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- Wed Sep 24, 2014 3:49 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1449016
Re: Figuring Out Religion
For those of you who are agnostics, or discard the concept of faith in a God that cannot be proven, I have a question. I'm making the assumption you do have "faith" in arithmetic and logic, hence my question. How do you reconcile the Peano Axioms and Gödel's Undecidability or Incompleten...
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 12:25 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: iPhone 6
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2113
Re: iPhone 6
I started to put this in the YouTube thread but it seems to fit better in this one. Link wording is self-explanatory.
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/09/24/youtube- ... e-6-and-6/
... Mountaineer
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/09/24/youtube- ... e-6-and-6/
... Mountaineer
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:14 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: YouTube Junkie
- Replies: 1231
- Views: 641854
Re: YouTube Junkie
Surely this is a joke.dualstow wrote: Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult (Onion video)
http://www.theonion.com/video/judge-rul ... dul,18896/
... Mountaineer
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:07 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9528
Re: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
much more elegant to use the old K&E. I'm a Post man myself :) Post is an excellent choice - bamboo substrate with celluloid scales if I remember correctly. I also used Picketts (one full size, one pocket size) a lot, but for some reason the mahogany substrate and ivory-like faces of the K&am...
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:52 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Dwelling situation?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 17006
Re: Dwelling situation?
Jesus! I always knew you would call on the Lord in a time of need. ;D ... Mountaineer At least I did it in awe of someone else's taxes... Not mine... Damn I wish selflessness would get you into heaven. It may, if you use the appropropriate object and objectivity for your selflessness ;) ... Mount...
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:08 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Dwelling situation?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 17006
Re: Dwelling situation?
I always knew you would call on the Lord in a time of need.moda0306 wrote:
Jesus!
... Mountaineer
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:04 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9528
Re: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
This is an interesting device that replaces much manual labor. These excavator mulchers are ideal for intensive vegetation control, land clearing, transmission lines, and forest fire prevention. My goodness! It is like a giant inside-out paper shredder on a boom arm! I don't know why, but this ma...
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:45 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9528
Re: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
This is an interesting device that replaces much manual labor. These excavator mulchers are ideal for intensive vegetation control, land clearing, transmission lines, and forest fire prevention.
http://www.chonday.com/Videos/excamuoich2
... Mountaineer
http://www.chonday.com/Videos/excamuoich2
... Mountaineer
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 6:32 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9528
Re: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
However, all the generations after the baby boomers have grown up in a proportionally faster and more nimble world, and I think they're more psychologically prepared for it. Even though the pace itself may be grueling, if you're raised in a world where a grueling pace of change is considered normal...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:20 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Serious Prospect of Scottish Secession
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10762
Re: The Serious Prospect of Scottish Secession
In response to the near secession of Scotland from the United Kingdom, the British government is promising to decentralize, giving more power to regional and local governments. (Not just Scotland but Wales and Northern Ireland already have their own parliaments. England hasn’t, being content to ru...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:15 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1449016
Re: Figuring Out Religion
For those of you wanting to beat up on Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, here is a good sermon for you to read or listen to. It does a good job of holding up the miror for us to peer into ... do you like what you see? The sermon is a good example of the Word, both the Law and the Gospel, being clearly...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:42 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: 'Partyism' Now Trumps Racism
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2137
Re: 'Partyism' Now Trumps Racism
Well, in my case my wife had no particularly strong political opinions when we got married. She's an anarchist now, though. ;D not sure what my wife's opinions were before we met, if she had many, but she is definitely libertarianish headed toward anarchist... of course the transition is easier t...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 3:29 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9528
Re: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
Austrian's. Hes talking about Austrian's . And there theorys about economic's. I know, 4 posts late. The only thing I hate worse than the misuse of apostrophe's is pedantry. Kind of like asking "leaves" questions (vs. trees or forrest questions) about Genesis just for the sake of snarkin...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:39 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Evolution discussion
- Replies: 242
- Views: 76169
Re: Evolution discussion
why Genesis can be trusted as real history of Creation about 6000 years ago and a global Flood. I have no problem with the concept of intelligent design but if this means I have to believe that the earth was created in 7 literal 24 hour days only 6000 years ago and that the loving and forgiving cre...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:41 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Favorite camping goods
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3629
Re: Favorite camping goods
If I ever get back into camping I would sleep in a hammock. Off the wet muddy ground, protected from bugs and critters, can put mosquito net up and rain tarp to stay dry. Light to carry and pack and can be insulated to stay warm. No desert camping for you! I guess that means you really are a tree ...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:37 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9528
Re: Interesting Reddit thread about economics
My wife forwarded this to me; it's a Reddit thread in the "change my view" section in which someone postulates that the entire field of economics is basically politically-driven bunk and asks for economists to try to change his view. Pretty cool discussion. Here's a snippet from the top r...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:33 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1449016
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Mountaineer, I listened to your first audio link. The hosts are smart. They do a good job of dismantling some atheist premises... or at least showing how they aren't very consistent. However, as an agnostic, who thinks atheists are a bit to confident and quick to jump to conclusions that don't l...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:26 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Evolution discussion
- Replies: 242
- Views: 76169
Re: Evolution discussion
Well certainly don't be quiet. But it's one thing to be skeptical of a scientific assertion. It's another to call it a "wild-ass assertion." It's yet another altogether to call an advocate of it of being a force for evil. I guess if evil is pre-defined as not believing in God, the only G...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:18 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Evolution discussion
- Replies: 242
- Views: 76169
Re: Evolution discussion
Well certainly don't be quiet. But it's one thing to be skeptical of a scientific assertion. It's another to call it a "wild-ass assertion." In my humble opinion, there is a HUGE difference between a scientific assertion and an assertion based on "science" that is really, as Des...
- Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:16 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1449016
Re: Figuring Out Religion
It took me waaaay too long to get that. I'm getting slow. Hyphens rule! ;) ... Mountaineer A hyphen would not have helped, whereas spelling reckless correctly would have. I missed that on the first read also. D'oh! Are you feckless, reckless, or wreckless when it comes to hyphens? After all, a f...
- Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1449016
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Hyphens rule!moda0306 wrote:It took me waaaay too long to get that. I'm getting slow.Pointedstick wrote:You probably won't die tomorrow if you are wreckless when driving.moda0306 wrote: I don't believe I will die tomorrow, even if I'm wreckless about driving and/or crossing the street
... Mountaineer
- Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:45 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: iPhone 6
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2113
Re: iPhone 6
I hear the camera in the new iPhones is approaching DSLR quality from some of the reviews I've read. My son is getting a 64 GB iPhone 6 to replace his dying iPhone 4 (cracked back, duck tape repair, after a bad fall but it still is functional); he said the 6 Plus is too big to be convenient for his...
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:30 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1449016
Re: Figuring Out Religion
I'm reminded of this C.S. Lewis quote: "Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important." For someone who doesn't believe, it's of no importance, and so hours of study is a waste of time. If one actuall...
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:56 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1449016
Re: Figuring Out Religion
I don't know about the rest of you, but it took me a lot of study and time to somewhat master chemistry, chemical engineering, calculus, penmanship, physics, spelling, how to be a fantastic husband ;) etc. etc. etc. I think that's it, really. I'm not gonna study chemistry or physics if I can't get...
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:45 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1449016
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Careful.. you are sounding more like a Gnostic/agnostic with every post moda ;D I think gnostic and agnostic, though the words sound similar, are not similar ideas. Gnostics believe(d) in special revelation, or gnosis. Gnostics were generally anti-materialism, while agnostics (or atheists) gener...