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Are you saying that it's not a fact that what he has faith in (namely that there is some form of supernatural being or entity) exists in the universe ...
January 21, 2019 at 19:28
Yes, faith can be absurd. There are no restrictions on faith. But reasonableness is different. If we're being reasonable, then we can't permit absurdi...
January 21, 2019 at 18:46
There's definitely a fact. Of that I am certain. As per the fundamental laws of logic, either God is, or God is not. It can't be both or neither. That...
January 21, 2019 at 18:38
Yes, you've made that pretty clear multiple times, but that would be unwise for anyone who is a soft atheist, as they don't have that burden. You shou...
January 21, 2019 at 18:28
He already has done. It took many pages of discussion to finally reach a resolution, and he's forgotten it already! This is one of those moments where...
January 21, 2019 at 18:19
Scientific fact, and it's arguably in conflict with what's reasonable. And also, this all hinges on the meaning of "conflict". If scientific fact says...
January 21, 2019 at 18:09
How dare you?! I did not incinerate my children. I would never do such a thing. I threw them off of a cliff.
January 21, 2019 at 15:33
In my view, ethics and aesthetics are subjective matters. That's a topic in itself. I accept that there are facts about the world, and I would reject ...
January 21, 2019 at 15:08
Bad news: they had to put Fido down. The treatment got rid of the worms, but Fido walked into my room whilst I was using my laptop to browse through t...
January 21, 2019 at 14:26
I hate to break it to you, but that one's been done to death already.
January 21, 2019 at 14:18
No. Your comments are directed at the wrong person if they're directed at me. I was just using logic to analyse Rank Amateur's argument. That argument...
January 21, 2019 at 13:59
Yes, albeit with the qualification that it's a matter of judgement rather than a matter of fact. I judge it to be inexcusable because of my values, wh...
January 21, 2019 at 13:40
Ah, a god the existence of which makes no real difference. A bit like a celestial tea pot in terms of what it does, or rather doesn't do. Except that ...
January 21, 2019 at 09:37
Yes, from my perspective it's not either, because I value reason more than that.
January 21, 2019 at 09:29
I think that that last sentence is either untrue or misleading. Whilst I agree that those religious beliefs and some other beliefs would be effected, ...
January 21, 2019 at 08:52
I hereby dub this the boring small talk thread. "Hey, how's it going? How're the kids? The weather's nice outside, isn't it? What are you doing later?...
January 21, 2019 at 03:50
There really is no need for Baden's input. Just see here, for example. It explains when it can be used, what the rules are, and gives multiple example...
January 21, 2019 at 03:27
Okay, I'm sorry. There-there, hush now, mummy make it better. Would you like a tissue? How about a hug? Are you done now? Can we continue? Or would yo...
January 21, 2019 at 03:01
The difference is that mine was relevant to the topic. You should do. The primary purpose of this forum is to discuss philosophy, and the topic of thi...
January 21, 2019 at 02:28
That's it, bring out the ad hominems against me. Everyone line up and take turns. I'm mean and young and ignorant! I mean, I use the word "fuck" here ...
January 21, 2019 at 02:19
Because I said, "fuck", and "capiche", and raised my eyebrow? Who the hell cares? What did you come here for: to do philosophy or to tone police?
January 21, 2019 at 01:58
What on earth are you two talking about?
January 21, 2019 at 01:19
Thank the heavens above for apologists such as yourself, striding in on your white horse to attempt to defend the indefensible, and drag Trump from ou...
January 21, 2019 at 01:01
It isn't reasonable, to the best of my knowledge, but I've not once denied that it's a possibility (adding "real" doesn't do anything, except mislead,...
January 21, 2019 at 00:41
No, I didn't read what you wrote before. I assumed that it was something along the lines of, "Y'all right our kid? What it is right, me boiler's gone ...
January 21, 2019 at 00:28
Eh? But why would you think otherwise? Nothing's impossible unless there's a contradiction. Why would you assume that I thought that it would be impos...
January 21, 2019 at 00:05
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That's exactly the kind of reply that I expected from you. So, we have Inis, with little-to-no in-depth knowledge of complex economics, versus a conse...
January 21, 2019 at 00:01
You're pretty clueless, aren't you? A colon is supposed to be used to explicate something like that, and the way that you split the sentence into two ...
January 20, 2019 at 23:54
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You've shown that you can selectively quote statistics. Well done. But how about an economic forecast? Are you capable of that? Are you an economist? ...
January 20, 2019 at 23:40
That should be a single sentence with a colon instead of a full stop. I'm from a part of England where they teach you things like that in school, inst...
January 20, 2019 at 23:15
:rofl: Jesus Christ. They're the same in the relevant sense. They have the same logical form. Antecedent, material implication, consequent. P?Q. The '...
January 20, 2019 at 22:31
Don't cha think?
January 20, 2019 at 22:29
Sorry, did you say something? I was paying very little attention. However, I did notice that you erroneously tried to correct a British English spelli...
January 20, 2019 at 22:19
In: Brexit  — view comment
I suppose his dodgy tactics have given us an incentive to look at the bigger picture, which then exposes the economic disadvantages to Brexit. That wo...
January 20, 2019 at 22:10
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That is a red herring, which is an informal logical fallacy. My point was that the figure you quote, that 8% (although it's actually 7.4%) is relating...
January 20, 2019 at 21:56
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As I pointed out before, he also quotes statistics relating to goods only, which excludes services. I wonder why this could be? 1. Main points Total U...
January 20, 2019 at 21:32
So, hence forward, you're going to rephrase your claim to make it clear that your equivalence is only between strong atheism and theism, yes?
January 20, 2019 at 21:18
So, you accept that there's no faith in such a position, and you're going to stop saying otherwise? If not, where oh where is this illusive faith of w...
January 20, 2019 at 20:38
I'm just a big fan of irony, and I love the irony of an English teacher (or former English teacher) who has below par grammar, yet either doesn't real...
January 20, 2019 at 20:28
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That's not an answer. You're a con artist. Let's look at UK trade with the US compared to UK trade with the EU: From an article titled, 'Who does the ...
January 20, 2019 at 19:58
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Terrapin is worth at least about a hundred of this guy. He's no where near as bad as him.
January 20, 2019 at 19:51
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What percentage of UK GDP depends on selling goods to non-EU countries, for comparison?
January 20, 2019 at 19:46
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So it looks very small in isolation, so that's how he's going to present it, and he's just going to keep repeating this stuff, and doing stuff like th...
January 20, 2019 at 19:42
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:yawn: From page 1: Baden did a better job of arguing that the referendum was invalid or undemocratic or however it's to be worded, and I don't agree ...
January 20, 2019 at 18:40
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That's a lovely cherry. Where did you pick it? I think you've shown it to me before. Is your plan to keep showing me it until I'm brainwashed?
January 20, 2019 at 18:38
By the definition in your argument - a supernatural entity or being - sure. Unless I become aware of a contradiction, I will think that there's a chan...
January 20, 2019 at 18:26
Ha! A fact checker website is like kryptonite for this not-so-super con artist.
January 20, 2019 at 18:23
Ironically, it seems that his bringing that up seems to be a means of sending out the message, "Stop talking about things like xenophobia!", "Don't lo...
January 20, 2019 at 18:09
You're looking for an easy target, and I am not one. I wouldn't consciously commit 100% to anything whatsoever, unless I thought that it was 100% cert...
January 20, 2019 at 17:55
Yes, I was thinking of you when I came up with the name. What are we to do with you? I don't think that repair is a viable option. Might have to go wi...
January 20, 2019 at 17:45