Quote:Thank you for requesting further explanation.You're welcome. Knowledge is a priceless gift to give and recieve I think.
Quote:You seem to be confusing rational behavior with rational thought.Depends what you consider 'rational' I guess. I'll go further into it in a moment.
Quote:If a person wanted to eat a ham sandwich and he acquired a ham sandwich and ate it we would say he acted rationally.Would it be rational behaviour if a cat who had been fully fed to continue chasing after birds despite already being full. It's not rational bevhaviour, it's instinctive behaviour.
Would it be rational behaviour if I had attacked a child because I could and wanted too? I guess it depends what you consider 'rational'. I doubt that anyone in the cort room would consider my behaviour as rational.
Quote:If a deity wanted to torture someone then it would indeed be rational behavior if it did so.Would it be rational behaviour if I burnt a house down because I wanted too? Once again, what is 'rational' to you?
Dictionary: Rational
"In accordance with the principles of logic or reason; reasonable"
Quote:Finally, don't make the mistake of thinking love or compassion is dependent on rationalityLove and compassion are only chemical reactions.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.