Recent content by Denode

Do you mean solely that it allows for the existential identification of self, or that a soul allows for depth of thought beyond the immediate and present (which would include consciousness)? However, consider also that consciousness or depth of thought might very easily be a combination of...

If I wanted to demean you, I would've said pathetic. Instead I said weak. I was pointing out the fact that the sentence in use was heavily fallacious. A layman's ability to define or explain something is not a measure of its truth. Next time someone criticizes you on this forum, instead of...

I'm sorry, but no. Maybe some of them, but not all of them. Also, Jimmy, I'd very much appreciate it if you took a look at my previous post. This sub-forum tends to have a bunch of pseudo-philosophical teenagers. There are many legitimately intelligent people here who can vehemently and...

That definition carries with it logical implications that would tie it in rather closely with the definition I used previously (law of excluded middle). Now, if you said "Disbelief in any current conjectures of God," that seems as if it would be a more fitting definiens for the distinction...

If you simply are not religious (we'll call this p), that is not atheism. Atheism is defined as the doctrine or belief that there is no god. If you believe there is no god, and p: You are an atheist. If you don't believe there is no god, and p: You are an agnostic. If p: This is just apathy...

Agnostic. Atheism requires faith, just like any other religion (you have to take it on faith that there is no god/deity/spirituality, because you cannot logically assert nonexistence of a non self-contradictory concept/entity).

Had you asked me when I was 16, I would have said absolutely. However, you're asking me now, and my answer has changed. I am really astounded at how I behaved when I was 16. There was this sense of "I know all I need to know!", and yet I had so much more to learn, both academically and...

Ask anyone what a neutrino is and, typically, the question will render them inarticulate. If as neutrino is so hard to explain, why is it generally accepted that it exists at all? I'm sorry, I'm not making a case for or against the existence of souls, but this is an extremely weak way to...

As an occasional user of illicit substances I'm perfectly fine with this. The government is giving you money. They have the ability to control the terms on which they give it to you. You can make the case that you deserve the money for paying taxes, but consider that the bottom 40% (the ones...

No one has proved or even has the ability to prove what happens after death. I can only state what my opinion on the matter is. And my opinion on the matter is that nothing happens. Life itself is entirely explainable on biological terms, electrical and chemical signals, and what comes when...

Why was this thread even created? It's just going to be (and has turned out to be) a series of redundant arguments.

Bought on UPLOADnSELL, still waiting for the e-mail... If it doesn't come within 6 hours I'll update this post.

Can you disprove a specific religion? Yes. That is, if its truth hinges on the truth of an affirmative. Can you disprove the concept of spirituality? Absolutely not. You cannot logically prove the non-existence of something as long as it is non-contradictory. However, believing in something...

Tell your brother that his omniscient God will know his motives and damn him for it. Really not that hard a thing to understand. This is a centuries old wager with centuries old rebuttals. Dammit Sythe you beat me to it. Everybody, please stop assuming the Universe had a beginning. If...

Never said he was good or cool. However, considering the candidates the GOP has had to offer, I far prefer him. It was a lesser of two evils decision. I also do not like the people that would even do things in Palin's stead. The Conservative pseudo-fundamentalism (A.K.A. Tea Party) is a...