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This term refers to the following incident in the New Testament, describing one of Jesus' appearances after his resurrection, and the skeptical reaction of the disciple Thomas on being told of it: John 20: 24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The ot...

doubtingthomas wrote: ↑

Fri May 17, 2024 9:16 pm

Chap was very clear when he said that 16 year old are adults.

I don't seem to recall stating that on this board recently. Can you just find the post you are thinking of, and link to it?

I think there is a possibility you are thinking about somebody else.

Physics Guy wrote: ↑

Fri May 17, 2024 5:10 pm

In Newtonian theory the gravitational force just happens to be proportional to mass, by postulate, with no further story behind the coincidence. In General Relativity it isn't a coincidence any more.

Very neatly put!

Imwashingmypirate wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2024 8:23 pm

I don't think he is a pedophile, I don't think he wants to date teenagers.

You may well be right. I hope you are.

But goodness me! He really does put a lot of energy into posting about such topics. Better that, I suppose, than actually doing anything.

doubtingthomas wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2024 5:35 pm

I honestly suspect that these days, more women than men commit statutory rape.

I don't believe the 'honestly' bit.

This nonsense belongs in the megathread.

What on earth has this got to do with the topic of the thread? There is a doubtingthomas megathread for all this obsessional stuff in constant orbit around the idea of sex with young women and girls, is there not?

When I first heard that we were already saved from a different denomination I was shocked. It makes sense to me that an all knowing God who knows everything we are and everything we will be, already knows everything. And they say he loves us. He loves us despite all the things he knows about us tha...

except for the irony involved when you are buying plastic trash can liners or plastic bottles or plastic jugs or plastic anything that is perfectly fine so long as you don't take them home in a plastic bag! Get it? You can buy plastic bags in the store but you can't put your plastic bags in a plast...

... disrespect and abuse of our creative powers is offensive to God. Such disrespect is also a recipe for child poverty juvenile delinquency that plagues our society today. So, more abortion should equal more crime. But: https://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/levitt/Papers/DonohueLevittTheImpactOfLegaliz...

ajax18 wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:09 pm

And for you, 'a baby' includes every fertilized ovum, right?

Not necessarily, but I do believe that our disrespect and abuse of our creative powers is offensive to God. [...]

So just to get things clear, at what stage does a fertilised ovum achieve the status of 'baby'?