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promethean75 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:57 pm Also u may not like it, Harbal. You're a pretty stiff dude and u may find it all rather silly. If so, let me know and I'll reimburse u for the cost.

Don't worry about it. My Kindle is full of books I've started and abandoned. I'm grateful for the suggestion.

I must say that your assertion that God, the demands of God, the demands of religion, must come before all else is something I find disturbing.. Before family, before friends, before all human beings? No, that can't go unchallenged. That's wrong, IC, it's just plain wrong. Wait. How can anything be...

Because whatever is the most valuable thing in the universe IS the thing most deserving of our affection. By definition, there's nothing higher. But I'm not asking what is most deserving of our affection, I'm asking what God considers to be the most deserving of his affection. Well, "supreme&q...

God IS before all things, by definition. It's called being the "First Cause." So is God legitimately "before all things," and do all things "consist in Him"? Indeed so: and it's a claim that Scripture is glad to make (see Col. 1:17). But none of that prevents God from ...

Not possible. There is, by definition, nothing of higher importance than the Supreme Being. If there is, then that entity would be the Supreme Being. "Supreme" is a superlative; so whomever or whatever sits at the top of the hierarchy of things that can be valued, that's the Supreme Being...

To "have a god" means to have some object, entity or value that is prioritized first in one's life -- the thing one most worships, and to which one's life is oriented. Thus, the commandment implies, "You shall not rank anything else in your valuing as higher than God," or "...

To "have a god" means to have some object, entity or value that is prioritized first in one's life -- the thing one most worships, and to which one's life is oriented. Thus, the commandment implies, "You shall not rank anything else in your valuing as higher than God," or "...

Well wait a minute. I shouldn't say 'anything by' becuz I've only read three of his novels, and there's the possibility that his later work isn't as good as his early stuff. Sometimes authors lose their steam after their prime period. The ones i read (and can't remember which ones they were) are th...

promethean75 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:23 pm Please do read anything by Tim Dorsey then, Harbal. Comedy is difficult to do in writing, and this guy is like a black belt at it. If you've got the right sense of humor, this guy will have u in stitches.

I'll check it out. Thanks.

He did okay with whimsy. He did more than okay in many respects. The background detail with language and geography etc. is astonishing; the man must have had a real passion for the undertaking. His writing style isn't really my taste, though. Had I the ability to write something anywhere near as ep...

There is a Tolkein forum? :| I'm sure there must be loads of them, but I was referring to this forum, and its characters. That’s the thing about good writers, Tolkein being a good writer and creator of a world (which makes him an author). What he writes about the denizens of the world he creates is...

Walker wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 3:38 am

Harbal wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 12:16 am

Walker wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 6:51 pm

By Middle-Earth, I was referencing the realm of humans, elves, fairies, goblins, trolls and such.

You were talking about the forum, then?

There is a Tolkein forum?

I'm sure there must be loads of them, but I was referring to this forum, and its characters.

But what have physical laws got to do with free will? :shock: I have no idea. I was making a point about gravity, not free will. Oh. You missed the earlier conversation, then. For some reason I can't figure out, Janoah thinks that the existence of gravity proves that free will doesn't exist. At the...

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Presenting...3972B366-0481-42FD-A90E-0215644ECD52.gif...freedom from the law of gravity! Aircraft function according to the laws of aerodynamics in conjunction with the law of gravity. There's no way round it, henry, you can't wish physical laws away. Goalpost moving, H. This is J's assertion: you ...