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    Thread: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Post: RE: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
(September 29, 2015 at 6:07 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: What do you think are some of things that constitute absolute truth? The closest thing that I can see as being "absolute truth" (undiminished, comp...
 Spacetime Atheism 60 13268 September 29, 2015 at 8:26 pm
    Thread: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Post: RE: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
(September 28, 2015 at 9:20 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: I may end up regretting participating in this thread, but here goes anyway.  It would be good for a precise definition to be given for "absolute truth" b...
 Spacetime Atheism 60 13268 September 29, 2015 at 5:53 pm
    Thread: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Post: RE: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
(September 29, 2015 at 9:16 am)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: (September 29, 2015 at 12:21 am)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote: Well, I hope you have a good time, but if most of them are theists then, be prepare...
 Spacetime Atheism 60 13268 September 29, 2015 at 5:47 pm
    Thread: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Post: RE: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
(September 28, 2015 at 5:17 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: Understood, but in my examples I did use personal beliefs as the subject, but it really can be anything: "the color of this pen is blue" "The sun is...
 Spacetime Atheism 60 13268 September 28, 2015 at 5:20 pm
    Thread: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Post: RE: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
(September 28, 2015 at 5:04 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: (September 28, 2015 at 4:59 pm)Spacetime Wrote: Yeah, I agree.  Wouldn't the conversation need to be about a specific truth claim? Only to determine...
 Spacetime Atheism 60 13268 September 28, 2015 at 5:17 pm
    Thread: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Post: RE: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
(September 28, 2015 at 5:12 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: Of course that is really the definition of "absolute truth", a statement that equates to reality and transcends personal beliefs.  If it is absolute, ...
 Spacetime Atheism 60 13268 September 28, 2015 at 5:15 pm
    Thread: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Post: RE: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
(September 28, 2015 at 4:55 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Absolutes truth is to claim certainty, and certainty is dangerous when not tempered with reason. The law of God is absolute, it cannot be challen...
 Spacetime Atheism 60 13268 September 28, 2015 at 5:13 pm
    Thread: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Post: RE: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
(September 28, 2015 at 4:44 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: So if you deny absolute truths exist, then what you would be saying is truth is relative.  The statement, "truth is relative" is self-defeating.  It e...
 Spacetime Atheism 60 13268 September 28, 2015 at 5:10 pm
    Thread: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Post: RE: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
(September 28, 2015 at 4:32 pm)Exian Wrote: Absolute truth about what, though? Absolutely everything? That's conjecture, isn't it? Wouldn't we need a shit load more information before we could make ...
 Spacetime Atheism 60 13268 September 28, 2015 at 4:59 pm
    Thread: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Post: RE: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
HA!  Awesome replies!  Thanks.  I tip my hat.... I should have clarified, so thanks for calling me on it. Truth ...in terms of "that which comports with reality" (please exclude hard solipsism for th...
 Spacetime Atheism 60 13268 September 28, 2015 at 4:55 pm
  Question Thread: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Post: Absolute Truth (I know, but I need some help)
Hey all, I posted here for the first time in July, I believe it was, having recently given up my "faith".  Since then I've been doing my best to immerse myself in unlearning all the presuppositions t...
 Spacetime Atheism 60 13268 September 28, 2015 at 4:22 pm
    Thread: Jesus is my friend
Post: RE: Jesus is my friend
(July 27, 2015 at 5:33 pm)Cato Wrote: Ack! Damn you man! I had successfully purged that from my brain. Back at you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0e74AE5qDU Guess who just accidentally sent thi...
 Spacetime Christianity 22 5840 July 27, 2015 at 9:11 pm
    Thread: Hostage to fear
Post: RE: Hostage to fear
(July 26, 2015 at 8:16 am)Randy Carson Wrote: Alright, Spacetime, I see what the problem is. You don't want to be seen agreeing with the Christian apologist now that you've come out as an atheist, b...
 Spacetime Christianity 232 29352 July 27, 2015 at 4:50 pm
    Thread: Hostage to fear
Post: RE: Hostage to fear
Randy Wrote:And everyone in the forum can see that you are dodging the question. Oh, because I'm not following your script?  Because I'm thoughtful... I'm dodging your question? Grow up, Randy.  You'...
 Spacetime Christianity 232 29352 July 25, 2015 at 9:38 pm
    Thread: Hostage to fear
Post: RE: Hostage to fear
Quote:Equivocation. Question #3: If it's a good thing FOR YOU to have moral choices, would you agree that requires not only that YOU have complete freedom but also the possibility of choosing either...
 Spacetime Christianity 232 29352 July 25, 2015 at 9:36 pm
    Thread: Hostage to fear
Post: RE: Hostage to fear
(July 24, 2015 at 10:00 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Afraid of the question, are you? And everyone in the forum can see that you are dodging the question. People have varying degrees of freedom based upo...
 Spacetime Christianity 232 29352 July 24, 2015 at 10:10 pm
    Thread: Hostage to fear
Post: RE: Hostage to fear
(July 24, 2015 at 9:41 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: We can discuss WHEN people get freedom at some point, if you like, but right now, it's a red herring. You are an adult, and I'm speaking you "like men"...
 Spacetime Christianity 232 29352 July 24, 2015 at 9:48 pm
    Thread: Hostage to fear
Post: RE: Hostage to fear
(July 24, 2015 at 9:26 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Question #3: If it's a good thing FOR YOU[/size] to have moral choices, would you agree that requires not only that YOU have complete freedom but also ...
 Spacetime Christianity 232 29352 July 24, 2015 at 9:36 pm
    Thread: Hostage to fear
Post: RE: Hostage to fear
(July 24, 2015 at 9:19 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Question #3: If it's a good thing to have moral choices, would you agree that requires not only that we have complete freedom but also the possibility ...
 Spacetime Christianity 232 29352 July 24, 2015 at 9:23 pm
    Thread: Hostage to fear
Post: RE: Hostage to fear
(July 24, 2015 at 8:10 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: duplicate Ha!  Are we home yet, Randy!?  Your god is an awesome god indeed... he reigns... completely, over everything.  He sees everything.  He can do...
 Spacetime Christianity 232 29352 July 24, 2015 at 9:02 pm