Rocky

sigh...

I don't think the word ubiquitous means what you think it means. Then again, I could be wrong. adjective existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent

#Sad

The thread title should be Ol' Loy was a PIKER compared to these guys.

Y'all ever heard of a cult called NXIVM? (pronounced "nexium") (video of an interview with Catherine Oxenberg at the link) NEW YORK (AP) — A co-founder of an embattled upstate New York self-help organization has pleaded guilty in a case featuring sensational claims that some followers became branded sex slaves. Nancy Salzman pleaded guilty to conspiracy during a hearing in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday. She’s to be sentenced on July 10. There was no immediate response from her lawyer. Salzman was a co-founder of NXIVM, a cult-like group based near Albany. Prosecutors say a secret society within the organization branded women with a spiritual leader’s initials and forced them to have sex with him. The leader, Keith Raniere, is set to go on trial next month. Also charged in the case are Salzman’s daughter as well as Seagram liquor fortune heiress Clare Bronfman and TV actress Allison Mack.

There's profit and then there's profit (prophet?). I recently viewed a documentary about the global economy. One point in it is that some people make a living by doing or making something that adds value (to the economy) and others do so just by shifting existing value from one place or person to another. If VeePee created something that some people found value in (e.g. PFLAP) then the splinters are just shifting it around.

It's only 19 days until 4/1/19.

I bet Stephen King could make that story sing!

Ummm... "rational thought" is about the last thing people who are needing to be persuaded actually take heed to. The resources for learning persuasion are numerous, here is one. Perhaps one of the most significant resources of our era is the seminal research of Robert Cialdini, emeritus professor of social psychology and author of Influence. But I digress.

Looks like Raf abstained from posting on Sunday this week.

Yelling doesn't make it so. But thanks anyway. Define quantitative and qualitative evidence Quantitative: Numerical or statistical information (data), which often comes from surveys, surveillance or from administration records. Qualitative:Descriptive information, which often comes from interviews, focus groups or artistic depictions such as photographs.

Btw, by definition, Kata, witnessing instantaneous healings would be qualitative, not quantitative proof, if anything. Quantitative evidence has to do with numbers... which might be related to what Raf said.

Easter is after Tax Day this year.

And the photo IS of the same David Craley that edited the Way Mag.

I don't need your apologies. If you're going to post remarkable claims, it is your responsibility to provide the links and the back up documentation. Full stop.

Where's the documentation that he was "born without a brain?"

Figure it out. If you can't figure it out, don't bother telling people to do some convoluted search process.

Indeed, Thomas Paine, one of the most influential of the Founding Fathers, was a Deist. He took a lot of crap for his essay on the Age of Reason. Because it undermined the superstition that dominated religion in that era.

I prefer to try to read to infer what the writer is trying to communicate. If I was teaching a class on English grammar, I'd agree with you. OTOH, did you go on Quora to ask the writer of that question for clarification? Did you post some snark there too about the grammar?

Why don't you just post the YouTube link here?

Maybe I'm dense, but I read the question, even with the commas, as that it was only a subset of atheists who believe that Jesus never existed.

As you seem to have noticed, I used an "I" statement (I don't see how...). Just claiming it WAS germane doesn't automatically make it germane. It's also not a great leap to recognize that I was implying that I had never become FB friends with him but simply referenced HOW I came to understand that he's on FB. Thanks for the clarification. I never implied that I trust FB friend suggestions. I don't recall ever having met Craley. But obviously am familiar with his name.

I don't see how that's germane to the question or the response. But thanks for letting us know how you feel. Also, my point is that if Thomas wants to know what's up with Mr Craley, he could go ask him himself.