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    Thread: A Cumulative Case for Christianity
Post: RE: A Cumulative Case for Christianity

(08-22-2023, 01:33 PM)SteveII Wrote: PURPOSE: I started with versions of this years ago in this forum—motivated by the reoccurring trajectory of individual discussions, inevitably spiralling towards...
SYZ Atheism & Theism 1,369 16,764 11-24-2023, 06:09 PM
    Thread: Happy Turkey day!
Post: RE: Happy Turkey day!

Uh... I'm not sure it's appropriate to celebrate what amounts to a religious day of commemoration on an atheist forum. President George Washington made the following proclamation in 1789, and creat...
SYZ Off-topic 30 279 11-24-2023, 05:43 PM
    Thread: This is the Beginning of the End
Post: RE: This is the Beginning of the End

(11-24-2023, 10:31 AM)Holubice Wrote: P.S. Please, don't answer immediately to this post. Ponder it for 24 hours. Than, tomorrow, post your opinions. (Thanks!) Well, as you appear to fit the defin...
SYZ Atheism & Theism 91 1,272 11-24-2023, 05:28 PM
  Information Thread: Australia's Ranking in the $6 trillion Wellness Industry
Post: Australia's Ranking in the $6 trillion Wellness In...

In the $6 trillion global wellness "industry", Australia ranks sixth for spend per person.    While the World Health organisation has 73 million followers, Kim Kardashian has 364 million. The cha...
SYZ World News, Politics and Current Events 3 76 11-24-2023, 04:51 PM
    Thread: No, Being Both Muslim & Catholic Is Not 'Confusing' for My Kids
Post: RE: No, Being Both Muslim & Catholic Is Not 'Confu...

(11-06-2023, 12:30 AM)pythagorean Wrote: ...When a family friend found out my husband and I were planning to raise our children both Muslim and Catholic, they asked, “Are you sure you’re making the ...
SYZ Atheism & Theism 26 453 11-18-2023, 12:59 PM
    Thread: Which mythological character do you identify with the most.
Post: RE: Which mythological character do you identify w...

For me... Beowulf.           [Image: https://i.postimg.cc/RCnWvcXd/Screenshot...-jpg-W.png]
SYZ Off-topic 10 124 11-18-2023, 12:17 PM
    Thread: What are you currently watching on YouTube?
Post: RE: What are you currently watching on YouTube?

https://www.youtube.com/@BackyardBirdsofAustralia/about
SYZ Memes - Images and Videos 3,213 213,106 11-18-2023, 11:58 AM
    Thread: Catholicism and Cannibalism
Post: RE: Catholicism and Cannibalism

(11-18-2023, 01:15 AM)Minimalist Wrote: ...Some people will believe anything. Yes, particularly theists. According to the teaching of the Catholic Church, transubstantiation is "the change of the ...
SYZ Atheism & Theism 53 678 11-18-2023, 11:46 AM
    Thread: Jesus Loves You.
Post: RE: Jesus Loves You.

(11-17-2023, 09:14 PM)Ajberry Wrote: This is my first thread here wanting to let you all know that Jesus loves you! Regardless of your view of Him. Do you really think this is an appropriate comment...
SYZ Atheism & Theism 128 1,819 11-18-2023, 11:18 AM
    Thread: Changes on YouTube
Post: RE: Changes on YouTube

I use AdBlock and it works perfectly with YouTube—and all other sites too. One issue I do have with YouTube and Firefox is that it won't leave the dark screen format on, and every time I restart Yo...
SYZ Off-topic 16 217 11-13-2023, 08:43 AM
    Thread: Gospel Dating & Reliability
Post: RE: Gospel Dating & Reliability

(10-12-2023, 08:26 PM)Dexta Wrote: A work of fiction circa 1900 (bar translation modifications) years old. Who gives a fuck about the details? Thread = waste of space, why not go do something useful...
SYZ Atheism & Theism 659 5,581 11-13-2023, 08:15 AM
    Thread: Noisy Day And Night
Post: RE: Noisy Day And Night

When I was living in a suburb of Melbourne a few years ago, a family across the street were playing amplified music all evening and well after 10PM (the bylaw shut-down time). I called the police, wh...
SYZ Off-topic 8 222 09-03-2023, 04:43 PM
    Thread: Here's why No will win this year's referendum
Post: RE: Here's why No will win this year's referendum

My two bob's worth? The "Voice", how ever it's politically defined or regardless of how the media present it, is bound to end up as a failed ATSIC Mk,2. And on the slim chance it passes, it'll ultim...
SYZ World News, Politics and Current Events 58 931 09-03-2023, 04:21 PM
    Thread: A Cumulative Case for Christianity
Post: RE: A Cumulative Case for Christianity

(08-22-2023, 01:33 PM)SteveII Wrote: Premise 1: Instances of Miraculous Effects Attributed to God...None recorded; no accredited eyewitness testimony. Quote:Premise 2: Resurrected Jesus Witnessed b...
SYZ Atheism & Theism 1,369 16,764 09-03-2023, 03:04 PM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)

Nearly two-out-of-three Americans said they would probably not or definitely not support former President Donald Trump in a new poll ahead of the 2024 race for the White House. The poll, conducted ...
SYZ World News, Politics and Current Events 16,351 311,238 09-03-2023, 02:11 PM
  Question Thread: Why Are America's Politicians So Old?
Post: Why Are America's Politicians So Old?

Sometimes, the moments that go the most viral are also the most difficult to watch.  Footage of US senator Mitch McConnell, 81, seizing up at a press conference for the second time in about a month, m...
SYZ World News, Politics and Current Events 5 114 09-03-2023, 01:51 PM
    Thread: Down the YouTube rabbit hole again.
Post: RE: Down the YouTube rabbit hole again.

I watched the interview with professor Hutton, and it turns out he did not have an actual encounter with the legendary folklore figure, or "fairy" Leanan sídhe. In short, he was walking along an Ir...
SYZ Off-topic 4 169 07-18-2023, 06:50 PM
    Thread: The Insidious Advancement of Islam in Australia
Post: RE: The Insidious Advancement of Islam in Australi...

Quote:Surah 3:151: "We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who have denied the Truth...". Surah 2:191: "And kill them wherever you find them kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelieve...
SYZ Atheism & Theism 29 613 07-18-2023, 05:56 PM
    Thread: Battery Pollution Fears After 350 Drones Fall Into River
Post: RE: Battery Pollution Fears After 350 Drones Fall ...

It's also of interest that this offending company has managed to stifle any public reporting about the success of failure rate of finding and removing these cells from the river bed.  Even a dozen lef...
SYZ Science, Engineering and Mathematics 2 216 07-18-2023, 05:03 PM
    Thread: Another pervert at the BBC
Post: RE: Another pervert at the BBC

Maybe he needs to change his surname?      Hew Janus. (with sincere apologies)
SYZ World News, Politics and Current Events 1 96 07-18-2023, 04:52 PM
    Thread: Absurd "Woke" Extremism Eclipsing Logic & Reason?
Post: Absurd "Woke" Extremism Eclipsing Logic & Reason?

From today's ABC News site 19 July: A NSW councillor has posted a public apology on Facebook after making an offensive(?) domestic violence analogy during a council debate about a koala reserve. ...
SYZ World News, Politics and Current Events 38 705 07-18-2023, 04:49 PM
    Thread: The Insidious Advancement of Islam in Australia
Post: RE: The Insidious Advancement of Islam in Australi...

(07-16-2023, 05:26 PM)epronovost Wrote: (07-16-2023, 02:04 PM)SYZ Wrote: As an atheist, I have not the faintest of desires and/or needs to even open a Koran—why should I?    I've been an atheist f...
SYZ Atheism & Theism 29 613 07-16-2023, 05:55 PM
    Thread: The Insidious Advancement of Islam in Australia
Post: RE: The Insidious Advancement of Islam in Australi...

(07-16-2023, 03:57 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (07-16-2023, 03:29 PM)SYZ Wrote: A couple of recent (admittedly minor) restrictions imposed on non-Muslims here in Victoria:  Female-only gymnasiums for...
SYZ Atheism & Theism 29 613 07-16-2023, 05:42 PM
  Exclamation Thread: Battery Pollution Fears After 350 Drones Fall Into River
Post: Battery Pollution Fears After 350 Drones Fall Into...

A lightshow that ended when up to 350 drones ditched into Melbourne’s Yarra River has sparked concerns about how environmental risks were managed as efforts got underway to retrieve hundreds of lit...
SYZ Science, Engineering and Mathematics 2 216 07-16-2023, 05:37 PM
    Thread: Adaptive multi-paddock grazing
Post: RE: Adaptive multi-paddock grazing

(07-04-2023, 02:54 AM)Inkubus Wrote: No explanation offered or apology proffered: [Video: ] I thank you for this earworm mate!         :D Also... [Video: http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V...
SYZ Science, Engineering and Mathematics 11 475 07-16-2023, 04:43 PM