(September 3, 2013 at 8:35 am)Consilius Wrote: Awww…now that I HAVE told you who those quotes came from, you want to go on a little polemic. Watch out, it's atheist rage.
You forgot what we were talking about, didn't you? Apparently you can't attack what Eistein said, and, as I told you, your little box of numbers and figures simply can't be applied to the Bible passge.
But you would like to win this argument with a little rampage, wouldn't you?
I say there is more to life than rationality, and you call yourself a Freethinker but can't see anything beyond a fact sheet.
This is why you don't believe in altruism, and this is why this passage isn't going to make sense for you. Seeing that your misunderstanding correlates with your selfish philosophy, I'm not worried that what I've said is inadequate in any way.
This world isn't big enough for your kind. I think we're done here.
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Here comes the condemnation:
You seem to have lost your mind.
No, wait, that's not exactly true. Having lost a rational debate, you do what your kind have always done - babble incoherently about how "rationality isn't everything" and "there is more to life than facts" and display some sort of grandstanding to cover your utter and total humiliation.
Unfortunately for you, I haven't forgotten what we were talking about. We were discussing many different topics when you abandoned your other positions and focused on your Jesus lying. Being presented with Biblical evidence of the lie, instead of addressing it, you tries to divert the focus - presenting other things and asking if I'd call them lies. And after finding that given the same evidence, I most certainly would - you seem to have lost your shit.
For the record, I'm not applying any numbers or figures to biblical passage - why would I? - but even if I was, Einstein's views on the subject would be irrelevant. I'm not attacking Einstein because his presented view is irrelevant. If he held any Christian views, then I would attack those views.
By the way, given that you have given up on rationality and looking for something 'more', it means you have already lost this rational debate. And no, being a free-thinker does not mean I'd accept any crazy or insane idea that comes along. My understanding of reality most certainly correlates with my selfish philosophy - given that, as I've said, my philosophy is informed by my understanding. And no, the world isn't big enough for my kind.
If you want to run away from your own debate, that's your prerogative. So, we can establish that your religion - at no point in its existence - was unconventional. Like every other religion, it peddled bullshit, crazy ideas and was a tool to control people.