rhonjon

jakelafort wrote:

rhonjon, you’ve copied text without adding your own!

Oops! Didn’t realize that.

I was replying to Unseen’s post about racism. I said:

We no longer use the word “racist.” In out enlightened, politically correct parlance, we now say “socially obsolete.”

In response to the subsequent posts, I must say the polemic b…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:

jakelafort wrote:

Call a spade a spade. I have a foggy memory of that phrase being a public issue some time ago. I think many are unaware of any bigotry associated.

Is bigotry a mere colloquial vocabulary choice or an intended use? Words and expressionse that once had racist meanings: “peanut gallery,” “paddy wagon,” “mumbo…

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jakelafort wrote:

Call a spade a spade. I have a foggy memory of that phrase being a public issue some time ago. I think many are unaware of any bigotry associated. The racist term i have heard on and off since childhood is gypped. You must know that one if you are an American. “That son of a bitch gyped me!” Just like spade a spade oft times the…

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Simon Paynton wrote:

Spirituality could be described as an umbrella term. Also, many of its constituent concepts are vague and fuzzy too. That doesn’t mean they don’t refer to anything.

What’s important—what will help us to start communicating and answering the original question—is not what the word “spiritual” means universally in all its ub…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:

jakelafort wrote:

What do you mean by “spiritual”, in this case?”

See what i mean? Worthless word. If we can’t understand the speaker without asking their definition then we have come upon a word that ought to be obsolete and archaic.

I think “self-improvement” or “self-purification” are spiritual concepts that comes into…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:

Rhonjon,

If I were describing a character in Greek mythology or popular fiction, I wouldn’t leave a disclaimer letting people know that character doesn’t really exist. Maybe I should do that when I describe god. I just figure that at an atheist website, it goes without saying.

This is true, though as you can see from For…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:

Rhonjon, He would have to first exist, but, yes, the God portrayed in The Holy Bible would definitely count as one.

If I were  describing a character in Greek mythology or popular fiction, I wouldn’t leave a disclaimer letting people know that character doesn’t really exist.  Maybe I should do that when I descr…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:

I was told that in Heaven the “saved” praise God constantly. Sounds like fun(?). No thanks. I’ll take extinction over that.

Sounds like some cosmic ego maniac who throws a hissy fit whenever anyone else gets any attention. When I used to go to church, a man whom everybody said was a prophet came and said al this emphasis on prais…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

Carl Sagan said: “The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” If the stars did not explode and send the debris of atoms around the Universe we would not be here. We can credit our creation to the death of stars and the molecules and amino acids they produce. I h…

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

I have always liked Carl Sagan. I also like the Jim Morrison slant on it (more than the John Lennon idea!) They are waiting to take us into the severed garden Do you know how pale and wanton thrillful Comes death on a strange hour? Unannounced, unplanned for Like a scaring over-friendly guest you’ve brought to bed D…

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

Hi! According to the Elohim the universe is infinite in time and space with no beginning,middle or end just existing in the ever present eternal now moment. That is not scientifically correct.

I had to think about that. My conclusion is that while it’s true space is infinite(if humans could live long enough and t…[Read more]

Have you read “Billions and Billions” by Carl Sagan? This was his last book before he died of a sudden, yet lingering illness. Near the end of the book is where he is diagnosed with this illness and with his trademark eloquence, he shares his thoughts. I can’t tell you what he said without spoiling the ending. But if you’re a Saganphile, like me…[Read more]

RichRaelian wrote:

Hi! According to the Elohim the universe is infinite in time and space with no beginning,middle or end just existing in the ever present eternal now moment.

RichRaelian wrote:

Hi! According to the Elohim the universe is infinite in time and space with no beginning,middle or end just existing in the ever present eternal now…

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RichRaelian wrote:

Hi! I want to go to the eternal life planet.

That would be Neptune. It’s so cold there your body would go into deep freeze and you’d never die.

_Robert_ wrote:

I realized that heaven is a carrot tied to a stick, oddly enough I felt a sense of relief. Keeping score on my sins and up to date on confessions and prayers is a real chore. There was the fear of that fire pit as well. That shit weighs heavy on a 7-year-old. And well, heaven simply makes no sense. Without sorrow there is no joy.…

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_Robert_ wrote:

rhonjon wrote:

_Robert_ wrote:

Just a few clever force multipliers no doubt. Mechanical leverage is an amazing thing. <iframe title=”AMAZING VIDEO! Man Lifts 20 Ton Block By Hand?” src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/E5pZ7uR6v8c?feature=oembed” width=”670″ height=”377″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=””&…

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_Robert_ wrote:

Just a few clever force multipliers no doubt. Mechanical leverage is an amazing thing. <iframe title=”AMAZING VIDEO! Man Lifts 20 Ton Block By Hand?” src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/E5pZ7uR6v8c?feature=oembed” width=”670″ height=”377″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=””></iframe>

We have no more evidence of this mechanical…[Read more]

Without resorting to biblical mythology, I still find the building of the pyramids a puzzle and am dissatisfied with some of the explanations I’ve run across.

1.       Slave labor – let’s say the average stone in the pyramids weighed in at 5 tons. It would take 33+ slaves, each one able to bench press 300 lbs. would there be enough surface are…[Read more]