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@Tom – please show me where I suggested that “debunk” required only my opinion and I will hold my hands up. I doubt if I would consider my subjective opinion as a valid reason to negate an hypothesis. I did not debunk EU, I just supplied arguments based upon what I know of Physics which appeared to undermine many of its arguments. You never…[Read more]

@Tom – Can you at least point out what post of mine needs debunking. I don’t want or expect any quarter given to anything I post. There are plenty of people here to debunk it and I can handle that without needing a safe space 🙂

@Tom, do you accept Einstein’s special and relative theories as accurate explanations for the speed of light and for  the force of gravity being explained by the curvature of spacetime?

@Tom, yes I agree but I don’t think there is any need for an ad hominem attack on poor pond scum by comparing them to our politicians. Even though they are genetically related to politicians they must feel very dirty when they are reminded of that.

@Tom

Do you feel unnecessary?

Not yet, but I am working on that.

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Yeah, well, if a short duck and dodge is the best way to make broad criticisms of something you don’t like and avoid defending it, then a short duck and dodge is the most successful!

@Tom, it looks like an interesting book, assuming this is the one you were referencing but it is out-dated and maybe too simplistic. I think it was one of the original self help books but it is no longer very popular.

@tom – I don’t think it’s possible to make such a fine value judgement of the outcome.  At most, we can only describe the situation as it is.  It’s good that in the long term, slavery was abolished.  It’s regrettable that this came at the cost of 750,000 lives.  Each loss is regrettable.  Was each loss necessary?  That’s probably something we ca…[Read more]

@tom – “I hope you will explain how I verily transgressed a rule of rationality.”

– you didn’t give any reasons why I was wrong.

@tom – that’s not very rational.

@tom – I don’t see why not.  It’s the kind of thing atheists are interested in.  Also, “anything goes”.

I have to say I do enjoy reading @Tom Sarbeck’s posts – if you’ve got the time, Tom, I’d love to hear more about your assertion that the universe didn’t start with a ‘big bang’.