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Oh really? If there's nothing wrong with what you are communicating across, then I would say you've made a lot of fallacies. If you really felt that we, who happen to like FF by association (thanks a lot for painting us with a broad brush) must automatically dislike anything you say, or don't...

What I actually find so amusing about this is that some people actually want some sort of rapture to happen. It's a bit disturbing that some people actually find joy in this, but I imagine they want it to happen because it makes their lives more exciting. Either that or they've been...

I think so. But I haven't seen Super Troopers, so I can't say for sure. If you want to be more explicit about it, feel free to write back or send me a PM.

Just thought I'd point out that there's a distinction between actually disproving something and not having enough evidence (ie, the default position). If you want to disprove something, this is usually done through a contradiction. Which is usually only possible if we are talking about arguments...

There's probably a good reason why it's necessary for them to do that. Anyone who is ignorant of the cosmological argument will not recognize it, and they're hoping to sucker in people who don't know it or why it fails. And maybe people who do know it, but can't recognize it if it's in disguise...

Look, you are not obligated to provide a good counterargument for every rebuttal we post, and every fallacy we find and point out. You're not even required to post here. It's all up to you. However, pointing out that you made a fallacy does not mean we are policemen trying to arrest you for your...

You know what, it's already past 5:30AM May 20th, 2011 in Japan by now (and I'm even +1 GMT currently), and I don't think anything has happened. Instead, I know a group of atheists are throwing parties to mock the idea of a rapture happening. But this whole idea of predicting when the endtimes...

Right, and you're not even going to explain what you think open-mindedness is? How can we even continue having a discussion about it when you won't even explain what you think it is? I hope you realize that being open minded means you're willing to consider any explanation, and that if you...

I think you've completely missed the point of what Dawkins was trying to say. He's not a troublemaker; he has valid points against religion, and while he does believe the bible can be taught in a literature class, and that Jesus might have done some moral things, he doesn't believe the bible is...

Actually, being an atheist does not mean you're not entitled to believe there's a possibility that god exists. In fact, very few atheists believe there's absolutely no possibility of a god or gods existing. It just means that you act as if a god or gods don't exist because you don't have any...

Well, the problem is that there's no reason to assume that anything I see and can confirm with someone else who has a different perception of reality from me does not actually exist as I see it, or as anyone else can see it universally. Maybe "red" looks different to me than it does to you, but...

I happen to think that anything that qualifies as information is basically abstract. The difference between math and science is that what you find in science must be based off of something that exists in reality; this is not true in math, and it works based on logic. Math is deductive, science...

I don't know if I'm too late, but I'm guessing this has something to do with the way that question is phrased (or the format of the formula) because we don't know anything about f(x,y), but for the Cauchy Riemann equations, you need a pair of equations to do this with. I think you just take the...

This is actually the typical approach to many upper division math classes, and basically what I've been talking about all along about math problems at that level. As soon as you see problems of a nature which involve "prove this" or "show that", no amount of textbooks you have in front of you...

Actually, that's where science and math differ in that math doesn't necessarily have to be talking about something that's real; it just needs to be logically consistent. So while it may follow particular rules, they don't have to say anything about reality at all. They just happen to agree with...

How is asking you to clarify your position that beneficial mutation discredits evolution killing the discussion? Refusing to explain your argument is killing the discussion. Pointing out that you made a fallacy is not, nor is pointing out that you're using an inconsistent definition, unless you...

Well, not necessarily. The only time where I think memorization adequately comes into play is when we are speaking of convention, which I think you mentioned somewhere near the end of that paragraph--that we have a convention for a base system, and what number constitutes to them. We are...

If you think that math is all about memorizing formulae and facts, then you don't understand math. In order to truly understand math, you have to be able to understand the context under which the formulae are being used, and in order to understand a theorem or math concept completely, you need...

Thanks for the rep, and I understand your concern about debating these people. The only reason I continue doing it is because I hate to see people who read the debate and don't understand what's wrong with the arguments. Which is why I feel the need to make rebuttals. I'm hoping to be able to...

Actually, I have something to add about the gas prices. From an economical perspective, I think they're kept high because they're on high demand. It's the same thing with gold and silver. If we didn't actually value gold and silver, and they're not any different from any other lump of metal, we...