Looking at the long term, and I mean looooonng term, over centuries, I have no real idea of what the future of man might be like or whether there will be a future at all. But for the near to medium...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 hour ago
To say that the mind supervenes on the brain is to say that the one is not identical with the other, no?
Another word that could apply here is: metonymy. When we say...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 hour ago
"In the future, everybody will agree with me." - said every person who ever speculated about what people in the future will believe. I think the same way. And of course so do all flavors...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 hour ago
There goes my appetite for he next couple of days !
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 hour ago
I know that without eating meat our ancestors could not have developed the large brain we are endowed with- useless as it may be for many.
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 hour ago
"Humans are seriously fucked up." It's a primate thing apparently. Rather gauche in my opinion....
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 3 hours ago
Just a pity that it didn't come across as satire.
I guess that makes it good Poe in that case.
But hey, no problem. Joke is on me.
All is cool.
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 3 hours ago
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! · 6 hours ago
Too many cooks spoil the resurrection.
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 7 hours 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! · 8 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! · 8 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! · 11 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! · 12 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! · 13 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! · 23 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! · 1 day 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! · 1 day 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! · 1 day 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! · 1 day 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! · 1 day 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! · 1 day 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! · 1 day 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! · 1 day 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! · 1 day ago
HA HA HA HA !!!
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 day ago
