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Thread: What Does Being An Atheist Actually Entail? (Theism in mind)
Post: RE: What Does Being An Atheist Actually Entail? (T...
| The old science requires faith gambit. Honestly, this has been debunked so many times, it's hardly worth getting into. You're essentially arguing for rejecting belief in anything someone doesn't under... |
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noctalla |
General Science
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April 28, 2015 at 12:29 am |
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Thread: In regard to the rational person's choice
Post: RE: In regard to the rational person's choice
| (April 27, 2015 at 7:43 am)Cato Wrote: (April 27, 2015 at 12:49 am)noctalla Wrote: @SteelCurtain - One could claim to have knowledge of a thing without claiming to have proof of that knowledge.
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Philosophy
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April 27, 2015 at 5:44 pm |
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Thread: In regard to the rational person's choice
Post: RE: In regard to the rational person's choice
| @SteelCurtain - One could claim to have knowledge of a thing without claiming to have proof of that knowledge. |
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noctalla |
Philosophy
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April 27, 2015 at 12:49 am |
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Thread: Batman v Jesus: The ReNailing
Post: RE: Batman v Jesus: The ReNailing
| (April 25, 2015 at 8:49 pm)professor Wrote: Bat-guy and whoever else thinks he is bad to the bone, are going to get their wings fried.
Nothing the world can come up with will withstand the return of... |
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noctalla |
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April 26, 2015 at 9:15 pm |
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Thread: Omniscience: A thought experiment
Post: RE: Omniscience: A thought experiment
| (April 26, 2015 at 2:29 am)robvalue Wrote: Flanders: Does not!
Homer: Does too!
Flanders: Does not!
Homer: Does too infinity!
Flanders: Does not infinity plus one!
Homer: Doh!
Sure, there is someth... |
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noctalla |
Philosophy
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April 26, 2015 at 2:33 am |
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Thread: Omniscience: A thought experiment
Post: RE: Omniscience: A thought experiment
| @Hatshepsut - My brain keeps going around in circles trying to resolve the problem. I'm going to have to stop thinking about it (if I can) before I get dizzy.
@robvalue - Omniscience and omnipotence ... |
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noctalla |
Philosophy
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April 26, 2015 at 2:25 am |
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Thread: Is Eternal Life Even Desireable?
Post: RE: Is Eternal Life Even Desireable?
| There are two types of people in this world: those who cannot comprehend infinity and those who cannot comprehend that they cannot comprehend infinity. |
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noctalla |
Atheism
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April 24, 2015 at 11:13 pm |
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Thread: Omniscience: A thought experiment
Post: RE: Omniscience: A thought experiment
| (April 23, 2015 at 9:43 am)Hatshepsut Wrote: (April 18, 2015 at 10:01 pm)noctalla Wrote: A thought experiment consisting of two scenarios and follow up questions:
Scenario A: In this scenario, we... |
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Philosophy
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April 24, 2015 at 11:03 pm |
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Thread: Is Eternal Life Even Desireable?
Post: Is Eternal Life Even Desireable?
| Recently, I encountered a Christian who asked me what atheists believe happens after death. I suspect the question was posed partly out of genuine curiosity, but with an underlying assumption that, wh... |
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noctalla |
Atheism
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April 22, 2015 at 6:49 pm |
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Thread: Omniscience: A thought experiment
Post: RE: Omniscience: A thought experiment
| @robvalue Ah! Very astute. You've identified the flaw in the argument. Let me paraphrase your objection: If every possibility occurs, then in what sense is a choice ever being made? To each individual... |
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noctalla |
Philosophy
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April 19, 2015 at 1:40 am |
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Thread: Omniscience: A thought experiment
Post: RE: Omniscience: A thought experiment
| @robvalue Could you have gone through the blue one?
In a branching time scenario, yes. If time branches, with every possibility occurring in its own reality, you would, in some realities, go through ... |
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noctalla |
Philosophy
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April 19, 2015 at 12:42 am |
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Thread: Omniscience: A thought experiment
Post: RE: Omniscience: A thought experiment
| (April 18, 2015 at 11:51 pm)Chuck Wrote: (April 18, 2015 at 10:38 pm)noctalla Wrote: I think if you exempt those things which are not logically possible to know from the definition of omniscience,... |
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Philosophy
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April 19, 2015 at 12:05 am |
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Thread: Omniscience: A thought experiment
Post: RE: Omniscience: A thought experiment
| (April 18, 2015 at 11:56 pm)robvalue Wrote: As a quick sideline, it's come up many times that omniscience and free will are not compatible; even god's free will. Unless you drop God knowing what wil... |
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Philosophy
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April 19, 2015 at 12:02 am |
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Thread: Why are Atheists afraid to insult Islam and Jews?
Post: RE: Why are Atheists afraid to insult Islam and Je...
| (April 18, 2015 at 11:24 pm)superAtheistnut Wrote: But its racist, sexist, homophobic, islamaphobic, anti-semetic, bigotted to insult:
Ⓙⓔⓦⓢ, Ⓚⓘⓚⓔⓢ, Ⓙⓐⓟⓢ, Ⓒⓗⓘⓝⓚⓢ, Ⓢⓟⓘⓒⓢ, Ṁ ⓤⓢⓛⓘⓜⓢ, ⓓⓘⓡⓣⓨ Ⓙⓔⓦⓢ, ⓖⓐⓨⓢ, ⓛ... |
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noctalla |
Atheism
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April 18, 2015 at 11:55 pm |
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Thread: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
Post: RE: Eternal the originator of time - proof.
| A chain of effects is an effect.
An effect requires a cause.
A chain of effects thus requires a cause.
This is a logically sound argument. However, when we talk about infinity, there is always a prio... |
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noctalla |
Philosophy
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April 18, 2015 at 11:29 pm |
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Thread: Why are Atheists afraid to insult Islam and Jews?
Post: RE: Why are Atheists afraid to insult Islam and Je...
| I think we have a taboo about insulting those who are not members of our in-group. |
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noctalla |
Atheism
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April 18, 2015 at 10:41 pm |
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Thread: Omniscience: A thought experiment
Post: RE: Omniscience: A thought experiment
| I think if you exempt those things which are not logically possible to know from the definition of omniscience, one could still have an omniscient being. |
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noctalla |
Philosophy
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April 18, 2015 at 10:38 pm |
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Thread: Omniscience: A thought experiment
Post: Omniscience: A thought experiment
| A thought experiment consisting of two scenarios and follow up questions:
Scenario A: In this scenario, we have an apparently omniscient Being. As far as the Being is aware, it knows and understands ... |
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Philosophy
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April 18, 2015 at 10:01 pm |
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Thread: Is it selfish of me to marry a Christian instead of atheist?
Post: RE: Is it selfish of me to marry a Christian inste...
| It would be selfish of you to marry someone solely because you want a subservient wife, regardless of her beliefs. I think it's fallacious to assume that Christians will 'do what they're told' and tha... |
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noctalla |
Atheism
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April 18, 2015 at 9:25 pm |
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Thread: A common denominator in great people
Post: RE: A common denominator in great people
| @abaris Remember, this isn't about great people, it's about extraordinary people. Whether or not Churchill was great is certainly debatable, but are you arguing he was not extraordinary? This quote ab... |
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noctalla |
General Science
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April 18, 2015 at 8:05 pm |
