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  • #391
    Originally posted by Lorizael
    I'm going to assume it's quite possible that you missed the part of the thread where Jon Miller said he didn't even want to say that the odds of god/no god were 50/50; he was simply arguing with Whaleboy on Whaleboy's own terms.
    Again, if one can't respond to Whaleboy on Whaleboy's own terms without saying something stupid, one shouldn't respond on Whaleboy's own terms.
    Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

    It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
    The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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    • #392
      Originally posted by Elok


      Fair enough. I think that's how most of us treat you, after all.
      Oooh, that has to be one of the lamest comeback seen in this thread so far I bathe in the respect of many, thankyou very much

      And I see my sex life is managing to make an appearance in this thread now. Bankrupt of arguments to come back to me with other than trying to badger me into admitting that religion isn't make-believe?

      Originally posted by DinoDoc
      Aren't you a commie? Would you care to explain the difference between you and someone that believes in Father Christmas?
      Completely different concepts. My opinion differs to yours considerably, but there is no right or wrong. I could call you irrational for being a Republican

      Originally posted by Kuciwalker
      Because religion isn't a fairy tale.
      Must be a distinction of semantics then
      Speaking of Erith:

      "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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      • #393
        Originally posted by Arrian
        Some morons think that it's a good idea to send an email to a coworker that includes "ménage à trois"

        I just can't respect that type of stupidity!

        Ok, not the best analogy ever, but it does have the advantage of being pretty funny.

        -Arrian
        Did you actually read the thread or just the title? If you don't come back with the right sequence of events within the next hour, I automatically dub thee a dumbf**k
        Speaking of Erith:

        "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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        • #394
          Originally posted by Provost Harrison
          Must be a distinction of semantics then
          No, I'm serious. Religion and fairy tales have different roles and different perceptions in society. That's why the same person believes in Jesus and not Santa.

          Logic is essentially irrelevant to people's actual religious beliefs - including atheists'.

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          • #395
            Originally posted by Provost Harrison I bathe in the respect of many, thankyou very much
            ... so you come to 'Poly to get a break from all the respecting?
            Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

            It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
            The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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            • #396
              So it is about a matter of scale then?
              Speaking of Erith:

              "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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              • #397
                Originally posted by Last Conformist
                Again, if one can't respond to Whaleboy on Whaleboy's own terms without saying something stupid, one shouldn't respond on Whaleboy's own terms.
                Sometimes it seems like people on Apolyton don't want to have discussions. Instead, they effect these deliberately obtuse attitudes that obfuscate their opponent's points so that they no longer feel as if they have to defend their own.

                Anyways. It's really very simple.

                Whaleboy: I believe agnosticism (50/50) is false because I think odds are against there being a god. Look at evolution.

                Jon Miller: I believe you cannot make the claim that agnosticism (50/50) is false because the validity of evolution is not evidence against god's existence.

                Obtuse people: God, JM, you can't say that it's 50/50 because you don't actually know one way or another. Way to be stupid.

                Jon Miller: Uh. Uh. I'm not even agnostic! wtf!
                Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
                "We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld

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                • #398
                  ... and there it would have ended, hadn't JM decided to defend the 50/50 claim.
                  Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

                  It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
                  The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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                  • #399
                    *shrug* I'm not really going to argue his points for him, especially when I don't even support them. I just think this whole thing is a pretty silly debate that doesn't pertain to the subject at hand.

                    I wanted to clear up what he actually meant in the hopes that it would get people back to the thread's topic.
                    Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
                    "We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld

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                    • #400
                      This is a very unusual thread.
                      THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
                      AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                      AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                      DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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                      • #401
                        Originally posted by Provost Harrison
                        So it is about a matter of scale then?
                        What?

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                        • #402
                          Originally posted by Kuciwalker


                          What?
                          You know, a huge whopping fairy tale that has, for some reason, gained strength and legitimacy through its sheer age and influence on the establishment in this time?
                          Speaking of Erith:

                          "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                          • #403
                            Originally posted by Last Conformist

                            Again, if one can't respond to Whaleboy on Whaleboy's own terms without saying something stupid, one shouldn't respond on Whaleboy's own terms.
                            What would be your suggestion on managing this feat?
                            Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                            "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                            He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                            • #404
                              Originally posted by LordShiva
                              This is a very unusual thread.
                              Surreal, isn't it? Stuff going off in all directions, like a bar-room brawl.

                              Like someone said earlier - good troll, Whaleboy.

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                              • #405
                                Originally posted by SlowwHand


                                What would be your suggestion on managing this feat?
                                The "feat" being responding to Whaleboy? I'm not sure I get your drift.
                                Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

                                It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
                                The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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