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The real religion?
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The real religion?
August 18, 2016 at 9:31 pm
(August 18, 2016 at 9:30 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: LFC is awesome.


YOU are! [emoji8]
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

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RE: The real religion?
August 18, 2016 at 9:34 pm (This post was last modified: August 18, 2016 at 9:34 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
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The real religion?
August 18, 2016 at 9:37 pm
(August 18, 2016 at 9:27 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Sure.... I would be curious to know why they are insisting they are due to parallel universe slips...I don't think that remembering a slightly different name for the Berenstain Bears cartoons; it follows that there must be a parallel universe.

LOL, well I definitely agree with you on that one! It absolutely does NOT follow. These people are nuts. [emoji12] But yeah, I'll get you some more references so you can see for yourself.


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RE: The real religion?
August 18, 2016 at 9:38 pm
(August 18, 2016 at 9:28 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:
(August 18, 2016 at 9:15 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I would agree, hyper-skepticsm is pretty much impossible to live by.   Which I think is often why you normally see it in the selective variety.

I completely agree with you, so I'll quote myself here because I feel it bears repeating:

If demanding that the highest grade of scientific evidence be demonstrated before believing in things like talking donkeys, walking on water, magical fruit, and zombies is being a "hyper-skeptic", then I'll proudly wear the label.  [emoji41]

Well to be consistent and avoid special pleading, you would need to do that for all things. From my point of view, I do think that we may (or even need) to accept things on faith or trust. But that doesn't give us any more reason to believe them. We can't realistically check everything out. Do you think it is fair for people to be hyper-skeptical about evolution?
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RE: The real religion?
August 18, 2016 at 9:50 pm
(August 18, 2016 at 9:38 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Do you think it is fair for people to be hyper-skeptical about evolution?

Absolutely, because skepticism doesn't mean "refuse to accept." Skepticism means that you will not accept a proposition as true until the proper evidence has been demonstrated. Fortunately for evolution, the evidence is abundant.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: The real religion?
August 18, 2016 at 9:52 pm
(August 18, 2016 at 9:50 pm)Faith No More Wrote:
(August 18, 2016 at 9:38 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Do you think it is fair for people to be hyper-skeptical about evolution?

Absolutely, because skepticism doesn't mean "refuse to accept." Skepticism means that you will not accept a proposition as true until the proper evidence has been demonstrated. Fortunately for evolution, the evidence is abundant.

I haven't seen any evidence,
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RE: The real religion?
August 18, 2016 at 9:54 pm
(August 18, 2016 at 9:52 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(August 18, 2016 at 9:50 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Absolutely, because skepticism doesn't mean "refuse to accept."   Skepticism means that you will not accept a proposition as true until the proper evidence has been demonstrated.  Fortunately for evolution, the evidence is abundant.

I haven't seen any evidence,

Then you haven't looked.
I don't believe you. Get over it.
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RE: The real religion?
August 18, 2016 at 10:00 pm
(August 18, 2016 at 9:54 pm)Jesster Wrote:
(August 18, 2016 at 9:52 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I haven't seen any evidence,

Then you haven't looked.

Are you shifting the Burden of Proof?
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RE: The real religion?
August 18, 2016 at 10:02 pm
(August 18, 2016 at 10:00 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(August 18, 2016 at 9:54 pm)Jesster Wrote: Then you haven't looked.

Are you shifting the Burden of Proof?

Nope. I'm just responding to your eye-rolling dialogue with some of my own.
I don't believe you. Get over it.
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RE: The real religion?
August 18, 2016 at 10:08 pm
(August 18, 2016 at 10:02 pm)Jesster Wrote:
(August 18, 2016 at 10:00 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Are you shifting the Burden of Proof?

Nope. I'm just responding to your eye-rolling dialogue with some of my own.

I agree.. I got tired of rolling my eyes, and decided to give this view a shot.....albeit it with consistency.
And the view does give the burden of proof an interesting twist.
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