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    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Quote:Reason is the only means we have to understand our universe, which is for all practical purposes "all of reality". The fact that reason is the only means we have does not prove it is qualified...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 3, 2015 at 8:04 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
(March 3, 2015 at 7:42 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Thoutage, you're ignoring the rebuttals and just re-asserting your claims. I'm unable to reply to every post by every poster. I keep re-explaining my...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 3, 2015 at 7:52 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
(March 3, 2015 at 7:35 pm)Norman Humann Wrote: Both theists and atheists take a stand on one claim only: the god claim. I'm not sure why you feel the need to squeeze all of reality into it. The god ...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 3, 2015 at 7:42 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
(March 3, 2015 at 7:20 pm)Norman Humann Wrote: Atheism is more or less the position that there is no good reason to believe in god. Yes, good summary. (March 3, 2015 at 7:20 pm)Norman Humann Wrot...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 3, 2015 at 7:31 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
(March 3, 2015 at 3:22 pm)robvalue Wrote: Thoutage: what on Earth is your point? Well, one point might be that this discussion has been going on for thousands of years and is not going to be resolve...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 3, 2015 at 7:17 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
(March 3, 2015 at 6:49 pm)Cato Wrote: Deploying reason to demonstrate its inefficacy is dubious. This is a common and understandable complaint. If you will read again, you will see I am not challe...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 3, 2015 at 7:08 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
(March 3, 2015 at 3:35 pm)Faith No More Wrote: The problem with this argument is that atheism is not about trying to understand what underlies all reality. If you'll read my posts again, you'll see ...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 3, 2015 at 7:04 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Quote:I've already asked you to define what you mean by that nebulous term. Please do so now. What is the fundamental nature of reality? Does reality arise from a form of intelligence, or is real...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 3, 2015 at 6:46 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Quote:Simply because you assert that reason is a matter of faith amongst atheists does not make it so. As has already been pointed out to you, reason works. This is perhaps the most common point of ...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 3, 2015 at 2:46 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Quote:1. You're assuming that 'human reason' is the cause of the atheism. As has been pointed out to you, that's not necessarily the case: some of the pagan religions are atheist but not because of 'r...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 3, 2015 at 2:32 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Quote:I'm an atheist, and I have no faith. Apologies, but that's not possible, except for those who haven't heard god claims. Quote:I agree that atheists ought to be completely faithless. Ok, so ...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 3, 2015 at 6:47 am
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
(March 2, 2015 at 3:46 pm)robvalue Wrote: An atheist lacks belief in god(s). That's it. You should not assume anything about why they feel that way or what else they believe or don't believe. Why do...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 2, 2015 at 9:12 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Hi there to you too! Please pardon this copy and paste, which I rarely do, but here's a post I recently wrote that may stimulate further conversation. Somebody asked.... Quote:Can you list what you...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 2, 2015 at 3:20 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Thanks for the speedy welcome Rhythm.
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 2, 2015 at 3:10 pm
    Thread: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Post: RE: Do we expect too much from human reason?
Hi All, I found this URL in my server logs, and see that I've become famous, or perhaps infamous, or maybe just fatuous. In any case, here I am available to be yelled at in person. :-) If there's ...
 Thoughtage Atheism 132 25717 March 2, 2015 at 3:02 pm