Comments by Quetzalcoatl

Comment #169936 by Quetzalcoatl on April 27, 2008 at 5:23 am

riandouglas-

Perhaps we can ask Kardashel for his opinion on this

Just don't mention wormholes.

I'm currently working out an explanation as to why I'm nearly 10 years older than you.

The current Quetzology on this subject is that I am a divine being and have chosen to manifest myself upon Earth in the form of a mortal avatar, currently aged 24.

2652. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169933 by Quetzalcoatl on April 27, 2008 at 5:20 am

riandouglas-

if you're going to claim that you are my son, then you're going to have to tell everyone who the mother is. I don't "do" immaculate conceptions.

2653. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169927 by Quetzalcoatl on April 27, 2008 at 5:07 am

Geoff-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMOmB1q8W4Y

Yes, but I'm Chartered AND Certified, so that doesn't apply! Ha!

2654. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169926 by Quetzalcoatl on April 27, 2008 at 5:00 am

Steve-

If I understand you right, does this mean that we keep them talking about religion? But isn't our territory science and reason (well, for many of us)?

Perhaps the focus should be on the areas where their religious beliefs "inform" their opinions on science and reason, and the claims that they make as a consequence.

But we still should talk about religion, taking the fight to them, so to speak.

2655. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169921 by Quetzalcoatl on April 27, 2008 at 4:54 am

Epeeist-

Q: What's a guy who mocks a god?
A: Someone who is going to have a very unpleasant after-life.

:-)

2656. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169919 by Quetzalcoatl on April 27, 2008 at 4:50 am

Epeeist-

You're a FENCER? I thought you were a milkman!

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Comment #169907 by Quetzalcoatl on April 27, 2008 at 4:28 am

Epeeist-

Have we learnt anything over the past few days about handling a variety of theists, from thisisme and seeker_of_truth to the likes of Remnant and TheTruthID?

Personally, I think that this thread has been quite useful. Witness how quickly Remnant and TheTruthID degenerated into insults and downright evasion when pressed on the questions that had been put to them.

This is the way to go with creationists, I think. If they come to talk, excellent. If they come to throw Scripture, ignore. But those that have come to talk shouldn't be allowed to side-step questions that they don't like. By the same token we shouldn't allow ourselves to get side-tracked by deliberately controversial statements they might introduce to try and shift the focus. Where they try this, we need to keep pressing them on the original question.

Tulum-

Side issue PS Quetzacoatl - South American mythology rules. My wife and I did a trip around (slightly different-I know) the Mayan sites of Chichen,Tulum, Uxmal and the Puuc route.

It absolutely rules. I want to visit Machu Picchu one day, as well as some Aztec sites.

2658. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169614 by Quetzalcoatl on April 26, 2008 at 12:06 pm

txpiper-

If the same species is found preserved on different continents and in the same strata, then there either has to be one flood which was world-wide or multiple floods which occurred quite distant from each other.

You forgot option 3- that the continents were joined then subsequently separated as a consequence of continental drift.

2659. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169188 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 3:38 pm

Thank you, Rian. And that's why I stay away from D&D.

Well, as fun as this has been, I'm off.

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Comment #169177 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 3:31 pm

Why no insult for me? Everyone else got one.
-Pouts, kicks chair leg-

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Comment #169171 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 3:29 pm

Podaar-

I HEREBY GRANT MY BLESSING TO YOUR COFFEE. IT WILL BE BOTH DELICIOUS AND ENERGISING.

Remnant-

Flood?

TruthID-

Insult?

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Comment #169160 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 3:21 pm

Remnant-

when was the Flood?

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Comment #169157 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 3:20 pm

TheTruthID-

so, I take it you couldn't come up with an insult for me? I am so hurt. And I went to such an effort, too.

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Comment #169121 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:52 pm

TheTruthID-

A coward and rubbish at insulting. Perhaps Remnant can give you cake-baking lessons.

2665. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169108 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:46 pm

TheTruthID-

why haven't you insulted me yet? I feel so left out.

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Comment #169101 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:44 pm

Elli-

there are worse animals to be compared to. Pigs are smart, and surprisingly clean ;)

2667. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169095 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:43 pm

Remnant-

Flood.

TheTruthID-

Chicken.

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Comment #169087 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:38 pm

TheTruthID-

you really suck at insulting people. Go on, have a go at me. What can you do with my avatar? I'll bet the others could rattle about ten insults before you'd finished picking your nose and asking "Duh, wot be an avatar?"

2669. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169077 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:36 pm

Epeeist-

I think you're both wrong. What about the soil the plant is growing in?

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Comment #169063 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:31 pm

Elli-

you should be flattered that he's picked you out to be insulted. You must be getting to him.

2671. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169060 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:30 pm

Diacanu-

whatever happened to "turn the other cheek", eh?

And no, not in the Ted Haggard sense.

2672. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169051 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:27 pm

riandouglas-

Quetz (can I call you Quetz - I've never addressed a deity before), it a pic of Havok from the Marvel X-Men universe

Sure, call me what you like. Was Havok in the original X-men cartoons? He looks vaguely familiar. (I know this question makes me sound geeky, but it'll nag at me if I don't ask).

2673. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169044 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:25 pm

Woah, TheTruthID's turning nasty. Ooh! Ooh! Pick on me next! Go on, I dare you!

2674. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169039 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:23 pm

MaxD-

my Taekwondo instructor showed us a way to do that with the heel of our palms. Your way is probably easier, though!

TheTruthID-

perhaps YOU can tell us roughly when the Flood was, laughing-boy?

2675. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169030 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:18 pm

Remnant-

calling us names won't make the question go away. You know what it is.

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Comment #169020 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:15 pm

RianDouglas-

can I ask what your avatar is a picture of?

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Comment #169017 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Remnant-

there was no Flood, right? It's okay. You can admit it. We'll understand.

2678. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #169006 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:05 pm

Remnant-

once again: English, don't care.

The Flood?

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Comment #168995 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 1:58 pm

Remnant-

I'm English, so I don't give a monkey's about what's destroying America.

Roughly when was the Flood?

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Comment #168959 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 1:33 pm

Remnant-

When was the Flood again?

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Comment #168938 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 1:15 pm

Remnant-

roughly when was the Flood again?

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Comment #168894 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 12:40 pm

Any answer to the Flood questions yet?

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Comment #168794 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 11:06 am

Flood? When? Roughly?

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Comment #168786 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 10:59 am

Al-

Post a picture and you get your hat made fun of. Sheesh

This is why you shouldn't put your picture up. Nobody mocked Duffman.

Remnant-

still around? Flood?

2685. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #168770 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 10:42 am

Remnant-

I'll repeat an earlier question that several people have asked.

Roughly when was the Global Flood? How many centuries BC?

2686. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #168758 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 10:35 am

Remnant-

Check the numbers, studies have shown that religious people give far more to charity than secular people. I have been on many a mission trips and worked in many food lines helping the less fortunate and have yet to run into an atheist group

Firstly, as Anna said so well, when atheists give to charity or do good works, they do not do so in the name of atheism. Nor do they feel the need to brag about it.

Secondly, I cannot help but wonder if there would be a significant divide if religious people were given the choice about donating to charity, rather than it being an instruction from Jesus.

Off topic-

Duffman has been transformed! Oh no!

2687. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda

Comment #168750 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 10:31 am

Seeker_of_truth-

There are limits to ID's representation of original design flexibility. Even if the human race were universally blind at this point in history, it might not represent the original state at the point of design. Say an unstoppable plague took away our eyesight tomorrow; does this make our eyes of poor design today?

So is it your assertion that human eyes did not initially have saccades, but rather that this is something that has happened over time?

Another question is that if humans were Intelligently Designed, then why would they have bodies that are vulnerable to such changes? Surely the designer should have accounted for that?

2688. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda

Comment #168631 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 8:44 am

Seeker-

what about my question in 1233?

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Comment #168612 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 8:30 am

Remnant-

I have to bake (create)a cake. I tried your theory. I put all of the ingredients in a bowl in the oven a while back and was hoping that a cake would originate and evolve. No such luck

Original. Wooter said something similar once.

Anna-

I suppose Remnant declined to answer my questions. Guess they weren't important

You have to ask them at least three times before you can expect an answer. He's a busy man, you know.

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Comment #168596 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 8:23 am

Remnant-

Second. Were you there during the flood. Do you have a census of the population that supports your mental speculations on the number of deaths?

Roughly when was the Flood again? Precise year not needed. How many centuries BC?

2691. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda

Comment #168581 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 8:10 am

seeker_of_truth-

it's interesting that the subject of the eye has come up. Did you know that your eyes do not actually remain still, but "jiggle" very slightly from side to side. These are called "saccades", and they can sometimes have strange effects on our perception. Here is an excellent example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccadic_suppression_of_image_displacement

The brain has to edit saccades out of our perception, so that we're not even aware that they are happening:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccadic_masking

Point being, why would an Intelligent Designer create eyes with this problem?

2692. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #168566 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 7:55 am

Irate-

I saw that article on the BBC news site. He does raise some good points, but he is once again speaking about things that he doesn't know much about, and seems to be doing so as the voice of the COE.

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Comment #168511 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 7:17 am

Irate-

you forgot another important headline:

"Giant Squid and Lemurs Forge Alliance, Conquer Angola"

2694. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #168469 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 6:56 am

I choose not to waste time preparing food for rude people that do not even have any intention of even tasting it

Then stop wasting time cutting and pasting scripture for those who have no intention of reading it.

2695. Student's 'Be Happy, Not Gay' t-shirt ok

Comment #168465 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 6:55 am

irate-

Does the reverse say 'Kick Me'?

Just wondering....

Perhaps he has a T-shirt at home that says something else on the rear?

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Comment #168458 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 6:51 am

Remnant-

False premise, our Creator God gave us the laws of nature, our ability to reason, and the intellect explore His creation, as well as the free will to explore His creation and choose to freely reject Him

Prove it.

And what about the Flood?

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Comment #168435 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 6:30 am

Wow, that t-shirt is totally hardcore. He must get a lot of attention from the ladies. They do like a rebel.

2698. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #168430 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 6:24 am

Remnant-

The truth you subscribe to originates with the father of all lies, the god of this world

Are you referring to Satan here? You are, aren't you! My favourite story involving Satan is the one where Merciful God makes a bet with Satan, and tells him to go and make a man's life utterly miserable for no real reason. Ah, good times.

Do you work in an indoctrination center by any chance?

No, Philip doesn't teach Sunday School.

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Comment #168375 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 5:16 am

MaxD-

speaking of songs and lyrics, perhaps this extract from a song by the LostProphets might be appropriate here:

Cause every day we're getting older
And every day we all get colder
We're sick of waiting for our answers

Wake up, Wake up, Wake up,
Yeah so tired of waiting, waiting for us to
Wake up, Wake up, Wake up,
Yeah so sick of waiting, for us to make a move

Are we meant to take the pain
Should we sit around and wait
Are we being saved
Or was I another lie you made to make us hate

Cause every day we're getting older
And every day we all get colder
We're sick of waiting for our answers

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Comment #168320 by Quetzalcoatl on April 25, 2008 at 2:25 am

Epeeist-

isn't that the one that keeps flagging Evolution as a Fatal Exception Error and crashing?

Also, I hear that when you run a search for evidence of God, it keeps responding File Not Found.