RE: Atheism is a religion
January 8, 2012 at 3:32 pm
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2012 at 3:37 pm by amkerman.)
Quote:I can't make any sense of it. Not sure if you're trying to say 'things exist outside of our knowledge' or if you're trying to say something else. I can't make sense of what you're saying and I've debated many crazies.
The part I bolded was why I thought you were conflating perception and knowledge. I wasn't. I am saying exactly what you originally stated, "things which exist beyond your perception".
Let's just stick with the argument Ace. I didn't mean to offend you. Do you understand that part now?
(January 8, 2012 at 3:31 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I think he is suggesting that we could all be in the matrix or be the dream of a genius alien, like normal people talk about only when stoned or drunk.
In short he is acting as though his brain is impaired in some way.
I invite you to refute the argument I made based on Ace's original statement, "things which are beyond our perception are unknown" I will repost it shortly.
When I say "refute" I mean logically refute, not rescussitate your beliefs to me. Just saying. I've been getting a lot of that here. I honestly didn't expect it when I joined. I thought atheists were supposed to be logical for some reason. I thought that logic was the whole reason they didn't believe in God in the first place.