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  1. Cary Cook

    Can gays or bisexuals be Christian?

    Behold the absurdity of thinking the Bible is the word of God.
  2. Cary Cook

    The Problem of Theism

    You said nothing about a problem of theism. Theism does not imply that God created man in its image. Neither does it imply the reliability of any alleged scriptures. Assuming that a God created man, then God created separation. Man may have some control over the degree of separation.
  3. Cary Cook

    Can gays or bisexuals be Christian?

    It's a definition question. Define Christian sufficiently, and the question is answered. Don't define Christian sufficiently, and the question is unanswerable.
  4. Cary Cook

    Is your life a gift?

    If my life is a gift, it's a gift to someone else.
  5. Cary Cook

    How Would You Define "Wisdom"?

    Wisdom and sanity are denotatively the same concept. Wisdom is the high end of sanity. Sanity is the low end of wisdom. They mean knowing how to get what you want without doing things that will get you more what you don't want later.
  6. Cary Cook

    The question of realness

    Anything existing in a particular context is real in that context. If that context is imaginary, then anything existing in it is real in it. All of my experiences are real to me regardless of others' belief. None of my experiences can be shown to be objectively real as what I think they are...
  7. Cary Cook

    Atheist Activism

    A belief doesn't have to be a belief system. To believe a particular belief system is false doesn't require a counter-system, but it still requires a counter-belief. Not having a belief is not the same as believing something is false.
  8. Cary Cook

    Resurrection & Rolling Stones

    Gospel of Peter is late - probably 100-150CE. It wasn't even discovered until 1886. There are other late gospels. If you want to also late date the main 4, it's a minority opinion, which I'm not interested in discussing.
  9. Cary Cook

    Is a Pantheist God More Plausible than a Panentheist God?

    Good observation! Thank you. Unfortunately I see no way to answer your question. Multiverse doesn't affect the answer. I arbitrarily choose to bet on (not believe) monotheism - which when pushed to its logical conclusion becomes indistinguishable from panentheism. My reason for rejecting...
  10. Cary Cook

    Does there exist a "chosen" people in the eyes of God

    That statement and the book from which you got it are unsubstantiatable dogma.
  11. Cary Cook

    Resurrection & Rolling Stones

    We have 4 different accounts of the alleged resurrection. All differences can be attributed to bad memory except one: If a stone was rolled in front of the tomb, the disciples would have known of it. Why didn't they tell the women to either quit preparing embalming spices, or take some men...
  12. Cary Cook

    Being non-religious, what should be done in regards to religious people?

    Minds necessarily evolve - truth seeking minds especially. Some need to go thru some crazy **** in order to see why it's crazy.
  13. Cary Cook

    When, If Ever, Are We Justified in Imposing Moral Values Unique to Us on Others?

    Easy answer - never. But few if any religionists assert values "unique to us". Nearly all religions have values shared by competing religionists, and some values shared by some non-religionists, e.g anti-abortion. And some of those values are unjust. BONUS QUESTION: Easy no.
  14. Cary Cook

    Faith in Faith

    All emotions and emotion based mindsets impair probability judgment. Emotion based mindsets include: optimism & pessimism, faith & cynicism.
  15. Cary Cook

    Religious Evidence, Scientific Evidence?

    Yes. Science has experimental evidence. Religion has books written by people who claim that previous books written by other people were inspired by God. Yes. Scientific method is superior for determining not only scientific truth, but also truth about God. Perform any experiment (e.g...
  16. Cary Cook

    Do your beliefs make you happy?

    I don't think #109 is the one I meant. Anyway, in response to #115, I'm not asking why you call yourself a monotheist. I'm asking what I asked, and you are apparently declining to answer because the answer isn't important to you. If so, apparently the discussion is over.
  17. Cary Cook

    Why do some atheists have to be so insulting and mean?

    Doesn't knowing that make you care less about their discourtesy?
  18. Cary Cook

    Is it a waste of my time to try having honest, logical debates with theists?

    Then I have wasted it preparing for something that doesn't exist. I accept that possibility. I found that the pleasures of this life usually costed more than they were worth. The older I get, the more I wish I had made this decision sooner.
  19. Cary Cook

    Is it a waste of my time to try having honest, logical debates with theists?

    Total agreement plus a few steps further. I have crossed off this planet as an insane asylum to be worked thru and graduated from. The only reason I hang around is to do enough righteous **** to prove worthy of better company than the human species.
  20. Cary Cook

    Critical Thinking and Theism/Atheism

    I'm not going to go around in worthless circles with you.
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