Thu 21 Aug, 2008 07:28 pm - [quote=Didymos Thomas]Actually, it kinda is. You're using scientific criticism against mythology. Will you next criticize Homer by pointing out that cyclops do not, and never have,... (view)
Wed 20 Aug, 2008 06:56 pm - urangutan - First of all, my point is not frivolous. It is a legitimate observation, which you never contradicted. Second of all, as for the majority of your post, I have no idea what you're... (view)
Mon 11 Aug, 2008 07:13 pm - Notice the inconsistency in this story though, which I think more interesting.
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and He... (view)
Tue 29 Jul, 2008 07:43 pm - Zetetic - I don't think that only two posts on my part equals a spoon feeding. And I hardly think I've croosed a line here. But I understand completely what you mean, and you have no... (view)
Tue 29 Jul, 2008 05:59 pm - [quote=Aedes]Logic? Epistemology? Aesthetics? Ontology? I don't know, I think existentialists make reference to this and that, but these areas just don't seem to be important areas of... (view)
Tue 29 Jul, 2008 03:29 pm - [quote=de Silentio]You made the statement that historically eternity makes no claim to an infinite past. I disagree on the grounds that I laid out in my post. I know you were not referring... (view)
Mon 28 Jul, 2008 05:21 pm - [quote=Zetetic11235]There are uses of 'infinity', 'loop', ect, both proper and improper in their context. To be dismissive of the concept is not helpfull, rather we should... (view)
Sun 27 Jul, 2008 10:59 pm - de Silentio - It is certainly true that in the Christian tradition they refer to their God as having an infinite past. I actually affirmed this in the last bit of my original post. But I... (view)
Sun 27 Jul, 2008 02:36 pm - I have not been a part of this forum for very long, but I find it alarming how often terms like "infinity", "eternal", "loop", etc. are thrown around. Moreover, I find... (view)
Fri 25 Jul, 2008 12:58 pm - I would read Tragic Sense of Life by Miguel de Unamuno. Aside from being an amazing book, by an amazing philosopher, it has a little bit to say about this. He argues that philosophy is actually... (view)