Frank Apisa

Aquinas ended each of his arguments with variations of, "And this we all call God." If he had ended his arguments logically...he would have written, "...

Then I can say the same thing back at you. Your question was...how do you define exist? You wouldn't be able to ask that question without knowing the ...

Before I respond to that question...I have to ask YOU a question you may think snarky. It is not. It is essential to my response. How do you define "d...

EVERYTHING. Does it mean "everything that exists"...or does it mean "the stuff humans** are able to sense or detect?" **Humans: The currently dominant...

What are you saying here, Isaac? Are you saying the existence of gods is impossible?

I am agnostic forever...and at age 84 in 6 weeks, "forever" doesn't seem that far away. As for your comment, "I believe the probability of God's exist...

Whether there is at least one god...or that there are no gods... ...is an unknown. It is something that cannot be determined by logic or science. The ...

I did not wiff...and your protestations of being charitable sound like the stuff Trump spews during his "speeches." If Sunlight wants to discuss this ...

Why don't you man up, if you are able, and acknowledge that the remark was aimed at me? No need to be cowardly about it. If Sunlight wants to have a c...

Are you saying that no gods exist...and that you arrived at that "conclusion" through science or logic, Sunlight? Or are you just trying to eliminate ...

That was almost beneath you...but like Trump, apparently there is no depth to which you will not sink. Okay...ya gotta deal with your type if you want...

Here are two of mine...hope you enjoy them: He’s An Englishman Doing An American Accent He’s an Englishman Doing an American accent. Which means he’s ...

Happy Solstice back at you, 180. I am not trolling or projecting. I started this thread. I reply to all postings. Please continue to post. I enjoy rep...

It is not I who is delusional. If you think you have arrived at "There are no gods" or "It is more likely that there are no gods than that there is at...

Yup...undoubtedly two atheists...in a world of denial. To be fair, theists also are in denial, but at least most theists have the ethical wherewithal ...

Yup...I told the truth. I coulda told you that!

You also lack what it takes to acknowledge the obvious...that one cannot logically or scientifically come to "there is at least one god" or "there are...

C'mon, 180. A bit of originality would be welcome from you. Anyway...of course I am correct. But you still are not ethical enough to concede it. My gu...

180 writes: "I've already called you out on this, man, thoroughly debunking this BULL with their own words. Stop lying, Frank." I post proof that what...

If you want to think anything that exists...does not exist...be my guest. AS FOR ALBERT EINSTEIN: “My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. ...

You are the one making the assertion that the existence of a god would violate physics. You must mean the "physics" of which we are currently aware. (...

Sounds a bit more like "along the Ready Player One line. I'll follow along.

Okay, maybe we can discuss some good movies we've enjoyed recently. You start the thread. I promise I will visit and contribute.

Okay. Perhaps we can meet in a discussion some time where we are more in tune. I have found that some people are uncomfortable discussing this topic a...

He asked to be subpoenaed by the Senate...and would have testified under subpoena. They, cowardly, refused to do it. McConnell would not even let it c...

That was lame, Dingo. BOTTOM LINE: Any of you could destroy my assertion by presenting a reasonable syllogism that shows a conclusion of: Therefore th...

I am not trolling. I am responding to posts here in a thread I started. If you sense a troll...perhaps you are detecting....YOU. C'mon. Kick your game...

You've even got the "Onan" analogy wrong. My immediate contention is that you cannot logically show that it is more likely that there are no gods than...

Yup...just insults and mocking comments. If you could defeat the argument...you would do it in an instant. But you cannot, so Onan comes on the scene....

I'll wait for the P1 and P2. They will never come. I've been doing this for about 40 years...and NBEVER has had anything that comes close. Mostly atte...

BALONEY! Any one of you could show me to be totally wrong on this issue by expressing a reasonable P1 and P2 to reach a C of: Therefore there is a God...

You posit that "the existence of a god violates physics." That is as much a "belief" as the theistic guess that there is a GOD. Actually, most "scienc...

Certainly seems to be. It also is a time machine.

No way to know what is real and what isn't. Gotta go with the flow. Live life as if it is real...not an illusion. Deal with the world as though it is ...

At some point people have to wake up to the reality that "I do not 'believe' X" IS NOT THE SAME AS "I 'believe' NOT-X." Here are two things about me t...

We do not know.

C'mon, Pinprick. You are smarter than this. Even you said it early...of the "facts" we think we know (humans have been fooled about that through the y...

Ya gotta be shitting me, Mike. Have things really changed that much? I'm gonna be 84 in a few weeks, so this is mostly academic at this point, but not...

Indeed. :up:

Yep. :up:

I suspect we are all "doing philosophy" by simply making our way through life. Some people seem to want to make "doing philosophy" mean using big word...

When I re-read my response, it sounded more curt than I meant it. I appreciate you taking the time to respond and value what you had to say. Hope all ...

Not sure how old you are, but at 83, I have no trouble at all meeting new people. I have never been "compelled" to meet them...I just meet them. Up un...

Thank you for your opinion. I am getting the impression that you think this discussion is not worthwhile. Okay. That happens. Perhaps we will meet in ...

Everyone participating...thank you very much for putting forward the effort. This subject truly interests me...and I appreciate your help.

I suck at math. But I can see that if the H is changed to (no gods exist)... ...we can come to the same whatever. And given that "...given that Y is t...

That's the reason I use "gods." I'm talking "gods." Beings (or a being) that exist...whether we humans can perceive of that existence or not. An entit...

If you truly want to suspend discussion on this topic...makes no sense for me to reply to the questions in your first sentence. I have answered both o...

Thank you. At my age (I'll be 84 in August)...I have no problems with this. It is a lovely poem...and expresses some things I think need to be express...

Thank you, 180. All I can suggest is that you ask a logician about the syllogism that you suppose destroyed my contention. It is fatally defective. Al...