My Apple Challenge IV

[AV1611VET]

Umm...Harry Potter?

Try Israel.

 

[LeSabot]

Try Israel.

It seems pretty reasonable to refer to rogue terrorist nations as Satan. I don't know that they really could have picked a better two as their examples.

 

[AV1611VET]

It seems pretty reasonable to refer to rogue terrorist nations as Satan. I don't know that they really could have picked a better two as their examples.

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Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

 

[Herman Hedning]

Yes, AV, we know you are fiercely pro-Israel. But I hope you understand that the Greater Satan and Lesser Satan in Muslim rhetoric is a political notion, and not a religious one. And a recent notion at that. The alleged "satans" have shifted around a lot over the years. Not long ago, the Lesser Satan was the Soviet Union. France has also had satanic status for a while.

 

[LeSabot]

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I just feel as though a country that harbors known terrorists and provides weapons to terrorists should be considered a rogue terrorist state. I understand that you support terrorism. I don't.

 

[AV1611VET]

Yes, AV, we know you are fiercely pro-Israel.

JERUSALEM !

 

[AV1611VET]

I just feel as though a country that harbors known terrorists and provides weapons to terrorists should be considered a rogue terrorist state. I understand that you support terrorism. I don't.

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[LeSabot]

aUSchwitz

You're right AV, this is fun.

 

[AV1611VET]

aUSchwitz

You're right AV, this is fun.

We've been there! ---

 

[Nathan Poe]

Ya --- Muhammad tried that with the Bible too --- and it didn't work.

He taught that God had a threefold plan of redemption for all of mankind:

• Step One = Moses = convert humanity to Judaism.
• Step Two = Jesus = convert Jews to Christianity.
• Step Three = Muhammad himself = convert Christians to Islam.

Only when it came to implementing Step Three, those who knew their Bibles [correctly] accused him of being a false prophet instead.

Only Muhammed wasn't converting Christians, he was converting the Persians.

This infuriated him, and the man who once embraced Christianity now became one of its biggest adversaries.

Muhammed never "embraced" Christianity. What have you been smoking?

Why do you think they call us the Great Satan today?

Because we plant military bases on their holy lands?

 

[AV1611VET]

Muhammed never "embraced" Christianity. What have you been smoking?

He didn't, huh? What are these?

According to Welch, the Qur'anic verses at this time were not "based on a dogmatic conception of monotheism but on a strong general moral and religious appeal". Its key themes include the moral responsibility of man towards his creator; the resurrection of dead, God's final judgment followed by vivid descriptions of the tortures in hell and pleasures in Paradise...

 

[Nathan Poe]

He didn't, huh? What are these?

Similar to Christianity -- by no means an "embracing."

 

[AV1611VET]

I'm not sure how we could give a scientific answer to mysticism.

Cabal nailed it right out of the gate.

 

[LifeToTheFullest!]

Cabal nailed it right out of the gate.

You could start by descibing environments, locations, recording vitals, and objective behavior during/involving mystic or religious experiences.

 

[AV1611VET]

You could start by descibing environments, locations, recording vitals, and objective behavior during/involving mystic or religious experiences.

Oh, my -- I'll try.

I'm not sure what good that will do, but for what it's worth:

You walk [objective behavior] into a room [location] with a table and a box sitting on top of the table.[environment] The box is 1 cubic foot in size and shape, and has no bottom. [vitals]

I lift the box straight up to show you there is nothing on the table, then I put the box back down. [objective behavior]

When I lift the box up a second time, there sits an apple on the table. [objective behavior, [[changed]] environment]

Question: Assuming this was an actual act of ex nihilo creation, what would be different than if I would have used sleight-of-hand to produce the apple? [specific question]

I'm looking for a specific scientific answer. [objective request]

 

[LifeToTheFullest!]

Oh, my -- I'll try.

I'm not sure what good that will do, but for what it's worth:

I'm sorry, I was referring to the mysticism tidbit, not this silly apple nonsense.

 

[Ayersy]

Quite simple, really. The apple was stuck to the top of the inside of the box. When you put the box back down, it became unstuck, and was on the table.

 

[MoonLancer]

Cute --- but like I said --- please don't make this any harder than it is.

The devil is in the details. And you are not interested in genuine answers. Only the answer you think is correct.

 

[AV1611VET]

I'm sorry, I was referring to the mysticism tidbit, not this silly apple nonsense.

Good -- I'll pass on answering then.

 

[LifeToTheFullest!]

Good -- I'll pass on answering then.

Have you ever tried apple-granola pancakes? Yummy.