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@HunchbackJack Eventually, scientists agree to measure the frequency of light emitted from the experiment, rather than relying on being able to discern colours. It turns out that they discover 7 different individual frequencies are being emitted.

If one of the original scientists claimed that his...

@archilles1195 Nor do I think I'm "brainwashed". I haven't accepted evolutionary theory without evidence. Nor do I accept it unconditionally. If a competing theory is more complete, and has more explanatory power than evolution through natural selection, then I'll prefer it.

ID is not that theory...

@4play02 Well, *I* thought it was funny. :) But okay, that was the first time I did that, and it will now be the last.

You're welcome.

HBJ

@anthropologystudent "I do think it needs saying that in a discussion of atheism there is no inherent dogma of reason. Reason in my understanding is a process and not an answer."

I agree completely.

HBJ

@IamGarySimpson "It is self-evident that logical absolutes are concepts because logical absolutes are laws/rules which require a set of principles which are concepts of thought."

Our perception of LAs require "a set of principles which are concepts of thought", but the LAs themselves do not. We...

I love how David can't bring himself to say a silly gag because it wasn't logical. It says a lot about his brilliant style of humour.

@oregonsheepherder (cont.) WLC calculates probability of life as if it's akin to a specific person winning the lottery, whereas the problem is more akin to whether *anyone* wins the lottery.

HBJ

@Fussinated It's insanely late here where I am, so I will leave you with the last word.

Thanks for the discussion. I found it very interesting - particularly all the physics at the end.

HBJ

1) @PjDolan1's answer works for me: "Simple. I don't know. You also don't know. Saying "God did it" doesn't answer anything."

2) Atheists aren't "mad at God", any more than you are mad at unicorns.

HBJ

If by "happened by chance" you mean "happened without intent", then you're right; atheists don't accept the claim that there is any intent or purpose to the universe.

However, if you then try to claim that the probability that the universe, or life, or humans "happened by chance" is so small as t...

@Misterb0z You may be right. Certainly, if we applied @ForumLight's requirement that only "showing an observation OR a repeatable test case of what you claim happens actually happening is science" to areas other than evolutionary biology, whole fields of study would suddenly become faith-based re...

"Your main belief is: God doesn't exist".

No. Not accepting a claim of God's existence is not the same as claiming God doesn't exist. There is a difference.

If you claimed there are an odd number of stars in the sky without providing evidence, I would not accept that claim. But that doesn't mean ...