Frank Apisa

I do not troll. I sometimes give pests a taste of their own medicine. You seem to be shuddering. Must not taste good... ...right?:wink:

I seem to be getting under your skin. Usually not this easy to do. Are you new to Internet discussions? :wink:

My point was that in some societies...GOOD NEWS is more abundant than BAD NEWS. In most capitalistic societies (freer societies) more bad news abound ...

No...I am not a dummy. You made an assertion...I've asked you to back it up...and you have declined. I understand why you declined...which is because ...

No. A blind guess about whether or not there is a god...IS a blind guess. Calling it a "blind guess" is not a blind guess. If it makes you feel better...

So, now you are saying that what I am saying is nonsense. Why didn't you use "nonsense" in the first place instead of "wrong?"

PRECISELY! That is part of the problem I have with the word "believe"...especially when used in the "believe in" form. It is used carelessly and inapp...

Okay. I do not post only when I disagree...but sometimes call attention to comments of agreement.

I recognize that they provide bullshit rationalizations for their blind guesses that either "at least one god exists" or "no gods exist." Some people ...

You wrote: "If you know of the first few popes, you will know how decadent and immoral those popes were. They make Rasputin look like a saint." So I g...

Really? Hummm! Here are the names of the first ten popes: Peter Linus Anacletus Clement Evarestus Alexander Sixtus Telesphorus Hyginus Pius Anicetus S...

In a capitalistic society...that mostly is true. In a capitalistic society, newspapers and media are attempting to gain readership and viewership in o...

When discussing the question of "Does at least one god exist...or are there no gods that exist"...the words, "I believe..." ...is nothing more than a ...

What do you mean by the word "wrong?"

I cannot tell you how happy I am to see this edit (correction). Some of the posts lately have got me wondering if some super brand of new pot is going...

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Cute. I am Glaucon.

At first, I thought of responding to this with: Sure. T h e n o t i o n o f j u s t G o d...m e a n s w o r k i n g w i t h j u s t o n e i d e a o f ...

Carry on? I am willing to have a meaningful discussion with you if you knock off the bullshit. Let me know that you intend to stop with the bullshit.....

What do you mean by "wrong?" Please define it.

Anti...I do not think you are dumb or stupid. I think you are an asshole. And I suspect you are unable (or perhaps, unwilling) to compose a coherent s...

The part highlighted makes no sense, Anti...and does not follow from what I said. Gotta go to work right now. Will be back in about 6 hours.

Work with what you have. The notion of just God...means working with just one idea of a god. I prefer to use "gods."

No problem with the "snark" at all, 180. We all use it at times...and, no, I am not a troll. I'm not even sure of what the point of disagreement is be...

I understand. But I disagree with Pforrest on much of what he asserts...and I certainly disagree with his (and many atheists) putting agnostics in the...

No, I did not. Anyone who can read with comprehension would not even ask such a foolish question. No, I did not. Anyone who can read with comprehensio...

My depiction of your answer is spot on. You said you are partly "there are no gods" and partly "it is more likely that there are no gods than that the...

Antidote...you should find a thread about TV shows...and give your opinion on the ones you enjoy most. If you think that the position "I do not know t...

Atheism is just a mirror image of theism. Both positions are just groups of people making blind guesses about the true nature of the REALITY of existe...

Great question. No, there is no certainty...and I almost always use some tiny qualifier. Obviously to prove there are no gods...one would have to be e...

Okay...so you are close to 100% one or the other. I expect that EVERY person who uses atheist as his/her descriptor (or part of his/her descriptor) wi...

Why are atheists like this? Why do they buy into their own bullshit? Okay…let us say it is not bullshit and that an atheist is someone who “simply doe...

I don't know if you are just fucking with me or what...but it stops right here. I have said in no uncertain terms that I DO NOT KNOW if gods exist or ...

Not only am I not an atheist...I would not be an atheist if you held a gun to my head. I am an agnostic. Read that statement of my agnosticism again. ...

Gotta be careful of your wording, Anti. I disagree with your second sentence...simply because of its wording. I suspect you actually meant: Those peop...

What is? What is the "it?"

Anti...read what I actually wrote. The "I don't" applies to the "I do not see enough unambiguous evidence upon which to base a meaningful guess in eit...

I stand by my comments regarding my take. If you are unable to comprehend it...your problem, not mine. I do not know if gods exist or not; I see no re...

You are either playing a game...or are not particularly bright. I cannot figure out which it is...so I am trying to figure out how best to proceed wit...

Stop playing this game! I do not make a guess in either direction. Nobody should. Now just stop the bullshit.

The "must" is essential to what I am saying there. Read it again...without allowing any confirmation bias conflict. You should be able to see wyhy.

We agree that we do not know. This "assuming" stuff that you are injecting is off-the-wall as far as I am concerned. My take as proposed is right on t...

No problemo. I always cut jerkoffs a big break.

We agree...so far. Not even close. There is absolutely no presumption that a "creator exists" in what I wrote. Why are you trying to distort my commen...

I'm 83. Hardly a boomer.

I am not arguing...merely trying to get through the concrete in your head. Nothing whatever wrong with my reading comprehension. You simply are making...

311Not sure of what that "you have faith" stuff was all about...but if you think I am guessing that there is a god or that there are no gods... ...YOU...

For the record...and to clear up point of disagreement with you... ...I have never said that a blind guess that there is at least one god...or that th...

YOU...have been trying to explain to me that "If the position of an atheist is "creator DOES NOT exist", then the assertion is an assumption????" Neve...

Back for a second. Anti...take your own advise and carefully read before responding. At no point am I suggesting that YOU are asserting that no gods e...