Posts by Viviane

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Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

Viviane

On another note, I just sent this email to Angus Stewart:

[email protected]

Mr. Stewart,

I hope this email finds you well. I would to say thank you for your work on the Royal Commission, particularly in your handling of the Jehovah's Witnesses elders and experts during questioning. Your skill and preparedness is evident and it makes me quite happy (as a former JW myself) to see the light being cast upon their handling of crimes in secret meetings and the utter disregard they have for the victims.

I have been watching the delayed Youtube videos of the commission (delayed as I am in the U.S. and you are conducting the proceedings while I am sleeping) and find them quite exciting and educational to watch. I particularly love the depth of work you have put into learning about their policies, past and present, and tie those back to the notes and actions of the elders and branch, which brings us to the point of my email.

I was giving a friend a re-cap of the events (as she was never a JW, she prefers a re-cap to the excitement of watching all of the proceedings) and said I should send you a nice bottle of Scotch as a thank you for your amazing work. She correctly pointed out that I've no idea if you drink Scotch. Hence, in the interest of not saying thank you in a useless way, do you drink Scotch?

I hope that is not out of line nor would potentially violate any ethics rules you may be bound by.

Thanks,

XXX (not gonna happen, boys)

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Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

Viviane

you can drink a whole beer in 30 seconds?? lol

That's nothing. I'm more impressed that he can find a hooker, i mean, a date on craigslist, get her to his place and complete the transaction in 30 seconds ;)

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Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

Viviane

I actually wasted 30 seconds of my life trying to figure out which sense of the word idiot wasn't insulting.

Then you worried about it 30 seconds more than I did :)

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Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

Viviane

Kind of like saying
"I conclude that you are a very knowledgeable idiot.
(Not in the insulting sense of the word.)"

Yeah,the main difference being that I am an adult and anonymous strangers lashing out at me in futile effort because they got emotionally invested in a logical argument is something I utterly don't give a shit about :)

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Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

Viviane

is directed at my intellect.
These are examples of fanciful ways of calling someone "stupid" or "idiot"...

Seriously, stop whining because you used crappy logic. Reading back over every imagined insult where you think I rustled your jimmies is just going to make the pain worse. Also, you're boring me now.

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Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

Viviane

And while some of you were debating words and semantics the rest of us were having some scotch in honor of Dionysus, a drink offering

And just how do you know I wasn't having a scotch as well as educating Control?

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Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

Viviane

Is a perfect example of a ad hominem fallacy, as it is directed at my intellect.

Ah, exactly backwards. Had I said you were incapable of using logic, THAT would have been a personal attack. I didn't. I said the logic was crappy, not your intellect. Imagining that I am insulting you personally when commenting on your logic does not make it so, any more than believing in rib-ladies and talking snakes make then so.

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Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

Viviane

Straw men arguments, personal attacks, play with words, avoiding the question/issue, ad hominem.
I conclude that you are a very knowledgeable idiot.

And thus we reach the part of the debate where you, unable to show any of your claims and all evidence is against you, it's time to go into butthurt mode.

Here you go...

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Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

Viviane

No, you have expressed issues with my logic several times.

I have. But your claim was that you knew my opinion. That's an ignorant claim and faulty premise.

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Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

Viviane

All of these are perfect examples of: ad hominem.

And know we know that you don't know what an ad hominem fallacy it. An ad hominem is an attack on YOU personally. I purely addressed the comments you made, therefore, despite how you personally felt, it was not an ad hominem fallacy.

(that, by the way, is an example of proper logic)

You are avoiding the question/questions.

Not at all. You said you had a ramification to show me. I've no way of reading your mind and knowing if you think a question is a ramification, the reverse, meant to show me a ramification and then ask a question but forgot to show the relevant ramification, if you realized you were making a class error in your logic, etc. I'm under no obligation to answer a question when it makes zero sense.

Validly construct your question without a class error and I will be happy to answer it.