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@Davis

Gödel’s “proof” is such an atrocious big hot mess, it is embarrassing, it is in fact so bad and full of layers upon layers of flaws, fallacies and “wtf?

can you provide an example? The onus is on you 😉

@Davis

And you continue to prove my point by the way… You claim that the burden of proof is on us… But when even a sliver of an idea the points in the direction that you disagree with your duck evade, mock, twist around words, and NEVER actually address the real points being made. That tells me you’ve made up your mind and nobody’s going to chan…[Read more]

@Davis

If you don’t start addressing the actual points that I making based on my actual words instead of this passive aggressive bullshit, I’m going to assume you either have a problem with reading comprehension, or you’re not really serious about having this conversation you just want to make me look stupid. Either way it’s not gonna work an…[Read more]

@Davis

If Ivy comes along and claims Santa Claus is actually real…our answer is: where is the proof. If the response is “there’s tons of proof now prove me wrong” the reasonable response is “show us your evidence or stop wasting my time”.

Wow. More passive aggressive ducking and evading my ACTUAL point and ACTUAL words.

What did you think about…[Read more]

@Davis

Prove I’m wrong” is the typical intellectual fraud that comes along with it.

Are you passive aggressively calling me a fraud?

What did you think of my article Davis?

@Davis

I don’t even know where to start. First of all: That laundry list of “horrible things” (I’m guessing that you blame religion for? I’m not sure but that’s the standard practice around here: (bad shit happening = it’s because of religion) Everything you listed has to be examined individually if you want to have any sort of intelligent d…[Read more]

@Davis:

My position is that all human  pervasive behaviour has a purpose. That religion meets some very real human needs. If it did not, it would not be universal.That  some of the needs  certainly  increase chances of survival.  (at least they did when the notion of something greater than oneself first  emerged.)

Some of the needs are:…[Read more]

@Davis

Religion has only been responsible for endless slaughter and mass hysteria and tribal muder and slow ability to adapt to social and natural changes.

No. HUMANS are responsible for those things. And if they use their religion as justification – that’s still THEIR decision and they are responsible for those actions.

HUMANS have also chosen t…[Read more]

@Davis

By-product is not the same as evolving to embrace religion

I get what you’re saying with that whole paragraph….But it really begs of the question, “why was this part of our own evolution so powerful?” It forces you to ask the honest question of whether it was all just “fairytales that kept us deluded” (as I’m sure most people here would…[Read more]

@Davis

You know this…as opposed to believing that? How do you know this?

Because my own subjective evaluation of all evidence points that direction. It’s no different than your subjective evaluation of the evidence coming away with a different conclusion. Either way….no one really knows for sure (no matter how much they say they do – they don’t.)

@Davis

No need to be jealous.

Carl Jung asserted the labels used for sexuality;(hetero, homo, bi etc etc) are nonsense. That human beings are simply sexual, but that most have a strong preference.   I make no comment about the veracity of the claim. I simply mention it as  something I’ve come across.

Carl Jung (1875-1961) was a con…[Read more]

@_Robert_

Wasn’t there a nasty scandal with the Bakker’s? Don’t really, care, I consider televangelists as a species to be parasites.

@Davis

The rough Aussie   parallels to Us political parties are The Liberals (Conservatives) and Labor  (centre).The Australian Labor party was founded as the political arm of the Trade Union Movement. Even wa…[Read more]

tom sarbeck wrote:
@davis: “Your post above sounds like a snake oil pitch if I ever heard one.” Or should that be, “Your post above reads like a snake oil pitch if I ever read one.”

Technically. Grammar Nazi.

@Davis: “Your post above sounds like a snake oil pitch if I ever heard one.”

Or should that be, “Your post above reads like a snake oil pitch if I ever read one.”

@Unseen, @Davis: “Scientists … haven’t found the slightest sign of pain receptors.”

Or is that, scientists haven’t found what scientists currently recognize as pain receptors?

After all, some astrophysicists consider themselves scientists. not sci-fi authors.

@Davis

Geez, that sounds disgusting.Glad I haven’t wasted any time watching it. I have far too much good gear to watch on Netflix.

Doesn’t surprise me smart girls would watch it; a guilty pleasure.(?)  They may also enjoy feeling superior.  In reality, I suspect the attraction for many is a solid feeling of schadenfreude.

@Davis I agree, she sounds very toxic but she was never like that. She was always the most kind and empathic person I have ever known. She stood for others even when we were kids. She was THE kid who always stood up against bullies to protect their victims. It tells a lot about a person if she is able to do that at the age of 8! And now she became…[Read more]

@Davis @Glen Thank you so much for that.

She actually told me that she rejects the good part of the Bible as well as the Catholic Church (especially the present Pope for being too SOFT and not representing the true believers, “true” meaning radical). She just chooses to read the New Testament. Classic case of cherry picking. There were so many i…[Read more]

@Davis

According to Huffpost UK, people are livid that no English politician actually used the word”racist” to characterise  Trump or his rants against the four Democrat congresswomen:

“The president of the United States is racist.

He doesn’t merely court racists. He doesn’t just use racially charged language. He doesn’t sympathise with r…[Read more]

@Davis

oh so now you’re labeling me? What the fuck is a radical postmodernists anyway? You don’t even know me and now you’re trying to put me in a nice little box and pretend like you got me figured out. I don’t even understand what your question is. I can give you countless examples of arguments that have been made by people for the existen…[Read more]