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» 20/12/2016 8:32:27 AM Good idea, it makes sense. It should indeed by an additional crime. If someone is going .....
» 18/11/2016 8:59:39 AM If we're talking about income tax, local churches typically spend everything they earn. As.....
» 8/11/2016 9:14:08 AM I wrote an email to my local members of the Victorian Legislative Council about this issue.....
» 24/03/2014 8:57:56 AM Michael Bird wrote an interesting article about this a couple of months ago: http://www.p.....
» 24/03/2014 8:56:50 AM The last sentence of the article says it all. There is a small minority of people, many o.....
» 14/03/2014 12:16:11 PM The author says that “History has seen an immense number of harmful actions taken as a res.....
» 14/03/2014 12:13:39 PM Here we have someone promoting critical thinking and questioning, yet the author’s uncriti.....
» 20/02/2014 12:48:52 PM Some fascinating discussions are going on here! AJ, I never claimed or implied that any p.....
» 16/02/2014 9:35:53 PM AJ, the issue as I see it is that there is no such thing as worldview independent evidence.....
» 15/02/2014 10:25:48 AM (Continued) Pericles, You claim that all Christians rely on the Bible as evidence. I’d li.....
» 15/02/2014 10:24:21 AM Faith. You say it’s used when “We can’t know something” or when we “have a reason to doubt.....
» 15/02/2014 10:20:10 AM WMTrevor, My comment wasn’t intended to prove that there was such thing as “reliable” pers.....
» 13/02/2014 10:34:52 PM AJ, just re read your comment and realised by statement that you focused on evolution and .....
» 13/02/2014 10:29:06 PM Pericles, if we’re isolating Plantinga’s comments on “teapotism” then the relevant questio.....
» 12/02/2014 12:18:34 PM AJ, It sounds like you and I know or know of different fundamentalists! And different &qu.....
» 10/02/2014 10:25:42 PM Pericles, You could try to show a pattern by identifying things that are most commonly giv.....
» 10/02/2014 9:11:49 PM Mac, a follow up question to your definition. What is “proof”? And can something which can.....
» 8/02/2014 2:56:49 PM After reading this article I bought Clarke's book and have since read it. Like Graham, I.....
» 8/02/2014 9:52:38 AM Hi AJ There was no “Clumsy” attribution - I’ve read much of Richard Dawkins’s book, and .....
» 6/02/2014 2:55:07 PM Sorry AJ I'm not sure I understand your point. My response was aimed at mac's idea that .....
» 6/02/2014 1:35:15 PM Mac, that's great. Good for you! But please realise that creating an either/or scenario .....
» 6/02/2014 1:02:48 PM mac, you said: "There is only one way of knowing and it's through scientific enquiry.....
» 17/01/2014 12:12:53 PM I'd like to see more evidence of these so called "Secular Values" and what their.....
» 14/01/2014 9:29:15 AM Pericles, I wasn't obliged to provide any counter arguments, because all I was doing was m.....
» 13/01/2014 11:44:35 AM Wallace provides some fair comments there, and perhaps some things Christians should take .....
» 22/08/2013 3:19:51 PM In this article Martin was speaking in absolutes by spelling out his view of the consequen.....
» 22/08/2013 2:07:42 PM What individual Christians and atheists have said or done is totally irrelevant to Martin'.....
» 22/08/2013 1:16:56 PM Martin says that “The consistent message of atheism is to maximise our lives, our potentia.....
» 22/08/2013 1:15:58 PM Considering the practical implications of worldviews is something that sadly people often .....
» 1/08/2013 2:08:07 PM Thanks Richard for a thoughtful article. Theists have always claimed that God is a relat.....
» 10/12/2012 4:39:15 PM I can't accept the premise of the entire article, contained within the first sentence. &.....
» 26/07/2012 12:48:49 PM Food for thought worth chomping on......
» 23/05/2012 9:40:09 AM (Note: I'm not against bars opening till the early hours at all. My point was to get you t.....
» 23/05/2012 9:38:39 AM The wheel will turn faster than you or I can imagine. In the 1960's, bars still closed at .....
» 23/05/2012 9:34:15 AM http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/equality Equality- The state or quality of being e.....
» 9/05/2012 8:52:49 AM Here Here......
» 4/05/2012 2:12:08 PM Pelican, Why does a homosexual need the title of "marriage" in order to be able.....
» 4/05/2012 10:30:28 AM The question that is just sitting there on the tip of my tongue, Pelican, after reading yo.....
» 4/05/2012 9:56:38 AM So there are serious enough question marks on both terms in use- "right" and &qu.....
» 4/05/2012 9:53:00 AM I am highly sceptical about the so called "disproportionate influence of the religiou.....
» 27/04/2012 9:41:36 AM McReal, couldn't the author just add "In The West" to each of those, and then yo.....
» 26/04/2012 6:03:22 PM To me personally, it is of little consequence whether Hitler was a Christian. Why? Many Ch.....
» 24/04/2012 11:19:07 AM Perhaps the quote Rhrosty was looking for might've been.... "It is the mark of an ed.....
» 24/04/2012 10:17:04 AM WM Trevor, yes of course Christensen believes Jesus is the answer to those pesky questions.....
» 24/04/2012 9:34:25 AM We must be careful not to misinterpret the author here, when he says "reason is ultim.....
» 24/04/2012 9:03:27 AM The author goes too far when he claims that reason is ultimately useless. But, whatever .....
» 19/04/2012 2:44:46 PM Tony/Glen Actually Tony I do know of the logical fallacy of begging the question. I was.....
» 18/04/2012 11:19:11 PM Ben98.... When you say that "All religions enjoy tax-free status in Australia, for n.....
» 18/04/2012 11:18:32 PM Ben98, apologies for that snide remark originally- that was out of line. So far as I can .....
» 17/04/2012 10:54:12 AM Ben98, were you born in 1998? Just curious. {"Ummm you realise that the richest or.....
» 17/04/2012 10:08:00 AM Great post. Good to see interaction between Christians and atheists on these issues. Get .....
» 16/04/2012 4:02:07 PM "But your faith in the good lord Jesus Christ specially blesses you with the gift of .....
» 16/04/2012 3:17:56 PM If you're an internet atheist and you think it is legitimate to compare Jesus Christ with .....
» 16/04/2012 12:54:23 PM On this article, I had the same reaction as I often do when reading Sellick- sometimes I'd.....
» 16/04/2012 12:51:47 PM It's continually amusing to hear atheists claiming the rational high ground and then proce.....
» 13/04/2012 9:46:05 AM I'm not sure I follow what you're saying there about the religious taking responsibility, .....
» 13/04/2012 9:25:45 AM Good article. Covered a lot of ground in a short space, so no doubt every atheist will see.....
» 11/04/2012 10:32:18 AM Ponder, if logic and truth is what atheism is about, then why do so many atheists say so m.....
» 10/04/2012 9:04:22 AM That was an informative Easter reflection, David Cusworth. Thanks. As for the combox deb.....
» 4/04/2012 12:04:15 PM 579, enough of the jokes already! I think many of the astute readers have by now figured .....
» 3/04/2012 4:13:45 PM Blue Devil.... "To say that there is no difference between opposition to religion no.....
» 3/04/2012 10:00:22 AM Oh gosh. Please spare us from this nonsense. We have an article written by the preside.....
» 2/04/2012 9:52:50 AM "A life lived in fear of death is the life, if you can call it that, of the living de.....
» 22/03/2012 1:35:32 PM Jennifer, asking anyone to address the "substance of the piece" implies that the.....
» 22/03/2012 11:01:15 AM Aside from this poor piece of garbage writing, filled with it's simplistic notions of key .....
» 22/03/2012 8:16:28 AM What a load of nonsense. A simplistic, misguided, rhetorical rant that is not worthy of 5 .....
» 17/02/2012 3:46:22 PM This entire article was doused in idealism and impracticality. It might work on paper but .....
» 13/02/2012 3:33:22 PM Cheers for the apology AJ. And yes, I do have a nasty streak. I think we all do!.....
» 11/02/2012 12:14:11 PM AJ, As you're well aware, in a previous discussion we had, your disappointing actions le.....
» 10/02/2012 1:16:31 PM You can lead a horse to water........
» 10/02/2012 11:40:21 AM Clownfish, skin colour is irrelevant because it has nothing to do with the purpose of marr.....
» 10/02/2012 9:18:00 AM Irrelevancies*.....
» 10/02/2012 9:15:48 AM AJ: Coming in with a massive red herring! Nice. Everyone else FYI: AJ has proven himself.....
» 8/02/2012 3:01:49 PM Clownfish, please stay on the point at hand. Whether we're talking 8 year olds or "m.....
» 8/02/2012 2:36:21 PM Kipp, why should gay people have equality but then deny equality to children? Unless you'.....
» 8/02/2012 8:26:21 AM Very well said......
» 7/01/2012 3:09:12 PM And of course, past misdemeanours by Christians do not discount the positive impacts Chris.....
» 7/01/2012 3:07:58 PM Yes, this is both a protestant and catholic problem, historically speaking. These Christ.....
» 7/01/2012 2:06:12 PM It's widely accepted that those who presuppose disbelief about God and miracles wouldn't e.....
» 3/01/2012 9:14:42 PM EVEN IF Christianity had mainly grown by the sword, EVEN IF that point were to be granted .....
» 3/01/2012 7:22:14 PM David f, you make the claim that Christianity has mostly been spread by violence. Followin.....
» 28/12/2011 12:57:34 AM AJ, considering my past experience of having these sorts of discussions with you, I forese.....
» 27/12/2011 11:17:55 PM The existence of the Historical Jesus is a moot question where serious historians are conc.....
» 10/11/2011 7:59:08 AM The issue of free will vs determinism is a vexed one. I strongly doubt that we have as muc.....
» 2/11/2011 12:37:15 PM Just one clarification of the above. Craig's arguments that I was referring to are: 1. T.....
» 1/11/2011 10:16:57 PM Either the universe began to exist a finite time ago (1), or it has existed eternally (2)......
» 1/11/2011 1:15:58 AM Interestingly, the night itself sounds as if it was a cracker, even without Dawkins' prese.....
» 1/11/2011 1:14:26 AM Here's a compilation of articles about this issue. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfr.....
» 26/10/2011 5:57:54 PM Pelican, Apologies for giving the impression of hostility- coming across that way wasn't .....
» 26/10/2011 11:45:57 AM AJ, Given your history in our previous (very lengthy) OLO encounter, it is a tad rich of.....
» 23/10/2011 9:09:42 PM This is like the atheist version of the so-called "Gish Gallop"- List as many fa.....
» 23/10/2011 9:08:47 PM Sounds like you're trying to have your cake and eat it too AJ! Why not list another few fa.....
» 23/10/2011 4:16:43 PM Shadow, you have misrepresented his argument. No one argues that "it must be God".....
» 22/10/2011 11:48:21 PM Shadow, the Kalam argument is not a God of the Gaps argument. Believing so simply shows th.....
» 22/10/2011 2:46:05 PM That was in response to Pericles. Computer cut out my first word........
» 22/10/2011 2:44:37 PM [...there are many, many arguments "for God". They are "legion", to us.....
» 21/10/2011 12:43:55 PM Shadow, Dawkins may well have decided "on evidence to hand to accept that there is no.....
» 21/10/2011 10:47:15 AM lol. Are you being serious? Dawkins is the opportunist. While Craig has been busy prepar.....
» 21/10/2011 10:23:54 AM Wow. Dawkin's latest article.... That's not just bad, that's really bad. Someone needs .....
» 21/10/2011 8:46:31 AM GlenC, your question is very idealistic and for that you deserve some credit. Unfortunatly.....
» 19/10/2011 11:30:47 PM Despite your comment being irrelevent to my ideas about the public sphere (you are using a.....
» 19/10/2011 11:17:12 PM Enough with the red herrings, please. I am talking about public discourse and which views.....
» 19/10/2011 4:41:52 PM Your example is a red herring. Private citizens could actually knock on each other's door,.....
» 19/10/2011 4:31:51 PM Firstly, beautifully well written and well argued piece here by young Madeleine Kirk. A fa.....
» 19/10/2011 12:50:47 PM The Acolyte Rizla, There is simply no democratic , neutral, and fair reason for this pres.....
» 18/10/2011 4:27:43 PM A common sense decision. "Secularism" was only ever intended to allow people f.....
» 10/10/2011 8:31:23 PM Havent read the book but it looks like a ripper, if this review is anything to go by. Ed.....
» 27/08/2011 5:20:48 PM Discrimination, in a broad sense, is a necessary part of society and it exists in various .....
» 27/08/2011 4:23:25 PM I can't read comments on the Gay Marriage issue anymore. Got about a third of the way down.....
» 16/08/2011 10:28:55 PM It is not surprising that those commenters who disagree with the article barely provided a.....
» 28/07/2011 2:02:15 PM Jennifer, the PS wasn't necessary. Only an atheist would say that Lennox was hopeless in t.....
» 18/06/2011 1:12:26 PM [Not really. They differ in exactly the ways you would expect an oral legend to differ - i.....
» 18/06/2011 1:11:04 PM WMTrevor, I like your approach. Pericles, [Unless you have a quibble with the translati.....
» 15/06/2011 10:48:59 PM Sorry Pericles, was interstate all weekend and just got back to normality. The passage i.....
» 10/06/2011 9:38:05 AM AJ, I’m waiting. How about “Trav, I’m sorry”, followed by “The evidence suggests that m.....
» 10/06/2011 9:37:50 AM Pericles, Good points. We agree on much. On Faith- I didn’t present my definition as an.....
» 8/06/2011 11:11:13 PM AJ, Quoting one small sentence from someone whilst paying scant regard to their overall a.....
» 8/06/2011 8:09:52 PM AJ, After reading your latest group of posts, I am very glad I gave you the final word. .....
» 8/06/2011 7:53:24 PM There is historical evidence showing that the disciples believed Jesus came back to life. .....
» 8/06/2011 7:51:44 PM Pericles, [It is not necessary to have "faith" in a worldview. The word doesn't.....
» 7/06/2011 7:06:12 PM [Oh, so because religions deal with fundamental questions, that excludes them from being i.....
» 7/06/2011 6:57:00 PM [So because the justification for opinions can comprise other opinions, that then means th.....
» 7/06/2011 6:54:23 PM [So you’ve had people - who you knew described themselves as “freethinkers” - tell you tha.....
» 7/06/2011 6:53:04 PM AJ, [I find 20 spare minutes for an additional comment two days later and suddenly I mus.....
» 4/06/2011 12:29:31 AM [You don’t know how others think and basing your argument on such an assumption is asinine.....
» 4/06/2011 12:18:05 AM AJ, I notice you’ve posted again since your last batch of posts. Seems as if you have a l.....
» 1/06/2011 10:48:11 PM Regarding naturalism and authority, your argument misses the point I was making. You say.....
» 1/06/2011 10:36:31 PM AJ, I work up to 10 hours a day and have plenty to do outside of those times. I’m over r.....
» 30/05/2011 10:22:58 PM Hey AJ, re: The first part of my above post, on a re-read it isn't clear whether you're s.....
» 30/05/2011 10:10:43 PM Pericles, [Thank you, Trav.] Not a problem. [Do I have "faith" in that worl.....
» 30/05/2011 10:08:19 PM [My main contention was not so much that it’s impossible for a believer to think intellige.....
» 30/05/2011 10:06:28 PM AJ, Firstly, I haven’t “goofed”- I’ve made genuine attempts to understand you here. But .....
» 30/05/2011 7:03:02 PM I agree with Lawton's central point here. The one paragraph that jumps off the page in ter.....
» 29/05/2011 6:11:53 PM Pericles, [Can I imagine a scenario whereby I could come to believe the same thing? Not .....
» 29/05/2011 6:08:31 PM [Oh they’re very relevant because they are some of the main “proofs” used for the existenc.....
» 29/05/2011 6:08:01 PM [There are external factors that come in to play when people decide how they’ll interpret .....
» 29/05/2011 6:07:32 PM AJ, It seems we always do this! We always claim that the other person is misinterpreting .....
» 28/05/2011 5:27:13 PM Pericles, [That's is a superbly silly and pointless question.] No, it isn't. Surely, c.....
» 28/05/2011 5:05:46 PM Just on Hitler, you say “Hitler never renounced his faith”. Here are some quotes from Hi.....
» 28/05/2011 5:05:09 PM You’ve suggested that no one “thinks 100% along the lines of their religion in absolutely .....
» 28/05/2011 5:04:29 PM AJ, There is a problem that permeates all response. EVERYONE has presuppositions! It is v.....
» 26/05/2011 6:09:34 PM AJ, It is frustrating when you write hard evidence off as “Pure speculation”. This kind o.....
» 26/05/2011 12:17:49 PM [Funnily enough, though, every time a study is done on the correlation between religiosity.....
» 26/05/2011 12:17:39 PM AJ, Many of your comments are somewhat similar to Pericles, so I’ll only comment on the n.....
» 25/05/2011 7:35:57 PM Thoughtful article, Peter. A good one to chew on. As usual, the OLO crowd is as unforgiv.....
» 24/05/2011 5:54:20 PM Now you seem to be claiming that your evidence is only in response to the part where I sai.....
» 24/05/2011 5:51:05 PM Pericles, You do realize that giving one, or two, or three examples of religious wars or .....
» 24/05/2011 12:03:29 AM Pericles, [The sleight-of-hand is most obvious when he sets out the criteria for "a.....
» 23/05/2011 8:32:31 PM 2. Belief of the Christian variety provides the Christian believer with resources in the f.....
» 23/05/2011 8:32:19 PM Squeers, Sorry, admittedly I did not respond to that particular definition of "thin.....
» 23/05/2011 7:23:05 PM Pericles, Providing evidence of one or two particularly bad examples of religious wars (.....
» 23/05/2011 1:25:43 PM In other words, you are missing half the equation. You're saying "Look at the religio.....
» 23/05/2011 1:24:07 PM Pericles, As WM Trevor has pointed out, I have (deliberately) kept the scope of my argume.....
» 22/05/2011 7:27:59 PM I'm interested in a couple of comments you've made. "Believing so [that the Bible c.....
» 22/05/2011 7:27:17 PM Squeers, Yes I do think and wonder about many questions all the time. And I do sometimes l.....
» 22/05/2011 6:54:13 PM Pericles, [I absolutely agree that "human nature" is responsible for the act o.....
» 22/05/2011 3:56:13 PM AJ, The number one prerequisite for fruitful discussion is to reach mutual agreement and .....
» 22/05/2011 3:41:13 PM [Sorry Trav, I have no wish to take the p!ss, but you can't have it both ways. You're eith.....
» 22/05/2011 3:40:56 PM Squeers, [This suggests a compromise; you said you believed in a "biblical God".....
» 21/05/2011 7:21:48 PM Pericles, I have found it helpful in another discussion with another user to utilise the.....
» 21/05/2011 7:17:47 PM AJ, I’m not sure we are/ever were speaking on the same terms. Seems like this has degener.....
» 21/05/2011 6:51:50 PM Squeers. I already defined "thinker" in my last post... [I'm happy enough with.....
» 19/05/2011 11:36:11 PM I still think you've failed to face the full force of my objections merely by the convenie.....
» 19/05/2011 10:44:59 PM AJ, I'm not sure I understand how my arguments are supposed to be circumvented here. L.....
» 19/05/2011 9:40:05 PM Squeers, I note with interest the sly transitions in terms being made here. We started of.....
» 19/05/2011 7:02:16 PM Squeers, yes, you "implied that believers in the "Biblical God" could not a.....
» 19/05/2011 6:51:58 PM To prove my point on a practical level, allow me to provide two examples. I said there are.....
» 19/05/2011 6:47:16 PM AJ Phillips, The issue here is that you treat reason as an absolute. Yet the evidence i.....
» 19/05/2011 5:16:03 PM I detest the suggestion that thinking people cannot be devout believers. And Greg Clarke w.....
» 19/05/2011 2:05:13 PM Provocative article here, which no doubt raises some good questions, especially about the .....
» 18/05/2011 1:40:06 PM Finally, To pad out my point with an example and to illustrate one area where your underst.....
» 18/05/2011 1:39:17 PM Franc, Apologies- Your link came after I was already in the process of posting. I have ma.....
» 17/05/2011 1:21:45 PM Brendan, Thanks for commenting on my views about the role of government and it's treatme.....
» 17/05/2011 12:46:45 PM Wow, Franc Hoggle, you sure do a good job of throwing around wild accusations without prov.....
» 17/05/2011 12:31:01 PM As with many (perhaps most) debates, the opponents on this issue differ on fundamental ide.....
» 17/05/2011 9:10:16 AM Well written article. I agree with his main contention. Whilst he makes some good points.....
» 27/02/2011 9:30:39 PM Kipp: ie: You are saying that only two people at a time can enjoy the life of marriage tog.....
» 27/02/2011 9:27:08 PM Clownfish- I very briefly argued for traditional marriage in the latter stages of my initi.....
» 27/02/2011 3:53:29 PM Clownfish, you are trying to make yourself the arbiter of when something is and isn’t some.....
» 27/02/2011 8:49:01 AM If marriage is none of my business and none of yours either, then let's recognise polygamy.....
» 26/02/2011 4:33:09 PM The sentiment in the title of this piece captures my thoughts exactly. The argument put .....
» 14/02/2011 12:57:51 PM One last comment: If it weren’t for my lack of time (I am posting this on my lunch break- .....
» 14/02/2011 12:57:41 PM AJ, Continually trying your hand with psycho-analysis achieves nothing. “The plain fact”.....
» 13/02/2011 3:52:17 PM David, thanks for fleshing out your views in more detail, now I have a greater understandi.....
» 13/02/2011 3:49:48 PM AJ, See now your arrogance is getting a little absurd. The spirit of our debate was rath.....
» 12/02/2011 1:02:45 PM I threw the word "conclusively" in because you asked grateful for conclusive pro.....
» 12/02/2011 11:22:53 AM There is no “universally accepted evidence” which proves conclusively that suicide bombers.....
» 12/02/2011 11:19:54 AM David Nicholls, the president of the AFA has made a reappearance. I’m not here to make a s.....
» 12/02/2011 11:19:06 AM AJ, My apologies for offending you with my claim that you ignored my best arguments. It w.....
» 8/02/2011 10:30:22 AM Cheers*.....
» 8/02/2011 10:28:52 AM AJ, I did promise that I wouldn’t be continuing our conversation but you’ve really caught.....
» 5/02/2011 1:32:02 PM <They get emotional because they are opposed to the insanity and destructiveness of rel.....
» 5/02/2011 1:30:46 PM [For starters, you haven’t yet come up with a rational reason for believing in god] I’m p.....
» 5/02/2011 1:28:09 PM <Trust me, I know them all.> Have you read Michael Licona, NT Wright or William Lan.....
» 5/02/2011 1:27:25 PM Hi again AJ. This may have to be my last response- not a copout, simply recognition of the.....
» 3/02/2011 4:04:27 PM But also big thanks to everyone- this was an interesting, broad, generally respectful disc.....
» 3/02/2011 4:02:58 PM And David, your work might not suffer because of it in your view, but I can assure you you.....
» 3/02/2011 3:56:27 PM There's another problem with the AFA's definition that I haven't yet pointed out (in addit.....
» 1/02/2011 9:21:10 PM <Atheists don’t NECESSARILY say that no gods exists. > Agreed but MOST do- which wa.....
» 1/02/2011 9:20:33 PM Many don’t like the idea that God, if he exists, is more powerful than you or I, and sover.....
» 1/02/2011 9:19:47 PM 2. The solid historical evidences for Jesus Christ. The “minimal facts” approach to the .....
» 1/02/2011 9:18:54 PM AJ, As it’s now the middle of a work week my responses will necessarily be more succinct.....
» 31/01/2011 6:21:54 PM Regarding the more general issue of evil and natural disasters and the like, I do have som.....
» 31/01/2011 6:21:04 PM Hi Peter King, thanks for joining the conversation. One thing you said is particularly t.....
» 31/01/2011 6:18:36 PM <BTW, universally accepted evidence is somewhat similar to the law of gravity where eve.....
» 31/01/2011 6:18:09 PM David, <You are postulating a god exists> Incorrect- I have not postulated that h.....
» 30/01/2011 6:13:46 PM David, This medium of communication is proving intensely frustrating for me! Despite my.....
» 30/01/2011 3:45:37 PM <Belief implies there is something to believe in, in the first place> Belief implie.....
» 30/01/2011 3:44:34 PM The bottom line is that we can attribute beliefs to anything we want to, and we can psycho.....
» 30/01/2011 3:42:45 PM Hi again David, I’m glad you’ve stuck around! It seems we disagree about a lot, and we p.....
» 29/01/2011 1:39:03 PM David, there have been studies which have shown that children automatically attribute tele.....
» 29/01/2011 12:33:40 PM David, people may believe that the words of the Bible are true, but this does not mean tha.....
» 29/01/2011 10:51:07 AM Many atheists seem to write with the expectation that God, if he exists, would be like a m.....
» 29/01/2011 10:50:44 AM Intelligent conversation will rarely be achieved in an environment where most of the contr.....
» 21/08/2010 12:52:30 AM This article is interesting, because it is not an argument FOR gay marriage. Rather, it re.....
» 18/08/2010 9:29:53 PM "I can never understand why Churches do not pay tax, after all they are money making .....
» 11/08/2010 1:31:51 PM Thanks to Mark Stephens for a thoughtful and reflective article. He echoes many of the s.....
» 15/06/2010 11:44:55 AM More tiresome rhetoric from old mate Max Wallace. Wallace wants us to believe that NSW is .....
» 4/06/2010 10:48:35 AM So, OLO experts, why is the advancement of religion detrimental to the public benefit? Bec.....
» 26/05/2010 12:38:07 AM david f, you argue that the laws of physics do not require a law giver. An example you giv.....
» 26/05/2010 12:24:28 AM Another one relates to meaning. Victor Reppert puts it like this in his book C S Lewis’ Da.....
» 26/05/2010 12:23:32 AM Having said all of that, I also believe a strong case can be made against the proposition .....
» 26/05/2010 12:22:33 AM AJ Phillips: Re my suggestion for Lennox and Meyer, I never suggested their arguments wer.....
» 24/05/2010 7:38:11 PM (part 3) To argue that science must be able to measure ANYTHING, as you have, is clearly .....
» 24/05/2010 7:37:24 PM [Part 2} And no one on either side ever makes convincing arguments (to me, anyway) about w.....
» 24/05/2010 7:36:10 PM oLiver: Seeing as you’ve asked the same question at least three or four times in my absenc.....
» 22/05/2010 12:47:27 PM Oliver- No one believes in Apollo or Zeus. I've never seen anyone discuss theology of evol.....
» 22/05/2010 4:00:00 AM ps: Just re reading my replies: An apology is in order. I shouldn't have implied arrogance.....
» 22/05/2010 3:55:14 AM "Of course, you get those who claim that science and religion answer two different qu.....
» 22/05/2010 3:55:04 AM davidf, "there's no reason to take the Bible as more authoritative than the Tripitaka.....
» 18/05/2010 8:59:45 PM I find it both amusing and sad that these conversations take place so regularly over the i.....
» 27/04/2010 7:33:23 PM GlenC, you've given the game away: "What children should be taught is that there ar.....
» 21/04/2010 8:15:04 PM Pelican- you criticise Runner for believing such things, but I contend that you, too belie.....
» 21/04/2010 8:10:39 PM I should add that the author would probably agree with much of what I've just written. How.....
» 21/04/2010 7:49:24 PM (continued) Another question is why the universe is simply ordered and mathematical in th.....
» 21/04/2010 7:48:41 PM For all the talk of "science vs religion" it pays to remember that they simple c.....
» 19/04/2010 10:11:54 PM Views like hypatia's (comment above this) are worryingly common. Religion supposedly gives.....
» 17/04/2010 5:10:56 PM PS: After scrolling through the comments I'm disheartened that more people aren't criticis.....
» 17/04/2010 5:03:34 PM I couldn't get past the 4th or 5th paragraph of this article without baulking at the nonse.....
» 17/03/2010 2:45:07 PM TBC: What was God doing when he allowed X/Y/Z? There's plenty of crazy things that go on .....
» 17/03/2010 2:21:21 PM Bushbasher. [it makes perfect sense to say we KNOW these things are not true. it is not .....
» 17/03/2010 1:59:35 PM continued: Historical evidence can be found in the form of documents. In Jesus case, I r.....
» 17/03/2010 1:59:00 PM AJ Phillips: You’ve obviously got a lot of time on your hands. <<Numerous atheist.....
» 16/03/2010 1:34:22 PM ...continued [But people believe in astrology too and psychics don’t get tax breaks.] Wh.....
» 16/03/2010 12:54:31 PM continued There is a “resurrection shaped dent in history”, as one historian puts it. The.....
» 16/03/2010 12:53:37 PM AJ Phillips: [Someone like Dawkins continues to speak out against your invisible friend to.....
» 15/03/2010 9:52:18 PM duy: [You are a creationist. That just invalidates anything and everything you have to say.....
» 15/03/2010 1:33:07 PM Bushbasher: [in any way remotely like the way christians have faith in biblical twaddle?.....
» 15/03/2010 9:37:13 AM Whether or not atheism is technically a "faith" in the same manner as a religion.....
» 20/10/2009 4:31:39 PM Pray tell, what are these "logical problems" with insisting that God is the caus.....
» 16/10/2009 4:41:41 PM "Is a god the cause of the world? No. But belief in it of one kind or another is the .....
» 16/10/2009 4:25:42 PM So let’s face it- it only became an issue because Connick Junior kicked up a fuss. With a .....
» 16/10/2009 4:25:27 PM Cheers Rex, that was a thoughtful and coherent response. You’ve clarified your previously .....
» 14/10/2009 7:32:50 AM So this is the sort of justification we get for labelling the skit as racist: "the .....
» 12/10/2009 3:00:13 PM Not only was there nothing offensive about it within the Australian context, but there is .....
» 12/10/2009 2:59:58 PM This article was more of a history lesson than anything else. I found it interesting but u.....
» 12/10/2009 1:10:41 PM So, thinking was trained out of "The Christians" at school, was it Ozandy? Cons.....
» 12/10/2009 11:28:34 AM This article confirmed some parts of my understandings of Buddhism. Being a Christian I .....
» 10/09/2009 1:21:10 PM It is surpising that anyone takes Dawkins seriously anymore after the tragedy that was The.....
» 27/08/2009 2:21:57 PM Abortion doesn't have anything to do with gender inequality. There are many reasons for th.....
» 26/08/2009 12:25:52 PM The Nina Funnells of the world are fighting a losing battle. Women will never earn as mu.....
» 5/08/2009 11:30:26 AM I find it amusing that people consistently look for explanations for religious belief, as .....
» 4/08/2009 3:19:00 PM Runner and the Angry Atheists have derailed another one. Gosh.....
» 1/08/2009 10:43:22 PM "One has nothing to do with the other. The church has a long history of religiously i.....
» 28/07/2009 12:37:13 PM Secularism seems to be the result of our postmodern past. It simply has no objective footi.....
» 15/06/2009 12:45:35 PM Regarding Cognitive Dissonance, there's an interesting article on it by Mike Adams: http:/.....
» 15/06/2009 10:24:32 AM [So do tell. What was the point in referring us to him in the first place, if he isn't goi.....
» 12/06/2009 5:14:37 PM The way I read the statement, means that any mention of Brahma/Allah/Yahweh is meaningless.....
» 12/06/2009 1:07:40 PM [What if those ten people had a particular motive to make you believe that it was snowing .....
» 10/06/2009 7:54:02 PM [When none appears, we are tempted to assume that there is, in fact, none available.] Mak.....
» 10/06/2009 7:51:30 PM Pericles, [So please explain in simple terms, why the existence of God is suggested by t.....
» 8/06/2009 10:56:43 PM Oliver, you're still confusing the definitions of "suggest", "prove" a.....
» 8/06/2009 12:08:47 AM BB, you're not giving me any credit here. I was being serious. There is a philosophy cal.....
» 7/06/2009 6:27:08 PM BB, I had to chuckle to myself when I read this.... [trav, i gave you more credit. i now .....
» 6/06/2009 11:32:54 AM [The first tenet of Democracy is -or should be- that Every One is equal before the Law. If.....
» 6/06/2009 1:22:13 AM [that is the second time you have said something like this. i request, again, the link to .....
» 5/06/2009 7:12:28 PM You're a laugh Oliver. Sorry, haven't had a chance to reply yet, been too busy. Plus, ther.....
» 5/06/2009 4:04:09 PM [Despite the fact that it is impossible to predict the decay of any single particle, the h.....
» 5/06/2009 2:26:16 PM Pericles, [How on earth do you derive from "the natural world is all there is".....
» 4/06/2009 11:33:28 PM [If Muslims want to be taken seriously as partners in human civilization, they need to do .....
» 4/06/2009 11:01:29 PM TR, [I'm not the one telling children (with a serious straight face) that angel whats-em.....
» 4/06/2009 9:41:51 AM [Because a tree falls in a forest and no one sees it, does not mean it did not happen for .....
» 4/06/2009 8:35:44 AM [I certainly have a belief system based on my life experience which motivates my actions. .....
» 3/06/2009 12:09:09 PM [Trav apparently is not aware of the concept of demographic momentum, or of population ove.....
» 3/06/2009 8:59:52 AM The population sustaining rate is 2.1 children per woman. So if everyone has one child, th.....
» 2/06/2009 7:43:43 PM ['TR, I think your religion of science, reason, and humanism is one of the most stupid eve.....
» 2/06/2009 7:34:21 PM Sancho [It's entirely relevant, Trav. Oliver stated that Dawkins is open to being proved w.....
» 2/06/2009 7:08:09 PM TR, do yourself a favour and stop making yourself look like an idiot. I'm almost embarrass.....
» 2/06/2009 11:44:25 AM Sancho, that's a completely irrelevant question. Oliver, it's getting increasingly diffi.....
» 1/06/2009 2:05:36 PM Oliver, that's a completely irrelevant tangent you just went on. If Dawkins believes &qu.....
» 1/06/2009 2:00:39 PM "opposition to Mosques and other pieces of religious infrastucture should be seen as .....
» 1/06/2009 12:05:09 PM rstuart, your post is blindingly naive and simplistic. I know of many Arab Christians, who.....
» 1/06/2009 8:54:32 AM Oliver, So, Richard Dawkins is not an atheist....and I am not a Christian? I think it's .....
» 29/05/2009 7:37:01 PM Using your logic, I'd like to point out that the vast majority of evil works done by Chris.....
» 29/05/2009 7:04:29 PM You've raised an interesting point Oly- that is, single arguments alone will rarely attemp.....
» 29/05/2009 3:13:52 PM So Oliver, let me get this straight. ALL Christians belong to the same "organisation&.....
» 29/05/2009 12:45:54 PM [By contrast, Islamic theology is profoundly incompatible with western democracy] Unfortu.....
» 28/05/2009 9:08:26 PM Grim, believing in God is not unreasonable at all. However, the point is God makes more .....
» 28/05/2009 2:34:57 PM Shadow, no one's waving the white flag. In fact, Dan is simply providing a solid argument .....
» 27/05/2009 6:42:31 PM Have a read of John Dickson's latest article: http://www.publicchristianity.com/religiou.....
» 27/05/2009 6:39:25 PM [Do you approve of Sellick referring to all nonChristians as the "living dead"?].....
» 26/05/2009 2:50:48 PM Hey Oliver, [As an adolescent Hitler maintained the Jews invented Christianity. However,.....
» 26/05/2009 8:30:46 AM The rationalists are getting emotional again, it seems. I find it bizarre that people co.....
» 25/05/2009 12:51:37 PM Eighty billion homo sapiens? I find this pretty hard to believe- where'd you get that fro.....
» 25/05/2009 8:24:53 AM One more thing, re: Christianity and Islam. I just re read my post. Unfortunatly, again we.....
» 25/05/2009 8:19:17 AM [if you are willing to tar "islam" with such data, i am equally justified in tar.....
» 24/05/2009 12:57:40 AM [for that matter, define what "naturalism" means in a non-absurd strawman manner.....
» 24/05/2009 12:56:13 AM BB, [whatever "christianity" is, there have been and are christian organisations.....
» 22/05/2009 3:06:07 PM Shadow, the point of the argument is not that reason can't exist without a pre ordained pu.....
» 20/05/2009 4:28:15 PM I'm genuinely saddened by your post, Clownfish. It's just incredibly dissapointing when pe.....
» 20/05/2009 1:11:10 PM Stormbay- I repeat, your impoverished and bizarre strawman carictature is hindering you fr.....
» 19/05/2009 2:28:22 PM Stormbay: "Worldwide we're seeing the death throes of religion....." Religion .....
» 19/05/2009 12:52:51 PM Mikk, the one thing which seriously bothers me about people who hold your view is that the.....
» 6/05/2009 8:51:36 AM [What an odd comeback, Trav.] It was not a "comeback", merely a clarification.......
» 5/05/2009 8:28:47 AM So is that it, Pericles? Your "clincher" argument from contemporary accounts is .....
» 4/05/2009 4:45:57 PM Pericles, are you aware that most ancient history was written way after the events? For e.....
» 1/05/2009 4:57:36 PM The earliest followers were the ones whom were having social control exercised on them. No.....
» 1/05/2009 4:57:12 PM [Can you support this? Is there evidence that illiterate people have greater memory capaci.....
» 1/05/2009 3:10:15 PM I'm so sick of hearing about the guy. So some rich and powerful businessman died. OK, so.....
» 1/05/2009 9:08:50 AM Yeah, I just looked it up. My apologies, I misunderstood the meaning of the word! I now re.....
» 30/04/2009 8:29:11 PM Stormbay, you need to go and do some reading on these subjects. First you tell me that I’v.....
» 30/04/2009 3:41:13 PM [You must be confusing me with soemone who has read the Gospels, Trav.] I could give you .....
» 30/04/2009 11:58:50 AM [So what was it that I misunderstood in Sells' position? It looked pretty straightforward .....
» 28/04/2009 7:30:54 PM Pericles, I'm going to make some more of those mass generalisations that I warned against......
» 28/04/2009 5:23:22 PM fractelle, I asked for quotes where I'd "demanded" that you "believe my bel.....
» 27/04/2009 10:40:17 AM Your satire would be more enjoyable, Pericles, if you were accurately describing the views.....
» 27/04/2009 9:57:34 AM rhian, the other problem with the emptied tomb idea is that it's implausible that anyone w.....
» 27/04/2009 9:28:20 AM "Trav, your approach to history reflects your desire that the foundations of your fai.....
» 27/04/2009 9:15:32 AM OK, you guys have raised a few points that I wasn't aware of! That doesn't bother me in th.....
» 25/04/2009 4:34:47 PM Oliver, you've got it backwards- there would've been a riot had Jesus NOT been crucified. .....
» 25/04/2009 2:00:50 PM "The gospel accounts? Were all written well after the events they "record",.....
» 24/04/2009 4:09:09 PM People love conspiracy theories, none moreso than in the case of Jesus Christ, it seems.....
» 24/04/2009 3:04:53 PM Fractelle, before I carry on I'll just mention that I won't be replying to you anymore if .....
» 24/04/2009 1:28:14 PM TR, you'll need to be a bit more coherent than that. You jump from arguing that historians.....
» 24/04/2009 12:42:32 PM <”That Jesus was “crucified under Pontius Pilate” confirms this historical nature.”>.....
» 18/04/2009 12:06:26 PM Opinionated, I've come to the conclusion that you're not interested in a rational discussi.....
» 17/04/2009 4:42:40 PM Pericles, my argument isn't against science per se, just the philosophy of scientific natu.....
» 17/04/2009 3:44:17 PM "Anyone can call themselves a Christian. All you have to do is follow Jesus' teaching.....
» 17/04/2009 2:08:57 PM Pericles, scientific naturalism (ie: The natural world is all that there is) uses science .....
» 17/04/2009 10:09:34 AM "Trav with all his Christian knowledge can label a person who doubts the bible record.....
» 16/04/2009 10:49:19 AM It's interesting that only a couple of people have mentioned my comment. They both complet.....
» 15/04/2009 5:04:00 PM There's been quite a few issues raised here which are worthy of discussion. Unfortunatly o.....
» 15/04/2009 3:29:55 PM This is a serious question for anyone who supports gay marriage. I am not being facetious .....
» 15/04/2009 3:00:32 PM Sancho I was making a comparison with philosophy, I wasn't suggesting that Christianity is.....
» 15/04/2009 8:59:19 AM I really can't get behind this article. Part of being a Christian is accepting that Christ.....
» 9/04/2009 2:50:48 PM David F has raised an important issue. It's a pet peeve of mine. Everyone hates it when .....
» 9/04/2009 2:19:24 PM I might add that I haven't actually read any of the New Atheist books from cover to cover,.....
» 9/04/2009 2:19:09 PM The reason the 'New Atheism' is getting so much press is basically because they're enterta.....
» 1/04/2009 8:15:47 AM According to David F, "Murder is much more a Christian than a secular tradition".....
» 1/04/2009 8:04:33 AM Unbelievable. Absolutely freaking unbelievable. The future of Australia is in grave danger.....
» 26/03/2009 2:50:14 PM Miranda, There's plenty of evidence if you'll open your eyes. You just reminded me of a f.....
» 26/03/2009 8:13:40 AM Ho Hum- Alden Swan makes a very pertinent comment there: "If someone is completely s.....
» 25/03/2009 10:36:02 AM The joke isn't "Abrahamic thinking", it's David Young. The real question worth.....
» 20/03/2009 8:06:45 AM "Trav, do you have hard facts that religous organisations receiving taxpayers money, .....
» 18/03/2009 8:41:59 AM Well said foxydude. And this issue has got nothing to do with tax breaks. That's an entir.....
» 25/02/2009 11:40:06 AM RobP, I can understand why rich nations don't do more, as you correctly explain the reason.....
» 25/02/2009 8:21:49 AM I don't have much time for Singer, because I absolutely detest his subjective morality on .....
» 6/02/2009 4:41:03 PM Correction. That was meant to read as follows: "This article should've been named t.....
» 6/02/2009 4:06:38 PM Inner Sydney Transexual, you make an interesting comment here: "They also claim ther.....
» 6/02/2009 3:40:41 PM I might add that I'm not Catholic and I'd be lucky if I'd stepped foot in a Catholic churc.....
» 6/02/2009 3:36:10 PM Get over it people. "Oh, it disrupted my daily routine"...Well boohoo, too bad.....
» 5/02/2009 9:33:29 AM "Had WYD been held in North America or Europe the greenhouse gas footprint would not .....
» 29/01/2009 5:09:59 PM It's up to YOU to prove that he needs to do the legwork in the first place. That's your co.....
» 29/01/2009 4:38:56 PM Impersonator, you've suggested that Sellick is a "moron" for "dismissing&qu.....
» 27/01/2009 8:56:36 AM RobP, "As a dead body can no longer provide a motive force, it can't do the physical .....
» 23/01/2009 4:32:55 PM Davidf: "One bit of evidence is that his narrative has similarities with the narrati.....
» 23/01/2009 4:32:31 PM "I can't see how it's possible that a physically dead body could move itself out of a.....
» 22/01/2009 12:54:00 PM Bennie, Jesus existence is no extraordinary claim, in fact it's one that only a handful of.....
» 22/01/2009 11:51:55 AM "Unlike Jesus he will listen to others and not claim his is the only way..... Unlik.....
» 9/01/2009 4:05:40 PM "very interesting to find, for once, that the beating up on the catholic church is la.....
» 9/01/2009 3:43:51 PM As the above article is actually relevant to some of the discussions going on here, I'll j.....
» 9/01/2009 3:40:58 PM davidf, your post is full of errors on almost every line. I've discussed issues like this .....
» 9/01/2009 11:42:57 AM Inner-Sydney based transsexual, indigent outcast progeny of merchant family: "When .....
» 8/01/2009 12:13:35 PM David, well done. You've proven Polycarp's point, in your illinformed post above. The me.....
» 5/01/2009 4:22:10 PM For example, and as a starting point for further discussion, many historians have shown th.....
» 5/01/2009 4:16:12 PM Mac, Re fine tuning, we'll need to leave it there, as I really do think your Gaps charge .....
» 31/12/2008 10:35:00 AM However, I can sympathise with your point. A final note on this point- At the most, it cha.....
» 31/12/2008 10:26:30 AM Re fine tuning- I can't buy your line of argument. You're saying that because our life is .....
» 29/12/2008 4:17:51 PM In addition to the above, in Mark Roberts book "Can We Trust the Gospels?", ther.....
» 29/12/2008 4:09:16 PM Regarding fine tuning, we don't need an explanation for the explanation. I'm simply posing.....
» 28/12/2008 1:36:14 PM "Hawking's isn't the only opinion," Correct, but he is at the forefront and was.....
» 27/12/2008 3:07:30 PM "The Big Bang theory doesn't imply ex nihilo creation at all," Yes, it does. St.....
» 23/12/2008 8:47:56 AM Kenny, as I was reading your post, I was thinking that yours was one of those rare replies.....
» 22/12/2008 10:51:32 PM An interesting read, this article. I agree with much of what the author has to say. He who.....
» 19/12/2008 9:12:20 AM Point form, for succinctness: - I strongly disagree with you about why we’re “getting no.....
» 19/12/2008 9:11:13 AM “You believe the ones you want to believe, that's fine. But don't kid yourself that we are.....
» 18/12/2008 9:10:23 AM P:“Because independent evidence for its occurrence is non-existent.” T:Not true. I can gi.....
» 18/12/2008 9:09:14 AM “Are you telling me that you believe everything this “biblical scholar” writes?” No, but .....
» 16/12/2008 3:34:05 PM “I do object to the propagation of myths disguised as logic” Ok, that’s fine. Object all .....
» 16/12/2008 1:27:20 PM Regarding Mormonism- Remember my above posts- early Christians Paul (former Christian enem.....
» 15/12/2008 3:31:04 PM "If the evidence itself were "good", there would be no need for presupposit.....
» 15/12/2008 1:16:09 PM Pericles, There is no COMPLETELY fool proof way to determine who is and isnt a "prac.....
» 14/12/2008 1:25:39 AM Pericles, allow me to clarify my "contradictions": " >>Jesus Christ .....
» 12/12/2008 2:08:25 PM Oversimplification is a disease, and it's made an appearance right here. Your post is load.....
» 12/12/2008 1:08:37 PM "The 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth is scheduled for 12 February, 2009. Celebrat.....
» 2/12/2008 12:18:24 PM Scholar, great summary of the article. I agree entirely. The author makes a stack of huge .....
» 11/11/2008 3:11:48 PM anzsa, lets follow your thinking through to its logical conclusions. "They've realis.....
» 10/11/2008 12:38:29 PM Bill Broome said: "sorry folks. science explains the world quite well, religion has .....
» 10/11/2008 12:22:02 PM This article is misguided, because the author has made a fundamental blunder in his thinki.....

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