If it's not a sensible consensus, then it's not worth it. If the rest of you all agreed that God is a state of mind, then good for you, but that's sti...
No, clearly not, for exactly the same reason that I've given multiple times now, which is that a meaningful distinction between theism and atheism mus...
Well there's no objective standard, so the criteria can vary massively. But if you're enquiring about my criteria, then it would have to take a lot mo...
That's clearly unacceptable as a definition, given the logical consequences. There aren't any miracles. Hitchens is correct that miracles wouldn't nec...
How irrational. You say that, yet you choose to continue to live, which suggests that for you, living is better than not living. So in the bigger pict...
There's no objective standard, but that doesn't mean that anything goes or that we can't asses the matter sensibly. The anti-natalists are notorious f...
You're being dishonest by cherry picking. The many you refer to do not outnumber or outweigh the much larger number of people for whom life is worth l...
How stupid. Of course I won't deny that. But unfortunately for you, your conclusion doesn't follow. And stop trying to mislead all of the time. It's n...
How can you say that that's not his argument, and then go on to mention consent in your description of his argument? That's a contradiction. Clearly i...
No, that's an oversimplification, it's worded in an emotionally charged way, and it's neither obviously the riskier option, nor obviously the worse co...
No, you can't artificially make it out to be that simple, I'm afraid, because life isn't that simple. There are situations where it's extremely diffic...
Because under consequentialism that's irrelevant. If the riskier situation is the better option consequentially, then that's the one you should go for...
So an argument from incredulity. Even if I decide not to contemplate possible exceptions, his premise would remain unwarranted. This isn't even someth...
Exactly, and that's an example of the fallacy known as an argument from ignorance, also known as shifting the burden. Except that that's a known falla...
So you're letting your bias cloud your judgement. I know you're both on the same side of the argument, but anyone who knows anything about the burden ...
I plan to continue to refuse to even consider giving you another counterexample until you learn enough about the burden of proof to know that it rests...
No. You need to look back at what I actually said. I told you in response to your example that a single example by no means supports your claim. Have ...
Anyway, what the...? So you agree with me that they're terrible analogies. Ha. That's the purpose of analogies: to show a general principle. But you j...
Wow. No, terrible in terms of how inappropriate they are as analogies, given the significant dissimilarities. They utterly fail to show any general pr...
Like you. You're a prime example. Antinatalism has become a fundamental part of your identity. Almost every single discussion of yours is dedicated to...
You're still wrong for the same reason as before. See the first and second clause together, instead of cherry picking the first in isolation. Your exa...
Well I see no good reason to abandon ordinary language terms which come naturally to us. It causes more problems to go around saying that there's no c...
Easy. Correct and incorrect with regards to morality are only relative, and what's incorrect works in much the same way as what's correct. Why do you ...
I do. Feeling this way or that way about something is very clearly subjective. I just reach a different conclusion to you regarding correct and incorr...
It's obvious. You're cherry picking the first clause regarding freedom of expression under U.K. law, and deliberately ignoring the second clause. The ...
But I don't accept your "asymmetry" baloney to begin with. It's highly controversial. You're acting as though you've already proved the point. Okay. W...
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