How can an atheist believe in ghosts?

[depoix]

Which bush genus does the talking?

this one

 

 

The leading candidate is Dictamnus albus, a flowering shrub that grows to a height of about two feet. Native to a wide swath of Europe and Asia, including Israel, it's commonly called "fraxinella," "dittany," and, more pertinently for our story, "gas plant" and "burning bush." On warm days D. albus exudes vapor that readily ignites if you hold a match to it, and some say it ignites all by itself if the sun is hot enough. But--here's where things start to get biblical--the vapor burns so quickly that it doesn't consume or even damage the plant. This naturally brings to mind Exodus 3:2: "And the angel of the Lord appeared unto [Moses] in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed."

taken from the internet

 

and take straw for example,its a well known fact that compressed straw can produce heat ,maybe even self combust given the right circumstances

[Tony]

I'm confused. Does it burn in Hebrew, Arabic or English?

[Alien]

this one

 

 

The leading candidate is Dictamnus albus, a flowering shrub that grows to a height of about two feet. Native to a wide swath of Europe and Asia, including Israel, it's commonly called "fraxinella," "dittany," and, more pertinently for our story, "gas plant" and "burning bush." On warm days D. albus exudes vapor that readily ignites if you hold a match to it, and some say it ignites all by itself if the sun is hot enough. But--here's where things start to get biblical--the vapor burns so quickly that it doesn't consume or even damage the plant. This naturally brings to mind Exodus 3:2: "And the angel of the Lord appeared unto [Moses] in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed."

taken from the internet

 

and take straw for example,its a well known fact that compressed straw can produce heat ,maybe even self combust given the right circumstances

 

This is all very well and can be scientifically explained. What you now have to do is scientifically explain how the bush or by the above reasoning also straw can speak.

[depoix]

This is all very well and can be scientifically explained. What you now have to do is scientifically explain how the bush or by the above reasoning also straw can speak.

were we on about a bush speaking or tony's post or about burning vegetation? i cant explain why moses was said to have heard a voice coming from a bush,maybe he was on hallucinary drugs at the time to give him insight into the spirit world just as some tribes today do

[depoix]

I'm confused. Does it burn in Hebrew, Arabic or English?

 

come on tony your usually better prepared ,does an englishman dream only in english ? i wouldnt know

[Tony]

A small amendment perhaps?

were we on about a bush speaking or tony's post or about burning vegetation? i cant explain why moses was said to have heard a voice coming from a bush,maybe he was on hallucinary drugs at the time to give him insight into the spirit world just as some tribes today do

 

Now it complies with the laws of physics.

[depoix]

A small amendment perhaps?

 

Now it complies with the laws of physics.

i would have thought religion had more to do with it myself,drugs have /were used for years by shamans and priests thats a known fact ,who's to say moses didnt do the same thing ?

[Tony]

You may well be right and it may also be a made up story. I think that we can both be pretty confident that no deity spoke to him from a combustible shrub.

[depoix]

You may well be right and it may also be a made up story. I think that we can both be pretty confident that no deity spoke to him from a combustible shrub.

 

true enough and anyone foolish enough to wander the desert for 40 years with his followers because a voice told him to is suspect, and may possibly be in need of psychiatric help

[evildrneil]

What if it's the ghost of god!?