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  1. TheTrendyCynic

    Evidentialism

    I'm glad you're here -- I was looking forward to discussing objectivist epistemology with you, since I've finally finished a reasonable fraction of the material on the subject. And you're right, my statement was redundant. It wasn't false, just redundant, and so any conclusions I might draw...
  2. TheTrendyCynic

    Evidentialism

    Three objectively true facts: (A) Existence exists. (B) All existents have identity (characteristics or attributes that distinguish one existent from another). (C) Consciousness is conscious. How are these objectively true? Because any attempt to disprove them affirms them. Try...
  3. TheTrendyCynic

    Exalting God's Morality

    The motives behind my attack on Godly morality are hopelessly irrelevant to the topic at hand. If you would like to question my motives in detail, I encourage you to start a new thread.
  4. TheTrendyCynic

    Exalting God's Morality

    Yes, I know -- that's why I started my paragraph off with 'as for the rest of you' after addressing your post. The sum total of your concept of morality is of human morality; you know of no other, hence the arbitrary nature of the distinction you're making. There are only two alternatives...
  5. TheTrendyCynic

    Evidentialism

    Making epistemological statements is tricky business, because the concepts involved need to be exactly defined. Does evidence refer solely to physical, material evidence? If so, then statements of evaluation ("I love you") or emotion ("I feel sad") can never be considered true. If evidence...
  6. TheTrendyCynic

    Exalting God's Morality

    Or maybe God is a fish who swims in the sea. Regardless -- be he person, deity or fish -- if he purports to be 'morally good,' then he is subject to all of the standards and values such a statement implies. You're free to say that God is immoral, of course, but you can't call him "all good" then...
  7. TheTrendyCynic

    Why be an atheist?

    Done and done.
  8. TheTrendyCynic

    Why be an atheist?

    There can be no greater compliment -- and, conversely, there can be no greater evil than the condemnation of thought as a bad thing: That dangerous claim is the single constant behind every single one of mankind's humanitarian crises. Thinking is an application of logic and reason to...
  9. TheTrendyCynic

    Why be an atheist?

    Why are some people nonbelievers of Zeus, Odin or Ra? Is it because they don't want to be constrained by the lifestyle choices of those believers? You know, I hear that Dionysus/Bacchus throws some really wicked parties... sign me up!
  10. TheTrendyCynic

    Exalting God's Morality

    Discussed in another thread, there is a great fable I read on the internet that serves to illustrate a few fundamental criticisms of God's supposed omnibenevolence. One of the more compelling is this (editted for grammar): The full story can be found here. The point makes itself: God, the...
  11. TheTrendyCynic

    An Atheist On Judgment Day

    And if I were stuck hanging off of a piece of debris in fatally cold water because the chick taking up all the room was only there because she'd stupidly jumped from her lifeboat back onto the sinking ship earlier that night, I'd push her off and take her spot. Fortunately, Rose met Jack...
  12. TheTrendyCynic

    An Atheist On Judgment Day

    You are all my personal heroes. Thank you so much. I'll make a point about it tomorrow, promise ;)
  13. TheTrendyCynic

    An Atheist On Judgment Day

    I'm looking for an internet short story I read a few years back. It was a story about an atheist lining up at the foot of a mountain on Judgment Day, waiting for his turn to be judged by God. What follows is a dialogue between the atheist and God, illustrating the immorality of condemning humans...
  14. TheTrendyCynic

    what do u think ???

    I'm new, and I haven't had the immense displeasure of being embroiled in the watchmaker argument here yet. So onward ho :) The watchmaker argument is inherently circular. It wishes to prove that humans require a maker. So, it compares humans to watches, then uses a fact we know ("watches...
  15. TheTrendyCynic

    Can drugs and/or alcohol lead us to greater spirituality?

    And what, pray tell, is a 'false thought?' That sounds vaguely Orwellian :P Is it not logical, at least within the scope of an Earth-based faith, that the mind-altering effects of organic drugs (mushrooms, for example) might be seen as a gift from the deity being worshipped as a means of...
  16. TheTrendyCynic

    The evolution of sunrises?

    The colors of a sunrise are vibrant, and there could be an evolutionary explanation as to why we find vibrant colors appealing -- they represent life in the form of ripened food, health and warmth in the form of fire. Vibrancy is a strength of color, and that strength is sympathetic to whatever...
  17. TheTrendyCynic

    Right and wrong, Good and evil,

    Oh. Okay.
  18. TheTrendyCynic

    Right and wrong, Good and evil,

    No, sorry, I didn't mean was this point being contested within the framework of our discussion, but whether this was a point being contested at all -- I'm pretty sure most Christians would agree with the idea that God created evil, but perhaps for some unfathomable purpose. Assuming that...
  19. TheTrendyCynic

    Can drugs and/or alcohol lead us to greater spirituality?

    Very interesting -- thank you for posting that, Druidus. I hope someone else looks at the possible beneficial effect marijuana can have on IQ, perhaps only to dismiss this study's findings as a statistical anomaly brought about by the small sample group. I agree with the findings of the...
  20. TheTrendyCynic

    Can drugs and/or alcohol lead us to greater spirituality?

    The Green University of British Columbia, perhaps? This strikes me as extremely unlikely; could you post a source for this information? I'd be interested in reading more. I completely agree; moreover, I do not recognize the right of a government to enforce punishment for victimless crimes. Just...
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