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Please explain to me what an atheist is. - Jody - 11/4/2008 6:08:37 PM
- Organized non-religionists. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/5/2008 2:22:13 AM
- Impersonal causes - Adam - 11/4/2008 11:23:57 PM
- I would go one step further... - Nick Hoffman - 11/4/2008 10:59:16 PM
  - Not a bad philosophy. - Eri - 11/5/2008 3:06:06 AM
    - yes, it bugs me when Theists argue they have a monopoly on marality - Nick Hoffman - 11/5/2008 4:37:14 AM
      - You'll not find me doing that. - Eri - 11/5/2008 4:45:57 AM
- One who believes that there is no god. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/4/2008 8:01:41 PM
  - Slight tweak to your definition - Doug Ellison - 11/5/2008 8:51:02 AM
    - to tweak your tweak... - alcaray - 11/5/2008 5:31:09 PM
  - Gee...why don't you cut to the chase alcaray... (n/t) - Jody - 11/4/2008 8:07:13 PM
    - THAT is the chase! - Eri - 11/5/2008 3:10:18 AM
    - That's really all there is to the definition. - alcaray - 11/4/2008 9:22:14 PM
- As one of the resident A's, I guess I should respond. - ER - 11/4/2008 7:05:08 PM
  - re: As one of the resident A's, I guess I should respond. - Doug Ellison - 11/5/2008 8:42:45 AM
    - "Bring up a child the way he should go,,,," - ER - 11/5/2008 3:39:56 PM
  - Have you always been an atheist? (n/t) - Jody - 11/4/2008 8:21:13 PM
    - Since I was about 13. - ER - 11/4/2008 9:37:25 PM
- re: Why believe? - Raoul - 11/4/2008 6:56:12 PM
  - re: Why believe? - RobVG - 11/4/2008 8:59:16 PM
  - Interesting Raoul... - Jody - 11/4/2008 8:27:45 PM
    - re: Interesting Raoul... - gbaikie - 11/6/2008 4:31:48 AM
    - The gods abhor a vacuum, and rush to fill it with themselves. - alcaray - 11/4/2008 9:31:29 PM
      - ...and your Native American name shall be... - Jody - 11/4/2008 11:39:35 PM
        
        The kids at Camp Indian Head gave me my Indian name. - ER - 11/5/2008 12:29:13 AM
        
        ROTFL!!! - Jody - 11/5/2008 1:45:43 AM
        
        24 and so much more - ER - 11/5/2008 2:39:14 AM
        
        I had the good fortune to visit... - Jody - 11/5/2008 2:04:07 PM
        
        Certainly more flattering than... - ER - 11/5/2008 7:09:58 PM
      - I am a Lucasan - Jody - 11/4/2008 11:00:11 PM
    - Because it's easier to explain stuff we don't understand. - Tony - 11/4/2008 8:56:00 PM
- re: Please explain to me what an atheist is. - TB - 11/4/2008 6:33:38 PM
  - Sagan was not an atheist; he was an agnostic. - Eri - 11/5/2008 3:13:50 AM
    - Sagan migth have been called a Cosmist - Socrates II - 11/5/2008 3:36:23 PM
  - Why do you believe in God? (n/t) - Jody - 11/4/2008 8:22:19 PM
- That's a trick question. - Bowser - 11/4/2008 6:17:17 PM
  - re: That's a trick answer - you're forgetting the word "Pagan" - Nick Hoffman - 11/4/2008 11:04:23 PM
    - Perspective. - Bowser - 11/5/2008 12:10:47 AM

Oh no! - Eri - 11/6/2008 1:31:11 AM

Help me Obama one Kinobi, you're 'my only hope'! - Jacob - 11/5/2008 6:13:09 PM
- Sorry, I accidently reposted this 'topic'. See CE. (n/t) - Jacob - 11/5/2008 6:17:11 PM

McCain done good. He, Obama and Biden clearly respect each other. - Bowser - 11/5/2008 5:32:56 AM
- Ye! Great dignity and class was shown by both men. (n/t) - Jacob - 11/5/2008 6:14:38 PM
- Two liberals were up for election. One lost. One won. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/5/2008 5:56:15 AM
  - Take two aspirin and don't call me in the morning. - Eri - 11/5/2008 6:05:16 AM
    - re: Take two aspirin and don't call me in the morning. - Lindy - 11/5/2008 1:59:30 PM
  - (Take some Alka-Seltzer) (n/t) - RobVG - 11/5/2008 6:02:45 AM
    - McCain gave a very nice speech - Socrates II - 11/5/2008 2:36:39 PM

ACK!! Our local school is planning a Bible course... - Jody - 11/1/2008 1:34:33 PM
- An interesting development, and a significant sign. - Bowser - 11/1/2008 7:27:50 PM
- Thats what you get when you vote republican.... (n/t) - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 6:48:28 PM
  - ARRELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Jody - 11/1/2008 7:50:28 PM
    - YOO HOO...ARELL!!! - Jody - 11/1/2008 9:41:58 PM
      - I wasn't joking.... - ARRELL - 11/2/2008 11:41:21 PM
        
        ...and you agree with every tenet of the Democratic party??!!! - Jody - 11/3/2008 1:52:15 AM
        
        Nope, but almost - ARRELL - 11/3/2008 4:52:35 PM
        
        Please... - Jody - 11/4/2008 12:38:46 AM
        
        And what do you think will happen to the supreme court under a McCain or Palin presidency...? - ARRELL - 11/3/2008 5:14:18 PM
- So I gather you hate Jesus? - Jacob - 11/1/2008 5:15:53 PM
  - You know that's an enormous leap, right? - Mary Anne - 11/1/2008 10:43:59 PM
    - Rhode Island. - Jacob - 11/2/2008 9:36:28 PM
      - You will find that the ACLU has no position on teaching literature. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/2/2008 9:37:57 PM
    - Save it for college. - RobVG - 11/2/2008 6:21:32 PM
      - Fine for college-bound kids. - Mary Anne - 11/2/2008 8:14:13 PM
        
        "Thou shall not offend." - RobVG - 11/3/2008 1:02:19 AM
        
        Fine. Let them bring suit. - Mary Anne - 11/3/2008 2:44:43 AM
        
        Not only was the KJV a product of a committee... - ER - 11/2/2008 8:59:46 PM
        
        Believe me, I know. - Mary Anne - 11/2/2008 10:05:25 PM
        
        The Oxford Annotated Bible - ER - 11/2/2008 10:23:43 PM
        
        re: Fine for college-bound kids. - RobVG - 11/2/2008 8:44:39 PM
        
        I don't believe that the kids with no expectations of college have no need to learn how to think. - Mary Anne - 11/2/2008 9:32:11 PM
        
        Both are necessary - ER - 11/2/2008 9:17:35 PM
        
        "I would suggest... shifting business courses to a vocational school..." - RobVG - 11/3/2008 1:04:42 AM
        
        Call me elitist, but... - ER - 11/3/2008 1:55:11 AM
        
        And another thing... - ER - 11/3/2008 2:56:43 AM
        
        re: And another thing... - RobVG - 11/3/2008 6:38:34 AM
        
        re: And another thing... - ER - 11/3/2008 11:31:46 AM
        
        Carpenters have had guilds for ages. - Mary Anne - 11/3/2008 2:51:35 AM
        
        I can see it now... - ER - 11/3/2008 3:01:12 AM
      - That was my thought, too. - Jody - 11/2/2008 7:54:22 PM
        
        Prerequisites - Mary Anne - 11/2/2008 8:22:56 PM
      - When I covered the Book of Job in college... - alcaray - 11/2/2008 7:46:51 PM
  - Not at all.. - Jody - 11/1/2008 7:48:04 PM
  - Read "The Sermon on the Mount" and compare that to "Christianity". - Bowser - 11/1/2008 7:29:42 PM
- This atheist has no problem with this. - ER - 11/1/2008 2:12:23 PM
  - Good post. I note you sent it to the newspaper, too. - TB - 11/3/2008 12:16:25 AM
    - Thanks. I'm sure it will be a big hit in Texas. (n/t) - ER - 11/3/2008 3:15:48 AM
      - heh...especially the atheist part :) - Jody - 11/3/2008 2:24:22 PM
  - re: Theo logical message - Johannes - 11/1/2008 11:34:28 PM
    - re: was upon not wasupon :-) (n/t) - Johannes - 11/1/2008 11:50:02 PM
      - Bronze Age creation myth and Hellenistic philosophy. - ER - 11/2/2008 12:51:37 AM
        
        A slight modification with profound consequences. - Bowser - 11/2/2008 7:14:18 PM
        
        The goat in the basket. - ER - 11/2/2008 9:27:48 PM
        
        re: Thank you ER and Bowser - Johannes - 11/2/2008 10:36:41 PM
        
        "It ain't necessarily so..." - ER - 11/2/2008 10:55:31 PM
        
        How it's possible: - Mary Anne - 11/2/2008 10:52:44 PM
        
        The view from my side of the fence - SDG - 11/3/2008 9:05:46 PM
        
        re: Thank you Mary Anne and ER - Johannes - 11/3/2008 1:59:31 AM
        
        You've accused me of something I never said. - ER - 11/3/2008 2:16:51 AM
        
        re:It is interesting how easily - Johannes - 11/3/2008 3:24:22 AM
        
        I presume this is your question... - ER - 11/3/2008 4:15:06 AM
        
        re:In the modern scientific explanation, light came first. - Johannes - 11/3/2008 7:35:57 PM
        
        You're way behind the times, J. Ancient Hebrew had no upper case letters. - ER - 11/3/2008 8:15:53 PM
        
        re: It is true that ancient Hebrew had no upper case letters, but - Johannes - 11/4/2008 2:07:28 AM
        
        The photon looks like this: - ER - 11/4/2008 3:09:03 AM
        
        re: Now we know, photons are made of pink ink, so says ER. :-) (n/t) - Johannes - 11/5/2008 4:12:12 PM
  - Recommended reading (or even a school text) - TB - 11/1/2008 5:21:08 PM
    - Asimov's GTTB would be an excellent text... - ER - 11/1/2008 6:30:57 PM
      - "An atheist...and a Jew" Big deal. So was Ayn Rand. - TB - 11/1/2008 8:52:50 PM
        
        Yeah, but Isaac was better-looking. (n/t) - ER - 11/1/2008 9:46:46 PM
        
        Would have loved to see Asimov and Burt Rutan in a sideburn contest! (n/t) - TB - 11/3/2008 12:19:01 AM
        
        With your tastes...I don't think I want to see your wife. ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/2/2008 6:26:07 PM
    - Asimov's GTTB would be an excellent text... - ER - 11/1/2008 6:30:53 PM

Solution to Health Care? - Eri - 11/5/2008 3:35:32 AM

Obama and post-election Lieberman. - Bowser - 11/5/2008 1:28:17 AM
- re: Obama and post-election Lieberman. - Eri - 11/5/2008 3:02:50 AM

Amazing fake - RobVG - 11/4/2008 3:38:22 AM
- Some very light STOLs can damn near hang on their props. - Bowser - 11/4/2008 7:09:09 AM
  - Nice plane - RobVG - 11/4/2008 7:52:50 PM
- Right wing fraud? - ER - 11/4/2008 4:08:01 AM
  - 'Wouldn't be the first time... - S - 11/4/2008 9:39:37 PM
  - More info - TB - 11/4/2008 4:28:37 AM
    - Youtubes are a bore anymore - Jody the party pooper - 11/4/2008 1:08:03 PM
      - Au contraire! - S - 11/4/2008 9:20:33 PM

Yo! Jody. - ER - 11/4/2008 3:34:19 PM
- I poked them about it. - TB - 11/4/2008 6:11:55 PM
  - Party pooper. I was hoping for a conspiracy. (n/t) - ER - 11/4/2008 7:14:42 PM
- I wish I could say I did... - Jody - 11/4/2008 4:12:46 PM
  - God Bless our Librarian Friends. I've never met one I didn't like. (n/t) - ER - 11/4/2008 4:23:59 PM
    - PS. Someone else gave me 5 gold stars! - ER - 11/4/2008 4:47:32 PM
      - :) (n/t) - J - 11/4/2008 5:07:49 PM
        
        You and Mary Anne helped me to understand... - Jody - 11/4/2008 5:27:14 PM
        
        It's a fascinating book - TB - 11/4/2008 6:26:36 PM
        
        My favorite part is about Uriah the Hittite (n/t) - ER - 11/4/2008 7:13:10 PM

An anecdote from Obama's [Barry's] life as schoolboy. - Jacob - 11/4/2008 5:51:21 PM

An electoral college question - Laurie Street - 11/4/2008 5:42:16 PM

Affleck does Olbermann - ER - 11/4/2008 12:09:14 AM
- Olbermann is like chocolate cake. - Yeti - 11/4/2008 4:57:19 PM
- I don't share you guys' admiration for Olbermann. - ER - 11/4/2008 2:22:04 PM
- Olbermann thought it was terrific. - Mary Anne - 11/4/2008 3:51:09 AM
- It was funny as hell! - Eri - 11/4/2008 3:27:27 AM
- I thought it was great. - Bowser - 11/4/2008 1:33:37 AM

Lost in translation - SDG - 11/4/2008 3:29:13 PM

OBAMA LOSES!! - Laurie Street - 11/3/2008 9:34:08 PM

Yo!, Jody. Not even TB's 5 stars... - ER - 11/3/2008 6:49:51 PM
- OMG!!!!! - Jody - 11/3/2008 6:56:29 PM

Comparison of executive abilities - McCain's poorly managed and Obama's almost perfect. - Bowser - 11/2/2008 5:00:30 AM
- Ah, but Obama doesn't have "experience" - z - 11/2/2008 6:54:43 PM
  - The article was written last July. - TB - 11/2/2008 11:17:25 PM
    - Are you suggesting that Obama isn't responsible for his campaign because he has employees? - Bowser - 11/3/2008 3:12:05 AM

About 3 weeks ago I got this call - REB - 10/29/2008 7:22:44 PM
- re: About 3 weeks ago I got this call - Eri - 10/30/2008 12:00:43 AM
  - The problem with Obama - SDG - 10/30/2008 3:12:04 AM
    - McCain is "willing to bend on some issues" - Lindy - 10/30/2008 11:38:22 PM
    - re: The problem with Obama - REB - 10/30/2008 2:06:20 PM
      - They need to find a "true Republican" - Eri - 10/30/2008 3:10:59 PM
        
        Controlling your life - TB - 10/30/2008 3:24:40 PM
        
        Yes, but I don't eat them. - Eri - 10/30/2008 7:21:49 PM
        
        And don't get TB started on the unfair regulation of melamine in our food! - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 2:33:31 AM
        
        How rotten of us to want babies to live! (n/t) - Eri - 11/1/2008 3:07:41 AM
        
        You are a socialist..... - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 3:36:48 AM
        
        That's four. - TB - 11/1/2008 5:43:42 AM
        
        There are more examples, but please, go ahead- tell us how liberals have oppressed you... I want to hear it... - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 2:09:14 PM
        
        re: more examples - TB - 11/1/2008 6:14:44 PM
        
        And by the way... - Laurie Street - 11/2/2008 6:38:34 PM
        
        Driving on the right side of the road. Speed limits. Building codes. Sewer systems. Damn government. (n/t) - Laurie Street - 11/2/2008 6:35:15 PM
        
        I think you know the difference as well as I do. - TB - 11/2/2008 11:35:05 PM
        
        You dont seem to know the difference - ARRELL - 11/3/2008 12:28:38 AM
        
        Personally, I think the helmet laws should be repealed. - Mary Anne - 11/1/2008 10:48:30 PM
        
        BLAM! Fish guts everywhere. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/1/2008 6:03:39 AM

Lewis Hamilton World Champion !!! - Raoul - 11/2/2008 7:20:31 PM
- re: Lewis Hamilton World Champion !!! - Doug Ellison - 11/2/2008 7:43:21 PM
  - re: re:Mc Laren - Raoul - 11/2/2008 10:24:39 PM

Brain hemisphere test - S - 10/29/2008 6:51:20 PM
- If I only had a brain.. (n/t) - Jody - 11/2/2008 6:37:32 PM
- Please don't tell me it's an animation. - ER - 11/2/2008 3:07:29 AM
  - Well... - S - 11/2/2008 8:36:27 PM
  - And you'll find that she's a lovely little old lady - nick hoffman - 11/2/2008 4:47:48 AM
- Perceptual Rivalry and Reversible Figures - S - 11/1/2008 9:01:17 PM
- It all depends - S - 10/31/2008 7:52:51 PM
- A true story regarding brain hemispheres. - Bowser - 10/30/2008 1:47:52 AM
  - Regarding brain hemispheres - S - 11/2/2008 8:28:54 PM
- Counter-clockwise, clockwise, counter, clock, counter, clock - Eri - 10/30/2008 12:13:32 AM
- I'll be in my bunk. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/29/2008 8:49:04 PM
- re: Brain hemisphere test - Raoul - 10/29/2008 7:37:24 PM
  - re: Brain hemisphere test - Mary Anne - 10/29/2008 8:44:34 PM
- Optical Illusion - REB - 10/29/2008 7:36:05 PM
  - Crap! I was wrong, looks like there is a god! - Yeti - 10/30/2008 4:53:15 AM
    - re: Crap! I was wrong, looks like there is a god! - REB - 10/30/2008 8:15:07 PM
      - Its like one of those 'magic pictures'.... - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 1:26:53 AM
  - Believe it or not! - Bowser - 10/30/2008 1:29:32 AM
  - Bad REB! - Eri - 10/30/2008 12:05:19 AM
    - I looked all night and could not see the waterfall - REB - 10/30/2008 1:51:51 PM
- BTW - S - 10/29/2008 7:00:47 PM
  - I see that she's cold - Tony - 10/29/2008 7:16:04 PM
    - Yah, I can get her to swing both ways too. (n/t) - RobVG - 10/29/2008 8:50:21 PM
    - All I see... - REB - 10/29/2008 7:28:46 PM

Montreal comedians prank-call Sarah Palin - Laurie STreet - 11/2/2008 4:48:34 AM
- She knows Johnny Halliday? :-)))))))))))))))))))))) LOL LOL LOL - Raoul - 11/2/2008 10:23:09 AM

Ever wonder what happened to Hillary's campaign debt? - Bowser - 11/2/2008 12:29:14 AM

This can be an 'celebrity topic' or 'space topic'; boundaries blur. - Jacob - 11/1/2008 4:58:05 PM

31, October - RNE - 10/31/2008 6:44:29 PM
- Got a bit of sadistic streak, there, do we? ;-) - Eri - 11/1/2008 3:09:39 AM
- re: 31, October. - Ahhh, Samhain. (n/t) - Marcia - 11/1/2008 2:31:09 AM
  - re: 31, October. - Ahhh, Samhain. - btw... - Marcia - 11/1/2008 2:38:05 AM

A guilty pleasure - McFly - 10/29/2008 6:55:12 PM
- Speak of the devil! - McFly - 10/31/2008 4:50:57 PM
- Locally Done past April - carl - 10/30/2008 9:27:30 PM
- "Ghost Hunters"? As in looking for ghosts? - Bowser - 10/30/2008 2:10:29 AM
- Don't look at me... - TB - 10/29/2008 10:34:53 PM
  - AxMen isn't bad. - RobVG - 10/30/2008 4:47:50 PM
  - Agreed on "Deadliest Catch," an amazing program (n/t) - McFly - 10/30/2008 12:29:17 PM
  - watch those too. And Dirty Jobs, for the belly laughs. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/29/2008 11:22:20 PM
- We have been watching that show sporadically for a few years now. - alcaray - 10/29/2008 9:06:45 PM
  - The most annoying thing about Ghost Hunters - Socrates II - 10/30/2008 12:16:33 PM

To summerize the American presence in Iraq, you got to see this video. - Jacob - 10/31/2008 3:26:24 PM
- This one? - RobVG - 10/31/2008 4:40:13 PM
  - Thanks for correcting my URL. - Jacob - 10/31/2008 4:44:44 PM

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