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    Thread: Returning.
Post: RE: Returning.
Just checking back on this thread. I was out all day shooting with my new camera. Ill read some posts tomorrow while at work :P
 eric209 Introductions 11 1883 December 9, 2011 at 3:06 am
    Thread: Returning.
Post: Returning.
I've been gone for the past 5 months. My baby was born and i've been rather busy with her. Been wanting to discuss some topics more in depth again so im back.
 eric209 Introductions 11 1883 December 8, 2011 at 2:59 pm
    Thread: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Post: RE: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
(June 22, 2011 at 6:50 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: I just trust the expertise of others just like you do all the time. Because you like the results? So if someone does not ...
 eric209 Religion 314 175811 June 22, 2011 at 8:43 pm
    Thread: Book club. Digital Edition
Post: RE: Book club. Digital Edition
enders game is a great book. Good series. Richard Dawkins is excellent as.well.
 eric209 The Arts 3 1323 June 17, 2011 at 6:03 am
    Thread: Book club. Digital Edition
Post: Book club. Digital Edition
Hoping to find a few other kindle fans here. Please keep it to books available for digital purchase. Currently Reading: [Image: http://i55.tinypic.com/2vd4pir.jpg] Godless: I listen to the Freedo...
 eric209 The Arts 3 1323 June 17, 2011 at 2:18 am
    Thread: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Post: RE: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Your thought experiment is illogical in it's premise. Your asking me to prove the fallability of my infallible source according to the premise. This is impossible. Now that I have responded to your ...
 eric209 Religion 314 175811 June 16, 2011 at 8:56 pm
    Thread: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Post: RE: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
“one who makes an assertion must assume the responsibility of defending it. If this responsibility or burden of proof is shifted to a critic, the fallacy of appealing to ignorance is committed.” - Mic...
 eric209 Religion 314 175811 June 16, 2011 at 7:07 pm
    Thread: Oh Shit ... Here we go ...
Post: RE: Oh Shit ... Here we go ...
Republicans keep appealing to the fringe tea party. This will keep the independents from voting for them. Nobody likes crazy.
 eric209 Politics 79 18933 June 15, 2011 at 10:28 pm
    Thread: Introduction
Post: RE: Introduction
"I'm imperfect so therefore don't have the moral authority to judge others, irrespective of whatever their wrongdoing may be. " This is a Christian/Relgious position. Read some sam harris, daniel den...
 eric209 Introductions 12 3542 June 15, 2011 at 10:22 pm
    Thread: For Tackattack
Post: RE: For Tackattack
(June 15, 2011 at 4:50 pm)lilphil1989 Wrote: [Image: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfaino...o1_500.jpg] Now I'm being rude. It doesn't happen very often, but given a...
 eric209 Christianity 56 10656 June 15, 2011 at 6:31 pm
    Thread: Isn’t atheism really just an excuse to continue in unrepented sin?
Post: RE: Isn’t atheism really just an excuse to continu...
or ever.
 eric209 Atheism 73 27682 June 15, 2011 at 6:05 pm
    Thread: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Post: RE: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
"So again, I presuppose scripture is the ultimate standard of truth." - Statler Waldorf <-- I cant help you here.
 eric209 Religion 314 175811 June 15, 2011 at 3:30 pm
    Thread: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Post: RE: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
You can also look at the fallacies of Begging the question and Circular logic. I cannot answer an illogical question logically. You are using special pleading to argue that you have the only source ...
 eric209 Religion 314 175811 June 15, 2011 at 2:49 pm
    Thread: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Post: RE: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
You are being illogical. See Special pleading
 eric209 Religion 314 175811 June 15, 2011 at 2:16 pm
    Thread: Atheism and objective ethics
Post: RE: Atheism and objective ethics
If you are serious about this issue here is a 2 hour long video from sam harris and richard dawkins on this issue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm2Jrr0tRXk It covers the issue very lightly compared...
 eric209 Philosophy 17 8583 June 15, 2011 at 1:04 pm
    Thread: Isn’t atheism really just an excuse to continue in unrepented sin?
Post: RE: Isn’t atheism really just an excuse to continu...
Its hard to reply seriously but I will try as your new. Sin is a Christian idea. Being that we are not Christian we don't believe sin. Imagine a Muslim threating you with their version of hell. That...
 eric209 Atheism 73 27682 June 14, 2011 at 11:21 pm
    Thread: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Post: RE: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Your asking me to answer an illogical question. You may as well as "If you were a female how could i prove you were a male?"
 eric209 Religion 314 175811 June 14, 2011 at 9:37 pm
    Thread: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Post: RE: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
If you are unwilling to consider that your initial presuppositions might be wrong then there is no discussion to be had as you said.
 eric209 Religion 314 175811 June 14, 2011 at 8:45 pm
    Thread: A discussion with tack
Post: RE: A discussion with tack
Prove it? I'm not the one claiming it happend. The Christians claim it. The burden of proof is on them. You seem to be giving God attributes of your own design. Our understanding of logic obviously d...
 eric209 Christianity 29 8336 June 14, 2011 at 1:00 am
    Thread: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Post: RE: Prayer ... SERIOUSLY?!
Some if not most of those explanations on how those are fail the test of Occam's razor and special pleading. You introduce several meanings and explanations which are not written in the means of getti...
 eric209 Religion 314 175811 June 13, 2011 at 9:09 pm