For the record, here is what I said earlier: I don't have faith in any relevant sense here. I only have unconscious expectations for which I can't be ...
But you're not being charitable, so why should I put more effort in? For example, I covered the probability in relation to reason topic earlier in the...
This is a false equivalence. No, that's a straw man actually. It might do, it might not do. All I know here is that we don't know, and that the scient...
I was expecting Metaphysician Undercover to simply define or assert or include in the concept the necessity of the existence of God, because that's wh...
Sure, we're not really disagreeing here. There would be a problem if you have no additional justified reason relating to soundness, which is what I ex...
I don't think he's too great when it comes to logic. He did acknowledge in my exchange with him that they share the same logical form, but with you he...
Exactly, that's what mention of the singularity is getting at. For that reason, we don't know, but some people are deluded otherwise. And no, science ...
The problem is that you can use the logical form to do just about anything, which really means that it does nothing. If you say that the universe nece...
There is no relevant difference. The reasoning is of the same logical form. He'll just say that with his argument, it's true, and with yours, it's not...
That's a separate issue. I am not required to explain that. It is known that the UK does receive substantial economic value from our relationship with...
Nice try. Maybe leave the goading to the experts. I'm not challenging any facts. I'm challenging your evaluation of them. And I've already been there,...
I have a hunch that you're going to keep failing to realise that your reasoning can be used against you, and is thus ineffective. We're still in that ...
You're wrong on that point, as I've also argued throughout this discussion. The referendum was indeed democratic, and not only was it democratic, if i...
We'll still have our democracy though, so your premise is flawed. It's far from ideal that we've got ourselves in such a mess that one possible resolu...
I think what Terrapin was saying is that, since there is logic which demonstrates that if there are experiences, then there is necessarily a universe ...
Fuck it, let's continue. Now, one argument from him I've seen is that God is necessary as an answer because atheistic answers are ruled out. But by hi...
You're right. I just can't think of any other examples of clever and qualified politicians whose plans have backfired. Is that even possible? It must ...
I'm going to write a book that no one will read about a mischievous young man - an anti-hero of sorts - who tries his very best to restrain himself fr...
I chickened out and cheated! :lol: Instead of continuing to try to complete the game, I gave up and just watched a YouTube video of someone else compl...
Brilliant. I say embrace the absurdity. Do it for the lulz. But if it gets too much, maybe try hard to force yourself away for a while. It's more fun ...
Yes, I agree. I'm convinced that, in truth, it boils down to an emotional yearning. Underneath it all is the Sky Daddy, the Holy Coping Mechanism. Wha...
Leave Britney alone! Stop being so critical! She can shave off all of her hair and attack people with an umbrella if she wants to! I just can't come u...
Yes, regarding a no-deal, I'm actually looking forward to the "I told ya so!" moment. But if it ends up being another scenario like the last president...
Yeah, who is this "we"? The name I give the concept is, "You're a fool if you believe that I have an actually existing referent". Granted, that's a bi...
Here's the problem: that's not an argument against atheism, or agnosticism if you prefer. It's just an argument against one possible atheistic positio...
You're right, I should be more level-headed, like you, and believe in a timeless, spaceless, eternal, conscious, immaterial, transcendent, yakety yak ...
That's merely based on an "if", so it's no refutation. Back to the drawing board you go. Sure, I'm the one who's making bald assertions and saying stu...
You haven't provided anything that I accept to be a justification for what would otherwise be special pleading, and I explain why I don't accept your ...
No it isn't, and that's a false dichotomy. What about there's no known reason? I have, so I interpret that as a request to needlessly repeat myself, w...
Yes. So God's a concept? But wait, God can't be, that wouldn't make sense. So God's a special exception? But wait, there's no justification for that. ...
That's not a justification, because atheism doesn't posit a universe-by-magic, and your supposed alternative possibility to atheism is implausible and...
Indeed. Most things about the universe and the stuff that makes it up have explanations, or we think that there's an unknown explanation, or we think ...
Correct, it being a dodge makes it a dodge. If you expect people to reasonably believe that this supposed alternative possibility is plausible, then y...
That's a dodge. If you expect people to reasonably believe that this supposed alternative possibility is plausible, then you must justify what appears...
And, on the face of it, that makes sense. If there were no universe, would there be timeless and immaterial things? I think that most people would thi...
The only "things" I know of which could possibly qualify as having those attributes are concepts. If you're going to suggest that God is not a concept...
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