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From: SOB) on 31 Mar 2005 13:43 On 31 Mar 2005 06:30:04 -0800, "Hector Plasmic" <hec(a)hectorplasmic.com> wrote: >The universe is where causes act; it does not itself appear to be >caused. The Universe cannot be its own cause. Talk about making it up as you go along. <Geez> >Your naiive "argument from mutability" does not appear to >apply to the universe at all. You are simply too dull to understand Existential Metaphysics. -- Million Mom March For Gun Confiscation http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/mmm.html "If you build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. If you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life."
From: SOB) on 31 Mar 2005 13:45 On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:15:00 -0800, Incubus <Incubus(a)inc.net> wrote: >> This line of thinking solves the dilemna of Free Will. >There is no "dilemna [sic] [typo] >of Free Will." Yes there is. Just ask any atheist and he will tell you. >Your so-called 'line of thinking' is >nothing but the logical fallacy of ad hoc hypothesis. >http://wiki.cotch.net/index.php/List_of_fallacy_pages:A You are appealing to some authority I do not acknowledge. Except when confronted to name my resources, I have been very careful not to appeal to authority. -- Million Mom March For Gun Confiscation http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/mmm.html "If you build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. If you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life."
From: Hector Plasmic on 31 Mar 2005 13:46 >>> The human imagination is not capable of causing anything to exist in >>> objective reality. Here we use the word "cause" to mean "efficient >>> cause". >> Hence the nonexistance of real deities. > I fully agree with you that dieties constructed subjectively in the > mind do not exist. > However, that does not mean there is not one entity in objective > reality who is the cause of Existence. We aren't trying to disprove your claim -- we don't have to. It's up to you to support your own claim. > In fact the Supreme Being must exist in order for the > Universe to exist. See? There's another of your claims which is unsupported. As you know, the claim has been made before and thrown aside by reason, so I hope you aren't just rehashing old, long debunked nonsense. Gonna back up any of your claims, Bobby? Any at all?
From: SOB) on 31 Mar 2005 13:51 On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:18:58 -0800, RainLover <SP-AMB-LOCKrainlover(a)raincity.com> wrote: Earlier SOB wrote: >>>It is not fair to compare Prophesy *** This is a noun, not a verb *** >>>to works of people like Nostradamus >>> or Casey. Those people operate in a different way from Prophesy. >><spelling flame alert> >>"Prophesy", pronounced to rhyme with "eye", is a verb, meaning >>"to engage in prophecy". "Prophecy", which rhymes with "bee", >>is a noun. There seem to be plenty of otherwise-well-educated >>folks who don't know this, so I hope to be excused for pointing >>it out. >Do you think this is improper usage, or could this be an issue of >American English VS Queen's English? I was too busy to check with Websters Online, but now I have the time so here is what I found: +++++ Main Entry: prophýeýcy Variant(s): also prophýeýsy /'prý-f&-sE/ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural prophýeýcies also prophýeýsies Etymology: Middle English prophecie, from Old French, from Late Latin prophetia, from Greek prophEteia, from prophEtEs prophet 1 : an inspired utterance of a prophet 2 : the function or vocation of a prophet; specifically : the inspired declaration of divine will and purpose 3 : a prediction of something to come Main Entry: prophýeýsy Pronunciation: 'prý-f&-"sI Function: verb Inflected Form(s): -sied; -syýing Etymology: Middle English prophesien, from Middle French prophesier, from Old French, from prophecie transitive senses 1 : to utter by or as if by divine inspiration 2 : to predict with assurance or on the basis of mystic knowledge +++++ So I was correct in my usage according to American English, since I was using the word as a noun and not a verb - and therefore I could use either variation. The poster is otherwise correct because if you use the word for a verb you must use the variation with an "s". -- Million Mom March For Gun Confiscation http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/mmm.html "If you build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. If you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life."
From: SOB) on 31 Mar 2005 13:52
On 31 Mar 2005 09:26:19 -0800, "Hector Plasmic" <hec(a)hectorplasmic.com> wrote: >> How about the prediction that the Jews would return to >> the place of their original homeland? >They've resettled the Tigris/Euphrates valley? Is Jerusalem in the valley? -- Million Mom March For Gun Confiscation http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/mmm.html "If you build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. If you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life." |