(May 3, 2012 at 4:58 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: I'm not familiar with Carrier's Bayesian reasoning. But my initial reaction is that this seems like a very weak analogy. . . . [snip rest]
It's called humor. I'm still waiting for atheists to get that simple fact. The sense of humor atheists have is finely tuned for jokes that target Christian leaders, institutions, beliefs, etc., but when jokes target atheists or atheism in any way, the humor completely escapes them.
Like you here, for instance. Weak analogy? It was a joke, son; it wasn't supposed to be a strong and compelling analogy. It's rather like that satirical post at one Christian blog about how the SOPA blackout protests could seriously damage atheism (with the loss of Reddit and Wikipedia); the comments section was replete with atheists taking the stupid thing seriously and going on a rant. I mean, really?
Get a functioning sense of humor, people. They sell them cheap at Walmart.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
