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  Which of the following do you believe? (search mode)
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Question: Which of the following do you believe?
#1
It is possible to communicate with dead people
 
#2
Prayer can directly heal medical problems
 
#3
God created man in His own image
 
#4
Every living thing goes through a cycle of reincarnation
 
#5
Life on earth can be explained by evolution through natural selection
 
#6
There will be a Second Coming of Jesus
 
#7
Every human is given a soul at or before conception
 
#8
Prophecy remains relevant to our everyday lives
 
#9
God does not exist
 
#10
None of the Above
 
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Alcon
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« on: October 30, 2007, 12:00:36 PM »
« edited: October 30, 2007, 12:02:27 PM by Alcon »

With absolute certainty?  NOTA.  I don't really believe anything with absolute certainty.

Because of the wording of #5, under any understanding of human logic, it is automatically true, as Verily said.  I'm going to assume the intent was to ask whether it can be accurately explained under such a paradigm and reply to the poll accordingly.

Of them, evolution is the only one that I think is "extremely likely"; and prayer curing medical conditions, I find likely, but only because of psychological reasons.  I also tend to lean toward God not existing, although that's perhaps mostly because I am ultraskeptical of a god in the Christian sense of the term.
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Alcon
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« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2007, 01:42:54 PM »
« Edited: October 30, 2007, 01:54:28 PM by Alcon »

Of them, evolution is the only one that I think is "extremely likely"; and prayer curing medical conditions, I find likely, but only because of psychological reasons.  I also tend to lean toward God not existing, although that's perhaps mostly because I am ultraskeptical of a god in the Christian sense of the term.

Again, the wording comes back to bite you with the prayer question. Prayer heals some problems due to the placebo effect, but it does so indirectly, not directly. (Incidentally, a Christian would also not believe that prayer heals medical issues directly as God must heed the prayer and do the healing himself.)

Oh, I didn't see "directly."  Good thing I didn't vote for it, then.
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