Frank Apisa

That definitely is NOT what I am saying. Of course one can prove a negative. The burden of proof falls on anyone making an assertion. If one asserts, ...

Yeah, something like that. The way I said it pretty much sums up the way I feel. I may be old...but I am spry and enjoy every day. I'd just as soon no...

So you are of the opinion that if it is logical to say, "London is the capital of England"...it is also logical to say, "I know there are no gods" and...

I am sure there are many philosophical discussions where I would be content with a fairly mundane understanding of what the word "know" means to denot...

Some of the people doing the complaining about repetitive messages are the same people who themselves post repetitive thoughts. The majority of issues...

Good topic. Thanks for starting it...and for considering my comments. Have no idea...not even sure if there is "spirit" within an individual. I am jus...

At best, a dictionary can give us the etymology of the word...and an idea of how it is used currently. That helps...but is not authoritative. Most peo...

As one gets older (I;m 82)...a thing happens that can best be stated as, "The fact that I am going to die is less troubling to me than it was when I w...

I get what you are saying...but the fact remains that "knowing" used in certain contexts is quite different from "knowing" used in a philosophical con...

If your question includes the notion, "Are there things involved in REALITY that humans either do not know exist or are not capable of knowing"...then...

Any contributor who considers a particular fellow poster to be uninteresting, annoying, or irrelevant...has the option of disregarding that poster and...

Right on the button, ssu. One of the reasons I am at a Philosophy Forum right now, is because these days, any political discussion tends to quickly go...

One of the big problems with labels or descriptors has to do with whether the label or descriptor is being self-applied or applied FROM someone else. ...

Thank you, Drake. All I really wanted to know is whether the "warning" was coming from someone in authority...or just from someone inappropriately sho...

I could not disagree more, Zhou. The fact that we have no evidence that sentient life exists on any of those planets...cannot logically lead to the co...

Thank you, Drake. No need to make a big thing of this. The individual "S" has on two occasions accused me of spamming the forum. I would not do that u...

Fuck you!

I no longer care about your meaning. I have heard the same nonsense from you time after time...and I have never considered telling you to shut up...or...

Obviously I have not made it. YOU are not conceding it...are you? As for the "spamming" nonsense...shove it.

I do not know if the universe is finite or infinite. I suspect you do not either. But if you are going to insist you do...then a burden of proof accru...

Well...obviously some people blindly guess there are no gods. Some people blindly guess there is at a least one god. Some people just don't bother to ...

Yeah, I've got "something heretofore unmentioned" to add. I work as a starter at a golf course. Today was a banner day...warm, not a lot of wind...rea...

I do not know if any gods exist or not. I do not know if no gods exist. I suspect you do not either...especially if it is the "there are no gods." THA...

I am using it thusly: extending indefinitely : ENDLESS Merriam-Webster Dictionary https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infinite Limitless or end...

Thanks, N. Sorry you are. :wink:

You are going ape. Didn't mean to rattle you so. I thought you were more in control. In any case, if you want to think that you KNOW that no gods exis...

So...you think it is okay, reasonable, and logical for you to make a sweeping assertion about the nature of REALITY...and when called upon to meet the...

I'm glad you had fun. Fun is a big part of these Internet fora...and I also am having fun. This seems to be a win/win situation. My comments on whethe...

Tim, this may come as a big shock...and may, in your opinion, disqualify me from commenting on matters like this...BUT... ...I actually do not know ev...

That is the worst description of what I have been saying I have ever heard. What makes you think I cannot know you are right or wrong?

Really? And let's hear your case for that. You may be right...although I doubt it. If you are, I will acknowledge it.

Egads...you've also shown yourself why your reasoning is defective? Never woulda thunk it.

Anthony does not know if we live in an infinite universe or not... ...and neither do you, Tim.

Actually, I said what you proposed made sense... ...it just that logic has to be disposed of for that to be the case. I've shown you why your reasonin...

Okay. I was over the top with the response. I apologize.

The thing I am attempting to communicate is that every individual I have ever met or know of...who uses the word "atheist" as part of a descriptor... ...

Perhaps some people suggest a middle point. I do not. On the question, "Do no gods exist...or does at least one god exist?"... ...I simply acknowledge...

You are wrong. I do not speak of "God" whatever or whomever you mean by that. I speak of the existence of gods...or the non-existence of gods. Either ...

The fact that you can make a thing work for one thing...does not mean it works universally. In any case, there is no problem with you making a blind g...

Only if you disregard logic, though. You must have missed that part.

50/50 70/30 60/40...is all nothing but guesswork on both questions. I have no idea if there are any gods...I have no idea if the universe was "created...

I HAVE NEVER SAID 50/50...EVER. HERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE. Never...ever. You got that? I do not spam...nor do I flamebait. So take your warnings and store...

I agree. What happens when one uses descriptors...is that the meaning of the descriptor becomes the main topic of the discussion. Atheist, agnostic, c...

Correct...which is why I would not make it. I merely say that I do not know. Here it is again: I do not know if gods exist or not; I see no reason to ...

All that "believing" nonsense. You just cannot call your blind guesses...blind guesses. You have to call them "believing." You ought to figure out why...

As I said...if you do not care about logic...what you are saying makes sense.

Fine. That is allowed. And, if you do not care about logic...it makes sense. There are lots of things for which there is a lack of evidence...but that...

Okay. I do not know if a sun-circling teapot exist or not; I see no reason to suspect a sun-circling teapot CANNOT EXIST...that the existence of a sun...

The beatings will continue until moral improves.

Correct. Actually Thomas Huxley, among other things, wanted to distinguish himself from the theists and atheists...who seemed to be saying "I know the...