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Missed this pearl of wisdom.....It's what I have been continuously suggesting and referring to as a GOD principle.

Though no ethereal old geezer in white robes required.....And I don't mean Gandalf.

Is his infringement an Internet possibility?

Or are some people just too sensitive and immature.

Interestingly....Why do minor's not require parental supervision on what is a site that will inevitably include adult comment?

I thought that someone from Antarctica and born in the 30's would appreciate that.....Some of the immature and sensitive kids on the site might have been either offended or wouldn't have had a clue.

And no one as yet has ever proven that an actual god, actually exists.

Therefore the debate is for the debates sake and the subject has become irrelevant.

But maybe that's what makes it a favourite.......Who can best elucidate the unexplainable.....Because there's no chance of resolving the unresolveable.

As I was always told.........It's not the god that matters, it's the taking part.......Or something along those lines.

Stay with it boys. (Gender assumed).

What's a "coutnry"?

No protests in Canada hey....What does that tell you about Americans?

And so you end up with  Donny, and he makes the rest of the World laugh and cringe simultaneously.

ow-oo-er sounds like something an S&M recipient would utter in the throws of ecstasy....And a triphthong sounds like something that Miss Whiplash would be brandishing.

@Rationalmadman

Blocked but nonetheless still infatuated.

Yep. A worthless accolade could be regarded as  materialism...So what.....How have I refuted my own premise?.....As my premise was that accolades are worthless.

Hard cash pays the bills.

Most definitely. 

@RationalMadman.

You have blocked me, but are still infatuated.

No.

A channel of water that drives a waterwheel and some roller bearing components.

@ RationalMadman

An accolade.

Ok....So not big Eastern Europeans.

I'm sixty and still a competitive cyclist....And I bet that I'm fitter than you....Do you want a race?

Karl Marx was a hypocrite.

What's a "pole like a pencil"....Any one could lift a "pole like a pencil".......A pencil like a pole might be tougher, though it would depend upon the size of the comparative pole.

Or do you mean a very large person from Poland.

Clever....But you know how old sixty is, and also that 60 months is generally regarded as five.

Sixty is a narrative that represents something.  In this case my age, an event relative to a standard measurement of duration.

Are you related to Mr Ethan?

Mr Ethan often refers to me as a materialist.

Realist maybe, but far from a materialist.

Materialists are those that revel in trinketry....Stuff like medals.

The debate has become the debate....And the subject has become irrelevant.

Have you changed your mind then?....Or is this the reason why you do not have a "King of the Hill medal?

Everyone can have a medal for doing stuff if needs be.....Medals is medals....And only of any value if they can be sold for hard cash. 

How about a "King of the Hill medal" for the most grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.....Though, I think that Dr Franklin would dominate this category.

Fitness is both, physical capability and physiological condition.... Both aspects of fitness are reliant upon each other to a certain degree.

So a seemingly physically capable person could easily keel over with a heart attack if they were not also physiologically sound.

And a couch potato who is nonetheless 100% physiologically sound might live for 100 years.

And then there is genetic predetermination to consider.

I would like a Christian on this website to prove that their particular god actually exists.

Prove the basis of the hypothesis, and then start quibbling over the ludicrous mythological embellishments.

Sixty is a word......Which represents a standard measurement of duration relative to an event.

Same old story....Us and them.....Nothing ever changes does it?

Yep.

People is people....And religion or not, is a variable data construct.

And people believe what they are taught to believe...it's what is known as conditioning.

So for as long as children are conditioned to believe variable nonsense, then nothing will change.

Trying to enforce change only results in resentment, which inevitably results in a non-utopic reaction.

You've either got to re-educate the whole world with a single ethos all at the same time or not bother....If you could do the former, then it wouldn't really matter what the ethos was and given the growing human dependence on technology then maybe this will eventually be a technological possibility, or perhaps even, technology will do it for us without our say so.

#41 Comes across as a lovelorn plea from a lovestruck of female....The accompanying image probably exacerbates the situation.

Well stated.

Trump the sensible.

Will the voters buy it?

If they are stupid enough they will.....D'oh!

How do you actually know?

I would suggest that spirituality, which is what you are probably inferring, is merely a physiological response to a stimulus, in this case the stimulus is a conscious thought, which itself is a physiological function....All normal internal processes which you  label "soul"....Soul is an simply an utterance which has taken on an emotive quality, that assumes something more than what it actually represents.....Internal data processing with unnecessary bells attached.

Undoubtedly.

What is your soul?.....Is it anything other than a figure of speech?

Are you not, simply referring to brain processes in relation to other brain processes....Stored and remembered data.

Thinking the same together in groups is a contradiction.

And religion is either defined or not.

And no politics is anarchy.

And utopia is not impossible, but nonetheless probably unachievable.

And anarchy unless utopic anarchy is probably not the "best possible society".

Philosophically, communism without hierarchy is utopic, but unachievable in practice as all people are not equal and things need to get done.

 The thoughtlessness or thoughtfulness of the populace and the corruptability of the system will decide the outcome.

So, what is "everything"?...As I see it, everything has three basic qualities or requirements, time and space, to allow event and duration, and matter to perform.....Only matter requires a necessary cause...... There is seemingly a process of events, which by the very nature of procession is an ongoing cause....Call it evolution if you will, but don't get bogged down in Darwin...... In a sequence of events, primary cause is also the conclusion and as such infinitely possible....Though the beginning still remains inconceivable.....Easily assumable, though nonetheless  inconceivable (fauxlaw).

Disregarding the inconceivable beginning, then an infinite sequence of universal events is reliant upon predetermination, which inevitably includes the sentient organic (us)  phase of the process, and all the processes contained within that phase, including human function.

Therefore, do we have free will independent of the evolutionary process?......Hmmmmmm, maybe we can choose or change our mind....but why would we do that and risk "everything".

Concepts are all that's available....Assuming righteousness is conceptual.

"Uncaused cause" is the inconceivable beginning....Everything else is a succession of caused events.....One does because one is.

Though if it were yesterday I would probably go for a bike ride with myself, hopefully I could agree with myself on who rode which bike.

And my wife would be in for a treat.

A thread is as a thread does.

Does a god exist or not?...Same old argument and you know the score, but will not come clean.....I cannot prove no god, as you cannot prove a god....A sort of rational absurdity....or absurdly rational.

But at least I'm prepared to be honest.

What constitutes a Christian.....Splish Splash Splosh and a party a lot of the time.....Me included....Though I grew out of it.....Actually I never grew into it.....Which isn't surprising, as my Dad was a devout atheist and my Mum only regarded Church as a social necessity, and School and Church was only a marriage of convenience.

And the bible gathered dust upon the shelf, as most bibles do.

Yep....Typical Ethang5 response.....Denial tinged with sarcasm.

Physicists do not reverse time, they create a virtual simulation of previous events.

Though if we have a continuous record of previous events we can create a continuous simulation.

The brain/technology interface is yet to be fully explored, so anything is possible I suppose.

The nature of an alternative opinion is the other persons SPAM.....Rational discussion therefore requires tolerance of the alternative......As I keep telling you, this is a debating forum, not a Mr Ethan pat on the back club.

Up late or up early again?

I would suggest that a virtual simulation is a current and possible event, irrespective of the content.

Mr Athias brought them to mind, is what I said....As Judaic influence became relative to the thread.

And just do a quick search....I'm not listing all the theories, there are too many to list.

Data retrieval...Bias.....Undoubtedly....Applies to us all....Even you.

Racists one and all....Yep....Undoubtedly.

Me, You, Triangle. Athias....We comment and develop threads....It's the nature of the exercise.

Freud rambles as philosophers do.....Though develops thoughts and ideas as above....We are all philosophers.

Mr Athias moved them temporarily to mind, as is the nature of data retrieval. 

Judaic influence in U.S. affairs is a well known and well evidenced, " conspiracy theory"........So conspiracy fact perhaps. 

What are your pearls of wisdom in relation to this subject?

And my name isn't Richard....LOL

Up late or up early Mr Ethan?......It's probably all that angst.....Worrying about all those other scary people out there....Democrats, Muslims, Atheists, Chinese to name but a few.

Yes you did.

And no it doesn't.

Interesting that you should mention JFK.....See above.

Interesting answer.

Some would say conspiracy theory.

Nonetheless I do run with the idea of establishment or an established hierarchy.....The U.K. being a prime example....Though based more on  old European aristocratical power....Nonetheless old European power was Church and State...Predominately the Catholic Church.

A Judaic influence in U.S. affairs is often proposed, but how do you reconcile Judaism and Catholicism and consequently how would  the Pope end up at the top of the tree?

Abrahamic systems do have an obvious lineage, but can you also reconcile Islam?.....Perhaps not.