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yrger · 80-89, M
Hi ElwoodBlues, calling yourself an agnostic does not dispense you from what I might call a human with fear neurosis.
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ElwoodBlues · M
I'm not an atheist, I'm agnostic. I'm guessing most of the people you classify as atheist are actually agnostics.
The easiest things to determine existence are those that we can directly see and touch and move around; call that "local existence." The next things are the things we can infer from repeatable measurements and/or observations and/or experiments. That covers pretty much everything else - planets, distant galaxies, merging black holes, electromagnetic waves, speed of light, atoms, etc etc.
So, when you ask me does such a thing as X exist? I answer with another question: does X make a measurable difference anywhere anyhow? And does that alleged measurable distance depend on certain sets of assumptions? Are there other sets of assumptions that can equally explain those measurable differences??
And no you see why I'm an agnostic. Most of those questions still await answers. Thus I leave the questions open.
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ElwoodBlues · M
I'm not an atheist, I'm agnostic. I'm guessing most of the people you classify as atheist are actually agnostics.
The easiest things to determine existence are those that we can directly see and touch and move around; call that "local existence." The next things are the things we can infer from repeatable measurements and/or observations and/or experiments. That covers pretty much everything else - planets, distant galaxies, merging black holes, electromagnetic waves, speed of light, atoms, etc etc.
So, when you ask me does such a thing as X exist? I answer with another question: does X make a measurable difference anywhere anyhow? And does that alleged measurable distance depend on certain sets of assumptions? Are there other sets of assumptions that can equally explain those measurable differences??
And no you see why I'm an agnostic. Most of those questions still await answers. Thus I leave the questions open.
OogieBoogie · F
@yrger Heya , just wondering if you need a little help on using this site.
I did message you on this thread with a tip on how to 'reply' to a commenter so you get a cohesive message flow.
It helps put all replies to each particualr user under each other so its easier for everyone to follow.
I did message you on this thread with a tip on how to 'reply' to a commenter so you get a cohesive message flow.
It helps put all replies to each particualr user under each other so its easier for everyone to follow.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@yrger Your replies are all over the place.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@OogieBoogie @SatanBurger He claims to do this so that he can keep track of where his replies are, but it has the added bonus of other people not realizing he's talking to them, so he can pretend he's won.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@LordShadowfire That's what I suspected because how can we know he's responding? I mean that's just petty for someone to do. Like we're supposed to keep up.
OogieBoogie · F
@LordShadowfire how can he keep track if his replies are all over the place?
And what's the point of a conversation, if you make it harder for everyone else to follow?
I dont get it.
Its the online equivalent to turning away from someone while speaking to them .🤷♀️
Its gonna make people not want to speak with him in future.
And what's the point of a conversation, if you make it harder for everyone else to follow?
I dont get it.
Its the online equivalent to turning away from someone while speaking to them .🤷♀️
Its gonna make people not want to speak with him in future.