Recent content by Logic / Reason / Evidence

a thing made of atoms.

I heard that you lose something once you unzip an image in which case should I ask for a lower resolution i.e. smaller file to be sent unzipped. I will want as good image quality as is permissible but the photos must come over the web & I may use a service like 'YouSendIt' or whatever to receive...

If it is a supernatural experience, how do you know this is the case? (Not why do you BELIEVE this) If it is natural experience experience, does that mean it is unimportant?

I appreciate that you see both as important, but if push comes to shove, which is more important & why?

Isn't what you REALLY need to ask yourself is whether your desires are seducing you to ask the WRONG question? *The choices are: Do you want to believe what is TRUE -even if the conclusion MIGHT be that God is fictional? OR Do you want to believe in GOD more than ANYTHING -even if he may...

seeing as so much of it is ghastly? The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; petty, unjust, unforgiving, control freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty, ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal...

explain HOW that is possible!? Remember, if you say God could, surely if he made anything 'starting' from nothing then he is must have changed part of himself (his 'spirit' -whatever that is supposed to mean) into physical matter therefore he ISN'T making something from nothing because he's...

Ignoring the content i.e. take that out of the equation. Do you think a belief system formed in the Bronze Age is likely to be better or worse than one formed in the Space Age? Please state your reasons.

even though you don't believe? If you can, can you put it into words? If you can't do you think you could if you wanted to do so? Do you think you NEED to be able to in order to reject theism? Why?

...Dob can do astro-photos? I think the Orion SkyQuest XT10g can (a new capability not available before?) but can the Orion XX14i Dobsonian do that too. (pls don't guess) Is the latter 14" MUCH better? It's quite a bit more money!

...which infects your brain? Anthony D: Richard Dawkins would thank me for spreading the meme!

...sound portrayal of the facts or not? It's very tempting to accept it was very accurate but I've not looked at the other side of the story so I shouldn't get too carried away with any judgement about it. If you HAVE seen it, would you say it is pretty sound -or deeply flawed? Why* *IMPORTANT...

have taken over the asylum? Catholic bishops are currently claiming they need to recruit a bigger team of exorcists to cast out demons or evil spirits plaguing America. Surely these 'possessed' people actually need psychiatrists - & surely the bishops themselves need psychiatrists for believing...

'petitioning the Lord with prayer'? Lets say I really really really want that job or relationship or cure or whatever -ANYTHING which might enable me to nudge it in my direction (cost free)it MUST be worth a try yeah? THIS is exactly why people pray to a supernatural entity because MAYBE just...

'petitioning the Lord with prayer'? Lets say I really really really want that job or relationship or cure or whatever -ANYTHING which might enable me to nudge it in my direction (cost free)it MUST be worth a try yeah? THIS is exactly why people pray to a supernatural entity because MAYBE just...