Physicist Milton Rothman examines the relationship between science and religion and the extent to which a scientist should apply his belief in realism to all aspects of our knowledge of the universe. Link.
I was using satire, my friend. I was not attacking you.
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 12 minutes ago
Too many cooks spoil the resurrection.
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 hour ago
There are many pro-arguments for plant-based proteins versus animal proteins but you need to keep in mind there are several negatives: lack of certain minerals/vitamins, so you need to take...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 2 hours ago
Mark Twain: Excess of everything is bad, but excess of good Whisky is hardly enough. One of the things that bugs me in the back of my mind is, every time I eat meat I cannot help feeling a little...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 3 hours ago
But I think they are hardly likely to convince a non-believer because, if there really is no God, the argument from reason is not credible either and only undermines...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 5 hours ago
I agree 1000% with that. I might even add that the idea of God changes within the same individual at different stages and/or circumstances of their life. Though there may be particular...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 6 hours ago
A long time ago, there was a discussion on this point. I can't remember what forum, but the upshot was, that Allah and YawhwehJesus, and Yahweh, and El, etc., are names for god, but not the...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 7 hours ago
Just a small precision : Allah is simply the Arabic word for "God". It literally means "The God." The word Allah has the same Semitic root as 'El" in Hebrew and...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 17 hours ago
Good to hear.
I read somewhere that drinking is the only drug habit for which you have to explain to people why you don't have it.
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 19 hours ago
To the annoyance of many on this group, I constantly harp on other common behaviors that rack up present or future impressive body counts - such as smoking, drinking, driving, flying,...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 20 hours ago
More good points here:
14. Forgive People for Being Christian.
Humans are seriously fucked up. They are flawed. They are frightened. They need whatever messages...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 21 hours ago
But as the Devil's Advocate (a Christian), you, sir, believe that the four Gospels tell a unified story.
Why are you now talking crap? Devil's advocate:-...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 21 hours ago
I agree with comparing such apologetics to the Cargo Cult. As for Occam's razor, some apologists invoke it when they think it suits them. Some criticize the Razor. The rhetorical devices used...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 21 hours ago
But as the Devil's Advocate (a Christian), you, sir, believe that the four Gospels tell a unified story. Therefore, if John's women watched J of A and N soak Jesus' body in 100 lbs...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 22 hours ago
The nature of "newsworthiness" also helps to explain why people worry about things according to factors other than actual risk. For example, some people drink bottled water because they...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 23 hours ago
Even those of us who value evidence and embrace reality have to take a news vacation from time to time. Reality sucks.
I would say "especially those of us",...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 23 hours ago
[...] while believers can invoke, for example, Edward Feser's argument from reason. They could also argue that just if the argument is right, and if God doesn't exist, then...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 23 hours ago
HA HA HA HA !!!
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 day ago
Physicalists like Daniel Dennett held that conscious experience is an illusion.
Which strikes me as somewhat question begging, or at least not question-answering, since...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 day ago
Unpacking and finding what, exactly? A soul?
I'm thinking a mechanism. Picture having a time machine and sending an iPad back to some cave men. They would be able to...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 day ago
The brain equaling the mind is no more objectionable than the motor equaling the car's power.
Or no less objectionable, as in this analogy the motor itself is a...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 day ago
They knew that J of A and N had already applied spices. They had watched them do it.
Not in gMark, the first iteration of the story. There's no mention of Nicodemus,...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 day ago
Good points. But even if the women were willing to break the taboo about women touching a male corpse, let's play out the scene: -the women plan to apply spices to a body that has been decomposing...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 day ago
Maybe because religion is never the cause of anything in history, good or bad? To me religion is an effect, the result, of deeper causes. What looks like religious motivation only masks something...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 day ago
@danielmocsny:disqus as well as Robert: The human brain weighs around 3 pounds, but something seems off about saying that our mind weighs around three pounds. Philosophers talk about states and...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 day ago