(February 3, 2016 at 6:49 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(February 3, 2016 at 5:42 am)MTL Wrote: I was actually starting to give you some credibility,
and then you started with all this crap about how Deism is a non-starter and God and Religion are the same thing.
I can easily conceive of the idea of a God, a creator of all things, who never spoke to mankind, never left stone tablets on a mountaintop, never impregnated any virgins, never whispered in any prophet's ear.
I can conceive of the possibility that such a being might truly exist....however unlikely that might be.
I can also conceive of the possibility that no such being exists, of course, as well.
That's why I'm Agnostic.
But REGARDLESS of whether a God exists or not,
I think EVERYTHING mankind has come up with, ABOUT God, is likely nonsense.
You think you can conceive of it. But I don't think you can.
Try and describe such a God to me.
I'm starting to see what everyone is referring to,
when they allude to you not acknowledging where you've been caught out,
or where someone makes a good point.
That means this thread isn't worth my time,
but just so it doesn't look like I'm copping out,
I'll reply to your last couple of points, and no more.
You say I simply don't understand the words,
and that my challenge of the definitions are baseless.
Bullshit.
My challenge was clear, articulate, valid, and concise.
And you know it.
I pointed out exactly what it was about Religion that I found unconscionable,
and where and why the dictionary definition was lacking.
And you tried to glass over that,
and dismiss my objection with a really lame out-of-hand dismissal that didn't acknowledge my entirely rational points.
So, okay. You're a troll and not worth arguing with.
And you're other objection:
Quote:You think you can conceive of it. But I don't think you can.
...is equally unsophisticated.
You're not even a good troll, you're a lazy troll.
I'm done. This started as a good discussion but it's now just a waste of my time.