Rook Hawkins - Critical HistorianRook Hawkins - Critical HistorianRook Hawkins is a historian who is currently undergoing the process of Peer Review for the publication of his upcoming book Reinterpreting Scripture. He has been studying the subject of Classical Civilization and comparative religious studies for th
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Pissed...
2006-08-26 08:01:00 In my position, life is not so easy. People who have heard me speak on the subject of History and read my writings on Historically based material, know I know my stuff. In fact, when Richard Carrier tells me I am more learned on a particular subject then he (Gnosticism) it elevates my pride to numerical proportions unheard of. (He's my hero.) But lets face it, we all know I'm a self-taught think-tank with a wealth of knowledge and not much in the ways of credentials. Usually, nobody cares, because the fact is...I'm damn smart. But when I get called a fraud based on the fact that I am an acclaimed expert in this field, it burns me up. read more More About: Pissed
Debate with QW85 Con't
2006-08-23 07:08:00 Quote:[[[I see what you're saying and I respect it... however, there's a lot we don't know.]]] That's the God of the Gaps fallacy again. You're plugging something you don't know into something you don't know. You're filling a gap of vagueness with something incredibly more vague. You don't see a problem with that? Quote:[[[ We're human there are things that our brians can never even beging to comprehend and maybe that's just it. Maybe God is something we physically can not comprhend. ]]] But by admitting this you admit that God has no influence in our lives anyway...even if he did exist he wouldn't physically or mentally effect us in any way. SO why believe in him? His existence is irrelevant to your life. More important things exist...like bills, your family, and your friends, school, your whole future. Why waste that by giving over some of that life, which you will never ever get back, to something which has absolutely no effect on your reality? read more More About: Debate
Debate with QW85
2006-08-23 07:05:00 Here is a debate over several PM's with a person, QW85, who will remain anonymous for the sake of publicity. Anyway, hope you enjoy it. Quote:QW85: Okay see now I see what you're saying and I've run into these people and honestly I want to slap them main because they're the ones who tell me I'm going to hell because I'm not the same Christian religion as they are, in the infamous words of Cheer from Clueless, WHATEVER!!!! I understand, and agree. However these are the same people running our country, the same brainless idiots who force the ban on gay marriages, these are the people in power...and it's the people who don't think like they do who give them the power. read more More About: Debate 1, 2 |
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