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ShadowTemplar

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Posted in: DeLay Indicted
  ShadowTemplar
09-28-2005, 5:50 PM
#3
"I have done nothing unlawful, unethical or, I might add, unprecedented," he [DeLay] said. [My emphasis] Well, one truth in three. That's not too bad for a politician....  [Read More]
Posted in: Should Britain apologise and hand over it's soldiers to Iraqi jurisdiction?
  ShadowTemplar
09-25-2005, 4:02 PM
#5
Hmmm... "May you live in interesting times." - Ancient Chinese curse. We have little in the way of information, so I'll decline to vote for the moment. The way I see it, there are several things which might have happened. 1) The Iraqi po...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Pledge "Unconstitutional"
  ShadowTemplar
09-28-2005, 4:51 PM
#69
But anyways- Its bad for athiest kids to come home and say "Dad, whats god?" but its ok for everyone else to come home say "what the heck is a neanderthal?" Yes? Non sequitour? BTW, most atheist kids would probably come home aski...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Pledge "Unconstitutional"
  ShadowTemplar
09-25-2005, 4:21 PM
#33
No offence, but thats slightly weak: I can see it now "The pledge violates the constitution, so why not violate it more!!!!! You act as if its an act of defiance. Precedents, Skywalker. Precedents are important. And, yes, I'll happily admit th...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Pledge "Unconstitutional"
  ShadowTemplar
09-20-2005, 11:19 AM
#14
We need to get that cult crap out of our "pledge" that we make school kids recite and we need to get it off of our money. No, Skin, you definitely want to keep it on your bills... I've seen the security features of a $1 bill, and there are...  [Read More]
Posted in: What is reality? (Philosophy)
  ShadowTemplar
09-20-2005, 11:11 AM
#16
So, the conclusion that we have drawn, is, in a nutshell, reality is how we percieve it. I dissent. Reality is a combination of external input and cognitive processes. Whether the external reality really exists, or is simply a social phenomenon cor...  [Read More]
Posted in: What is reality? (Philosophy)
  ShadowTemplar
09-17-2005, 4:05 PM
#8
Because then it's not really this world, anymore, it's more of their own world. And that might be just as real. "Gravity isn't real, gravity isn't real, gravity isn-" - Famous last words :-)...  [Read More]
Posted in: What is reality? (Philosophy)
  ShadowTemplar
09-17-2005, 4:45 AM
#4
Hmmm... I would argue that gravity is indisputably real... I've yet to see a beholder float suspended in the air just because he refused to behold gravity... Those who try that trick usually find out that it is - ah - detrimental to one's heath....  [Read More]
Posted in: What is reality? (Philosophy)
  ShadowTemplar
09-17-2005, 3:30 AM
#2
Hehehe... "I think, thus I am." - Descarte. In the most minimalistic sense, the only absolutely certain reality is that I exist - because I must exist in order to think - but there is not nessecarily an outside reality for me to exist in,...  [Read More]
Posted in: Liberal bigotry at the highest levels...
  ShadowTemplar
09-17-2005, 3:11 AM
#11
Poor rc... Every time he tries to point a finger against what he percieves as 'liberal bias', he seems to be pointing it squarely at the people he tries to defend... "You should not chuck rocks who live in a house of glass." - Danish prover...  [Read More]
Posted in: Liberal bigotry at the highest levels...
  ShadowTemplar
09-15-2005, 12:59 PM
#2
\rolleyes First of all, these questions are unconstitutional: Article VI Clause 3 of the US Constitution is quite clear: "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."...  [Read More]
Posted in: Banning gay marrages should it be allowed
  ShadowTemplar
09-06-2005, 5:14 PM
#138
Touchй... Actually the Taliban parallel was out on a limb. In reality religious practices and scripture vary so wildly that anything can be justified or even mandated by the correct references. And you usually don't even need to quote mine (very muc...  [Read More]
Posted in: Banning gay marrages should it be allowed
  ShadowTemplar
09-06-2005, 10:07 AM
#136
They don't follow the Bible in Afghanistan. :p That comment was made in response to a comment about religions and their relationships with their Scriptures... Not Christianity specifically. Christianity is an element in the group Religion, but not...  [Read More]
Posted in: Banning gay marrages should it be allowed
  ShadowTemplar
09-05-2005, 3:17 PM
#132
Exactly. Well said Kain. Its the same with Islam and many other religions. These religious works [and traditions] are so large, complex, ancient in speach, and often confusing [and inconsistent]that its possible to find parts in there to support or...  [Read More]
Posted in: Banning gay marrages should it be allowed
  ShadowTemplar
09-05-2005, 8:22 AM
#128
The problem with alot of people is that they don't follow the Bible word for word; Like they do in Afghanistan? \rolleyes...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tolerance means people you don't agree with, too.
  ShadowTemplar
09-10-2005, 5:29 AM
#73
2.1*10^9 Christians and .9-1.5 Muslims according to the Wiki (www.wikipedia.org). Whether the lesser accuracy in the figures for the Muslims are due to problems with making accurate census or an overly optimistic accuracy estimate with respect to th...  [Read More]
Posted in: When Should U.S. Troops Be Pulled Out Of Iraq?
  ShadowTemplar
09-05-2005, 12:00 PM
#41
Again you imply that the Islamic so-called extremists are not faithfully representing their religion. I submit that this is not true, and that they - like the KKK - are actually founded on strong precedents in tradition and valid inferences from thei...  [Read More]
Posted in: the President's support of "intelligent design."
  ShadowTemplar
09-07-2005, 4:46 PM
#70
Now, one thing I've wondered is this: Creationists often claim that they are 'unfairly excluded from peer reviewed litterature' or somesuch. First of all, I wonder what they are actually bitching about. Is is the fact that peer reviewed litterature d...  [Read More]
Posted in: the President's support of "intelligent design."
  ShadowTemplar
09-06-2005, 3:29 PM
#64
Hehehe put your trust in The Panda's Thumb (www.pandasthumb.org)... Look what they dug up for us this time. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,,1559743,00.html) In particular: Intelligent design is not an argument of the same character...  [Read More]
Posted in: the President's support of "intelligent design."
  ShadowTemplar
09-04-2005, 9:58 AM
#62
Since the non sequitur is being employed, allow me to use my own: so if the will of the people is to declare that the sun orbits the earth, should we teach in the classroom? Now that's a perfectly valid point of view. As long as you remember to make...  [Read More]
Posted in: the President's support of "intelligent design."
  ShadowTemplar
08-31-2005, 1:03 PM
#55
An article (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/31/national/31religion.html?ex=1126152000&en=ae0133badfda431f&ei=5070&emc=eta1) just came out today in the New York Times citing a Pew poll that shows that 64% of Americans favor teaching creatio...  [Read More]
Posted in: the President's support of "intelligent design."
  ShadowTemplar
08-31-2005, 3:55 AM
#53
| Evolution | Intelligent Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Initially inspired by: | Scientific Observation | A Story in a Book Supporting Evidence: | 100s of independent scient- | None | ific observation...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tom Tancredo
  ShadowTemplar
09-06-2005, 9:52 AM
#51
You forgot the Christian Coalition and the KKK....  [Read More]
Posted in: Tom Tancredo
  ShadowTemplar
09-05-2005, 3:09 PM
#48
Foreign Policy 101: Nuclear Deterrent (or MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction): The idea that it is possible to deter aggression, whether conventional or nuclear by being in a position to destroy utterly the source of agression using massive nuclear o...  [Read More]
Posted in: Could the President's econ policy actually be working?
  ShadowTemplar
09-08-2005, 4:55 AM
#17
Ah. OK, well I trust NYT, I just thought that it was a pay-pr.-view-kinda subscription... Guess I didn't see the bright, orange letters on the registration form. Meh. But thanks for the link anyway. Appearently those morons want a ZIP-code, and I ha...  [Read More]
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