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Yes, the video I mentioned begins by pointing out how religions disagree and diverge. It then proposes a solution.

The aim of the video series is to describe the world as it really is. This video gives the "big picture". "108 - Religion 2.0 (Science+Religion)" http...

That's surprising. I read a book (some years ago) which said most philosophers were idealists. Perhaps, that was true once but is no longer? I have 5 ...

I would say a religion that has contradictory teachings about how to be saved fails. Suppose I really believed in hell. Then how to avoid eternal torm...

It's not atheism at all. The video I mentioned in the OP >> 109 – Why Religions Fail https://vimeo.com/1135038855 is an excerpt from a much longer vid...

Sub specie aeternitatis, too.

Recent posts have made more of "the universe is ultimately good" than I ever expected. The phrase in my mind occurs in the context of faith. There's a...

I admit "ultimate goodness" is a vague term. But I'd say a universe without an eternal torture chamber is, at least, "not ultimately evil". In my view...

In my opinion, organized religion's goal is to consolidate power and wealth. Agree. Christianity is a product of the Roman Empire, approved and made R...

Ssu, “I think it's naive to think that religions are about truth. They aren't.” OK, we agree about that. But many religious people think otherwise. “Y...

Agree. And that method of determining truth (what I call the "superhero/storybook" method) has failed to find the truth even after thousands of years.

Questioner, Yes, I've moved the videos to Vimeo. Here's a link to the video in question. 109 – Why Religions Fail https://vimeo.com/1135038855 And her...

Speaking of disappointment, Ben, your comment addresses nothing specific in the video.

Apparently, not only did the commenters (except Astrophel) fail to watch the 10 minute video they are commenting on, they also failed to read the seco...

True. But Descartes's Evil Demon does not require an external material world.

So, in addition to the senses of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell, we have other senses? In particular, we have a special cat-sensing sense? And w...

We do not directly experience matter. Matter might be the cause of our sensations, but we don't know that it is. We know we experience sensations. Mat...

In a mirage, we experience visual sensations of water but we do NOT experience water. The point of the original post is we can be 100% certain of the ...

??? I"d say 3 makes perfect sense on its own. It's an integer, prime, odd, etc.

, So, then, if the first even prime greater than 100 didn't exist I couldn't be writing about it?

Thanks! I've verified the problem with www.adamford.com and will look into it. I just moved adamford.com to a new hosting service a few days ago. I'm ...

It works fine for me. Does anyone else on this thread see a problem? If so, I'd like to know. My emotional involvement is because the Bible tells enor...

One point of the OP is that Christianity has a dark side. Without it, I don't think Sarah Palin would have had herself blessed "against all forms of w...

NOTE: I was able to post on Reddit with the endnotes. So, if anyone is interested in where the items in the OP come from, go here. https://www.reddit....

I'd answer what offended him is "The truth"

I'm puzzled. If it's "exactly the sort or thing I see on OAnon sites" then do you believe one of the two following choices? 1. The OP's items are fact...

I mention that endnotes are in the Word version. Barr was quite serious; watch the video. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSSpCsj248Y

Yes, you could follow Christian principles without believing in its supernatural aspects. Some Christians, I suspect, do exactly that. I'd add that ch...

I ended up at 3. as well.

OK. Edited. "proceed" it is.

It seems to me, by that definition miracles need not be supernatural.

I fail to see how this addresses my question. I say the minimum we must acknowledge is our consciousness and the sensations in it. Are you saying you'...

180 Proof: If you agree hard solipsism cannot be disproven, then wouldn’t the minimum that we must necessarily presuppose be our consciousness and sen...

Great question. Yes, I do. I'll elaborate. There are (literally!) more stars in the known universe than grains of sand on all the beaches of Earth. Im...

1. Genesis says God REGRETTED making humanity and so sent a worldwide flood to wipe it out (aside from Noah and his family). Even if the Genesis story...

So, God "inspires" in two places in the OT the evil command to kill a child who curses a parent . * Leviticus 20:9 says, “If there is anyone who curse...

Of course not, because hell is a fairy tale to scare the gullible, so your mini-sermon that attempts to justify hell is moot. It sounds as if you your...

I was taught in Catholic school that an unforgiven, unrepented mortal sin at the time of death results in hell. Do you believe that? I was also taught...

Interesting post. Some thoughts. I can see two perspectives for answering. First Perspective: No, I would not agree because I would not trust the tech...

Here's a bare bones argument 1. I clearly see squares A and B are a different color. 2. Squares A and B in reality are the same color. Therefore, the ...

The argument is in the OP. The conclusion is that I don't even see what my eyes see. Rather, I see what my mind interprets. That's why do not appear t...

Fun fact 2: There are a countable number of points with rational coordinates and an uncountable number of points with irrational coordinates (and some...

So, do you believe that the man in the OP does not have free will? At the moment, the poll is 80% does not have free will and 20% other.

So he goes directly diagonally. The covering is removed. Only his diagonal path is black. The remainder of the field has been painted white. Did he ha...

It's certainly simplified but I don't think it's incorrect. An in-depth discussion might require an entire book of its own.

Check YouTube for multiple criticisms of Craig's Kalam Argument. (The Kalam is a Kalam-ity of an argument.)

More at ProgressiveRegressive_Excerpt.docx

Many posts seem to me to ignore or misunderstand the OP. Let me try again with a simple example. 2,000 years ago, many people believed sin and demons ...

It seems obvious to me that for many believers, believing in witchcraft and demons, and denying evolution and geology (Young Earth Creationism) derive...

Josh, you seem to have some objection. Can you put it in your own words?