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Discovering that there was an Irish St Feckin' has been the highlight of my day. Possibly year. Thanks!

Did that guy actually say "St Feckin's church"? lol

Mind control is possible with ordinary hypnosis in many people. There's no doubt at this point that the CIA etc have dabbled heavily in it, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that sleeper agents are a thing. I don't believe in the Illuminati, and the Masons haven't held any institutional...

Apologies, when I clicked that link it sent me to the quote below it--my own. I read my post, not yours. If that's truly what you believe, then why do you continue to engage in theological debates and have an entire thread that is more or less devoted to instigating them? Sorry James, I remain...

Ok. The problem with that is that Religions are not universalized, and are totally antithetical to one another in their behavioural demands, and what they require in terms of observance. It's not possible to fulfil all the conditions they impose concurrently without arriving at a place that is...

You know, limited to that particular quote, there's admittedly only mild, but nonetheless meaningful clausal difference. Here, I made my case as to why I hold no particular faith;why I find the comparison between theology and science disingenuous., and how belief in a prime creator or the...

You see everything in terms of submission and dominance, James. Obsessed with 'winning', whatever that means in the context of this debacle. And as long as you have this mentality you will never have any form of peace. The question isn't whether they're right or wrong for doing this. The...

I don't believe in intelligent design. It's a pseudoscience. Nobody who is interested in biology could believe in such a thing. This is a serious problem within the Christian community, IMO. Your side of the aisle has a very poor track record when it comes to ecology and the environment, and I...

Not to be an I told you so...

Is it though, James? Is it really? What other motivation could you possibly have for endlessly engaging in these debates? Come now, be honest; none of this is coming from a place of virtue. I would level the same charge at Tiger and Plunkett FYI. It's all underwritten by hatred and the need to...

This is what I've been trying to get through to you, James. You spend your time trying to conquer others to feed or otherwise appease your ego, and this achieves nothing. Nothing will increase as a result of this process other than your pride and vanity. Or bitterness and hatred.

Do you think that was a sensible and/or profitable investment of time?

As predicted, this thread has changed nobody's mind and has only resulted in enmity.

It's possible to be both James. I might fall into that camp. I don't hold any religious beliefs, but I'm also not willing to completely discount the possibility of a prime mover. The best evidence for God is that there is order in the universe. There's actually no reason for this to be the case...

The concept of Samsara/Dhukka I subscribe to is Buddhist, not Hindu. Mahayana Buddhism, that is. Reincarnation in this system does not work the way you think it does, nor does karma, and neither require any belief in the supernatural. Suffice to say, it is possible to die and be born many times...

I think theists characterize atheists with precisely the same modality of bad-faith that atheists use to define theists. You have done this, just now. Your argument is more or less that Atheists aren't interested in refuting the existence of God for noble reasons, but rather because they want to...

I'm sorry TLDR but this post is scarcely coherent. First, you tell me that deists posit God exists, and they believe this based on evidence and logic. In fact, the preponderance of evidence suggests God does not exist, and it is irrational to believe one does based on all available evidence...

There is no more probability that you will dissuade an atheist from atheism than there is that an atheist will dissuade you from Christianity. It is an exercise in futility that will only lead to conflict and enmity. I am not religious. The closest I come to that is accepting the Buddhist...

There's a lot of problems here. The major one is that you're conflating the existence of a prime mover, or creator, with the doctrine of Christianity. This is something Christians are notorious for doing and it's a basic logical fallacy. The proposition, or belief that God exists, and created...