TimB

I was in the right place, at the wrong time. While I was sending my last post, Tee, unbeknownst to me was sending her post (above mine). So now I am responding to Tee’s post.

Wow you went to some dark places to support your assertion that IDer types have a pretty intense fear of “science”. I am not disputing you.  I just don’t get how they can…[Read more]

AWWwwhh, you care about puppies.  You old softy.  But yes they are cute. How ’bout we make those ID’ers feel ashamed at how much MORE we care about puppies, et. al. than they do?

Sounds to me like the bullcrap part of the Neuroscape that lights up when a person is engaging in believing bullcrap has been discovered.

But to respond to your question, in Tee’s post it says that a study showed differences amongst believers’ and practitioners’ experiences vs. those of skeptics and atheists.  Also differences of experiences…[Read more]

L, do you think cats might be secret Buddhists?

People who are accepting of climate change reality, tend not to be the type of people who think to be such slimy, unethical, deceitful scum spreading liars.

SO we should not file articles of impeachment til those primary filing deadlines have come and gone.l

Another tactic that might help is changing the voting rules to secret ballot.  This could be done with the help of just a handful of Repubs.  It would make  voting against T rump in the removal vote safer for the Repubs.

As I understand it, libertarian free will is almost universally thought of by scholars as being incoherent, i.e., ain’t no such thing.

If you want this perspective to be driven home, a discussion with Lois, on free will, might be in order.

Oh for sure that is a concern.

Also, as far as the remote odds of getting enuf Repub Senators to vote for impeachment removal from office, it could be helpful to be sure not to bring that to the Senate trial until all the Repubs who are running for office again, have their local elections set, i.e., wait until the filing deadline for potential…[Read more]

Seems to me that in the past, deception was more of an art than a lot of it is today.  Now deception can often be without subtlety at all.  It can just be brute crushing of a truth or an opposing message, without regard or value for  truth itself, followed by repetition after repetition until the replacement lie becomes accepted as the truth.

That fits a tactical pattern the T rump syndicate characters use to deal with scandals. Steps include

• establish and spread a false narrative about an adversary, that accuses them of scandalous behaviors like those that you did.
• deny that you ever did those scandalous behaviors
• when the truth is coming out, tout that the scandalous behaviors…

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I’ve been smudged a couple of times.  I like it.  But there is nothing supernatural about it.

Just to play eternity’s advocate, I would say that, with it, you would seem to have plenty of time to get used to it.

LSD effects can be jarring, if you have not experienced it before. There is a state of intensity that lasts for several hours whether you want it to or not.  I’m guessing that being suicidal and simultaneously taking acid, is not a good combo.  You could have wound up talking to God at his place.

Cool beans, Mr. Klinko.

This topic has become pretty heavy.  I don’t mean anyone is saying anything wrong.  Just that the emotional tone seems to have gradually become more… heavy.

Idk what you mean by “unified” in the above sentence. Also with “independently existing”, you mean independently of what?

Who knows? I would guess a lot higher than that.  And if we include things that he does, or has already done, that eventually lead to the destruction of the world of man, then we’re talking some serious odds. No sense betting tho, as you won’t be around to pay me, and I won’t be around to collect.

If I had experienced a haunting, I might not consider it to be “mumbo jumbo”.  But my life experiences so far, suggest that there is no such thing as the supernatural.  And that the belief in the supernatural is spread and encouraged for various reasons (most usually manipulative reasons). Bbbb, I don’t wish for you or anyone to be in pain.  Ho…[Read more]

Does the phrase: “Superstitious mumbo jumbo”  mean anything to anyone on this thread?

Oh Corey – sorry bout that. I would be fine with Corey Booker winning, but he seems to be more forgettable than he should be.