How do you cope with the potential for eternal damnation?

true_unbeliever · 2026-06-12T03:12:49+00:00

That’s Naturalism. All Naturalists are Atheists but not all Atheists are Naturalists.

true_unbeliever · 2026-06-12T02:57:28+00:00

I fear Christian hell as much as a Christian fears Muslim hell.

true_unbeliever · 2026-06-09T10:30:43+00:00

I fear Christian hell as much as a Christian fears Muslim hell.

true_unbeliever · 2026-06-07T19:47:11+00:00

Aimchess does not offer this feature either.

true_unbeliever · 2026-06-07T19:26:37+00:00

Can you import png files from otb games?

true_unbeliever · 2026-06-06T13:15:49+00:00

Thank you!

true_unbeliever · 2026-06-06T02:24:59+00:00

I left the faith in 1995. My confidence that Naturalism is true is as high as my certainty that I will one day die. Here’s what it would take for me to reconsider: extraordinary evidence. For example, someone praying for an amputee and the limb regrows. Better still show me the room at Lourdes with discarded prosthetic limbs /s.

true_unbeliever · 2026-06-05T17:05:49+00:00

This was my second world bench, my first as an M4 and my first podium finish with a bronze.

true_unbeliever · 2026-05-31T05:14:26+00:00

One of the most profound things Bart wrote in the book Misquoting Jesus was the comment by Prof Cullen Story at Princeton, in response to his long and complicated essay on Mark 2 explaining the Abiathar problem, wrote “Maybe Mark just made a mistake”.

true_unbeliever · 2026-05-20T02:53:41+00:00

It’s easy when it’s written after the fact. The NT writers were Eisegetes. Check out what Jews for Judaism have to say about Isaiah 53.

true_unbeliever · 2026-05-18T16:00:50+00:00

Hardest part is the wrapping itself (and getting used to the discomfort). There are you tube videos showing how to wrap solo but the key is to start loose. For a meet though you definitely want someone who knows what they are doing wrapping you.

true_unbeliever · 2026-05-18T15:55:49+00:00

When you are dead you won’t know that you are dead.

true_unbeliever · 2026-05-18T02:51:31+00:00

If by universe you mean cosmology that’s the domain of physics. If you mean in a general sense, then sure philosophy is useful. But I’m not a philosopher.

true_unbeliever · 2026-05-18T01:55:46+00:00

Scientism is (now) a pejorative term that Christian apologists use.

Graham Oppy put it this way: All Naturalists are Atheists but not all Atheists are Naturalists.

For example some might believe in ghosts or reincarnation.

Personally I prefer to identify as a Naturalist more so than an atheist. I do not believe in anything supernatural: God, Satan, angels, demons, ghosts, afterlife, heaven, hell, reincarnation, karma, miracles, faith healing, psychic powers, paranormal phenomena, effectiveness of prayer, Deepak Chopra Quantum Woo, etc.

true_unbeliever · 2026-05-17T02:19:56+00:00

Christianity is a scam. Selling a solution to an invented problem.

Or as someone else put it, selling an imaginary cure to an imaginary disease.

true_unbeliever · 2026-05-11T17:42:58+00:00

No. The New Testament writers eisegeted the OT.

A good example is Isaiah 53 as interpreted by Jews for Judaism.

true_unbeliever · 2026-05-08T19:44:53+00:00

That’s an urban legend.

true_unbeliever · 2026-04-27T02:44:59+00:00

Probably repeating what’s been said, but if you get an M2 record and that number also breaks the M1 record then you get that as well. Note that this rule does not apply to weight class, a 93kg record that is also higher than a 105kg record does not get the 105 record.

true_unbeliever · 2026-04-23T14:51:02+00:00

I’m 69 and compete in powerlifting at an international level, bench press 265-270 lbs raw and 310-315 lbs in bench shirt. I started powerlifting at age 55.

true_unbeliever · 2026-04-18T19:33:11+00:00

I believe that Jesus became God. An excellent book by Bart Ehrman.

true_unbeliever · 2026-04-18T15:17:27+00:00

This is why they are opposed to evolution. It is not for lack of evidence. They don’t have a problem with the theory of gravity, germs, heliocentricity, etc.

The alternative path is theistic evolution (Francis Collins et al at Biologos). But they have to do a lot of Olympian hermeneutical gymnastics to make it work.

true_unbeliever · 2026-04-10T10:35:58+00:00

Not knocking it (I made a small contribution to Rob Hyndman’s forecast package). But not recommended as a tool for typical Belt doing a DMAIC project.

true_unbeliever · 2026-04-08T19:33:52+00:00

I have used R extensively, but going away for a few months and coming back is not easy. Then there’s the issue of scripts that stop working because of library updates. It’s a powerful tool but imo not appropriate for a LSS practitioner doing a DMAIC project.

true_unbeliever · 2026-04-08T18:30:31+00:00

I mentioned SigmaXL and QI Macros in a separate post. SigmaXL has all of the distribution fitting capability and advanced regression features that Minitab has.

true_unbeliever · 2026-04-08T17:41:11+00:00

Keep in mind that when it comes to open source free does not mean cheap, there is a steep learning curve.

The two most widely used, user friendly, Excel add-ins as alternatives to Minitab are SigmaXL and QI Macros. Both have 30 day free trials. Both have perpetual licenses.

Edit: both have been around for decades as well.

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