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Thread: Non-existence
Post: RE: Non-existence
| I wait for Kyu's reply to Arcanus.
(August 30, 2009 at 7:34 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: In other words the assumption of reality is the base assumption and any other claim that doesn't fit what we appea... |
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Atheism
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September 9, 2009 at 4:53 am |
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Thread: Non-existence
Post: RE: Non-existence
| It has taken me long enough to reply, but here it goes.
There are a few flaws in this argument for the 'evidence' presented. Firstly, it requires huge amounts of faith. Just because (excuse the atr... |
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August 30, 2009 at 6:05 am |
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Thread: Noah's Ark Zoo
Post: RE: Noah's Ark Zoo
| (August 26, 2009 at 3:56 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: The way The Church has carefully conducted a campaign against atheists and the meaning of atheism so that people are ashamed to admit they are such? So... |
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August 27, 2009 at 6:28 am |
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Thread: Noah's Ark Zoo
Post: RE: Noah's Ark Zoo
| Well if there is no ban in the offing, who cares? The tourist board promotes them? I don't care. It is just one zoo which offers an alternative view, and as long as they do not preach race hatred etc... |
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August 26, 2009 at 2:54 pm |
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Thread: Noah's Ark Zoo
Post: RE: Noah's Ark Zoo
| In the UK we have a political party called the BNP. They are racist and anti-gay-and probably anti-semitic. Do I agree with them? Hell no. Do I want them band? No. Why? Because we live in a democracy... |
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August 25, 2009 at 12:39 pm |
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Thread: Noah's Ark Zoo
Post: RE: Noah's Ark Zoo
| Who cares? What harm are they going to do, and surely they have a right to express themselves? As far as I can tell they are not informing children to go out and kill all humanists, so let them be. |
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August 25, 2009 at 8:47 am |
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Thread: [SPLIT] Quantum Physics Disproves Reality
Post: RE: [SPLIT] Quantum Physics Disproves Reality
| I think you misunderstood the original purpose of my thread. I set out to show that there is no solid scientific evidence for the existence of a 'real' universe. That is all. Any speculation of a vir... |
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August 23, 2009 at 4:46 am |
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Thread: Non-existence
Post: RE: Non-existence
| (August 22, 2009 at 3:09 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: (August 21, 2009 at 3:10 pm)dagda Wrote: Ah, but here we have the problem. Science works within, not beyond, the material universe. Any flaw or blem... |
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August 23, 2009 at 4:27 am |
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Thread: Non-existence
Post: RE: Non-existence
| Ah, but here we have the problem. Science works within, not beyond, the material universe. Any flaw or blemish, if you will, that exists in that universe will not be discovered by science in its pres... |
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August 21, 2009 at 3:10 pm |
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Thread: Non-existence
Post: RE: Non-existence
| (August 20, 2009 at 10:59 am)Tiberius Wrote: The evidence for a reality that is as it appears is the success of science in telling us about reality. We make accurate predictions based on this scien... |
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August 21, 2009 at 9:10 am |
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Thread: Connection Between Intellect and Emotion?
Post: RE: Connection Between Intellect and Emotion?
| I do not know if there is a connection, as such. I think there is certainly a connection between emotion and the way people use their intellect. For instance, poets or writers tend to be very emotion... |
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August 20, 2009 at 7:23 am |
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Thread: Non-existence
Post: RE: Non-existence
| Right, I have not read the pages of posts (can you blame me?) so could someone inform me if anyone has actually found any solid, testable evidence for the 'reality is as it appears' hypothesis? |
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August 20, 2009 at 7:06 am |
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Thread: Non-existence
Post: RE: Non-existence
| (August 6, 2009 at 4:09 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: (August 6, 2009 at 2:28 pm)dagda Wrote: I think Arcanus has got the point. There is no reason what-so-ever to believe one argument over the other. The... |
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August 9, 2009 at 3:58 pm |
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Thread: Non-existence
Post: RE: Non-existence
| I think Arcanus has got the point. There is no reason what-so-ever to believe one argument over the other. The only reason people assume the world is real is because a) they don't understand the argum... |
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August 6, 2009 at 2:28 pm |
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Thread: Non-existence
Post: RE: Non-existence
| What would steping out in front of a lorry test? And why are you quoting 'theory'? What theory? Who are 'we'? Why do we assume anything? I think true skepticism is assuming nothing and working up from... |
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August 5, 2009 at 2:20 pm |
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Thread: The Historical Christ
Post: RE: The Historical Christ
| (August 4, 2009 at 1:38 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:He was born sometime between 7BC and 3 AD, died sometime around 33-37 AD.
Because that does NOT answer the question. He's your boy. It's your s... |
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Politics
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August 5, 2009 at 8:23 am |
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Thread: Non-existence
Post: RE: Non-existence
| (August 3, 2009 at 1:11 am)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: Assuming that the null hypothesis is that the world around us is real what would your alternate hypothesis be and what data collection method would you... |
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August 5, 2009 at 7:41 am |
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Thread: Non-existence
Post: RE: Non-existence
| The park is not proof that the world is real, only that the illusion has a memory-much like a computer game. When I said the world was an illusion, I did not mean that it was a randomly fluxuating ill... |
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Atheism
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August 2, 2009 at 3:38 pm |
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Thread: " War, what is it good for? "....Edwin Starr.
Post: RE: " War, what is it good for? "....Edwin Starr.
| I was reading an intrestinf interview with an Afghan politition the other day. She was saying that things are just as bad now as they were under the Taliban, the only diffrence being that these butche... |
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Politics
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August 1, 2009 at 5:56 am |
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Thread: Important questions...
Post: RE: Important questions...
| Although I am not an atheist, I think I can answer some of your questions.
1: the article you read seems a little simplistic. Before the sacking of the Temple in 70AD Christianity was really just a s... |
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August 1, 2009 at 5:47 am |
