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KajiCarson (August 19, 2008 at 1:30 pm)
Horrible opening statement from Dennett!
shaybshay (August 4, 2008 at 10:04 pm)
Good God! I almost fell out of my chair laughing when he was describing that Frum religion. I got to look into that one. I thought he was making that shit up, and if it wasn't Dennett saying it then I would think he was. Man, just goes to show you just how fucked up we can be, as humans that is. Maybe I can fly over there and be their Messiah? I think I got some old BDU's in the closet. Wish me luck!
vikingaprinsessan (August 1, 2008 at 4:09 pm)
gay? last time i checked i was a woman. surely i can ask a man to take it off without being gay. maybe he shouldn't have worn pants after all. every debater debates with selective information.
SamShah33 (August 1, 2008 at 3:48 pm)
What the fuck kind of gay reference was that? lol - dinesh is a wiggidy wack debater that debates with information that is selective
vikingaprinsessan (August 1, 2008 at 6:37 am)
take it off dinesh!
mtheoryrules (July 30, 2008 at 11:03 am)
And how is that different from what dennit is saying?
Nikolus (July 30, 2008 at 10:46 am)
I've already explained how it does not follow that, because there are many religious traditions, none of them are actually true. In fact, many of these traditions argue just that: they are true, the others are not. I have also already explained that an appeal to factual evidence concerning ORIGINS of religious "revelations" provides a better critique of claims to authenticity and support for the idea of God as an invention. I don't really know what you're arguing, and it's prob. not important.
mtheoryrules (July 30, 2008 at 9:26 am)
My point is that no more did denish adress the resolution.And that I get the impresion that dennit did simply agreed the resolution "god is an invention" because denish rejected the latter.I do not think it is weak, The jon frum religion for example. This is an excellent example that demonstrates how religions and there concepts of god are contrived.Do you have a better argument than dennits for the resolution?If so lets hear it.If not, then why bother criticizing?
Nikolus (July 30, 2008 at 6:43 am)
Yes, he wanted to, but that was ultimately not the topic.I get the feeling you believe you are debating me, despite the fact that I have been open that I am an atheist and believe that religions are cultural institutions. Simply because I am an atheist, however, does not mean I believe the atheist in this debate to be infallible or even wholly agreeable. Dennett has made interesting contributions to our discourse on philosophy of mind, but his argument here is weak and irrelevant.
mtheoryrules (July 30, 2008 at 3:46 am)
The resolution should have been "religions are inventions" but that would have left denish at a horrible disadvantage so much so that there would be no debate.Any rational person can quickly realize that religions are human inventions often attribute supernatual causes to events that have a less mystic rational explianation. |
