"No abuse in my family, @Tom. Classic American suburban middle-class youth. My parents are quite up in years, and my mom is mostly gone with degenerative MS, but my dad is still with her. Love them both dearly.
I was allowed to ride…"
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An Atheist's Creed
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ed May 21. 18 Replies 1 Like
Blundered across this in an academic paper, put together by a U.K. professor of philosophy, purporting to be the distilled creed/philosophical arguments for the Dawkins' style New Atheism.I'm curious…Continue
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Professor Robert replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"As a scientist, I would beg to differ that it is the same thing as engineering. ;-)
It is true we see elements of proto-science in some places, like the Greek schools around the time of Plato. Of course, Plato and many of those schools were…"
Professor Robert replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"Hello @terrence,
I confess I'm not sure what this thread is about any more. It seems every thread gets turned into a discussion of pedophilia whenever I'm around. <:( So I'm not sure what exactly…"
Professor Robert replied to Kelli Conley's discussion 'If religion were to be abolished completely (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, etc.), what do you believe would be the outcome because of it?'"About as much as Soviet communism was an atheist-motivated campaign.
The two are very largely parallel, at least for the Spanish case. The primary difference is that the Soviets weren't dealing with an invading Islamic group.
My…"
Professor Robert replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"Well sure, but narrowing a doctrine down to "there's only one god, and I'll tell you what he wants" makes it easier to unify (and manipulate) your followers.
I'm not sure it makes it easier, @Pope. Shamans and witch…"
Professor Robert replied to Bo Fowler's discussion 'A new argument against God?'"The government could insist that we all take drugs to make us more mellow as well, or to otherwise change our nature. I remember a YouTube video on Kidstoned Chewable Valium to make kids more mellow.
I'm not sure that really amounts…"
Professor Robert replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"Oh, what a delightful thought, @Kris. I'm sorry I missed this earlier in @Gallup's rantings.
I'm not sure I'm quite understanding all of that, but I think that some of it at least is about right from my perspective. …"
Professor Robert replied to Tom Sarbeck's discussion '"Once We Free Ourselves of the Shackles of Religion, and Bible-based Big Bang Theology...'"Oh, how precious!
Are the atheists now denying science because the results are philosophically inconvenient? Or even worse, because the theorists happen to be Catholic? What are they going to do with poor old Copernicus and…"
Professor Robert replied to Bo Fowler's discussion 'A new argument against God?'"If a passerby theist may respond...
If you were a parent and had a child, would you demand/expect that they respect you? Sure. Why? Because that's important at one stage in their development. Later on, that will hopefully…"
Professor Robert replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"My that's hard to read.
The Seattle times report cites the AAUW study, which is a peer-reviewed research study that found that 10% of public school students were victims of sexual abuse of some sort at the hands of teachers or administrators in…"
Professor Robert replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"No, no papers!
The IRB approval process for human subjects research is too onerous by far!"
Professor Robert replied to Kelli Conley's discussion 'If religion were to be abolished completely (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, etc.), what do you believe would be the outcome because of it?'"Oops. Hit the button too fast.
I'm not really trying to demonize or belittle atheists, @Gallup. I'm just amused by how you respond when I reflect your own arguments back to you. I enjoyed your, what is it called…"
Professor Robert replied to Kelli Conley's discussion 'If religion were to be abolished completely (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, etc.), what do you believe would be the outcome because of it?'"Oh!
Well, if that's what you mean by the word "religion", then I agree with you. Those things are silly, and at times destructive.
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Professor Robert replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"While I understand the temptation to try to expand definitions unreasonably, I don't agree with the practice. In fact, I think it's dangerous to liberty to allow overbroad definitions of criminality. Rape and torture on a large…"
Professor Robert replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"I think the L.A. Times investigation into the Boy Scouts identified many cases like that, @archaeopteryx. It came out in the Oregon lawsuit as well.
I'm an older fellow, so I remember the times better than some here perhaps. …"
Professor Robert replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"Interesting.
I see it exactly in reverse.
If you'll forgive me the critique, the normative discourse style here seems to be to latch on to isolated theist statements or beliefs without developing any real understanding, and then…"
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Religion as Idolatry: A Theist's Perspective
Posted on May 10, 2013 at 7:22pm 14 Comments 0 Likes
This past week, in a small corner of the news there was information about a bombing of a Church in a small community near Arusha, Tanzania. Several locals along with a handful of Saudi nationals have been arrested as responsible. The target apparently was the Archbishop of Arusha, a man whom I know personally and whose installation I attended some years back in Tanzania. Many innocent people were hurt, who were just gathered as a community to dedicate a new church building they had…
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- At 4:11pm on March 16, 2013,
Sagacious Hawk said… It's refreshing to see a believer on these forums approach with civil, polite, and intelligent discourse even when not treated with such. You, sir, have run our virtual gauntlet and gained my respect. I do hope you stick around and continue to contribute. I sometimes worry that without dissenting opinions and viewpoints, we'll just keep reinforcing our own, and while some of us try to keep a level head and an open mind, we can't articulate a different viewpoint as well as if it was actually ours.
That said, I know it can be a daunting task, but I look forward to seeing what you have to say in the future.
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