(February 23, 2018 at 11:33 am)Starman Wrote:(February 23, 2018 at 11:26 am)Tobie Wrote: Poor spelling does not mean poor intelligience. (sic) Dismissing an argument because of an issue you have with the person making it is simple ad-hominem and avoiding the debate.
Your second point is another fallacy - the argument from authority. Newton was a genius in terms of mathematics, but that has no bearing on whether his opinions on religion, the mating habbits (sic) of the common shrew or any other unrelated topic should be relevant. For example, Thomas Midgley Jr. was a great engineer and chemist, but he also hospitalised himself for a year due to drinking leaded petrol.
"Intelligience." Brilliant, Tobie. No, really. Writing simple English is so much easier than logic and reason, so if you fail at the most basic level of writing to communicate, what hope is there for you to think about serious matters.
"MY" second point was not mine, but your fellow atheist's. HE said that opinions voiced decades ago are out of date and therefore invalid because they were, in his tortured thinking, too old. I brought up Newton because his calculus is still brilliant and useful.
I made no mention of Newton's "opinions on religion," much less the mating "habbits" of the common shrew.
Grow up and learn how to think, Tobie. It's important.
Now you see, there are countless responses to my writings. Should I ignore all of them? You will accuse me of being fearful and running away from discussion. If I respond, I am "trolling." You hateful atheists are so intolerant, you have an accusation to spear anyone you hate.
Great, continue to ignore my point.
Newton's calculus is brilliant, but like I said, it has no bearing on whether his other opinions are or not.
I do enough thinking already, thank you. I would advise you to give it a go though - maybe brush up on the basic premises of debating
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien
