Ask Im_A

[Eudaimonist]

1.If the Earth is not round/oval, what shape it will be?

A dodecahedron. Or something else.

2.Which one is before the sky or the Earth?

They arise in mutual dependence on each other.

3. Why people have different colors?

Because we aren't color blind.

4. Why we only have five fingers?

Because we were lucky enough not to be born with six.

5. Why ants are blind?

Because they touch.

6. Why water is more than land?

Because there is so much water.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Im_A]

1. What happened to your face?

skin problems. too oily

2. Do you want to borrow some Krazy Glue?

if i'd ever need some, i'll hunt you down.

3. True or false: all polar bears are left-handed.

i didn't know they could write.

 

[Rascaduanok]

No, they just wipe their bums with their left paws…

 

[ahmid]

"The Abyss of Nonexistance" was a phrase used by a particular fundamentalist on this forum, who thought that the notion of death without an afterlife was so utterly gruesome as to deserve such a label. He's the sort of Christian who maintains that the only thing keeping him from becoming a sociopath is the threat of hell and the promise of heaven: "behave, get a cookie"-morality.

You mention 'threat of hell' as the basis for a christian's faith? If you only knew God; 'fear' in christianity means great respect - not 'fright' as in Islam.

As in hermeneutics, the first rule is 'let the bible interpret itself.' God foresaw the multiple interpretations mankind would read of his word and it is for his glory... so that each person in his/her own way finds Him... but His glory includes clarifying everything on the Lord's day.

Who can know Him unless one has His mind/spirit?

I stayed away from your 'ask a pantheist' seeing you did not answer my responses in the 'paul' thread. Can we see an actual photo of you? Why do you hide behind a fictitous character?

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Even as Paul thru Jesus Christ convinced idol worshiping infidels in the first century; likewise do I move about Breaking the Sword of Islam. For the true G*d so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life. I will love G*d and my neighbor. By Jesus Christ, all evil is bound from hindering. --- Ahmid Truth

G*d thru Jesus Christ bless Zakaria Botros - today he is reaching up to 50 million Muslims in the middle east through televised evangelism via satellite. Reportedly hundreds a week are turning to Christ and abandoning Islam... Hallelujah. 3lotus.com

Help Stop Islam! ...over 12,000 selfish attacks since 9/11 ... Islam Kills

 

[ahmid]

eudaimonia,

Mark

Is 'dagon' the philistine serpent/demigod that God slew?

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Even as Paul thru Jesus Christ convinced idol worshiping infidels in the first century; likewise do I move about Breaking the Sword of Islam. For the true G*d so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life. I will love G*d and my neighbor. By Jesus Christ, all evil is bound from hindering. --- Ahmid Truth

G*d thru Jesus Christ bless Zakaria Botros - today he is reaching up to 50 million Muslims in the middle east through televised evangelism via satellite. Reportedly hundreds a week are turning to Christ and abandoning Islam... Hallelujah. 3lotus.com

Help Stop Islam! ...over 12,000 selfish attacks since 9/11 ... Islam Kills

 

[ahmid]

i'll jump in on the bandwagon because rides are fun.

go ahead. give it your best, your most intellectual, your most simplistic, your most offensive.

Can you answer why you are here?

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Even as Paul thru Jesus Christ convinced idol worshiping infidels in the first century; likewise do I move about Breaking the Sword of Islam. For the true G*d so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life. I will love G*d and my neighbor. By Jesus Christ, all evil is bound from hindering. --- Ahmid Truth

G*d thru Jesus Christ bless Zakaria Botros - today he is reaching up to 50 million Muslims in the middle east through televised evangelism via satellite. Reportedly hundreds a week are turning to Christ and abandoning Islam... Hallelujah. 3lotus.com

Help Stop Islam! ...over 12,000 selfish attacks since 9/11 ... Islam Kills

 

[Futuwwa]

You mention 'threat of hell' as the basis for a christian's faith? If you only knew God; 'fear' in christianity means great respect - not 'fright' as in Islam.

Typical infidel double standards. When Christianity teaches it, it is good and holy. When Islam teaches exactly the same thing, it's evil.

 

[Jane_the_Bane]

You mention 'threat of hell' as the basis for a christian's faith? If you only knew God; 'fear' in christianity means great respect - not 'fright' as in Islam.

Tell that to your Christian brethren who seek to convert people with threats of fire and brimstone. Are you trying to suggest that they don't know God?

As in hermeneutics, the first rule is 'let the bible interpret itself.' God foresaw the multiple interpretations mankind would read of his word and it is for his glory... so that each person in his/her own way finds Him... but His glory includes clarifying everything on the Lord's day.

If there's one way of communication that's entirely unfit for transcendental insights, it's language: language is self-referential; it can only point to artificial categories and dichotomies that are a part of itself. As such, multiple interpretations are not only to be expected, they are unavoidable - especially considering that the Bible is not a monolithic whole, but a heterogeneous anthology.

Who can know Him unless one has His mind/spirit?

Actually, I agree with you here: the only way to even glimpse a tiny faction of the incomprehensible, transcendental Reality is to experience it - to be touched by it. Texts cannot possibly be of help there.

I stayed away from your 'ask a pantheist' seeing you did not answer my responses in the 'paul' thread.

Guess I must have missed it. I think I'll look it up; maybe there's some good discussion to be had.

Can we see an actual photo of you?

I'll think about it.

Why do you hide behind a fictitous character?

Hide? I think you are reading quite a lot into that. People use images of tentacled monsters as their avatars, yet I wouldn't go so far as to insinuate that they are "hiding" behind those.
At first I was tempted to interpret this question as a personal attack; a kind of argumentum ad hominem. Perhaps it is - but it's an intriguing question nevertheless.
The most simple answer to your question, as off-topic and inappropriate as it may be, is that I'm a fan of the lovely Miss Hannigan and/or the character she played on BtVS. Now, as to why people might put up pictures of people they adore, I think there's quite a complex psychological dimension to that.
It reminds me of the masks we all wear (and are), even if we are not aware of it. We act differently around different people, without actually trying to deceive - it just follows naturally that we are not the same person in all circumstances. I think of it in terms that are remotely similar to pan(en)theism: my masks are all a part of me, though I transcend them all. My avatar is just an image, just as "Jane the Bane" is - naturally - not my actual name.

 

[Eudaimonist]

Is 'dagon' the philistine serpent/demigod that God slew?

See Dagon.

Dagon worship is used in one or more horror stories by H.P. Lovecraft for creepy effect. In particular, read The Shadow Over Innsmouth. You will find the fictional Esoteric Order of Dagon there.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Im_A]

Can you answer why you are here?

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Even as Paul thru Jesus Christ convinced idol worshiping infidels in the first century; likewise do I move about Breaking the Sword of Islam. For the true G*d so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life. I will love G*d and my neighbor. By Jesus Christ, all evil is bound from hindering. --- Ahmid Truth

G*d thru Jesus Christ bless Zakaria Botros - today he is reaching up to 50 million Muslims in the middle east through televised evangelism via satellite. Reportedly hundreds a week are turning to Christ and abandoning Islam... Hallelujah. 3lotus.com

Help Stop Islam! ...over 12,000 selfish attacks since 9/11 ... Islam Kills

sure

the same reason why i started coming to this site over 4 years ago. to have deep, philosophical discussion and possible debate, and to just talk about all areas of life with people.

 

[morningstar2651]

How would you count all of the phones in Manhattan?

 

[Im_A]

How would you count all of the phones in Manhattan?

call by call

 

[morningstar2651]

See Dagon.

Dagon worship is used in one or more horror stories by H.P. Lovecraft for creepy effect. In particular, read The Shadow Over Innsmouth. You will find the fictional Esoteric Order of Dagon there.


eudaimonia,

Mark

Ever play the Call of Cthulhu video game?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wbwY5y6FGg&feature=related
This part is a pain.

 

[Futuwwa]

Those in the house are indoors, those who are outside it are outdoors. But what about the house itself, is *it* indoors or outdoors?

 

[Eudaimonist]

Ever play the Call of Cthulhu video game?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wbwY5y6FGg&feature=related
This part is a pain.

Yes, and I got past that part. I agree with you that it is a pain.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Chesterton]

Those in the house are indoors, those who are outside it are outdoors. But what about the house itself, is *it* indoors or outdoors?

I'd say the exterior parts of the house are outdoors, and the interior parts are indoors.

 

[Eudaimonist]

Those in the house are indoors, those who are outside it are outdoors. But what about the house itself, is *it* indoors or outdoors?

The answer is undefined. The question is invalid.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Im_A]

Those in the house are indoors, those who are outside it are outdoors. But what about the house itself, is *it* indoors or outdoors?

i'd agree with Eudaimonist.

the house is what defines it being indoor or outdoor, and the house itself can't be either two since it defines if something is outdoor or indoor.

 

[Futuwwa]

So, indoors and outdoors are prepositions?

 

[Eudaimonist]

They are adverbs, but are nevertheless defined as locations relative to shelter of some sort.


eudaimonia,

Mark