RE: Systematically Dismantling Atheism
November 21, 2014 at 3:52 pm
(This post was last modified: November 21, 2014 at 3:56 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 21, 2014 at 3:47 pm)Asmodee Wrote: I do not have enough information to have an opinion on that.I didn't ask you whether or not you had enough information, or whether or not you believed you had enough information. I know it seems odd to slice the knife here, but we need to understand where and when we aren't having the same conversation, despite speaking to each other, eh? This is important, because when people say "I don;t know whether or not I believe" they usually seem to mean "I don't know what we're talking about". Subtle but important difference - as we're about to see.
Quote: I would need the definitions you are using for "smoke" (light on fire and inhale? kill?) and "cowboy killers" (don't even know where to go with that one).Then we have a failure of communication. You seem to assume that you might have some answer if you knew what I meant. You aren't agnostic about my smoking cowboy killers - you're agnostic about what a cowboy killer -is-.
Quote: But I doubt it.Suppose you knew that "cowboy killer" is a term very widely used for a specific brand a cigarettes? Marlboro Reds.
Quote: I don't see how my opinion on some specific, very silly thing is relevant to the conversation of opinions in general, though.It's incredibly informative if you know how to parse the data. So now, armed with this new knowledge. Do you believe that I smoke Marlboro Reds?
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