Creationism

[GrandizerII]

Weird attitude to have. Would you ask someone what's the point of doing abstract mathematics for fun just because they enjoy doing so?

People have certain hobbies that you might not share. That's part of life. You know that, though.

People don't build an intrusive social institutions around abstract mathematics. Tommy did not make this argument just for fun. 

This has nothing to do with whether I find examining his arguments to be fun or not.

Most people with hobbies don't insist that their abstract hobbies be taken seriously or divert all conversations to talk about their abstract hobbies.

This thread is about examining particular arguments for God. This will be like an intellectual exercise for some, and they are naturally going to participate in such threads. And perhaps they find that maybe someone else has not examined some of these arguments properly and would like to elaborate or whatever. Doesn't mean what this person is therefore insisting that their hobbies be taken seriously and definitely doesn't mean that they're diverting all conversations to talk about something else.

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I debunked all five of these arguments when I was still a senior in Catholic school (1965-6), which was instrumental in my eventually becoming an atheist. My instructor, a priest, was not interested in discussing a critique of these "proofs." The class was merely required to agree with them and memorize them. 

Kind of reminds me of my instructor in college way back when I took his comparative religions class. The book from which we were learning did touch upon non-belief, atheism, but we never got that far if I recall. At the end of the class, we had to write a paper. I chose to write mine from the atheistic perspective, naturally. He returned my paper and stated that it had to be redone. Oh, I redid it, alright. I wrote a multi-page personal perspective on atheism and being against religion from my own mind, using my own words, that did not involve anything that required a bibliography. Suffice it to state, he ended up giving me an incomplete for the class because I wouldn't fall in line with what he wanted.

Because you didn't provide a list of references, right? Maybe he marked it as incomplete because it was incomplete? Just saying.