Why Do the Religious Reject Science While Embracing the Impossible?

[henry quirk]

Mike, please don’t fall into distress: the sheep may muddy the water where the wolf drinks, but effectively this can do nothing much to the wolf.

Mike ain't no wolf. He's a Roomba.

[henry quirk]

The fact that you can choose to believe either one tells you everything you need to know about free will.

Well, accordin' to Mike, that choice is an illusion, and if you choose free will you're only doin' as compelled to by deterministic forces.

As I say: if I am a meat machine, I'm glad I'm compelled to be glad I'm compelled to believe I'm a free will.

[Alexis Jacobi]

He’s gone now. His rock rolls elsewhere. Whew! Now we can get back to tearing each other to shreds. I have to admit I am looking forward to it.

[henry quirk]

He’s gone now. His rock rolls elsewhere. Whew! Now we can get back to tearing each other to shreds. I have to admit I am looking forward to it.

Mike, apple of the forum's collective eye, is gone?

You know this how, you filigreed bastid?

[attofishpi]

He’s gone now. His rock rolls elsewhere. Whew! Now we can get back to tearing each other to shreds. I have to admit I am looking forward to it.

Mike, apple of the forum's collective eye, is gone?

You know this how?

Accelafine started making 'romantic' moves, that'd drive any self respecting man away...deterministically.

[henry quirk]

He’s gone now. His rock rolls elsewhere. Whew! Now we can get back to tearing each other to shreds. I have to admit I am looking forward to it.

Mike, apple of the forum's collective eye, is gone?

You know this how?

Accelafine started making 'romantic' moves, that'd drive any self respecting man away...deterministically.

If you'd said DAM instead of veg, I'd believe that.

[Alexis Jacobi]

He’s gone now. His rock rolls elsewhere. Whew! Now we can get back to tearing each other to shreds. I have to admit I am looking forward to it.

Mike, apple of the forum's collective eye, is gone?

You know this how, you filigreed bastid?

There are some people whose egos cannot bear what must feel like unrelenting, cruel attacks. Better to retreat than to be subject to such humiliation.

[henry quirk]

He’s gone now. His rock rolls elsewhere. Whew! Now we can get back to tearing each other to shreds. I have to admit I am looking forward to it.

Mike, apple of the forum's collective eye, is gone?

You know this how, you filigreed bastid?

There are some people whose egos cannot bear what must feel like unrelenting, cruel attacks. Better to retreat than to be subject to such humiliation.

Meh, Mike's just composing himself. He'll be back.

[accelafine]

His insults are delicious. I do hope he comes back. 'He' knocks all the mental midgets on here out of the water even if he is a cyborg

[accelafine]

He’s gone now. His rock rolls elsewhere. Whew! Now we can get back to tearing each other to shreds. I have to admit I am looking forward to it.

Mike, apple of the forum's collective eye, is gone?

You know this how, you filigreed bastid?

There are some people whose egos cannot bear what must feel like unrelenting, cruel attacks. Better to retreat than to be subject to such humiliation.

It's unusual for anyone to have this level of self awareness (although you haven't retreated yet). Still, I applaud your honesty.

[Alexis Jacobi]

I will happily scrap with you, Accelafine, however I do have an initial fee of US$99.99 and $9.99 per retort. The funds — their equivalent in Kiwi beans — will be deducted automatically from your account.

Was this your first jab or had you something more substantial planned?

It's unusual for anyone to have this level of self awareness (although you haven't retreated yet). Still, I applaud your honesty.

Are there any insult-topics (categories such as gender, nationality, general insipidness) that we agree to avoid, or do you agree that everything is on the table and fair game?

Let me know and we will get down to it!

[seeds]

I will happily scrap with you, Accelafine, however I do have an initial fee of US$99.99 and $9.99 per retort. The funds — their equivalent in Kiwi beans — will be deducted automatically from your account.

Was this your first jab or had you something more substantial planned?

It's unusual for anyone to have this level of self awareness (although you haven't retreated yet). Still, I applaud your honesty.

Are there any insult-topics (categories such as gender, nationality, general insipidness) that we agree to avoid, or do you agree that everything is on the table and fair game?

Let me know and we will get down to it!

Get her started on the subject of how American's have butchered the "English" language.

I'd like her to explain to us how the British word - "crisps" isn't vastly more awkward to pronounce,...

(crissspsssss )

...as compared to the American word "chips" when referencing our favorite potato snacks.

And don't even talk to me about the word - "biscuit."
_______

[Impenitent]

"Even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street," -Hawking

-Imp

[accelafine]

I will happily scrap with you, Accelafine, however I do have an initial fee of US$99.99 and $9.99 per retort. The funds — their equivalent in Kiwi beans — will be deducted automatically from your account.

Was this your first jab or had you something more substantial planned?

It's unusual for anyone to have this level of self awareness (although you haven't retreated yet). Still, I applaud your honesty.

Are there any insult-topics (categories such as gender, nationality, general insipidness) that we agree to avoid, or do you agree that everything is on the table and fair game?

Let me know and we will get down to it!

Get her started on the subject of how American's have butchered the "English" language.

I'd like her to explain to us how the British word - "crisps" isn't vastly more awkward to pronounce,...

(crissspsssss )

...as compared to the American word "chips" when referencing our favorite potato snacks.

And don't even talk to me about the word - "biscuit."
_______

Or the stupid-donkey way that Americans think everyone on the planet is either a yank or a 'brit'

[henry quirk]

Let me know and we will get down to it!

The Filigreed vs Venomous.

I'd buy that for a dollar! -Bixby Snyder