(September 10, 2014 at 5:50 am)fr0d0 Wrote: This isn't a material that you can manipulate in a lab Brian. This is information you evaluate with your brain. We're not talking about feelings or intuition here.
That is exactly what we are talking about.
(September 10, 2014 at 5:50 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Were talking about logical problems with answers of various degrees of perfection.
That doesn't even make sense. Something is known as either perfect or not perfect, you cannot have degrees of perfection.
(September 10, 2014 at 5:50 am)fr0d0 Wrote: It's usually a simple exercise in discarding the least likely option. Are you capable of that? I don't see how any human can function without this process. It's how you live your daily life. Given likelihood a and b, you choose which course of action to take. Your functioning is controlled by your philosophical outlook. You do it just like everyone else.
So you're saying your a xian because its the most likely to be right? Or least likely to be wrong? Tell me, how did you calculate these probabilities?
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech