RE: Well, fuck...may as well just kill ourselves!
February 13, 2015 at 12:57 pm
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2015 at 12:59 pm by Bad Wolf.)
(February 13, 2015 at 12:52 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Calling my argument "bitter" is just an argumentum ad hominem. It does not help your position. Indeed, it suggests that your emotions are clouding your judgement. Otherwise, why resort to such a disreputable form of argument?
Why are you being such an asshole? And it's not his position at all, strawman much?
(February 13, 2015 at 12:52 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Being an atheist means one has avoided one silly superstitious belief. It does not mean that one has not fallen into countless other superstitions, nor does it mean that one does not have severely faulty thinking. And it obviously does not prevent one from having a vain hope of immortality.
Who says that they believe that something like that is possible? That it's something that could actually happen? It's called fantasizing and it happens an aweful lot and doesn't qualify as 'silly superstitious beliefs' because it isn't a belief
'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
