Is "Dublin" a real place?

Notavirus.exe

endacl wrote: »

C'mon. How are you going to backtrack later if you won't take a position on the question of unicorns?

That report button is tempting... But I'm a nice person.

Can you find quotes of unicorns from the Bible? I'm the religious one here and I haven't a clue as to what you're talking about.

endacl

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

That report button is tempting... But I'm a nice person.

Can you find quotes of unicorns from the Bible? I'm the religious one here and I haven't a clue as to what you're talking about.

Report away there. That's what it's for, if you think you're being abused.

Here's a link for the biblical unicorns. http://bfy.tw/1iER

Notavirus.exe

endacl wrote: »

Report away there. That's what it's for, if you think you're being abused.

Here's a link for the biblical unicorns. http://bfy.tw/1iER

As I have said, they're just non-Jesus related stories.

I've just noticed that you're from ahem ""Dublin"" and this has got me thinking, is there any connection between living in an urban area and being atheist and living in a rural area and being religious? Have any studies been done?

endacl

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

As I have said, they're just non-Jesus related stories.

I've just noticed that you're from ahem ""Dublin"" and this has got me thinking, is there any connection between living in an urban area and being atheist and living in a rural area and being religious? Have any studies been done?

I have no idea. Are you suggesting a link between rural living and credulity? I certainly wouldn't automatically make that link. Some of the smartest people I know are woollybacks.

magicbastarder

i'm curious as to the double inverted commas, which suggests the poster is not convinced of the existence of dublin.

smokingman

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'm curious as to the double inverted commas, which suggests the poster is not convinced of the existence of dublin.

Based on his previous posts, there seems to be a conspiracy theorist thing going on with him. Maybe there's a link there to the whole....

Rock77

Lord Riverside wrote:

No, I think you're mixed up again. Alien life may exist, or it may not. We don't know if it exists or not. Until there is evidence it does exist / does not exist, we can't logically state that it's a fiction or a fact. Hence opinions / beliefs that it does exist, or that it does not exist.

Ah ok, i see what you're saying. We should really stick to the religious part of the conversation though.
It is my opinion that to believe in something that somebody just made up and has no evidence of is a bit naive.

OP, my life is great,i enjoy life. I don't think there is an afterlife but i suppose it would make the thought of death a little easier.

But why do u believe in a god or heaven?

The Randy Riverbeast

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'm curious as to the double inverted commas, which suggests the poster is not convinced of the existence of dublin.

There's a conspiracy theory (or joke) about a town which is believed to not exist.

If you ask anyone if they have ever been there they either say yes or no. If no, nobody has been there. If yes, they are part of the conspiracy and lying about its existence.

Thargor

The Randy Riverbeast wrote: »

There's a conspiracy theory (or joke) about a town which is believed to not exist.

If you ask anyone if they have ever been there they either say yes or no. If no, nobody has been there. If yes, they are part of the conspiracy and lying about its existence.

The Bielefeld Conspiracy.

The Randy Riverbeast

Thargor wrote: »

The Bielefeld Conspiracy.

That's the one. Couldnt remember the name of the town because its not real.

Pherekydes

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'm curious as to the double inverted commas, which suggests the poster is not convinced of the existence of dublin.

It exists!

I've been there! Read about it:

The Five People You Meet in Dublin.

Stairway to Dublin.

Love From Dublin.

The First Phonecall From Dublin.

Proof of Dublin.

Dublin is for Real.

And many more good books about Dublin.

endacl

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'm curious as to the double inverted commas, which suggests the poster is not convinced of the existence of dublin.

This is the thread that keeps on giving.

Keplar240B

Pherekydes wrote: »

It exists!

I've been there! Read about it:

The Five People You Meet in Dublin.

Stairway to Dublin.

Love From Dublin.

The First Phonecall From Dublin.

Proof of Dublin.

Dublin is for Real.

And many more good books about Dublin.

How do you know you exist?

endacl

Keplar240B wrote: »

How do you know you exist?

How does he know you don't?

I have photographs of Dublin, but I wont show them to you. Just look some up online.

kylith

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

The Bible was written very shortly after Jesus died so if some people started to write about this Jesus guy and claiming it was true, there would be uproar, or at least some record of one person complaining about the Bible.

Another thing, the writers of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John must have been crazy potheads to have wasted so much time writing about Jesus if it wasn't true.

The New Testament was written, at the earliest, around the year 50CE, 18 years after Jesus' reported death. The gospel of Mark was written about the year 70CE; 38 years after Jesus' reported death. None of it 'very shortly' after Jesus died.

The bible itself was put together around 300CE and edited, re-edited, translated, and re-translated who knows how many times between now and then.

As for having to be crazy potheads to spend a lot of time writing something untrue - people will write any old guff for money and fame.

Notavirus.exe

kylith wrote: »

The New Testament was written, at the earliest, around the year 50CE, 18 years after Jesus' reported death. The gospel of Mark was written about the year 70CE; 38 years after Jesus' reported death. None of it 'very shortly' after Jesus died.

The bible itself was put together around 300CE and edited, re-edited, translated, and re-translated who knows how many times between now and then.

As for having to be crazy potheads to spend a lot of time writing something untrue - people will write any old guff for money and fame.

The writers didn't declare themselves miraculous. They talked about a Jesus guy. I don't know why they'd get money.

Also, 18 years isn't a long time and the story of Jesus would have been passed down to children by their parents. If it wasn't then there would be people moaning about the story of Jesus being a load of bull.

The Randy Riverbeast

Deleted User wrote: »

I have photographs of Dublin, but I wont show them to you. Just look some up online.

Dont worry. I borrowed the OP's camera and got a picture of dublin.

Notavirus.exe

The Randy Riverbeast wrote: »

Dont worry. I borrowed the OP's camera and got a picture of dublin.

No no no. The black lips and ghost photos are completely unrelated. Please edit your photo so it shows a ghost AND a legitimate person whose lips "came out" black, thanks.

EoghanIRL

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

The writers didn't declare themselves miraculous. They talked about a Jesus guy. I don't know why they'd get money.

Also, 18 years isn't a long time and the story of Jesus would have been passed down to children by their parents. If it wasn't then there would be people moaning about the story of Jesus being a load of bull.

Word of mouth is subject to so much error though, like Chinese whispers.

endacl

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

No no no. The black lips and ghost photos are completely unrelated. Please edit your photo so it shows a ghost AND a legitimate person whose lips "came out" black, thanks.

You'll have to imagine the ghost. There's no such thing as ghosts.

Shrap

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

this has got me thinking, is there any connection between living in an urban area and being atheist and living in a rural area and being religious?

"No".

endacl

Shrap wrote: »

"No".

""""""""No""""""""

Notavirus.exe

Shrap wrote: »

"No".

Actually, I believe there is. I know a few city dwellers, they're all atheist.

Nearly every rural person (like myself) has some faith.

endacl

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

Actually, I believe there is. I know a few city dwellers, they're all atheist.

Nearly every rural person (like myself) has some faith.

Anecdote. The enemy of fact.

Pherekydes

Keplar240B wrote: »

How do you know you exist?

Cogito ergo sum!

johnnyskeleton

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

The Bible was written very shortly after Jesus died so if some people started to write about this Jesus guy and claiming it was true, there would be uproar, or at least some record of one person complaining about the Bible.

About 50 -80 years afterwards is the best estimate. Imagine the first accounts of WWII were only to be written today based on stories passed down from war veterans.

Another thing, the writers of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John must have been crazy potheads to have wasted so much time writing about Jesus if it wasn't true.

Or they were interested in starting a new religious movement and Jesus was a good person to base it on.

Racket

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

Actually, I believe there is. I know a few city dwellers, they're all atheist.

Nearly every rural person (like myself) has some faith.

Does only having Faith on vinyl count?

endacl

Pherekydes wrote: »

Cogito ergo sum!

Illegitimi non carborundum!

Keplar240B

Pherekydes wrote: »

Cogito ergo sum!

That's good. That's very good. But how do you know that anything else exists?

endacl

Keplar240B wrote: »

That's good. That's very good. But how do you know that anything else exists?

Photos. Quod erat demonstrandum.

endacl

endacl wrote: »

Photos. Quod erat demonstrandum.

Aren't you going to answer the question about this """"grandmother"""" you claim to have photographed?

Oh wait, that was someone else. Oops, sorry.

Or maybe the """"""grandmother"""""" in question doesn't exist.

Or perhaps we can't find out if the """""""""grandmother"""""""" exists or not without causing her to cease existing.

Is she possibly Schrödinger's Grandmother?

Keplar240B

endacl wrote: »

Photos. Quod erat demonstrandum.

Now, listen, listen. Here's the big question. How do you know that the evidence your sensory apparatus reveals to you is correct? What I'm getting at is this. The only experience that is directly available to you is your sensory data. This sensory data is merely a stream of electrical impulses that stimulate your "brain". You really don't know what the outside universe is really like.

Overheal

Keplar240B wrote: »

Now, listen, listen. Here's the big question. How do you know that the evidence your sensory apparatus reveals to you is correct? What I'm getting at is this. The only experience that is directly available to you is your sensory data. This sensory data is merely a stream of electrical impulses that stimulate your "brain". You really don't know what the outside universe is really like.

Are you even able to verify that it's real sensory data, or that your "brain" is even made up of cells or other flesh?

kippy

This is getting deep.

looksee

kippy wrote: »

This is getting deep.

Like a treacle well.

Shrap

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

Actually, I believe there is. I know a few city dwellers, they're all atheist.

Nearly every rural person (like myself) has some faith.

I am a rural person living in a village of about 500. I know many atheists and more religious, so yes there are more religious people in my area. However, I would say that the proportion of atheists to religious people is approximately the same countrywide, so I dispute your anecdotal evidence and present my own instead.

So, again.....,""""NO""". And my """proof""" is as good as yours.

magicbastarder

can someone please verify the existence of boards.ie before i continue posting here?

Captain Flaps

ffs.

galljga1

endacl wrote: »

Photos. Quod erat demonstrandum.

Tá sé mahogany gasspipe.

lazygal

Overheal wrote: »

Are you even able to verify that it's real sensory data, or that your "brain" is even made up of cells or other flesh?

How can you know its even called a "brain"?

Mickeroo

lazygal wrote: »

How can you know its even called a "brain"?

Jaffa Cakes.

galljga1

Mickeroo wrote: »

Jaffa Cakes.

Yeah, that makes about as much sense as the previous couple of pages.

Keplar240B

You are all false data.
Therefore I shall ignore you
False data can act only as a distraction. Therefore, I shall refuse to perceive. The only thing that exists is myself.

Notavirus.exe

What's with all the "s?

endacl

Keplar240B wrote: »

You are all false data.
Therefore I shall ignore you
False data can act only as a distraction. Therefore, I shall refuse to perceive. The only thing that exists is myself.

Link to a photo of said potentially habitable exoplanet please. Not an "artist's impression".

No photo, no Keplar 240B.

robindch

Wrong thread.

endacl

robindch wrote: »

Wrong thread.

Has been since the granny bit.

Biscuits?

Notavirus.exe

endacl wrote: »

Has been since the granny bit.

Biscuits?

The "granny bit" was on-topic. My grandmother is a fine and happy woman. She is also atheist, which makes me think "I wonder what gives her a reason not to complain about life not having any meaning".

endacl

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

The "granny bit" was on-topic. My grandmother is a fine and happy woman. She is also atheist, which makes me think "I wonder what gives her a reason not to complain about life not having any meaning".

Have you spoken to her about it yet?