add Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 evolution-ism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hinter dem Horizont Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 [quote name='infinitelord1' timestamp='1298154113' post='2213918'] Protestants will try to distract you from the Eucharist. Their stubborness and inability to convert is what would be the problem. [/quote] Precisely. I can't stand Protestants. We're still battling them in my native Ireland [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/brickwall.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 [quote name='infinitelord1' timestamp='1298154113' post='2213918'] Protestants will try to distract you from the Eucharist. Their stubborness and inability to convert is what would be the problem. [/quote] The serious ones will. The wishy-washy ones just don't know and don't care, ergo conversion is much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Cat Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I will admit it, I try to convert people to the metric system. It's so superior to the American standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter John Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) [quote name='apparently' timestamp='1298154491' post='2213920'] evolution-ism [/quote] I have to disagree, because at least the concept of evolution is intellectually arguable, whether or not it is valid.As an isolated world view it would be a function of atheism. I cannot blame anyone for being an atheist if they have no esoteric base for believing in God. Sincere belief in God without some kind of personal experience to generate this belief is a spiritual gift, and not everyone has that. If God has not given someone the esoteric experience, or the gift of Faith, evolution makes a reasonble framework for an individual worldview, and many who have applied that world view have brought some great scientific, social, and medical benefits forth for all of us by appling that world view. Their challenge -- and Church history is full of saints with similar experiences to this -- is being able to change their mind when an esoteric event happens, or when the Holy Spirit triggers Faith when they have had no experience. Edited February 20, 2011 by Peter John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Mr.CatholicCat' timestamp='1298158236' post='2213937'] I will admit it, I try to convert people to the metric system. It's so superior to the American standard. [/quote] unless you are using this metric system for division, as 1.0 is a round number. Metric is less accurate. Edited February 20, 2011 by apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='Peter John' timestamp='1298160844' post='2213964'] I have to disagree, because at least the concept of evolution is intellectually arguable, whether or not it is valid.As an isolated world view it would be a function of atheism. I cannot blame anyone for being an atheist if they have no esoteric base for believing in God. Sincere belief in God without some kind of personal experience to generate this belief is a spiritual gift, and not everyone has that. If God has not given someone the esoteric experience, or the gift of Faith, evolution makes a reasonble framework for an individual worldview, and many who have applied that world view have brought some great scientific, social, and medical benefits forth for all of us by appling that world view. Their challenge -- and Church history is full of saints with similar experiences to this -- is being able to change their mind when an esoteric event happens, or when the Holy Spirit triggers Faith when they have had no experience. [/quote] Now that you say that, then the least sense religion is; human intellectually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Cat Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='apparently' timestamp='1298161193' post='2213968']unless you are using this metric system for division, as 1.0 is a round number. Metric is less accurate.[/quote]Still superior, even with your inferior understanding of the metric system. Face it, we already have all the best countries and fields, the American standard is loosing. All your base are belong to us!!! Before you know it, rather than a yard it will be a meter, and then you will realize its too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Mr.CatholicCat' timestamp='1298168695' post='2214000'] Still superior, even with your inferior understanding of the metric system. Face it, we already have all the best countries and fields, the American standard is loosing. All your base are belong to us!!! Before you know it, rather than a yard it will be a meter, and then you will realize its too late. [/quote] divide 10 evenly = 1.0 divide 16 evenly = 1/16 (16*1), 1/8 (8*2), 1/4 (4*4), 1/2 (2*8), every brick, every block, every sheet of gyp board or plywood, joist spacing, and stair design is formulated and fabricated to easily dividable whole numbers. metric is limited, clumsy and less accurate from a carpenter's point of view Edited February 20, 2011 by apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkKurallSchuenemann Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 While I believe in Evolution, I completely and utterly disagree with natural selection as how it happened - and I consider the natural selectionists as some of the most evil religious people in the world. No word of a lie, someone I know who believes in natural selection said if someone has the back broken (aka the fourth kind) because they are too weak that's natural selection, and that if someone who was running cross country tripping and falling down a hill seriously injuring themselves is natural selection as well! I hate that philosophy because it can breed so much evil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Normile Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I had to put other as you did not have Global Warming listed, those faithful are sure devout! I mean with no proof, proven false doctrine and outright lies used to spread their beliefs they still are adamant about their faith. ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenDeMaria Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Manicheanism or the religion that caused Frank Zappa to name his daughter Moon Unit. Not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Cat Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) [quote name='apparently' timestamp='1298174392' post='2214012']divide 10 evenly = 1.0 divide 16 evenly = 1/16 (16*1), 1/8 (8*2), 1/4 (4*4), 1/2 (2*8), every brick, every block, every sheet of gyp board or plywood, joist spacing, and stair design is formulated and fabricated to easily dividable whole numbers. metric is limited, clumsy and less accurate from a carpenter's point of view[/quote]Why are you responding to me? But out of pure curiosity, you are aware that that base 10 can easily shift into a base 100? Right? That if we did have the metric system we would change our standards to match. Edited February 20, 2011 by Mr.CatholicCat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolyn Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Peter John' timestamp='1298077833' post='2213728'] That says it best. I voted for other myself, since VooDoo wasn't on the list. [/quote] Definitely disagree. I actually took a college course on (Haitian) Vodou and came to better understand it as a religion based on West African Traditional Religion. It's definitely not the "Voodoo" you hear about in movies, and even the Voodoo/Hoodoo of New Orleans is not at all like what is usually portrayed in films/other media. Btw, Muslim is not a religion. Islam is the name of the religion, and one who follows Islam is a Muslim. Edited February 20, 2011 by Carolyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter John Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='apparently' timestamp='1298161603' post='2213971'] Now that you say that, then the least sense religion is; human intellectually [/quote] I guess that can count as a religion if you worshio the symbol (the human mind) instead of what it represents :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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