Clearsky

I knew which scene that was before watching it again. I’d call that being “super sentient”. How about you, TomS?

Some humans become self-aware to the point of obsession, especially in a mirror test. Such traits vary not only across species, but even among humans across different ages, professions, and personality traits. There’s also a highly variable social component to self-awareness, as in how one compares oneself to others and determines (and acquiesces…[Read more]

I’m so sorry about your dad. It’s a horrible loss.  Glad to see you back, though 🙂

Tom, it’s a murder of crows 😉

Rodrigo Moreira Pavanelli wrote:
I wanna know. Cause I wanna connect with atheists in my area. It sucks to not know any

Welcome, Rodrigo! Please start here, in Introductions, and tell us about yourself, first.

tom sarbeck wrote:
Nature lacks empathy

Tom, if I might add, with tongue in cheek, “Mother Nature… she be a harsh mistress”.

:-J

I plan not to respond to another rant like this, your latest.

Earle Sanborn wrote:
No Simon and Pope Beanie, I’m not saying people are purposefully evil, or even evil at all. I have said several times that the words I write in response to things is pretty much never going to change your minds or others. Questions are asked and I try to give a c…

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Earle Sanborn wrote:
the unrealized hatred of God — is exhibited again. I know the reason people hate the thought of Jesus and his existence

That’s your inner troll speaking. It’s the mortal human Bible and Koran writers and thumpers that deserve scorn, even as God the fictional character portrayed as loving, forgiving, yet hateful and vengeful d…[Read more]

Folks, this is “my” topic, and I only ask that you keep the dialog as respectful as you can, and don’t lower yourself Earle’s level of religious intolerance. Freedom “from” religion includes freedom “of” religion, and Earle’s form of support for religion infringes on these constitutional rights. I want his views to remain here, as examples of what…[Read more]

Earle Sanborn wrote:
Since science is not on the side of “being born LGBT”

Your declarations about “science” are more self-serving than accurate. WHAT evidence do you have on this, latest claim?

I haven’t even gotten through your first paragraph, yet. Posting this kind of bullshit in this community cannot be construed in any way other tha…[Read more]

Earle, at what moment in your life did you decide to act like a heterosexual, and how difficult was it to fight off the homosexual fantasies that must have been “a matter of choice”?

Yes, I tend to take an approach that assumes people are sincere, even when they’re stubbornly attached to traditional myth for their world view. Our human brains haven’t evolved enough to nurture (without education) at a group level logical, dispassionate, intellectual discussions; I see how people deeply steeped in their culture can also learn…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Depression and anxiety and neuroses are observed in many animals.

And they often respond to the same drugs for treatment, belying our chemical/psychotropic similarities.

Jake, although I agee with you on the whale emotions during courtship, It’ll probably be a while before we can scan their brains for evidence! Elephants too,…[Read more]

Earle Sanborn wrote:
This alone disproves Darwinism all by itself because no other complex creature with similar structures lived in previous geological periods.

But your bar of “proof” is so low! Can you give us any example in the bible with the slightest hint of proof of creation? How can any scientist, much less YOU be sooo familiar with…[Read more]

Earle Sanborn wrote:
So a bad theory – evolution- which many even evolutionary scientist admit now days has real problems due to the advancement in scientific knowledge in the past 200 years– can be used “because it has great explanatory power, for one reason”. I’m sorry Simon, but evolutionary logic has no real relevance to the natural world bec…

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@davis Son of God sounds just like Bride of Godzilla to me.

Well, I won a battle to keep this thread on topic, but all it took was a couple days without an adequate computer online to lose the war?

I predict that moving off-topic posts will only take me about 10 minutes this time…

Earle, you have your own topic now. Please take advantage of your guest status and stop hijacking someone else’s topic. As…[Read more]