(August 14, 2014 at 6:32 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:Not everyone... you go one "truth" farther...Quote: ... everything else... meh... presupposition, as usual.
The same old truths that everyone presupposes.
And that truth is not self-evident.
Not like the presupposition that 1 is not zero.
(August 14, 2014 at 6:32 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:Quote: Really? You tell something like this to Esq?
Yes of course, he was insisting that the Biblical view was somehow screwed up. Why would being the creation of a loving God who has a purpose for every one of His creations be more screwed up than being an accidental bag of mostly water without any purpose or design?
Quote: Come on, man... Occam's razor is just a guideline, not a Law of the Universe and beyond.
Where did I appeal to the law of parsimony? I always correct people on here when they try to use it to discern truth rather than its actual purpose.
Right here:
(August 14, 2014 at 5:12 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Or your parents wanted to have you because God ordained that they would. I think that is far more elegant than thinking that you’re just some freak cosmic accident without purpose.
(August 14, 2014 at 6:32 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Captain Barbosa, awesome.
Always!