(December 9, 2009 at 6:52 pm)tackattack Wrote: Why can't you approach it like that? What's so hard about giving your definition of a word
How am i supposed to define something that i don't believe exists? I can't give attributes to non-existence.
Quote:Don't you see how unwelcoming it is and haugty it is to stand up on your scientific pedestal and wait for an opinion that differs from yours, that is unverifiable, and lob bombs at it when all that's asked was a simple question
You were the one who started the dialog about science and now you have a problem when it doesn't favor your argument? I don't hold my own definition of god because it means so many things to so many people and changes from person to person, therefore having a discussion with my preconceived god against yours is not going to help anyone because we could potentially be arguing two contradictory ideas. All i can do is evaluate each claim presented by the same standards i use to verify any truth claim.
Quote: Not that it hasn't been done to many atheists over the years but I don't do that and I don't feel it's very humane (read christian) to act in such a manner.
Do you want a serious discussion or would you prefer everyone to just say "oh, that's nice"?
Quote:Do scientists (christian and non) just try and use subjective evidence to prove their point or do they just try and disprove others?
They try to substantiate their hypothesis with empirical evidence, some other claims may be disproved in the process but that is not very often the point of the study.
Quote:Eliminating variables is fundamental to science, I understand, but there's no need to have such a condescending attitude about it. I get enough grief because I'm white in a black neighborhood. I get charged a white tax at the locally owned convience store. Discrimination is discrmination and a warped perspective doesn't help anyone.
Oh yeah us disagreeing here is really on the level of discrimination... More like i think your energy-ball god idea is silly and have no problem telling you what i think of it. Again, do you want an honest discussion here or do you want everyone just to say "oh, that energy ball god is a good one"?
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