I'm sorry to have beaten Stu up like I did. I actually enjoy his contributions and believe he is capable of profound thought. Call it weak or cowardly, but I'll have it known my intents aren't to insult or reprimand anybody. For him to accuse me of being contradictory by having a belief in the "supernatural" and refusing to acknowledge his own paradoxical existence was just too much for me. I should remember that his and others line of research stops at the Event Horizon, and admittedly they accept that they can never go any further.
Yes of course. I have on many occasions witnessed dogs becoming tied together immediately following mating. I have myself on more than one occasion woken up to find my self somewhat glued to a female human counterpart. The former is known to be caused by the swelling of the penis, while the latter is understood to be caused by the flaccidity of the penis in coincidence with the coagulation of vaginal fluids... Although little understood by science in general, the baculum (penis bone) within the dog's penis is also thought to play a part in the act of knotting. The bitch's vagina is also designed to clamp shut immediately following ejaculation- this is likely another evolutionary benefit resulting in the bitch's ability to hold (and not spill) semen. This penis bone (baculum) is beneficial to the mating of many mammals (not humans) as it allows the penis to remain rigid at all times within the vagina, ensuring proper insertion. But as you might imagine it can create a problem with the removal of the penis after the bitch's vagina has clamped shut. p.s. On one occasion I walked outside the house to find my neighbor hosing down his two french bulldogs while they were knotted, but to no avail. He asked me if I knew what to do, and I told him to just be patient and they will eventually work themselves apart. Despite my warning, after 30 mins or so my neighbor became impatient and had his wife help him separate the dogs. He had her hold the male still while he violently jerked the female away. The screaming welp the male made when pulled apart forever left a scar on my eardrums and heart. The bitch was obviously sore to walk for a few days to come, but I saw no sign of the male during that time. It was reported that he did little other than hunker down in bed and lick his junk. Moral of the story is of course: NEVER pull dogs apart while knotted!
That a lot effort to "prove" something you don't even know for a fact, you're assumption the video is faked.
Dude, no problem, you haven't landed a single punch. What makes me smile is the universe itself fits to a tee, everything as a theist, you claim your God to be.
You've just said this [the question of morals] is where those of religious faith struggle to assert their claims. Your statements above bears perfect testament to that. Common sense says you're doing a lot of dancing around the fact that it is - in and of itself - of higher moral standing to decide something right or wrong for its own sake, rather than basing such decisions on the unedifying superstitious religious fear of punishment or hope of reward or favor after death.
It's in the defense of the ridiculous that some theists seem obliged to make those kind of nonsensical remarks. So was I right, you are being precious! Are you really saying no one has the right to question, query, criticize or find fault with religious beliefs and should they ever do so it is persecuting and condemning people rather than their ideas? Really!? You do realize this is not the middle ages don't you?. It is perfectly reasonable to interrogate religious notions. Especially very silly ones which most turn out to be. btw, perhaps you should have checked the archives. I've never started a thread on God stuff and only replied to those, like yourself, who have gone there first. Lol. It's the laws of physics that are said to break down, not the laws of nature. No, it is to say origins are beyond current scientific knowledge. It is not to say anything is beyond the laws of nature. No, it would not be at all sensible to agree with that. It would be absurd and contradictory. Supernatural origins could not be natural origins . Are you still trying to say origins must be unnatural? There is nothing to conceal about existence, mine or any other. Existence exists is a true axiom, nothing paradoxical about it.
What do you imagine I claim my God to be- some white haired old wizard on a throne who farts out people in gardens? You don't know what I claim my God to be anymore than I do. To try to claim you have such divine knowledge just won't fly here so you can save that BS for the Intro Boards. The universe is full of the "supernatural" by the very definition of the word. You should maybe check it out seeing as you've been whoring the word out like it's hammer of doom to your opponents. Any physicist worth their diploma will likely admit that beyond the event horizon is a realm that is drastically and fundamentally different from what we view as the natural laws of physics. You needn't bother regurgitating your tedious argument that the laws of physics and the laws of nature are two totally separate concepts. If you believe the laws of nature are unchanged at the point of a singularity (IF such a thing exists), then this belief would have to be an undeniable and complete act of faith on your part.