Originally posted by RJHindsAnd your point is?
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John 20:26-29......
26 After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then He *said to Thomas, “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be un ...[text shortened]... ecause you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”
No dead body can ever rise from the grave............it is not possible.
The resurrection is a false Christian belief fabricated by dishonest men to have power over the ignorant people.
At death the souls of all persons continue their existence by taking re-birth in new material bodies and this is called transmigration of the soul................and this is the closest you will ever get to (the resurrection) for the soul is eternal and indestructible while the body remains material and temporary and is never to taste immortality.
Originally posted by RJHindsDasa does not fall into that category at all. He believes a whole lot of things that have nothing to do with having touched something or any other form of evidence.
The point is that some, like Thomas, do not have the faith to believe
without seeing and touching. You fall into that category. You and
Dasa are of like mind on this.
So where does your faith to believe come from? Do you just pick an arbitrary thing to believe and believe it without evidence? Would you have been Muslim if the first religion you were introduced to was Islam?
Originally posted by twhiteheadMaybe, you are right about Dasa. He does seem to be a weird guy.
Dasa does not fall into that category at all. He believes a whole lot of things that have nothing to do with having touched something or any other form of evidence.
So where does your faith to believe come from? Do you just pick an arbitrary thing to believe and believe it without evidence? Would you have been Muslim if the first religion you were introduced to was Islam?
I have come to my present belief by a lot of evidence but my faith
to believe was a gift from God.
Originally posted by AgergHope the frigging riots are over by then. What was that all about anyway? What area of science is your Phd in? What kind of job are you getting?
Cheers divegeester, got knocked back for PhD funding this year but start a decent job down in London in 2 weeks time...cheers Monster Jobs!
I have a little story of my son-in-law, Gandhi Vishvanathan, who has his Phd in Statistical physics from Boston University:
Because he didn't have much money, enough for tuition and housing and not much else, he went from undergrad to Phd without EVER buying a single textbook! Lots of time at the library, borrowing from friends, etc!
That boggles my mind!
Originally posted by RJHindsWell I am yet to see convincing evidence, and apparently God chose to withhold the give from me. So you may try to present convincing evidence, but if you criticize me for lack of faith, then you only have your God to blame.
I have come to my present belief by a lot of evidence but my faith
to believe was a gift from God.
Originally posted by sonhousePresumably nowadays, you can get much of it off the internet. When I first learnt programming back in the late 80s it was all from books. In the 90s one tended to learn more from help files. Now everything is on the internet.
Because he didn't have much money, enough for tuition and housing and not much else, he went from undergrad to Phd without EVER buying a single textbook! Lots of time at the library, borrowing from friends, etc!
Originally posted by twhiteheadSince you are a programmer, see if you can make a program that will
Presumably nowadays, you can get much of it off the internet. When I first learnt programming back in the late 80s it was all from books. In the 90s one tended to learn more from help files. Now everything is on the internet.
allow machines to reproduce themselves, without assistance. This could
make you a very rich man.
Originally posted by RJHindsI am not a robotics engineer, so a machine that can reproduce itself would be quite difficult for me. But a program that can reproduce itself is easy. Its called a computer virus.
Since you are a programmer, see if you can make a program that will
allow machines to reproduce themselves, without assistance. This could
make you a very rich man.
But whats your point? Have you forgotten already that I am not a mind reader.
Originally posted by twhiteheadI said a program that would allow a Machine to reproduce itself. I was
I am not a robotics engineer, so a machine that can reproduce itself would be quite difficult for me. But a program that can reproduce itself is easy. Its called a computer virus.
But whats your point? Have you forgotten already that I am not a mind reader.
not referring to a loop program. The point is that it would give
you something more constructive to do with your time and on top
of that it could make you very wealthy.
Originally posted by RJHindsA program cannot make a physical device. Only a program plus a 3D printer can do that. What I think you mean is something like a virus,bacteria or something that reproduces itself. That is where the information, readout and physical interface are all in the same device. That has yet to be done. There is also the idea of reproducing yourself but on a smaller physical scale, like if the original was 10 inches across, the reproduction would be 5 or something, and that one goes on to make a 2.5, etc.
I said a program that would allow a Machine to reproduce itself. I was
not referring to a loop program. The point is that it would give
you something more constructive to do with your time and on top
of that it could make you very wealthy.