Jake

You're retreating in to quibbling. In your defense, that's completely normal, seen it a thousand times. We can observe how forum atheists will do the ...

In the real world, the overwhelming vast majority of the time, what other means??

$2,400 to make 450 grams of beef. Oh well, looks like we got a way to go yet on this one. Back to moralizing for now I suppose.

Here's an article which may serve as an introduction to "clean meat", ie. meat made in a lab without the need to raise and kill animals. https://www.t...

If factory meat is scalable to feed mass populations, and can be provided affordably, this may be the solution. This may be a case where science can p...

Well, let's see. Hmm... First thing to come to mind is that most people have already escaped this debate, more or less. Most atheists never give the m...

Apologies, if this has already been addressed above... There will be a story on NPR tomorrow about meat products grown in a lab. It's real meat, but n...

Ok, thanks for clarifying, that's an interesting twist on the faith experience.

Thanks for your reply. Yes, a scientific alternative to atheism (and theism too) is reason. Actual reason, not ideology posing as reason. Here's a hyp...

Ok Noah, that's cool. I'm hope I'm writing well enough that readers will understand that I'm not attempting to prove or disprove the existence of God....

I'm sorry, but this is inaccurate. Very few people have any trouble with faith, they differ only in what they have faith in. The situation is not that...

To me, the most rational act for both theists and atheists is to focus on developing positive emotional experiences such as wonder and awe etc, and to...

Non-atheistic is precisely what theism is. That's silly, right? Defining either theism or atheism by what they are not is simply silly. A more useful ...

The Turing test seems a reasonable standard. If a computer can perform some operation in a convincingly human manner, why not stop quibbling about dic...

Youtube links are ok. But sometimes the spam filter of the forum kills posts that it shouldn't. If you describe the situation to the mods they can usu...

Dictionary definitions of atheism are created by good folks such as yourself, who are constrained by a quite limited understanding of the subject. The...

Science culture is methodologically anti-faith, except in regards to itself. Your own writing provides a great example of that.

Right, we agree on this. But you appear to only be interested in critically examining other people's perspectives, never your own blind faith in scien...

What I'm asking you, all activists, to do is to investigate whether a bias for moralistic finger pointing is interfering with clear thinking. Moralist...

Dictionary atheism, built by those lacking a common sense understanding of the subject. Not impressed.

Belief in God is also entirely useless in tuning the carburetor on a 57 Chevy convertible. So buh! Bah hum bug! Phooey! What foolishness! Etc ad nause...

Ah, thank you. Well, first, there is a meaning to be found, any meaning we choose to craft for ourselves. However, I suspect you and Camus are both re...

Apologies, I don't understand the question, can you clarify? That is, I don't know what Absurdism is, not being an actual philosophy but only a honkin...

Well, again, we seem to be falling in to the trap of comparing religion and science. This incessant comparison seems to be based on the assumption tha...

All very good points, and well said. Thanks. While what you say hits the mark, we might keep in mind that digital intelligence is not going to evolve ...

Aha! A miracle has occurred! We find a point of agreement! :smile: Let's build on it... It's of course true that agnosticism is almost always seen as ...

Well, let's find out. :smile: My .000000000003 bitcoins worth of advice would be.... Stop reading. Stop concerning yourself with what somebody else sa...

First, other people tend to be frustrating for people like us, nerds. Generally speaking, on average, there seems to be an inverse relationship betwee...

This sounds about right to me. It seems the word "intelligence" is really a comparative term, not a label for some fixed position. We consider ourselv...

Wow, what an interesting discussion. Way to go Mr. Crank. My best guess is that we'll never come to a conclusion regarding sexual expression and that ...

To me personally, this isn't the interesting question because I already agree with your sentiments (though I did kill a roach today). To me the more i...

Hi Sign, For starters, it would satisfy me just that we question whether a search for answers (regarding the largest of questions) should automaticall...

Ok, take us there, as your time permits. A Merton thread, or general Catholic thread perhaps? Not sure how it should be organized given the enormity o...

Appreciate it! That should do it for me, thanks again.

Ah ha, right, thanks, I almost remember now. So PlushForums is a souped up version of Vanilla. The souped up version is proprietary, but the underlyin...

Good quote, thanks. I'd like to learn more about Merton should you ever wish to so instruct us. From the Fundamentalist Agnostic :smile: perspective f...

Well, there are many, many subjects where we have exhaustive data. As example, reason has proven itself the best methodology for building bridges, bey...

Thanks. So this software is available from PlushForums and nowhere else, correct? Again, I'm just curious, not making any point here.

If one person, or one company, is in sole charge of backups the data isn't perfectly safe.

I understand, and respect your style here. But, should it ever interest you, you should feel free to make the Catholic case, imho. We all know you're ...

I agree with all of this, but... It varies. Some atheists are indeed using this dodge as a deliberate debate tactic, that's true. But, imho, most athe...

Yes, this is a common and understandable misunderstanding, which I should work harder to clear up. We can use reason to discover reason's limits. As e...

It's always an active act, unless the person has never heard of whatever is being examined. So, a baby's lack of belief in God is not an active act. O...

The problem you are up against is that many, perhaps most, atheists don't realize that they are making a positive assertion. This seems especially tru...

Except for the blind faith in science itself.

Yes, that's it. Some of our younger atheist friends (and many leading atheist spokesmen too) don't understand the difference between reason and ideolo...

Ok, so if one's atheism arises from the use of tarot cards, that's just as valid as any other method, and the difference between one chosen authority ...

Let me guess... You're 22, right? Oh well, Rome wasn't built in a day. In your defense some very bright leading minds have spent their entire lives st...

Well, ok, yes, I have no objection to someone enjoying the talk. Just trying to help clarify what our relationship with that is. If we're talking the ...