(April 4, 2013 at 3:49 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Again your constant reference to civilization is why I keep hammering this home
-discovering a planet filled with a dazzling array of "beetles" - sans civ- isn't enough? We have such a planet right here.
-discovering a planet filled with a dazzling array of "birds" that have covered every jutting rock - squirreled into caves and even underwater -sans civ- isn't enough? We have such a planet right here.
No, it isn't enough. There's no higher reasoning, no art, no philosophy, no prospect of scientific advancement, no broader understanding of the cosmos.
Quote:Anthropomorphism is assigning some human attribute or motivation or behavior to a non human thing. To say a hurricane is "angry", to say the weeds "conspire"...or to say that evolution (or a god) "favors".
Pretty broad definition of "human attribute or motivation or behavior" since hypothetical non-human-but-advanced civilizations, whether they develop here on earth or are discovered elsewhere on other worlds, would still fall under that umbrella.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
