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Thread: Theists: would you view the truth?
Post: RE: Theists: would you view the truth?
Neo-Scholastic Wrote:in summary, I find it a bit comical when skeptics think that by reducing miracles to naturally occurring phenomena they have invalidated the witness of Holy Scripture.
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December 2, 2016 at 10:27 am |
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Thread: On Anselm's 2nd Formulation of the Ontological Argument
Post: RE: On Anselm's 2nd Formulation of the Ontological...
I've come across a possible refutation in one of my philosophy books. It goes like this:
The concept of God doesn't have to exist for it to be a concept in our minds. The object of God has to exist, ... |
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FallentoReason |
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November 21, 2016 at 10:57 am |
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Thread: On Anselm's 2nd Formulation of the Ontological Argument
Post: On Anselm's 2nd Formulation of the Ontological Arg...
Firstly, let's begin with the first formulation:
Anselm\s Ontological Argument Wrote:
It is a conceptual truth (or, so to speak, true by definition) that God is a being than which none greater ... |
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November 21, 2016 at 1:34 am |
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Thread: Atheism is irrational.
Post: RE: Atheism is irrational.
(November 20, 2016 at 11:36 pm)theologian Wrote: Whatever is rational utilizes either the senses, the intellect or both.
Atheism cannot deny God by using senses. For, to deny something by the use o... |
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Atheism
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November 21, 2016 at 12:03 am |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
theologian Wrote:Well, I'm interested too with what you can say with the Five Ways.
I'm going to have to brush up on them. Aquinas can be a good read!
Quote:It is not a lying to prevent persons know ... |
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Philosophy
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November 20, 2016 at 11:47 pm |
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Thread: Your position on naturalism
Post: RE: Your position on naturalism
(November 20, 2016 at 9:11 pm)Whateverist Wrote: (November 20, 2016 at 8:30 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: In keeping with my agnosticism, I went methodological naturalism.
I think there are unanswere... |
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Philosophy
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November 20, 2016 at 11:38 pm |
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Thread: Your position on naturalism
Post: RE: Your position on naturalism
In keeping with my agnosticism, I went methodological naturalism.
I think there are unanswered things about reality that naturalism can't make sense of. And maybe they can be explained by things we ... |
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November 20, 2016 at 8:30 pm |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 19, 2016 at 8:54 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: (November 19, 2016 at 8:53 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: Oh, then show us the rightness.
I did.
Right here:
(November 19, 2016 at 11:58 am)Alasdair Ham W... |
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November 20, 2016 at 12:59 am |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 19, 2016 at 8:54 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: (November 18, 2016 at 11:19 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: Yes, yes I do, because I find that 'gods don't exist' is a weak justification.
One of the mos... |
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November 20, 2016 at 12:58 am |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 19, 2016 at 8:48 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: (November 19, 2016 at 8:26 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: [...]What's your motivation for proving an atheistic argument wrong with an atheistic conclusi... |
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November 20, 2016 at 12:54 am |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 19, 2016 at 8:41 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: My pointlessness doesn't make me any less correct nor does it make you any less incorrect, Fallen.
It does, because at the end of the day this argum... |
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November 20, 2016 at 12:52 am |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 19, 2016 at 11:58 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: (November 18, 2016 at 11:03 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: Premise 1. A false dilemma is a dilemma where [at least one other option] can be given. You ... |
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November 19, 2016 at 8:26 pm |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 18, 2016 at 11:12 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Something tells me that you're the kind of guy who sees a no swimming sign with a picture of a gator on it and thinks; "Look, a public pool". :rolleye... |
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November 18, 2016 at 11:24 pm |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 18, 2016 at 11:21 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: (November 18, 2016 at 10:56 am)FallentoReason Wrote: This is true.
If you accept it is true then asking me to justify it when it's a tautology is... |
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November 18, 2016 at 11:19 pm |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 18, 2016 at 11:09 am)Rhythm Wrote: (November 18, 2016 at 11:01 am)FallentoReason Wrote: No, I believe you guys just stop at, 'oh, just because he's an authority'. I'm giving a reason for... |
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November 18, 2016 at 11:07 pm |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 18, 2016 at 11:06 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: (November 18, 2016 at 10:53 am)FallentoReason Wrote: You insist I'm "contradicting" and "doubling down", yet you can't even get your *own* story ... |
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November 18, 2016 at 11:03 pm |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 18, 2016 at 10:58 am)Rhythm Wrote: ...you've attempted to make this an issue of people saying that there's nothing to get out of "authority x"...
No, I believe you guys just stop at, 'oh, ... |
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November 18, 2016 at 11:01 am |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 18, 2016 at 10:53 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: (November 18, 2016 at 10:39 am)FallentoReason Wrote: The issue you're having is that for some unknown reason you believe that producing *an* answ... |
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November 18, 2016 at 10:56 am |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
(November 18, 2016 at 10:48 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: (November 18, 2016 at 10:40 am)FallentoReason Wrote: All I mean by that is that I think you're not giving it the proper time of day. There's a re... |
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November 18, 2016 at 10:53 am |
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Thread: On Moral Authorities
Post: RE: On Moral Authorities
Ham Wrote:Like I said you'd make a better politician than a philosopher.
You insist I'm "contradicting" and "doubling down", yet you can't even get your *own* story straight. Never have I read this fr... |
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November 18, 2016 at 10:53 am |