For the Thinking Man.

[Rampant.A.I.]

The leader of what?

Judging by the commentary, I'm assuming AA's opinion of a leader is anyone with a penis.

Or as I like to call them, PriestHandles.

[Artur Axmann]

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All Im saying is for you to explain rational thought in purely materialistic terms .

If you can't ,then that opens the possibility that there exists a reality beyond the physical.

you're overthinking this and getting too worked up over it.

Why, because you can't understand it?

You're attempting -- and failing miserably -- to equivocate between thoughts, for which there is substantial empirical evidence, with a deity for which by definition no empirical evidence is possible, and then pointing to that purported entity as the reason rational thought is possible.

You're skipping a metric tonne of steps along the way.

This is your argument:

p1 I can't figure out how rational thought is possible.
p2 I assume you also can't figure out how rational thought is possible.
p3 I need to know right now how rational thought is possible, so I'm going to fabricate an explanation.

c1 The Lucky Charms leprechaun makes marshmallows magically delicious; and also makes rational thought possible.

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I'm not fabricating, but you are..
read again: Explain human consciousness and rational thinking in purely
naturalistic terms . if you can't ,then just say so.

[Rampant.A.I.]

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Why, because you can't understand it?

You're attempting -- and failing miserably -- to equivocate between thoughts, for which there is substantial empirical evidence, with a deity for which by definition no empirical evidence is possible, and then pointing to that purported entity as the reason rational thought is possible.

You're skipping a metric tonne of steps along the way.

This is your argument:

p1 I can't figure out how rational thought is possible.
p2 I assume you also can't figure out how rational thought is possible.
p3 I need to know right now how rational thought is possible, so I'm going to fabricate an explanation.

c1 The Lucky Charms leprechaun makes marshmallows magically delicious; and also makes rational thought possible.

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I'm not fabricating, but you are..
read again: Explain human consciousness and rational thinking in purely
naturalistic terms . if you can't ,then just say so.

Who are you, Sye Ten?

False dichotomy. Explain how you know rational thought requires an entity you cannot demonstrate the existence of without circular reasoning.

Consciousness is an internal narrative composed often in reverse and slightly out of sync with events, to order reality in a way that is comprehensible to the organism for survival. It is an evolved adaptation to the environment allowing for difficult decision making, of which abstract conceptualization is a further adaptation.

Explain how God is possible, and base it on evidence.

[Losty]

The leader of what?

Judging by the commentary, I'm assuming AA's opinion of a leader is anyone with a penis.

That's too much work. I would be willing to follow one or two as long as there's a safe word.

[Artur Axmann]

I'm not fabricating, but you are..
read again: Explain human consciousness and rational thinking in purely
naturalistic terms . if you can't ,then just say so.

Who are you, Sye Ten?

False dichotomy. Explain how you know rational thought requires an entity you cannot demonstrate the existence of without circular reasoning.

Consciousness is an internal narrative composed often in reverse and slightly out of sync with events, to order reality in a way that is comprehensible to the organism for survival. It is an evolved adaptation to the environment allowing for difficult decision making, of which abstract conceptualization is a further adaptation.

Explain how God is possible, and base it on evidence.

Evolved adaptation ,but evolved from what?

Beaks became noses , fins became arms , wings became legs ,but where and why and from what did human reasoning and self perception evolve ?

can you explain this. i don't think you can..

And ,how can you say god doesn't exist for lack of empirical evidence.
Have you travelled from one end of the universe to the other and you've peeked behind every planet and photographed behind every star and you can now say with certainty :god doesn't exist because you saw none.
WOW! what an ego!

[The Valkyrie]

Judging by the commentary, I'm assuming AA's opinion of a leader is anyone with a penis.

That's too much work. I would be willing to follow one or two as long as there's a safe word.

And depending on size . . .

[Bad Wolf]

Evolved adaptation ,but evolved from what?

Beaks became noses , fins became arms , wings became legs ,but where and why and from what did human reasoning and self perception evolve ?

can you explain this. i don't think you can..

It is explained, if you actually bothered to read a biology book, you would know this.

And ,how can you say god doesn't exist for lack of empirical evidence.
Have you travelled from one end of the universe to the other and you've peeked behind every planet and photographed behind every star and you can now say with certainty :god doesn't exist because you saw none.
WOW! what an ego!

No one claimed that god doesn't exist.
But I am interested in something: since you haven't travelled from one end of the universe to the other and looked behind every planet and whatever, do you claim that fairies don't exist? How about bigfoot? Or the tooth fairy?

[Cyberman]

Have you travelled from one end of the universe to the other and you've peeked behind every planet and photographed behind every star and you can now say with certainty :god doesn't exist because you saw none.

Yes.

[Artur Axmann]

Evolved adaptation ,but evolved from what?

Beaks became noses , fins became arms , wings became legs ,but where and why and from what did human reasoning and self perception evolve ?

can you explain this. i don't think you can..

It is explained, if you actually bothered to read a biology book, you would know this.

And ,how can you say god doesn't exist for lack of empirical evidence.
Have you travelled from one end of the universe to the other and you've peeked behind every planet and photographed behind every star and you can now say with certainty :god doesn't exist because you saw none.
WOW! what an ego!

No one claimed that god doesn't exist.
But I am interested in something: since you haven't travelled from one end of the universe to the other and looked behind every planet and whatever, do you claim that fairies don't exist? How about bigfoot? Or the tooth fairy?

I'm not claiming anything. you must think there's a good chance that tooth fairies exist or you wouldn't ask me to advise you.

You can't disprove a negative . unless you have an oversized ego..

[The Valkyrie]

Have you travelled from one end of the universe to the other and you've peeked behind every planet and photographed behind every star and you can now say with certainty :god doesn't exist because you saw none.

Yes.

They just love to stretch their arguments to the extreme, don't they?

If someone had genuinely done all this they would then ask "What of alternate universes or other dimensions?"

Why can't their deity make an appearance tthat can't be questioned as it apparently did in the OT days?