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I fail to see how Gnosticism is philosophy and not religion. If it makes a claim on the origin of the universe that is not evidence supported, it is myth/religion, and not philosophy or science. Philosophy looks at the nature of reality (and metaphysical reality, and what have you), not where it...

Actually, the bible specifically DOES say that people talking to each other decided to do it together. Nimrod could have been part of that collective, but he certainly didn't order it. I still want to know how the term transformed into its modern connotations. Any ideas? Which I have...

I feel religion shows itself pretty false via internal inconsistency. You don't need science for that. But, regardless of our ability to only see the world subjectively, if reality is objective, then there is only one actual situation, and the others are not the case. I'm not saying that we...

You neither answer his question, nor do you show why it isn't a valid concern. Seems to me that it is selfish and vain (by one of the two definitions you like to use, at least). Either way, how are we supposed to have any conversation at all if we can't assume that others mean what they write...

It's worth noting that I never said or implied you had animosity towards homosexuals. I was concerned over the beliefs you have regarding them. To make things 100% clear, I'll ask two questions: 1) Were you referring to barbaric homosexuals versus barbaric heterosexuals, or were you referring...

What about the theory of gravity? Or germ theory? Or atomic theory? Should we leave all the theories out? How is this blasphemy? What do you mean by that? This is a logical fallacy called ad hominem (not to mention it's a direct insult), as you are trying to imply that he hasn't been to...

Praying for empowerment is still selfish, regardless of what you use it for. You're asking for more power, and even if you use that power selflessly, asking for it in the first place is selfish. Also, why not just ask god to fix their problems in the first place, instead of requesting more...

I've never been in the habit of thanking people that haven't done anything for me. It seems a little silly to offer thanks to things that don't seem to be interacting with the reality I live in, let alone myself. Very true. But have you considered that maybe the god(s) came into existence...

I can understand teaching about Christianity, and I can even understand why they would give it the most time (seeing as it's been the main religion shaping western society, and countless literature references it). But the entire problem, is that word "about." People pushing for creationism in...

If we're going to say all of reality is subjective, since in my subjective reality all of you are projections of my desire to be entertained, I may as well stop posting. No one outside myself actually exists (and since reality is subjective, and not objective, that is true), so I don't have to...

These things are interesting points, but creationism certainly was not part of the founding of America. Creationism is relatively recent in its current iteration, and didn't even exist at the founding. That, and it's well known that the founding fathers were most likely deists (and even if not...

What does this mean? Are you implying that it's common sense to think homosexuals are more likely to rape, torture and murder? Not only is that contrary to evidence, it's downright offensive to homosexuals. You certainly haven't squashed anything. All you've done is left your fallacies out in...

I'm missing out on the straw man. Care to point out specific examples? Saying we're using fallacies and not pointing out where doesn't really do anything to show our use of fallacies. Go ahead and try. We are. How does that magically prove that he owns our souls (if we even had souls)? And...

How do you know who owns what souls? Do you have any way of knowing that god possesses souls instead of the people actually using them? Or that souls exist? Once again, you seem to know a lot about god's motives. How do you know this? This is also a false dilemma, as there are far more...

You didn't actually make that clear, which is why der Astronom was nice enough to point out which of the two possibilities he was responding to. Well, evidence of the age of the earth is evidence against creationism. So there's already a problem. But what about all the other creation stories...

Have you read what we wrote? Cause I don't know if you're aware of this, but showing you to be using a logical fallacy is showing you to be wrong. You know, like equivocation. If it's technically wrong, it's still wrong. I only referenced something you said. I added nothing too it, I only took...

This is just comedic. Please, read a real source on carbon dating. I'm assuming you're referring to some specific instance here. Could you explain what it is? I'm not familiar with these things, just the many times that dating techniques have been shown to be reliable. If you could...

"Shallowness of {my} intuition?" You mean my ability to read various sources? Just because you made up your own definition for agnosticism and I refuse to use it and instead point out how it contradicts other definitions that are commonly accepted doesn't mean my intuition is shallow. You seem a...

Let's look at a direct quote from you: There's a couple of things I want to spend some time on here. First of all, you specifically said vanity is responsible for ANY AND EVERY form of destruction. When you say this, you make the claim that vanity causes all destruction (natural disasters...

What? Spoken like someone who understands the difference between the words myth and theory, maybe. Also, stop saying I'm an atheist. I've yet to say what my beliefs are, and it's really offensive when you attempt to apply labels to me when you're unaware of my beliefs. You can try addressing...