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Jabbermocky said, "The terms used and what appears to be utter hatred by some, towards Christians (in particular), their chosen book of faith (the Bible in particular) and the cherry-picking the bad stuff and offering it as representative of the whole........." I haven't seen Jabbermocky in...

Trained, "we fellows" have tried to have a real back and forth. How many times does it have to be said that the old testament has some unsavory to say the least parts to it? But that's all you, and two others who start those other threads to inflame and demean, can constantly throw around. As...

This "whole thread" is a beat up thread. Look around and see what is posted as "data" is meant to hurt, and this is a number of threads begun by two who act as I described. Yes, I think jabbermocky got beat up. He spotted what's been going on in these threads that are competitions between two...

Jabbermocky, I enjoyed reading your post, and your narrative is your own, your thoughts are your own, they are heartfelt and genuine, and above all, they are correct as to the tone, and that's a euphemism indeed, of a few members here on this thread and elsewhere. I'm probably telling you...

Hey, Tyder, no, it's not old age, it's not your fault, you are experiencing a genuine reaction and it should be heeded. I in no way discount the possible existence of intelligent extraterrestrials, but the Drake equation won't get you there, that's for sure. If intelligent extraterrestrials...

Oh, for pete's sake, I left out the word termites, it was a colony of termites. Kim

That is funny, Angelo, on both their parts. I've read stuff by Tyson, and am going to order his book space chronicles. I think i've seen you mention Brian Greene, and I've read his fabric of the cosmos and elegant universe. He's a great explainer, scholarly yet describes these frankly for me...

I see that this thread has been revivied, and it's an intriguing poll and topic. The overwhelming vote seems to be that the "similarities between abductees and psychotic narratives should be explored." The runner up is "psychosis should not eliminate the possibility of a true abductee...

Hey, Goggs and Tyder. Seeing as we three are such intellectuals (!), our posts will probably cross in the mail! You know, you two, and I mean this from the heart and not condescendingly, really impress me with your reading and thinking, that is, you actually get in there and dig and think and...

Hey, goggs. Now, don't go and get yourself abducted! And of course you're not awaiting the return of anything, I hope! And, believe me, goggs, I do not by any means reject the idea just on the face of it that intelligent extraterrestrial beings (hard to even use any words to describe them...

Hey, Goggs. I enjoyed your post. I know I sound pedantic, and I think that's where you might get the idea on my perspective. Actually, religion has played a key role with some scientists' search for intelligent extraterrestrials. Frank Drake, you know, the scientist who came up with the...

Hey, Googs. Oh, I agree with you that there is no proof that intelligent extraterrestrials don't exist. I don't discount that they may. And I'm a fan of Leslie Kean's book. I've got it right here on my shelf. As for naming the scientists, like the thread on spirituality and consciousness...

"My answer.......to the question are you ready to meet them is not hypothetical. I am most definitely ready to meet 'them' should the chance arise." are you continuing to sense their presence, and sitting at night on the porch? Are there any new developments in the experience? I believe...

I agree, trained, with your point about not so much the difference in magnitude, but in the mode of expression, of an alien intelligence. In fact, in this book I'm re-reading, Civilized Life in the Universe: Scientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials (edited by George Basalla), the point is...

Interesting already, Jeff! Keep it coming, and you're covering things in a fine style. Very enjoyable reading, and full of the very details I was interested in. I'm all ears. Maybe when done, it just might serve a dual purpose as satisfying one of the possible assignments in one of your...

No, trained, I wouldn't disagree. I can see in my own life recurring patterns good and, well, ahem, not so good, though nothing has remotely approached a prison term, or even an arrest for that matter! I think what means a lot to me is an abiding and unshakeable belief in humanity's...

What is being discussed by some here, the nature of consciousness, and then free will, illusion, and put 'em together and you have the illusion of free will, is, of course, fascinating beyond words. The whole thing is rooted in, sort of to be dualist, what you have on one side: it's called...

That should be, in the above post, MANY researchers, and, of course Roger PENROSE. My son's iPad, when I write on it, has some sort of spell check thing that is sometimes very annoying. It overwrites me sometimes, suggesting stuff that is directly counter to what I correctly write, and then if...

I agree on more questions than answers, polterwurst. But those questions are sure mind blowing. One of the things that comes up in Susan Blackmore's book of interviews is the "zombie" hypothesis. The zombie "hunch"; that is, is consciousness separable from the physical processes of the brain...

Yes, I know that's spelled RECAPITULATION!!! As a teacher, I am acutely aware of spelling, etc. The three books I recommended in the post above are excellent, and did I mention that John searle's Mind will blow your mind??!!! SUPERB, and a quick little read and very scholary, too. Kim