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» 15/12/2024 5:57:46 AM Thanks for publishing this summary of the HoR report. It's very enlightening. And thanks,.....
» 13/01/2023 9:29:27 PM Yusutsu, « As if any other laws WERE valid?! » We do have some valid laws in Australia. .....
» 13/01/2023 3:03:46 AM Yuyutsu, The COVID laws are not really a good example, as they were never really valid law.....
» 12/01/2023 10:38:45 AM Diver dan, I don't want to be seen as supporting or sympathising with the Trains, however,.....
» 12/01/2023 8:59:18 AM Diver dan, It sounds to me as if you’re entering a discussion of Just War theory. When is .....
» 11/01/2023 10:47:29 PM Foxy, you speak of seeing ‘hundreds’ of protesters on February 20, 2021, who marched to th.....
» 10/01/2023 11:44:07 PM This is what Karl Popper referred to as black swan falsification. The idea comes from ho.....
» 10/01/2023 11:23:59 PM Alan, What is freedom? People are looking for freedom from what, public health orders? Don.....
» 15/09/2022 4:46:03 PM Is it proper in a democracy, to have police barge into your house and handcuff you for a c.....
» 15/09/2022 6:25:11 AM Alan B, I can see you’re a true believer. But just having a quick look at the main point t.....
» 16/06/2020 10:52:16 PM Mhaze, I think you're probably correct about Shaun Burgoyne. I'm not sure how much malice .....
» 14/04/2020 8:03:23 AM I spent two hours on Good Friday watching the documentary, The Australian Dream, written b.....
» 5/07/2019 10:43:39 PM I was chatting to a friend today who told me that he was impressed that Rugby Australia “t.....
» 5/07/2019 1:49:53 PM Altrav, I totally agree. Those who didn't like what Folau said, I can't understand why the.....
» 27/06/2019 11:28:08 PM I don’t think we need more laws to enforce our freedoms. We just need a bit of sense to ap.....
» 29/11/2018 8:38:27 AM To the recent Senate committee hearing, one member of the Looney Left said, with a straigh.....
» 29/11/2018 7:52:14 AM Alan B, As you say, the Victorian election result is in. And the Greens have lost most of .....
» 29/11/2018 7:46:51 AM Alan B, You've spoken of a "natural aberration of nature." Could you try an expl.....
» 29/11/2018 7:34:51 AM Hi Yuyutsu, I'm not all that interested in your religious views. But I am left scratching .....
» 24/03/2017 8:16:20 AM Like most things I read here on abortion, this article makes no sense. It's only value is .....
» 14/09/2016 4:22:32 PM Ant, I'm guessing that the permafrost might melt regardless of what we believe about why i.....
» 14/09/2016 5:00:23 AM Hi Ant, I'm not totally sure what you're asking me, but I'll answer with a quote from one .....
» 12/09/2016 7:43:49 PM Some atheists here are clearly missing the point when they say schools shouldn't receive g.....
» 12/09/2016 6:39:15 PM Cobber, At the beginning you mentioned YECs, singling them out as being "unutterably .....
» 6/07/2016 5:09:39 PM Thanks, Grateful, for supporting Don's article. In doing so you opened yourself to the agg.....
» 6/07/2016 5:01:46 PM AJ, Earlier you said, "Disbelief isn’t just 'one perspective to start from', it’s the.....
» 30/06/2016 10:59:34 PM I come here to discuss the merits of Don Batten's article, whom I find to be an eminently .....
» 30/06/2016 9:15:06 AM Rhian, Thanks for the link to that page on geology, 'Science Clarified'. But for one small.....
» 30/06/2016 9:09:50 AM Yuts, If you say we're all irrational, then why bother accusing David of being irrational?.....
» 28/06/2016 8:59:37 AM Yuyutsu, Are you now claiming to be 'rational'? Previously you were trying to tell me ther.....
» 21/06/2016 10:03:54 PM "Then as more mountains and plateaus were exposed above the Flood water, the water wa.....
» 21/06/2016 10:00:11 PM (Rhian cont ...) The main problem I had with your last post was the overriding impression .....
» 21/06/2016 9:55:44 PM (cont...) "Take for example, the research into what could constitute the minimal fir.....
» 21/06/2016 9:51:34 PM AJ, You ask the question, what is the evidence for there being a God, and want to start fr.....
» 16/06/2016 6:29:37 PM I'd advise people to start reading from Genesis. That gives the Gospels more of a backgrou.....
» 15/06/2016 7:39:01 AM Rhian, I'm glad you've brought up the issue of people's possible ulterior motivations for .....
» 15/06/2016 7:30:34 AM AJ, I'm glad you're enjoying the thread. I don't connect well with nearly anything Yusut.....
» 14/06/2016 6:04:51 PM Y, So, even if I can't trust the Bible, I should still trust God (whoever that might be). .....
» 14/06/2016 2:38:02 AM I wasn't offering that the death and resurrection of Christ were merely 'good' events. The.....
» 13/06/2016 11:50:06 PM What about Jesus dying on the cross, or his rising from the dead? There are certain histor.....
» 13/06/2016 6:23:26 AM AJ, To see one example of an atheist whose attitude is to look the other way when evidence.....
» 12/06/2016 6:34:05 AM Summarised from an article by geologist, Tas Walker: "The landscapes of Central Austr.....
» 12/06/2016 6:28:13 AM Jayb and Rhian, I've followed some of the things you've said recently with interest relati.....
» 12/06/2016 6:23:35 AM AJ, you said, "If a god does exist, then it would know what it would take to convinc.....
» 8/06/2016 6:00:48 PM "This article does not progress the argument one little bit." Peter Sellick Post.....
» 6/06/2016 5:38:35 PM Yuyutsu, I don't know what you've got against physics and biology. You seem to deliberatel.....
» 6/06/2016 4:53:31 PM AJ, It seems the Ken Ham v Bill Nye debate made quite a splash in some circles. From my vi.....
» 6/06/2016 8:36:39 AM Yuyutsu, 'Love God, love thy neighbour, pray, worship, forgive, serve.' I wouldn't argue .....
» 5/06/2016 7:25:23 AM To consider the purpose of the Genesis account, an important angle it carries is as a defe.....
» 5/06/2016 7:20:28 AM Rhian, Thanks for the link to the Epic of Gilgamesh. I've never read it before. Its story .....
» 2/06/2016 10:24:08 PM Grateful - "A rational justification for not revealing himself directly would be that.....
» 1/06/2016 9:07:08 AM AJ, to be clear on the topic of Scripture, I think the Christian Scriptures are an amazing.....
» 30/05/2016 3:54:14 PM Hi Rhian, There's no mention of evolution in the Bible. Ideas fitting that kind of descrip.....
» 30/05/2016 1:42:00 PM I'm surprised you've made the statement 'I'm not sure', while in the middle of giving God .....
» 30/05/2016 1:12:19 PM Walking among us. Could you clarify what you mean by 'us'. Do you mean you?.....
» 29/05/2016 5:58:29 PM What then is a good way, in your view?.....
» 27/05/2016 4:14:56 PM Yuyutsu, There are some people with a genuine desire to investigate our history and our or.....
» 27/05/2016 2:09:03 AM AJ, I don't believe Don's article contains the fallacies you allege. His main idea is tha.....
» 27/05/2016 2:05:25 AM Rhian, You say that Peter Selleck believes that creation (i.e. God creating) has nothing t.....
» 21/05/2016 2:00:49 AM AJ, I can see you've provided a list of alleged logical fallacies, but I don't think you'v.....
» 20/05/2016 11:03:00 PM AJ, Yes, on one hand you were claiming Don Batten 'made stuff up'. On the other hand you s.....
» 20/05/2016 8:38:09 PM AJ, I was taking my idea of what defines a good OLO article from the OLO Contributors page.....
» 20/05/2016 5:00:02 PM Rhian, Through your comments as a whole, I don't get the impression that all that you adhe.....
» 18/05/2016 9:53:16 AM AJ, The comparisons between attending sceptics conferences and going to church, how far do.....
» 17/05/2016 2:34:25 AM Banjo, I once met Ron Barassi. It was an experience I can't easily forget. I have certain.....
» 16/05/2016 9:08:12 AM AJ, You say you were a Christian and a creationist in the past, and so that gives you some.....
» 15/05/2016 6:53:52 AM Rhian, We might say Christ is risen. We also often say that Christ was raised. One is a co.....
» 14/05/2016 1:58:01 AM Hi Banjo and Rhian, If we are going to argue about words, can I also mention some grammar?.....
» 13/05/2016 4:27:19 PM A confirmation bias. - Fascinating!.....
» 13/05/2016 3:25:10 PM Staking out a position in advance'. This would imply adherence or commitment to an Idea or.....
» 13/05/2016 8:37:49 AM AJ From what you're saying, it seems that time is the magic ingredient. So if the claim .....
» 12/05/2016 9:07:08 AM AJ, You're saying that scepticism is an integral part of the scientific process. So if oth.....
» 11/05/2016 6:48:56 AM Banjo, When I said that believing the gospels requires much faith, that was to say that on.....
» 11/05/2016 6:44:11 AM Rhian, You say you don't believe in a bodily resurrection. If so, then what happened to Je.....
» 11/05/2016 6:40:31 AM AJ, Creationists are more than willing for you or anyone to scrutinise or critique their i.....
» 11/05/2016 6:29:29 AM AJ, On Sunday, you spoke about "planting seeds of doubt in the minds of sceptics.&quo.....
» 8/05/2016 4:10:05 AM AJ, Don Batten first published this article on his website on April 21. It is possible, or.....
» 7/05/2016 10:24:06 PM Banjo, I would agree that the different gospel accounts of the women at Jesus' tomb do sou.....
» 7/05/2016 10:21:02 PM Rhian, You're saying we ought not to view the Pentateuch as history. So now I'm interested.....
» 6/05/2016 12:21:24 AM David, I don't really want to go into a long debate about Galileo, as it goes a little out.....
» 5/05/2016 11:04:52 PM Banjo, Which of the 'gospel' truths do I have in mind? Any or all of them. Open any page, .....
» 5/05/2016 4:03:06 PM Rhian, Indeed, the Bible (in particular, Genesis) addresses all of the central questions o.....
» 5/05/2016 8:48:13 AM Rhian, Thanks for the article. Though a Pope's speech will naturally attract media attenti.....
» 5/05/2016 12:04:53 AM Banjo, Wikipedia? It may have a place, but complex issues are not its forte. If I was of.....
» 4/05/2016 9:43:19 AM Rhian, You've summed it up excellently. If someone were to ask how belief in design or a g.....
» 4/05/2016 9:36:20 AM Banjo, In assessing the truth content of the gospels, your standard of proof given is 'uni.....
» 2/05/2016 11:27:08 PM I find it disappointing (but perhaps not that surprising) that the main atheist response t.....
» 2/05/2016 11:21:01 PM Yuyutsu, To some extent I would agree with you, but I suspect Don may as well. Arguments e.....
» 14/01/2016 5:30:59 PM Where does Chris Gayle fit into this religious analogy? Isn't he King Herod, lavishly thr.....
» 14/12/2015 1:24:12 PM Emperor, I agree with what you're saying. Islam is clearly a religion, not a race. And it'.....
» 12/12/2015 8:07:53 AM All I claimed was that there is no formal, constitutional or legal requirement obliging an.....
» 10/12/2015 10:54:06 PM Emperor, Please state where it is written that English is the official language of Austral.....
» 10/12/2015 7:17:29 AM Emperor, You asked me for my definition of 'racist'. I gave a definition above, in the con.....
» 9/12/2015 11:22:42 PM Dear RobJ, Please, take a chill pill. My comments regarding language relate directly with.....
» 9/12/2015 6:50:04 PM Emperor, I've been accused of being unpatriotic just for asserting the fact that English i.....
» 9/12/2015 4:59:18 PM I don't admit to anything, other than saying that you are displaying the racist tendencies.....
» 8/12/2015 4:51:51 PM Most schools in Australia teach a language other than English. There are a few that teach .....
» 8/12/2015 8:17:53 AM Emperor, Australia doesn't have a national language. We have a dominant language, English......
» 7/12/2015 11:36:57 PM Australia will always be taking in at least some migrants. There will always be some bad a.....
» 7/12/2015 5:01:25 PM And if you call me an ANTI-socialist one more time, ill personally arrange it for a conser.....
» 7/12/2015 4:47:02 PM Supporting immigration is in my DNA. I am a migrant. I can't help it. By the way, Austral.....
» 7/12/2015 6:13:07 AM Speaking in a language other than English is aiding and abetting Islamic terrorism? Please.....
» 6/12/2015 10:55:21 PM Since when is speaking a language other than English treasonous? Wal wen detlot pipul bin.....
» 6/12/2015 4:51:01 PM Wal wi sabi bigmob odinri langgus langa dijan kantri, en dei holot garram mining. Bat wen .....
» 6/12/2015 2:41:36 PM Il existe, dans le monde, un grand nombre de langues différentes, dont aucune n'est dépour.....
» 5/12/2015 6:34:36 PM Phil Dye, a devout atheist, says he visited a Hillsong church service, for what reason exa.....
» 5/12/2015 6:09:35 PM There's no legal or constitutional requirement in Australia compelling anyone to speak Eng.....
» 5/09/2015 3:25:33 AM John, I don't think anyone is saying that 100% of the booing is coming from a racist eleme.....
» 22/08/2015 11:39:23 PM Though you claim to be trying to understand my theistic view, I see a deliberate thrust wi.....
» 22/08/2015 11:33:04 PM After all this time, I'm glad we've agreed on something. But as for your concept of 'free.....
» 18/08/2015 1:34:25 PM You're right. Contrariness is not automatically a virtue. Yet, what is at issue is the phi.....
» 13/08/2015 10:32:48 PM The majority of religious folk are heavily influenced by current popular culture (TV, news.....
» 13/08/2015 7:27:29 AM So Pericles, where do we stand, in conclusion? There are those who view the world as billi.....
» 13/08/2015 1:45:33 AM Onthebeach, It was over two years ago, so my recollections are a bit sketchy. And it was a.....
» 11/08/2015 9:03:02 PM Leo, Thanks to Foxy for putting 'the face of racism' comment into context. My understandin.....
» 11/08/2015 5:56:22 PM Pericles, Atheism v theism is exactly what is at play here. There are various theories con.....
» 11/08/2015 5:16:33 PM Leo, Trying to boil it down, for you, the right or wrong in this is whether Adam Goodes' a.....
» 7/08/2015 4:31:53 PM 'Look if ya don’t like it why don’t ya go back to where you came from? Golden Dawn Fraser .....
» 7/08/2015 4:25:56 PM 'Middle Australia has spoken. Why don’t we just move on? Have you ever been racially abuse.....
» 7/08/2015 10:59:08 AM Some people, such as Rita, encourage this vilification by stating that that 'It's not all .....
» 4/08/2015 8:35:27 PM Foxy, Thanks for making your stand for Adam. I'm with you on that. Your comments were a go.....
» 4/08/2015 7:38:17 PM Yusutsu, I do see the value of having a unity and consistency of thought. I don't want to .....
» 3/08/2015 7:12:33 PM WmTrevor, I agree that Van Til is not easy reading. He's rather difficult to follow. I onc.....
» 3/08/2015 7:10:32 PM Pericles, Assuming the speed of light as constant, and that Andromeda is millions of light.....
» 30/07/2015 8:55:41 AM Pericles, I never said your friend was an atheist. I said you were an atheist. But there .....
» 29/07/2015 5:10:08 PM Pericles, It's true that on contentious issues, I don't necessarily just accept the majori.....
» 29/07/2015 3:10:19 AM Pericles, I agree that this can be a difficult discussion at times. We don't seem to be pr.....
» 27/07/2015 3:32:20 AM WmTrevor, I don't have any argument with Cornelius Van Til. In fact, i'd probably say I'm .....
» 25/07/2015 9:29:37 AM Pericles, I could quibble about a few things in your last post. For example, you wanted to.....
» 24/07/2015 6:38:46 AM Another important distinction is between operational and historical science. Science gai.....
» 24/07/2015 6:34:38 AM You ask about philosophical concerns. Looking back about 200 years, geologists were invest.....
» 24/07/2015 6:28:25 AM Pericles, You ask me, at what point did I stop accepting what science has uncovered? I'm.....
» 21/07/2015 7:01:51 AM Pericles, You ask me for an explanation for the thought processes that led me to accept th.....
» 19/07/2015 10:55:53 PM Pericles, - "You continue to offer nothing by way of justification" For someone.....
» 17/07/2015 11:09:48 AM Banjo, I agree with you that I think the world is real. I think Jonathan Sarfati put it qu.....
» 17/07/2015 12:45:39 AM Very well put, Banjo. Pericles, You accuse me of rejecting five hundred years of modern .....
» 15/07/2015 6:48:41 PM Pericles, You ask me for justification for a biblical position on origins. But a biblical .....
» 14/07/2015 4:47:03 PM Pericles, I'm struggling to follow what you're saying. Perhaps we have crossed wires with .....
» 14/07/2015 6:58:00 AM Banjo, Despite standing on different sides of the fence of belief, I think we do find some.....
» 14/07/2015 6:54:59 AM Pericles, With regard to evidence for the evolutionary view of the earth's beginnings, you.....
» 10/07/2015 6:21:58 PM Pericles, The point I was making with Banjo was that there was a cohesive body of data ass.....
» 10/07/2015 9:50:39 AM Banjo, Those are some very wise words there from Russell. Though I've never read or studie.....
» 9/07/2015 5:12:24 PM Pericles, I'll give you a tip. Science isn't about counting noses. It's not a popularity c.....
» 9/07/2015 8:07:57 AM Banjo, You haven't offended me. Sometimes it doesn't hurt to ask the same question twice. .....
» 8/07/2015 9:42:41 AM Dear Banjo, I'm still wondering about my question. If you've come to the conclusion that t.....
» 7/07/2015 9:56:57 PM Banjo, If I'm hearing you correctly, you've decided a long time ago (after making much per.....
» 7/07/2015 7:44:52 AM Banjo, It is interesting that those such as yourselves, Banjo, Pericles, Craig, self proc.....
» 4/07/2015 6:59:17 AM Insiasissable > Insaisissable Que pense-je? Je pense que celui qui s'approche de Dieu .....
» 2/07/2015 6:46:16 PM Banjo, Off the top of my head, I don't remember Sells ever responding directly to one of m.....
» 2/07/2015 12:35:59 AM Banjo, For what it's worth, I thought your question was valid and interesting. What is the.....
» 28/05/2015 7:03:22 AM Banjo, You say you're not accusing Peter of intolerance, you're only suggesting it. Thanks.....
» 27/05/2015 9:09:23 AM Banjo, What are you looking for from Peter? Are you accusing him of being intolerant?.....
» 26/05/2015 8:58:35 AM I pretty much agree with the points raised in this article. In particular, I agree with t.....
» 16/05/2015 9:56:27 AM Yet Pericles, you asked earlier, am I missing something? It could be you are leaving God o.....
» 16/05/2015 9:49:22 AM The journey believers take, from unbelief to commitment. What is there more than just upbr.....
» 15/05/2015 10:02:11 AM Speaking as a Christian believer, evidence has an important role to play: (Acts 1:3) &quo.....
» 13/05/2015 4:35:27 PM I think there is more to it than just upbringing. But I'm struggling to follow what you're.....
» 13/05/2015 5:33:51 AM Pericles, I agree that cultural heritage is a huge factor shaping people's values and beli.....
» 11/05/2015 7:04:50 AM Pericles, You ask about thought processes. I said that I put the question, is there a God?.....
» 9/05/2015 1:43:37 AM Pericles, You are correct in saying my family had a significant influence on what I believ.....
» 9/05/2015 1:38:12 AM Pericles, I also have trouble following whatever it is Yuyutsu is saying about God. I'm no.....
» 21/04/2015 9:02:21 AM In investigating religious belief, the mind weighs alternatives, firstly, God versus not G.....
» 21/04/2015 6:49:52 AM Pericles, I agree with you that not all religions are the same. Not all beliefs and ideolo.....
» 17/04/2015 3:18:49 AM Pericles, To try and summarise, I see this article as discussing the defence of Christian .....
» 10/04/2015 11:59:42 PM On the theological side, recently the well known Reformed theologian, Sproule, came out sa.....
» 10/04/2015 11:56:52 PM Pericles, Paraphrasing or interpreting your question a bit, you ask, does belief in creati.....
» 8/04/2015 4:01:39 PM Pericles, You question whether I'm serious. I could ask you the same, for your challenge a.....
» 8/04/2015 3:46:08 PM Pericles, I appreciate your questions. I wish I wasn't so busy at work to try and answer b.....
» 5/04/2015 8:09:51 PM Dear Pericles, I'd be happy to try and answer some of those questions in good time. But pe.....
» 4/04/2015 1:14:54 PM George, If I too may clarify, I said that our society takes the opportunity to 'indoctrina.....
» 3/04/2015 10:21:49 PM If you're saying my faith seems very firm, I'll take that as a compliment. If you were w.....
» 3/04/2015 6:46:22 PM You barely even know me......
» 3/04/2015 2:13:58 PM Yusutsu, You quote from the Pentateuch as if you think it means something. Yet you've said.....
» 3/04/2015 12:17:22 PM Yuyutsu, Once again, I confess that I have very little comprehension of whatever it is you.....
» 2/04/2015 8:39:36 AM Yuyutsu, If I'm not mistaken, it was on page 10 where you attributed someone's existence (.....
» 2/04/2015 8:11:58 AM I tried very hard to indoctrinate my son into the joys of cricket. But alas, I failed. He .....
» 1/04/2015 9:22:51 PM AJ, Dictionaries often help to clarify. But words also convey shades of meaning depending .....
» 31/03/2015 4:32:02 PM Yuyutsu, Yes, of course, the Supreme being cannot be rivalled. That only stands to reason......
» 31/03/2015 7:51:19 AM Hi Craig, This is what I saw you wrote, and what I based my comment on, Maybe I missed the.....
» 31/03/2015 12:26:13 AM Yuyutsu, I was only going by what you said. You said it was helpful for the clergy to tell.....
» 30/03/2015 9:10:43 PM Craig, I don't have much time for the view that religion is merely a sociological phenomen.....
» 30/03/2015 6:33:49 AM Craig, Speaking in the context of what is believed by fundamentalists, you've said above. .....
» 28/03/2015 8:53:36 PM Cobber, You won't dispense with 7 day creationists by mocking them. This only encourages t.....
» 28/03/2015 8:51:07 PM Craig, I have a hard time reconciling two sentences you said in your last post, one after .....
» 26/03/2015 9:24:36 AM Jon J, You seem jealous that Peter's 'drivel' gets a lot of space here on this website. Ho.....
» 26/03/2015 8:34:47 AM Is what's being described in this article emitting from Marks and Freud and others otherwi.....
» 18/03/2015 10:24:48 PM Which of these are facts; which of these are scientific facts? Australia was federated in.....
» 17/03/2015 9:25:22 AM The concept and control of the word 'science' comes no more clearly into play as within cr.....
» 17/03/2015 3:38:12 AM The points made by Aron22 stand out pretty clearly. It's hard to take this article at face.....
» 5/01/2015 7:57:34 PM Thanks R0bert, for picking me up on a phrase which could have been better worded. It is .....
» 3/01/2015 11:45:39 PM Thanks, Rowan. A nice article. A point well made. Sells, once again, I cannot see consist.....
» 3/01/2015 10:24:16 PM Laurence, I agree that Freedom of speech, if it exists in Australia, must mean we are free.....
» 3/01/2015 5:41:20 PM Cornonacob, To answer your question, no, there won't be any articles to be found here disc.....
» 30/11/2014 7:22:30 AM Anyone who's skimmed the Bible loosely or studied it deeply will quickly know that Christi.....
» 25/11/2014 12:05:14 PM Banjo, I'm not sure if Peter believes in an afterlife. It's not terribly clear which of th.....
» 24/11/2014 9:57:08 PM Is Christianity true? No doubt, there are people interested in discussing that question. .....
» 8/11/2014 4:56:37 PM I agree with you Aiden. Jon J is in dreamland. He suggests that the way "to get rid o.....
» 30/09/2014 5:04:14 PM David f, You keep accusing Graham of harassment. I don't see why. Seems to me his protest .....
» 30/09/2014 8:43:06 AM Well said and well done, Graham! A point well made. Clear and penetrating. Some laws we.....
» 30/09/2014 8:21:15 AM Albie, I agree wih you that we were railroaded by the pollies of the day into accepting A.....
» 30/09/2014 8:15:46 AM We've sung this as a third verse in our churches: With Christ our head and cornerstone, W.....
» 24/07/2014 5:38:35 AM Yuyutsu, I think we are both concerned about the proclamation of the Message (the gospel, .....
» 21/07/2014 7:34:24 AM Yuyutsu, You say you're happy to be inspired by a message whether or not it's true and mat.....
» 17/07/2014 10:00:52 PM Yuyutsu, You ask, what do theories of origins have to do with our relationship with God? F.....
» 15/07/2014 9:17:53 PM Yuyutsu, You need not worry about saying anything to risk shaking my faith. As I said, my .....
» 15/07/2014 5:22:07 PM Dear Yuyutsu, I've realised that I've totally bungled my last posting to you by leaving ou.....
» 13/07/2014 10:38:18 PM Yuyutsu, I'm not sure if you're referring to the Greeks and Romans as modern or not. Yet t.....
» 13/07/2014 12:10:41 PM It seems to me that you're saying that the Bible has no relevance to the real world in whi.....
» 13/07/2014 7:11:04 AM Dear Yuyutsu, I think anyone who talks about little 't' truth and big 'T' truth is tying t.....
» 10/07/2014 10:29:19 PM Dear Yuyutsu, You say the popular view is that evolution is inconsistent with the Bible. T.....
» 5/07/2014 8:34:02 AM Dear Yuyutsu, There's a lot in your last post to which I'd agree. One ought not base one'.....
» 4/07/2014 8:44:58 AM Dear Yuyutsu, I'm sorry you want to leave the discussion at this point. It was you who sai.....
» 3/07/2014 1:59:09 PM Dear Yuyutsu, You accuse me of being overrun by the 'mindset of modernity'. You should que.....
» 2/07/2014 5:30:33 PM Yuyutsu, "Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge". You accept the .....
» 2/07/2014 3:04:44 PM Yuyutsu, You say faith is not about understanding. Yet I don't think faith should contradi.....
» 1/07/2014 5:24:46 PM George, It's true that I'm not a specialist in many areas. Yet I'm well read enough to kno.....
» 1/07/2014 5:11:56 PM Yuyutsu, Who cares how this world came about? Maybe you don't care. Many people do. The ke.....
» 30/06/2014 6:14:41 PM George, You object to me describing evolutionary transformations as 'magical'. But I think.....
» 28/06/2014 1:30:07 PM I suspect that turbans being tolerated at the airport security check has something to do w.....
» 28/06/2014 1:22:54 PM George, You say, "Historical events, including those studied by evolution theories, b.....
» 26/06/2014 4:36:08 PM Matthew, I still don't see the need pressed by you and others here to define religion. If .....
» 24/06/2014 1:52:53 PM Jardine, I tend to agree with your last comment. The state is happy to take on a religious.....
» 24/06/2014 6:19:03 AM It seems to me that everyone here who has commented on the article is in wholehearted agre.....
» 24/06/2014 5:34:59 AM No, Pericles. I wasn't suggesting any of those things. I was attempting to highlight an un.....
» 21/06/2014 8:33:25 AM Not a bad article. But I strikes me as odd to say that religious beliefs ought not exempt .....
» 20/06/2014 12:36:04 AM The model I'm proposing for population growth is quite standard. I'm well aware that popul.....
» 19/06/2014 8:54:43 PM Imajuliannutter, The maths used here for population growth is not complex. It is simply ap.....
» 17/06/2014 1:38:22 PM Pericles, Some populations, of course, will increase faster or slower than others, dependi.....
» 17/06/2014 3:02:54 AM Pericles, The problem of population growth is a real problem for the idea that people have.....
» 17/06/2014 2:57:00 AM Imajuliannutter, For Australian aborigines inhabiting the continent, you first suggest a h.....
» 15/06/2014 11:59:24 PM Dear Pericles. Thanks, as always, for your words of encouragement. I trust that you (and .....
» 15/06/2014 12:53:42 AM Iamajulianutter, You suggest our land will shape its inhabitants as it has always done for.....
» 14/06/2014 10:31:01 AM Nice article, Nina. You've helped give some insight into the life, health and vibrancy of.....
» 23/04/2014 4:25:48 AM Pericles, I think I can see your point. But given that in federal elections, it's rare for.....
» 22/04/2014 3:35:51 PM Foxy, While I don't agree with your position, and I have been generally arguing against th.....
» 22/04/2014 2:47:15 PM Divergence, Thanks for attempting to explain the maths to Pericles. Pericles, the 'tiny .....
» 22/04/2014 12:06:41 AM Control of the Senate is one of the more interesting aspects of any federal election. If y.....
» 20/04/2014 12:15:50 AM Yuyutsu, Well done for holding David accountable, and pointing out a few of his inconsiste.....
» 19/04/2014 11:04:47 PM Dear Plantagenet, Never did I say the commercial news was truth or virtue. Only that it's .....
» 19/04/2014 5:05:22 PM Pete, So you're happy to pay for 'Your' ABC. And now we've heard Foxy's reply. That might.....
» 19/04/2014 3:30:20 PM Foxy, It's nice you're happy about tuning in to ABC programming. The question I have for y.....
» 18/04/2014 4:37:43 PM Davidf, You're wanting to champion separation of church and state for our many blessings. .....
» 18/04/2014 9:39:20 AM Bruce, It's pretty normal in these types of forums to use a pseudonym. What's more importa.....
» 18/04/2014 8:20:35 AM Well said, LEGO. I especially liked the last line. Klass is claiming that a strong majori.....
» 16/04/2014 4:28:12 PM The ABC does not attempt to serve all Australians, yet believes it exists to buttress the .....
» 10/04/2014 9:23:52 AM In the Adam Goodes saga, the young girl was ferociously berated for her ignorant and preju.....
» 5/04/2014 5:12:42 PM Robert LePage, Yours is the voice of elitism at the ABC. You think you are born with the d.....
» 5/04/2014 9:09:06 AM Mark Poynter highlights the problem with the ABC. As a government body, presumably they we.....
» 18/03/2014 12:23:24 AM Pericles, I think I've pointed out to you before that the evidence we share is the same: t.....
» 17/03/2014 3:20:48 AM Pericles, We all believe we're following the weight of evidence (or at least I do). I str.....
» 15/03/2014 5:07:39 PM Like Zimmerman, Pericles, you talk about evidence that "we all see" without list.....
» 14/03/2014 7:11:45 PM Pericles, I don't know why you expect me to do your home work for you. If you want to unde.....
» 13/03/2014 11:37:04 PM Pericles, I think Zimmerman is wrong in suggesting that Christianity and scientific thinki.....
» 13/03/2014 11:25:20 PM Pericles, Sorry for accusing you of sarcasm if that’s not what you were intending. It was .....
» 12/03/2014 10:33:40 PM And furthermore, Pericles, I didn't really appreciate your sarcastic tone at the beginning.....
» 12/03/2014 3:00:56 PM George, I also do not believe that chimps or cockroaches are among our ancestors. Pericle.....
» 12/03/2014 8:44:09 AM George, isn't the idea in evolution that every living thing has shared ancestry? Pericle.....
» 11/03/2014 11:23:20 PM Pericles, We do have an amazing DNA structure and can see the wonders and benefits in docu.....
» 11/03/2014 12:19:53 AM Hi Pericles, Kirschner is probably the same to me as he is to you, he's the chair of the D.....
» 10/03/2014 9:19:15 AM Sorry for my late entry, but I would like to add my opinion following this article. The au.....
» 10/02/2014 3:33:39 PM Joe, Diet of Worms! :) I don't doubt the details of my birth.That's the point. We rely .....
» 9/02/2014 8:00:43 PM WmTrevor, I consider my birth fairly axiomatic to my existence. But what useful knowledge .....
» 9/02/2014 4:11:06 PM WmTrevor, Thanks for the correct spelling of my name, Merengue. I and everyone connected w.....
» 4/02/2014 10:52:43 PM Thanks for the quote from Dr Terry Mortenson. It does help to clarify things, as I am in t.....
» 4/02/2014 9:51:59 AM WmTrevor, Thanks for clarifying. But I don't really know what you mean when you say that I.....
» 4/02/2014 6:23:07 AM WmTrevor, You're welcome to remind me what you said about the relationship between hypothe.....
» 23/01/2014 4:37:34 PM Pericles, I appreciate you offering to discuss matters in good faith. I hope we can establ.....
» 23/01/2014 9:07:07 AM Pericles, So to be clear, when you say creationists are promulgating lies, you didn't real.....
» 22/01/2014 3:47:59 PM Genesis is describing historical fact. This I accept thoroughly and wholeheartedly (as you.....
» 22/01/2014 9:24:19 AM Pericles, Let's be clear about what you said: "And it is not a particularly controver.....
» 21/01/2014 4:49:30 PM I'm not concerned about hurt feelings. I like that OLO is robust. Yet I come here seeking .....
» 21/01/2014 2:03:56 AM I'll tell you why I'm grumpy. I come to OLO hoping to read something stimulating, meaning.....
» 20/01/2014 4:28:45 PM I have an issue with denigration and name calling. Apart from this utility, the word holds.....
» 19/01/2014 5:35:54 PM This article tries valiantly to define the word "fundamentalism". But, in the en.....
» 5/12/2013 11:00:33 PM I've been reading 'Night Games' by Anna Krien, which deals a bit with the politics and int.....
» 23/11/2013 7:03:11 PM Peter King. Are you there? I was hoping you might avail yourself of the final word. Are yo.....
» 18/11/2013 7:06:26 PM I'm thinking of the gravity of what took place. On the evening of February 18 this year,.....
» 17/11/2013 9:41:16 PM Yes, Pericles. We do seem to be talking about different things. But I know whose side you'.....
» 16/11/2013 8:21:12 PM I've read the ABC code of conduct and other such documents. They sound good in theory. It'.....
» 16/11/2013 8:08:04 PM Peter K, Pericles, Fair questions. I agree that I would expect the ABC to be discerning .....
» 15/11/2013 8:41:58 AM -Question by TIM HUBBELL: Isn't it bad parenting to force your children to learn that peop.....
» 15/11/2013 8:32:55 AM Peter K, Thanks for taking the trouble to look into the transcript of this episode of Q&A......
» 15/11/2013 8:27:43 AM Pericles, The debate was never about numbers; it’s about taking sides. (Our tax payer fund.....
» 12/11/2013 8:00:07 PM I'm thankful that this website, Onlineopinion is fully open and reasonable in its concept .....
» 12/11/2013 7:53:44 PM Peter K, Thanks for a more measured response to my posting. Your former post was entirely .....
» 11/11/2013 1:40:30 PM Pericles, You ask, 'In what way is Creationism of interest?' I'll explain, it's something.....
» 10/11/2013 9:13:56 PM This is what Peter King says the ABC should do. They "should allow discourse from bot.....
» 5/11/2013 7:15:37 AM Jason, Perhaps your colleagues at the GayBC can be thankful there isn't citizen initiated .....
» 5/11/2013 6:43:03 AM Pericles, The Bible seems to speak to a lot of people. Obviously, it carries more signific.....
» 4/11/2013 7:20:14 PM The book of Revelation is a prophetic vision. It's a recognisable genre for that period (e.....
» 4/11/2013 3:18:24 PM Lucid: adjective; clearly expressed, easy to understand. Most of the Bible is very lucid......
» 4/11/2013 6:58:16 AM These articles appear to seek the impression of aged wisdom distilled from the weariness o.....
» 3/11/2013 2:44:22 AM Danielle, I'm not sure if you're agreeing with me on medical advancements or not. 0.01% is.....
» 2/11/2013 10:13:40 PM Danielle, I'm happy to comment, because after all, giving our opinion is what we all do he.....
» 2/11/2013 8:29:27 PM Diver Dan, The political party which offers to either ditch or privatise the ABC gets my v.....
» 2/11/2013 7:58:28 PM David f, Interesting discussion on the universality of marriage. I think it should be note.....
» 2/11/2013 7:55:30 PM Thanks David VG for an entertaining and well reasoned article. It's the sort of thing you .....
» 2/11/2013 7:05:53 PM "There are many valid reasons for an abortion." Danielle, By implication, you'r.....
» 2/11/2013 6:18:16 PM Chris C Thanks for your contribution. I think you're helping to throw light on something t.....
» 30/05/2013 2:48:10 AM Well said, JP. Perhaps Secular Greg believes in secular miracles. Greg, I am critical of.....
» 18/04/2013 7:52:00 AM No one is unbiased. It's only that some are more capable than others of seeing the bias wi.....
» 16/04/2013 7:47:53 AM Paul *was* a contemporary of Jesus, as were Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Unlike us, they.....
» 16/04/2013 7:39:13 AM WmTrevor, It's a pity these church councils didn't specifically address your concern. This.....
» 14/04/2013 12:12:54 AM Pericles, Your cosmological pronouncements are not based on observation alone, but on the.....
» 14/04/2013 12:05:41 AM AJ, I just happen at the moment to be reading through Lindy Chamberlain’s biography, ‘Thro.....
» 12/04/2013 7:44:13 AM WmTrevor, “We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of a.....
» 6/04/2013 8:10:07 PM Pericles, If you were hoping that more or more robust evidence would convince you of anyth.....
» 4/04/2013 3:28:33 PM (Sorry for the delay if you were expecting a quicker response. I’ve been doing a lot of tr.....
» 24/03/2013 7:58:52 PM WmTrevor, Firstly, for your suggestion - "that the emphasis is firstly all the invest.....
» 24/03/2013 7:46:27 PM Pericles, On revisiting some of the posts above, I should have addressed your question of .....
» 21/03/2013 7:03:47 AM Pericles, That the Creation Answers Book is brief and compact is one of the reasons I reco.....
» 20/03/2013 12:58:49 PM Pericles, You've started to tell me what it is I know and don't know. Perhaps you could me.....
» 19/03/2013 10:44:59 PM WmTrevor, I'm having difficulty following you. Surely you would need to refer to Genesis t.....
» 19/03/2013 2:47:31 PM I'm certainly not embarrassed by anything I've said. I'm happy that it's up there on the r.....
» 19/03/2013 10:58:40 AM Pericles, I have answered your questions above (or at least tried). I could cut and paste .....
» 19/03/2013 10:53:44 AM WmTrevor, I was critical of the wording of that sentence you gave, seemingly concerning th.....
» 17/03/2013 7:51:17 AM Pericles, I've answered your question regarding volcanic rock on the moon several times. A.....
» 15/03/2013 11:50:18 PM Pericles, I said I was willing to discuss the contents of The Creation Answers Book, which.....
» 11/03/2013 12:29:31 PM WmTrevor, You say you're unaware of any line of reasoning which supports young earth creat.....
» 11/03/2013 10:20:36 AM Pericles, I can understand you not quite following my explanations for a young earth from .....
» 9/03/2013 5:30:31 AM Pericles, Your question, do I accept that if the volcanic rock is 2.5 billion years old, i.....
» 7/03/2013 11:33:05 PM Pericles, I trust you appreciate that a sincere discussion should entail certain levels of.....
» 4/03/2013 12:28:18 PM Pericles, The OLO theme for January was to discuss books that have made an impact. I said .....
» 3/03/2013 6:15:10 PM Pericles, You've misread me. I never said the craters on the moon were formed a million or.....
» 3/03/2013 7:15:36 AM Pericles, You have genuine interest? I think not. Who were you saying is intellectually p.....
» 1/03/2013 4:04:42 AM Pericles, As I said earlier, if you've decided the other's view is absurd, there's no poin.....
» 28/02/2013 5:45:59 AM "The answer is assumed even before the question is asked." Sounds a lot like evo.....
» 25/02/2013 11:40:08 PM I agree that the creationist view is that of a world roughly in the order of 6,000 years o.....
» 23/02/2013 6:30:23 AM I was hoping you would engage with some of the evidence. Perhaps I put each too briefly. I.....
» 22/02/2013 7:04:15 AM Pericles, As I read it, your main query involves the cosmology put forward by Russell Hump.....
» 15/02/2013 3:15:11 PM Pericles, I've tried to engage and answer your specific questions as best I can. I'm sorry.....
» 9/02/2013 3:05:29 PM Luciferace, All events must have a sufficient cause. Creationists are not concocting God .....
» 9/02/2013 3:02:04 PM Pericles, last Monday you quoted the Creation Answers Book, page 92, but omitted the brack.....
» 9/02/2013 2:55:45 PM Luciferace, where is there a compromise? I said I'm quite happy to try and address specif.....
» 8/02/2013 2:21:21 PM No worries, Luciferace. The words weren't mine, but I was recommending the book. Here's th.....
» 7/02/2013 4:05:52 PM Luciferace, I think I should point out that what you have me quoted as saying in your post.....
» 6/02/2013 2:27:59 PM Pericles, WmTrevor, I appreciate your comments on "The Creation Answers Book", a.....
» 3/02/2013 11:42:43 PM Luciferase, really? Who falsified that and when did they do it? What experiment was it? I.....
» 3/02/2013 4:37:42 PM Dear Pericles, You've put quotation marks around something that I didn't say, which is qui.....
» 3/02/2013 6:54:27 AM Pericles, You can debate the strength of the causal connection and statistical correlation.....
» 1/02/2013 7:47:24 AM Pericles, - You ask what objective evidence do you think the authors of the Creation Answ.....
» 31/01/2013 7:58:24 AM Pericles, Himmler may have been self consistent, yet he was out of step with (moral) reali.....
» 30/01/2013 8:15:29 AM Luciferous, If you're alleging that intelligent design proponents wish to infer a higher i.....
» 29/01/2013 7:51:53 AM Pericles, I agree with your observation regarding presuppositions (similar to WmTrevor's),.....
» 27/01/2013 3:28:27 PM Any thoughts on what in particular? This thread was started by Helen, who was reviewing .....
» 24/01/2013 9:51:44 AM Pericles, I read the results of one survey that said Bible believing Christians were far l.....
» 24/01/2013 6:56:23 AM Pericles, Helen has put forward one view of an atheist's attempt to systemise or codify a .....
» 23/01/2013 8:14:49 PM Pericles, On the subject of creationism (since you have raised it here), my experience is .....
» 20/01/2013 10:38:24 PM Pericles, "Nothing." I heard Philip Adams give this answer once on radio to th.....
» 19/01/2013 8:50:00 AM Pericles, Well known atheist, Philip Adams, was once asked what he believed? He responded,.....
» 17/01/2013 11:48:58 AM I sympathise with some of the thoughts expressed above, if from the other side of the fenc.....
» 6/12/2012 11:47:11 AM Ludwig, I can understand you possibly misconstruing what I was saying, as I was trying to .....
» 6/12/2012 5:44:33 AM Ludwig, Your view is that "the vast majority of people" think overt displays on .....
» 5/12/2012 2:59:13 PM Tony, Why do you end every post with the word ‘cheers’, even after you set out to offend p.....
» 5/12/2012 9:51:23 AM Thanks, Killarney, for providing some balance to the ‘independent’ research discussed in t.....
» 31/10/2012 6:20:18 AM Mac, I find it interesting that you would make certain scientific claims whilst denying th.....
» 30/10/2012 8:32:05 AM Brian, I can't really relate to this idea that, 'very few of us feel any connection to pas.....
» 30/10/2012 7:59:28 AM Mac, You say you're not interested in philosophical discussions on the existence of a deit.....
» 5/10/2012 6:08:40 AM Dear Banjo, You could accuse anyone who makes a public statement of lobbying depending on .....
» 3/10/2012 6:24:29 PM Dear Banjo, My comments on this topic were made in support of free speech and freedom of d.....
» 1/10/2012 10:39:10 AM Foyle, At the end of the article it says, 'freedom (of speech) is a two-way street, otherw.....
» 29/09/2012 7:29:28 AM Banjo, I can relate a bit to what you're saying. I remember going through a challenge or a.....
» 27/09/2012 1:28:54 AM Dear Foyle, The main danger if kids are presented with evidence for creation is that they .....
» 26/09/2012 4:55:08 PM David F, You are totally wrong about Australia's Hillsong church being funded by American .....
» 26/09/2012 8:10:37 AM Banjo, I'd advise caution and discernment before reading too much into the details of Davi.....
» 25/09/2012 6:04:37 AM Dear David, Yes, we have gone through this topic before. It's good that on this forum we a.....
» 24/09/2012 5:29:25 PM David f Your last few posts are faltering under the illusion that it is the role of judges.....
» 24/09/2012 5:21:03 PM Banjo, Along with explaining away all religious beliefs, did these eminent cognitive neuro.....
» 23/09/2012 2:41:05 PM Liquid water, though essential to life, is amazingly rare, present in abundance only on ea.....
» 21/09/2012 11:23:10 AM Tony, Certain GLBT media repeated the phrase "putting gay people to death". So t.....
» 21/09/2012 11:18:30 AM Pericles, The original question came from Brian Rosner, "To what end is my sense of j.....
» 20/09/2012 1:01:40 PM I fully agree with what Graham Y just said. Kipp, The Salvation Army's PR were quite like.....
» 19/09/2012 2:18:23 PM Brian Rosner asks, "To what end is my sense of justice and my yearning for transcende.....
» 5/07/2012 10:19:38 PM For the biblical view of marriage, the clearest evidencel is from Christ’s teaching on mar.....
» 5/07/2012 6:03:18 PM I don't really mind the question, but I can appreciate Ramesh's point. Sometimes our diffe.....
» 22/06/2012 5:48:23 PM Planta, I'm not sure about that. Can we assume from what you say that the US has plans on .....
» 22/06/2012 10:40:47 AM Planta, Anyone, you or I, is allowed to apply for political asylum if we think we are bein.....
» 22/06/2012 9:43:53 AM I quite enjoyed reading this article by Wei Ling Chua However, what is a “weapon smugger”.....
» 18/06/2012 10:45:12 PM When I mentioned the Old Testament precedent regarding marriage, I refer to Matthew 19:5, .....
» 17/06/2012 8:31:21 PM Jon J, You say it’s a purely symbolic issue. Yet you also say this law reform requires a .....
» 12/06/2012 4:55:55 PM Tony, I don't look at Genesis as a science textbook. (I don't think anybody does.) I look.....
» 12/06/2012 12:49:08 PM Ozandyh alleges that I don't understand science. Yet Stevenlmeyer challenges me to do an e.....
» 12/06/2012 12:39:03 PM Ozandyh, You say your thinking relies on repeatable experiments. You also allege Australia.....
» 11/06/2012 1:05:45 PM From a science perspective, how did life begin? And is it possible that life began by inte.....
» 10/06/2012 11:33:33 PM I would be telling my child that today as always we are worshipping the loving Jesus. In t.....
» 9/06/2012 12:35:29 PM Ozandyh, Are you alleging that Australia is older than the other continents? Older in what.....
» 9/06/2012 12:30:05 PM Yes David, here we all are, still discussing arks. If the Bible talks about something, the.....
» 8/06/2012 2:13:22 PM “Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying .....
» 8/06/2012 1:05:35 PM Stevenlmeyer, I agree with you that people usually believe what they want to believe. But .....
» 8/06/2012 10:55:54 AM Dear Keith, There’s plenty of geological evidence for Noah’s flood. I don’t think you’ve.....
» 16/05/2012 6:14:35 PM Grim, You're accusing me of saying things I didn't say. I agree with you that both men a.....
» 16/05/2012 10:32:08 AM Thanks Grim, I think Lorikeet's follow up post shows that we were both thinking along the .....
» 16/05/2012 12:45:48 AM Lorikeet, These divorced men of whom you speak, who found themselves so wildly and outrage.....
» 15/05/2012 11:56:43 AM Discussing statistics, as others have noted, is mostly futile. I would say statistics rare.....
» 15/05/2012 9:18:46 AM Dan Haesler, you say you prefer to keep out of theology. You also claim people have a righ.....
» 15/05/2012 12:02:53 AM I'm trying to follow the logic in Dan H's argument. There are Christians who have schools.....
» 14/05/2012 11:45:02 AM Honestly, Rechts, if you don't care what he thinks, why did you spend a couple of hundred .....
» 21/04/2012 11:50:51 PM Tony, I’m quite aware that continental drift is today measured as slow to virtually non-ex.....
» 21/04/2012 10:52:44 AM Luciferace may have disappeared from the scene, but I would like to respond to some of his.....
» 16/04/2012 9:14:19 AM Squeers, Have you ever read a book written by a creationist? If so, could you point out ho.....
» 14/04/2012 10:51:26 AM Luciferace, You're a fan of probability, and are probably aware of Fred Hoyle, who calcula.....
» 13/04/2012 9:11:55 AM Yabby, I thought it necessary to clear up a misconception from your last post. ("Most.....
» 12/04/2012 9:47:39 PM 6.9 recurring is the same as 7 in any real sense as you can't place a number between them .....
» 11/04/2012 7:31:04 AM Yabby, Given the durability and adaptability of living creatures I don't see a huge proble.....
» 10/04/2012 9:47:21 AM Yabby & others, It's hard to find the perfect match for Dawkins in attempting to get an in.....
» 10/04/2012 9:44:33 AM Dear Tony, You ask how could we possibly observe something happening that occurred in preh.....
» 10/04/2012 12:09:33 AM Grim, I don't know how to say this politely, but can I ask that you at least open a book w.....
» 9/04/2012 6:05:24 AM Poirot, What I'm suggesting is that Time Magazine has its own bias and interpretive slant......
» 8/04/2012 8:59:36 PM Yabby and Poirot, Plenty of Christians accept evolution, and plenty don't. There is no on.....
» 8/04/2012 4:25:23 PM Yabby, What is the significance of different denominations (e.g. Catholic and fundie) havi.....
» 7/04/2012 12:25:58 PM Looking for a potential common creed between himself and ‘many’ atheists, Chris Mulherin (.....
» 28/03/2012 10:31:09 PM Loudmouth, I wasn’t attempting to defend anyone. I was just hoping you might read some of .....
» 28/03/2012 10:20:09 AM Loudmouth, The slurs and insults against Rainer: 'crazy'', 'ignorant', etc. are coming fro.....
» 28/03/2012 3:41:20 AM Loudmouth, Your last outburst went well beyond any civil discourse. Saying someone has los.....
» 26/03/2012 9:40:05 AM The exaggerated date usually given for the first Australian’s arrival (possibly by a facto.....
» 15/03/2012 4:44:05 PM WmTrevor, thanks for the advice. I found my nickname in the Barry Levison movie, Tin Men.....
» 14/03/2012 11:21:14 PM Joe, I agree we’ve strayed off the topic of homosexuality, but vaguely on topic in trying .....
» 14/03/2012 11:17:15 PM Pericles, I don’t wish to think I’m repeating myself but I would like to clarify. Yes, I d.....
» 13/03/2012 8:50:28 AM Joe, Disparate branches of science will corroborate each other's accounts when we’re caref.....
» 13/03/2012 8:45:23 AM Pericles, In my discussion with Rhian, I pointed out that the Anglicans don’t really have .....
» 11/03/2012 9:42:21 PM Pericles, The words "God moves in mysterious ways" aren’t mine. The phrase belon.....
» 9/03/2012 5:12:32 PM Rhian, If you say “vogue” implies something temporary then I think the word might be quite.....
» 9/03/2012 9:32:56 AM Rhian, Your point about the acceptance of evolution being ‘widespread’ and in the ‘majorit.....
» 3/03/2012 9:03:36 AM Pericles, As an atheist I don't know why you want to read Sproul. But I'm glad you did. He.....
» 2/03/2012 11:08:20 AM Rhian, I wasn’t attempting to speak for all Christians. I know people have different views.....
» 2/03/2012 11:03:04 AM Otokonoko, I don’t think you were babbling; you were quite coherent. Pericles, For the r.....
» 29/02/2012 11:46:41 PM Now I’ll try to drag my comments somewhere towards the topic at hand. Pericles, We could .....
» 29/02/2012 11:44:03 PM Pericles, I thought you said, ‘the body was well designed.’ Que? You don’t remember sayin.....
» 29/02/2012 9:45:11 AM Pericles, I hesitate to keep this line of discussion going as it is beginning to stray off.....
» 28/02/2012 5:26:57 PM Pericles, Who are the people saying the body is poorly designed? Tony Lavis, for one, is .....
» 28/02/2012 11:22:39 AM I can’t understand, but I can guess why the Chamberlains don’t want to ever let this rest......
» 28/02/2012 11:01:47 AM Pericles, What was Runner’s flawed point that needed correcting? “Darwinists argue that .....
» 28/02/2012 10:17:27 AM “For Santorum, Gingrich and their cohort…” – author. Well, I suppose it’s hard not to let.....
» 19/02/2012 8:45:26 PM Pericles, I’m asking why a man should not be allowed to marry two sisters. (Let’s assume f.....
» 19/02/2012 8:38:39 AM My question was, according to those who are lobbying for law reform - If a man loves two.....
» 17/02/2012 1:47:01 PM Usually when I come to OLO I read about an issue. Today I find I’m reading a debate about .....
» 17/02/2012 1:01:19 PM Thanks, David, for your clarity of thought and a well argued article. I have a friend who.....
» 24/01/2012 8:56:06 AM Pericles, Yes, agreed. What I presented regarding the need to view an argument consistentl.....
» 22/01/2012 11:25:34 PM Saltpetre, I’m not sure why you would come to me to ask such a diverse range of questions......
» 22/01/2012 8:08:58 AM One thing evidenced in this long debate is the degree to which various people want to enga.....
» 17/01/2012 7:38:02 PM Saltpetre, You say my views are immoveable. In this I don’t see how I’m much different to .....
» 17/01/2012 2:38:29 AM Pericles, I would agree with you that the world is full of interesting and colourful peopl.....
» 16/01/2012 4:11:04 PM Saltpetre, You can talk about “the most reasonable explanation”. You may give some entirel.....
» 16/01/2012 4:04:06 PM That you would respond to virtually every post I write, usually on the same day, is eviden.....
» 15/01/2012 7:29:29 PM – “Possibilities, based on facts and evidence.” Saltpetre, I with you. So many possibiliti.....
» 15/01/2012 7:26:19 PM Shadow, Most creationists are well aware, or at least of the opinion, that it was not the .....
» 15/01/2012 9:34:54 AM BTW Saltpetre, no creationist claims Noah’s ark held two of every species, as per the mode.....
» 15/01/2012 9:25:57 AM Saltpetre, Earlier I mentioned to Pericles about being precise with our definitions. Sever.....
» 14/01/2012 2:42:01 AM Pericles, I think you’re getting there somewhat, but you still haven’t fully grasped my li.....
» 14/01/2012 2:38:26 AM By the way, Saltpetre, I don’t think you appreciated the numbers involved in the populatio.....
» 14/01/2012 2:36:03 AM Saltpetre, Conspiracy is your word, not mine. You say it’s absurd that different types of.....
» 12/01/2012 9:47:21 AM Pericles, Yes, you listen. But you don’t listen with the intention of understanding. Any a.....
» 6/01/2012 12:55:15 AM Saltpetre, Yes, I would suggest that the evidence supports the idea that mammals have alw.....
» 6/01/2012 12:54:13 AM What alternative? I'm glad you asked. There are two alternatives, as I see it. Either th.....
» 29/12/2011 8:35:51 PM Saltpetre, My intention was to answer some specific questions or objections. After this, h.....
» 29/12/2011 8:33:30 PM Pericles, Yes, what you said was quite clear: “... apparently it's my turn to present som.....
» 29/12/2011 8:29:31 PM SM, Dawkins contends that we shouldn't invoke a 'god of the gaps' to fill a void wherever .....
» 21/12/2011 10:40:48 AM Saltpetre, Let's try clarifying these definitions. Intelligent Design, broadly speaking, i.....
» 21/12/2011 10:26:21 AM Pericles, Here too, after butting heads for so long, it's remarkable the levels to which w.....
» 21/12/2011 10:23:19 AM SM, We're finding much to agree on. ID is not a valid theory to 'most' of the world's scie.....
» 15/12/2011 11:41:32 PM SM, ID is not a valid theory, according to a judge in the District court. That you hold so.....
» 10/12/2011 10:03:53 PM For Pericles (for him who has ears to hear), You make a good point here. I overstepped in.....
» 10/12/2011 9:59:37 PM Saltpetre, I appreciate your last post. You say, 'I am not a fool', and I doubt anyone her.....
» 10/12/2011 9:57:49 PM SM, Sorry for the delay in getting back. You mention the the tooth fairy? If anyone both.....
» 1/12/2011 8:44:42 AM SM, I know of no instance where Christians have tried to impose intelligent design on an e.....
» 1/12/2011 6:41:19 AM That's hardly changing the subject. That is the subject. Evidence of design necessarily im.....
» 29/11/2011 4:23:17 PM Shadow Minister, You wonder where it is you you entered into personal attacks. You called.....
» 28/11/2011 8:16:11 AM Saltpetre, Squeers speaks of the depths of life's mysteries. You speak of life's beginning.....
» 27/11/2011 9:34:34 AM Squeers, I can relate to what your saying about arguments discussing the existence of God......
» 23/11/2011 9:20:50 PM Squeers, You say I'm not being sceptical. It's true, I'm partisan. I'm happy to defend a C.....
» 23/11/2011 9:15:01 PM Pericles, I'm trying to properly follow and understand your position. For Dawkins' atheism.....
» 17/11/2011 7:22:03 PM Squeers, Most of us here like to think ourselves sceptics most of the time. Though our bia.....
» 17/11/2011 7:16:25 PM “Evolution existed long before Darwin gave it common expression. It didn't just spring int.....
» 13/11/2011 12:59:13 AM Pericles, You accuse me of a 'sweeping generalisation' in saying, “science opposes relig.....
» 3/11/2011 10:36:08 PM Yabby,. I hope you don't wait until Judgement Day. Squeers asks, “Where is the argument f.....
» 31/10/2011 9:52:17 AM Hi Pericles, I don't think you really caught on to what I was trying to say. But I'm willi.....
» 30/10/2011 5:25:18 PM If Dawkins wants to win world domination for atheism over all of the world's religions, th.....
» 29/10/2011 9:03:34 PM Madeleine claims that a cursory view of Craig's work would show that he's not a creationis.....
» 28/10/2011 12:24:42 AM Gish Gallop? - Really? Where did I do that? Dear AJ Philips, You probably know the sayi.....
» 18/08/2011 4:00:01 AM Dug, I’d agree that Philo’s last comment was a little hard to follow. But I agree with wha.....
» 17/08/2011 8:32:15 AM Yes, Antiseptic, I find it greatly expedient that this case has been expedited before us. .....
» 17/08/2011 7:09:22 AM Thanks, Tim, for a well balanced and instructive piece. Though succinct, it is thorough en.....
» 27/07/2011 8:40:27 PM Thanks RStuart, The last couple of times I conversed with AJ Philips recently he was quite.....
» 14/07/2011 4:00:14 PM Ammonite, You have not demonstrated any love of science. You are only engaging in slander......
» 30/06/2011 11:07:53 AM Ammonite, You’re definitely not my teacher. You are my accuser. I’ve done more reading on.....
» 30/06/2011 9:53:52 AM One man, his sons, their wives - eight people. There's nothing to say they were 'Middle Ea.....
» 29/06/2011 1:03:53 PM Dear Ammonite, A few minutes ago you said that ideas of origins, creation and evolution, w.....
» 29/06/2011 12:18:27 PM Ammonite , I agreed with you that Jay’s comments on genocide were over the top. Yes, we’v.....
» 29/06/2011 12:01:45 PM I heard today that in my city they are considering banning hoodies from certain shops. Tha.....
» 29/06/2011 11:04:40 AM Evolution is the key to what? Darwin’s book - On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural.....
» 28/06/2011 9:30:55 PM Ammonite - “Everyone, if you trace their family ancestry back far enough has mixed 'race' .....
» 6/06/2011 11:36:18 AM "What is truth?" Pilate asked. (Gospel of John, 18:38).....
» 1/06/2011 9:06:18 PM Squeers, What do you know about Mortimer Adler? A 1987 Time magazine article said he was t.....
» 30/05/2011 2:20:24 PM Words are important, but even more so definitions of words. It is said that he who contro.....
» 30/05/2011 2:00:01 PM [spelling correction, last paragraph] - 'under the skin of the materialists.'.....
» 30/05/2011 1:46:54 PM Ammonite and Saltpetre, I agree with Squeers that Philosophy can have a legitimate place i.....
» 30/05/2011 1:40:02 PM Ammonite, Call me an extremist. Call me a fundamentalist. Call me whatever name you like. .....
» 28/05/2011 10:01:33 AM Thanks, AJ, for supplying the link. It helps to confirm my point. For if the writers of .....
» 28/05/2011 9:57:40 AM Salty, Philosophically, you seem to be wanting to have a bet each way. This is the why I.....
» 28/05/2011 9:49:53 AM Pericles, In your last post you’ve misquoted me several times, or are at least misreading .....
» 28/05/2011 9:41:07 AM Ammonite, Just to be clear, I am not claiming to have read all of those links. I read a fe.....
» 25/05/2011 11:50:58 PM And Pericles, Regarding the question that up until now both you and Ammonite have let thro.....
» 25/05/2011 11:40:35 PM Pericles, I probably did guess that you were looking for more detail than what I offered. .....
» 25/05/2011 11:22:06 PM Thanks, Salty, You’ve put the evolutionary story quite elegantly, almost poetically. In th.....
» 24/05/2011 9:45:23 AM Pericles, What exactly was built over those six days? Everything. Mankind created from ear.....
» 23/05/2011 10:21:49 PM Continued... Ammonite. You say evolution is primarily not about origins. 'Evolutionary th.....
» 23/05/2011 10:09:07 PM Ammonite, Thanks for your post. I am interested in promoting healthy discussion and unders.....
» 22/05/2011 8:26:39 PM Ogg, You demonstrate gross misunderstanding of the creationist position, and little willin.....
» 22/05/2011 1:13:08 PM Ogg, I usually don't bother clicking on YouTube links as most of YouTube is junk in my exp.....
» 21/05/2011 12:29:03 AM Ogg, You haven’t quite followed the logic of what I said. I never said that evolution neve.....
» 20/05/2011 11:40:24 AM Dug, I don’t know what you mean by ‘independent’. Most people work within some organisatio.....
» 19/05/2011 11:38:58 PM Dug, Keep your skepticism. A healthy skepticism is good. Evidence itself is not a myster.....
» 17/05/2011 10:45:40 AM Ammonite, On the SRI issue, you say schools are for all, not just for kids of Christian pa.....
» 16/05/2011 9:07:37 PM Dug, You say, “Look at the evidence.” I do, but from a different angle to you. “I have lo.....
» 16/05/2011 11:56:25 AM Poirot, I don’t think it is a fable. I would have thought that my comment would be interpr.....
» 16/05/2011 10:23:34 AM Dug, Sorry for my insensitive comment. I was trying to give you a compliment. I noticed, e.....
» 16/05/2011 10:15:36 AM Poirot, As AJ has crudely put it, Noah would not have needed to manage millions of species.....
» 14/05/2011 7:08:21 AM Thanks, Squeers, glad to keep you amused. But I was responding to a quite specific questio.....
» 14/05/2011 6:14:57 AM Dug, For someone who claims to be dyslexic, you are more coherent than most here. Though.....
» 13/05/2011 10:32:14 AM Tim, You speak about 'the rule of law' as highly valued and something we can all base our .....
» 13/05/2011 7:12:47 AM McReal, I don't think you're saying more by posting the same thing twice......
» 13/05/2011 6:59:06 AM If you already know the answers to your questions, then they're just rhetoric, they're not.....
» 13/05/2011 12:19:10 AM (1) Why did coral survive the flood where trilobites didn't? I don't have the perfect ans.....
» 12/05/2011 7:26:52 PM The earth has plenty enough water. Most of the earth's surface is covered by water as it i.....
» 12/05/2011 12:46:48 AM McReal, Mendel's theories were ignored for decades after publication, possibly as they wer.....
» 11/05/2011 2:24:10 PM Dan Dare, Name calling is not highly intellectual and won't carry you very far. I never (.....
» 10/05/2011 12:19:24 AM Dan Dare, You say that I shouldn't be quoting what some dumb twit said. Have a look. The o.....
» 8/05/2011 9:28:52 PM Thanks, Rebecca, for mentioning the creation.com site. It's a good one for combatting fals.....
» 2/05/2011 11:02:48 AM Pericles, I'm glad we can be 100% agreed on something. SM, I was aiming more for the form.....
» 1/05/2011 12:12:32 AM What does this lump of rock tell us according to Pericles? I was curious to know. Silence .....
» 30/04/2011 11:33:14 AM What does this lump of rock tell us? Which lump? Pericles, you tell me. It was your ide.....
» 29/04/2011 11:40:26 PM Pericles, I'm curious. What does this lump of rock tell us?.....
» 29/04/2011 10:58:26 AM Pericles, Sorry, I didn't realise you were in charge of setting time limits for closing do.....
» 28/04/2011 10:44:40 PM We gave the spelling of a word a fair run on the other thread. It was off topic then (so s.....
» 27/04/2011 10:51:38 PM Rusty, If you were aiming for irony you might have scored something, but I know you better.....
» 26/04/2011 12:42:38 PM Dr Doig, I'm the one gobsmacked. Have a listen to youself. "Anyone who believes in .....
» 26/04/2011 7:15:40 AM Dear Dr Meredith Doig, let me try and get this straight. You claim to be rational, and cl.....
» 17/04/2011 12:21:15 AM Pericles, We're not speculating. We're looking at history; looking at what actually happen.....
» 15/04/2011 9:18:10 AM So Pericles, if I try and clarify your position, If you were writing the history curricul.....
» 13/04/2011 12:38:32 PM Simply 'background radiation'. That's all?.....
» 13/04/2011 10:27:35 AM Pericles, I thought Berg's article was fairly well supported for one of its length. That y.....
» 12/04/2011 9:01:37 AM Pericles, You have a number of distinct categories there. What is the difference between c.....
» 9/04/2011 2:38:19 PM Pericles, As someone with a Huguenot surname, I am very proud of the achievements of those.....
» 9/04/2011 12:26:22 AM Pericles, Thanks for your response, but I don't see how I have regressed at all. I ask yo.....
» 8/04/2011 5:20:06 PM Pericles, When Chris Berg speaks of the religious origins of modern society, how liberal d.....
» 7/04/2011 12:05:01 PM Pericles, Worldview is a bit like language or culture. It is dynamic and changes over time.....
» 3/04/2011 8:47:11 AM Pericles, I'm not sure where you are going with a hypothetical question, what if he wasn't.....
» 2/04/2011 10:13:27 AM So we have several categories of contribution: important, crucial, indespensible, etc. And.....
» 1/04/2011 7:50:47 PM Pericles, It’s agreed that Tendulkar’s large contribution was essential for India’s victor.....
» 1/04/2011 1:48:43 PM Sachin Tendulkar's innings was significant, but was it decisive? He is one member of an 11.....
» 30/03/2011 9:55:26 PM Pericles, You say that I choose 'to rely on theology'. These were not my words. They come .....
» 30/03/2011 10:36:38 AM @Mark Duffett. Well said! "It is a historical truism that the development of liberal.....
» 15/03/2011 11:12:18 PM I don't know if I'm the first, but I'm willing to cross the gender lines and side with the.....
» 12/03/2011 4:39:41 PM Thanks David. I didn't realise that a state was within it's power to establish it's prefer.....
» 10/03/2011 11:19:57 PM David, I'm trying to get my head around how something could be valid but unconstitutional......
» 5/03/2011 6:40:58 PM Dear David, So are you saying along with Chrys Stevenson that the program is valid, or at .....
» 5/03/2011 9:08:02 AM Here's my view (not necessarily focussing on QLD as I live in Vic.): Parents should have .....
» 5/03/2011 8:35:34 AM Thanks, AJ, for your gesture of goodwill. To what degree you've discredited my views migh.....
» 4/03/2011 6:24:11 AM McReal, Is this what you're referring to? - 'Ron Williams' High Court challenge relates .....
» 3/03/2011 10:26:48 PM Two goverment ministers wish to defend the government's commitment to school chaplaincy in.....
» 25/02/2011 10:57:48 AM Philo, I agree. Up until last year, the church I attend had a particular lady pastor for .....
» 25/02/2011 8:45:55 AM Pericles, Calling me names such as 'dishonest' is a personal slur. Is it not? On that thr.....
» 24/02/2011 11:53:38 PM I do 'get it' pretty well, Rusty. I get that you don't like that I'm free to express my vi.....
» 24/02/2011 11:37:26 PM Thanks, AJ, if there may have been some compliment or concession in there somewhere. I'm .....
» 24/02/2011 10:06:52 AM JamesH, St Kilda Football Club and the AFL are in the news now again for the wrong reasons.....
» 22/02/2011 12:04:38 PM mjbp, This only goes to show how 'a series of numerous' people (and their arsenal of pleon.....
» 21/02/2011 10:03:54 PM Rose C., how would you describe yourself? "I'm just an average, everyday 49-year-old......
» 20/02/2011 4:58:48 PM mjpb, Is anyone else reading this? I know George is because has given a link recommending .....
» 17/02/2011 11:33:53 PM "The Christian view is that we are part of the good creation of God but have been ali.....
» 11/02/2011 3:48:55 PM Jedimaster, Why deter Pericles from giving his comments unless he's talking waffle? You s.....
» 8/02/2011 6:10:29 AM Briar Rose, How is Muehlenberg psychologically impaired other than his opinion on gay marr.....
» 6/02/2011 9:16:54 PM Briar Rose, You want to make marriage available to those who love each other. What if a ma.....
» 6/02/2011 4:48:21 PM Dear Jennifer, Thanks for making your stand on freedom of speech. The soundness of our a.....
» 6/02/2011 4:45:32 PM Rusty, For all your petty grievances, go back to those threads in which you raised them an.....
» 5/02/2011 11:54:20 AM "Force others to abide by our systems?" Nobody is forcing or withholding marria.....
» 5/02/2011 8:55:45 AM Briar Rose, In standing by your accusation that Muehlenberg is DELUSIONAL, it appears as i.....
» 4/02/2011 7:49:37 PM Dear Jennifer, Thanks for raising this issue of the ad hominem 'argument'. I agree that th.....
» 1/02/2011 12:43:29 PM Was Hubble wrong about the big bang? It's not just creationists that believe other lines .....
» 28/01/2011 10:55:00 AM Rusty, I think by now we all see the strength of your major argument against the creationi.....
» 26/01/2011 9:57:02 AM For the sake of accuracy, I need to make a correction to the time period about which I was.....
» 25/01/2011 11:32:26 PM Rusty, yes I did read Plimer's book on creationism when it first came out over twenty year.....
» 25/01/2011 11:25:57 PM Pericles, you seem able to express my point even though you don't appreciate it. Take th.....
» 25/01/2011 12:13:47 PM Pericles, I don't think our discussion is pointless. We might be getting somewhere, albeit.....
» 24/01/2011 11:37:55 PM Pericles, thanks for your clarification. What common elements do they, the Big Bang and c.....
» 24/01/2011 4:24:52 PM Pericles, What evidence have I ignored with regards to this discussion? (Note: please be s.....
» 24/01/2011 8:34:06 AM Rusty - << Don't expect the sort of revolution that obsoleted [Ptolemy's] model to h.....
» 20/01/2011 11:14:25 PM Rusty, I don't believe that science is 'broken' any more than does Peter Ridd. Ridd has cl.....
» 20/01/2011 11:07:14 PM "Elegance? There's a certain elegance to it but I think Einstein had the appropriate .....
» 19/01/2011 9:47:03 PM Rusty, You say you want to run a campaign to defame or discredit. Good on ya! How very Pli.....
» 18/01/2011 10:06:37 PM Thanks Rusty, I've grown accustomed to your derogatory remarks after nearly every thought .....
» 18/01/2011 5:51:40 AM Rusty, I have seen a few documentaries in my time, and read a few books, but perhaps not a.....
» 14/01/2011 6:58:18 AM Is not empiricism to be found among the "-isms"? .....
» 13/01/2011 10:55:31 AM Kenny accuses Peter Ridd of sounding like a creationist. Leo in return accuses Kenny of be.....
» 13/01/2011 10:47:04 AM Our ideas about the history of the universe are dominated by big bang theory. But its domi.....
» 4/01/2011 8:40:40 AM Thanks Liz, I also don't want to go around in circles, but I do like to clarify things. I .....
» 3/01/2011 5:39:46 PM Liz, As a feminist, how do you see the symbolism of the burka, in view of what it stands f.....
» 30/12/2010 5:28:22 AM Pericles, I don't see how your opinion is less 'black-and-white' than mine or most others .....
» 29/12/2010 9:09:34 AM Thanks Chrys, for your well written article. You have helped to confirm what I always tho.....
» 28/12/2010 11:01:20 PM Pericles, The most interesting and important issues in life are not black-and-white. I don.....
» 28/12/2010 7:50:51 AM Liz, That there are more important issues may or may not be true. But that doesn't help us.....
» 28/12/2010 2:43:16 AM Trying to follow what you're saying, Pericles. Who were you saying that you agree with? I.....
» 23/12/2010 9:15:43 AM Pericles, When you said that the concept of freedom is a determining factor for certain le.....
» 21/12/2010 10:24:47 AM Balneus, Why did you speak of the 'fundamentalist bishop' in the movie. The word fundament.....
» 21/12/2010 8:00:21 AM 'The library of Alexandria was burnt to the ground, not by Christian mobs in the fifth cen.....
» 21/12/2010 7:53:59 AM Make no mistake. The movie Agora goes a long way towards being an anti-Christian rant, eve.....
» 20/12/2010 10:54:16 PM Liz, You are right to assume that I don't know much about Opus Dei. I'm not a Catholic, an.....
» 20/12/2010 5:07:03 PM Thanks, Liz, According to your definition, the word fundamentalist can be ascribed to tho.....
» 20/12/2010 2:19:07 PM Liz, You throw around terms that I'm not convinced you would even have definitions for. I .....
» 19/12/2010 6:13:53 PM “I love the notion that the wearing of the burqua represents the oppression of women by th.....
» 10/12/2010 10:14:56 AM Spelling Wars - episode 20, the Saga Continues, (apologies to the central debate) Rusty, .....
» 8/12/2010 10:25:07 AM Rusty, You accuse me of being aloof. Here’s a tip for you: If you don’t like the tone of m.....
» 8/12/2010 10:14:45 AM Spelling Wars, episode 17 of the ultimate saga. For all those who’ve contributed to a tho.....
» 6/12/2010 4:43:12 PM Thanks, JanF, You have to wonder what is motivating this. As Rusty says, “Apologies to Bu.....
» 4/12/2010 8:51:39 AM Language is wonderfully malleable, but our spelling must be precise. So Thanks Antiseptic,.....
» 2/12/2010 11:44:49 PM Rusty, I don’t claim to be a teacher. I was a teacher many years ago. I don’t know why yo.....
» 2/12/2010 5:14:57 PM Pericles, I knew that much mirth and amusement can come from an autocorrection of a spelli.....
» 2/12/2010 10:01:34 AM Liz, No doubt that the aborigines have been here for a while, clearly before Europeans, so.....
» 2/12/2010 8:30:06 AM Pericles, Go back, read it again, and then get your facts right. Expedential was a spel.....
» 1/12/2010 2:52:28 PM I believe that exponential is a particular case of expodential, which is the more general .....
» 1/12/2010 12:08:18 PM Antiseptic, Thanks for picking me up on the spelling error. The word I was thinking of was.....
» 1/12/2010 12:32:25 AM Liz, -stats and figures- I don’t think the aborigines have been here for anything like .....
» 30/11/2010 6:29:08 AM Pip's main argument against the burqa ban seemed to be that Fred Nile wants it, therefore .....
» 29/11/2010 11:43:05 PM Regardless of whether Pip's backing the right horse, this is the most unconvincing and sha.....
» 28/11/2010 2:01:25 PM Yuyutsu Thanks for your openness. I agree that we need to be cautious about allowing gov.....
» 28/11/2010 5:57:20 AM Yuyutsu, You occasionally quote Biblical Scriptures. Should I assume you are a Christian?.....
» 27/11/2010 7:49:32 AM Yuyutsu You think laws on marriage are next to useless, and have little respect for the la.....
» 26/11/2010 1:04:04 PM I stand corrected - It is good marriages which help make society strong, and so the reaso.....
» 26/11/2010 9:45:48 AM Thanks for making that straight. Why should marriage be listed as a category of law? Be.....
» 26/11/2010 6:31:49 AM Dear Yuyutsu, I have heard of that saying. I don't think it necessary to apply it here. If.....
» 25/11/2010 10:35:33 PM Dear Yuyutsu, Thanks for your explanations. Your view of marriage seems to be anything i.....
» 25/11/2010 9:36:33 AM Dear Yuyutsu, If I hear you correctly, you're saying the government should not have any la.....
» 25/11/2010 5:38:27 AM Dear Yuyutsu, Perhaps we might have different definitions for the word 'subtle.'. There i.....
» 24/11/2010 10:10:40 PM Dear Yuyutsu, I don't think there is anything 'subtle' about a man uniting with a woman. T.....
» 24/11/2010 1:07:06 PM "As the Scriptures say, 'A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife.....
» 23/11/2010 11:29:33 AM Rather than defining a crucial party or national political moment, Ken, you overflow with .....
» 7/11/2010 6:49:04 PM Look at the contradiction (perhaps hypocracy?) between the first paragraph and the last. W.....
» 6/11/2010 9:05:48 AM 'Political secularism means government independent of, and thus separated from, matters pe.....
» 6/11/2010 7:29:15 AM Here's a book described by this reviewer as one marked with passion and spelling errors. .....
» 20/10/2010 8:46:26 AM Rudy certainly uses emotive language (he's not Robinson Crusoe here), but his srgument was.....
» 20/10/2010 8:38:12 AM Stezza, Earlier (16/10), were you supporting the contention that the fetus does in fact go.....
» 19/10/2010 10:35:30 PM Rhian, By definition, one cannot say that the author is not engaging the issue. The author.....
» 19/10/2010 2:02:59 PM Rhian I would say this has been a pretty good discussion so far. Though I would agree wit.....
» 18/10/2010 10:00:40 PM McReal, You talk about early term fetuses, whereas before you were talking about late term.....
» 18/10/2010 8:07:40 PM McReal, By your own words, 18 month old babies as well as many of the more feeble and frai.....
» 16/10/2010 10:01:07 AM Jon, I take it that it wasn't you. Didn't you burn your copy?.....
» 16/10/2010 7:57:10 AM Dear R0bert, You said you were looking for some Christian or Biblical input. Two issues t.....
» 29/09/2010 2:07:43 PM Rusty, I do find your criticisms of myself clear, but they are also unfounded and unwarran.....
» 29/09/2010 1:50:57 PM Dear Severin, While there is some with which to agree and disagree in your last point, I j.....
» 18/09/2010 12:53:24 PM Rusty, Your criticisms (sifted through some colourful oratory) are unfair. I make my judgm.....
» 16/09/2010 1:01:43 AM What you say about tentativeness isn’t clear. You say that theories are tentative, and so .....
» 16/09/2010 12:58:22 AM Oliver, I would go along with George regarding that period that is often referred to as th.....
» 12/09/2010 10:39:47 PM Au revoir, David Fischer. George, Defining the terms is a big part of the discussion; wha.....
» 9/09/2010 12:51:13 AM Dear Oliver, You ask what I think of Christians who accept evolution. I’ve met many good .....
» 9/09/2010 12:47:28 AM Dear Oliver, You asked me what I believe about evolution and science. As I’ve said earlie.....
» 9/09/2010 12:43:49 AM Rusty, What are Wieland's qualifications in paleontology or geology? At a guess, I would s.....
» 9/09/2010 12:40:42 AM David, Someone once said that whoever sets the definitions controls the argument. So I wou.....
» 6/09/2010 5:05:23 PM David, When you talk about old fables, are you alluding to the one where the frog turned i.....
» 6/09/2010 11:52:24 AM Dear David, My apologies. You didn’t say the posts were boring. You said ‘Dan and OUG are .....
» 6/09/2010 8:03:04 AM Oliver, You’re not interpreting me very well. I don’t know where you’re getting your data .....
» 3/09/2010 2:33:19 AM Oliver, You suggest I was the messenger not the source of the quote. On this you are corre.....
» 3/09/2010 2:30:18 AM Oliver, Thanks for your response. You seem to go with the line that I’m in error but not l.....
» 3/09/2010 2:28:53 AM Rusty, Firstly, there’s nothing inherently wrong with quoting people. Newspapers do it. Bi.....
» 1/09/2010 11:12:17 AM Rusty, I don’t think your ‘tirade’ as you describe it was fair comment. You overstep the l.....
» 1/09/2010 1:46:13 AM Rusty, If you want to discuss Sagan, then here we are. Anyone can go back and check out wh.....
» 31/08/2010 11:48:12 PM Dear Oliver, I asked whether you support Rusty’s comments accusing me of being a liar. .....
» 31/08/2010 4:35:44 PM Dear Oliver, Am I still interested in contributing to this topic? I’m not particularly int.....
» 28/08/2010 12:15:53 PM Dear OUG, I think you make a good point that the comment regarding a flat earth was red h.....
» 28/08/2010 12:09:33 PM Oliver, Speaking of typing errors, (and I know you keep saying that you are rushed at work.....
» 28/08/2010 12:07:53 PM Bugsy, I do know a rhetorical question is one not necessarily seeking an answer. But in th.....
» 23/08/2010 12:40:37 AM Bugsy, Of all the people with which I’ve discussed this issue, you come across in my view .....
» 19/08/2010 1:07:52 PM Dear Oliver, You say, "Mutation and natural selection in natural schemata infuse dire.....
» 18/08/2010 10:39:21 AM Dear Oliver, Was your explanation useful? That depends what for. Was it convincing? Not v.....
» 12/08/2010 8:14:04 AM Oliver, The questions: ‘Does god exist?’ and ‘Does existence require God?’ are more or les.....
» 12/08/2010 8:12:39 AM Rusty, If we’re going to think scientifically, let’s use the necessary tools of science – .....
» 12/08/2010 8:11:37 AM Severin, It’s true that I have been around OLO several years now. Part of the beauty of t.....
» 12/08/2010 8:10:36 AM Dear George, I’m trying to interpret what you were saying. Were you agreeing with Severi.....
» 9/08/2010 11:33:01 AM Oliver, I must apologise for thinking you’d flipped or gone a little bit mad after I read .....
» 9/08/2010 11:28:52 AM Severin, I think I am in agreement with you and David that when I accept the Bible in its .....
» 6/08/2010 11:33:40 AM Severin, I asked why you, as an atheist, might study theology. - To understand why appare.....
» 6/08/2010 11:28:33 AM George, Whether you used the example of the Magi metaphorically or not, I don’t think it w.....
» 5/08/2010 11:31:49 AM David, No one on this list, and no one I have ever met, accepts the Bible as literal truth.....
» 5/08/2010 11:05:05 AM “However, both the 'progressive' Christian and creationist Christians have to have faith -.....
» 5/08/2010 10:57:38 AM George, I believe reliance on the ‘Book of Nature’ concept is flawed, especially so in thi.....
» 4/08/2010 10:48:01 AM Oliver, Jesus, as God the Son, was never created. Rather, he is eternal (John 1:1, In the .....
» 4/08/2010 2:38:21 AM Oliver, I don’t think my source was lazy or dishonest. If they were, then that reflects si.....
» 4/08/2010 2:31:08 AM “Science is not as you (Dan S M) defined it a search for truth.” Posted by david f, Saturd.....
» 4/08/2010 2:28:28 AM ‘Let's assume that a supreme being set in to motion a self-creating (perpetuating?) univer.....
» 2/08/2010 10:27:41 AM David, I don't think evidence is an elusive term. But evidence is like meat. One man’s mea.....
» 1/08/2010 12:19:12 AM Dear George, Thanks for the explanation. I probably wasn’t reading your post carefully eno.....
» 31/07/2010 11:01:51 AM Dear George, I admire your ambition to try and round off this discussion with some type of.....
» 30/07/2010 12:42:57 AM Severin, I didn’t say that you need to study something from the inside before you can have.....
» 29/07/2010 11:51:28 PM Life's a gamble. Take those odds......
» 26/07/2010 12:37:16 PM Dear David, Though you’ve already said elsewhere on the Forum that you don’t want to talk.....
» 26/07/2010 11:32:44 AM Blue Cross, I do wonder about it. And I don’t resent your worldview. I just disagree with .....
» 26/07/2010 11:09:52 AM Oliver and Severin, To answer your question(s), the Christian world view shares many simil.....
» 26/07/2010 10:23:56 AM You’ve said that, for the sake of civilisation, you’ll it take it upon yourself to give us.....
» 25/07/2010 1:38:11 AM Rusty, I may not up to date on Star Trek. But I’m not aiming to debate Star Trek. You cr.....
» 25/07/2010 12:05:24 AM Frankly, Rusty, I’m not convinced you understand what common law is. I’m less convinced yo.....
» 24/07/2010 3:45:59 PM George, You describe yourself as a seeker. Jesus said that those who seek shall find. Is .....
» 23/07/2010 11:24:30 AM Rusty, I’ve asked several times for what is the legal or definitive basis surrounding this.....
» 23/07/2010 11:20:57 AM Quelle réaction! Obviously touched a nerve somewhere. Blue Cross posts twice within hours.....
» 22/07/2010 4:59:07 PM Yes, all we can go on is what is written in the letter. From that we base our discussion. .....
» 21/07/2010 2:14:15 PM Phil M, What about snooker? Is Melbourne’s own world champion, Neil Robertson, not a sport.....
» 21/07/2010 1:33:18 PM Rusty, What is the legal status of secularity specifically? What am I or any Australian or.....
» 20/07/2010 12:25:21 AM Rusty, I was wondering about the status of secularity in Australia. Could you throw some m.....
» 19/07/2010 3:09:35 PM I said what I said, and I meant what I said......
» 19/07/2010 1:50:32 PM This ‘open letter’ speaks of Australia as a secular state. I’m not sure if that is an offi.....
» 19/07/2010 1:04:31 PM If two women or two men want to tie the marital knot, then why not? And why stop there? C.....
» 19/07/2010 12:38:59 PM Dennis, You’re being ridiculous to seriously suggest computer games are sport. At best it .....
» 13/07/2010 10:56:20 AM Rusty, Our pastor is a lady. She did a university degree before studying at Bible college......
» 11/07/2010 7:08:16 AM No, Rusty. You've mssed the point. But you've claimed I need an education. Tell us about .....
» 10/07/2010 12:19:33 AM Foyle, Thanks for your detailed question. You must have given some thought and considerat.....
» 8/07/2010 4:51:47 PM Bugsy, that’s not what I said. I said most of the fossils give testimony to the flood, not.....
» 7/07/2010 12:40:04 PM CJ, Do you know anything about fossils? If so, I would invite you to make an intelligent c.....
» 7/07/2010 12:30:43 PM R0bert, I might be stating the obvious, but we can’t judge acts on a football field the sa.....
» 7/07/2010 12:59:49 AM Glen, a few points of clarification: Firstly, we probably are reading different authors. .....
» 6/07/2010 3:16:36 PM Glen, The view that God is our creator and is at the foundation of all things, physical an.....
» 6/07/2010 10:39:32 AM Well said, Dennis! Football has always been a naturally vigorous and physical sport, prov.....
» 1/07/2010 1:21:21 AM Oliver, So where and how are you demonstrating your skepticism? Bugsy, No, practically s.....
» 30/06/2010 4:49:44 PM Oliver, You call yourself a skeptic. If you were really a skeptic, you would not entertain.....
» 29/06/2010 12:33:58 AM Dear George, I think that if two people differ on a matter, then at least one of them must.....
» 27/06/2010 3:08:54 PM Dear George, Thanks for the article. Does the fact that you direct me towards it mean that.....
» 26/06/2010 12:22:20 AM Bugsy, If you suggest it, we could discuss the levels of acceptance of evolution amongst r.....
» 23/06/2010 12:06:13 AM I’d say they contradict. Atheism stands in opposition to religion. To say that evolution i.....
» 22/06/2010 3:01:39 PM The discussion has flung off tangentially. Zimmerman says, “The teachings of most mainstr.....
» 15/06/2010 11:50:14 AM Oliver You say that the single handedness common to all life “suggests that the event occu.....
» 12/06/2010 6:26:22 PM Oliver, Definitely, handedness is an inherited trait. I think everyone agrees. So now, yo.....
» 10/06/2010 2:02:46 PM Bugsy, Sorry for the delayed response (I’ve been a bit busy, being exam week). You say yo.....
» 10/06/2010 11:54:17 AM Oliver, From what I understand you’re saying, all sugars in DNA, in all types of life, are.....
» 10/06/2010 11:02:12 AM Dear David, Catholics do believe in the Scriptures. Nobody takes all the Scriptures ‘lite.....
» 8/06/2010 11:37:47 PM TAC, I liked your post, until I got to your last line. It seems you are suggesting that co.....
» 8/06/2010 11:33:50 PM One Under God, As much as I have difficulty following the flow of where you are going, I d.....
» 5/06/2010 12:30:49 PM David, From what I’ve heard, there are some scientists within the Vatican who are creation.....
» 4/06/2010 9:47:55 AM David, You say Von Braun was a war criminal. You are free to state your opinion here on OL.....
» 3/06/2010 5:55:16 PM Dear David, Sorry if I offended you by mentioning the name Von Braun. It was not my intent.....
» 3/06/2010 10:47:09 AM My sympathies are with you, Suzeonline. This subject again! But I see you’ve added your co.....
» 2/06/2010 10:49:36 PM Bugsy, From the link you gave me, it appears phylogenomics is involved in the integration .....
» 2/06/2010 10:43:46 PM Pericles, Go easy on the grumpy pills. Or point the finger at Bugsy. It was he who raised .....
» 2/06/2010 10:42:52 PM CJ Morgan, I heard you say that Wikipedia was not authoritative for you. I was glad for th.....
» 31/05/2010 11:33:33 AM CJ Morgan, Have you reverted to believing that Wikipedia is authoritative? Bugsy, You sa.....
» 29/05/2010 5:14:21 PM (… continued) Is Intelligent Design as a movement dead and buried? Bugsy argues (25/5) i.....
» 29/05/2010 5:10:53 PM Davidf, The idea that the laws of physics are the same everywhere in the universe is more .....
» 26/05/2010 12:35:45 AM Dear Banjo, Your point is perfectly clear. Having to say both words ‘intelligent’ & ‘desig.....
» 25/05/2010 5:11:41 PM Oliver, Of those OT/NT writers, who state the earth is flat, you haven’t even mentioned wh.....
» 25/05/2010 2:07:28 PM Oliver, You say you’ll be offline for a while. I’m wondering how ‘on’ you are when you’re .....
» 24/05/2010 9:50:02 PM Oliver, I tried to answer your specific questions, but I’m a bit fuzzy as to what point yo.....
» 24/05/2010 9:45:30 PM Rhian, Thanks for your summation on the flood. And I hope you can see my simple point. It.....
» 24/05/2010 11:19:07 AM Oliver, If you admit that there’s not much direct claim for a flat earth in Genesis, why d.....
» 24/05/2010 9:28:42 AM Dear David, So, it is not that I misunderstand science; I just don’t know what it is. Than.....
» 23/05/2010 8:17:24 PM Oliver, You said some Christians take the Bible literally (in the context of a flat earth).....
» 23/05/2010 8:12:49 PM CJ Morgan, Have you reverted to believing that Wikipedia is authoritative?.....
» 22/05/2010 1:31:23 AM Rhian, The issue is right here, ‘evidence for evolution does discredit ID’. If the one dis.....
» 22/05/2010 1:26:57 AM Pericles, Thanks for your kind words. I’m glad someone appreciates my writing......
» 22/05/2010 1:26:18 AM CJ Morgan, I’m sorry for saying that you hold Wiki as authoritative. But looking again at .....
» 21/05/2010 12:38:10 PM CJ Morgan, That you accept what you read on Wikipedia as gospel (or even as an authoritati.....
» 20/05/2010 10:13:39 PM Rhian, You’ve said (more than once) that the ID and evolution positions are somewhat diff.....
» 20/05/2010 9:40:25 AM Vanna, Unfortunately, some people think that the purpose of OLO is to deride others who di.....
» 19/05/2010 11:59:41 PM Rhian, The reason the design issue is not dead is that a lot of people see that design mak.....
» 19/05/2010 11:51:38 AM Dear Michael Zimmerman, The design argument is not dead. That you keep writing articles a.....
» 19/05/2010 11:47:07 AM Vanna, I’m guessing that CJ Morgan’s post is going to stay. Yes, he does engage in name ca.....
» 3/05/2010 11:28:06 AM Dear Meg, Thanks for a worthy contribution to a delicate debate. I speak as a parent who .....
» 12/04/2010 10:35:31 PM Michael, I can well relate to your last post. I can understand you not wanting to put a pe.....
» 10/04/2010 2:11:03 PM Michael, if evolution theory is not about probability, this could only be a very good thin.....
» 8/04/2010 2:43:33 PM “I think it’s dangerous to talk about things in terms of 100% certainties.” (Michael Gate,.....
» 3/04/2010 8:41:28 PM JonJ, You ask, “We know it's the most credible current explanation for the state of the u.....
» 3/04/2010 8:37:49 PM Rusty, One of the main reasons I and others come to this forum is to listen to and engage .....
» 1/04/2010 1:12:13 AM Rusty, The probability of rolling a 6 (at least one) with six dice is approximately 66.51%.....
» 1/04/2010 1:01:50 AM Pericles, I’ve read the transcript. You may want to interpret it differently to me, but .....
» 30/03/2010 8:25:49 PM I’ve already read the transcript and reprinted the relevant portion earlier (see above). .....
» 30/03/2010 11:49:34 AM Pericles, If the varying concepts associated with God are much of a muchness to atheists, .....
» 30/03/2010 11:42:08 AM This is not a debating trick or about splitting hairs. It’s quite straight forward. Nick.....
» 29/03/2010 11:27:42 PM Michael, I was not at the conference. I’ve heard that Dawkins lectured on the topic of evo.....
» 29/03/2010 2:43:29 PM Thanks JonJ and JP for taking the trouble to note some of the obvious weaknesses in this a.....
» 29/03/2010 7:21:24 AM Pericles, You suggest that Dawkins is not wasting his time, but is making good use of time.....
» 28/03/2010 11:42:01 AM Yes, I agree. Dawkins has a few similarities with the prophet Mohammed. Both are a little.....
» 27/03/2010 6:19:06 PM Dear Jane, I can relate to a lot of what you say, but from the other side of the fence. A.....
» 14/03/2010 7:30:21 AM Rusty, I don’t know what you mean by ‘people like Wieland’. Perhaps you mean people with a.....
» 11/03/2010 9:33:38 AM Rusty, I’m aware of the origin of the phrase (or its 'etymology'). I think I used it appro.....
» 7/03/2010 11:25:58 PM AJ, You parrot what I say about discussion promoting understanding between people. However.....
» 6/03/2010 11:31:31 AM Pericles, I knew I could motivate you to do some homework if I tried, however minimal. Fi.....
» 6/03/2010 11:24:33 AM Thanks guys. Your second guessing of my timing and movements unveils strange levels of sus.....
» 2/03/2010 11:12:09 AM Pericles, I never claimed that the clear interpretation that James Barr (a distinguished H.....
» 1/03/2010 12:19:57 PM Pericles, I still owe you an explanation after our last postings. “… probably, so far as .....
» 1/03/2010 9:21:10 AM Severin, What is the goal of creationists? I thought I just answered that question. Do you.....
» 1/03/2010 3:02:01 AM AJ, I think you’ve slightly misinterpreted the goals of the creationist movement. You say.....
» 28/02/2010 7:33:19 AM AJ, I remember in the early days of mobile phones we used to joke about the paradox of the.....
» 27/02/2010 11:16:36 AM Davidf, Thanks for crediting me with above average intelligence. I thank you for your int.....
» 27/02/2010 11:08:41 AM Grim, Is it true that you are an atheist? If so, then why are we discussing the knowledg.....
» 26/02/2010 11:14:08 AM AJ, Macroevolution was your word, not mine. Socratease, I can agree with some of your las.....
» 26/02/2010 11:09:08 AM AJ, When you say evolution is a demonstrable science while the ideas of the other two, Mar.....
» 24/02/2010 11:20:23 PM Thanks Grim. What an examination! You make me think that the topic of discussion was me. .....
» 24/02/2010 10:55:20 PM AJ, You got through your last 350 words without calling me a scandalous evil doer. Then yo.....
» 24/02/2010 10:48:54 PM AJ, I am able to accept the original, historical definition of fundamentalism, but the def.....
» 24/02/2010 3:41:52 PM Pericles, I’d be happy to try and back up anything I say. Though I first consider whether .....
» 23/02/2010 10:41:10 PM George, As a Catholic you would know better than I. Whenever the Pope makes a public comm.....
» 23/02/2010 10:13:35 PM Science, fundamentally, is a game. It is a game with one overriding and defining rule. Rul.....
» 22/02/2010 11:10:17 AM Davidf, I asked you this question on the other thread discussing creation and you’ve respo.....
» 22/02/2010 11:00:58 AM There’s much confusion surrounding this discussion, and much misunderstanding about why th.....
» 22/02/2010 10:55:12 AM Severin, There are some pretty harsh words going back and forward between you and Runner......
» 21/02/2010 4:31:09 PM AJ, On one point in your last post we agree: Your points still stand, just as well as th.....
» 20/02/2010 9:02:58 PM AJ, By what you’re saying, it’s okay for evolutionists to enter into the numbers fallacy b.....
» 19/02/2010 12:13:55 PM AJ, What don’t you want taught in schools? I was talking about critiquing evolution. You d.....
» 19/02/2010 12:01:04 PM J S Mill asks why does any of this matter? Contrary to what is sometimes said on these pa.....
» 19/02/2010 11:01:48 AM Now the term creationist is sometimes used as shorthand for Biblical creationist, as I’ve .....
» 19/02/2010 10:58:13 AM Pericles, It’s true that ten-year-olds today don’t read very much. Apart from compulsory s.....
» 18/02/2010 11:53:23 AM Sentences 7, 8 & 11: “We believe that the theory of evolution is a foundational scientifi.....
» 18/02/2010 11:50:34 AM Here’s the Clergy Statement in full that currently has 12,444 supporting signatures. “Wit.....
» 18/02/2010 9:34:20 AM Suzeonline, thanks for your response. Circumferences and diameters are measures of length.....
» 17/02/2010 11:14:59 AM Pericles, I don’t know why you would expect me to feel guilty. I’m guilty of some kind o.....
» 17/02/2010 11:00:39 AM I’ve never said we should take the Bible literally. We should understand it correctly in i.....
» 17/02/2010 9:08:37 AM “People living in the world when the bible was written still believed the Earth was flat.”.....
» 16/02/2010 11:04:02 AM Pericles, I’m glad that you too have discovered the creation.com website. It’s becoming a .....
» 13/02/2010 5:17:56 PM AJ, You have jumped the gun a bit. I have met some of the contributors to creation.com. H.....
» 11/02/2010 11:27:11 AM Brian wants to begin with the big picture, explaining that we’re all one big family. All o.....
» 6/02/2010 3:53:07 PM Severin, From what I’ve heard, Carl Wieland’s formal qualifications are in medicine and su.....
» 6/02/2010 8:36:10 AM AJ, Thanks for the welcome back, except that I didn’t realise that I’d gone anywhere. You.....
» 4/02/2010 11:48:31 AM Pericles, If you’re accusing me of being ‘subtle or tricky’, all I can say is that that wa.....
» 3/02/2010 9:38:43 PM Pericles, You describe my writing as ‘clever’ and ‘beautiful’. I’ll take that as a complim.....
» 1/02/2010 11:18:35 PM Blue Cross points to the gulf that separates the two views which, I agree, does make dialo.....
» 27/10/2009 3:47:45 AM Grim, given your view of democracy, what would you say if the majority of voters in a stat.....
» 23/10/2009 10:55:05 PM Grim, Thanks for clarifying. I was not attempting any childish game. I was attempting to .....
» 22/10/2009 4:17:40 AM Grim, you’re not the only one a little confused. I too have wondered whether we have our w.....
» 18/10/2009 10:20:23 PM Grim, You’re on record a few times as saying that science is the study of creation. Is th.....
» 16/10/2009 6:19:16 AM Bugsy, I think your theory is questionable, as there are no bones in ice-cream. Grim, Did.....
» 13/10/2009 7:58:24 AM Grim, Thanks for your Hansonism. I could understand you scratching your head at my comment.....
» 10/10/2009 6:12:14 AM George, I’m glad you say that you don’t think I’m telling lies (I didn’t suspect that you .....
» 9/10/2009 12:24:48 AM George, That people (me, you, AJ, and everyone else at OLO) have different understandings .....
» 8/10/2009 5:55:50 AM Dear George, Thanks for your question, and I would love to respond. However, my participa.....
» 6/10/2009 8:02:05 PM Quote of the Month, “As I’ve said before, it would be a real tragedy if someone were to r.....
» 6/10/2009 2:54:23 AM AJ, So many of your responses over the years have alleged deceit on the part of those with.....
» 5/10/2009 2:46:51 AM George, Thanks for the overview. You say you have sympathies with AJ’s objections to wha.....
» 5/10/2009 2:42:51 AM AJ, I think you need to be more judicious in referencing your List of Logical Fallacies. A.....
» 30/09/2009 8:02:01 PM David, Von Braun, quite obviously, was not a biologist. I mention him as one preeminent sc.....
» 27/09/2009 8:31:38 PM Thanks Grim, Relda, and David for your comments. Much appreciated. I’ve often wondered wh.....
» 23/09/2009 7:16:27 PM David speaks of the Biblical writers being limited within the knowledge of their time. But.....
» 23/09/2009 6:52:15 PM I asked where the Bible says the earth is flat. I wondered what might come up. We got thre.....
» 16/09/2009 7:24:39 AM So when I mention the names of some of the countless scientists who don’t see any conflict.....
» 16/09/2009 7:23:21 AM AJ, You state that the reason you post is to stand in opposition to me. While this is kind.....
» 14/09/2009 3:51:58 AM Oliver, I never claimed history was an illusion. I never said history is any type of trick.....
» 10/09/2009 3:18:07 AM Oliver, I’m no expert on trees or metals. I’ve not heard of any tree that is clearly olde.....
» 4/09/2009 12:04:09 PM The issue for me, as I was trying to get across to Waterboy and some others, was what if t.....
» 4/09/2009 11:57:27 AM Relda, If Newton was born today, would he be a brilliant cosmologist as you suggest? Quite.....
» 2/09/2009 7:28:18 AM AJ, I never said or implied Polkinghorne was a creationist. Neither does the film. Thanks.....
» 2/09/2009 7:19:07 AM Grim, James Ussher (1581–1656) proposed a creation of the world at 4004 BC through careful.....
» 1/09/2009 1:01:43 AM Relda, I want point out something in your first paragraph. You said creationists advocate.....
» 1/09/2009 12:57:34 AM Grim, For what I believe, I would go along with the idea of the engineer, who monitors, a.....
» 30/08/2009 6:10:20 AM George, Technically you should have said ‘Sunday to Friday’ rather than ‘Monday to Saturda.....
» 30/08/2009 5:35:59 AM Grim, The position you’ve elegantly described is known classically as deism. Deism was a p.....
» 29/08/2009 5:47:53 AM Rhian, Thanks for responding. Though I didn’t catch where Jayb sad anything about miracles.....
» 25/08/2009 8:24:12 AM Waterboy, “The intellectual freedom that is the cornerstone of science.” This is exactly .....
» 23/08/2009 11:27:45 PM Jayb, Were you saying that NASA succeeded in putting a man on the moon because they had a.....
» 23/08/2009 2:46:33 PM Waterboy, can you defend this statement? “Sadly, wherever the Church has been able to mai.....
» 22/08/2009 8:26:59 PM Bushbasher, I've grown accustomed to your jeers and barbs. You didn’t have to specify that.....
» 22/08/2009 6:43:44 AM Rhian, You contend that science has shown that the miraculous events in the Biblical recor.....
» 8/08/2009 1:38:39 AM Priscillian, I understand where you’re coming from with the phrase ‘begging the question’......
» 6/08/2009 8:18:05 AM Priscillian, If you criticise me for believing my view is correct, then we may as well pac.....
» 6/08/2009 8:10:53 AM Squeers, A discussion as to which beliefs are rational and which are irrational is perhaps.....
» 4/08/2009 3:02:59 PM Priscillian, No, I wouldn’t be suddenly siding with you, because I’ve already been siding .....
» 3/08/2009 9:02:36 AM Priscillian, to your set of questions: Is life meaningless? No, I don’t think it is. De.....
» 3/08/2009 8:52:50 AM DeepNortherner, In regard to changing the Qld education laws, if your goal is to bring the.....
» 3/08/2009 7:41:16 AM I think Calvin was a good candidate when we were looking to name man of the Millennium a f.....
» 3/08/2009 6:45:58 AM Squeers, please make up your mind, which do you want, reasoned argument or name calling? .....
» 2/08/2009 8:03:19 PM I gave up buying The Age a long time ago because of the feeling that I was being force fed.....
» 30/07/2009 10:22:22 PM CJ says that Queensland legislation is an anachronism that needs removal to reflect 21st c.....
» 28/07/2009 2:59:41 AM I’ll grant that you guys know more details of what’s happening on the ground than I. You l.....
» 26/07/2009 2:48:43 AM Blue cross, Your argument might be clearer if it was less crowded by name calling. And I’.....
» 24/07/2009 6:55:49 AM Bushbasher, I don’t see how Mander has misrepresented Wilson’s article. After reading bot.....
» 24/07/2009 3:38:57 AM E.Sykes, You’ve come out with this banal statement, “There is no truth, the world is too c.....
» 23/07/2009 4:34:08 PM Thanks, Tim, for your reasoned and balanced view. Although I fear that many here are not l.....
» 23/06/2009 8:42:58 PM I asked if evolution was above scrutiny. I’m told that it is continually scrutinised by ‘e.....
» 23/06/2009 8:40:46 PM Grim, What is required to create a God? God does not require anything. He is uncreated. I.....
» 14/06/2009 10:20:29 PM Shadow, I don’t know what you mean by ‘rock throwing at evolution.’ Do you think evolution.....
» 7/06/2009 4:48:40 PM I said that creationist scientific papers are (or would be) routinely rejected along philo.....
» 7/06/2009 4:39:26 PM Again, I’m derided as ‘dishonest’ for giving an opinion, one shared by many thousands of o.....
» 4/06/2009 7:32:14 AM Fractelle, Thanks for clarifying. I’ll happily subscribe to that definition of fundamental.....
» 31/05/2009 3:09:46 AM Fractelle, I’ve noticed that you’ve applied your energies towards the Bogie Man of ‘funda.....
» 30/05/2009 5:55:22 AM Shadow, two questions: Are you claiming not to have any bias? Why do you say my comment .....
» 26/05/2009 5:56:28 PM Nils, I haven’t read ‘The Language of God’ by Collins. But Christians who also hold to evo.....
» 24/05/2009 8:13:57 AM Shadow, I raised the notion that atheists have no basis for reason. You took a dislike to .....
» 24/05/2009 8:09:24 AM TLTR, You say that ‘everything’ (with capital letters) in the bible’s version of history i.....
» 22/05/2009 7:58:20 AM Stephen has recognised the importance of the issue of how we define ourselves as humans. “.....
» 12/05/2009 8:04:00 PM Fickle Pickle, If you’re on the end of demeaning or infantile comments, rather than seekin.....
» 9/05/2009 10:06:33 PM Well said, Leigh, for both of your posts. You’ve summed up Susan’s article soundly and suc.....
» 5/05/2009 6:27:09 AM Does racism exist in Australia? If so, how do we stop it? To start with, I feel somewhat .....
» 3/05/2009 5:08:53 AM Grim, I am still trying to tease out the comment you made. You said that many kids die eve.....
» 30/04/2009 9:27:41 PM Pericles, I like to draw parallels between the Apollo missions and Jesus’ mission. Jesus h.....
» 30/04/2009 9:25:22 PM Bronhill, Welcome to the Forum. In disagreement with one thing you said, as George often .....
» 29/04/2009 2:30:45 AM Bushbasher, When discussing the merit of Christian beliefs, it is appropriate to first est.....
» 27/04/2009 11:24:04 PM Bushbasher, When you say ‘we’, I’d prefer it if you just said ‘I’. Please, don’t include m.....
» 27/04/2009 1:05:47 AM Bushbasher, I would encourage you to chat to your Christian friends about theology. Howeve.....
» 26/04/2009 2:56:50 PM Rhian, You speak of the post-resurrection accounts as not being simple encounters with an .....
» 20/04/2009 4:40:01 AM Oliver, Thanks for your interesting take. Not all Christians go for the ‘one size fits a.....
» 19/04/2009 10:16:00 AM Stormbay, I’m wondering what I said to get you so upset. I am accused of denying reality. .....
» 18/04/2009 8:42:24 PM Stormbay, You ask to see the statistics and then you provide your own. You say 280000 atte.....
» 18/04/2009 7:52:10 PM Pelican, I fear you have missed my point totally, so I’ll try and explain myself again. A.....
» 18/04/2009 8:41:17 AM Pelican, I’d like to highlight one of your comments. That is, where you claim that by reas.....
» 17/04/2009 6:06:01 AM George, My point, and it’s a pretty simple one, is that science can only deal with that wh.....
» 17/04/2009 4:39:08 AM Bushbasher, I challenge the notion from Dye that the church or Christian belief in Austral.....
» 16/04/2009 12:43:07 PM Phenologist claims that Phil’s article was sensible. However, Mark Duffett has very succin.....
» 16/04/2009 11:57:32 AM Grim and George, You both have supported the notion that the multiverse is somehow observ.....
» 12/04/2009 6:57:28 PM The essential difference between a Christian and a non Christian is their belief that a pa.....
» 6/04/2009 10:41:05 PM Democritus, I feel that you have missed Romany’s point. You focus on the meaning of the wo.....
» 5/04/2009 11:59:28 PM Adam, I’ve been involved with a few evolution / creation discussions on this website. Your.....
» 5/04/2009 3:48:59 AM Adam, You’re pretty quick off the blocks in the race for name calling. It was clear in my.....
» 4/04/2009 10:48:47 PM A few of the early contributors wrongly accuse Caton of favouring creationism after his sl.....
» 31/03/2009 4:53:12 PM Whosoever........
» 29/03/2009 11:30:57 PM Bushbasher, Your response leans towards the satirical but doesn’t get past frivolous. If .....
» 27/03/2009 5:06:23 PM Thanks Matthew. We can clearly see your passion for the game. I too, have gone on record a.....
» 27/03/2009 4:59:05 PM You have to be suspicious of people who claim they want to enhance our freedom of religion.....
» 8/03/2009 12:55:01 AM Sir Vivor, You say that I should give ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answers to your questions. I did give .....
» 5/03/2009 6:25:54 AM Bennie, Did you say that millions of pages have been written in opposition to the creation.....
» 5/03/2009 6:18:54 AM Shadow Minister, I didn’t say science was born in the Christian West; I said modern scienc.....
» 2/03/2009 11:33:25 PM Sir Vivor, There is no controversy with regard to those two passages. The main problem was.....
» 1/03/2009 1:50:22 AM Grim, You say that other people besides Runner have claimed that not believing in creation.....
» 27/02/2009 10:25:59 PM Sir Vivor, I do kinda belong to a sect. Called the Christian faith, it branched out from J.....
» 27/02/2009 10:20:44 PM Bennie, You ask how much do we know about creationism? That is up to the individual. You c.....
» 24/02/2009 11:08:51 PM Sir Vivor, Thanks for the dictionary definitions of science and theology. I’m not sure why.....
» 24/02/2009 11:03:07 PM EVO, If you are going to accuse me of ignorance, it would help if you could spell it corre.....
» 22/02/2009 9:57:49 PM Sancho, Where did you call anyone names? You called Philip Johnson a ‘born again Christian.....
» 21/02/2009 3:09:08 AM Grim, You haven’t said (unless I’ve missed it) where you disagree with me in what I wrote .....
» 19/02/2009 6:42:44 PM Grim, You say discussing Karl Marx is emotive. Then what about evolution? There aren’t man.....
» 16/02/2009 10:52:49 PM AdamD, If you don’t like the sound of panic (especially amongst evolutionists), then don’t.....
» 15/02/2009 3:44:35 AM I said on these pages last year that there would be a quite a hullabaloo with a few firewo.....
» 13/02/2009 10:02:19 PM To Waterboy (and to anyone else who understood what he was saying), Thanks for helping to.....
» 13/02/2009 9:46:08 PM Daviy, Are you suggesting that the writings of Peter the Believer are a fair representativ.....
» 11/02/2009 9:47:59 PM Daviy, You probably know the saying, the pot calling the kettle black. You often decry oth.....
» 8/02/2009 4:46:26 PM Oliver, thanks for answering my question. You finish by presenting us with two options re.....
» 8/02/2009 4:41:20 PM Spikey, I’m sorry that you feel you’ve waisted your time by discussing an issue with someo.....
» 7/02/2009 8:07:03 AM Adam, Since you’ve iterated your statement, I’ll try and elaborate on why I don’t like it......
» 7/02/2009 8:04:35 AM Spikey, Anyone familiar with the Bible, in particular Ephesians chapter 6, would know that.....
» 5/02/2009 4:09:01 AM Spikey, with regard to vilification laws enacted by Victoria’s Labor government, You cla.....
» 3/02/2009 1:56:47 AM Spikey, Thanks for your response to my question. It seems you know a lot about the issue. .....
» 31/01/2009 11:05:33 PM Theo, While I sense some pain or hurt coming from your thoughts, we need be judicious befo.....
» 31/01/2009 11:05:06 PM Spikey, You sound like someone who well understands a thing or two about the law, and also.....
» 31/01/2009 6:11:00 AM Sellick - “Thinking of God as Triune requires some education and sophistication. That is w.....
» 20/01/2009 6:21:06 AM David, Do you think that paradigms are universal in the sense that they affect everybody? .....
» 19/01/2009 4:59:10 AM David, You said that ‘someone had to try and make this into a religious debate.’ I’m not s.....
» 15/01/2009 11:43:59 PM Andrew Prior, joining the ranks of Hillsong critics. No church or any human institution .....
» 12/01/2009 9:17:39 PM This discussion reminds me of a 2007 flim documentary I saw the other day, ‘In the Shadow .....
» 27/12/2008 9:51:59 PM Thanks for your constructive comments. If I could respond to a few: Mac and jpw2040, if .....
» 27/11/2008 8:23:10 PM Ludwig, You ask whether it is strange that Runner and Polycarp differ in their views. I d.....
» 27/11/2008 8:32:08 AM Some atheists have trouble being consistent. Here’s a fine example from Brett Walker: “Sp.....
» 13/11/2008 3:44:37 AM Max Wallace has dived into some pretty complex issues that we’ve been trying to sort out f.....
» 12/11/2008 10:05:32 PM Economists are extremely hard to understand. When the economic or markets report comes on .....
» 24/09/2008 7:05:11 AM I’m sorry David, but I can’t combat the impeccable logic contained in these consecutive ph.....
» 23/09/2008 6:19:25 AM Shadow, I fairly much agree with what you say about the usefulness of forensic science. Bu.....
» 23/09/2008 6:14:34 AM Davidf What Gibson thinks does indeed matter. He is a gifted modern story teller capable o.....
» 18/09/2008 11:20:08 PM Davidf I am also a bit unclear about your basis for what you’re saying. On one hand you .....
» 18/09/2008 11:11:24 PM Shadow, Just last Monday, a few of us on this thread went through some soul searching as t.....
» 17/09/2008 8:25:41 AM AJ, Thanks for pointing out that I misunderstood Sancho’s point about selective breeding. .....
» 16/09/2008 7:52:10 AM I don’t pretend to put the most intellectual of the opinions here in the room, but if we’r.....
» 15/09/2008 5:16:29 AM DavidF, Are you still trying to claim that Hitler’s horrors had nothing to do with Darwin’.....
» 14/09/2008 5:14:57 PM Sancho, Evidence abounds for the positive influence Christianity has had on science. The f.....
» 12/09/2008 10:25:36 PM Priscillian, You critique my post saying that it is not concise while also saying I don’t .....
» 11/09/2008 8:47:07 PM Davidf, your continued use of the word contamination is nothing more than emotive language.....
» 11/09/2008 6:50:24 PM Shadow, The reason creationists say that all life has similar biochemistry as that we were.....
» 9/09/2008 2:47:33 AM Shadow, There is much evidence offered by creationists beyond the gaps in the fossil recor.....
» 9/09/2008 2:44:01 AM waterboy, I don’t believe we’ve wondered off topic. Brian Holden’s article included the co.....
» 9/09/2008 2:37:13 AM Shadow Minister, I agree that Christian faith need not be in conflict with reason. Howeve.....
» 7/09/2008 7:35:33 PM Waterboy, Getting back to what you said about Hebrew narrative, I can appreciate literatur.....
» 7/09/2008 7:31:39 PM Waterboy, I don’t accept that evolution is occurring. Microevolution is your word, not min.....
» 7/09/2008 7:19:26 PM Davidf I don’t subscribe to your view of value free education. I suspect it would be value.....
» 6/09/2008 6:55:00 PM While on the subject of word definitions, could I ask Davidf, in the context of a six-yea.....
» 3/09/2008 11:56:03 PM No, bushbasher, forgive me. Your statement wasn’t particularly brash, perhaps just a littl.....
» 3/09/2008 11:11:30 PM (…continued) Alternately, there’s creationism. The biblical version thereof talks about a.....
» 3/09/2008 11:08:00 PM Waterboy, Firstly, let me say that I was never attempting to make a case for curriculum ch.....
» 3/09/2008 7:47:15 PM AJ, I never said anything about looking with a naked eye. Others seem to have clearly unde.....
» 2/09/2008 5:41:29 PM I thought I’d relax with a cup of tea and read through some of the comments. I only got as.....
» 1/09/2008 6:55:36 PM Earlier AJPhilips posed some suggestions on experiments that could disprove evolution. He .....
» 1/09/2008 6:44:14 PM AJ, I wish you well in your science courses. On the nature of facts versus opinions, not e.....
» 30/08/2008 4:13:36 PM AJ, You can use lots of derogatory words like dishonest, deceitful, slippery and sub-human.....
» 29/08/2008 3:09:13 AM Relda, Thanks for your response. Just quickly, I suggest to you that 38% is commonly defin.....
» 27/08/2008 10:42:38 PM Sancho, In your haste to talk about your beloved spaghetti monster, you totally missed a k.....
» 26/08/2008 9:59:17 AM So Harry, I’m sorry for my anti-ABC rant. No doubt they try very hard, and I know they don.....
» 26/08/2008 9:53:25 AM HarryG, I’m glad you raise Copernicus. He and today’s creationists have a lot more in comm.....
» 23/08/2008 11:49:35 PM HarryG, When I made that throw away line about the ABC, I had no idea you were an employee.....
» 22/08/2008 9:10:30 AM HarryG, I’ve never pondered long over the question can God create a rock so big, etc? Ther.....
» 22/08/2008 9:05:36 AM Sancho, Nothing is 100% predictive. Unless, of course, you’re working within a predetermin.....
» 18/08/2008 9:52:58 AM Waterboy, In regard to information bearing DNA, the way you set it out was a pretty good s.....
» 18/08/2008 9:49:13 AM AJ, You accuse creationists of being a joke. We respond by saying evolutionary ideas are l.....
» 16/08/2008 7:50:13 AM Waterboy, I agree with Relda’s suggestion that we need to try and integrate good science w.....
» 16/08/2008 7:38:10 AM AJ, So Runner doesn’t use a lot of words. He still gives his opinion. This time he was pre.....
» 15/08/2008 1:38:16 AM Waterboy, I’m not sure which creation/evolution debate you read, but the one I referenced.....
» 15/08/2008 1:31:38 AM AJ, You say creationists are a joke. Others on this thread such as Runner as well as many .....
» 11/08/2008 12:14:03 AM Waterboy - ‘Science and Theology are different disciplines.’ I could agree to that. The q.....
» 10/08/2008 12:15:53 AM It interests me how discussions such as this one, which started on issues of the Catholic .....
» 5/08/2008 9:30:57 AM HarryG, I was suggesting that lots of money often gets spent on silly things. Yet I suppos.....
» 4/08/2008 4:53:32 AM HarryG, One person’s logic is another person’s Looney-tunes. I’m guessing we all agree th.....
» 3/08/2008 3:42:27 AM Harry G. I know when NASA selected its Apollo astronauts, it only selected from the cream.....
» 3/08/2008 3:38:57 AM Something as big, and as old, and as monolithic as the Catholic Church will inevitably be .....
» 20/07/2008 11:03:42 PM Rstuart, You raise the issue of teaching creation in science classes. Nowhere did I sugge.....
» 20/07/2008 10:50:18 PM AJ, I don’t see why you should accuse me of lies simply for voicing an opinion. Opinions a.....
» 15/07/2008 1:27:43 AM Rstuart, You ask about the nature of truth, and whether an atheist and Christian could eve.....
» 15/07/2008 1:21:02 AM If you want to know the meaning of the word ‘useful’, look it up in the dictionary. For t.....
» 5/07/2008 6:35:15 PM rstuart, You say you’re interested in “what drives Dan.” So I’ll try and explain my motiva.....
» 5/07/2008 6:32:15 PM ‘A fly repeatedly bashing into a window!’ With that air of futility, I’ll venture a summar.....
» 28/06/2008 3:31:27 AM Rstuart, You raise some thought provoking questions: Who qualifies as a real scientist? Wh.....
» 24/06/2008 10:24:16 PM AJ, Perhaps you are able to reveal what scientific qualifications you possess, qualificati.....
» 22/06/2008 4:29:23 AM With regard to mutations which may induce harmful diseases, natural selection does have a .....
» 22/06/2008 4:25:35 AM rstuart, You ask if I’m Don Batten? No, but I can say that I’ve met him a few years ago, a.....
» 17/06/2008 11:51:23 PM AJ, If I may discuss with you an aspect of logic, that is, the law of the excluded middle......
» 17/06/2008 11:42:33 PM AJ, Thanks for responding with some astute phrases – but also some clangers. You say some.....
» 14/06/2008 8:41:24 AM What evolutionary evidence does not stack up? So far on this thread, there’s been precio.....
» 14/06/2008 8:27:49 AM AJ Philips (or perhaps rstuart), You say our thoughts are not the brain’s random chemical .....
» 11/06/2008 11:52:18 PM rstuart, When you said, “the minds of those preaching ID are, from an evolutionist’s point.....
» 5/06/2008 5:43:38 AM AJ, I’ve just finished reading the biography of Neil Armstrong by James R. Hansen. In it h.....
» 31/05/2008 6:27:57 PM bennie, The evidence is often a matter of interpretation. Interpretation depends much on y.....
» 31/05/2008 6:09:39 PM bennie, You speak of ‘the basic precept of evolution’. I’m wondering what this might be, a.....
» 27/05/2008 5:59:54 AM Divergence, I don’t doubt that that guy you met said something like what you said he did, .....
» 25/05/2008 7:10:19 AM csteelte, Like you, my knowledge of Biblical history is not deep. But I’m pretty sure tha.....
» 23/05/2008 9:25:49 PM csteelte, You were a bit quick in your criticism of my interpretation of the story of Abr.....
» 21/05/2008 9:58:08 PM Bushbasher, I often read in these threads the accusation that religious people and Christi.....
» 21/05/2008 3:56:52 AM Keith said, “Yet you brown sabibs still copped a flogging in the series and silently slunk.....
» 20/05/2008 10:28:18 PM Bushbasher, you said, “I'm sure if you wait around, there'll be a silly anti-evolution art.....
» 20/05/2008 5:28:44 PM It’s the nature of the creation/evolution debate to lend itself to complex moral and socia.....
» 13/05/2008 7:23:06 AM Brook starts is article by saying, “Don’t feed the trolls.” So far 47 of us have fed into.....
» 10/05/2008 5:28:03 AM Pelican, You say secularism doesn’t favour one religion over another, or belief over non-b.....
» 8/05/2008 6:26:12 PM Stevenlm and Vanilla, Perhaps one of you could try and define what you mean by secular. A.....
» 8/05/2008 5:54:42 AM The author of this article is herself sending mixed messages. On one hand she says secular.....
» 5/05/2008 2:48:37 AM TRTL, Creationists do not deny science. They only deny poor science, or philosophy dresse.....
» 5/05/2008 1:41:39 AM Well said, Pericles. The author does not know his subject matter. What is cricket? It’s a.....
» 28/04/2008 3:53:30 AM I would like to take issue with those who applaud France for being a wonderful model of se.....
» 19/04/2008 8:18:38 PM Lev, My contention (no more and no less) is that anyone who commits serious crime should .....
» 17/04/2008 11:15:11 PM Lev, Perhaps you should try reading your own links before you post them. What I wrote was.....
» 17/04/2008 3:41:55 AM David, I agree, the vilification Act is a joke. It was just a PC stunt to grab a few votes.....
» 30/03/2008 11:18:44 PM David, I’m glad you picked up on the name calling. It was mirroring your 2nd post on Marc.....
» 28/03/2008 5:17:19 PM David, I’m sorry if I wasn’t terribly clear. I’ll say it again a bit differently. You bro.....
» 28/03/2008 5:09:43 PM Jon J You ask some questions, so I’ll give you my take on them. Must anti-religious posti.....
» 15/03/2008 6:23:01 PM David, By what criteria do we choose between all the myths? I thought your question contai.....
» 15/03/2008 6:13:05 PM Bushbasher, You make four points. Two of them simply insist that evolution is a fact. I’.....
» 13/03/2008 7:06:46 AM Ah, Bushbasher, welcome back. I like playing squash. Usually there are no gaps in the wall.....
» 8/03/2008 8:23:50 PM David, Atheism can certainly bias your view so that you ignore clear evidence that is like.....
» 8/03/2008 3:44:28 AM David, you admit that Dawkins has a great deal of bias. Dawkins openly states his atheis.....
» 5/03/2008 9:29:34 PM David, I don’t see why you should think that that statement was directed towards you. I th.....
» 2/03/2008 3:45:45 AM AJ and David, Your latest posts suggest that all the evidence is pointing one way. This c.....
» 26/02/2008 5:20:46 PM AJ, As to why the others have dropped out of this debate, there could be many reasons, but.....
» 20/02/2008 6:22:34 AM AJ, I agree that in repeating ourselves the discussion becomes pointless. Your complaint .....
» 20/02/2008 6:18:15 AM AJ, “I clearly proved my point.” “So, my point still stands.” You’ve been talking about ‘y.....
» 16/02/2008 5:53:40 AM AJ, You tickle me when you say all of my arguments are lost and I’m losing the debate. Whe.....
» 16/02/2008 5:48:35 AM Davidf brings up scientists who speak outside their area of expertise; a common trait of t.....
» 9/02/2008 5:55:24 AM AJ, We are still struggling for words and definitions which will aid meaningful discussion.....
» 9/02/2008 5:48:51 AM Davidf, When I wrote of Christianity and science not being in opposition, I always intende.....
» 3/02/2008 5:20:54 AM david f said, “Bible believing Christianity does not encourage the spirit of inquiry which.....
» 3/02/2008 5:12:18 AM AJ, After another four posts of fervent support for evolution, your concluding comment con.....
» 31/01/2008 7:08:39 AM AJ, With regards to Christian fears and motivations, all ought to have a healthy respect f.....
» 31/01/2008 7:03:39 AM Thanks, George, for the review of the Ayala book. Though I usually take what comes out of .....
» 24/01/2008 8:53:47 AM AJ, Earlier I directed you to Romans chapter 8 to help get a feel for the psychology of a .....
» 24/01/2008 8:45:42 AM AJ, It’s a strange point you are trying to make about atheists not starting wars ‘in the n.....
» 18/01/2008 7:33:54 AM (…continued) So we have, and possibly forever will have, two competing philosophies. One .....
» 18/01/2008 7:22:12 AM AJ, I don’t mind describing myself as a fundamentalist under a proper definition of the wo.....
» 17/01/2008 7:22:28 PM Pericles, You say the creationist argument is tired and confused. I’ll take that as progr.....
» 16/01/2008 7:27:56 AM On the issue of whether Indians like cricket, I once met a young Indian man while travelli.....
» 9/01/2008 11:05:11 PM With regard to assessing the evidence, starting assumptions are going to influence much ab.....
» 9/01/2008 11:00:00 PM Thanks, Shockadelic, for your common sense and helping to expose the antireligious bent of.....
» 6/01/2008 10:14:59 PM AJ, You accuse me of glossing over the evidence of others. This was not my intention. If y.....
» 6/01/2008 9:56:47 PM Bushbasher, Who described anything as “only a theory”? You are punching at shadows. How’s.....
» 5/01/2008 10:07:25 PM Colinsett, I share the wondrous appreciation you have poetically expressed regarding the b.....
» 2/01/2008 7:53:31 PM Colinsett, I’m curious as to what you see that is compelling or so tremendously interestin.....
» 2/01/2008 7:52:01 PM I’ve been called a lot of names in this thread so far (I could make a list) from those who.....
» 31/12/2007 11:33:35 PM While I didn’t get a lot out of Gray’s original article, one thing I think he was saying w.....
» 30/12/2007 12:56:49 PM Sancho, You have not fully understood what I was trying to say regarding history. Yes, we .....
» 30/12/2007 12:53:03 PM Bushbasher, I never accused you of spelling truth with a capital T. I accused you of havin.....
» 29/12/2007 9:14:51 AM Bushbasher, The cavalier manner in which you throw around the words ‘truth’ and ‘scientif.....
» 28/12/2007 7:58:54 AM There is a clear difference between gravity and evolution. If I were silly enough to want .....
» 26/12/2007 9:20:34 PM Unchallengeable myths. This is a pretty good description of biological evolution. Is there.....
» 23/12/2007 11:59:48 PM Jon J and others, I’m not sure we can say Gray is a Christian apologist. As one or two oth.....
» 23/12/2007 11:57:48 PM Ubique, thanks for clarifying. I asked you who were these atheists who were hunted to deat.....
» 22/12/2007 7:51:50 PM I agree with Ho Hum that the article is saying little of substance. But I would like to qu.....
» 19/12/2007 6:14:59 PM I am still scratching around for a definition of the word ‘multiculturalism’. Before we ca.....
» 19/12/2007 4:58:43 PM Thanks Graham, I’m glad you got a chance to blow off a bit of steam and get that all of yo.....
» 19/12/2007 3:49:51 PM Sancho, No fault divorce, systematic and government financed killing of the unborn, and ev.....
» 15/12/2007 1:43:46 AM All over the world, and the stranger the place, The heart is the same, it’s just a differe.....
» 14/12/2007 2:27:29 PM Pmark, I’d agree that $20 is a lot for a book. But I don’t know why you protest. Weren’t y.....
» 11/12/2007 3:38:18 AM Pmark, You are coming on too strong to suggest that it is unbiblical to stay poor as a Chr.....
» 9/12/2007 10:43:45 PM Thanks, Mercurius, for a most interesting article. I would like to see your ideas of what .....
» 6/12/2007 10:34:53 PM TLTR, You accuse me of thinking they must be innocent because they’re Christian. No. I am.....
» 6/12/2007 4:26:36 AM Colinsett, Do you know what an argument is? If so, could you try putting one. K£vin, Whil.....
» 5/12/2007 6:33:25 PM When I was young, people criticised church for being boring. Now the church is criticised .....
» 24/11/2007 5:00:11 PM TRTL, the Scripture says that God made mankind in his own image, both male and female. So.....
» 21/11/2007 4:54:32 PM Desipis, thanks for your comments. Why is the Christian gospel story any more believable .....
» 20/11/2007 7:36:00 AM The author’s main argument is that we need a republic because the opinion polls say that i.....
» 20/11/2007 7:07:21 AM Reality Check, Good comment! I’m interested that you mentioned Hippocrates, as medical s.....
» 17/11/2007 7:08:35 AM Q&A asks Christians to try and stay on thread. Brian’s article is (as usual) such a long w.....
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