Depending on what you mean by “reasonable”.
Reasonable being;
“agreeable with reason” or “endowed with reason” being contingent with “reason”……
REASON:
1) a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc………
Possibly, depending on specific circumstances.
2) a statement presented...
The first New Year’s resolutions I ever made was about 50 years ago, and I’ve managed to see it come to fruition ever since!
It was to not make New Year resolutions.
Who precisely is the “we” you continuously refer to?
Is it not “your” perception of God that is actually being portrayed here?
From what source have you come to the perception of God that you are asserting?
So your answer to:
Your best response is:
A pretty pathetic dodge.
I’ll give you another opportunity.
Again, please present where “spirit/s” or “god/s” have been objectively demonstrated to have an effect in the universe.
How is it a game?.…
It’s what any rational person should insist on...
So your answer to:
Your best response is:
A pretty pathetic dodge.
I’ll give you another opportunity.
Show me objective evidence of a “spirit/s” and/or “god/s” have had a demonstrable effect on anything in
Again……
You really need to improve on your reading comprehension.
I explained to you;
Again you need to read carefully…….all the words;
In Newton's eyes, worshipping Christ as God was idolatry, to him the fundamental sin. In 1999, historian Stephen D. Snobelen wrote, "Isaac Newton was a...
Technically….only in the same way a worm, or a tree, or a rock might be considered an atheist.
For the word to have any practical meaning, it comes as result of having been presented with a proposition of the existence of god/s and not finding them credible.
Since a baby, or a kitten, or a...
Or……
“Many authors see the roots of modern antisemitism in both pagan antiquity and early Christianity. Jerome Chanes identifies six stages in the historical development of antisemitism:
Pre-Christian anti-Judaism in ancient Greece and Rome which was primarily ethnic in nature
Christian...
You began your response by generally accepting the proposition of “Jews are the smartest people.”
You rightly criticized the metric of using the Nobel Foundation as bring problematic in determining a hierarchy of intelligence. (Though you didn’t elaborate precisely why)
I agree, though possibly...
With all due respect, a religious forum is probably not the ideal source of information if what you are wanting to actually learn is science.
I would suggest looking to books or other authentic sources of scientific education.
Once you obtain a basic understanding of the scientific method and...
The Texas sharpshooter fallacy is an informal fallacywhich is committed when differences in data are ignored, but similarities are overemphasized. From this reasoning, a false conclusion is inferred. This fallacy is the philosophical or rhetorical application of the multiple comparisons problem...
A perfect example of confirmation bias……
Start with a presupposition and then interpret any data as confirming that presupposition while ignoring or mischaracterizing any contrary information.
The very first sentence from the link you apparently didn’t read…….
“Confirmation bias is the...
I accept what Newton and other scientists have demonstrated, which has subsequently been objectively repeatedly tested and objectively confirmed to be valid.
Not because “Newton said” it.
I do not accept what Newton said about religion, which is not falsifiable nor objectively tested or...
The qualifiers you stipulated:
Go qualifies in each metric stipulated.
Percentage of general world population does not equate to percentage of Chess players worldwide.
From https://ppqty.com/how-many-know-play-chess/……
“It is estimated that around 600 million people globally know how to play...
By this logic, wouldn’t it be more accurate to use Go which is far more complex than Chess.
Thereby concluding that Chinese, Japanese and Koreans respectively are more deserving of the title?