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The connection of atheism and isis
#31
RE: The connection of atheism and isis
(December 10, 2017 at 10:38 pm)macgyver151 Wrote: When an all knowing and all powerful ai is created...

How does one determine if an AI is "all knowing and all powerful", as opposed to merely "smarter than your average bear human"?
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#32
RE: The connection of atheism and isis
(December 11, 2017 at 12:00 pm)Wololo Wrote:
(December 11, 2017 at 11:56 am)Mathilda Wrote: tl;dr

Unlike his claim, he's no Richard Dean Anderson.
Or no Lucas till
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#33
RE: The connection of atheism and isis
Did way too many of those drugs
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
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#34
RE: The connection of atheism and isis
Um....... strange user name for this guy. MacGyver was a science/physics whiz and they worked that angle into every show. 

He should have probably picked a mentalist.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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#35
RE: The connection of atheism and isis
(December 11, 2017 at 1:28 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: He should have probably picked a mentalist.

This kind of mentalist?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mentalist

Or this kind of mentalist?





(December 11, 2017 at 12:00 pm)Wololo Wrote:
(December 11, 2017 at 11:56 am)Mathilda Wrote: tl;dr

Unlike his claim, he's no Richard Dean Anderson.

His thought processes are about as complete as this senten
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#36
RE: The connection of atheism and isis
(December 11, 2017 at 1:30 pm)Hammy Wrote:
(December 11, 2017 at 1:28 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: He should have probably picked a mentalist.

This kind of mentalist?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mentalist
No. Even that mentalist knew it was all a fraud, and used reason and logic in his cases.
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#37
RE: The connection of atheism and isis
Is the OP a Poe?

(December 10, 2017 at 4:04 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: You lost me at "religion of science".

Didn't bother reading the rest.

That is exactly right.  Thanks.
Morituri Delendi!
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#38
RE: The connection of atheism and isis
(December 10, 2017 at 10:38 pm)macgyver151 Wrote: You guys are right, it was not well written, my heart was not in it because there is no point in attacking someones religious beliefs. One of the religious beliefs of science is that is not a religion. People get offended when you attack their religious beliefs. So I apologize, here are the top 10 reasons science is a religion.

You really are clueless, aren't you.

Science is a method for examining the natural world. Full stop.

You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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#39
RE: The connection of atheism and isis
(December 11, 2017 at 1:18 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: Did way too many of those drugs

Or not enough.
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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#40
RE: The connection of atheism and isis
(December 10, 2017 at 10:38 pm)macgyver151 Wrote: You guys are right, it was not well written, my heart was not in it because there is no point in attacking someones religious beliefs. One of the religious beliefs of science is that is not a religion. People get offended when you attack their religious beliefs. So I apologize, here are the top 10 reasons science is a religion.

Here is the top one reason why science is not a religion:

1 It's not a fucking religion.
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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