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    Because Other Nations are finally Realizing that ISIS has no boundaries when it comes to border's they have already came out and claimed they want to reverse the Sykes-Picot Agreement and Recreate the Ottoman Empire in sorts.. that's why they changed their Name from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria to just the Islamic State they don't want to limit what they can take over

     

    Sykes-Picot Agreement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement

    Source of my post: youtube.com/watch?v=AUjHb4C7b94

     

    My sentence quoted by you was in relation to an entirely different point... but yeah whatever. I know.

  2. You couldn't be anymore wrong. Any of the countries that have had citizens executed is strong enough. Air strikes are already happening, except we have no idea where they are. Same with all the SpecOps on the groung. We're fighting a resistance movement. But we need to be more direct in action. Not pussy footing around.

     

    Agreed. I mean we get you're a patriot, but every other US citizen trying to reverberate what the Hollywood/American media/American videogames try to portray "Only the USA/an American lonewolf can save the world; earth's fate now rests on their shoulders" is just ridiculous. I mean come on, this is real life. Other nations have got their civilians trapped and executed too. And they can too bomb these terrorists with or without America's help. As a matter of fact, the UAE initiated airstrikes on ISIS without even informing Obama administration which actually left the US surprised.

  3. The only permanent solution to end terrorism, would result in an act of genocide. The vast majority of modern terrorists are Islamic Extremists.

     

    I believe, and universally apply, the theory/thought that we humans don't use our brain to the maximum capacity. People like Einstein were able to, to an extent, and thats why they "invented" things. I'm talking about the ideas which are simple, yet unexplored, and the moment they flash in your brain you are like," Why didn't I think of this earlier? Its so simple it was right there in front of me!" Inventors are rare. And it cannot be said only about science. I believe that we are capable of finding solution to every damn problem, IF (and thats a bigger IF than you're thinking) we have got enough experts like Einstein on these issues. I'm just saying there are ideas we haven't even explored yet. There may be that ideal solution to it without the use of genocides or anything.

  4. How awful of them, I hope the u.s will send special forces to deal with these scumbag terrorist called 'Isis'

     

    Apparently, this act itself was a retaliation; a reaction yielded by US airstrikes on the ISIL.

     

    It was really professional of David Cameron to not react on the "lapdog" accusation of the terrorists or he would have lost credibility among his own people, especally at this time of the year.

     

    Ontopic: Sadly, "send more troops" and "bomb the fuckers" ain't a solution to all this. It never was, or else there would have been a handful of Al-Qaeda left by now, scavenging on dead rats in the sewers below Islamabad. Terrorism is humanity's one of the most concerning issues right now and I feel that we must come up with a permanent solution to put a stop to it ASAP. A solution which ends terrorism. Worldwide. Once and for all.

  5. I don't follow up on Apple because their products are mostly not worthy of the price they quote (in my country they're 'awful' expensive). So I don't know what features iPhone x presents. However, I just received this post over at Facebook from someone:

     

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    with the tagline: "So you are changing your iphone 5 with iphone 6 just for an inch ? Hope your girlfriend won't do the same." 

     

    I own a Nexus 4 and a 7 2013 myself.

  6. Developer diary

    • *.ini file will let you set up keys, turn off any call, configure time dependency of calls, set some additional parameters - feature is implemented,
    • the mod will have it's own random radio chatter based on real recordings, modern as well as old ones - on stage of collecting samples,
    • "ManDown" call is fixed.

     

    The new version will be published after all necessary tests.

     

    Possible ETA?

  7. Yep, I guess I better give up too because you are clearly not seeing my point and are determined that religion is just some simple subject that doesn't require much research to understand which couldn't be further from the truth. But oh well, if you want to continue believing that then go ahead.

     

    Same to you, buddy. Kudos.

  8. See but that is my point, if/when you have these conversations then you should be informed on the topic. Sure it is not a topic I get involved in a lot but at least if it comes up I have some knowledge and can participate in the topic and at least know a little bit about what I'm talking about. I don't know anything about medical science so if a topic came up about that I would simply not say anything because I wouldn't know what I'm talking about and if I wanted to participate in the conversation I would try to learn about the topic a little bit so I at least sound somewhat informed instead of making outrageous or misinformed claims just because I saw a couple of episodes of House or something like that.

     

    I see where you're coming from, but as you can see I have my own reasons for believe what I do. It would be like me recommending you to join theist classes (if there were any).

     

    You're again confusing the fact that I gave references of movies since that would be easier to explain as most people do watch movies and that is the only common thing between you and me I can think of, with basing views off of movies.

     

    Sure, medical science is a subject which needs to be studied at macro as well as micro levels to fully understand it, but the same cannot be said about this topic. There is an unusual simplicity to it. I don't remember anyone told me or wrote that one had to research or read heavy books to understand God. So, medical science is, IMO, a bad example to compare this situation with. Pfft... kinda explains why almost every other Joe around the corner can lecture you good and proper on spirituality. NO DEGREES NEEDED lmfao. Ironic.

     

    With that said, I better unfollow this topic. Its gone way off-topic since my first comment but I was replying to the thread for the sole reason because initially, a moderator himself was involved. Now, I'm not so sure. Other than that, I have been engaged in debates similar to these with theists and from first hand experience, they have proved to be nothing but fruitless everytime since usually, the participants do not share at least a single common ground for these discussions. Thiests use God as the basis of discussion and atheists tend to turn to logics for it. And unless people start to understand that God is NOT a replacement for logic, these debates have always been and will always be left unconcluded.

  9. I understand, however instead of just going off of your own perception you should try reading some books or take classes they give different points of view on things and gives you a better understanding. When I was in college and took a World Religions class it didn't make me any more religious or want to go out and join a church but it definitely gave me a better insight into those religions (and it covered quite a few).

     

    I get it. However, we live in the practical world and y'know most people, as they haven't attended these classes, don't really give a shit or simply do not have the insights that these classes would provide. And since I rarely bump into extremists leading to my involvement in a heated debate/argument, the need-to-know about something which I have my own opinion for (negative, mostly) does not arise. I know things about my own religion (obviously; and I'm not gonna discuss it here for obvious reasons) and I do not believe that others would be based on any different idea.

     

    Some people might have mistaken me for something I am not, hence the clarification: I am not a 'God-hater'. Many people, when learn the fact that I am an atheist, automatically assume that I'm a God-hater. However, it is simply not true. Atheists are NOT a breed who completely condemn the idea of God and bash around everybody who believe in God. As a matter of fact, I, personally, do not hesitate to go along with my friends and family to the holy place of God, namely churches and temples and/or participating in the rituals when politely/casually asked to. For me, its just like your little daughter sets up a toy home and invite you in for a tea presenting it to you in her little plastic cup which is filled with water and you pretend to drink it and make her happy. Its kind of like that. Since I do not believe in existence of God, I am counted as an atheist. However, its not true that I hate/avoid going to churches and such or rain hell over theists just because they follow God. Everyone has a right to opinion and I respect the fact. But if you ask me, I, personally would deny the existence of God. I'll be brutally honest and say I haven't ever experienced God anywhere near me or communicating with me, neither has it ever occurred to me to remember him when I've been in the most heart-pounding or life-threatening situations of my life, as one would normally do. Even as I grew up, I took all the God and church-thing for granted and never ever really paid any attention to it until I was old enough to ponder over and question his existence.

  10. Why is everything you base your beliefs off of from a movie? Maybe you should try reading some books or taking a class, you will get different view points then. It sounds like you just watch movies that generally follow what you believe which is fine but doesn't show you the other point of view.

     

    I'm using movies as a reference because its easier. Just like theists use their holy books as reference. There's a difference between basing beliefs off of a movie and using it as a reference. In actual life, though, I conclude from my own apprehension and perception. I hope that answers your question about my "weird" brain's modus operandi?

  11. Democracy sounds fancy. And its 'fair'. That is why we're using it now. And this 'democracy' concept is fairly new and young. Otherwise, humans too, just like animals, had one king or one leader who lead the groups of people. THIS method is natural. THIS is what we have as legacy and we cannot change it since its in our blood. This just goes on to show how the need to invent God surfaced as some people just wish for a powerful force who could control them. I know it might sound silly, but I actually agree with a part of what was said in Call Of Duty Advanced Warfare's trailer as I quote:

     

     

    People don't want freedom. They want boundaries, rules. Protection. From invaders and from themselves. People need a leader who can give them both the support and the constraints.

     

    Sure independence means a lot to us. But that is because we humans tend to bore with time. Dynasty method was too old and independence, freedom and liberty were becoming attractive. Thats why democracy was invented.

     

    I understand its kind of scary to feel all alone in this vast universe and naturally, most humans have an imaginary friend/caretaker/godfather named God to help feel safe. But until we get rid of the thought that we are one of a kind intelligent species in the entirety of this universe, we'll never be able to get out of this small world we have created for ourselves which confines us to its boundaries and hinders the ability to broaden our view.

     

    Y'know, sometimes I read how a plane or car crash accident survivor told his story of how he/she remembered God and was miraculously salvaged by the rescue team. However, I could not open my eyes about the reality unless I saw the movie 'The Grey' and eventually learned about the theory of survivor illusion. SPOILERS FOR MOVIE AHEAD:

    The movie's end scene shows the protagonist, who happens to be an air-crash survivor now stuck in an uninhabited wilderness of Alaska struggling with fatal weather and hungry wolves, begging to God for his life and then eventually getting desperate, demanding to know why he won't show up even though he worshipped him all his life.

     

    Makes one think, only the survivors survive to tell their stories. The ones who are now dead cannot even tell that they, too, prayed to God perhaps more than the ones who survived, but no body ever showed up to rescue them?

  12. Christianity was not created by humans, it was created by Jesus Christ himself.

    Oh really?

     

    You see, I am a Roman Catholic and you seem to have no respect or decency towards religions.

    Thats right. I do not have any respect or decency towards religions. But I have respect or decency towards people's belief in it. At the same time, I am ridiculed by the news such as "Destruction of a church/temple/mosque has hurt the sentiments of christians/hindus/muslims". I can say it out loud. And I'm not ashamed of it at all.

    If it weren't for freedom of speech, I have a feeling you'd have blown my head off with a shotgun just now.

     

    I don't go around bashing Atheists about not believing. I just don't see how you could rule out a possibility of a God. I mean, science states that matter cannot be created out of nothing, so how would it make sense for science to infer that the universe created itself from nothing because that defies it's own law. People use the big bang as an example, but where did the matter for that come from, and so on and so on? The universe could not have existed forever because again, matter cannot be created out of nothing.

     

    1. The Argument Of Motion: An object must be set in motion in order to move, right?  So the universe, for example. So how did the first thing move? That first mover is God. An object in motion cannot set itself in motion and extend ad infinitum. (forever)

     

    2. Argument from Efficient Causes: Nothing exists prior to itself therefore nothing is the efficient cause of itself. The series of efficient causes cannot extend ad infinitum.

     

    3. Reductio Argument: Assume that every being is a contingent being. For each being there is a time it did not exist. Therefore it is impossible for these always to exist. There was a time when no things existed. This shows us that there was nothing to bring anything into existence. So if nothing existed before, nothing would exist now. This point to a supernatural being that brought everything into existence.

    Most of the times scientists fail to solve things pertaining to outer space is because we live on earth and we're used to the atmosphere and the rules of physics on earth. Its not necessary that rules of physics are the same in the rest of the universe. Since we don't know what its like outside our own solar system (let alone nearby galaxies), there is now way we could make accurate predictions about it. Just because science does not have an answer for something does not mean that automatically proves God's existence. That would be like saying that all unsolved murder mysteries had God's hand in it because of their lack of evidence. Don't EVER try to pull that one in a logical discussion (except you're joking, that is).

     

    And despite common belief, science and religion go hand in hand, not against each other.

    Science does not actually even bother explaining religions or affiliating itself with since its a completely man-made thing. Going hand in hand with it is completely out of question.

  13. I think people here should start to be more tolerant. IM NOT TALKING ABOUT ISIS..i'm talking about being tolerant about other peoples belives like Yard1's for example. I would consider myself an atheist. I don't belive in a god and i don't belive that stuff happens because someone is up there watching. But i can respect if people do belive in such a thing as a "God". I don't have a problem with that. It only starts to become a problem when someone forces other people to share their belives. Like ISIS or all radical religious people. (And also radical atheists). As longs as people don't hurt other peoole..they can belive in whatever they want. Hell i met people who belive in Odin. It dosen't matter to me. As long as you treat me with respect i do the same. No matter what you belive in.

     

    I believe, you are hinting at me here. If so, would you be kind enough to show me where I "forced" my views on anyone or "hurt" others? And also, what I have, as a "radical atheist", in common with ISIS? Because thats vaguely insulting and offensive. If I were to be what you believe I am, I won't have lasted 3 days since I started doing that since there are groups of religious people in this world who tend to start riots in the name of God at the slightest hint that someone is having a different opinion. Thats one more reason why I believe God's invention is a danger to humanity.

     

    Y'know, I, for one, blame people who cannot appreciate a healthy debate and rather see it is as an act of oppression against each-other, or against a specific participant.

  14. Did I say it justifies anything? I don't quite follow your line of reasoning. Did I say "God" (I tried to avoid using this word, but very well) abandoned us? It is my personal belief that something had to initiate Big Bang, because nothing happens without a reason (ex. a piece of paper goes up in flames when touched by a flaming match). Also, the burden of proof is on you. Can you prove that there is no God?

     

    (That ad hominem is a really cute cherry on top btw.)

     

     

    It is also my personal belief that the only thing that was caused by "God" was the Big Bang, and everything else was untouched.

     

     

     

    How is that connected to anything I said?

    No, but said "you are wrong". So there's gotta be something more "right" on your mind then? And I assumed it was the typical theist reasoning.

     

    I'm sorry, then what is it that you're implying here, then? You say the Big Bang was created by the God and then..? Could you provide me a single logical explanation for your theory?

     

    (Oh and you can't play that ad hominem card you know? Go through your own post before throwing words like that around)

     

    Also, the burden of proof is on you. Can you prove that there is no God?

    I laughed my head off. I get that a lot. No, really. We could play this game all day long.

     

    Well, as far as I (and the general public) are concerned, there has not been any sings of other life so far. I assume you have some sort of proof for this claim?

    No, I do not. Never did I claim that there is. But to say that there is not, would be a foolish thing to say. There was nothing never special about life on earth. There are also several witnesses of the ET aircrafts around the world as well as of ET aircraft crashes, and the scary aftermath of the witnesses' fates. Sure, you could dismiss it as a hoax, but if you're willing to open your eyes about this, there is more than substantial evidence and witnesses, which ironically, cannot be said be said in the God's case. Of course what you want to believe is your call; I don't like to make shit up as I go like most folks here.

     

    As a philosopher, don't you think that it is worthy to objectively educate yourself on the subject? And how was that contradicted? I'd rather say there is a contradiction in your statement. You say that you don't need to hear what to do with your life, and then you suggest that we should follow your advice instead?

    I do not really feel the need to, considering the circumstances and the participants right now, so no thank you very much. Did you actually read his post, especially the line: "I am by no means a religious man but I know that what you guys said is completely wrong". Well if you're not a theist either, how do you think that I am wrong and the religious stuff in the book is correct? I have tackled this question from you earlier in the post too.

    As for your theory of God creating the Big Bang, and then leaving it be, would you mind explaining what lead you to believe that? I don't really mind listening to others' theories. Scientifically, there is no answer to what was there before Big Bang which actually exploded, is it a universe or a multiverse, what is our universe expanding into, what is beyond the universe/multiverse, and many other questions. Like I said, I make my own theories based on evidence, and what feels the most credible explanation. You seem to lack that talent. And you're not the only one I've come across who just believes in God just like that. Again, NO ad hominem.

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