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Damn, how I miss this place!

I'm quite well. Thanks for asking!

To your question: Your emphasis should be on appears. The problem is that there would be no discernable difference between a place where suffering is an...

You should actually begin by looking at your definition of evil. In fact, your whole premise that God created some or all people evil - practically destining them for hell - needs to be reconsidered....

God's hatred is directed towards actions, not fixed on people no matter what they do. The parable of the prodigal son explains this very well. It's wrong to say God hates everyone who left the...

I think The Grudge was based on a Japanese film that's also available in video stores now. Did anyone see that original? As far as horror goes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the latest incarnation with...

Here's another one to try on for size: Ultraviolet (yet another Mila Jovovich montage).

Was it an excuse to make live actors look like they shave with an airbrush? Seriously, it was like watching...

People like to make fun of stereotypes. Look at Gary Larson and accountants.

You took Futurama personally?

Granted, it probably only sounds visual to the untrained ear (;)) - what I mean is that those are originally visual words, at least. It was the angularly-widening melodic wedge-shaped textures that...

...Maddalena and The Fiery Angel (1919-27) are more densely scored, full of chromatic, blurring, inner parts, often doubled in 3rds and 6ths, against obsessive pedal basses, and of wedge-shaped...

Come on, the vote should be unanimous on this. The worst movie ever is Gigli (despite Al Pacino and Christopher Walken's meagre efforts) and a close personal second was Life Aquatic.

The Two truths doctrine, or perhaps the Three Grades of Knowledge (cf. AQAL)?

Wikipedia has this interesting statement: "Absolute truth is the essence of thought and distinguishes the capacity of...

Cris,

Apologies for my extended absence! I'll quickly try to address some of the more relevant questions that were raised.

The problem is that you equate what we've learned since with what you...

Good sites, but since I already agree with all of them I'm not sure what you want me to see. I provided a link myself to the "can't prove a negative" fallacy in another thread, where I caught myself...

There is no evidence that "proves" God's existence, just some that we beleive indicates it. And obviously those who believe that to be evidence will consider it the "right" direction - what else?...

It's a phenomenon. Every adult bar one in my family of the previous generation have been married since the early seventies - that's five on my father's side (including my father himself) and three on...

And I still think you presume too much and underestimate the language and intelligence of these people. Scienitific knowledge does not determine intelligence, it never has. If they were referring to...

Cris,

Since the Bible doesn't give any definition for soul except the words themselves, nefesh (life), ruach (wind/spirit), neshama (breath), all neuroscience proved is that the attempts to define...

What you are describing is nothing new. It's simple postmodernism, which rejects the basic premises of modern epistemology. In its wake follows relativism, denial of the correspondence theory of...

Not if you know why you believe one thing and not another. Like CS Lewis said, "Nonsense remains nonsense even if we talk it about God". But considering your beliefs I can understand why it must be...

You're right. There's no evidence for anything.

Evidence is only relative to the observer. It's not "inherently" relativistic, unless you believe everything really is an illusion. But maybe you...

A more believable delusion, like Santa? As KennyJC said, "This is far more likely than your God in heaven as at least we know children, reindeer, presents and fat old jolly men exist." Do you have an...

Good try. All this proves is that I don't believe in God just because it makes me happy.

No, I wouldn't (not religious faith, anyway). But the question determines the answer, so I don't know what you think it would prove.

It might still take some faith to believe absolute knowledge is...