tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post201132245374669311..comments2024-02-13T18:15:00.083-05:00Comments on TRIADWATCH: Why would many not want an invocation as opposed to a moment of silence at publicly funded Greensboro City Council meetings?Triadwatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01470318773895235030noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-17070643458353947972010-05-31T13:09:52.536-04:002010-05-31T13:09:52.536-04:00If sentiency is exceptionally rare
and cognitive t...If sentiency is exceptionally rare<br />and cognitive thought could be one of the best things ever<br />should life be lived for as long<br />and in the best circumstances possible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-364653185763806332010-05-31T13:08:59.404-04:002010-05-31T13:08:59.404-04:00If there’s no certainty of what was, is, will be, ...If there’s no certainty of what was, is, will be, or why<br />is the only certainty present thought?<br /><br />Is the present a point of no return?<br /><br />Is yesterday tomorrow today?<br /><br />Does time exist independently<br />of human consciousness?<br /><br />Can reality not be<br />or be more than you think?<br /><br />If just under the speed of light travel slows time<br />and an hour can be experienced in a minute<br />can a minute be lived in an hour?<br /><br />"Here we are and it is now<br /><br />Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine"<br /><br />H L Mencken<br /><br />Is everything just right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-66995435066523853282010-05-31T13:07:51.536-04:002010-05-31T13:07:51.536-04:00What are you remembering
if you don’t remember but...What are you remembering<br />if you don’t remember but then do?<br /><br />Could everything have already happened<br />and you’re just remembering it?<br /><br />Is the present a place you’ve never been?<br />Is yesterday a certainty<br />if the past is dependent on the present?<br /><br />Could the present and past<br />be from the future?<br /><br />Would the universe have to be recreated<br />to make a doughnut from scratch?<br /><br />If the Sun<br />which could burn out in about five billion years<br />revolves with another 100 to 400 billion stars<br />around the center of the Milky Way galaxy<br />about once every 250 million years<br />in a universe with ~140 billion galaxies<br />how long is a day to who?<br /><br />If Earth spins ~1,043 mph at the equator<br />revolves at about 66,660 mph around the sun<br />around the Milky Way at about 489,600 mph<br />towards Andromeda at ~180,000 mph<br />towards the Local Super Cluster at about 540,000 mph<br />how fast are we surfing space?<br /><br />Could everything be simultaneous?<br /><br />Is everything but the here and now<br />supposition?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-24053921258659050232010-05-31T13:06:54.935-04:002010-05-31T13:06:54.935-04:00Who knew Earth wasn’t in the center of the univers...Who knew Earth wasn’t in the center of the universe<br />before 1514?<br /><br />Who knew of dinosaurs<br />before 1855?<br /><br />Did anyone know of other galaxies<br />before 1923?<br /><br />Who knew there were trillions <br />of more than 2,000 species of microorganisms living in the human body before 2008?<br /><br />When what lives dies and/or matter disintegrates<br />does what was become part of something else?<br /><br />"Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars<br />and been part of millions of organisms on its way to becoming you"<br /><br />Bill Bryson<br /><br />If something started everything and everything’s the same only different<br />is everything everything?<br /><br />If there was, is, and will be only so much stuff<br />how old are you?<br /><br />If what is, is until it’s not<br />is non-sentiency more probable than sentiency?<br /><br />Could there be other universes with sentient life<br />inside this one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-24273980459791332522010-05-31T12:34:57.185-04:002010-05-31T12:34:57.185-04:00If abortion were illegal in one state
should law e...If abortion were illegal in one state<br />should law enforcement and social services personnel<br />be diverted from other duties to detain and incarcerate women<br />for leaving the state to receive an abortion?<br /><br />If abortion became illegal<br />who would care for the increased number of potentially unwanted babies<br />and who should pay for the increased taxpayer costs?<br /><br />Should a married pregnant unemployed high school drop out<br />who knows the child will have AIDS and autism <br />have to receive permission from her husband to get an abortion<br />after being raped by her schizophrenic brother-in-law?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-30144233395828597452010-05-31T12:32:57.834-04:002010-05-31T12:32:57.834-04:00If about 1,500 animal species
including bears, gor...If about 1,500 animal species<br />including bears, gorillas, flamingos, owls, dolphins and salmon<br />exhibit same-sex sexual behavior <br />is homosexuality natural? <br /><br />If evolution hasn’t eliminated homosexuality<br />does being gay serve a purpose?<br /><br />Can life rise from non-living chemicals?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-90032501090737616562010-05-31T12:31:46.116-04:002010-05-31T12:31:46.116-04:00If sentient beings on another planet played chess ...If sentient beings on another planet played chess with Earthlings<br />whose side would God be on?<br /><br />Does God picks sides in sporting events?<br /><br />If the North Pole melts<br />what happens to Santa?<br /><br />"God was invented to explain mystery<br /><br />God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand"<br /><br />Richard Feynman<br /><br />Why is it in the best interests of organized religion<br /> to be pro life?<br /><br />If something started everything<br />is everything else supposition?<br /><br />Where does it say thou shalt believe?<br /><br />"I like your Christ<br /><br />I do not like your Christians<br />they are so unlike your Christ"<br /><br />Mohandas GandhiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-59898214381526875452010-05-31T12:28:14.066-04:002010-05-31T12:28:14.066-04:00Would the God of rectangles
have four sides?
Can ...Would the God of rectangles<br />have four sides?<br /><br />Can an atheist<br />be superstitious?<br /><br />Do some believe in ghosts<br />to believe in something after death?<br /><br />Should active euthanasia<br />be legalized?<br /><br />Can a robot be one of God’s children<br />and if so, is it OK to enslave intelligent machines?<br /><br />Is a human the only animal on earth<br />capable of both believing in Santa clause<br />and able to realize…?<br /><br />Is dying<br />the first time you don’t see yourself die?<br /><br />Do you get to wear clothes in heaven but not in hell?<br /><br />What do you believe that you can’t prove?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-91534991186441093422010-05-31T12:26:30.302-04:002010-05-31T12:26:30.302-04:00If you were God
would Earth be more important than...If you were God<br />would Earth be more important than humanity?<br /><br />What if it was between fish and humanity?<br /><br />How about vegetation?<br /><br />Have you ever heard a Baptist preacher<br />call anything homogeneous?<br /><br />Would most biblical profits<br />be considered anarchists today?<br /><br />Could this be heaven?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-17704822198784130592010-05-31T12:25:05.864-04:002010-05-31T12:25:05.864-04:00Does hell have to exist
to be saved from it?
Is G...Does hell have to exist<br />to be saved from it?<br /><br />Is God a very strong word?<br /><br />When you say God<br />what do you mean?<br /><br />Is life support God’s will<br />if $100,000 keeping one patient on life support<br />could provide seeds and food for 10,000 starving others?<br /><br />Do Embryos Have Souls?<br /><br />If something started everything<br />is everybody at least about 13.73 billion years old?<br /><br />Why wasn’t under God<br />in the pledge of allegiance before 1954?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-76308454414600768812010-05-31T12:23:12.332-04:002010-05-31T12:23:12.332-04:00If God were a defined certainty
would the number o...If God were a defined certainty<br />would the number of people following different religions increase or decline?<br /><br />What if it were proved an all powerful, all knowing<br />all loving God doesn’t exist?<br /><br />Can God make mistakes?<br /><br />Can God get Alzheimer’s<br />if man was made in his image?<br /><br />Have many adherents of Prosperity Gospel <br />who believe<br /> "God would make a way for people to enjoy the better things in life"<br />been more severely affected by the current financial crisis?<br /><br />"Is man one of Gods blunders<br />or is God one of man’s"<br /><br />Friederich Nietzsche<br /><br />Is evil compatible<br />with an omnipotent and benevolent God?<br /><br />How do you play a game<br />against an omniscient opponent?<br /><br />Would God be invented<br />if he didn’t exist?<br /><br />Could God<br />be an underachiever?<br /><br />Is there an unknown entity that observes everything everyone does<br />at all times?<br /><br />Is America an agent of God?<br /><br />If God is all knowing<br />does God know what’s going to happen before it happens?<br /><br />Was Jesus a Rabbi?<br /><br />If Jesus about 5-foot-1-inch tall and weighed 110 pounds<br />have we evolved?<br /><br />If a female Komodo dragon developed eggs<br />and gave birth without contact with a male for more than a decade<br />is virgin birth rare but not unheard of?<br /><br />Was Christ a successful anarchist?<br /><br />Is the idea of Christ<br />older than Christianity?<br /><br />Why did the Christians who burned others on stakes<br />believe Christ approved?<br /><br />Why do some born-again<br />make some wish they’d never been born?<br /><br />If you don’t know about god and sin<br />and you don’t go to hell<br />why would proselytizers tell those who don’t know?<br /><br />Should Christian values<br />form the basis of America’s publicly funded educational system?<br /><br />Are Christians<br />fighting a holy war with Islam?<br /><br />How many of the founding fathers<br />were ministers?<br /><br />If Adam and Eve had Cane, Able and Seth<br />who did they marry?<br /><br />Why would God predestine some to be gay?<br /><br />Could A Dog Evolve Into A Cat?<br /><br />If a fire breaks out in a fertility clinic<br />and you can only save a canister with five inseminated eggs<br />or one 4-year old child<br />which do you save?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-9441800323322042212010-05-31T12:15:49.502-04:002010-05-31T12:15:49.502-04:00Reasons Greetings
How have monarchies legitimized...Reasons Greetings<br /><br />How have monarchies legitimized leaving kingdoms to kids?<br /><br />Do you lock your car when you go to church?<br /><br />If more than 60 million died in WWII, where are their belongings, and who’s living in their homes?<br /><br />Was Jesus circumcised?<br /><br />Would Jesus want everyone to be circumcised?<br /><br />Why should men be able to get drugs so they can have sex<br />but women cannot be given the same access to needed drugs<br />so they can have sex safely and without the risk of becoming pregnant?<br /><br />Do men somehow have more of a right to sex than women<br />as implied by the unequal coverage of these drugs?<br /><br />If men are entitled to keep having sex beyond the age of erectile impotence are women woman entitled to remain fertile beyond menopause?<br /><br />Why does insurance reimburse for Viagra, but not birth control?<br /><br />Is it immoral to provide contraceptive measures<br />to a woman who has been raped?<br /><br />Why has the US dollar’s purchasing power declined by more than 80%<br />since the motto “In God we trust” was added to the dollar bill in 1957?<br /><br />If abortion was illegal<br />what should be the prison sentence for the mother?<br /><br />Does religion help prevent the poor<br />from killing the rich?<br /><br />Do suicide bombers<br />act in ways they think God wants them to?<br /><br />Do you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-78431551588744486392010-05-31T10:38:01.856-04:002010-05-31T10:38:01.856-04:00"The fewer the words, the better the prayer&q..."The fewer the words, the better the prayer"<br /><br />Martin LutherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com