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NeoGreen

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14. In regards to the purported...

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #12)

Mon May 20, 2019, 10:43 AM

May 2019

..."issues between religion and science over the last 40 to 50 years", there are very few remaining, because science has "run the table" and won the debate. The anachronism known as 'religion' has lost. It is time to radically ablate this failed vestigial cultural construct.

It's not 'demons or devils" infecting the person, it's epilepsy, and it is treatable with out magic or incantations. Neuroscience and a rational approach to problems and challenges facing human beings saves the day, every time.

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If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything [View all] Voltaire2 May 2019 OP

I like this. trev May 2019 #1

It's a redundancy to attempt to argue that procon May 2019 #2

I don't think that Hagglund is making that argument. Voltaire2 May 2019 #3

Non-existent gods trev May 2019 #4

It is solely the believers themselves that choose to procon May 2019 #6

of course Voltaire2 May 2019 #7

... Major Nikon May 2019 #5

VERY nice Bretton Garcia May 2019 #9

Perfect. trev May 2019 #10

Our individual existence has boundaries. Birth and death. MineralMan May 2019 #8

Hm, maybe. trev May 2019 #11

My bet is that Marilynne Robinson has read Pliny the Elder, Montaigne, and Camus. Jim__ May 2019 #12

In regards to the purported... NeoGreen May 2019 #14

She appears to have staked out the Voltaire2 May 2019 #15

If someone hasn't heard the athiest, or secular, position explained, they aren't looking very hard. MarvinGardens May 2019 #13

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