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    Thread: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-04-01, 06:22 PM) -- People have tried to find ways to hand wave the suffering in this world with different mythologies such as Karmic Justice or God's Plan, I see the mod...
Posted by Larry in Spirituality , 2024-04-01, 07:39 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...

David001 Wrote: (2024-04-01, 10:35 AM) -- I agree that the evidence for souls selecting their next life is not that large - mainly I suspect because it is difficult to get evidence of what happens du...
Posted by Larry in Spirituality , 2024-04-01, 03:56 PM
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    Thread: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
Post: RE: Night Shift: The Brain’s Extraordinary Work Wh...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-04, 05:30 PM) -- Yes, I recall an US Air Force veteran once saying that the idea people have soulmates is ridiculous because it implies some poor child ending up disab...
Posted by Larry in Spirituality , 2024-03-06, 02:38 AM
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    Thread: Chemist James Tour: "Life Should Not Exist"
Post: RE: Chemist James Tour: "Life Should Not Exist"

Kamarling Wrote: (2023-12-19, 09:47 PM) -- I did a forum search on Jim Tour and this thread popped-up. Hope it is not too old to be revived. I find this man interesting because he is at once an ex...
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    Thread: Near death experience - did he really mean that?
Post: RE: Near death experience - did he really mean tha...

nbtruthman Wrote: (2023-11-22, 04:57 PM) -- Have you ever challenged him to make good on his claimed determination to strictly follow scientific reason and logic, and consider some (in fact a large b...
Posted by Larry in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-11-23, 06:31 PM
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    Thread: Near death experience - did he really mean that?
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Silence Wrote: (2023-11-21, 05:10 PM) -- I'd be curious to hear what he has to say on the topic of annihilation.  Meaning, is it something he simply and stoically accepts as his fate or is it somethi...
Posted by Larry in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-11-21, 05:49 PM
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    Thread: Near death experience - did he really mean that?
Post: RE: Near death experience - did he really mean tha...

sbu Wrote: (2023-11-21, 03:17 PM) -- Definitely continuity. As I said I don’t believe any non-suicidal person really hopes for annihilation. They might express that view for provocative reasons like ...
Posted by Larry in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-11-21, 04:09 PM
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    Thread: Fine tuning?
Post: RE: A strange dream

David001 Wrote: (2023-10-14, 03:08 PM) -- I presume this is your argument - correct me if I am wrong The obvious problem with your argument is that it permits anything to happen. I mean we might liv...
Posted by Larry in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-10-14, 04:06 PM
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    Thread: Intelligent Energy with RJ Spina
Post: RE: Intelligent Energy with RJ Spina

Ninshub Wrote: (2023-09-01, 11:58 PM) -- RJ Spina has just published another book, this one for deprogramming your subconscious, so he's making the online interview rounds again. This is the latest ...
Posted by Larry in Other Phenomena , 2023-09-02, 03:31 PM
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    Thread: UFO crash retrieval appears to be absolutely real
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nbtruthman Wrote: (2023-07-31, 03:03 PM) -- I get that this sworn testimony before Congress by credible individuals that crashed alien vehicles and even alien bodies have been secretly retrieved and ...
Posted by Larry in UFOs (and Related) , 2023-07-31, 03:35 PM
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    Thread: Foreign Accent Syndrome
Post: RE: Foreign Accent Syndrome

Reincarnation, Part Two: Cases of Xenoglossy, with Walter Semkiw : The New Thinking Allowed Foundation (https://www.newthinkingallowed.org/reincarnation-part-two-cases-of-xenoglossy-with-walter-semkiw...
Posted by Larry in Other Topics , 2023-07-18, 03:50 PM
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    Thread: Indridi Indridason's contact with Emil Jensen
Post: RE: Indridi Indridason's contact with Emil Jensen

RViewer88 Wrote: (2023-07-06, 01:06 AM) -- I'm guessing I'm not the only person here who thinks paranormal phenomena are real and is kind of deflated by the info that Max gave us. The consolation her...
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Merle Wrote: (2023-07-02, 03:23 PM) -- Understood. But Wikipedia is also a huge collection of links to scientific studies on what seems like a limitless number of subjects. If anybody is interested i...
Posted by Larry in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-07-02, 03:36 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
Post: RE: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fal...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-27, 03:05 PM) -- Also looks like Sam Harris is agnostic about Survival? Or maybe he's against personal Survival but not an Idealist-esque "unified with the Ur-Mind" ty...
Posted by Larry in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-27, 07:47 PM
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    Thread: Intelligent Design (ECP forum rules apply)*
Post: RE: Intelligent Design

nbtruthman Wrote: (2023-06-26, 06:55 PM) -- I find it a little discouraging that there is so little interest here nowadays in Intelligent Design. I have followed this field and have observed that wit...
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
Post: RE: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fal...

Ninshub Wrote: (2023-06-22, 02:55 AM) -- I can relate. Maybe less now but I definitely know that experience. I very much wonder how much less hard that would be (to slip into that mode) in we were...
Posted by Larry in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-22, 04:55 PM
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    Thread: Banned from skeptiko.
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Ninshub Wrote: (2023-06-21, 02:22 PM) -- I wouldn't personally criticize Alex myself. I think it's clear, or that's what I'm getting at from glancing at his answers, is that it's always been about hi...
Posted by Larry in Other Topics , 2023-06-21, 02:41 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
Post: RE: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fal...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-18, 04:40 PM) -- Yeah on the one hand belief in the afterlife seems to be doing fine, even in places where it dropped I think it seems to be coming back. I do wonde...
Posted by Larry in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-18, 06:26 PM
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    Thread: Why God Exists | Fine-tuning, Beauty, and Discoverability
Post: RE: Why God Exists | Fine-tuning, Beauty, and Disc...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-05-22, 08:36 PM) -- This makes me think of the visceral power of the stage play, that IMO can surpass even the highest CGI budgeted movie (though I enjoy those too!). ...
Posted by Larry in Philosophical Discussions , 2023-05-22, 09:36 PM
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    Thread: Why God Exists | Fine-tuning, Beauty, and Discoverability
Post: RE: Why God Exists | Fine-tuning, Beauty, and Disc...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-05-22, 05:25 PM) -- Ah I've had a similar discussion many times with friends who majored in the arts! It seems unfair to say there is a pure, clear hierarchy of works tha...
Posted by Larry in Philosophical Discussions , 2023-05-22, 05:57 PM
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