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Evidence
May 20, 2012 at 11:43 am
I just stumbled on a nice website explaining the scientific method of using evidence. I have had many arguments with theists and not one one has produced any testable, falsifiable evidence of any god. I think they have dificulty understanding what I mean by the term.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...Theory.svg
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RE: Evidence
May 20, 2012 at 11:49 am
"But asking for evidence all the time is so unfair! Why are you athiest so intolerant and closed minded? Why???"
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At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Evidence
May 20, 2012 at 11:51 am
(May 20, 2012 at 11:49 am)Stimbo Wrote: "But asking for evidence all the time is so unfair! Why are you athiest so intolerant and closed minded? Why???"
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You have no evidence that I am intolerant and closed minded!
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RE: Evidence
May 20, 2012 at 11:54 am
Methinks I'm getting a headache now...
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Evidence
May 21, 2012 at 5:12 am
Very good way to explain how evidence works and why it's necessary.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
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RE: Evidence
June 15, 2012 at 9:13 pm
They left out the "a theory produces predictions that can be tested against evidence we gather later" part. Otherwise it's a pretty good first approximation.
