Is a gay love affair mentioned in the Old Testament? There has been much dispute about the famous friendship of David and Jonathan; were they just good friends, or lovers? In 2 Samuel...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 hours ago
Last month my husband and I celebrated our 47th anniversary.
Congratulations and celebrations!
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 hours ago
because he was obsessed with the idea that Jesus would arrive from the sky soon, very soon—as we read in I Thessalonians 4. And he assured his devout Christian converts that he would be...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 hours ago
Sensible people who live well outside the natural range (or the invasive range) of raccoons.
That'll be everyone this side of the pond then. The main issue with cat...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 3 hours ago
I fear time is not on our side.
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 3 hours ago
The level of stupidity that it takes for deniers to think that's a flex is impressive.
It's par for the course. Take a soundbite out of context, and then apply it...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 3 hours ago
Not the mention the legions of kiddie diddlers in their ranks.
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 3 hours ago
As to Catholics and evangelicals, I think many who are attracted to such systems are people who are attracted to structures that impose social control - as long as they profit from the structure. I...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 6 hours ago
"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 17 hours ago
Sensible people who live well outside the natural range (or the invasive range) of raccoons. Where I live, you'd need a cat door that was somehow rigged in a way that only a cat could operate...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 20 hours ago
People tend to forget: the developers are in charge of AI, not the other way around.
Where the people who forget might even include Elon Musk. Musk isn't smart enough...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 20 hours ago
People tend to forget: the developers are in charge of AI, not the other way around. You're assuming that the developers are good actors. Unfortunately, this isn't so in the...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 20 hours ago
Why would someone who has billions of dollars—literally more than they could spend in 10,000 lifetimes—still wake up every day obsessed with making more? Even when they’re old. Even...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 20 hours ago
I see money more as a stand-in for dependency. We need money because we are not self-sufficient. Consider, if the feeble human had the adaptations of a goat, the human wouldn't need money. It...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 21 hours ago
People who believe the bible is still relevant in a moral sense should live their lives as if the bible is still relevant in every sense. For example, that would entail refusing to consume any...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 22 hours ago
It baffles me that devout Christians consider the apostle Paul a source of wisdom and moral guidance.
Did it baffle you when you were "a pastor in the Methodist Church...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 22 hours ago
While science deniers are probably too stupid to ask AI LLMs about their misconceptions, scientifically aware people can be proactive. Here's Gemini sharing its wisdom about the Skeptical...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 22 hours ago
UK experiences coolest summer since 2015 according to the Met Office
The level of stupidity that it takes for deniers to think that's a flex is impressive. 1....
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 22 hours ago
You are preaching to the converted. Consider being in the shoes of the dullards. Julia Hartley-Brewer, a conservative British political commentator and radio presenter, posted a screenshot on...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 23 hours ago
For example, one might ask the AGW denier to picture a thought experiment: what would happen if the entire British Isles were to somehow migrate south by a further ten miles each year?...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 23 hours ago
Good stuff, David, and congratulations on your 47th anniversary! It's likely that the condemnation of the "females" in Romans 1:27 is for having oral or anal sex with males, not for...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
Speaking of which see Harry McCall's blog post, "Jesus the Homosexual: Evidence F rom the Gospels":
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
So maybe the big question isn’t “Will AI take over the world?” Maybe it’s “Has money already done that?” And if that’s the case, then the conversation we need to be having isn’t just...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 1 day ago
People living 2,000 years ago were immersed in superstition, misinformation, and had a limited understanding of the natural world and the human body. Anything they wrote must be viewed with caution...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
I fed ChatGPT some ideas and asked it to phrase them all for me: The Monster We Already Serve** We hear it all the time these days: *“AI is the next Frankenstein’s monster.”* A human creation....
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 1 day ago