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[16:09] <newsong> Acol....what does ping/pong mean on 
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[16:10] <newsong> Does it mean someone looks at your 
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[16:15] <Acolyte> what verse was it that u cited?
[16:15] <Neuron> PRO CHOICE!!!!!!!
[16:15] <Acolyte> thats nice, what verse was it that 
u cited?
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[16:16] <Neuron> It's the most famous verse in the Pro-choice 
lobby, mate! You know the one. 
[16:16] <Acolyte> neuron please give me the refernce, 
Iwould like to see if it is inthe Bible
[16:16] <Acolyte> or not
[16:16] <Neuron> +o Neuron
[16:16] <Acolyte> what verse?
[16:16] <Acolyte> ops are earned here, sorry
[16:16] <Neuron> make me an op and i will tell you where
[16:16] <Acolyte> what verse?
[16:16] <Acolyte> yeah right
[16:16] <Acolyte> and my dog flies
[16:17] <Neuron> i'm not going to even start this discussion 
if you uptight people are going to kick me
[16:17] <Acolyte> 1. I am not a fundamentalist
[16:17] <Acolyte> ok Iwillmake a deal with you
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[16:17] <Neuron> what does it take to "earn" an op, Acolyte? 
Do i have to take a vow of chastity?
[16:17] <Acolyte> I won't kick u if you won't use vulgar 
words
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[16:17] <Acolyte> or blasphemous statements, sound fair?
[16:17] <Acolyte> Neuron only those who hold certian 
beliefs are allowed tobe ops here
[16:18] <Acolyte> ut anyhow, u are pro-choice, why?
[16:19] <Acolyte> ut anyhow, u are pro-choice, why?
[16:19] <Neuron> i feel that no one has the right to 
tell me what to do with MY body. And Pro-choice advocates 
do not go around bombing clinics and shooting people 

[16:19] <Acolyte> ok, so you think the unborn entity 
is your body like your toe or finger then?
[16:19] <Neuron> you pro-life people and your fanaticism 
is the MAIN cause of what we're seeing today.
[16:20] <Acolyte> Who said Iw as pro life?
[16:20] <Acolyte> I did not say either way
[16:20] <Acolyte> neuron but even if that is the case, 
I would like tolearn what your view is and why you 
hold it
[16:20] <Neuron> I didn't say that. You are clogging 
the lines with hyperbole, Acolyte
[16:20] <Acolyte> Neuron huh? what hyperbole?
[16:21] <Acolyte> Neuron, do you think that the unborn 
entity is part of your body?
[16:21] <Neuron> Why do i hold my view? You want to know 
why I hold my view? Because I have firsthand experience 
dealing with religious fundamentalist FREAKS that used 
to line up outside the clinic and harrass those who 
passed by
[16:22] <Acolyte> ok, that is not a logical argument, 
if you don't have any logical arguments for your position, 
I guess there is othing to talk about 
[16:22] <Acolyte> Nueron I am not a Fundy for one
[16:23] <Acolyte> nueron secondly, ppl used to think 
Blacks in the US were religious freaks, just because 
someone is a freak or non-freak does not amke their 
argument true or false
[16:23] <Acolyte> I am interested in truth, can you show 
me why you think that the unborn entity is part of 
your body if you indeed believe that to be the case.
[16:23] <Acolyte> ?
[16:25] <Acolyte> Neuron, why do u think that the unborn 
entity is part of the body of the woman?
[16:25] <Neuron> you place too much weight on the human 
soul, the notion that what is created out of natural 
biological processes is possessed of a soul, and can 
feel pain. I have a natural view, that we are animals, 
and religion tries to deny us 

that realisiation
[16:25] <Acolyte> Neuron have I even mentioned a soul? 
no
[16:25] <Acolyte> Neuron, seocndly I asked a question, 
please answer what I asked
[16:26] <Acolyte> Neuron, why do u think that the unborn 
entity is part of the body of the woman?
[16:26] <Neuron> then where are you going with your question 
to me? I do in fact believe that the unborn entity 
is merely a part of the body 
[16:26] <Acolyte> Neuron thenI am confused, perhaps you 
can help to clarify the issue for me
[16:27] <Acolyte> Neruon if I swollow a gem or diamond, 
and it is IN me, is it part of my body?
[16:27] <Acolyte> yes or no?
[16:28] <Neuron> the unborn entity is part of the body 
because it came about as a result of teh natural biological 
process that takes place INSIDE the human female body. 
If you swallow a gem, then that is something which 
has nothing to do with the

se processes
[16:28] <Acolyte> Neruon fine, ia gree, but is there 
a difference between being IN a body and being part 
of that body?
[16:28] <Acolyte> yes or no?
[16:28] <Neuron> sure there is
[16:28] <Acolyte> ok
[16:29] <Acolyte> neuron, then I have somethng else to 
ask
[16:29] <Neuron> shoot
[16:29] <Acolyte> neuron what sex is a body that carries 
a male child?
[16:29] <Acolyte> male or female or hermaphodite?
[16:30] <Neuron> what sex is a body that carries a male 
child? That's female, last time i checked
[16:30] <Acolyte> which of the three, unless of course 
you can think of some other sex
[16:30] <Acolyte> oh no its not
[16:30] <Acolyte> think about it
[16:30] <Acolyte> the female body has a penis and vagina 
at the same time
[16:30] <Acolyte> its a hermaphodite
[16:31] <Neuron> because the result of the biological 
process of conception does not affect the integrity 
of the biologcal being
[16:31] <Acolyte> the fetus is merely a PART of the womans 
body, hence the woman is not female
[16:31] <Acolyte> but during preganancy it is a hermaphodite, 
it has a poenis and vagina
[16:31] <Neuron> but is the penis in a functional state? 

[16:31] <Acolyte> neuron even if it is not functional, 
it still has both sex organs
[16:32] <Acolyte> and genes
[16:32] <Acolyte> and hormones
[16:32] <Acolyte> so when a woman is pregnant if she 
has a female she has two vaginas and 2 heads and 4 
eyes etc
[16:32] <Neuron> but biological designations are based 
on development of the sexual organs, and that doesn't 
meet the criteria
[16:32] <Acolyte> its just like her toe, its a aprt of 
her
[16:33] <Acolyte> neuron, perhaps it does not, but for 
the last 2 trimesters it does
[16:33] <Acolyte> neuron but it does have a brain and 
heart and hands and toes early one,hence the women 
has multiple features
[16:33] <Acolyte> one=on
[16:33] <Acolyte> bueron that seems rather illogical 
to me
[16:34] <Neuron> that's getting into an area of debate, 
which i cannot claim to have any expertise in. However, 
i would probably agree that after a certain point, 
abortion becomes more of a sin
[16:34] <Acolyte> neuron just because it is connected 
to thge woman and aprt of the natural process does 
not make it PART of the woman
[16:34] <Acolyte> neuron it is simple logic,it has nothing 
to do with expertise
[16:34] <Acolyte> neuron, just because it is connected 
to the woman does not make it part of th woman.
[16:35] <Acolyte> neuron your arguments rests on a logical 
equivocation of terms, hence it is logicaly falalcious 
it seems to me
[16:35] <Neuron> however, the pro-life lobby does not 
always make this distinction, and therefore i feel 
it is a reckless movement that does much harm
[16:35] <Acolyte> neuron what distinction is that?
[16:35] <Acolyte> more of a sin or is a sin?
[16:35] <Neuron> between the developmental stages of 
the fetus. 
[16:36] <Acolyte> at what point is abrotion  a sin? 9 
months?
[16:36] <Acolyte> 8 months?
[16:36] <Acolyte> 7 months?
[16:36] <Acolyte> how abut 6months?
[16:36] <Acolyte> should I keep going?
[16:36] <Acolyte> when?
[16:36] <Neuron> pro-lifers make as much noise about 
first trimestre as they do the later stages. I feel 
the movement is hopelessly flawed by passion, and the 
failure to make a  distinction. 
[16:37] <Acolyte> perhaps, but please address the question
[16:37] <Acolyte> perhaps you said it is a sin at a certain 
satge, what stage is that?
[16:37] <Acolyte> what stage?
[16:38] <Neuron> who knows? you can't tell me the answer 
any more than i could tell you. but there is a point, 
it does exist, and prolifers just seize on this to 
say that ANY fetus is past the crucial point
[16:38] <Acolyte> neuron perhaps I can tell you
[16:38] <Neuron> pleas do 
[16:38] <Acolyte> neuron perhaps I do know, I mean after 
all, youa re not psychic are you?
[16:38] <Acolyte> neuron well i thnk it is rather simple
[16:38] <Acolyte> what is a human being?
[16:38] <Neuron> maybe you do know, but that's a bit 
presumptuous on your part.
[16:38] <Acolyte> has certain things
[16:39] <Acolyte> not if I am right it is not
[16:39] <Acolyte> neuron no more presumptious of youto 
presume that I DON'T know
[16:39] <Neuron> how anyone could base their views, especially 
strong ones such as these, on pure speculation is beyond 
me
[16:39] <Acolyte> Humans have certain things, they have 
certan potentialities and cahracteristics
[16:39] <Acolyte> neuron logic is not speculation
[16:39] <Acolyte> neither is scietific evidence
[16:40] <Neuron> I'm NOT presuming anything. That's the 
whole definition of presume - no one knows
[16:40] <Acolyte> let me make my case for a second ok?
[16:40] <Acolyte> neuron ok lets talk about that for 
a second
[16:40] <Acolyte> do you mean that no one CAN know or 
that no one DOES know?
[16:40] <Acolyte> which one?
[16:40] <Neuron> see, i don;t agree with your assessment 
of humans. I agree we are special, masters of our world, 
but we are very much animals
[16:41] <Acolyte> neuron, well lets deal with this first, 
then we can talk about being animals, monism vs dualism
[16:41] <Acolyte> do you mean that no one CAN know or 
that no one DOES know?
[16:42] <Neuron> i mean that no one can know, at least 

[16:42] <Acolyte> neuron why?
[16:42] <Acolyte> neuron what is it about human nature 
that you are aware of that prevents this knowledge 
from being obtainable?
[16:44] <Acolyte> Neuron bascially what do you know that 
makes it possible to know that no one can know the 
truth about this topic.
[16:44] <Acolyte> ?
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[16:44] <Acolyte> hullo petrel
[16:44] <Petrel> hullo
[16:45] <Acolyte> Neuron how do you know that no one 
can know?
[16:45] <Acolyte> neuron that is what I am asking
[16:46] <Acolyte> nueron I am waiting for your answer
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[16:46] <Acolyte> guess he could not answer it. 
[16:46] <Acolyte> or she rather
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[18:59] <Plover> Apologize
[19:00] <Xpressor> hi plover
[19:00] <Xpressor> s'ok
[19:00] <Xpressor> hehehe
[19:00] <Plover> So someone here
[19:01] <Xpressor> jus me
[19:01] <Xpressor> how are ya?
[19:01] <Plover> ok, what do you do here
[19:02] <Xpressor> are you an apologeticist?
[19:02] <Plover> Yes, perhaps
[19:02] <Xpressor> well there are ussually 
[19:02] <Plover> for the Pharisees
[19:02] <Xpressor> ops here that are professors and such
[19:03] <Xpressor> or are in collage for aplolgetics
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[19:03] <Plover> So maybe they know something
[19:03] <fatjac> Hi, you'all!
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[19:04] <Plover> Well...
[19:04] <Xpressor> hi fat!
[19:04] <fatjac> Are we lagging?
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[19:05] <C5H8O2> hi everyone
[19:05] <fatjac> XP:Hi, finally some people here!
[19:05] <Xpressor> so are you christians?
[19:05] <Xpressor> im not trained
[19:05] <Plover> No
[19:05] <C5H8O2> yeah.  trained?
[19:05] <fatjac> Speak my son! I'll help you.<G>
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[19:06] <Xpressor> but i will try to help 
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[19:06] <NedFlndrs> Hi all
[19:06] <Xpressor> ned can help 
[19:06] <Xpressor> {{{{ned and sioux}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
[19:06] <fatjac> What's the subject?
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[19:06] <Xpressor> that figure ...
[19:06] <NedFlndrs> whats the issue?
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[19:06] <Xpressor> im just about to run out of time!
[19:07] <fatjac> There is an omnipotent, omniscient, 
personal, loving being responsible for the universe.
[19:07] <^Sioux> so...re boot!
[19:07] <Xpressor> plover may have one for you ned!
[19:07] <Plover> yes, Were there 2  Isaiahs
[19:07] <NedFlndrs> Plover....may I be of some help?
[19:08] <Plover> Are you christian?
[19:08] <Xpressor> the tapes will be in the mail monday!!!!!!
[19:08] <NedFlndrs> Plover...are you a Christian?
[19:08] <Plover> No
[19:08] <NedFlndrs> Kool EXP...No rush :)
[19:08] <fatjac> I think this apolobot thing is great. 
Is there anyway to copy that to the christian channel?
[19:09] <NedFlndrs> Plover....what is your worldview??..are 
you an atheist?
[19:09] <Plover> Jewish,  agnostic
[19:10] <Plover> Anyone belive in Sole Fide ?
[19:10] <NedFlndrs> Plover....so...how would you phrase 
your belief about the existance of God?
[19:10] <Plover> "??"
[19:11] <NedFlndrs> Plover....Fiedism is not a Biblical 
view
[19:11] <NedFlndrs> "By Faith ONLY"
[19:11] <NedFlndrs> Plover....so...how would you phrase 
your belief about the existance of God?
[19:11] <Plover> I lean towards atheism
[19:11] <NedFlndrs> ??
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[19:12] <Plover> So you are not Lutherian
[19:12] <NedFlndrs> can you explain for me..I dont know 
you :)
[19:12] <Plover> I lean towards atheism
[19:12] <Plover> <NedFlndrs> ??
[19:12] <Plover> I lean towards atheism
[19:13] <NedFlndrs> Plover....I asked for a statement 
about what you believe/base your Non belief on....
[19:13] <NedFlndrs> a description is not a statement 
that tells me much...there are many views
[19:13] <Plover> Very complex subject, the evolution 
of  religious thought
[19:15] <Xpressor> or any thought for that matter
[19:15] <NedFlndrs> BRB
[19:15] <fatjac> PLover:Would you be interested in a 
philosophical proof for the existence of GOd?
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[19:16] <Xpressor> do you believe there is no God
[19:16] <Plover> Sure, but Ive probably already heard 
it
[19:16] <Plover> Not me, Z
[19:16] <Plover> X rather
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[19:17] <^Sioux> woah
[19:17] <fatjac> Plover I've broken it up in 6 parts. 
Anybody here object if I run it, or shall we go to 
chat.
[19:17] <Xpressor> i would im allways up for learnin
[19:17] <fatjac> Are we laggin again?
[19:18] <fatjac> Ok here we ggo!
[19:18] <C5H8O2> id personally like to see it
[19:18] <fatjac> If we examine the universe we find that 
everything that does exist might very well have not 
existed. i.e. We ourselves exist but might very well 
not have existed had not a man and woman met and mated.
[19:18] <Xpressor> re sioux!
[19:18] <fatjac> Nothing therefore is the explanation 
of its own existence. In other words their existence 
in contingent upon something else. Each thing has existence 
and can pass on existence, but did not originate existence.
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[19:18] <fatjac> It is impossible to conceive of a universe 
consisting exclusively of contingent beings, i.e. beings 
which are only receivers of existence and not originators.
[19:18] <Xpressor> re ned!
[19:18] <newsong> fatjac!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[19:18] <fatjac> If nothing exists save beings that receive 
their existence, how does anything exist at all? Where 
do they receive their existence from? If each being 
receives its existence from another how did existence 
get in the system at all?
[19:18] <fatjac> We are driven then to see that contingent 
beings could not exist at all unless there is also 
a being which differs from them by possessing existence 
in its own right. It does not have to receeive existence 
it simply has existence.


[19:18] <fatjac> It is not contingent: It simply is. 
This is the Being we call God.
[19:18] <newsong> radio guys all over tonight...hmmmmmmmm...
[19:18] <fatjac> That all folks
[19:19] <newsong> fatjac....hope i didn't chase you off!!!
[19:19] <fatjac> Hope you're loggin PLover.
[19:19] <Xpressor> what is your reason for believing 
there is no God?
[19:19] <C5H8O2> fatjac-are you saying that anything 
in the universe could not exist, and the universe would 
still exist?
[19:20] <Plover> Sorry very trite
[19:20] <newsong> hello Ned
[19:20] <Xpressor> im game but i prefer plover have his 
preference
[19:20] <NedFlndrs> brb......I have a problem here
[19:20] <Plover> Arostotelian
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[19:21] <fatjac> C5:Sure. Many things no longer exist 
but the universe still exists. That does not mean though 
that the universe could not cease to exist.
[19:21] <Plover> Like the unmoved mover, very primitive
[19:21] <C5H8O2> if the universe had no positive charged 
particles, would the universe be able to exist?
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[19:22] <Plover> Not in this form
[19:22] <fatjac> PLover:Not Aristotlean, Scholastic.
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[19:23] <fatjac> PLover:So cite your objections.
[19:23] <Plover> Whats Scholastic?
[19:23] <fatjac> PLover:Thomas Aquinas.
[19:24] <Plover> ITs just the same old, first cause argument, 
in different dress
[19:24] <fatjac> Plover:Sooo?
[19:24] <Xpressor> is there a flaw in that arguement?
[19:25] <Plover> So the usual retort is skip a step and 
just say we always existed
[19:25] <Plover> Conservation of energy
[19:26] <fatjac> PLover:Which begs the question.
[19:26] <Plover> What does it mean to say simply has 
existance?
[19:26] <Plover> You imply outside time?
[19:27] <newsong> and God is....outside of time.....God 
created time
[19:27] <fatjac> I really don't think the problem is 
so much arriving at a Prime Mover. I think the problem 
is what have we found when we get there. What kind 
of being is this God?
[19:28] <Plover> Or what is Gd or what is it that exists
[19:28] <newsong> that begs the question....How BIG is 
God?
[19:28] <fatjac> Plover:Has existence in ther sense that 
it need not receive existence. It is infinite existence. 
It cannot not exist.
[19:28] <Plover> If Gd exists He should reveil Hinself 
directly
[19:29] <newsong> of course...he did...Plover...in flesh 
and blood!!!!!
[19:29] <Plover> huh, outside time I think would be a 
better argument
[19:29] <fatjac> Plover:So GOd's not running the universe 
the way you think He should?<G>
[19:29] <Plover> True, f
[19:30] <fatjac> Plover:Outside time? That's close enough.
[19:30] <Plover> But we dont need to assume it, conservation 
of energy is enough
[19:31] <newsong> are I just a shadow...or do I exist!!!!
[19:31] <newsong> like...ok...you're ignored me...I get 
the hint
[19:31] <fatjac> Plover:Perhaps I don't understand what 
you mean by 'conservation of energy', but where did 
the energy come from? You still have to reach the end 
of the chain.
[19:31] <Plover> Sorry dont mean to ignore you, New
[19:32] <newsong> well..thank you Plover
[19:32] <fatjac> newsong:Sorry, been too busy typing. 
How you been?
[19:32] <newsong> fine...feeling somewhat ignored...however...
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[19:32] <newsong> thank-you....I think
[19:32] <Plover> You know how it is, I dont type that 
fast
[19:32] <newsong> anyhow..continue your agrument.....
[19:33] <newsong> Plover..you made a interesting statement 
earlier...
[19:33] <fatjac> newsong:YOu're welcome....I think..
[19:33] <Xpressor> plover i may have missed something..but 
have you always existed
[19:33] <Plover> Well where did the energy come from, 
I wish I could answer that conclucivly and win a Noble 
Prize
[19:34] <Xpressor> is that your  arguement?
[19:34] <fatjac> PLover:How about our 'uncaused cause'?
[19:34] <newsong> Plover....I believe your answer is 
in Genesis 1:1....now collect your prize
[19:34] <Plover> Perhaps the energy always existed
[19:35] <EAC4105> yeah-why is this uncaused cause differnet 
from anything else?  since you said that everything 
has a cause, why is this an exception?
[19:35] <fatjac> Plover:Many agnostics get this far and 
then refuse to grant God personality.
[19:35] <newsong> perhaps...as the scientists conquer 
the last hill of the question...why and how....they 
will reach the summit...and find God cheerfully sitting 
atop....welcoming...and saying..what took you so long
[19:35] <Plover> No I really dont think so, N, I will 
admit Gen. 1:1 is a very beautifull and simple passage
[19:35] <newsong> so simple....yet so profound!!!
[19:35] <fatjac> EAC:This the exception. The one being 
who's existence is totally necessary.
[19:36] <Plover> The 1st 2 chapters of Gen. are 2 different 
sources edited together
[19:36] <Plover> it is clear
[19:36] <newsong> it is?...Plover
[19:37] <Xpressor> are you the energy?
[19:37] <Plover> I appears so
[19:37] <EAC4105> which seems to contradict the first 
part of your argument...
[19:37] <fatjac> Plover:Answer me this. When you think 
of the concept God don't you imagine a kindly old man 
like Uncle Louie???
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[19:37] <Plover> f, no I dont think so
[19:37] <fatjac> Eac:No, I think is nessecitated by the 
first part.
[19:38] <fatjac> Plover:You sure? I know I have a tendency 
to do that even though I know it's absurd.
[19:38] <Xpressor> plover are you saying there is no 
created thing ...no tempral ..all is eternal
[19:38] <Plover> How about the Enuma Elish, new
[19:39] <fatjac> PLover: Huh??
[19:39] <Xpressor> im just tryin to understand whats 
being meant
[19:39] <EAC4105> "everthing that does exist might very 
well have not existed" why is god an exception?  if 
he is something that exists, then it would be logical 
for you to say it would be posssible for the univ

erse to be, w/o god
[19:39] <Plover> I saying I dont know, but we cant say 
it must be a certain way
[19:39] <Xpressor> plover are you saying there is no 
created thing ...no tempral ..all is eternal
[19:39] Action: newsong hope you dudes stay on for 
awhile...newsong is busy over at another channel and 
will come by shortly
[19:39] <Plover> Babylonian Creation
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[19:40] <EAC4105> heya winks
[19:40] <fatjac> Eac:Sorry, I don't quite follow you. 
Are you saying that God is only a part of the universe?
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[19:41] Action: newsong loves creation argument!!!!!
[19:42] <EAC4105> how does anything exist outside the 
universe?
[19:42] <Xpressor> so are you a naturalist?
[19:42] <Plover> E what is conscousness?
[19:43] <Plover> X we see that energy is conserved
[19:43] <Xpressor> a part of nature?
[19:44] <fatjac> EAC:Why shouldn't anything exist outside 
of the universe?
[19:44] Action: EAC4105 is sitting at the computer 
naked :-)
[19:44] <fatjac> Eac:Keep both hands oon the keyboard 
you bad boy>
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[19:44] <Xpressor> so all is nature ?
[19:44] <Xpressor> and nature is eternal?
[19:44] Action: newsong covers EAC4105 with the righteouness 
of God....and shuts everone's eyes
[19:44] <EAC4105> what is the meaning of "outside the 
universe"?  
[19:44] <Xpressor> plover are you a naturalist?
[19:44] <Xpressor> sorry i dont understand what your 
getting at by saying that
[19:44] <Xpressor> plover are you a naturalist?
[19:44] <fatjac> Eac:The universe is hopelessly finite. 
It is made up of parts. Parts can come apart and be 
reassmbled as something else. 
[19:44] <Plover> X, of course it seems strange to say 
the physical universe always existed
[19:44] <EAC4105> PRETTY MUCH I THINK THAT THE TERM "OUTSIDE 
THE UNIVERSE" IS MEANINGLESS
[19:45] <EAC4105> damn caps
[19:45] <Plover> E, it is surely philosophical
[19:45] <newsong> hehehehe
[19:45] <newsong> offda...EAC...thought you were getting 
a little heated!!!
[19:45] <Xpressor> plover are you a naturalist?
[19:46] <fatjac> EAC:In your experience you haven't seen 
anything else, right?
[19:46] <Plover> X, naturalist, a scientist you mean?
[19:46] <EAC4105> right
[19:46] <Xpressor> do you think that all is nature and 
was not created by a creator
[19:46] <fatjac> EAC:But spiritual things do exist. Love, 
beauty, justice, truth.
[19:47] <EAC4105> x-yes
[19:47] <EAC4105> fat-exist as concepts.  
[19:47] <Plover> X, I dont know, perhaps, I wont put 
may faith in something to speculative
[19:47] <Plover> at least not fully
[19:48] <Xpressor> was it created by radom chance?
[19:48] <fatjac> EAC:Love is a little more than a concept, 
I think.
[19:48] <Plover> How should I know, Im not God
[19:48] <newsong> hmmm....so there is a God..Plover
[19:48] <newsong> hmmm...someone beyond..Plover
[19:49] <Plover> I think  said, I dont know, Im not a 
hard nosed atheist
[19:49] <Xpressor> so your sayin that you just dont know?
[19:49] <fatjac> X:If you examnine the universe you see 
that nothing happens randomly.
[19:49] <EAC4105> x-i dont know.  the universe right 
now does not go on randomly.  wether or not the universe, 
at the time of the big bang, could have gone on differently 
is a differnet question
[19:49] <Plover> right, I dont know but the evidence 
seems to point to religion being a human construct
[19:50] <fatjac> EAC:When scientists say things happen 
randomly they mean they haven't figured out the cause 
and effect yet.
[19:50] <Xpressor> well if it is created without reson 

[19:51] <Plover> fat, who says things happen randomly
[19:51] <EAC4105> fat (from a long time ago)-love is 
an emotion, and does seem to be caused by complex biochemistry
[19:51] <fatjac> X:If everything else has a reason why 
jump to the conclusion the creation was without reason?
[19:52] <Xpressor> well if it is created without reason 
then we cant use logic to argue anything cuz our logic 
would be based soley on random chance
[19:52] <fatjac> EAC:So that's what you call it!<G>
[19:52] <fatjac> X:True!
[19:52] <EAC4105> x-are you opperating under the assumption 
that everything has an eternal cause?  if so, i have 
a question.
[19:53] <EAC4105> btw, i have to be leaving soon (lab 
closes)
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[19:54] <EAC4105> zen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
[19:54] <ZenRookie> hey 
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[19:54] <EAC4105> x-did you get my last message?
[19:54] <fatjac> EAC:Me to, also. Been fun though.
[19:54] <Xpressor> sorry where wre we
[19:54] <EAC4105> heya dharma
[19:54] <Xpressor> no
[19:55] <Xpressor> i dont think
[19:55] <fatjac> Hey newsong catch you tomorrow?
[19:55] <dharma> namaste eac
[19:55] <Xpressor> what was it?
[19:55] <fatjac> It's 'Howdy-Doody' time. My gin and 
tonic are calling. Bye.
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[19:55] <Xpressor> bye fat!
[19:55] <EAC4105> are you operating under the assumption 
that concepts have extermnal causes (love, morality, 
law, etc)?  if so, i got a question
[19:55] <newsong> sure...fatjac....enjoyed your argument....(smarter 
than the average bear...eigh)
[19:55] <Plover> So want does anyone thing about Gen. 
1 and 2 being edited from 2 sources
[19:56] <newsong> not here.......
[19:56] <ZenRookie> So, I was having a discussion with 
a christian this morning, who claims the bible does 
NOT preach a firey hell.  I an not christian, but I 
say that it does.  What do y'all think?
[19:56] <newsong> you see..... Plover....they feed such 
data into a computer..I hear....in fact...all 5 books 
of the Pentetauh (spelling?)
[19:56] <Plover> Z, depends on what part
[19:56] <Xpressor> a thought is only as valid as its 
souce
[19:57] <Xpressor> source
[19:57] <newsong> Plover...do you know what the computer 
said?
[19:57] <dharma> Zen- from my experience, the bible canot 
be taken literally at all
[19:57] <Plover> What, n
[19:57] <ZenRookie> plover: he said that there was no 
firey hell at any point, and I pointed to Jude 1:7 
which certainly seems to refer to one.
[19:57] <newsong> interesting....Plover....same author....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[19:57] <ZenRookie> of course, at that point, he claimed 
that Jude 1:7 was symbolic.  
[19:57] <Plover> Gen and Ex --  2 different authors
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[19:58] <newsong> of course...I would conjucture....that 
if the entire Bible were feed into a computer and asked 
who the author was....the computer would reply....same 
author
[19:58] <Plover> The order of creation is different
[19:58] <Plover> Then the computer would be wrong
[19:58] <newsong> hmmmmmmmm....really
[19:58] <Plover> Yes, read it
[19:58] <dharma> plo- based on/
[19:58] <ZenRookie> newsong: that is ridiculous.  there 
are many styles in the bible.  one would never conclude 
that Isaiah and Job for instance were written by the 
same person.
[19:59] <dharma> plo- based on?
[19:59] <Plover> Now was man created
[19:59] <newsong> hehehe....yes Zen...I understand....
[19:59] <Plover> In Gds image or from dust
[19:59] <Xpressor> if the validity of thought is based 
on random chance,one can not use it to argue anything
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[19:59] <EAC4105> x-thats not what i asked.  do concepts 
have an external source?
[20:00] <newsong> well lets see....Plover...does God 
have eyes...does man have eyes....does God hear...does 
man hear....does God have emotions...does man have 
emotions...
[20:00] <Xpressor> we think them
[20:00] <newsong> Does man remember...does God remember
[20:00] <Xpressor> no
[20:00] <Plover> Be serious
[20:00] <EAC4105> ah well.  gotta go.  bye
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[20:00] <ZenRookie> Does man deny god, does god deny 
man?
[20:01] <Plover> huh, Z
[20:01] <newsong> depends upon which god you are invoking..Zen
[20:01] <Plover> No comment on  Gen  1  and 2?
[20:01] <ZenRookie> how many gods are there?
[20:01] <newsong> There is only one God....but many gods...or 
dieties....
[20:02] <ZenRookie> gen 1 and 2 were not necessarily 
written by more than one person, yet they are obviously 
two tellings of the same myth, interwoven into one 
reading.
[20:02] <Plover> right, Z, but 2  different names of 
Gd  are used in each story
[20:03] <Plover> At any rate that creation story had 
2 variant forms we know of
[20:04] <Xpressor> so plver have we determined wether 
athe creater exists?
[20:05] <newsong> what troubles you exactly about the 
2 creation stories...Plover...?
[20:05] Action: Xpressor types poorly
[20:05] <Plover> No we are talking about weather the 
bible represents Him
[20:06] <Xpressor> so the creator exists?
[20:06] <Plover> Im not troubled, look at the order of 
creation, man in particular
[20:07] <newsong> yeah...don't get your point
[20:07] <Xpressor> plover,does the creator exist?
[20:07] <Xpressor> sorry i have to stay with apoint
[20:07] <Xpressor> if possible
[20:08] <Plover> You you see the 2 orders?
[20:08] <newsong> what 2 orders...?
[20:08] Action: ZenRookie never thought that proving 
(if that were possible) that a creator existed was 
necessarily the same as proving God exists.  They do 
not have to be the same intity.
[20:08] <ZenRookie> entity.
[20:08] <Plover> In 1 man is created last correct
[20:08] <Plover> man and woman together
[20:08] <newsong> Plover..activiate the bot for the verses 
you're looking at
[20:09] <Xpressor> i'll go away if you'll answer me
[20:09] <Plover> Dont know how, but you can
[20:09] <Xpressor> i'll go away if you dont .. just thought 
it would be nice
[20:10] <Plover> About the creator, X
[20:10] <newsong> the 2nd creation account is a amplification 
of the first.....data that God...so to speak..zero's 
in on...
[20:10] <Plover> Hardly, it is very different
[20:10] <ZenRookie> newsong, however, in the second creation 
story, the order of events is different.  that is not 
an amplification but a contradiction, no?
[20:10] <newsong> He's just amplifies the information 
about man...which is his crowning point of creation...
[20:11] <Plover> new, what do you do are you a student?
[20:11] <newsong> where do you see the order different??????
[20:12] <ZenRookie> did you read the verses?
[20:12] <newsong> The 1st puts man on the 6th day....does 
it say man was created on a different day?
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[20:12] <newsong> why?
[20:12] <newsong> lets look at the verses
[20:12] <newsong> !niv gen 2 4
[20:12] <ZenRookie> in chapter 1, all the animals come 
before adamn, in chapter 2 god made the animals after 
adam to be his companions.
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[20:13] <newsong> give me the verse that states such...Zen...
[20:13] <Plover> Zen very good, Adam fails to find a 
mate in the 2nd amoung the animals
[20:13] <Plover> and so Eve is created
[20:14] <ZenRookie> Gen 1:24 God creates animals, Gen 
1:27 God creates Man.  Gen 2:7 God makes man, Gen 2:19 
God makes animals
[20:14] <newsong> the 2nd account is looking at the same 
picture...from a different angle....
[20:14] <ZenRookie> i love that "different angle" argument. 
 it can ignore all kinds of stuff.
[20:14] <ZenRookie> but, have fun ignoring the facts, 
i must go eat.
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[20:15] <newsong> In the context of the verse...God is 
saying Adam is the one who named the animals....God 
makes the point that He..God...made the animals...and 
they were brought to Adam for their naming...
[20:15] <Xpressor> the proof of God is the impossibility 
of the opposite 
[20:15] <Xpressor> the proof of God is the impossibility 
of the opposite 
[20:15] <newsong> hehehe....there is no opposite to God!
[20:16] <newsong> why did you ask if I was a student....Plover?
[20:17] <Plover> You should be able to decern the 2 different 
orders
[20:17] <newsong> ok...explain...
[20:18] <Plover> We already did
[20:18] <newsong> oh...since I do not see 2 different 
orders in the light you do...I am, therefore, a student?
[20:18] <Plover> So you see the 2 orders
[20:19] <newsong> your terminology....
[20:20] <newsong> But here is what I don't comprehend....if 
you would be so kind....the point of the 2 different 
orders (as you say) is what?
[20:20] <Plover> 2 differnet sources
[20:20] <Plover> 2 different authors
[20:21] <newsong> So because you believe there are 2 
sources...and 2 authors...what conclusion does that 
bring you to?
[20:21] <newsong> yo=you to
[20:21] <newsong> opps...lag...
[20:21] <Plover> That Moses didnt write it for one
[20:22] <newsong> i'll be bright back..
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[20:22] <newsong> So your conclusion with you hypothesis 
is?
[20:22] <newsong> ok...
[20:22] <Xpressor> it doesnt say they were created in 
a different order
[20:22] <Plover>  That Moses didnt write it for one
[20:22] <newsong> that's my point X...
[20:22] <Xpressor> it just sez that he did create them
[20:22] <newsong> ok...1st point...and...
[20:23] <newsong> ditto..Xpressor...
[20:23] <Xpressor> i think your reading in to the text
[20:23] <Xpressor> i think your reading in to the text
[20:23] <Plover> he did create them?
[20:23] <Xpressor> it doesnt say they were created in 
a different order
[20:23] <Xpressor> it just sez that he did create them
[20:23] <newsong> Plover...1st point Moses didn't write 
it for one....and then that conclusion leads to?
[20:23] <newsong> he...being?
[20:24] <Xpressor> it doesnt say "then he created"
[20:24] <Plover> It implies it is man creation
[20:24] <Xpressor> merely "he did
[20:24] <newsong> !niv 4 4
[20:24] <newsong> !niv Gen 4 4
[20:24] <Xpressor> on what do you base that 
[20:25] <Xpressor> there no reason to assume
[20:25] <Xpressor> that
[20:25] <Plover> huh?
[20:25] <newsong> 1st creation account....Created used......2nd 
creation account...made used...different terms
[20:25] <newsong> !niv gen 4 4
[20:26] <newsong> Plover...do you have a bible?
[20:26] <Plover> yes
[20:26] <Xpressor> i may get bumped out any time now 

[20:26] <newsong> gen 4:4...says.....WHEN the Lord God 
MADE the earth and the heavens...
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[20:26] <Xpressor> so dont think me rude if i disapear
[20:27] <Xpressor> yes he did but it doesnot specify 
when
[20:27] <newsong> yep...don't see the term "created" in 
2nd chapter at all...
[20:27] <newsong> why...X...will you get bumped?
[20:28] <newsong> As compared with Gen 1:1...In the beginning 
god CREATED....
[20:28] <Xpressor> God
[20:28] <newsong> Plover...are you there?
[20:28] <Plover> yes
[20:29] <Xpressor> what??
[20:29] <newsong> your 1st point was...Moses didn't write 
Genesis...you say....and then from there your conclusions 
are?
[20:29] <Plover> That Gen and Ex  were from  2 sources
[20:30] <Xpressor> @@gen 2:19
[20:30] <Xpressor> o h well
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[20:30] <newsong> yes...that you stated...therefore, 
you say Moses didn't write...but from there you are 
not stating your conclusions
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[20:30] <Xpressor> out of the ground thelord God
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[20:31] <newsong> I don't get your conclusion or the 
connection...as a student, of course
[20:31] <BkakSheep> hi
[20:31] <Xpressor> formed every beast
[20:31] <Xpressor> it doesnt say when
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[20:31] <Xpressor> i dont see what the problem is 
[20:32] <Plover> It is only part or an argument
[20:32] <Plover> of an
[20:32] <Xpressor> the 2 accounts do not differ
[20:33] <Plover> because of the words created and made?
[20:33] <Xpressor> so have we determined that we cannot 
argue the absence of the creator?
[20:34] <newsong> sorry guys...traffic on my channel...brb
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[20:34] <Plover> we have
[20:34] <Xpressor> {{{{{{{{{{{{sioux}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
[20:35] <Xpressor> i get 6 hrs a day
[20:35] <Xpressor> i think im over it ?!?!?!
[20:36] <Xpressor> is the arguement ..the order of creation?
[20:37] <Xpressor> i dont see why you assume that 
[20:38] <Xpressor> is it that you think the order of 
creation is different?
[20:38] <Xpressor> and if they were what dif would it 
make?
[20:38] <Xpressor> and ..is there a creator?
[20:39] <Xpressor> it doesnt make a very good part
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[20:39] <Xpressor> is there a dif?
[20:40] <Xpressor> between makin a cow and creatin one?
[20:41] <Xpressor> is this a frankinstien cow or what?
[20:41] <Xpressor> im sorry i dont get it
[20:42] <Xpressor> please enlighten me ...im so confused
[20:43] <Xpressor> hello?
[20:43] <Plover> hello
[20:44] <Xpressor> lagged sorry 
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[20:47] <newsong> Plover..sorry...i'm over on my channel...hopefully 
we can talk again..
[20:50] <Plover> ok Im also on another channel
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