god must be atheist

That's certainly one way to look at it. As from a philosophical point of view, your claim can NOT be proven wrong; it is not necessarily true, but it ...

This is true. It is also true that you can declare that an assumption in a logical structure be false or true. From your point of view, if I say, "I t...

Loved it!! I hadn't known. Thanks for showing it!

I agree. I could not get even close to kicking the ball in that thread. Whoosh! over my head. However, I have attended a lecture once (one of the hand...

To me "I think" is not an assumption, but an empirical observation. The statement is not purely logical; it contains an element form empirical observa...

How many here have seen the clip in "Monthy Python at the Hollywood Bowl", where they televise a soccer match between a team of classical Greek philos...

There are two types of people in this world: the righteous and the wicked. And it is invariably the righteous who determine who is in which group. Quo...

Doctor's office. Doctor (looks at the patient, then says), "Sir, you've got to stop masturbating." Patient: "What?? Wh... wh... why, my god, why?" Doc...

Well, he ain't around, no posts by him anywhere these days, so either he has been banned or found for himself a forum better suited for his values.

Thanks. I appreciate that.

You are very astute in noticing this, and you are absolutely right. That was my precise point. It is a two-pronged argument: one is that we are indeed...

There would have been no response, was my summary estimation and I had a very tangible reason to expect that. I had just gone through a very similar e...

I'm going to sleep now, I'll revisit this debate tomorrow again. Or maybe even look around the forum here, if I find some other discussions interestin...

Public transportation is just as much available as ever. Cars are bought and used because people like the convenience of it. The decline of availabili...

I assure you I am not a capitalist, and I never read any capitalist power agitational propaganda. I am simply using my head. If the capitalist pigs, a...

That's exactly the direction I am taking. Read please the early parts... I was defending what I perceived were personal attacks on me. What would you ...

This is a false conclusion. We are not to be blamed for the decisions we do not make. The war against innocent people and devastating their countries ...

No, I won't spare lecturing you, because what I say is not disingenuous. I say what I mean, and I stand behind my words and opinions. You have not con...

This is an error in your judgment, and severe error. I am not told to laugh off ideas that there are power differentials, and that with more power com...

Maybe people do that. Sure. But what makes you so certain that I am practicing that behaviour? I simply pointed out to you who I think is to blame for...

You keep saying "I suppose you would have been an excellent spokesperson for the tobacco lobby." This is not a verbatim quote, but a summary of a few ...

Xtrix: if I am not stupid, then why would I repeat stupid slogans? Would a not stupid person repeat not stupid slogans instead? This is a discrepancy ...

Do continue, Xtrix. I was told to laugh off shit like the arguments you present. Tell me again how stupid I am in your esteem and what lead you to tha...

The person pre-empted his repention. He outright declared he'd never change. No chance given to repent, because he ab ovo rejected the notion. What do...

Long live the heterogots!

Xtrix: a most typical apologist to hypocritical fools. Fools who seek and found a scapegoat, whereas it's they, we, you, I, who are to blame -- we all...

What would you call them? Assuming that there is a generally accepted way of spelling phonemes, and the long, not Anglo-Saxon words do follow these ru...

I <> in doubt <> that <> dad the <> he so <> to called <> culled are <> ape words <> lot all <> am got <> tot some <> tome = 11, and I daresay they ar...

Some would say that ranking expressions for superiority is mystical and fuzzy. :smile: I actually don't know anyone who would say that. All I know is ...

I also heard that written English is highly phonetic, with a lot of exceptions. The exceptions are mainly in old English words of Anglo-Saxon origin, ...

Korean? How do you pronounce sticks and dots? I heard that 1. Far Eastern languages use unique symbols for each word, independent of other words' symb...

:grin: Funny!!

It behooves me to ask, BTW, whether a BMW has circular hooves, uncleft? Some transport trucks have cleft tires. Four wheels on one axel.

Yes, that's correct, the consciousness problem is the same as the soul problem.

You actually touched on my beliefs. Very good sleuth work. I am only logically consistent, not a skeptic. I don't think there is a god out there. But ...

Defining god is a most difficult thing. It has given no indications of its characteristics. So anything goes, including and excluding anything, becaus...

I love your answers and contributions, guys! (And ladies, if some of you are female, and people, if you are not in the extremes of the gender-spectrum...

Thanks for the thoughtful reply, DingoJones! You're right. I should have said "we have no evidence that thoughts exist physically." So... then the que...

The greedy capitalists are NOT inciting you to drive your car, wear clothes, heat your apartment, cool the inside of your fridge. YOU are doing it, an...

Walking blindly is also done in order o fulfill a divine purpose; those with the sharpest (i.e. best resolution; microscopes are not cutting-edge tool...

Intelligence is what intelligence does. (Forrest Gump, a bit revised)

Is that your friend's hand after or before they cut off the fifth finger??

That is a very true and astute observation. I have seen it happen and I've read it recounted in fiction, I think.

And there are soulmates who do not do that. I am not naysaying, I just don't want you to carry away the thought.

Funny you say this, John27. I ain't no chick magnet, they just want to be friends, if even that. But I know a guy who is like your friend. His problem...

1 is true. 2. is either true or false; an empirical observation is needed not just of a few select individuals, but of a group randomly selected of th...

+duplication elsewhere

How long is a string? How long can a love affair be that is termed "long term" but last a fraction of the time of the average marriage? Love is an elu...

True. The facts checked out, mostly. The commentary was geared to any opinion, though. They declared the communist countries as evil empires -- they w...

I'm active on FB. FaceBook does check facts. Opinions it lets ride, but facts they are serious about. I can't check facts. I rely on FB, and I trust t...