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It is literally taking sections of your comment out of the surrounding text, but that doesn't necessarily distort the meaning, which is the only thing...

I break things down, analyse them, then share my analysis. I don't think that there's anything wrong with my method, and I think that it's a much bett...

No, as a matter of fact, you characterised it as a fight. I was merely following your lead. You said that you do not wish to fight me. Well, if you're...

Ah, it "sounds like" that, does it? Well, I must be guilty by association then! And it's a good thing that you're focussing more on what it "sounds li...

It is an ad hominem to focus on my alleged tribalism instead of the content of what I'm actually saying. Let's face it, you're throwing in the towel b...

:rofl: Yes, but you would need to add up all of the abuses of religious regimes throughout our entire history and compare it to that. The abuses of th...

Okay, let's minus philosophy from the equation and see how that looks. Phew! Good thing we avoided those European wars of philosophy. And look! The tw...

It will be added to the bottom of my reading list, and will likely remain there for quite some time. All that is needed for what? I might come across ...

Nope, I could just as easily flip that over and say that a person of average or lesser intelligence has trouble understanding religion, whereas philos...

Oh, come off it. I don't believe that you could really be so clueless about the religious zealotry that has been a fundamental cause of wars and acts ...

Sure, sure. Exactly the same number of wars would have occurred, and they would have lasted just as long, and been just as devastating, and it would b...

It would be pretty interesting if they did, given that, according to that book that I referred to, polytheistic religions didn't emerge for at least a...

Minus religion from the equation. Now, what would be the loss, given that religion can't do anything that science or philosophy can't do? And what wou...

Alrighty then, let's take a step back here and see what we've got. So, religion can't do anything that science or philosophy can't do. So, religion is...

Yeah, no shit. It was merely hypothetical. Just a way of getting the point across. If you were, you'd have your work cut out for you, as I'm not a gul...

No, I'm not suggesting that you don't value philosophy. My point was that what you're describing is actually covered by the branch of philosophy known...

That's a branch of philosophy called ethics. You might have heard of it.

That's what philosophy is for. As you might know, the etymological meaning is literally the love of wisdom. Sorry, but religion is redundant.

According to Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, about 70,000 years ago, we had the Cognitive Revolution. This marked the beginning of history. The...

Challenge accepted. :naughty:

You ain't no peng'un historian, Mikey. Don't be given papa Hanover no lip or you'll be in for a good hidin'. Your kind ain't welcome around these part...

I call it, "Lonely Man Standing at the Side of The Road in The Snow Staring at a Truck in a Stupor".

That's alright. God doesn't exist.

I don't think that it's over-extending morality. It's well worthy of consideration, even if different conclusions are reached. At the very least, the ...

Alright, alright. I concede that your wife loves you. (But she loves me more). :joke:

Show me a dolphin who has made a conscious ethical judgement to refrain from eating fish, and you may just have a point. Otherwise you're just trying ...

I don't care enough about what you believe unless it has a strong enough basis in evidence or reason. And that remains to be seen. Otherwise you may a...

Yes, they are. And, tying this back to your original argument, they aren't sufficiently like us for a sensible comparison to be made between the one a...

Yes, evidently so. Sorry, but that has been well established and is not up for debate. You've suggested that you have above average knowledge and are ...

Even if it does involve some degree of faith, it doesn't involve faith in any truly comparable way. Look at where science has gotten us, and look at w...

I didn't really mean to focus on physics. We were talking about biology originally, and that is of greater relevance to the topic of discussion. But a...

This is exactly what I was getting at in my reply to that same comment which you've quoted from. Noah never properly addressed this point.

Good for you. So, on what reasonable basis do you reject these scientific theories relating specifically to what we've been talking about? Or do you r...

Yes, I'm aware of that, and no, I'm not pulling your chain. But I am questioning the relevance of that to my criticism. Simple. You weren't merely tal...

Well, actually, I notice that in my last reply I allowed myself to fall into the trap of letting you word my position for me, instead of wording it my...

No, it can be, but it doesn't have to be, and in fact it isn't in my case. An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms a...

This one has yet to learn not to take everything I say so seriously. I'm like this with everyone. Nothing against theists in particular. I don't hesit...

Through human intelligence, which we gained through evolution, and was not something that was God given. I base my views on information from scientifi...

Because I get a perverted kick out of it. If you don't like that, then you can report me to the political correctness enforcement squad. :wink:

I'm willing to bet that it's a load of baloney. :snicker: And I believe that the existence of horses indicates the existence of magical flying unicorn...

How does that relate to my criticism of your reasoning? You seem to have missed the point. I wasn't disputing your conclusion by suggesting that it's ...

You rule that out because you don't like it, and you believe it all fits together perfectly, clearly indicating a God, because of wishful thinking. An...

You didn't even properly address my very first reply to you. You instead switched focus to my position with a string of questions. Allow me to refresh...

Anyway, notice how Noah Te Stroete has evaded some of my key points against his position? In light of that, I'm definitely under no obligation to addr...

Why, because they're mine, of course! :lol: Why would I take someone else's feelings over mine, unless I found them more persuasive? What's funny is t...

I'm not denying any facts or objective state of affairs. There are no moral properties there though. That's in your head. The beliefs pertaining to fa...

Well, go on then. Put together your argument including any missing premises and I'll tell you where you're going wrong. My standard isn't that it's ac...

What's the problem? You didn't provide one to begin with, so I don't need to provide one in response. The burden remains with you. You can't just decl...

I find the moral objection to eating too much beef for environmental reasons much more persuasive than these arguments about health. But to call it a ...

No, that's a complete non sequitur. It doesn't follow from my reasoning, and it suggests to me that, with regards to my ethical stance, you are equipp...