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Re: God — Not Man — Committed the Original Sin

Chris — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:55:15 -0000

Along this topic, I've always liked the below quote:

"The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so cannot.... If they have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not omnipotent. If they can but will not, then they are not benevolent. If they are neither willing nor able, they are neither omnipotent nor benevolent."

Re: Oh My God This is Scary.

Chris — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:19:02 -0000

Wow.

Re: Sharpton Gets Mutilated by Hitchens

Chris — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:27:45 -0000

Hmm... I'm not actually sure I saw that Sharpton got "mutilated" exactly. Although, I find debates of this nature fairly impossible. Since debates rely on logic, generally speaking, a debate on religion can't be won by people who use "faith" instead of logic as their discussion base. There's little point debating someone who doesn't accept the same debate framework and foundation of science, fact and logic.

For a better Hitchens video on the same topic try this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD0B-X9LJjs

It's a talk Hitchens did 2 weeks ago at Google headquarters.

Re: Bill Maher: Scared of the Wrong Things

Chris — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:44:52 -0000

This was a good show. (Saw the whole thing Friday) But I'm not really scared of global warming either. It's just not scary. There should be concern, sure, but no reason to get hot and bothered over it. Unfortunately it happens too slow (years? decades?), and the solutions to it would be real slow too. People aren't good at reacting to slow threats. If we could bomb someone and make global warming go away, it would be easier to deal with. But the only solution at the moment is to sacrifice something (Car, Plastics, etc.) with no noticible immediate gratification. And there is no sacrifice in the American value system/culture any more. Re-introducing sacrifice into American culture will take some other sort of tragety and then a generation or two before such a value could be transfered/applied to the real yet still abstract threat of global warming.

You'd have better luck invading the middle east and establishing a democracy there than getting the American public to give up their gas powered cars and myriad disposable conveniences.