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    How many of you Christians will admit that your clarity is less that desired?

    1 Corinthians 13:12 (King James Version) 12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. If we can't be certain of the metaphysical speculations about various religions, isn't the one thing all agree upon...
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    Is the Babylonian exile a turning point in Western Civilization?

    When Israel was conquered by Babylon, and the Jews carried off into exile, it became paramount to take the oral traditions and the various bits and pieces that had been written down and compile them into one single treatise, in order that the Jews wouldn't forget their heritage. Thus the Old...
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    How do i practice the ways of self enlightenment?

    A student goes to a master and asks, how should I seek enlightenment? The master says, achieve non-attachment. So the student becomes a wandering mendicant, lest he become too attached to any one place. When he meets people whose company he enjoys, he stays away from them, lest he become too...
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    Is this problem just that God's away on business?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9mhsW5aWJM&feature=related
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    Are there any well documented pre-Christian religions?

    And Taoism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Egyptian paganism, the works recorded and saved by Spanish monks in the new world as Aztec and Mayan religions were being suppressed, and the aboriginal shamanisms practiced by all the cultures visited by 19th century anthropologists...
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    Are there any well documented pre-Christian religions?

    And Taoism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Egyptian paganism, the works recorded and saved by Spanish monks in the new world as Aztec and Mayan religions were being suppressed, and the aboriginal shamanisms practiced by all the cultures visited by 19th century anthropologists...
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    How has Buddhism impacted other aspects of culture?

    Other than what? We need an initial reference point for your question to be answerable. But, if you're interested in the different kinds of impact it has on different cultures, compare, say, Japanese Zen Buddhism with Tibetan Buddhism. Thailand is officially a Buddhist country. and the...
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    Atheists! Do you consider inferential logic in any way useful in a debate?

    Hey, just what are you trying to imply? I'm going to infer some kind of insult from your implications!
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    How many times in the during the next few weeks will the Xmas and Happy Holidays

    debate rage? How many times do people need to be told that these things aren't a secular "attack" on Christianity. Both come from England centuries ago. The X in the abbreviation Xmas is the Greek letter Chi, not the Roman X. It's the first letter in Christ, when it's spelled out in Greek...
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    Has a friend complained that they were too attractive?

    None of my friends do, but as you can see from my pic, I need to do make that complaint constantly.
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    Atheists, Deists, Theists, etc.: what is your taste in art?

    Plein air impressionism, when it comes to oils. Minimalism when it comes to mixed media abstracts. I love the Fluxus school when it comes to sculpture. Dadaist or other schools of absurdism in poetry and theater. Traditional ethnic dancing, particularly koto drumming (which seems more about the...
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    Why do atheists whine and rant when someone speaks the truth to them about God...

    Ah, projection, thy name is "Rooker". Edit: Tee hee, with every key stroke, you betray ever more ignorance. Rev Soleil's use of the adjective "gross" (which comes to English from Latin languages where it meant large or fat) is perfectly grammatically correct. It means you have a HUGE...
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    Can you be a dyed in the wool Pacificist yet still love to Declare a Thumb War against..

    One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war, Five, six, seven, eight, Let's just fight against our mate!
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    Poets: May I ask a painfully boring and mundanely generic question? What inspires you?

    Trying to express feelings in no more than seventeen syllables.
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    Do yall think there's a fundamental 'clash of civilizations' between Islam n' the west?

    I think this East Vs. West clash is far older than either Christianity or Islam, and it goes much deeper, hitting more visceral chords. Since before the Roman world and the Parthians, before Hellenistic world and the Persians, before even the Achean Greeks and the Trojans I suspect that those...
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    What if there was an ancient civilization dating back before science records/believes?

    "Science" isn't a unified institution which makes pronouncements that it expects to accepted uncritically. There are many archaeologists and anthropologists looking for earlier agrarian, settled cultures. The evidence points to the middle east and fertile crescent (Mesopotamia) being the...
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    A very touching poem.............?

    It makes me sad that some people have to compare themselves to others and declare themselves to be better off. Comparing disabilities and troubles in a effort to feel better about one's self is a special kind of whining. "I felt bad for myself because I had no shoes, til I met a man with no...
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