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Harbal wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:35 pm

Skepdick wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:19 pm

Harbal wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:16 pm I'm glad I didn't post that.

Hey, liar. How's your evening?

How do you know I have an evening?

I pinned you as a pompous Englishman and guessed a timezone.

Could be a very wrong guess.

Magnus Anderson wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:21 pm

Skepdick wrote:I can't be represented by a symbol

Prove it.

Logic. Law of identity.

A representation of me is not me.

Q.E.D

Are you merely deflecting because it's uncomfortable? Now I understand where you got "living in mom's basement" from... That's clearly hit a nerve You were projecting. Well, they're your words. You understand them because they are the words someone who lives in their mum's basement would ...

Harbal wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:16 pm I'm glad I didn't post that.

Hey, liar. How's your evening?

Will Bouwman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:12 pm

Skepdick wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:06 pm

Will Bouwman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:04 pm Anyway, how do you define atheism?

Ostensively.

Are you merely deflecting because it's uncomfortable?

Now I understand where you got "living in mom's basement" from... You were projecting.

Enough with the trash-talk. Go back to your basement.

Yep. I imagine you have reasons for calling yourself a scientist. Are the two related? And how would any of that affect the value of my argument? Are you merely deflecting because it's uncomfortable? This is the sort of trash-talk I expect from a teenager who's never had their ideas contradicted be...

Yep. I imagine you have reasons for calling yourself a scientist. Are the two related? And how would any of that affect the value of my argument? Are you merely deflecting because it's uncomfortable? It's that stuff you have enough of to be a scientist policeman, firearm trainer, husband, father wi...

It has suddenly occurred to me that "true" and "false" are themselves value judgments. On a strictly materialist/ontological world-view all there is is Truth. In such a world-view what could "falsehood" possibly be? All there is is the totality of facts. We think differ...

Ha! So what is your definition of an atheist? People who call themselves atheists. Ah, so you're a scientist policeman, firearm trainer, husband, father with another on the way and who doesn't live in his mother's basement, because that's what you call yourself. Hey, nitpicker. Did you miss the par...

Then this "naturalistic" world-view is missing some pretty vital aspects of life. I would suggest revising it. Otherwise, who's God are you going to adopt as the one true "scientific" one? And who is going to serve as the official spokesperson for what is pious and what isn't? Y...

Then this "naturalistic" world-view is missing some pretty vital aspects of life. I would suggest revising it. Otherwise, who's God are you going to adopt as the one true "scientific" one? And who is going to serve as the official spokesperson for what is pious and what isn't? Y...

"Natural" vs "man-made" (the definition from the Oxford Dictionary that you requested). That doesn't fly on a naturalistic world-view. Everything is nature. Humans are part of nature. Nature is ONE category. Everything in nature is true. Everything that happens - happens. Every ...

What is there no need for? No need for repeating what has been done by some in the name of God and religion or no need to stick with the idea of there being a God? You are welcome to discard the idea of God on grounds that the name has a bad wrap. But do you think we should discard the idea of obje...

What "logical soundness" are you referring to? That God is the source of morality? I am refering to the way logic works. If you start with black and white universe you can't get colorful photos. You can't start with non-moral premises and arrive with moral conclusions. This is the princip...

What is there no need for? No need for repeating what has been done by some in the name of God and religion or no need to stick with the idea of there being a God? You are welcome to discard the idea of God on grounds that the name has a bad wrap. But do you think we should discard the idea of obje...