I think Socrates is a good comparison. Plato's dialogues stand on their own. They are supported by an argument from authority. No one ever says...
Neutral, your argument so far seems to be that there is a god, and it's plainly obvious, and denial of this claim is akin to denial of the...
Neutral, I'm curious about why you think science leads to agnosticism and not atheism. Skepticism, perhaps, but that is not the same thing....
I have no idea what you think you're responding to in this post. The whole thing seems like a nonsequitor to me. But there is nothing agnostic...
Philxx; I am a utilitarian on the basis of reason, and a capitalist on the basis of the evidence, as well as an atheist. Religion and faith have...
Nuetral, there is no rational reason to believe in god. Probability is not the realm of faith. You have badly misconstrued Russel's teapot. The...
This post is exactly the same as mine. I was responding to the Buddhist on the top of the page. The world that god wouldn't create is the one...
What makes you think that your Muslims are right and AQ Muslims are wrong? Arguments from the basis of authority are fallacious. Write off what...
Indeed. I actually mentioned that. My point is that if we don't know, it makes more sense to say "we don't know," than to accept an untestable...
I'm pretty sure that there is no religion that teaches that this is the world that god would create. Religious people have justifications for bad...
I actually agree with Neutral on this last point. The question of whether Christianity is correct doesn't hinge on a few details from the bible...
What makes you think that OBL and Al Qaeda are misinterpreting Islam? If you're acknowledging that the bible has defects because of it's age, what...
What is the purpose of faith if it only exists until science finds the real answers? Why not just believe in things on the basis of the evidence...
It's true that things don't create themselves out of nothing, as far as we know. In what way is that evidence that the universe was created by an...
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