Simon Paynton

The prisoner was, hung, drawn and thirded.

Why do you say there are only 3 distinct parts to the human body? Is the head not distinct from the torso, the torso not distinct from the legs, the arms not distinct from the legs, the hands not distinct from the feet.

To me the cross is made up of 2 wooden beams. Again this is not 3 distinct parts.

Did the ancient Hebrews use the same circular…[Read more]

Johan and King Iyk – do you both believe in the same God? @king Iyk, are you also an immortal like Johan?

I don’t generally drink any alcohol….but I am partial to the occasional single malt Midleton. A bottle of it could last me 3 years…and I share it :-).  The bar under the restaurant serves great beer. Walk in for the first time and ask for a pint and you will be served a Guinness. I beleive understand that bars in New York can’t keep it in…[Read more]

Just back from having dinner in a little village restaurant with some friends who happen to be from India and Pakistan. An end of life doctor, a philosopher on his way to an Ivy League in America, a medical scientist and an A.I. developer and me. The variety of personalities makes for great conversations. We are all atheists and they were jokingly…[Read more]

Johan and King Iyk – do you both believe in the same God? @King Iyk, are you also an immortal like Johan?

Johan, do you really believe you will exist in 473,000,016 years time?

Yes, Johan, the Bible is true because it is the inspired word of god and god would not lie because he is god so the Bible is true.

Ever try reasoning with them?

Yes. But it is always a futile task because no one has ever reasoned themselves into the beliefs they hold. No theist ever sat down and decided to look at all the world’s religions and chose the one with the best evidence for it. This is because there is no evidence for any of them. Only subjective arguments.  …[Read more]

Recently I have been considering religion from a cultural viewpoint. Most people start life with the same cognitive machinery in their skulls. But the development of inherited intelligence and critical thinking skills are dependent on how “the village” views the importance of education. In the societies with the highest level of personal fre…[Read more]

Sure, the rare pensive ape might get caught (while deep in thought) and become a meal…

It is fun to ask a Muslim if their ancestors were Jews, Pagans or Christians. Their heads explode (no pun).

….and in the decimal system, no pun in ten did.

3.) The Word: Proves The Bible to be The Word of God…..

such circular reasoning merits a zero, which happens to better represent god.

Christians can thank the Indian Hindu mathematician Brahmagupta, who formalized the use of zero as a number and developed the decimal positional system. It later spread to the Islamic world through translations of Indian mathematical texts. Scholars like Al-Khwarizmi and Al-Kindi played crucial roles in popularizing it. By the 12th century, the…[Read more]