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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

In fact, O@ was being regularly removed from the atmosphere by iron, which left bands of "red ocher" (hematite) which are the evidence for the pre-oxygenation event process which removed molecular oxygen. I see affinities arising from chemistry which the self-deluded may want to call order.

Something really amazing is the way magnesium filings suck the oxygen out of water vapor in the air. A friend of mine in Pennsylvania (they don't have indoor smoking ban there) had a factory where they manufactured magnesium bars and rods to sell as survival fire starters. One of his workers, in spite of workplace rules against smoking, threw a match into the chip bin. The hydrogen forming over the chip pile exploded, creating a secondary explosion of magnesium dust. Worker was hospitalized and he is still not back in business two years later.

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Setanta pouted:

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Try to keep up, OK--your images are not funny

OH GOD PLEASE MAKE ME FUNNY! (sniffle) Sad

Hey, speaking of keeping up, Jesus once fired up his motorsickle and said to his mates-
"Hey doods, you ever thought of riding with another gang?" to which they answered "You gotta be jivin us boy! You're our Main Man, who the hell else is there? Let's ride!" (John 6:67/68)

http://imageshack.us/a/img694/8567/8tcv.jpg

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@neologist,

So then, he was out of order, right?

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

So then, he was out of order, right?

Unbelievable lack of order, at first. Now that things have settled down, they may appear in order, but he is not processing any orders.

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Since this is an Atheism thread, let me toss this into the cauldron-
A bunch of Brit atheists (fronted by Dawkins naturally) spent 150,000 GB pounds (242,000 US dollars) a few years ago to splash these adverts on Brit bus fleets, but it backfired because it appears atheists were admitting they worry and that they don't enjoy life.. Smile

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheist_Bus_Campaign

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/atheistbus.gif~original

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@Romeo Fabulini,

That "PROBABLY" represents a serious loss of nerve.

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@spendius,

Guess which one the Prof invited for an after-demo drink?

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@Romeo Fabulini,

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but it backfired because it appears atheists were admitting they worry and that they don't enjoy life..

Well that's how it appears to you. I think it's actually aimed at the religious and agnostic - not atheists.

It's nice to see that they said 'probably no God' that will make Frank happy. The moon probably isn't made of orange juice.

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@Romeo Fabulini,

The word 'probably' in the proclamation seems out of sorts for an atheist, no?

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@hingehead,

@Romeo Fabulini,
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but it backfired because it appears atheists were admitting they worry and that they don't enjoy life..

I find his assumptions about atheists to be not only ignorant, but without much basis. How many of religion does he think "don't enjoy life" and commit suicide? How many priests raped children? Are they all "happy?"

My hobby is world travel, and have visited over 190 countries (87 unique ones), and will continue to travel as long as my health allows me to.

I have friends all over the world.

People like Romeo Fabulini live in isolation from the real world, and don't understand that religion or being an atheist isn't the basis of happiness. It's about not having to worry about your next meal, comfortable shelter, and most important of all, good health.

They preach their religion, but have no understanding of society at large.
They are happy to live in their little cloisters believing that their religion "makes them happy."

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@hingehead,

hingehead wrote:

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but it backfired because it appears atheists were admitting they worry and that they don't enjoy life..

Well that's how it appears to you. I think it's actually aimed at the religious and agnostic - not atheists.

It's nice to see that they said 'probably no God' that will make Frank happy. The moon probably isn't made of orange juice.

I kinda thought it was aimed at an agnostic way of thinking...which really is where many weak atheists are. Weak atheists tend to state the position a bit differently from the way agnostics do...but it ends up being the same page of the same book.

I agree. The moon probably isn't made of orange juice, Hingehead.

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Cicerone swung with:

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My hobby is world travel, and have visited over 190 countries..People like Romeo Fabulini live in isolation from the real world...they preach their religion, but have no understanding of society at large...They are happy to live in their little cloisters believing that their religion "makes them happy."

We holy men scorn world travel, that's why many of them shut themselves away in monasteries all their lives.
Personally other countries and cultures bore me, I see enough of them in TV travel programmes and usually reach for the off switch unless they're funny like Bruce Parry's "Tribe" series where he becomes a temporary tribe member and puts himself through their heathen rituals and stuff.. Smile

Anyway, Jesus never travelled much; there's an urban myth that he once travelled to India but I don't see what he could possibly have learned there except how to make curry vindaloos..

Parry and chum

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/tribe1_zpse9794360.jpg~original

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@Romeo Fabulini,

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Jesus never travelled much;

How could he? He was limited by all the men who wrote his history. The writers themselves didn't travel much, and their personal perspectives were also very limited - and ignorant about the world around them.

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I just went back to page one and read about 8 pages of this thread. It was a marvelous experience, when we set out. I rarely read what gets posted here, now, unless I see a poster's name that I like to read anyhow.

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Cicerone claimed:

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[Jesus] was limited by all the men who wrote his history. The writers themselves didn't travel much, and their personal perspectives were also very limited - and ignorant about the world around them

Paul got around.. Smile

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"I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,
I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea, and in danger from false brothers.
I have laboured and toiled and have often gone without sleep, I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked" (2 Cor 11:23-29)

Paul was a tentmaker, ex-bounty hunter and Roman citizen who went on to become one of the greatest Christians of all

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@Frank Apisa,

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I agree. The moon probably isn't made of orange juice, Hingehead.

But it is possible.

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It really is cause for grave concern that an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and who was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008 should travel the world preaching atheism and then demonstrate with two female accomplices under a banner with that word "PROBABLY" in it.

It beggars belief actually.

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@Romeo Fabulini,

Tell me where Paul found the codex

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@neologist,

neologist wrote:

The word 'probably' in the proclamation seems out of sorts for an atheist, no?

No. Acknowledging that one cannot prove the nonexistence of gods is pretty standard among atheists. Similarly, mutatis mutandis, for atoothfairyists, awitchcraftists, and aspaghettimonsterists.

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