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    Thread: The evidence for strong emergence in chemistry
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-18, 09:48 PM) -- I believe I can succinctly summarize your message as follows: 'Since human DNA couldn’t have evolved by chance, there must be a greater meaning.' It’s a compellin...
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-09, 06:30 AM) -- Yes I understand all this is disturbing for the gospel of the NDE followers, hence this baseless denial of even the possibility of strong emergence (divine insigh...
Posted by David001 in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-17, 04:32 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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stephenw Wrote: (2024-04-16, 08:50 PM) -- Survival of the fittest is a narrative.  Selection is the term of science.  Let me ask you - is "selection" a part of physics or materials science?  NO. S...
Posted by nbtruthman in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-17, 03:20 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
Post: RE: A new Guardian article on near-death experienc...

LotusFlower Wrote: (2024-04-14, 07:54 PM) -- I agree, I don't even know if we'll have the answers in thousands of years (If humans are still alive by then) just because the tricky nature of proving s...
Posted by David001 in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-14, 10:52 PM
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    Thread: Underwater UAPs, and the controversy continues with a new authoritative figure
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Brian Wrote: (2024-04-11, 05:40 PM) -- https://www.thoughtco.com/logical-fallacies-appeal-to-authority-250336 (https://www.thoughtco.com/logical-fallacies-appeal-to-authority-250336) "A fundamenta...
Posted by nbtruthman in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-12, 04:07 PM
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    Thread: Underwater UAPs, and the controversy continues with a new authoritative figure
Post: Underwater UAPs, and the controversy continues wit...

The UAP/UFO controversy and claims of cover-ups from high in the administration refuse to go away. And a new highly qualified, ranked, and authoritative figure has entered into the fray and has identi...
Posted by nbtruthman in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-11, 03:44 PM
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    Thread: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
Post: RE: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and sp...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-04-03, 07:49 PM) -- The challenge I think is that there doesn't seem to be a clear reason a soul needs to learn "both sides of a crime" or anything else if it's a transce...
Posted by David001 in Spirituality , 2024-04-05, 04:34 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
Post: RE: A new Guardian article on near-death experienc...

nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-04-02, 10:35 PM) -- I guess I'll still bother to furnish one quote, only because it shows the poor and biased quality of the thinking. Any physical brain function-based theory...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-04, 05:56 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
Post: RE: A new Guardian article on near-death experienc...

sbu Wrote: (2024-04-04, 03:30 PM) -- And by this reasoning both the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot are real too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot I invite you to “individually and credi...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-04, 05:51 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
Post: RE: A new Guardian article on near-death experienc...

sbu Wrote: (2024-04-04, 03:30 PM) -- And by this reasoning both the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot are real too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot I invite you to “individually and credibly d...
Posted by nbtruthman in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-04, 05:47 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
Post: RE: A new Guardian article on near-death experienc...

Brian Wrote: (2024-04-03, 07:26 PM) -- I'm having problems with the reply/quote function so I'm working around it. @"nbtruthman"#90  wrote : I hear the word "empirical" so many times that I had to...
Posted by nbtruthman in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-03, 08:21 PM
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    Thread: Why Corroborated NDEs Can’t Just Be Explained Away
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Brian Wrote: (2024-03-03, 06:08 PM) -- @"nbtruthman"#90 quoting Amazon Never trust a sales pitch! -- Maybe you just posted that as a joke. However, if you simply find ways to close down inform...
Posted by David001 in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2024-04-02, 10:20 AM
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    Thread: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
Post: RE: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and sp...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-31, 10:49 PM) -- I think @"nbtruthman"#90 's point is that in some sense these are two different people? For myself I simply think the evidence that souls choose t...
Posted by David001 in Spirituality , 2024-04-01, 10:35 AM
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    Thread: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
Post: RE: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and sp...

nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-03-29, 07:32 PM) -- I thought it was clear that I am not trying to argue that soul choice of upcoming incarnate lives is a false doctrine - I think it may in fact be the truth...
Posted by David001 in Spirituality , 2024-03-29, 09:06 PM
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    Thread: The Murky Truth Of Modern Exorcisms
Post: RE: The Murky Truth Of Modern Exorcisms

sbu Wrote: (2024-03-28, 09:44 PM) -- I don’t understand what a 'fake skeptic' is supposed to mean. Arguments can be more or less solid, and people may lie, including skeptics. In my book, there’s no ...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-28, 11:49 PM
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    Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
Post: RE: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)

Typoz Wrote: (2024-03-26, 04:08 PM) -- Since reincarnation was mentioned, and super psi too, I feel I should point out - for the umpteenth time - that reincarnation is not about grabbing information ...
Posted by nbtruthman in Spirituality , 2024-03-26, 07:35 PM
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    Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
Post: RE: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)

sbu Wrote: (2024-03-25, 03:58 PM) -- I believe the alternative to truth-seeking is faith. Why is it so pervasive to scrutinize the subtle suggestions we have that death is not the end? -- I think t...
Posted by nbtruthman in Spirituality , 2024-03-25, 04:53 PM
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    Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
Post: RE: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-22, 05:06 PM) -- But I don't think anyone can guarantee what their response would be when the time comes, and at least accepting this fear as a part of one's self seem...
Posted by David001 in Spirituality , 2024-03-24, 10:17 AM
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    Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
Post: RE: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)

nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-03-21, 05:57 PM) -- My impression in life is that most people in our society at least do in fact have a repressed neurotic dread of a personal annihilation in death, a prevale...
Posted by Smaw in Spirituality , 2024-03-22, 11:18 AM
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    Thread: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
Post: RE: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and sp...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-21, 12:04 AM) -- For me, the idea the souls are choosing to act out roles in order to learn about living would naturally invite questions about what exactly are we mea...
Posted by David001 in Spirituality , 2024-03-21, 09:56 PM
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