum-Faith]

havent forgotten wrote:

<quoted text> I think it might be interesting to find out what does make people who were raised with religious views turn atheist. Is it rational thought? or is it turning against a repressive life-style? I think several of the atheists in here became atheists, despite religious backgrounds, or perhaps because of them.(instead of being lucky like I was and free from religion from the start - with agnostic parents who did not believe in the Biblical God, at least - did not consider others except as Greek myths).

With me it was a combination of things:

1) I refuse to lie about facts
2) I refuse to take the unsubstantiated word of anyone-- again, facts please
3) I've always been like this, from my earliest childhood memories, I was always asking "why"

These are 3 of several reasons why I eventually admitted I could no longer lie to myself (faith)--

-- it was a while longer, after discussing the meanings of things with actual self-proclaimed atheists, that I realized I was one too.

More than once, when I was little, I was told by a sunday school "teacher" to go wait in the hall-- because I asked too many difficult questions, and refused to take "mystery of god" as an answer.

I learned early, that the "mystery of god" was the non-answer given, when the person had no clue-- and also that they really >>hated<< that you reminded them of a serious hole in their faith....

... but I kept asking anyway.

Eventually, I realized that "mystery of god" was proof that there was no god at all--

-- which, when you think about it, is no mystery either.

[Bob of Quantum-Faith]

Yankee Yahoo wrote:

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Nah, I think it's interesting to know what turns atheists into Christians. Oh wait, we already know.

Never happened in the entire history of the planet.

In spite of your lies to the contrary....

... meh.

Why do you lie?

Oh! Lies is all you have-- due to the FACT you have NO FACTS.

Sad.

[Bob of Quantum-Faith]

Some1 Else wrote:

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Hopefully here as well. The Vatican is asserting authority on what it deems as "feminist" nuns, those who are upholding the law requiring businesses, including Catholic-ran ones, to provide health insurance covering birth-control methods for women. These women I can stand behind for fighting for liberty 100%. I never throw the baby out with the bathwater, and will always side with those who are fighting for their own rights and esp. for the rights of others against a fanatical, tyranny of religious freaks who only care about hiding their homosexual, pedophilic tendencies behind Vatican doors. I was thinking nuking the dang Vatican would solve a helluva lot of problems.

I would agree here-- support those who oppose the draconian practice, even if they do so from within the system.

Alas, if you were to nuke Vatican City, you'd unfortunately kill too many innocent victims-- the children.

Not to mention, you'd contaminate billions of Euros worth of valuable gold....

... much better to simply lay siege to the place, offering them limited amnesty, in exchange for their gold.

See how fast the billions are emptied, to save the miserable lives of those fanatical priests...

... after all the ones willing to sell their church in exchange for their lives?

The ones who are left are the die-hard fanatics. Let them have it-- but don't let them leave their "refuge". See how long they last living on communion wafers and wine....

... meh.

[Bob of Quantum-Faith]

RHill wrote:

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Yeah. My Mom's 90 now and recently injured her back. A very painful injury. She was always a devout Baptist and now can't understand why her God won't help her ... it must be horrible and very confusing. I think it's causing her to lose faith which must make dying more frightening to someone who thought they had it all figured out. Ain't religion grand?

I'm so sorry you mom has to suffer from that injury-- I always lament anyone who's needlessly suffering.

It's also a shame that religion is so frequently proven 100% false until after a person's life is wasted in it's cause.

*sigh*

[Luke1981]

Only 94 days til the really real end of the world!Not like those three fakes last year or even May this year or 2010, 2008, 2007, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 etc. Sure wish I had a Y2K preparedness kit right about now. ;)

[RHill]

Luke1981 wrote:

Only 94 days til the really real end of the world!Not like those three fakes last year or even May this year or 2010, 2008, 2007, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 etc. Sure wish I had a Y2K preparedness kit right about now. ;)

All you need is a souped up hot rod and a shotgun with 3 or 4 shells.

[scaritual]

RHill wrote:

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All you need is a souped up hot rod and a shotgun with 3 or 4 shells.

Don't forget the beautiful female sidekick.

[Gramen Ferox]

The word ain't ending on December 21!!! It is splitting in two! The smart world and the stupid world.

[justin]

8 more days srry but...

...the myan calender was wrong because they didnt include leap years that one day over millions of years would have brought 2012 hundreds of years ago so f@$%k the myans cause there wrong but if they are right...

... were all going to die oh yeah and halo 4 is awsome and so is call of duty black opps two so beast to bad no body else can play it in eight days

10:55 AM 12/14/2012 palestine texas united states marine veteran saying bye bye

[Bob of Quantum-Faith]

Well.

The time came and went-- and to nobody's surprise, the idiots who are True Believers™ were... wrong.

Again.

You'd think that they'd learn from their constantly being wrong all the time...

.... LOL!