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Bob McKenzies preseason top 16 ranked prospects https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/macklin-celebrini-leads-big-three-atop-bob-mckenzie-s-tsn-pre-season-nhl-draft-ranking-1.2007499

I take your words at face value and interpret them according to their meanings. Words have meanings. I would still like to hear what you believe reality is ? I don't approach our interaction as an argument, rather a discussion. Hopefully we can learn from each other. Someone with an open mind will always learn from interacting with others.

Psychists have been debating and experimenting for over a hundred years about which interpretation really represents what we define as reality. There is the Copenhagen Interpretation. The de Broglie Bohm theory. The many worlds interpretation. Qbism So tell me what is reality ? In some ways we actually create the reality we see, the eyes collect data, that data is then used by the occipital Lobe of our brain, the neuronal activity is compared with a memory. We have just created our reality. You have contradicted yourself . At one point in your post you state that " that their version (s) of a god highly improbable " You then go on to state " That therefore human beings know that God does not exist " There is a big difference in something being highly improbable and knowing something for a fact. Again you don't believe a god exists, that is the definition of an athiest, if indeed you call yourself an athiest. Athiesim is a disbelief. Here is the Meriam Webster definition of the word disbelief https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disbelief I respect your right to hold your disbelief. As for the rest we know Jack $hit. As Einstein noted " The more I learn, the more I realise I don't know "

Cheney was the president bar in name alone. He was right where he wanted to be, in the background, without the spotlight on him. His " interpretation" of the unitary executive theory. Cheney and Rummy, what a pair.

Macwhiner is a baby diver ! Bouchard is a waste of oxygen ! Something something AHL blue line Am I getting this right ?

Totally. I miss EOTM. He is another ex fellow member of Whatthenuck.

This is my dirt bike. Even though it's over ten years old it only had 58 hours on it when I bought it, got it for a bargain off a friend, at the start of Covid and am only just starting to ride it a bit in the last year. https://dirtbikerider.com/reviews/2012-kawasaki-kx450f/ Got rec- recreational - registration so I can ride it on all the bush tracks I grew up riding. What makes our mountains crap for skiing makes the unreal for riding dirt bikes and four wheel drives. They are riddled with tracks, twenty odd minutes from my farm there are bush tracks all the way to the high plains and beyond. Before I got into skiing we explored the mountains, linked all the tracks up and wearing once a year do a " long ride " , six days on our bikes, close to 2000km loop. The tracks/ hills in the high planes are gnarly , perfectly suited to the 600 4 strokes and in my case 500 2 strokes we used to ride. We used to dump fuel off at certain points in the bush as well as small town service stations, carry what we needed on our backs. Met a back up party at the half way point to change tyres, a bit of maintenance.

This is my roadie. I own a 2015 model. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Street_Triple

Can't post photos so I will post this wiki article that has an image of a car I had for close to 20 years before I sold it, had a son. Also these things are so rare nowadays that you better have unreal security or they get ripped off. It is a Ford XY GT Falcon, mine was electric blue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_XY_Falcon_GT The XY GT HO was the fastest four door production car in the world back in 1971. They sold 300 to the public so they could race a few, they were the rules of touring car racing back then here in Aus They were going to bring out a phase 4 with the new body shape, XA, however a politician labelled them bullets on wheels, which they kinda were, 160 MPH down conrod straight at Bathurst so they got canned. 18 year old kids were buying them and writing themselves off. You could by a XY GT HO complete with a QC ( quality control)- race- motor for just under 6 grand back then. In September 2021 one sold for $1.3 million at auction. My grandad's name on my mother's side was Joseph Henry Ford.

Totally. This is done mostly at an hierarchical level. Sure you have a few cults like the branch davidians and those other nutjobs/ family, can't remember their name however most congregations in my experience and to my knowledge are made up of kind, caring people. You can find good and bad and everything in between in any given group of people. You can find good and bad in any person, it is a percentage thing, none of us are perfect. I don't know about you however I am always striving to be a better person, I will be doing this until the day I die. As for the personal spirituality I totally agree with you. What I used to define as my personal spirituality was going backcountry skiing with a friend, cutting a boot pack/ skinning to the top of a mountain, smoking a doobie, taking in the wonder of nature and contemplating the whichness of why.

Why shouldn't end well ? How hard is it to have a respectful discussion ? I hope others don't come in here mocking and deriding those with faith. Personally I enjoy these discussions. The big questions, what of our beginnings, why are we here, is there a purpose, or are our lives meaningless. Scientists have estimated that there may be 8.7 million species of life in this planet. Why is it that humans have evolved to the point that we have the ability to reason/ ratiocinate like no other species ?

As I have already stated we are certain about the periodic table of elements, the elements that make up the universe and ourselves. How do you know that prayers have not been answered by any of the billions of people who have prayed over the last 2 millenia ? While I admit it defies what we believe to be reality that a being called Jesus did those things, what is reality ? Is reality entirely dependent on subjective experience or completely independent of it ? As I have already stated ancient texts like the bible are not fairy tales, they are metaphors/ allegories meant to teach us how in interact with each other. Belief in a god is the theory religious people hold in regards to how every thing began, not just this universe. Can you tell me what came before this universe ? What created the elements that caused the big bang, that some scientists are now theorising was a big bounce ? https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a34941841/big-bounce-universe-theory/ You hold your disbelief and that's your choice. I believe in keeping an open mind, like any good scientist when something cannot be proven to be true or false with the evidence currently available.

As I stated at a congregational level sharing a belief system does have some societal advantages. My parents congregation used to support a couple of very poor families in that congregation. They also had fundraising activities to support charities both here in Aus and overseas. When my father died, there was a group of women all of whom had lost their husbands/ partners, and they were a great support network for each other. Just like we hang out here, they got together with like-minded people and shared a community, by the time they died, they had been hanging out with many of these people for 50- 60 years. So I disagree with you that once you take faith out of the personal sphere it is a negative thing. Just like all human institutions it's when it gets hierarchical that the problems begin. Some humans want power over others. This is not unique to religion. It is the human condition.

Some friends of mine Rock on Rocket You're not forgotten

You go to a music festival to see a few of your favourite bands then one you haven't seen before rocks your world. Saw them with CS late last year. Epic live

The kid has grown up

Nice little write up about Demidov https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/meet-ivan-demidov-the-2024-nhl-draft-prospect-that-some-think-might-be-better-than-matvei-michkov Some video with analysis

Bang on brother. A girl was allegedly gang raped what, six years ago, and nothing has been done about it in regards to actions by the bodies you have mentioned. I believe that issue should have been dealt with as quickly as the issue with Babcock.

We should have a Chess thread for us fanatics. I am probably crap compared to you guys. One of you should start a thread.

Right on Brother. If you want to see those " controversial" photos just google Adams Instagram account where he has posted photos of his family amongst others, in the public domain, where his 70,000 " followers " and strangers like me and @Elias Pettersson who gave me the idea, can view them. I just did.

Brother you know I don't like to insult people however some of these athletes are complete idiots when it comes to what they post on their social media accounts. Take this guy https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/news-2023-paul-gallen-exclusive-column-valentine-holmes-white-powder-photo-instagram/89de9134-a73c-4691-868c-43bc5d953114 This was last week, posting a photo of himself with a little " baggie" of white powder. It's like the Cops who have a unit whose job is to peruse the internet for the dumbass criminals who post their crimes on you tube or face book.

To paraphrase an ex pm of ours, CDC both old and new is a broad church. Can't agree with everyone however you can respect them.

Great Aussie pub rock EFF your Corporate BS EFF hypocrisy EFF your greed and your apathy, and EFF society

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