Lars

Example of an axiom:

Religions are, for the most part, bad—but religion is not.

This is a stinking mess of an axiom. A very unwise way to  present an argument. It is not just confusing and ambiguous in is best reading but I think the overwhelming majority of people would understand it at all.

To paraphrase, religions in general (as put in pr…[Read more]

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? moments” that I cannot even remember the last time someone brought it up. Every axiom is dubious. Most of them haven’t been backed up by Gödel with proper explanations, one argues from i…[Read more]

Religion offered us the wrong answers for most of those 100,000 years because we knew no different. Now that we have credible answers to the bigger questions in life we should move on. Now that science has, in the field of psychology, shown us why our brains are predisposed towards magical thinking and that anthropology has explained the evolution…

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“But this is a valid criticism of atheism. It doesn’t say a lot about anything, and if it is to criticise religion, it kind of does have a duty to supply an alternative”.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! 

When I refute that Santa clause exists I don’t have any bloody duty to then provide and answer to what actually exists let alone give you a…[Read more]

Simon at this point you should be able to tell the difference between making a positive claim and providing the bloody evidence… vs. refuting a claim others make. Simply pointing out there is no evidence is enough for the doubter. If you still don’t get it then we can illustrate it this way.

If Ivy comes along and claims Santa Claus is actually…[Read more]

With respect Ivy, you ‘know’ no such thing. I accept that you have that belief. Making such a claim means you have burden of proof. Believe what you like ,by all means, but expect to be challenged if you make truth claims.

That’s asking too much of many people. First they engage with reason and evidence when thier arguments can stand upto scr…[Read more]

Raping children and torturing animals provide no benefit to man kind. If anything they are total detriments to reproduction. A raped girl may be less emotionally equipped to raise her children. The later guilt that comes from torturing animals is toxic and can also possibly lead to pointless torturing of other humans (not in respect of dominating…[Read more]

You’re forgetting the social forces behind the way that religion has helped us survive

And helped us “not survive”. Religion has only been responsible for endless slaughter and mass hysteria and tribal muder and slow ability to adapt to social and natural changes. The claim that religion has helped us to survive is an extremely extremely t…[Read more]

But I know there is not nothing.

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

By-product is not the same as evolving to embrace religion. No more than several of our bodily features which are useless or even toxic are the results of natural selection that brought out useful features. There are many parts of the body that are badly designed and can even be deadly while offering NO benefit to humans. It’s one thing to claim…[Read more]

Simon, Dawkins book is not a guide to anything. It is a refutation of stupid childish bullshit that charlatans try to say is true (in the orworldly AND the world and morality we inhabit). If people weren’t brainwashed about a stupid thingstno tried to impose their lunatic laws based on it…Dawkins wouldn’t have to write it and no one would need…[Read more]

Thre is a huge difference between using parables to teach lessons with CLAIMING THOSE PARABLES ARE TRUE AND BASING OUR WORLD VIEW AND LEGAL STRUCTURE ON THEM. Come on. This is basic obvious stuff here. A revealed holy text passage is not the same as the Tortoise and the hare. Using a known fantasy to make theoretical lessons DOES NOT EQUAL MAKING…[Read more]

The thing about the “concept” of the “reality” of God

Why don’t we repeat this again: The thing about the “concept” of the “reality” of God. One more time so we can wrap out mind around this: The thing about the “concept” of the “reality” of God. Can any sentence that begins with “The thing about the “concept” of the “reality” of… ” result in a…[Read more]

Yeah. 95% of guys who say they are bi are totally utterly gay and in denial. There are however a handful of true bis or pansexuals or you name it out there. I’m pretty jealous to be honest.

+1 Reg

It’s funny how absolutely outraged (and probably violated) he felt when three gay guys checked him out. It seemed to make him furious and he wants people to sympathise with him. Most straight men who get checked out or hit on by gay men have a fairly similar experience. And yet they often show an absolute indifference or amusement by people on the…[Read more]