Frank Apisa

Sounds like a plan.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY to know or estimate what you are considering to be "unlikely." That estimate is a result of your bias of wanting the univer...

It is not absurd to do so. But what is absurd is to arbitrarily describe something (like existence and the universe) as an effect...just for the purpo...

I absolutely agree that some opinions (and some guesses or estimates) ARE better than others. But why not just call them opinions or guesses or estima...

If I said 2 + 2 = 4 in base ten...and you said..."Oh, no it doesn't"...do you actually think I would do more than just repeat it? Either a thing is ES...

Janus... ...until a thing is established as impossible...it is possible. That is what the language means with those two words. Anything that has not b...

Everyone should make the best guesses or "preferences" possible...especially in what you refer to as "every day life." But even in grander schemes...t...

You are wrong. If a thing is not established as impossible...IT IS AT LEAST POSSIBLE. I am not asking you to prove it is impossible. I am saying that ...

And I am NOT saying that the universe is fine tuned for life...rather than simply a manifestation of what is. I AM saying that there is no way to calc...

Thanks.

You have no idea if is more likely than . You are merely expressing a personal prejudice. If the odds were a gazillion to 1...and it happened, here we...

Nicely expressed. It is like calling the universe "The creation" and then arguing that there must be a creator.

How many of those supposed "studies" have been done...and by how many researchers? I find it unusual in the example link...that the kids remembered pr...

Some things we can establish as impossible. We can establish that a triangle cannot have 5 angles. The moment a figure has more than (or less than) th...

Thank you, CS. I agree that "belief" statements go very far beyond Gog/no god...but I decided about 20 years ago to avoid the "I believe" metric entir...

I actually agree with Relativeist on this. The sense of what is being conveyed...the moral principle...is on the button. A careful examination of the ...

Maureen...what I am saying is that if I make a guess...I prefer to call it a guess rather than a "belief." Normally this doesn't matter. But the issue...

I am.

Okay. Yes or no.

Let me try this once again: I do not do "believing." Okay?

Creative soul... ...I do not do "believing." If that bothers you...deal with it. You will never hear me say, "I 'believe' anything." If you are asking...

That is correct. I do not do "believing."

Then stop doing it. I don't.

No I do not. I do not do "believing." I KNOW that...not "believe" it.

If only! But you are not disregarding it at all. You are regarding it quite seriously. Okay...so we keep discussing it whenever you make one of your u...

I have no problem with that...and I agree. I call my feelings..."feelings." I call my guesses..."guesses." The reason I do is because that is what the...

Not sure if you are disagreeing or not. It is as true as 2 + 2 = 4 in base 10.

I will continue to say it until you get it... ...or stop asserting things that defy it. I noted that there is no such thing as a "presumed possibility...

Thank you, C. As you noted, the only point I was making was that unless one can establish something as possible...it is, at a minimum, POSSIBLE. It do...

What you really do not like, S...is being shown how wrong-headed so many of your comments are. Tough.

Unless one establishes that "X" is impossible...by definition it is possible. If you cannot see that...that is your problem...and the problem with you...

Thanks. I've had my say.

There is no such thing as a "presumed possibility." Unless a thing is established as impossible...by definition, it is possible.

Could be! Anything is possible...except stuff that has been established as impossible. But if whatever comes next is as unavailable to us...as whateve...

Wow! Amazing the shit we get all testy about and worked-up over. Time for TRUE INTELLIGENCE (not "artificial" intelligence) to come along and rid this...

Thank you, Relativist. I tend to over-react to people disputing (or if I think they are disputing)... a) that I am NOT an atheist b) that I do NOT do ...

C'mon, Relativist. You quote one ancient philosopher from a Wikipedia comment...and expect that to be definitive. And from an opening remark that begi...

Bullshit! In any case, I am totally willing to change F to "I suppose F to be true." Or "I guess F to be true." Or "I estimate F to be true." I "suppo...

I think you are being reasonable, Orcestra. At some point, every cat lover realizes that "the time has come"...and does what has to be done. Tears com...

Not 'self-contradictory" at all. I DO NOT BELIEVE statement F. I KNOW IT. I have no idea of what in hell you are trying to sell here...but I am not bu...

I, for one, do not do any "believing" at all. Zero, nil, none, zip. Why do you consider that extreme?

We are of one mind in the cause/effect; creation/creator semantic issue. That last part I'd have to think about a long time...and I doubt I could come...

Perhaps every "effect" has a cause... ...but to suppose (for instance) that "the universe" is an effect just so one can presuppose a "cause" for it......

I have no "belief system"...I do not do "believing." You can dismiss anything you want. I have no problem with you having no "belief" in any gods. I h...

Use a quote...and argue against that, rather than this nonsense of characterizing what has been said and then mocking your characterization. Yes...rea...

All this "belief" crap in a discussion of whether or not any gods exist...is nothing but blind guesswork. There is no effort or work involved in simpl...

Thank you for sharing your thoughts...and now I must call bullshit on your call of bullshit on my earlier call of bullshit on your nonsense. The idea ...

No it isn't a hinderance...it is, as I said, an aid. I do not rant...and for pig-headed people, I feel it is necessary to repeat things. You are, in m...

Is there a particular philosophical perspective you have just invented to make this so? And...what the hell makes you think that because I do not like...

I just gotta call bullshit on this. I understand where you are coming from...and I acknowledge your right to do so, but I consider it as wrongheaded a...