RE: Proving a negative
July 5, 2013 at 2:09 am
(This post was last modified: July 5, 2013 at 2:11 am by LeoVonFrost.)
(July 5, 2013 at 2:01 am)cato123 Wrote:(July 5, 2013 at 1:11 am)LeoVonFrost Wrote: Yes, this is what bothers me. It is all about proof, since I was in science in grade school I have applied the scientific method. When I say you are a true believer I mean to imply that you do believe there is no god, right? And you are 100 percent on your assumption? Take it from a person on your side of the line, it's not easy believing in not believing. There is no 100 percent and it is the duality of the entire preposition of proclaiming our faith in the lack of faith for any diety that perplexes me.
Your poll is flawed. You intentionally omitted "Fuck off" as a choice. Curious?
The next time you attempt to portray yourself as an atheist, I recommend not using derivations of the words belief and faith to make your point. Your sing/songy manner of speach doesn't help much either.
"...it's not easy believing in not believing." You betray yourself.
Maybe you should get to know someone before casting judgement upon them. My poll is for investigation, Your "Fuck off" is an insult to the rational mind. I do not portray myself as an atheist, such labels are ridiculous. My SingSongy manner is in my blood, I can not change this. If I have offended you with my beliefs I am sorry that you are so narrow-minded you can't see that I am merely conducting an investigation and your hatred towards the poll context is the cherry on top of the stupid cake.
(July 5, 2013 at 2:08 am)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: Glad you brought up the scientific method, as you probably know, in science there's a cut off point. We do this using statistics, if 2 samples are compared and p<0.05 we call it significant, if p>0.05 we say it's not significant (the cutoff point i use here is biology's). No one tries to establish absolutes like 0% or 100%. I have to say that my cut off point when it comes to god, would make 0.00000000000000000001% insignificant. I don't see the need to rearrange my life or my views for this extremely unlikely event while ignoring the extremely real events.
Not everything is relevant, not everything is significant.
Are you comfortable with an absolute assertion that there is no god, achieved by the scientific method?
