RE: Discipline/lack of and atheism
June 12, 2017 at 9:57 am
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2017 at 9:58 am by Adventurer.)
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Discipline/lack of and atheism
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RE: Discipline/lack of and atheism
June 12, 2017 at 9:57 am
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2017 at 9:58 am by Whateverist.)
(June 12, 2017 at 9:48 am)Adventurer Wrote: I'd say, all most sensible atheists are agnostic atheists. In my experience the great majority of atheists are also agnostic. It is only regarding our own certainty that we are devoid of god belief that we are gnostic. No claims regarding the nature of that which we do not think exists are warranted, including the insistence that such could not exist. No one knows everything. But I personally do not find the concept of gods anymore tempting on account of considering that they cannot reasonably be ruled out. As a practical matter, it makes very good sense to proceed without consideration of what any god would think or do. Life is finite as is our time for contemplation. Don't waste it on that for which there is no positive basis for belief exists. (June 12, 2017 at 9:57 am)Whateverist Wrote:(June 12, 2017 at 9:48 am)Adventurer Wrote: I'd say, all most sensible atheists are agnostic atheists. Cyberman above has interesting counterargument, whose inspiration probably stems from his physicist-outlook - to which my somewhat physicist/reductionist one quite resonates since I was 16. (June 12, 2017 at 9:57 am)Adventurer Wrote:(June 12, 2017 at 9:55 am)Cyberman Wrote: As in I have personally explored and examined every particle. No. I have personally, physically, visited every particle of every matter and energy state that ever was and ever will be. I have personally dissected every spacetime event of every universe with my own hands. No gods.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
(June 12, 2017 at 10:01 am)Cyberman Wrote:(June 12, 2017 at 9:57 am)Adventurer Wrote: Then as in physics, yes? Six kinds of quarks included, yes? Cool. Can you do me a favour? Can you kindly reverse the inevitable dissipation of heat into eternal coldness and darkness, defying the second law of thermodynamics, or Entropy? Can you also curve and bend the universe to create sectional wormholes right here, so I can get a glimpse of it all in its historical glory?
Oh and btw - there are twelve kinds of quarks. Wait about a hundred and fifty years.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
(June 12, 2017 at 10:03 am)Adventurer Wrote:(June 12, 2017 at 10:01 am)Cyberman Wrote: No. I have personally, physically, visited every particle of every matter and energy state that ever was and ever will be. I have personally dissected every spacetime event of every universe with my own hands. No gods. I could. It'll cost you.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
RE: Discipline/lack of and atheism
June 12, 2017 at 10:05 am
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2017 at 10:06 am by Adventurer.)
(June 12, 2017 at 10:04 am)Cyberman Wrote: Oh and btw - there are twelve kinds of quarks. Wait about a hundred and fifty years. I thought there were like Top, Bottom, Strange, Charm, Up and Down. I'm curious - what another six are. (June 12, 2017 at 10:04 am)Cyberman Wrote:(June 12, 2017 at 10:03 am)Adventurer Wrote: Cool. Can you do me a favour? Can you kindly reverse the inevitable dissipation of heat into eternal coldness and darkness, defying the second law of thermodynamics, or Entropy? Can you also curve and bend the universe to create sectional wormholes right here, so I can get a glimpse of it all in its historical glory? Ok. Do so in exchange for my architectural design and construction of a sweetest White Alcazar imaginable to suit your imperialistic and heavenly dreams. How about that?
Like I said - you'll have to wait. I'm not going to open myself up to a pre-emptive copyright suit.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
(June 12, 2017 at 10:05 am)Adventurer Wrote:(June 12, 2017 at 10:04 am)Cyberman Wrote: Oh and btw - there are twelve kinds of quarks. Wait about a hundred and fifty years. I'm not that cheap, even if you are.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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