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Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
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RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
March 14, 2018 at 12:33 pm
Because none of you clowns have ever demonstrated any evidence* of an afterlife.

Evidence in this case does not mean your fucking bible-based opinions.
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RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
March 14, 2018 at 12:47 pm
If he had been a theist, his surviving ALS for almost 50 years would be considered a sign of divine favor by many.
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RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
March 14, 2018 at 12:57 pm (This post was last modified: March 14, 2018 at 1:02 pm by Brian37.)
(March 14, 2018 at 12:47 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: If he had been a theist, his surviving ALS for almost 50 years would be considered a sign of divine favor by many.

It won't be long before theists start arguing Hawking was a believer. They pulled that shit after the death of Einstein and the worst example was Anthony Flew.
(March 14, 2018 at 12:17 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(March 14, 2018 at 12:10 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Because there exists not a shred of evidence to the contrary.

That sounds like a textbook example of the argument from ignorance.

Said the one who still buys into an old book of mythology.

Your bible IS NOT, nor ever was a science textbook. You are the one being willfully ignorant. 

That was then, this is now. You claiming we are arguing from ignorance is laughable.
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RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
March 14, 2018 at 1:29 pm
(March 14, 2018 at 12:17 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(March 14, 2018 at 12:10 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Because there exists not a shred of evidence to the contrary.

That sounds like a textbook example of the argument from ignorance.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be rationally dismissed without evidence.
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RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
March 14, 2018 at 1:33 pm
The time scale to evaporate a black hole via Hawking Radiation is rather longish. Particularly in a 6000 year old God universe. One might wonder why a physical/quantum mechanical process could/should/would run for 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years in such a theistic universe.
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RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
March 14, 2018 at 1:48 pm
(March 14, 2018 at 12:57 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(March 14, 2018 at 12:17 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: That sounds like a textbook example of the argument from ignorance.

Said the one who still buys into an old book of mythology.

Your bible IS NOT, nor ever was a science textbook. You are the one being willfully ignorant. 

That was then, this is now. You claiming we are arguing from ignorance is laughable.

If Road can show me some evidence of a person existing before they were born, I’ll convert to Christianity on the spot!  😝
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RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
March 14, 2018 at 2:12 pm (This post was last modified: March 14, 2018 at 2:14 pm by RoadRunner79.)
(March 14, 2018 at 12:57 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(March 14, 2018 at 12:47 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: If he had been a theist, his surviving ALS for almost 50 years would be considered a sign of divine favor by many.

It won't be long before theists start arguing Hawking was a believer. They pulled that shit after the death of Einstein and the worst example was Anthony Flew.

Anthony Flew did become a deist, while he was yet quite alive yet.  And Einstein from reading his words seemed to vary quite a bit.  He said many things that can be taken either way.

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(March 14, 2018 at 12:17 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: That sounds like a textbook example of the argument from ignorance.

Said the one who still buys into an old book of mythology.

Your bible IS NOT, nor ever was a science textbook. You are the one being willfully ignorant. 

That was then, this is now. You claiming we are arguing from ignorance is laughable.

Would you like to address the accusation (issue) or are you just going to keep trying to change the subject?    And as we have discussed before, whether something is new or old, makes no difference on whether it is true or reasonable.
(March 14, 2018 at 1:29 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:
(March 14, 2018 at 12:17 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: That sounds like a textbook example of the argument from ignorance.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be rationally dismissed without evidence.

I would also add reason to that quip, but that's just me.

I do however like the help on the subject though... thanks.
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RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
March 14, 2018 at 2:34 pm (This post was last modified: March 14, 2018 at 2:36 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(March 14, 2018 at 2:12 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I would also add reason to that quip, but that's just me.

I do however like the help on the subject though... thanks.

Oh, so you’re an atheist now?  That was easy!  😉
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RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
March 14, 2018 at 2:44 pm
(March 14, 2018 at 2:34 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:
(March 14, 2018 at 2:12 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I would also add reason to that quip, but that's just me.

I do however like the help on the subject though... thanks.

Oh, so you’re an atheist now?  That was easy!  😉

Why would you say that?
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RE: Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
March 14, 2018 at 2:52 pm
RIP Stephen Hawking.
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