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    Thread: Is atheism a scientific perspective?
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(January 4, 2017 at 12:57 pm)Asmodee Wrote: (December 31, 2016 at 1:44 pm)AAA Wrote: The first part of your argument seems really shallow. I think you know that we are not saying that "it looks de...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 4, 2017 at 1:34 pm
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(January 4, 2017 at 12:39 am)Esquilax Wrote: (January 3, 2017 at 10:56 pm)AAA Wrote: I figured by saying that DNA arises naturally you were talking about abiogenesis. And the only reason that it r...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 4, 2017 at 12:38 pm
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(January 3, 2017 at 8:40 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: (January 3, 2017 at 6:34 pm)AAA Wrote: You don't understand that the information of DNA is based on the chemical properties of the bases, the mRNA se...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 3, 2017 at 10:56 pm
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(January 3, 2017 at 6:51 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Is preexisting DNA somehow not natural? Well it is, but it is preexisting information, which the ultimate origin of which seems to be attributed by esquilla...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 3, 2017 at 6:54 pm
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(January 2, 2017 at 11:31 pm)Esquilax Wrote: (January 2, 2017 at 4:25 pm)AAA Wrote: ID does demonstrate what we've learned. It is based mainly on our knowledge of biological systems and finely tun...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 3, 2017 at 6:50 pm
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(January 2, 2017 at 7:47 pm)Tonus Wrote: (January 2, 2017 at 2:26 pm)AAA Wrote: You act as though all ideas are treated the same by scientific journals. Why would they treat every idea the same?  ...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 3, 2017 at 6:40 pm
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(January 2, 2017 at 4:48 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: (January 2, 2017 at 2:08 pm)AAA Wrote: Intelligence is the only known cause of the information. The complexity of the cell is a product of informatio...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 3, 2017 at 6:34 pm
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(January 2, 2017 at 4:22 pm)Rhythm Wrote: (January 2, 2017 at 4:16 pm)AAA Wrote: And I think it is interesting that you actually believe that infinite complexity can arise through evolutionary mec...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 2, 2017 at 4:31 pm
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(January 2, 2017 at 2:47 pm)robvalue Wrote: Science is essentially about learning something. We gather information, we hypothesise, we test, we improve, and ultimately we seek to show we've understo...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 2, 2017 at 4:25 pm
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(January 2, 2017 at 2:21 pm)Chas Wrote: (January 2, 2017 at 2:08 pm)AAA Wrote: I think you're right, I'm not understanding the point you are making. My point is that you are trying to sneak "inten...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 2, 2017 at 4:16 pm
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(January 1, 2017 at 9:19 pm)Tonus Wrote: (January 1, 2017 at 7:46 pm)AAA Wrote: People are doing it. Read some of the peer-reviewed books by the ID community. I am referring to peer-reviewed artic...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 2, 2017 at 2:26 pm
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(December 31, 2016 at 7:17 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: (December 31, 2016 at 1:44 pm)AAA Wrote: The first part of your argument seems really shallow. I think you know that we are not saying that "it loo...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 2, 2017 at 2:08 pm
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(December 31, 2016 at 6:48 pm)Chas Wrote: (December 30, 2016 at 1:58 pm)AAA Wrote: You can't just assert that algorithms show it to be adequate. The algorithm of imperfect replication and differen...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 January 1, 2017 at 7:46 pm
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(December 30, 2016 at 2:57 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: (December 30, 2016 at 2:28 pm)AAA Wrote: [quote pid='1477842' dateline='1483062448'] I appreciate the fact that you are actually evaluating...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 December 31, 2016 at 1:44 pm
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(December 29, 2016 at 9:47 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: (December 28, 2016 at 12:50 pm)AAA Wrote: You are missing the point. I don't have to know how something was designed to rationally conclude that i...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 December 30, 2016 at 2:28 pm
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(December 29, 2016 at 2:48 pm)Asmodee Wrote: (December 28, 2016 at 4:18 pm)AAA Wrote: Do you think that the reason that more educated people tend to be atheists is because the materialistic worldv...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 December 30, 2016 at 2:24 pm
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(December 29, 2016 at 12:54 am)Chas Wrote: (December 28, 2016 at 12:50 pm)AAA Wrote: You can't just assert that evolution is an adequate cause. he How much information per generation does natural...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 December 30, 2016 at 1:58 pm
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(December 28, 2016 at 1:35 pm)Whateverist Wrote: AAA you never responded to my suggestion.  When we speak of "design" we are talking about things manmade.  The reason we don't look for evidence of d...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 December 28, 2016 at 4:18 pm
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(December 27, 2016 at 10:51 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: (December 27, 2016 at 3:09 pm)AAA Wrote: 1. If you are pointing and laughing, then you must not realize how impressive the organisms are on the m...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 December 28, 2016 at 12:50 pm
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(December 27, 2016 at 7:39 pm)Astreja Wrote: (December 27, 2016 at 7:04 pm)AAA Wrote: I don't have to provide a mechanism by which the designer designed the system. Given that logic, you do not be...
AAA Atheism 358 58160 December 27, 2016 at 7:46 pm