WE SHOULD ALL BLAME GOD.....

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  1. Black Dove

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    Yes, because you are falling into the trap of assuming the folk tales you've heard about ghosts, not to mention all the media portrayals, are real. There is no proof that the phenomenon that people think of as "ghosts" are the disembodied spirits of people who have died.
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  2. Diacanu

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    So, about as much evidence for it as the Christian God.

    The one you sneeze at as much as I do.
    Diacanu, Apr 30, 2013
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    No, I'm simply applying the dictionary definition. You described ghosts. Ergo you believe in ghosts.
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  4. Black Dove

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    The dictionary is wrong....and so are you.
    Black Dove, Apr 30, 2013
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    :lol:

    Language is intersubjective, and the dictionary reflects what the commonly agreed upon meaning of a word is within a language. It isn't wrong.

    Your beliefs remain utterly irrational, perhaps even moreso than those held by religious people, who at least have the excuse of upbringing, or the cultural paradigm. To paraphrase, remove the log from your own eye.
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  6. Black Dove

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    Actually, it is. Just like the previously common belief that the earth was flat was equally as wrong.

    Nope, no log involved. However, maybe you should remove thine head from thy own ass.
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    Firstly, that was not a common belief, at least not since antiquity.
    Secondly, an error in fact is not equivalent to an error of definition. The former is objective, the latter is not.

    Feel free to provide some evidence that we are spiritual beings who survive death.

    :cartman:
    RickDeckard, Apr 30, 2013
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  8. Grout

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    Really.. another God thread?

    yes there is!!!! no there isn't!!!!

    :yesno:
    Grout, Apr 30, 2013
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    [yt=THE CHARGE, MAKE KNOWN THE CHARGE!]8Bxuena4mWs[/yt]
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  10. Clyde

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    No, I'm certain this thread will be different. We'll resolve this whole god issue once and for all.
    Clyde, May 4, 2013
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  11. RickDeckard

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    Ironically, this was all resolved at the end of Star Trek V:

    McCOY
    We were speculating...
    (staring out)
    ... is God really out there?

    KIRK
    Maybe He's not out there, Bones.
    Maybe He's right here... in the
    human heart.
    Robotech Master, May 4, 2013
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  13. Diacanu

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    "It's not evidence you'd accept!! :sob:".
    Diacanu, May 4, 2013
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  14. Clyde

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    Don't give up D, maybe this time RickDeckard will listen.
    Clyde, May 4, 2013
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    To what? The voices in BD's head? If I stand really close to him, can I hear them too?
    RickDeckard, May 4, 2013
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