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No, I'm not. There are lots of similar cases like that - enough to make rules. 1. When you see a guy with his top off on a hot summer day, you can't b...

Yeah, I know that, I knew that at the time, and I expected you to know that too, which you do. (That that colour has the absolute worst light reflecta...

I was wearing a black t-shirt out in the sun on a very hot day recently. I would have definitely felt more physically comfortable if I had've taken my...

There'll be no thwapping around these parts. Not under my watch. Thwacking on the hand...

What's that an argument for? Extermination or time travel? When a person is born, there's a person we need to think about. We could try to address tho...

Bertrand Russell was once asked what he would say if he found himself standing before God on the judgement day and God asked him, "Why didn’t you beli...

The way the issue is framed is especially important when it comes to this topic. It's rarely done in an unbiased manner. The desires needn't be selfis...

Agreed. People can't exercise their right to freedom of assembly before they're born, either. This doesn't create a massive ethical problem, it create...

A boxer of boxers, but when I tell people that, for some strange reason, they expect me to be good at punching people, and are horrified when I explai...

You can get a dog, put it in a box, then throw the box off of a tall building.

Rough Collies are better. I was fortunate enough to have one as a family pet many years ago when I was a child.

You're missing out.

I read that earlier before you posted it. There was news of that being found in ice at KFC a while back. Didn't stop me.

When I was an owlet, my mother threw me out of the nest because I didn't live up to her expectations of wisdom. I survived - flourished even, to the e...

I see. So, if I consume the fecal matter of thin rats, then I will become thinner. Or a thin rat. It's worth the gamble. Where can I get ahold of this...

That person must be crazy. (Or, possibly, there's an element of tongue-in-cheek in there).

Almost definitely (b) with a few reservations (I could be wrong) and possibly (a). With regards to the latter, one cannot have an experience of God if...

What do you think atheism is? There are different types. I have not claimed that I can prove that God doesn't exist, so that is not my burden. If you ...

Are you missing the point intentionally? How is life, assuming it counts as extraordinary evidence, relevant to someone making the claim that God comm...

I got hedonism. Not surprised much, given my answers. I wouldn't describe myself as a hedonist, except quite loosely. Anyone else get this or am I the...

Be prepared.

But that's incidental. I am not of this position because it is convenient. I have positions which aren't as convenient in this way. And it's very conv...

That's not necessary.

X-)

Yes, I agree, although I agreed with him that it works both ways because I interpreted that differently.

My pleasure. No one's perfect (although some of us are more perfect than others ;) ). Ironically, you are guilty of what you insinuate of me above. "T...

How patronising. You think I need to be reminded of that? If you're suggesting that I've equated those things, then you're mistaken. And actually, abs...

I don't have to prove the antithesis unless that's my position. And yes, most things are uncertain. (And the "uncertainty principle" has already been ...

Yes, it was. Like it's Metaphysician Undercover's fault for not being clearer about what he means by his "God from within" talk. I don't see how you c...

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. And no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony b...

Must... resist... the urge...

Interesting.

What devilish icon? You must be imagining things. O:)

What did I do now or what did I do about four months ago?

@"Agustino" :-x :D

That doesn't remove the distinction, it utilises it. Anyway, it's what is called anecdotal evidence, and this sort of evidence is weighed against othe...

According to the assessment of I, Sapientia, the wise old owl, the goddess of wisdom. :D

Yes, really. There's being open-minded and there's being open-minded to the point that it clashes with good sense. I'm not willing to do the latter. I...

It means that correlation doesn't imply causation. I don't know that about everyone, and I don't know that about anyone with certainty. But there is r...

That looks like equivocation. The sense in which I'm saying it's nutty is not the sense in which you're saying it isn't nutty if such-and-such. Your s...

Based on our scientific knowledge, perhaps. But, of course, aliens could defy our scientific knowledge. That wouldn't be an unreasonable expectation. ...

And how does that compare if you swap "God" with "extraterrestrials" or "ghosts"? That's what. That's my point. That point relates to a comment that w...

Granted. Was that meant as just a comment or as an argument against something I've said?

Too vague in and of itself, yes. But I didn't make that comment in isolation. I told you that my argument would consist in bringing attention to these...

That's ambiguous. What do you mean by that? By one interpretation, which we could call the "supernatural" or "paranormal" interpretation, then why can...

My claim - and I maintain that this was quite apparent from the start, and in retrospect you might be able to see this - is that the claim that one ha...

Well, you're wrong, and if you can't see it, or refuse to see it, then that's that, I suppose. Unless you want to properly engage with it?

An additional $50K could do a lot of good. But also, if the work is too much, then the work is too much - end of.

I think you do understand why. Don't you think that there are important differences between the kind of things that people report? Don't you think tha...

Okay, I'll try again by making the same point in a different way. I agree that that's one of the most obvious reasons that someone might give for beli...