tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post6167671510083196257..comments2024-03-28T00:48:19.961-07:00Comments on Metacrock's Blog: Do Atheist Understand the Process of Give and Take In Argument?Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-91399133132019626952007-11-21T14:48:00.000-08:002007-11-21T14:48:00.000-08:00Just for the record; I am not the "anonymous" who ...Just for the record; I am not the "anonymous" who was commenting in the other thread.<BR/><BR/>I'll let the readers of this blog decide for themselves who is "emotionally unstable"...<BR/><BR/>Regards<BR/><BR/>A HermitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-87483098939592087622007-11-19T17:14:00.000-08:002007-11-19T17:14:00.000-08:00Hi Joe, In the interests of fair and open delibera...Hi Joe, <BR/>In the interests of fair and open deliberation I have three possum links on my blog. One is to Pete's Possum Pies (not USA style sweet pies - real protein ones) www.pukekura.co.nz/possum/index.htm<BR/><BR/>so I guess I can't deny it. Pay a visit, serous site with a touch of Kiwi humour (no we don't eat Kiwis)<BR/><BR/>It's all a matter of perspective!<BR/><BR/>Cheersakakiwibearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324950054939335251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-65101292333517384752007-11-19T14:57:00.000-08:002007-11-19T14:57:00.000-08:00that "anonymous" guy who has been spamming is an o...that "anonymous" guy who has been spamming is an old post on my boards called "hermit." He's emotionally disturbed. I banned him as anonymous so now he's trying under the the name "hermit." I figured who he was.<BR/><BR/>He needs to get through his head that I'm though with negative crap like the pissing contests we had on the boards. If you want to get a comment posted you have to saying something of substance about the issues, not about the people.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-84993339352613314432007-11-14T21:21:00.000-08:002007-11-14T21:21:00.000-08:00yes, thanks Jason and akakiwibear. these are all g...yes, thanks Jason and akakiwibear. these are all good comments.<BR/><BR/><BR/>do they eat those opossums in New zealand?Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-28341482749695491002007-11-14T21:14:00.000-08:002007-11-14T21:14:00.000-08:00Pity of it is that I don't think the intellectual ...Pity of it is that I don't think the intellectual argument is actually that important.<BR/><BR/>We all know we end up with neither side being able to deliver the conclusive proof absolute.<BR/><BR/>So what the hell are we doing? Is it just a pissing contest?<BR/><BR/>For me the purpose lies in the last step. Without proof absolute whichever direction you choose to step off the fence in, it's a step based on faith not reason.<BR/><BR/>I guess that's why folk get so worked up.<BR/><BR/>Reason is not enough and nor is pure emotion, I think for all of us it eventually gets down to a personal experience, ours or that of someone close to us that we trust.<BR/><BR/>A belief in God is seems to me to be a personal thing, neither logic nor rhetoric really gets us there in a way that sticks.<BR/><BR/>Enough - peace be with youakakiwibearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324950054939335251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-70277447477068941632007-11-14T20:39:00.000-08:002007-11-14T20:39:00.000-08:00It seems to me a lot of times what happens is the ...It seems to me a lot of times what happens is the intellectual argument is turned into a moral high ground - something like "These are the presuppositions and if you argue against them you're a bad person".<BR/><BR/>Of course, we all know the Bible having been used as a justification for bad things means anyone who believes in it must be bad, just like atheist ideas have been used as a justification for bad things so anyone who believes in it must be bad, right?<BR/><BR/>No?<BR/><BR/>Well then I think some people need to get off their high horse and engage the argument with some sense and intellectual integrity instead of doing.... whatever it is they're doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-77400692822419343172007-11-14T16:37:00.000-08:002007-11-14T16:37:00.000-08:00I suspect it is not so much that atheists don't ge...I suspect it is not so much that atheists don't get the give & take, rather that they see things only as black or white.<BR/><BR/>Not a bad approach when dealing with arithmetic or physics, but quite inappropriate to answering the God question.<BR/><BR/>Latest post on my blog contains reference to you that you may want to check out.akakiwibearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324950054939335251noreply@blogger.com