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We've had questions about lies and liars in the past, but this time we're asking about the sort of fantasist who constantly claims they've got a helicopter in the garden or was "second onto the balcony at the Iranian Embassy siege". Tell us about the cobblers you've been told, or the complete lies you've come out with.

Thanks to dozer for the suggestion

(, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:55)
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Yet said creator would have to be a supernatural entity
Or at least outside the bounds of nature as we know it. Whether you worship a god or not, believing in one places you firmly back in the religious camp. Besides, it was you who posted the "men in white coats/men in black dresses" stuff, and from what you've posted, you're definitely not on the side of the scientists.
(, Tue 18 Jan 2011, 16:14, 2 replies)
You still appear to be confusing theism
with religion.

The two are quite different, I assure you. It is possible to be a theist without being religious, and, indeed, one can be a creationist without being a Creationist.

I am neither, have never expressed allegiance to either, and I don't know why on earth you think I am more inclined to one or the other.
(, Tue 18 Jan 2011, 16:18, closed)
Religion and theism are pretty close
"Religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of life and the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural agency, or human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, spiritual, or divine."

"Theism, in the broadest sense, is the belief that at least one deity exists. In a more specific sense, theism refers to a doctrine concerning the nature of a monotheistic God and God's relationship to the universe."

You might be thinking of "deism".
(, Tue 18 Jan 2011, 21:59, closed)
not necessarily

(, Tue 18 Jan 2011, 17:39, closed)
Yes, necessarily.
In order to create the universe, a creator would have to exist outside said universe, violating the "natural" laws of this universe, hence supernatural.
(, Tue 18 Jan 2011, 22:02, closed)

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