Banno

You can believe what you like about the universe. That does not make it true. Deny a shared world and you have no basis for interpreting the utterance...

Feyerabend would disagree, suggesting that sometimes science might well progress because of such authoritarian stances. How could it not?

No, I don't. Statements can be true or false, regardless of someone's judgment. People believe things that are not true. Sure. And one can interpret a...

:D I've enjoyed your posts, Fire Drake. For the moment at least I am non-plussed. Think I might write a letter to my local member, though.

Davidson's triangulation - me, you and the truth. What you say might be the case in humanities, where what is the case is so much more dependent on so...

Cheerful in here, isn't it?

Then wouldn't it be appropriate for you to set out the atheistic arguments that are so poor, and show us the error of our ways? But you have not done ...

So again we just have to believe you.

So god hides himself, only allowing a few to know him, damning the others.

Said as much a few posts back. I also want to take care not to discard truth. And in bullshit? Truth does not enter into bullshit.

SIlence.

I wish you would not use that "thought/belief" construct; so ungainly. I find myself distracted by it. It leads to to the detriment of clarity in your...

Cheers. Wish I had writ it.

Since nobody understands Foucault, you should be used to that. O:)

So we just give in?

@"apokrisis" This is just to say that it is statements - sentences that make an assertion - that are true or false. That strikes me as a loaded questi...

It's bullshit. Lies used to sell a product that does nothing.

I agree - I don't see that the juxtaposition of objective agains subjective can be maintained. There are just true statements and false statements. El...

We charitably interpret the utterances of others so as to maximise the truth in what they say. The bullshitter derails this process by not caring abou...

What do you think of the suggestion that what has changed recently is not the existence of bullshit and lies, but the way they are received? Post-trut...

Yep. But that's not a paradox.

I've presented one several times, and you ignored it.

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"

The beauty of the OP is how clearly it shows the closed logic of certain thinking. That god exists is the premise on which the OP is constructed. No a...

Nor is that my intent. What I did do is show how your argument is self-serving, by demonstrating that in the hands of an atheist it serves to undermin...

Nor I. Why does God leave clues, like we are in an adventure game? Why not have "God Exists" inscribed in a different language each day over the risin...

Yeah, but it is entertaining. Watching Henri is like watching a contortionist.

that's not a bad question, either way. they don;t seem to be a good example of intelligent design.

That worked. Quietism wins.

So you don't understand how it works, but it does. Hm.

And therefore, Astrology? Seems to be something missing here.

Here's your horoscope for today: Astonishing, isn't it, how accurate it is!

Is that what Astrology is?

A fair point. I've noted how much effort is required in order to believe consistently that God can create a world with evil in it. Rather more effort ...

Hi, Time.

Hello. My name is Banno, and I am a recovering philosopher...

Why and how?

Inaccuracy We Trust. http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/astrology.html

Why belief in astrology is not a Good Thing - especially for women.

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Goodness, no. What on Earth are you suggesting?

But are we appreciated for our efforts? Not a bit.

Oh, I rather think it may be.

Well, thank you. Very kind. I do think that pain here and now is more pressing than the perfection of God's plan. Doubtless if I were a more thoughtfu...

Indeed, what's a few pointless, painful deaths in the big picture? Of course, we could flip your argument around, Reductio - style. Given that god exi...

I agree; you are quite right that if your premise is that God exists, then the existence of atheists is quite an extraordinary thing. Given the perfec...

This is exactly right. The argument in the Op is undeniable. Given the premise of there being a god, He must, by His divine nature, be evident in ever...

On a more practical note, will atheist organisations now be eligible for the same tax-free status as churches?

Presumably, since we atheists have fulfilled our part of His Devine Plan, we are bound for heaven.

@"VagabondSpectre", good to see you doing the Lord's work.