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- Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Religion...
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 193914
Re: Religion...
I think we can all agree that two different people looking at the same historical facts can come to completely different conclusions. To a non-believer multiple messiahs, commonality of religious ideas, evolution of religious scriptures can be seen as "proof" of religion being man made. ...
- Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Religion...
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 193914
Re: Religion...
well... that's one point of contention between various Christian denominations. There are certain Protestant branches that think you're pretty much screwed if you weren't baptized as a Christian (you could have been a saint and model of goodness, but without that ticket stamped, no good), there are...
- Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:48 pm
- Forum: Kansas City Scene
- Topic: Shake Shack on Santa Fe
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2311
Re: Shake Shack on Santa Fe
oh, that sucks. Hopefully that's a fluke, I would hate to see them forced to stop using local ingredients due to hinky supply lines.
- Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:05 am
- Forum: Kansas City Scene
- Topic: Shake Shack on Santa Fe
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2311
Shake Shack on Santa Fe
as mentioned by KCMax in the DT OP thread: Shake Shack is now open. They serve burgers and shakes using local and organic products. http://blogs.kcfreepress.com/food/the-shake-shack-on-santa-fe-is-coming-to-downtown-overland-park/ http://www.yelp.com/biz/shake-shack-overland-park Got a chance to sto...
- Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Democracy
- Replies: 108
- Views: 7541
Re: Democracy
interesting op-ed in the ny times.... Friedman seems to think there's a very good chance there will be a strong third party candidate in 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/opinion/03friedman.html?hp But in talks here and elsewhere I continue to be astounded by the level of disgust with Washingto...
- Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Top 3 Movies You've Watched in the Past Month
- Replies: 339
- Views: 45122
Re: Top 3 Movies You've Watched in the Past Month
that's interesting, I was thinking of tracking down the original (of Funny Games), but I had read the re-make was done "shot for shot", with the same director... so I was like "i can't imagine it being much different..." (then again, should have remembered Psycho as an example of...
- Thu Sep 30, 2010 2:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Religion...
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 193914
Re: Religion...
A study by scientists at the Institute of Neurology in London, has recently revealed that lesions in the right temporal lobe of the brain may lead to the ?hiperreligiosidad? of patients." There's also interesting research into folks with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and the religious visions ...
- Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Religion...
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 193914
Re: Religion...
I have a hard time, for example, buying the idea that you could convince very many even extremely desperate folks to strap bombs on themselves without whipping them into a self-righteous religious/ nationalistic/ethnic/political ideological fervor and convincing them they'd be richly rewarded in th...
- Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Top 3 Movies You've Watched in the Past Month
- Replies: 339
- Views: 45122
Re: Top 3 Movies You've Watched in the Past Month
i've watched a couple of passable movies recently: Adventureland - didn't really come into this knowing much, so I was pleasantly surprised. It's a decent little flick, and I'm a sucker for "summer romance" movies, so it was a nice way to pass a couple of hours. Funny Games - this was pr...
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Religion...
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 193914
Re: Religion...
I don't believe in any such thing as a "higher" capital-T Truth, or enlightenment if you prefer, although I do believe we are connected to something greater--and by greater, I mean bigger--specifically, the universe. After all, our bodies are composed of atoms spewed from ancient supernov...
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Religion...
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 193914
Re: Religion...
From an atheist perspective, no offense, but it seems rather silly to go to a whole bunch of trouble working to force yourself to believe something you don't really believe. The only rational argument I can see for doing so, and I admit it must be very compelling, is not wanting to be exiled from a...
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Religion...
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 193914
Re: Religion...
The cynical answer is that it doesn't really matter whether or not anything caused the big bang, or whether science develops a viable theory of what caused it, because people will still smile smugly and say, "Ah, but it's just a theory , isn't it?" as though they actually have a clue. wel...
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Religion...
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 193914
Re: Religion...
Well, I think there are a lot of religious folks who would say their antennae are faulty as well. There is that idea that faith is something you have to work at, that's why the concept of the flame is so common (i.e the Holy Ghost provides the spark, and it's up to you to nurture it and keep it ali...
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Religion...
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 193914
Re: Religion...
Ig, you don't like discussing philosophical questions? that's incredibly ironic since that's precisely what this is any which way you look at it. And trying to claim you are simply approaching things "practically" is in itself a philosophical stance... a lot of philosophy is pretty thesi...
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Religion...
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 193914
Re: Religion...
[referring back to Ig's question] I think the premise of your question is flawed, but instead of rehashing the difference between literalist fundamentalists and most religious folks, or going into how the Ptolemaic view isn't an article of faith, etc. etc. i'll jump to the meat of the question (as i...
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:48 pm
- Forum: Kansas City Scene
- Topic: Local restaurant alley idea
- Replies: 130
- Views: 14411
Re: Local restaurant alley idea
To me, the urban core's advantage is ambience, not demographics. And that's the argument that folks should make when hoping to influence businesses on where to locate (and why i like the idea of a restaurant alley). You can go to the Blue Koi at Mission Farms, but after your meal you can't just wan...
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:11 pm
- Forum: Kansas City Scene
- Topic: Local restaurant alley idea
- Replies: 130
- Views: 14411
Re: Local restaurant alley idea
Apparently Trader Joes knows something you don't.trailerkid wrote: Good to know location plays a minimal role in the success/failure of a restaurant.
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:34 pm
- Forum: Kansas City Scene
- Topic: Local restaurant alley idea
- Replies: 130
- Views: 14411
Re: Local restaurant alley idea
well... i can only speak from personal observation, but there are a lot of suburban middle-aged, older folks with money who are as loathe to eat at a chain restaurant as any of us and who would be more than happy to hit up a local fine dining establishment rather than driving for 30 minutes to get t...
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:33 pm
- Forum: Kansas City Scene
- Topic: Local restaurant alley idea
- Replies: 130
- Views: 14411
Re: Local restaurant alley idea
I like the local restaurant alley idea. I understand folks trying to convince Colby to not open a concept in the burbs... as long as folks are honest about the fact that they are making emotional anti-suburban arguments, rather than rational business-sense ones. 90+ percent of KC's population live...
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Religion...
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 193914
Re: Religion...
Let me ask you this Ignatius, do you think humans would be better off without religion? if so why?