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Ebone4rock
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USA
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 Posted - 04/23/2010 : 08:46:03
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I am taking a six hour road trip this afternoon with my brother-in-law who is an Evangelical Christian. Should be interesteing because he really like to talk to me about religion.
Wish me luck.
Anyone have any questions they would like me to ask him?
I'll report back on Sunday night or Monday morning. I'm sure I will have a lot to talk about.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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 Posted - 04/23/2010 : 08:47:44 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
I am taking a six hour road trip this afternoon with my brother-in-law who is an Evangelical Christian. Should be interesteing because he really like to talk to me about religion.
Wish me luck.
Anyone have any questions they would like me to ask him?
I'll report back on Sunday night or Monday morning. I'm sure I will have a lot to talk about.
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Yeah. Ask him what the largest lake in the world is. That always stumps them... |
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2010 : 08:53:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Originally posted by Ebone4rock
I am taking a six hour road trip this afternoon with my brother-in-law who is an Evangelical Christian. Should be interesteing because he really like to talk to me about religion.
Wish me luck.
Anyone have any questions they would like me to ask him?
I'll report back on Sunday night or Monday morning. I'm sure I will have a lot to talk about.
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Yeah. Ask him what the largest lake in the world is. That always stumps them...
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How coincidental. We are going to the world's largest freshwater lake! |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2010 : 09:01:45 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
Originally posted by Kil
Originally posted by Ebone4rock
I am taking a six hour road trip this afternoon with my brother-in-law who is an Evangelical Christian. Should be interesteing because he really like to talk to me about religion.
Wish me luck.
Anyone have any questions they would like me to ask him?
I'll report back on Sunday night or Monday morning. I'm sure I will have a lot to talk about.
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Yeah. Ask him what the largest lake in the world is. That always stumps them...
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How coincidental. We are going to the world's largest freshwater lake!
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Heh. Just more evidence of my psychic abilities. |
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Why not question something for a change?
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2010 : 09:20:51 [Permalink]
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| Heh. Just more evidence of my psychic abilities. |
I am now a believer! Now if you could just give me Saturdays Powerball numbers.......... |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 04/23/2010 : 09:30:47 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
| Heh. Just more evidence of my psychic abilities. |
I am now a believer! Now if you could just give me Saturdays Powerball numbers..........
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That would not be an ethical use of my powers. But I can make a psychic prediction if you play. You will not win. There it is... |
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podcat
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 04/23/2010 : 19:55:43 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
How coincidental. We are going to the world's largest freshwater lake!
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That would probably be either Lake Michigan-Huron or Lake Superior, depending on if you count Michigan-Huron as one body of water or two.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_area |
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Fripp
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 04/24/2010 : 05:06:44 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Yeah. Ask him what the largest lake in the world is. That always stumps them...
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Alright, I'll bite. What IS the largest lake in the world? Superior? |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Posted - 04/24/2010 : 08:59:50 [Permalink]
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Depends on whether freshwater lakes only are considered. If not, the winner is the Caspian Sea -- if by "largest lake" we're talking about surface area.
If we're talking volume, it's deep Lake Baikal for fresh water, the Caspian Sea for salty.
The Caspian Sea should probably be considered a small ocean, actually.
If we're talking surface area only (among freshwater lakes), it's either Superior or Michigan-Huron, depending on whether Huron is considered a part of Michigan, as podcat wrote. (I'd say Michigan-Huron for largest surface area of freshwater lake, since that's really one lake.)
Geology.com has this article. |
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sailingsoul
SFN Addict
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Posted - 04/24/2010 : 12:21:51 [Permalink]
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To bad you didn't think to ask a few days sooner. You might have received one or two great ones. No return trip?
I got a notion from a Richard Dawkins comment. He said something like "all theist are 100% Atheist for all other God's, except their own." Taking that I have this question pre qualified by a statement or two, that I ask people who believe a God exist. By default, theist. I start out saying, "There are theists, Christian's, Muslim's, what have you, that sometimes react negatively toward non-theist, more specifically atheists". I then paused to allow them to digest the statement and agree. Then I continued with, "All Christians for example are atheist when it comes to believing in Ra, Zeus, Knish, etc.". I then pause again to allow them to digest that statement and agree. They have always agreed because it's true. Then I ask, "Other than faith because that can justify belief of false gods. What evidence do theists have that makes belief in any God true, when compared to the false belief in other Gods?" I have only had the occasion to try this out about 4 times. I've tried it out only when doing so comes up naturally in conversation. Actually, I phrase it so I not asking them directly but asking them as a member of a larger group of believers.
I got "I don't know" or " Humm, that's a good question". I get them trying to think of an answer yet never got one and leave it at that. The 2000 census of the island where I live was just under 5000. I don't have a lot of opportunity to try this out. Without appearing a local nut.
I would love to hear of anyone's experience who could try this. SS
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 04/24/2010 : 13:03:43 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by sailingsoul
To bad you didn't think to ask a few days sooner. You might have received one or two great ones. No return trip?
I got a notion from a Richard Dawkins comment. He said something like "all theist are 100% Atheist for all other God's, except their own." Taking that I have this question pre qualified by a statement or two, that I ask people who believe a God exist. By default, theist. I start out saying, "There are theists, Christian's, Muslim's, what have you, that sometimes react negatively toward non-theist, more specifically atheists". I then paused to allow them to digest the statement and agree. Then I continued with, "All Christians for example are atheist when it comes to believing in Ra, Zeus, Knish, etc.". I then pause again to allow them to digest that statement and agree. They have always agreed because it's true. Then I ask, "Other than faith because that can justify belief of false gods. What evidence do theists have that makes belief in any God true, when compared to the false belief in other Gods?" I have only had the occasion to try this out about 4 times. I've tried it out only when doing so comes up naturally in conversation. Actually, I phrase it so I not asking them directly but asking them as a member of a larger group of believers.
I got "I don't know" or " Humm, that's a good question". I get them trying to think of an answer yet never got one and leave it at that. The 2000 census of the island where I live was just under 5000. I don't have a lot of opportunity to try this out. Without appearing a local nut.
I would love to hear of anyone's experience who could try this. SS
Getting theist to THINK and justify there beliefs, beyond their hand waving is my intention. SS |
That's a very good series of questions, a sort of mind experiment using gods as guinea pigs. I will try to use this myself in the future. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 04/24/2010 : 14:11:19 [Permalink]
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I think the series of questions could originate from the musing of this one quote (from whom, I don't remember. And paraphrased.):
"When you understand why you dismiss all other gods but your own, you will understand why I dismiss yours as well"
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Ricky
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Road trip with a Christian
