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and yet... ...bland assertion. Can you do better?
July 05, 2021 at 03:35
Special pleading: in which the speaker deliberately ignores aspects that are unfavourable to their point of view. There was never* a theist who claime...
July 05, 2021 at 03:19
The concern I have is apathy. It seems not to matter to so many folk. Or it's excused with "the other side is just as bad". We can, and have, done so ...
July 05, 2021 at 03:12
As moderator, I'm obliged to point out errors of fact. Zev was a horse. But as everything is a goat, I'll let this pass.
July 05, 2021 at 03:09
As is heresy.
July 05, 2021 at 03:06
Is that so? I had been told he loves us. Doesn't that involve his taking on some obligations towards us?
July 05, 2021 at 03:04
...and that's were morality enters the discussion, since we would then be considering what one ought to believe and how one ought to act. When faith i...
July 05, 2021 at 02:45
Thanks for the link.
July 05, 2021 at 02:37
I wonder if you have noticed that even if it is fear mongering being used to grab political power, that does not render it false. It's that logic thin...
July 05, 2021 at 02:35
I don't agree. It arrises from my inanimate breakfast, for sure. Your incredulity is not an argument. And we would do well to steer clear of the evolu...
July 05, 2021 at 02:19
There's for options for any second-order predicate. So you left out "I don't believe that god doesn't exist"...presumably a weak form of atheism. Nor ...
July 05, 2021 at 02:14
Yep.
July 05, 2021 at 02:09
By definition, the results of science are not miraculous.
July 05, 2021 at 02:09
If there is a god, shouldn't his presence be overwhelmingly apparent? And indeed, theists often do make this claim, adding the corollary that atheists...
July 05, 2021 at 02:04
You know this for sure? Something for us to chat about in another thread, perhaps.
July 05, 2021 at 02:00
Usually by showing problems with the arguments that purport to demonstrate that god exists, then pointing out inconsistencies in the notion of god tha...
July 05, 2021 at 01:58
Better to take atheism as the belief that god does not exist. That's how it is generally defined, and places it in direct opposition to theism, the be...
July 05, 2021 at 01:53
That's the god of the holes; invoking god to explain something for which there is at present no scientific explanation. There's a few problems with it...
July 05, 2021 at 01:45
That's not the case. A large majority are explicitly atheist. It doubtless comes from understanding argument and logic well. It is very difficult to d...
July 05, 2021 at 01:31
A few notes on the sociology of theist threads, There's always one, often two or more. They tend to be first threads of new members, and are never sta...
July 05, 2021 at 01:07
You entirely missed the point of what I posted. Notice that I said That there was no practical difference. Notions of heaven and hell are not practica...
July 04, 2021 at 22:51
The counter is that for practical purposes agnosticism and atheism have the same outcome.
July 04, 2021 at 21:00
@"Hanover" will argue for the affirmative, to be answered in the negative by @"180 Proof". @"Banno" will moderate. Posts will be no longer than 500 wo...
July 04, 2021 at 20:30
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July 04, 2021 at 00:17
Nailed it.
July 03, 2021 at 21:40
As if that would stop him.
July 03, 2021 at 21:05
So that will be a demand he stop it with the bombs he didn't have, then.
July 03, 2021 at 21:01
Embarrassingly, I can sing along with that horror.
July 03, 2021 at 08:46
Sure does.
July 03, 2021 at 07:25
I won't claim that title for myself, but I do dabble in guitar and sometimes bass. This morning I was trying to get the bass drone to run smoothly in ...
July 03, 2021 at 06:02
That's what I do.
July 03, 2021 at 05:21
Interesting, but again too complex. It's sort of a prog rock - metal fusion to my ear, and needs too much thinking to enjoy; compared to the clean sim...
July 03, 2021 at 05:06
Compare a classic such as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv5KSPgDX1w&t=32s There's such a joy in the interplay of drum, bass and lead, transiti...
July 03, 2021 at 04:36
Not bad. Bonham hit harder. It's too long, the riff predictable, the wah wah peddle a bit naf. But the thing that counts most against it is the preten...
July 03, 2021 at 04:18
Chuck Berry's art was perfected dow Nunder. Smae folk, differn' song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIlHfyVmlPs
July 03, 2021 at 04:01
Yeah, well, that's about you, not about Eagle Rock. Shows to go you not to listen to Hanover...
July 03, 2021 at 03:58
What's my point? Well, I suppose it is that I don't get your point, here:
July 03, 2021 at 03:29
What? No, don't worry. I'm not that interested.
July 03, 2021 at 03:10
After twenty months, we have a plan to make a plan... The missing 'magic numbers' in Morrison's COVID strategy are a stark reminder of our bungled vac...
July 03, 2021 at 03:02
...and I'm saying that this is a pointless misleading line of thought.
July 03, 2021 at 02:49
This is The Greatest Rock Song Ever Recorded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQfAZVsz6KM Prove me wrong.
July 03, 2021 at 02:47
You say that as if it were helpful.
July 03, 2021 at 02:42
Woof.
July 03, 2021 at 02:15
I think I'm not being very clear; I watched old Dr Who episodes until the wee small hours last night and my head isn't that clear. Perhaps I can make ...
July 03, 2021 at 02:10
Well... is scans much better. Is it better in general? Not so much. But your efforts are appreciated.
July 03, 2021 at 01:57
If god is self-contradictory then god renders himself unavailable for discussion. (p & ~p)?q If god is self-contradicting, anything follows, and so an...
July 03, 2021 at 01:56
I wonder what you make of the debate here. Events that occurred a few weeks before you joined. Edit: Ah, leave it. I see you have already responded.
July 03, 2021 at 01:46
That's a clever approach. Cantor would have presumably claimed that God was the sum of all those infinite infinities... Your point is that there is no...
July 03, 2021 at 01:38
As for the OP here, the distinction between actual and potential infinities is a non-starter. Consider the distinction between an actual five and an p...
July 03, 2021 at 01:35
https://www.oecd.org/pisa/Equity-in-Education-country-note-Australia.pdf
July 03, 2021 at 01:31