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Zeno's Paradox my ass.
The resolution of Zeno's paradox about halving your distance and the infinite number of events that go into a finite operation (before you get there, halfway; before that, a quarter; before that, an eighth ...) is in that eac…
Much as I said Robi. And I'm sure that if you've been espousing the same truths to people for so long as Mr. Dawkins has the temptation to be facetious when faced with the same old questions for the thousandth time musty be overwhelming!
Thanks Martin.
I'm actually in the middle of writing up a piece for my blog on this theme. I'll cross-post it here as a discussion and we can get down to debating it!
Dawkins himself has already argued for the evolutionary advantage of a belief system to be taken at face value and not questioned (Religion) in several places including in 'The God Delusion' so I assume he was being humorous.
Been away for a while... getting married and other trivial stuff like that.
I like your point Martin but I feel that there are certain fundamental 'measures' to the universe's existence that do not require us to describe them to exist. For example…
Someone below mentions Heisenberg. Your virtual particles by definition obey Heisenberg's uncertainty law that the Time they exist for multipled by the Energy required to create the particles must be less than or equal to (h)/2(pi). They must exist…
To expand slightly on what you have said.... probably the hardest thing in all of Physics to grasp is that a particle is not a particle, nor is it a wave. It is both and neither. Depending on how it is observed it can exhibit properties of one or th…
It is entirely plausible to create an entire universe from a quantum fluctuation. However if you tried to explain this to a 'fundie' even the least intelligent among them would realise that in order to do so you have to have a context to do it in. A…
Sad that no one has any thoughts on this. It's very confusing!
Your penultimate paragraph refers to agnostic beliefs. That is the difference. No atheist should have beliefs in this context. The reason that Richard Dawkins doesn't completely and utterly rule out God is that he is a scientist and he knows that Go…
Let's help the wall flowers join the party.
Their all ready here. Should be easy. It is true however that there are those who refuse to state their conviction on such matters due to dysfunctional norms in their family of origin (bad role scripting).…
Thanks. I'm in agreement except on one point. I deal with reality not speculation. There isn't any evidence that supports the existence of god or gods. The evidence that does exist actually points away from such a conclusion. Based on what is known,…
Yes, Richard, I think so, too. In its purest sense, after all--as Smith persuasively points out--atheism* is the absence of belief. Clearly, such a definition would encompass the agnostic as well.
* from the Greek, "a-" meaning no or without, and "…
I think we are in broad agreement Don.
Mark,
As to the difference between the atheist and the agnostic, allow me to post here two quotations that neatly sum up my own view.
The first is from George Smith. The second is from Judith Hayes.
"Atheism, therefore, is the absence of theistic…
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I've been moving towards Atheism since I was about 15. I arrived when I was 30-ish and my attitude towards religion has hardened in the last few years.
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And seriously thinking about writing several petitions to Downing Street...
And seriously thinking about writing several petitions to Downing Street...
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Do you Twitter? My ID is "Mark Stanbrook"... 3 followers and 3 followed. Am I really that friendless???
Posted on March 23, 2009 at 5:30am — 4 Comments
Hello Atheist Nexus
Well, hello to anyone reading this. This looks like a nice place to set up a nest and evolve. :)
My personal blog lives here. Privately hosted, no adverts etc.
My personal blog lives here. Privately hosted, no adverts etc.
Posted on March 20, 2009 at 2:36pm — 4 Comments
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- Welcome to Atheist Nexus, Mark.
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Wyoming is better than the southeast, from what I've seen. It's still a solid red state, though. My big point was that there are no cities. The closest it has are Cheyenne and Casper, each of which are around 50,000 people.
The entire state barely…
I was in Panama City this past weekend, but I didn't have any free time. I was there for my brother-in-law's pinning. He was promoted to Major in the Air Force. The promotion ceremony was full of God and Jesus references, and the invocation was give…
I saw a video, or a blog post once that listed all the uncomfortable and illogical things that a person must do, according to Jesus' own words, in order to follow him. The list included hating your family, selling all your possessions, etc. I'm pret…
It's been almost a full day, and none of them have responded. I'm hoping that's the end of it, and they have bowed to my superior sophistry. ;-)
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Yes! Mississippi was the one next to Alabama that I couldn't think of. I knew I was missing another big, southern fundy state somewhere!
It's weird, but I never had the typical reaction to atheists when I was a believer. Oh sure, they were headed for hell, but I didn't presume to know or understand the reasons *why* they didn't believe. I didn't auto-dismiss them or hate their existe…
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