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Last Notes npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly We assume that everybody wants to be with God. npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly I guess thats right given the definition of extra-terrestrials. npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly and a very high fee to have the privilege of being there! Cheers! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly From my other nostr channel: npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Who's definition of evil do they go by? Nobody asks that question. npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Apple? What company is that? They look like they promote freedom of thought... 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It came to the table looking like it was sprayed with a light gray Krylon paint... It was lost somewhere in steak cooking limbo. npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly #grownostr #uncomfortabletruth npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly With onions, reminds me of my childhood! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Rare or it is overcooked! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly At this point in Clown World... I am open to just about anything! Cheers! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Welcome and thanks for the follow! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly YOUR THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN SHAPED npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY IS NOT AS BLACK AND WHITE AS YOU WERE LEAD TO BELIEVE npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly https://cdn.nostr.build/i/91067e21790017650c30dcd8de62a83d9dbf5fb920756ac81b6ed8dc4c04a7e9.jpg npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly #grownostr npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly “Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.” npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly [27] Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Followed! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly That may have been why I had to read your post twice. Lol! You may be interested in St. Aquinas' Five Ways. They are the arguments for a creator from an original mover perspective. npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly On second read of your reply, I might have misread your premise. Yes, science can never answer the why or how. Cheers! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly The article's premise that a Creator exists is not from what we don't know. npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Goodnight! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Yeah... that's the ticket! Lol, Cheers! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Caravaggio, The Taking of Christ, c. 1602 npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly THE MOST GOLDILOCKS IN ALL OF PHYSICS npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly I am glad you enjoyed the article. Thank you very much for the zap! Cheers! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly ALEISTER CROWLEY’S ALIEN npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly ARISTOTLE’S UNMOVED MOVER npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly “The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.” npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Fossil Friday: Did the Cambrian Explosion Really Happen? npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly SERPENTS THAT HAD THE WINGS OF A BAT npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly NOT YOUR AVERAGE RIPPLES ON THE BEACH npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly WON’T EVEN LIFT A FINGER npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly UNFOSSILIZED SOFT TISSUE HAS BEEN FOUND IN DINOSAUR FOSSILS npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly #Christianity #God #grownostr #plebchain #apologetics npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly NOAH’S ARK DROGUE STONES npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly THE CHAOS IN OUR LIVES DOES NOT DISPROVE A DESIGNER npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly THE FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly "1N73LL1G3NC3 15 7H3 4B1L17Y 70 4D4P7 70 CH4NG3." npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly “We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.” npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly PASCAL’S WAGER npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Caravaggio, The Conversion of St. Paul, c. 1600-1601 npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly FIVE NOTABLE BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly THE FINE TUNING OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE EXISTENCE OF GOD npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly WILLIAM BUCKLEY AND THE BUNYIP npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly #grownostr #Christianity #Jesus npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly “PRESERVATION OF FAVORED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE” npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly POLYSTRATE PETRIFIED TREES npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly JESUS WALKS ON WATER npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly PIGEON POOP LEADS TO A UNIVERSAL DISCOVERY npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly SCIENCE INCREASINGLY MAKES THE CASE FOR GOD npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly THE UNIVERSE FROM NOTHING IS ABSURD npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Salvator Mundi (c. 1510) by Leonardo da Vinci npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly THE SACRIFICE OF ST. DAMIEN OF MOLOKA’I npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly STATUE OF THE BIBLICAL JOSEPH FOUND IN EGYPT npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Amen! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Caravaggio, The Crowning with Thorns, c. 1602/1604 npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly LANGUAGE, CREATION, AND MEANING npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly #grownostr #plebchain #science #evolution npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly ISAAC NEWTON AND GOD npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly PRESERVED DINOSAUR SKIN npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly NEW NOSTR CHANNEL! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly KACHINA BRIDGE DINOSAUR PETROGLYPH npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly #note1v5l…rfgh npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly I wouldn't say it is the most sound as a theory. Science always changes. The underling philosophy of the universe having a beginning is and the evidence is pointing that way. I just posted an example of one argument for the existence of God that is based on a beginning. npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly There were several, the eternal universe is one. But the universe that has a beginning is the one that is the most philosophically sound. It was made popular by Aristotle with his unmoved mover idea. If the universe has a beginning then that leaves some philosophical questions open regarding "God". Thank you for the question, Cheers! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly THE BIG BANG WAS JUST A SLANDER npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly ARISTOTLE’S UNMOVED MOVER npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly TYRANNOSAURUS REX PRESERVED BLOOD CELLS npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly THE CREATURE IN THE NILE MOSAIC OF PALESTRINA npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly Intelligent design and sceptisism of evolution has made it mainstream! npub1eeyruzdhp74qnmm7fp0968zf3xrygcd28h3jwdz88td0kz6sevrs7x8m52 Random Gadfly THE BUTTERFLY PARADOX OF EVOLUTION
