(February 10, 2014 at 1:12 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote:(February 10, 2014 at 12:54 pm)Stimbo Wrote: I don't think he wants indisputable evidence; merely convincing evidence. He comes across as a rational guy.
You mean all the convincing evidence he rejects out of hand because it doesn't line up with his irrationally literal interpretation of the Bible?
I assert the sky is purple, and reject any evidence that contradicts my claim. Provide me convincing evidence the sky is not purple.
Perhaps re-read the exchange which prompted my words, in its correct context. I was referring to Bill Nye.
Never mind, though; accidental strawmen are tastier

At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'