PS: Everybody obviously has the right to be an ideologue. We just don't get to call that reason, that's all. Well, we can call it reason if we want to...
Being intellectually honest is examining all positions dispassionately as if one has no dog in the fight. All positions get subjected to the same proc...
Yes, that's what I heard too. That is how the story generally goes. Let's quickly recall how the story came to be. First, whoever wrote these stories ...
In your example story above God said, "Let go." This sounds like God giving up, throwing in the towel, abandoning the man on the mountain. Or is it? W...
It would be more interesting to see you challenge one of your own claims. Then you could claim to be a person of reason, instead of just another holy ...
This three hour documentary about the Federal Reserve explains the issue well. Very educational, worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maC7p...
Yes, and it should be said that most discussion of religion on philosophy (and atheist) forums is typically hopelessly lost in the illusion that relig...
As I recall Nixon took us off the gold standard in 1971. I believe that was to avoid the huge bill Johnson ran up while trying to have the Vietnam war...
Yes, agreed, up to a point. When faith is purely personal it can often be labeled as a positive force. When the faith starts trying to influence the s...
I'm not sure I understand your question, but I see where my choice of words could be confusing. My personal opinion is that IF there something like a ...
I'm not claiming a God exists, or that any doctrines that arise from that belief need to be believed. However, should a God exist, it seems reasonable...
No one has proven any position. You feel that theists are ignorant because they haven't proven anything, and I agree. All I'm doing is applying the ve...
The problem here is that, like most atheists, you sincerely don't realize that atheism is built upon a claim. The next problem may perhaps be that you...
Atheism claims that process is relevant to issues the scale of gods. So prove that claim please. Please be loyal to your own chosen methodology. Apply...
The statement, the claim, is that the concept of thought you're referencing is relevant to issues the scale of gods. Prove that please. Theism vs. ath...
Please prove the qualifications of human reason to credibly analyze the very largest of questions about all of reality, a realm we can't define in eve...
Yes, agreed. I don't see a problem either, but their belief is still based on faith, faith in the ability of human reason to meaningfully analyze the ...
Imho, you're working way too hard here. You don't make it this complicated when analyzing theism. You just ask for proof, and when none is provided yo...
Why do you have faith in the ability of reason to meaningfully analyze the largest of questions (scope of god claims), when there is no proof of such ...
If you can't prove that human reason is binding upon all of reality (and thus any gods within), there's no reason to think reason is so qualified. It'...
Respectfully disagree. If a person of any position thinks that the rules of human reason are binding on all of reality, without any proof that this is...
Having spent 20 years on philosophy and atheism forums, I can assure you that atheists also often react emotionally when their faith is challenged. As...
That's often true, agreed. But it doesn't have to be true. There's nothing stopping atheists from falling in love with reality with the same enthusias...
Your post looks quite articulate so I will be returning to it, and keeping an eye out for your other posts. Thanks for that. As a quick place to start...
And you received what you requested. Start a serious investigation that challenges atheism with the same enthusiasm and determination that members rea...
I like where you're going here. A few thoughts... 1) The target shouldn't be opening the door to atheism, but opening the door to reason. Atheism is n...
It seems to me it's less important what claim is being made than HOW it is made. Can the theist or atheist make an at least somewhat interesting case?...
The instructions had a specific purpose which would be defeated by spoon feeding them in to this thread. Here's the theory.... Imagine the theist who ...
1) You've quoted the wrong instructions, illustrating that you were paying no attention when they were provided, even though you responded to the post...
Such arguments could be useful if they reveal to us that nobody can prove anything on either side. If we used such debates to discover that we are ign...
Perhaps this is helpful... I watched a documentary which explained that time runs at different speeds at different locations. Not a theory, proven fac...
However, it is true that some people really excel at being full of crap. :smile: The biggest meeting we ever had was covered by a national TV show. So...
Once upon a time I too was cynical about politicians. And then I got involved in politics to a limited degree as a public safety activist. My job was ...
If you actually wanted to see if/how your position might be ripped to shreds you would have complied with the very easy and simple instructions I've p...
Ok, I hear you, you're content to ignore the well established real world fact that every other species of life ever discovered can perceive only a lim...
One point in Kavanaugh's favor, even if he is guilty as charged is... The voters of the United States elected as their leader someone for whom there i...
He's nailed you guys, man up and admit it. That said, again, no forum on the Net is obligated to be fair. I've been booted from every Catholic site I'...
Thanks for sharing your history Crank. I don't really know if the comparison is apt, but you sort of remind me of a good friend of mine who was raised...
Ok, fair enough. I would agree that a failure of many commentaries, including a number of my own, is to oversimplify the subject to "thought vs. non-t...
Why not? If love works in helping a person enhance their life, it's logical to love. If a belief works in the same way, again logical. All philosophy ...
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