DingoJones

No what I meant was that if there are no good arguments for theism, and by that I mean convincing ones, then you're going to end up at atheism.

But of course by showing there are no good arguments for theism, the remaining position can only be atheism. Thats rather the point isnt it? Atheism r...

Understood, I wasnt taking offence, just illustrating some distinctions I find useful. I actually am an anti-theist atheist but Im open minded to chan...

I can agree with most of that, but I think skepticism is more than being open to something being false. I would define it more like assuming something...

Agnostics ARE atheists. An agnostic doesnt believe there is a god, thats what defines atheism. The two terms are not even positions on the same thing....

My point was that you shouodnt be so open minded that you believe anything. Skepticism is just as valuable as an open mind, finding a balance between ...

Ya, it depends on what the specific religious claim is being made, My point was that forcing someone to face the truth isnt always a bad thing and tho...

What if the person actually is wrong, and their wrong belief causes harm? Isnt it important to correct peoples incorrect beliefs? Of course it is. The...

Flat earthers are wrong because the earth isn't flat, forcing a belief on someone has no bearing on whether or not that belief is true.

Oh lol

He got banned/

Huh? That isnt clear at all. How else would the object get to the new position except by moving through the space between its positions?

Ya I meant “things”, like in the sense that logic is describing something about the way the world works, an observation about physics for example. It ...

Logic is just grammar how exactly? You don’t think logic describes anything about the way you things work?

Morality is trying to be good.

Ill try that

Ya I’m not really understanding why necessity entails all possible worlds. I dont see why we couldn't talk about possibilities of just the one we know...

I dont think modal logic requires “all possible worlds” in order to make sense of possibility (which is what modal logic is about). It can, but modal ...

I think that a “necessary” designation doesnt necessarily entail all possible worlds. Why would it? A being can be necessary for one possible world or...

Maybe you can’t, because the dialogues do not provide enough information to draw a proper conclusion. We shouldn't let our desire to know more about P...

Dismissing content of what others say in favour of dismissal is a pretty common human tendency, especially in politics. What you said in the OP seems ...

Makes sense.

Well people ask for civility but in my experience not in topics like that. What do you mean by natural selection?

Not cherrypicking, but wanted to follow up on this. I’ve never heard anyone respond with a demand for civility or niceness to those points, usually it...

Ya, “why not?”. Fight infinite regress with infinite regress.

Roger that.

Come on, Foghorn Leghorn? I cant be the first only one that noticed.

Excuse me for ruining it with a rebuttal. We’ll call it even. :wink:

Obviously not the context I was using “belief” in, but yes ok there are some “beliefs” that do not need to be justified to be taken seriously. If he d...

Ah, right. My mistake. So what is the difference between formal connotations and personal connotations that are pertinent here? If its just a matter i...

Im not sure why a personal belief would be any different. Seems like we might have different ideas of “belief”, could you tell me what you mean exactl...

You only have to justify your beliefs if you want them to be taken seriously. If they cannot be justified you can’t be surprised when they are dismiss...

Well my point was about complexity and detail not necessarily the indiscernibility between reality and a sim but yes its quite possible it makes no di...

That's true but you can have religious empires so the question is where to draw the line between the empire building and the religion as the source. I...

Unnecessary detail and complexity are not really indicators that this isnt a sim, a sufficiently sophisticated sim would have both those things. I thi...

Ok, I understand, thanks.

Oops, you forgot to include the whole definition. You are referencing the adjective use, I the verb. So that distinction seems to have caused a miscom...

In what way am I being dishonest? If I am mistaken in my view that you are being dishonest then thats a mistake not dishonesty. (Though if you are con...

Ok, so when you swap out “loved” for “beloved”, thats the dishonest part. Why would you do that except that the dictionary definition of “beloved” sui...

I find it fascinating that someones mind can just slip past something like that, and Im compelled to inquire so I can understand better when my own mi...

Whether or not he complained is not relevant to whether or not you were being dishonest. Do you recognize that what you did is dishonest? Or at least ...

Do you not realize that you are being dishonest here, or at least that what you’ve posted could seem like dishonesty? The salient word is “loved”, and...

I wasnt joking, not really. There is more and more research and knowledge about psychedelics and there uses. Treatment for PTSD chief among them. We a...

Force feed a pile of magic mushrooms to the worlds leaders and elite classes. The problems will resolve. :wink:

:100:

I think he just has a personality disorder and doesnt really know anything. Standard internet jerkoff.

…you might be right. I feel like I only do that about people who have shown themselves to be the degree of prick not deserving of courtesy but you’re ...

It should be lol You can see it coming a good ways off.

He had that suicide by mod vibe.