RE: Tell us about the dinosaurs
November 20, 2010 at 5:43 pm
(This post was last modified: November 20, 2010 at 11:03 pm by Dotard.)
(November 20, 2010 at 9:56 am)Arcanus Wrote: Only if IPUs are defined in a way subject to reason and evidence.
Sure, why not? Do you really need me to provide the definition?
Invisible Pink Unicorn.
The one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
A deity, presiding over affairs.
The Supreme Being, understood as Life, Truth, love, Mind, Soul, Spirit, Principle.
Quote:Three principal reasons: nothing requires their existence (predication), other than IPUs themselves; no evidence or compelling reason to believe they exist has ever been presented to me; they are characterized in a manner that defies intelligibility.
The universe requires the IPU's existance.
I have been wondering for quite awhile what evidence or compelling reason you have for believing in the xtain 'God'. I think you had mentioned some arguement that gives compelling reason for the existance of any character you insert as its subject, but what evidence or compelling reason is there to believe it is the xtain God that exists and not any other entity inserted as the subject of said arguement?
Quote:As you told me I could rightly call you delusional, so you must also tell me how I could prove they are a delusion. On the other hand, if I am left to speak for myself, I would say that I have no idea whether or not they are a delusion because I have no idea what your IPU-belief consists of.
You would not know if I am delusional if I am sincerely claiming IPUs exist based on what my delusion consists of? Huh?
Humor me for a bit and say for the sake of arguement you examined my IPU theology and could not find any "fault" with it simular to how you cannot find any significant fault with your own theology believing it to be logically grounded.
Now my claims of invisible pink unicorns are no longer delusional? I really don't understand. Maybe you could re-word or dumb that down for me.
Quote:Essentially a delusion is a persistent false belief held in the face of strong contradictory evidence. Thus, unless you can demonstrate that some belief is false using strong contradictory evidence, you should not classify it as a delusion—otherwise you put yourself in the position of trying to prove a negative.
There exists no contradictory evidence for the existance of the invisible dancing gnomes in my backyard.
Is it rational to believe they exist? No contradicting evidence.....that gives my claims credence?
Am I understanding what you're writing correctly?
I used to tell a lot of religious jokes. Not any more, I'm a registered sects offender.
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