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think i addressed this above - all this is for the 3 republicans - who IMO have been looking for a politically acceptable reason to vote against the c...

my only point above was the "call for the FBI" investigation by the democrats on the committee as a search for truth is meaningless, if as i believe, ...

again not argument just FYI. Catholic teaching with a few exceptions (Virgin Mary, canonized saint) does not say anything definitive about anyone's sa...

Again, an aside, FYI that is not Catholic doctrine.

Further neither of those 3 reason not to confirm has nothing at all to do with Dr. Ford, Drinking or a high school yearbook. It is fear of a too conse...

While this is all well and good - there are really only 3 people in the world that have anything to say about this Flake, Collins and Murkowski. There...

sure most have read this already - but just in case http://pdf.iwv.org/09.30.18%20Mitchell%20Memo.pdf

any inclusions or exclusions on my "being" above would be anthropomorphic, and an exercise in hubris to think I in anyway would have the tools to put ...

Guess i need to define what I mean by non-contingent - necessary being - by that I mean. A being whose existence is not contingent on anything, and wh...

it would always be best when one defined all their terms when making an argument - especially when they are so "loaded" such as faith, God, A/Theist, ...

Can there be an un-moved mover, an un-created creator, a non contingent being that is would be unreasonable to call "God"

whether of not there are valid challenges to the argument are outside the point of my premise that - it is reasonable to believe that it it true. If y...

all do respect, you are missing the point, your opinion on the the validity of the Cosmological argument has nothing at all to do with disproving my p...

no - you are missing the point - and you have issues with how argument works: My Premise - theism is reasonable you - why Me - Cosmological argument y...

If, as you state, you are a believe in reason, this last part should give you pause.

Thank you for your opinion above - however it in no way challenges whether or not is reasonable to believe in the Cosmological argument as Aquinas mad...

agree thanks for the post

Aquinas would not approve of your interpretation. The cosmological argument, that I am referencing, has a conclusion that there is a non- contingent o...

I believe the cosmological argument is a reasonable argument.

I am passed this point - just added that as a cheap shot and little tongue in cheek

Ok - I amend to P1 - God is, is not a fact P2 - God is not - is not a fact P3 - God is - is supported by reason P4 - I reject God is - is supported by...

I challenge this. One can claim by either reason or faith something to be true and act accordingly with only caveat that it can not be in conflict wit...

Ok I will amend the argument: P1 - God is, is not a fact P2 - God is not - is not a fact P3 - Theism - a claim that God is - is supported by reason P4...

I made no such proposition - And it seems you think my argument is saying something about the truth claim of atheism - it is not. It is simply saying ...

thanks - not sure any of that addresses my argument. To be clear - I am not making any point against Atheism as a reasonable belief. I am making an ar...

it only applies to a country with a fiat currency that there is confidence in - believe that is by definition

P1 - God is, is not a fact P2 - God is not - is not a fact P3 - God is - is supported by reason P4 - God is not - is supported by reason Conclusion - ...

and others have confidence in that claim Absolutely - and as such is used to control inflation with taxes

Thanks yours - I struggle a little with the concept of competing ideas - one being "more reasonable" than another as a basis of any truth claim. I am ...

An appeal to reason. if both the theist, or the atheist can make valid claims that their beliefs are reasonable, than neither can claim a superior pos...

MMT does the best job of explaining the current economic system IMO, and I truly wish everyone would become acquainted by it. Every time I hear about ...

Sometimes I think just a definition of faith from the Atheist position would be helpful. Often it seems there is some inherent belief that "faith" in ...

Please point out where I ever attacked Dr. Ford.

you might get a kick out of this one The Argument from Aesthetic Experience There is the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Therefore there must be a God...

I, like Aquinas will call this "God". However, yet again, I have no issue at all that it is a reasonable position if you want to believe in a cosmic b...

Ok, what I was saying was delaying the confirmation passed the midterms, would allow the midterms to be a defacto referendum on abortion - which they ...

not sure your point here

The democratic drive in stalling until the midterms is to make all the races a single issue election on abortion. "If you don't give us a democratic h...

use my definition as non-contingent or necessary being above

well one reason is it is less than a day old, has not produced anything, and already it is being criticized for not being long enough or wide enough i...

it wasn't an argument it was the definition I used. To be clear, yet again, if one wants to make an argument that atheism is a reasonable position, I ...

. Again not sure if that is comment or argument. I think I am allowed to use my definition of necessary being, when I use it. If it is in conflict wit...

predictably judged absent of any basis. We live in the bonfire of the vanities. Why actually wait for the report ? Better to beg for it, get it, disco...

not sure if that was comment or argument. Since terms are important, I will define non-contingent or necessary as a being whose existence is not conti...

agree

requires another proposition that God is subject to any natural law. Which I challenge as not factual.

A proposition that begs the question

Speaking for myself, and with exception, most of the theist positions on the board can be summarized into theism is reasonable, and not that atheism i...

in mine above, a non contingent or necessary being is one who's existence is not contingent on anything, and is necessary for the existence of everyth...

not sure your point here, but I wasn't making any argument, just giving you the correct Catholic teaching.