Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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The redneck strike again.
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"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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February 26, 2014 at 1:25 pm
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2014 at 1:27 pm by Bad Wolf.)
(February 26, 2014 at 12:54 pm)jg2014 Wrote:(February 26, 2014 at 10:56 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Mockery is not an argument. Shall I presume you have nothing valid to say, and have thus been reduced to childish taunting, then? We have argued all we can on the other thread. We have completely debunked all of Enrico's claims. He is the only one who doesn't recognise this. I think for everyone when I say that I don't want a repeat of that thread, so we derail it. Simples....
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House “Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom "If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech RE: The redneck strike again.
February 26, 2014 at 1:45 pm
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2014 at 1:46 pm by Faith No More.)
And this one just because...
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
(February 26, 2014 at 12:54 pm)jg2014 Wrote:(February 26, 2014 at 10:56 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Mockery is not an argument. Shall I presume you have nothing valid to say, and have thus been reduced to childish taunting, then? Yep. By all means. Arguing with enrico is an exercise in futility. I've tried logic. I ve tried debate. I've had better luck trying to persuade my cat not to shit on the carpet. Thus, I have indeed been reduced to taunting. Good fun it is too. To quote Thomas paine, arguing with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken." Sith code
Damn my bologna sandwich was awesome
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House “Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom "If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech (February 26, 2014 at 12:54 pm)jg2014 Wrote:(February 26, 2014 at 10:56 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Mockery is not an argument. Shall I presume you have nothing valid to say, and have thus been reduced to childish taunting, then? I'm sorry, but when someone can say with a straight face that humans weren't made omnivorous in spite of the reams of evidence he's been presented with in other threads to the contrary, and provides nothing to back up that disagreement but actual mockery, what else is there to do? Enrico's been here for a long damn time, and we've engaged him on a number of topics; a look back through his post history will be enough to see the pattern. He rocks up, makes outrageous claims with no justification, and then crows that, since we can't disprove them, he must be right and we must be idiots. When he's presented with evidence, he steamrolls over it with yet more outrageous assertions, and when called on that he simply asserts that it isn't important. Arguing requires two people actively engaging in it, and enrico doesn't have the mental presence nor epistemic wherewithal to engage on any point. He's a shit and run troll who will not go away, and as such there's nothing to argue with. Just a self aggrandizing back-patting machine. The best thing we can do is turn his mental leavings into some kind of fun. It's the only useful thing he's ever done.
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I wondered why this song kept running through my mind..... pertinent verse being ....
"What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away. What he sees to be is always better than nothing, when there's nothing at all" "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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