Hi All - From Lion IRC

[Reforged]

...Fat chicks sometimes have a yurk factor, like Susan Boyle. Are they abominations?

Pass.

I dont use expressions like ''fat chicks'' or skepchicks.

Alright, ladies of a large disposition. Better?
They sometimes have a "yurk factor" too, are they abominations?

[Tempus]

howdily doodily neighborino

[Napoléon]

Fishing for minnows with a shark net is not the ideal basis to conclude that there's no minnows in the ocean.

Or as Abraham Maslow said, when the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

Ah so you enjoy the philosobabble!

I doubt we'll be seeing much of each other if that's the case

[jonb]

...I'm just another clown kicking around in Melbourne town
Cooling out, relaxing watching the world go round
So if you ever have the time and you want to go drink some wine
I'd rather greet you with a smile than greet you with a frown...
Cat Empire – “The Crowd”

A poem and a smile for you, my little topsy turvy man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js3xIg2pw8w

[Reforged]

Well throughout human history, no evidence of god has been discovered which stands up to scientific scrutiny.

I'm sure you're the one who's going to buck the trend though right?


Welcome.

Thanks Napoleon. (Cool cat etc etc.)

Fishing for minnows with a shark net is not the ideal basis to conclude that there's no minnows in the ocean.

Or as Abraham Maslow said, when the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

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Congratulations Lion IRC you are #80

Yay!
Did I win a prize or something?

You win a retort.
er... no... no. It isn't a basis to conclude that at all. No-one ever having obtained any evidence of a Minnow even existing would be though.
I'm also fairly certain you'd still be able to tell a nail from say... a patient in an operating theatre. I think you'd notice your tool isn't ideal for the circumstance so you'd see that you need to obtain some knowledge of the anatomy and a scalpel to even begin tackling that problem. You wouldn't just go "oh well" and start hammering away at the patients stomach. I would suggest that science is the scalpel and religion is the hammer.
Your analogies kind of fall flat.

[Lion IRC]

Hi All,
Another friendly theist for your ranks. Greetings!

I love respectful dialogue and free speech - the contest of ideas.
Philosophy, AvT, ethics/morality, the "New Atheism" phenomenon.

(bold mine)

Hmmm, I for one am not paused by whatever 'not respectfull dialogue' there may be. However, take a look at the embolded part of my quote, it is a contradiction: not respectfull dialogue is still speech, since you also love free speech, you deny the latter. But I diverge, so:

Respectful dialogue and free speech are not mutually exclusive.
Dialogue.

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Thanks Napoleon. (Cool cat etc etc.)

Fishing for minnows with a shark net is not the ideal basis to conclude that there's no minnows in the ocean.

Or as Abraham Maslow said, when the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

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Yay!
Did I win a prize or something?

You win a retort.
er... no... no. It isn't a basis to conclude that at all. No-one ever having obtained any evidence of a Minnow even existing would be though.
I'm also fairly certain you'd still be able to tell a nail from say... a patient in an operating theatre. I think you'd notice your tool isn't ideal for the circumstance so you'd see that you need to obtain some knowledge of the anatomy and a scalpel to even begin tackling that problem. You wouldn't just go "oh well" and start hammering away at the patients stomach. I would suggest that science is the scalpel and religion is the hammer.
Your analogies kind of fall flat.

Not the stomach.

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Never mind. Not everyone gets the analogy.

Cant expect one-size-fits-all

[The Grand Nudger]

Both much more precise tools than were used prior to their manufacture -which would be a heavy rock-.

[Reforged]

You win a retort.
er... no... no. It isn't a basis to conclude that at all. No-one ever having obtained any evidence of a Minnow even existing would be though.
I'm also fairly certain you'd still be able to tell a nail from say... a patient in an operating theatre. I think you'd notice your tool isn't ideal for the circumstance so you'd see that you need to obtain some knowledge of the anatomy and a scalpel to even begin tackling that problem. You wouldn't just go "oh well" and start hammering away at the patients stomach. I would suggest that science is the scalpel and religion is the hammer.
Your analogies kind of fall flat.

Not the stomach.

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Never mind. Not everyone gets the analogy.

Cant expect one-size-fits-all

Yeah, don't think a hammer is present in the picture. Fairly certain thats not a demonstration of a modern medical procedure. Also not entirely clear on why you're objecting to a fictional and clearly misguided procedure carried out on another place other than on the head. Not even sure as to the relevance of this in relation to anything to be honest.

Oh no, I got the analogy. I was just attempting to politely and subtly point out it was farcical nonsense and giving reasons why thats the case.

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Could you also answer my question regarding ladies of a larger position and the "yurk factor".

[Lion IRC]

Could you also answer my question regarding ladies of a larger position and the "yurk factor".

I said I wasnt going to answer that (type of) question.
:-)

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Respectful dialogue and free speech are not mutually exclusive.

Indeed not,but neither is respectful speech a condition of free speech.. In fact,nobody has the right NOT to be offended.


MY expectations were based on experience, which actually matters in assessing the probable behaviour of others.Indeed, it can be a matter of life and death. So far,all I see is just another common-or-garden-variety Christian apologist,whose beliefs are faith based. IE 'faith based' refers to beliefs based on authority rather than proof and may be dismissed out of hand by rational people.


I defer to Carl Sagan

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sP_5Gt49Ts