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  1. Thermos aquaticus

    Atheism people Argument, "I don't believe in Bigfoot." 2

    "Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This is, of course, a mistake. If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit...
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    The Evolution Chamber: Piltdown Man

    Humans are an ape in the same way that a chihuahua is a dog.
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    The Evolution Chamber: Piltdown Man

    Yes: ERVs: Evidence for the Origin of Humans
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    Doesn't it appropriately fit on Atheism?

    How can someone be incorrect when they describe what they don't believe? Do you think they are lying about what they believe and don't believe?
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    Doesn't it appropriately fit on Atheism?

    People are correct when they say they lack a belief in deities. I tend to think that people are accurately describing what they don't believe.
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    Doesn't it appropriately fit on Atheism?

    No. It fits the theist claims that God exists.
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    The Evolution Chamber: Early Fossil Record

    These don't appear to be imaginations:
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    I've Sacrificed my belief in Evolution for Religion

    In which of those experiments did scientists observe a deity creating life? Why do you accept creationism when it lacks evidence, but reject abiogenesis because it lacks evidence? That seems like a double standard to me.
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    I've Sacrificed my belief in Evolution for Religion

    What other reasons? What about a fossil with a mixture of fish and amphibian traits? What about a fish with legs? Perhaps you could describe the criteria you have used to determine that the fossil species above are not evidence for macroevolution. I have found the smoking gun. ERVs...
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    Can explicit atheists ever really understand atheism?

    The operative term is "can be", not "must be". A skeptic can dismiss an assertion if there is a lack of evidence. That in no way is a commandment that these assertions must be dismissed. If a scientist thinks a hypothesis has merit and is worth testing then there is nothing in Hitchens' quote...
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    The Creationist's Argument and its Greatest Weakness

    Do you understand why that is not a very compelling argument?
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    The Creationist's Argument and its Greatest Weakness

    None of those are peer reviewed scientific articles that were published in a legitimate scientific journal. Peer reviewed articles in a real journal is what counts in science, not books.
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    Can explicit atheists ever really understand atheism?

    Hitchens said to dismiss assertions of truth if they lack evidence. Hypotheses are not assertions of truth, they are ideas of what could be true which need further testing.
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    Can explicit atheists ever really understand atheism?

    A hypothesis is a statement that may or may not be true. An assertion is a statement that is being asserted to be true (beyond a reasonable doubt). A hypothesis and an assertion are not the same thing.
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    Can explicit atheists ever really understand atheism?

    The defense isn't the one making the assertion. The prosecution is.
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    Can explicit atheists ever really understand atheism?

    Having merit is not the same thing as being accepted as provisionally true.
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    Can explicit atheists ever really understand atheism?

    It does apply. It applies to the person making the assertion of guilt. That person must provide evidence to back their assertion of guilt or their assertion can be dismissed without evidence. Hitchens just happened to say something that is true in a way that is memorable, as he was known for...
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    The Evolution Chamber: Piltdown Man

    Why? It has no use in the sciences, so why teach it in science class?
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    The Evolution Chamber: Piltdown Man

    Piltdown Man is a fake, and it should be exposed as such. That doesn't make all of the other hominid fossils fakes. They are still evidence that needs to be dealt with.
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    I've Sacrificed my belief in Evolution for Religion

    For fossil evidence, you could describe the criteria you used to determine that the fossils we do have are not proof for macroevolution. Moving to a different subject, if I was accused of murder but I thought there was no proof against me I could still describe what proof could be. For...
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