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Frank Apisa

['Member']Joined: March 19, 2019 at 19:41Last active: August 27, 2020 at 20:0716 discussions2129 comments
Location: Central New Jersey, USA

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Sorta retired. Work a couple of days as a starter on a golf course so that I can get the free golf. Play 4 days a week...and in the interests of honesty, I have to acknowledge that I suck at the game. I am, however, known as Fairway Frank by almost all my playing partners...because hitting the ball straight is the one thing I am good at.

Discussions (16)

Adult Language

June 01, 2019 at 16:35 117 comments Philosophy of Language

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In: We have people here who are fairly certain...  — view comment
It IS a blind guess. There is NO unambiguous evidence for or against the existence of gods. People who assert "there are no gods" use the same evidenc...
August 27, 2020 at 17:55
In: The wrongness of "nothing is still something"  — view comment
I suspect... ...that although there is the "linguistic issue with English"... ...that "nothing" is still "something"...even if it is just an idea. An ...
August 27, 2020 at 10:59
In: We have people here who are fairly certain...  — view comment
I said NOTHING about it being wrong. How would I possibly know it is wrong? If you are blindly guessing "there are no gods"...you may be correct. Of c...
August 27, 2020 at 10:50
In: We have people here who are fairly certain...  — view comment
What does the "god of the Christians" have to do with this??? I was asked for a coherent description of "gods." I gave one. Imagine that! I used the w...
August 27, 2020 at 10:47
In: We have people here who are fairly certain...  — view comment
No "confession." l I have acknowledged that dozens upon dozes of times...in many Internet discussions. I especially acknowledge it with theists...who ...
August 26, 2020 at 13:32
In: We have people here who are fairly certain...  — view comment
Considering the way this comment is addressed, I am not sure if you are asking me or 180. If you are addressing it to me...I've given the answer a lea...
August 26, 2020 at 12:24
In: We have people here who are fairly certain...  — view comment
Okay! I do not know whether others know or do not know what I do not know. It is my opinion that anyone who asserts "There is a GOD" is asserting a bl...
August 26, 2020 at 12:20
In: We have people here who are fairly certain...  — view comment
Desperate people do, indeed, do desperate things. But we do not know if there is a single god...many gods...or no gods. We do not know what the REALIT...
August 26, 2020 at 10:44
In: We have people here who are fairly certain...  — view comment
Thank you, Banno. I doubt, however, that "I do not know what the REALITY is" is special pleading. Nor is the concept, "Something quite different" cons...
August 26, 2020 at 10:42
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I often say that if "being a Christian" means "a person who thinks the teachings attributed to Jesus are worth taking to heart"... ...then I am a Chri...
August 25, 2020 at 20:49
In: Thought is a Power Far Superior to Any God  — view comment
"...the same cannot be said about the matter you ate for breakfast." Seemed like a zinger. Maybe I was wrong.
August 25, 2020 at 19:50
In: Thought is a Power Far Superior to Any God  — view comment
Don't get angry. That makes you want to make word salads that are undigestable. You WERE saying that a fictional character is a fictional character. A...
August 25, 2020 at 19:15
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I can only speak for myself, Eric, but I do not know how “existence” came to be…or if it always has been. This thing we humans call “the universe” may...
August 25, 2020 at 15:52
In: Thought is a Power Far Superior to Any God  — view comment
So you are suggesting that something invented...is invented, or a "product of thought. Okay...I guess that makes sense, but why even bother pointing t...
August 25, 2020 at 11:24
In: NYC Thread  — view comment
Yeah, there are people moving out, but it still is the most exciting city in the world. My wife and I do the Chelsea Piers...and take lots of evening ...
August 24, 2020 at 15:44
In: NYC Thread  — view comment
Just chanced on this thread. Good pix. I'm a Central Park guy myself. Used to spend as much time there as possible. Not so much an more...and with the...
August 24, 2020 at 12:13
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Good points everyone. But back to the question asked in the title of the thread: My position on the arguments for "God" (if a god exists) is the same ...
August 23, 2020 at 15:38
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I If you think it helps to substitute "is a part of REALITY" for "exists"...fine with me, D. My argument remains the same. If a thing is a part of REA...
August 23, 2020 at 14:59
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I understand what you are saying here, 180...but I stand by what I wrote. If a thing exists...it exists. If it is outside the realm of what humans can...
August 23, 2020 at 14:08
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Yup...the something out of (a special kind of) nothing...has always been a bugaboo with me too. If the idea of gods seems absurd to a person, how does...
August 23, 2020 at 13:57
In: Sam Harris  — view comment
Sam Harris and all the other proselytizing atheists...are simply pitching a different compound of the snake oil theists sell. Nothing wrong with doing...
August 23, 2020 at 13:26
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
That is the essence of my problem with the term "supernatural." IF there are things that we humans cannot "observe" (sense or perceive in any way);..t...
August 23, 2020 at 12:00
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I most assuredly am not an atheist...nor would I ever be one. I'd sooner adopt theist...a more ethical descriptor. But I am neither. My take on the qu...
August 22, 2020 at 14:13
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Thanks, D. I use "gods" so the term "he exists" is not meaningful to my remarks. I merely was responding to your comment about definitions of God (a g...
August 22, 2020 at 11:06
In: Life after death: how reason can prove that its possible  — view comment
ANYTHING that is not established as impossible...is possible, Banno. They are at least POSSIBLE. Think about it.
August 22, 2020 at 10:52
In: Marx and the Serious Question of Private Property  — view comment
Ummm...just about every acre of land in America is stolen land. It has been fenced from person to person through the generations to the present. Witho...
August 21, 2020 at 14:34
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I've given a reasonable definition of a god...certainly one that could be used in discussions of this sort: An entity that created or caused to be cre...
August 21, 2020 at 11:15
In: How do you know!?!  — view comment
if my explanation of what I mean with an informal "I know" as: "I know, for instance, that the capital of England is London. If you have to ask me how...
August 21, 2020 at 11:03
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Amateur stuff you are spewing there, Amen. But...I guess you've gotta go with what you have.
August 20, 2020 at 21:27
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I am 84, Amen. You are not worried at all. You are attempting an insult...and doing it like a kid playing in a sandbox might do. Your premises are fal...
August 20, 2020 at 20:27
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
If it makes you feel better about yourself to suppose that pathetic excuse for a syllogism was a mortal blow of some sort...go for it. I want everyone...
August 20, 2020 at 18:48
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Amen...save the nonsense for someone willing to deal with it. Contact a logician at a local university...and ask him/her to comment on your "syllogism...
August 20, 2020 at 18:22
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
That is without a doubt the WORST attempt at a syllogism EVER. The premises...are a laugh. At best...at very best...the P1 is false. (Actually, it is ...
August 20, 2020 at 18:05
In: Marx and the Serious Question of Private Property  — view comment
I suspect that the societal corrections will never even remotely resemble anything intelligent. There was societal restructuring that happened in Fran...
August 20, 2020 at 16:22
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Give me the P1 and P2 that arrive at a C of "Therefore there is a god." HINT: You can no mare do that than the people who assert "There are no gods" c...
August 20, 2020 at 15:35
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
If you have a reply to me...give it. If you want to send me on a treasure hunt of some sort...I decline.
August 20, 2020 at 14:27
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Here is you "conclusion" Amen. Therefore there is a God. With that as a C...please give me the P1 and P2 (that includes "the Bible says so) that gets ...
August 20, 2020 at 14:21
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I prefer to think of myself as agnostic...rather than as "an Agnostic." I know I sometimes use the Agnostic shortcut, but I will attempt to be more ca...
August 20, 2020 at 11:46
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
I cannot understand how anyone can consider it to be an historical account. It does have some history in it, I concede that. It mentions ancient Egypt...
August 20, 2020 at 11:44
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
No.
August 20, 2020 at 11:29
In: How do you know!?!  — view comment
Richard Feynman was fond of saying (I paraphrase), "I know something about knowing things...and actually knowing things is a very, very difficult thin...
August 20, 2020 at 11:13
In: How do you know!?!  — view comment
I agree. But the logical response would be, "I disagree with that assertion...and you have a burden of proof." If, however, you go that not-required f...
August 20, 2020 at 11:03
In: Why was my thread closed?  — view comment
It was a full of "argument" and other considerations as any thread in this forum. It most assuredly was not "unnecessarily personal." In fact, it was ...
August 20, 2020 at 10:58
In: How do you know!?!  — view comment
I never do.
August 19, 2020 at 20:41
In: How do you know!?!  — view comment
I am certain of lots of things. Do you suppose that because I am agnostic (small "a'", not an Agnostic) on issues of gods...I am agnostic on all thing...
August 19, 2020 at 20:40
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
The "historical" account of Jesus...is NOT an historical account of Jesus. It is a grouping of tales told by people, some of whom supposedly knew Jesu...
August 19, 2020 at 20:34
In: Bannings  — view comment
Thanks, Badden.
August 19, 2020 at 19:48
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
Thank you for continuing here, Amen. I asked for your #1 piece of unambiguous evidence that a god exists. Give that a shot.
August 19, 2020 at 19:29
In: What are your positions on the arguments for God?  — view comment
First of all, thank you, 180. I appreciate you reaching out. Not sure why they closed the thread. It was a legitimate topic, and I have questioned the...
August 19, 2020 at 19:27
In: Bannings  — view comment
Why the heck was my thread shut down. It was a reasonable subject for a philosophy forum...and while I set it up in an aggressive manner, the point wa...
August 19, 2020 at 19:18
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