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Don't worry, I have not judged who you are. I've merely judged what you have said. I know it feels like pride to say that your faith in a creator is unshakable, but, as I pointed out, that's just an obscure way to say "my mind is not open to change." Having a closed mind shouldn't be a source...

Don't confuse "I think, therefore I am" with "I only am when I think." The answer is that you are all of it. You are the thinker, you are the awareness, and you are what occurs beneath the thinking and awareness. You've merely become capable of not having to do all those things together. It...

This is another way of saying that you are closed-minded. You are not willing to consider new ideas or information, in fact, you regard such things as suspicious. This is, of course, your prerogative, but it doesn't give you much credibility when you come to a conversation announce that your...

"Does it mean, if you don’t understand something, and the community of physicists don’t understand it, that means God did it? Is that how you want to play this game? Because if it is, here’s a list of things in the past that the physicists at the time didn’t understand and now we do understand...

It's a bit hard to parse what you are saying due to the lack of punctuation, so feel free to correct me if I have misunderstood. I agree with most of your summary here, but the part I've quoted sounds like a false dichotomy. While it may be true that we cannot devise a test to demonstrate that...

"I think, therefore I am" is the only thing we should accept without skepticism, because to do otherwise is not much different than non-existence. Is it us doing the thinking? We'll, yes, but the "us" is largely an illusion. But again, how else would we experience reality and gain something...

Meaning and value is applied by the brain. Different things mean different things to different brains. That doesn't diminish them though. Just because they amount to chemical reactions doesn't make them any less significant. It does, however, mean that we accept personal truths and values...

What would be an example of a metaphysical truth? The term psychopath is a label, not a diagnosis. The diagnosis would be antisocial personality disorder. Like all personality disorders, it's a spectrum. One criteria is a diminished capacity for empathy and remorse, which doesn't necessarily...

Yes, of course. I was only suggesting the alternate term for the sake of clarity. "Truth" is a word that can mean different things depending on the person and the context. "Accuracy" has less wiggle room.

Truth can be a subjective term. I prefer the term "accuracy." The ultimate decider of accuracy is nature. For example, my truth may tell me that gravity isn't real, yet if I walk off a cliff, it's natures truth that gets the final say. In fact, my feelings and opinions on gravity couldn't...

Haha, can't believe I actually forgot about that one. I rarely get to argue on the topic of atheism these days. I'm stuck arguing about things like homeopathy, flat Earth, vaccines, acupuncture, and GMOs. The problem with atheism is that the arguments never change. Nothing new has been added...

Hey TD. Nice to see a familiar face! My life is blissfully boring. Nothing to do all day but watch lectures and listen to podcasts, and I love it! Although I've been letting my podcasts drift ever more into comedy/improv shows and away from science. I even spent 171 hours listening to Nerd...

What Einstein demonstrated is that energy is equivalent to mass times speed of light squared. What you have stated is the first law of thermodynamics which is accredited to Antoine Lavoisier and Julius Robert Mayer. None of those people claimed to have proved that we never die. To quote Ben...

I'm reminded of a story of a woman in Texas who was kidnapped and held for 18 years as prisoner in a basement. During this time she was repeatedly raped and beaten, and became pregnant 3 different times. She was forced to give birth and then, years later, to watch her children being raped and...

That was exactly my point. You absolve yourself from having to convince anyone by deciding that we already believe and just don't realize it. How convenient for you that even the people who disagree with you actually agree with you. It must be very comforting. Did you know that you actually...

This is the old "no atheists in foxholes" canard. It's merely a way for believers to self-validate. They can't come up with any convincing evidence or rational arguments, so they simply pretend that you secretly believe and therefore don't really need to be convinced after all. It's a way of...

Wow, sounds like a a lot of work. Next time just get some mosquito dunks. They'll be dead in 48 hours. Of course, that assumes you run beneficials in your res. If you run a sterile rez, use sm-90.

My mother isn't omnipotent. God is said to be all-powerful, all-knowing, and ever present. That means God knew how the world would unfold when he was making it, and had to power to do something about it, but didn't. He could have made it so we are born already knowing the lessons, or he...

When did God start? Using God to explain the beginning of everything doesn't actually explain anything. It simply leaves us with the same question. You've only inserted your concept of God into the mystery without actually solving the mystery.

Actually you don't get to tell atheists what they believe. Not believing in god simply means being unconvinced. If you want to convince people you have to provide actual evidence or cogent reasoning, not simply shame them for something they may or may not believe. Knowing someone is atheist...