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Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
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RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 6, 2013 at 3:57 pm (This post was last modified: August 6, 2013 at 4:01 pm by Mister Agenda.)
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RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 6, 2013 at 4:12 pm (This post was last modified: August 6, 2013 at 4:12 pm by Rahul.)
Well I'm not going to talk out of my ass. And if I tried to argue this point I would be talking out of my ass. Because, you're correct, I do only have a superficial understanding of physics. I have read a few physics books that were written in layman terms so non-specialists could understand it.

But that's all I got.

So I will concede this discussion and admit that I don't really understand enough to continue.
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RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 6, 2013 at 4:39 pm
Quote:Unless you can prove it is impossible for God to exist, I'll stick with mine

Last night the virgin mary appeared to me and gave me a blow job. Prove she didn't.

(And she ain't a "virgin" anymore, either.)
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RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 6, 2013 at 4:43 pm
We're proving negatives?

Sweet. I don't think anyone has been able to do that yet.
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RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 6, 2013 at 4:58 pm (This post was last modified: August 6, 2013 at 4:59 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(August 6, 2013 at 4:12 pm)Rahul Wrote: Well I'm not going to talk out of my ass. And if I tried to argue this point I would be talking out of my ass. Because, you're correct, I do only have a superficial understanding of physics. I have read a few physics books that were written in layman terms so non-specialists could understand it.

But that's all I got.

So I will concede this discussion and admit that I don't really understand enough to continue.

That's a relief, if we got much farther, I'd be in the same boat. My understanding is just deep enough to start to appreciate the complexities involved. I don't know the math, for instance. A high school physics teacher is more qualified than me, but I promise it was my best effort.
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RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 6, 2013 at 11:21 pm
Quis ut Deus?
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RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 6, 2013 at 11:29 pm
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
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RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 6, 2013 at 11:39 pm (This post was last modified: August 6, 2013 at 11:39 pm by Esquilax.)
(August 6, 2013 at 11:21 pm)ronedee Wrote: Gather round my little atheist friends... Explain these miracles:

Simple answer? He got lucky. Sometimes, people do; if you want to prove a miracle, then you actually need to prove a miracle, not just point to something unlikely and go "see? see?"

Incidentally, there were non-Catholics closer to the blast that survived too: there was no special protection extended here. Take a look:

[Image: tsutomu.jpg]

Meet Tsutomu Yamaguchi: He survived both the atomic blasts.

Eizo Nomura- of whom I could not find a picture- was almost directly beneath the blast that supposedly needed your god to protect people from. He survived, just by being in a basement.

Maybe do some research next time, huh?

EDIT: Oh, dang. Chas got there before me. Tongue
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RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 6, 2013 at 11:58 pm
I didn't feel like doing the research, but I knew there were other non-catholic survivors. One could say that there were more Shinto survivors than Catholic ones...perhaps the Gods of Shintoism are more miraculous than Yahweh!
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RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 7, 2013 at 12:14 am
Not to mention this Shinto Shrine still standing.

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It take so little to impress a fucking jesus freak.
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