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Shape up and revamp your thoughts.
September 4, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Regarding 'is mind brain' topics, I have realized something startling. We have grown lax, and allowed ourselves to hold the lower ground during debates.
Fred actually believes that materialists hold the burden of proof because we allegedly make an assertive claim that consciousness does NOT exist outside of the brain.
No! Fred still holds the Burden of Proof, because he is claiming that an ethereal mind DOES exist. Seriously, did nobody see that? I think we've gotten lazy cutting down such easy fundy arguments.
Remember, as materialists (which I assume most atheists are?), we hold the higher ground by default unless we let ourselves be tricked into a fallacy or strawman argument.
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RE: Shape up and revamp your thoughts.
September 4, 2011 at 11:34 pm
(September 4, 2011 at 10:17 pm)R-e-n-n-a-t Wrote: Regarding 'is mind brain' topics, I have realized something startling. We have grown lax, and allowed ourselves to hold the lower ground during debates.
Phew. Good thing. I was beginning to think I was the only one who had noticed. Better late than never, I say.
Quote:Fred actually believes that materialists hold the burden of proof because we allegedly make an assertive claim that consciousness does NOT exist outside of the brain.
Allegedly? Oh, dear. Who let the lawyers in here? Fred actually believes you hold the burden of proof because your pals are insisting that it's the case as an a priori conclusion, and the only evidence you are interested in is evidence that you can dismiss according to the dictates of that conclusion. Interesting that for all the insistence that the matter is a lock, beyond the say-so, the support is non-existent. Maybe that support is not made of matter, could that be it?
Quote:No!
Yes. Sorry.
Quote:Fred still holds the Burden of Proof, because he is claiming that an ethereal mind DOES exist.
Fred is saying it's not in the least a closed matter, because, well, it isn't.
And you know the best part. One. White. Crow. That's all it takes and down goes the whole materialistic house of cards, which goes a long way in explaining why the favored postion of materialists is a defensive crouch.
Quote:Seriously, did nobody see that? I think we've gotten lazy cutting down such easy fundy arguments.
Heh. I just said this in another thread, though for different reasons. Yeah, it's true.
Quote:Remember, as materialists (which I assume most atheists are?)
, we hold the higher ground by default unless we let ourselves be tricked into a fallacy or strawman argument.
By default, eh? By whose royal decree might you have earned this ground? As for the fallacies or strawmen, it doesn't seem that my help is needed with those.
Nice of you to rally the troops, though.
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RE: Shape up and revamp your thoughts.
September 4, 2011 at 11:37 pm
(This post was last modified: September 4, 2011 at 11:38 pm by Diamond-Deist.)
Wow, talk about awkward moment.
Wouldn't have been so bad if Fred wan't the first to respond lol.
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RE: Shape up and revamp your thoughts.
September 4, 2011 at 11:59 pm
(September 4, 2011 at 11:37 pm)Diamond-Deist Wrote: Wow, talk about awkward moment.
Heh. I'll say. I did kind of blush.
Quote:Wouldn't have been so bad if Fred wan't the first to respond lol.
Heh2. Yes it would. When I saw the header I thought maybe I was getting spanked.
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RE: Shape up and revamp your thoughts.
September 5, 2011 at 12:40 am
Stop referring to yourself in 3rd person :p
Religion is like a Penis, you shouldn't whip it out in public and you shouldn't shove it down your child's throat.
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RE: Shape up and revamp your thoughts.
September 5, 2011 at 8:08 am
(September 4, 2011 at 10:17 pm)R-e-n-n-a-t Wrote: I think we've gotten lazy cutting down such easy fundy arguments.
Nah, we just get moaned at for being too harsh  
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RE: Shape up and revamp your thoughts.
September 5, 2011 at 8:11 am
Hahaha. Yeeeeahhhhhh, can't win really can we?
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RE: Shape up and revamp your thoughts.
September 5, 2011 at 8:23 am
(This post was last modified: September 5, 2011 at 8:26 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Chiding people about the burden of proof may be technically correct. It isn't persuasive. When you do it you miss a chance to provide someone with actual information. It may just be that they weren't aware of this or that.
Hey Fred, you're gonna hear this alot from me. You have no idea what kind of evidence I'm interested in, how or why I reached my conclusions, or the path I took to get there. Deal with your record player, and present your evidence. Reciprocity?
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RE: Shape up and revamp your thoughts.
September 5, 2011 at 10:48 am
(September 5, 2011 at 8:23 am)Rhythm Wrote: Hey Fred, you're gonna hear this alot from me. You have no idea what kind of evidence I'm interested in, how or why I reached my conclusions, or the path I took to get there. Deal with your record player, and present your evidence. Reciprocity?
And that was him being friendly, there's a reason he has a dead bunny as his avatar.
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RE: Shape up and revamp your thoughts.
September 5, 2011 at 11:15 am
(September 5, 2011 at 10:48 am)Diamond-Deist Wrote: (September 5, 2011 at 8:23 am)Rhythm Wrote: Hey Fred, you're gonna hear this alot from me. You have no idea what kind of evidence I'm interested in, how or why I reached my conclusions, or the path I took to get there. Deal with your record player, and present your evidence. Reciprocity?
And that was him being friendly, there's a reason he has a dead bunny as his avatar.
Sounds friendly enough.
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