(January 18, 2017 at 1:20 am)Huggy74 Wrote:(January 18, 2017 at 12:17 am)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: The point you were making, pinhead, the one I replied to, and the one you can't support was that we must know the correct answer before we can know the wrong ones. So sorry I spoiled your "Quest to be Right." We all know that's more important to you than any fucking thing else.
Sorry, I never introduced knowledge of any alleged creators into the argument. It's your projection and is, again, irrelevant to the point. Guess what. You don't get to dictate the red herring.
Here's the quote (as you soooooooo love to do to others). The point I argued in bold:
Please show me where I introduced knowledge of alleged gawds or go kindly fuck yourself with a chainsaw.
I know the only objection you could make to the argument was that it was too "convoluted." Would you like me to dumb it down to your hard-at-thinking level?
What the hell do you think this discussion is about you imbecile?
(January 16, 2017 at 6:57 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Sorry, but not knowing the exact cause of the universe, does not mean we can't know, and rule out, what ancient myths are.How does he seem to understand the topic but you don't?
The point is, if it's your position that you 'don't know' how the universe came to exist, then you can't argue against a God... Got it? So either you agree or disagree.
You apparently disagree, So again, Is it your position that you know a creator doesn't exist?
Stop being a coward and answer the question.
You clearly don't understand the concept of the null hypothesis. Proving a negative is a bullshit idea. What we can do is point out every flaw, inconsistency, contradiction, and just plain wrong assertion made in myths and use those to assign a probability to the likelihood of one or all of its claims or aspects. So while it can't logically be put down as an absolutely zero probability (it could be right in some ways completely by accident, just like the Flying Spaghetti Monster), it's near enough zero right now that continued belief in it should warrant medicating and extreme psychotherapy.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.