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by Clivedurdle
Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:09 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Evidence for/against a historical Jesus
Replies: 1119
Views: 9682

I wonder if academia is moving to a minimalist position - accepting the Christian Bible tells us nothing about a real Jesus, using various jesi - rabbi, rebel, Jew, wealthy, acknowledging the midrashic and literary bases of Mark. Maybe what is needed is some diplomatic negotiations? You know your id...
by Clivedurdle
Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:53 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: The public square and private money: The best ideas money can sell
Replies: 43
Views: 357

Definition of public square is not large enough - it is actually the universe that is the commonwealth. Next problem is that something that should enable and strengthen the commons - money, actually privatises everything it touches and creates inequality, waste, pollution, inefficiency. Our democrac...
by Clivedurdle
Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:19 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Self sufficiency is illegal? One man's side of things..
Replies: 27
Views: 377

Interesting to ask if he eats bananas or uses cooking oils or petrol. They all have huge complex creation, management and supply chains!
by Clivedurdle
Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:00 am
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Evidence for/against a historical Jesus
Replies: 1119
Views: 9682

It is now 43688, one split over an argument about what is light.
by Clivedurdle
Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:59 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Uganda's Gay Porn Obsession: Why A Nation With Anti-Gay Laws Is Leading The Way
Replies: 2
Views: 117

The curse of the puritans and fundamentalists again, no one can live with them - including themselves (so they kill themselves and others and live double lives) leading the rest of us to find other ways, like in Russia as Solzhenitsyn described. Music and dance and joy and sensory stimulation and co...
by Clivedurdle
Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:56 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Evidence for/against a historical Jesus
Replies: 1119
Views: 9682

But what about the Lord's brother!
by Clivedurdle
Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:31 pm
Forum: Science Discussions
Topic: Satan and science
Replies: 22
Views: 393

Satan must have a significant percentage of the omnipotence of God, otherwise God would not have to go to underhand deep truth Aslanesque CSLewis techniques involving sacrificing his only begotten son. And as Satan has all of eternity and all the brain power of all the naughty people, I see no reaso...
by Clivedurdle
Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:13 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Timeless, eternal, forever, infinite
Replies: 24
Views: 222

But that is why they are three in one, if one god can't lift it, three can!
by Clivedurdle
Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:30 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Timeless, eternal, forever, infinite
Replies: 24
Views: 222

infinity factorial.


to the power of infinity factorial (plus one)


(Have we created the largest number here?)
by Clivedurdle
Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:27 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Timeless, eternal, forever, infinite
Replies: 24
Views: 222

King Arthur is known as the once and future king. Methinks we might be looking at poetry and myth with these ideas, probably an enlightenment heresy to try and measure this stuff!