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Tom Sarbeck posted an update in the group
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 years, 5 months agoEric Temple Bell’s four-volume set, “Mathematics: Queen and Servant of Science” impressed me greatly when I read it about sixty years ago while I was earning a degree in mathematics.
However, the queen has lost her throne. She no longer rules mathematics; she serves it. Despite mathematicians’ visions of elegance in their productions, the universe…[Read more] -
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Jason posted an update in the group
To Do or not To Do 9 years, 5 months agoI would push that button, probably multiple times. Like being impatient waiting for an elevator. The world for a short time would remain as is, but would change. Those of us getting shafted in this our only life by the rich and powerful would declare war and take the stuff the rich people have. The rich would be exactly as they are, greedy as can…[Read more]
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“Those of us getting shafted in this our only life by the rich and powerful” Ahh.. another “millennial”. Here is your participation trophy. Sorry, couldn’t resist, I actually disagree with that stereotype.
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I am not filthy stinking rich, because I follow the rules in life. I could go steal money like Bernie Madoff, or so many others. I could open a fake charity like the Clintons. I also currently live in a state over run by illegal immigrants. Most employers here have the attitude that they don’t really need to pay squat, because they can always find…[Read more]
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Jason posted an update in the group
Atheist Cats 9 years, 5 months agoGetting ready for the move down to Georgia with my cat. Going to be drugging her to keep her calm. She is a Maine Coon and very much a narcissist. She took a swipe at our dog because I dared feed the dog first.
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Did you make the move? I drove from Cleveland to Portland, OR with my cat in a cage next to me. No sedatives. She just slept most of the day just like she does at home. She actually seemed to enjoy the evenings in the hotels, sitting in the windows looking at the goings on outside.I was torn between putting her in cargo as I flew across the…
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tom sarbeck posted an update in the group
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 years, 5 months agoAny science, but my current favorite is the Electric Universe, aka the Plasma Universe.
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tom sarbeck replied to the topic The big red atheist button in the forum
To Do or not To Do 9 years, 5 months ago1. I live in earthquake country (California) where people are accustomed to occasional sudden movements.
2. Pushing the button would deprive theists of their security blanket and they would be too frightened to launch crime waves.
I would push the damn button.
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Davyd R Ondrejko replied to the topic The big red atheist button in the forum
To Do or not To Do 9 years, 5 months agoDavis wrote:
Will it happen in our lifetime?Hopefully not. I agree with many of the posts in the original conversation that expressed the opinion that such a button should not be used. I agree with that opinion in principle, though I think that its use on certain US political leaders could be tempting.
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Davis replied to the topic The big red atheist button in the forum
To Do or not To Do 9 years, 5 months agoIndeed. We will, unfortunately, remain totally in the dark and swim in purposeful speculation, until someone invents that big red button. Will it happen in our lifetime?
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Davyd R Ondrejko replied to the topic The big red atheist button in the forum
To Do or not To Do 9 years, 5 months agoDavis wrote:
People would look at sacred buildings and percieve them just as we do now with Roman and Greek Ruins or the Pyramids or Mayan temples.Yet We are aware that those buildings were built by, for the most part, theists of some flavour or another. If I don’t remember ever being a theist and nobody else remembers ever being a theist but…[Read more]
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Davis replied to the topic The big red atheist button in the forum
To Do or not To Do 9 years, 5 months agohow do you think that people would explain all the Bibles and Qurans and churches and temples and such?
People would look at the holy books in the same way they look at Shakespeares play or the Illiad or Zoroastrian books.
People would look at sacred buildings and percieve them just as we do now with Roman and Greek Ruins or the Pyramids…[Read more]
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Davyd R Ondrejko replied to the topic The big red atheist button in the forum
To Do or not To Do 9 years, 5 months agoI know this thread has been dead for nearly two years, but I can’t help but wonder why nobody brought up the obvious (to Me) question: If the button removes belief in God, and the memory of belief in God … how do you think that people would explain all the Bibles and Qurans and churches and temples and such? And what would the paid clergy…[Read more]
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It is a beautifully written math book. I view math as a language that helps us to understand and communicate about the universe, but yeah…an incorrect assertion about the universe can be wrong, even if all the math is correct.