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eikonoplast commented 6 months ago

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You are not Agnostic

You are not agnostic

Some people claim to be agnostic instead of atheist because they believe it is a less severe view of the disbelief of a God. ...

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eikonoplast said:

@Rurne Ok. You have a good time with your honesty. And have a good time framing the debate in terms of your binary point of view.

• eikonoplast commented 6 months ago

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  eikonoplast said:

  @BatShitCrazeh Yeah. Like Youtube.

• eikonoplast commented 7 months ago

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  eikonoplast said:

  @MrPowerFlame I agree with you about the reasonable requirement of "burden of proof" upon claims, and to hold Theists to this test is the prerogative of Atheists of any stripe. I don't claim Atheism, not because theists fail the test of rational or empirical proofs (which they inevitably fail) b...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @MrPowerFlame Ah, finally, a worthy opponent. (Kung fu stance). Lol.

  You've nailed me on the circuitous logical structure of that remark. I could bend further to attempt to justify it, but I see I already went down the wrong road with that one, semantically speaking. If I was in a discussion w...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @Rurne Agnosticism also means "I have no evidence of no God". This only seems foolish if you are an Atheist. A theist would think otherwise, even if atheists don't respect the beliefs of theists. But respect is not the question here. This is a philosophical issue. Not a political one.

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  eikonoplast said:

  @Rurne No rabbithole, no dog wagging, just a rejection of the charlatanry, mental masturbation, and semantical game-playing of this video and it's supporters.

  As for whether or not anybody here respects the beliefs of others, I don't give a shit. That's a different conversation for a different c...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @Rurne I'm not wagging the dog, this video is doing it. Most of the supporters on this thread are doing it.

  My point is that this video says that "I am not agnostic." It then proceeds to use semantical trickery to turn Agnosticim (a valid position), into a mere adjective, assigning all Agnost...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @Rurne Oh boy. Yes it does help to take a lesson or two in Greek, and do a little etymology exercise. And yes, I know all about T.H. Huxley. It helps a lot more to have paid your philosophical dues. Read a little more extensively on epistemology and Semiology. Then, in a few years, when that ...

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eikonoplast commented 6 months ago

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Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films

A project on the portrayal of masculinity offered in Disney films

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eikonoplast said:

@azspringtime Well, I can respect your point of view. But i'm not just saying this off the top of my head, I've read it in film criticism, from a number of different sources, across the last 15 years.

On the other hand, I suppose that's the problem with the sort of argument the gentleman who mad...

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  Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films

  A project on the portrayal of masculinity offered in Disney films

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  eikonoplast said:

  @mzcyberbat In 1989, when the little mermaid came out, there was a stereotype of what a lesbian looked like. Masculine, overweight, short-haired, etc. Compared to the Witch's interaction with Snow White, Ursula practically exudes sexuality towards Ariel, and of course wants to dominate (which i...

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  Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films

  A project on the portrayal of masculinity offered in Disney films

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  eikonoplast said:

  I think the sharpest point I could level at this video, is not that he didn't have some potentially valid ideas, but that he didn't show them.

  Unfortunately, this discredits his ideas, and seems like he is trying to fit the films to his criticism, rather than letting his criticism fit the films.

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eikonoplast commented 7 months ago

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"I was blessed" - Male domestic violence victim speaks out

Dale Wells speaks about his experieces of domestic violence.

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eikonoplast said:

The way this news story is couched is outrageous.

First, the statistic mentioned at the outset is B.S. It's WAY more common.

Second, It's outrageous that a woman attempts MURDER and it's called "domestic violence".

It's lingering sexism against women, and runaway false "feminism" that together m...

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  Descartes and Pascal are wrong

  Disproving two of the main arguments used in arguments between Atheists and Christians

  One for each

  Pwning anyone who uses these arguments

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  eikonoplast said:

  @IronLingersPlus Well, depending on how you mean that (that I know best), yes or no. Since I'm drawing it from what Descarte wrote himself (or presumedly faithful facsimiles thereof), yes, I do know best.

  But in the spirit of scientific inquiry, a metaphysical descendant of western philosophy...

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  Descartes and Pascal are wrong

  Disproving two of the main arguments used in arguments between Atheists and Christians

  One for each

  Pwning anyone who uses these arguments

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  eikonoplast said:

  Miguel De Unamuno, a spanish existentialist, called Descartes statement to task, which is the first time I've ever seen it print. It always bothered me. I wondered "If I do not think, am i not?" I didn't think so. Of course, he didn't say that.

  And I like Cristopher Hitchen's remark on Pascal...

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  Descartes and Pascal are wrong

  Disproving two of the main arguments used in arguments between Atheists and Christians

  One for each

  Pwning anyone who uses these arguments

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  eikonoplast said:

  @IronLingersPlus No, it's pretty accurate. He first stated, in his Discourse On Method, "Je pense donc je suis". He also later used latin, "Ego cogito, ergo sum."

  He may have also said "where there are thoughts, there must be a mind", which I haven't been able to find, but, if so, it was an ela...

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eikonoplast commented 7 months ago

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eikonoplast said:

@Rurne and you don't know that. Thats merely what you believe. That's your choice to believe that.

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  eikonoplast said:

  @Rurne Agnosticm is not "i have no evidence of god". It's the refusal to make a claim. Theists claim there is, and atheists claim there isn't.

  When people start complicating the issue by developing alternative definitions, you end up with all kinds of B.S.

  I'm done. You guys go ahead and defi...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @Rurne That's the best reply I've heard so far.

  So, if what you say is true, you can "know" by experiencing reproducible evidence of claims to knowledge. Perhaps then, "belief" can be defined as a claim to "knowledge" that has no reproducible evidence. Therefor, "belief" is non-transmittable "...

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  eikonoplast said:

  The rational atheist claim comes from debunking the insufficient evidence of theists. Taking up the sword of reason, you must abide by it's terms. You need to argue rationally, and when advancing a claim, be able to defend it. If not, don't resort to fallacy, bias or emotional argument. Then ...

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  eikonoplast said:

  The thing that really stands out for me, in listening to the argumentation of the atheists that agree with this video, is that they fail on the most fundamental level to uphold the basis for their own views.

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  eikonoplast said:

  @TypicalUsername1 And by the way, you're committing an Ad hominem Abusive fallacy. Ad hominem fallacy is when you attack the person and not their argument. If you call me a "stereotyper" and thereby state that that automatically discredits everything I say, then you are using a bully tactic, po...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @TypicalUsername1 I wish you could see my face... and look at the tear in my eyes at your disapproval.

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  eikonoplast said:

  @niza310 If the words "knowledge" and "belief" can't be distinguished like sight and hearing, as independent phenomena, but are instead only apparently distinct, but used in different senses, based on your bias, then this argument falls flat.

  At which point, it's more linguistically (or semantica...

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eikonoplast commented 7 months ago

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eikonoplast said:

@niza310 The problem the author doesn't solve, is that knowledge and belief are distinct. In my view, they are superficially distinct, in the way that we use one word for the Sun, and another for Stars. The only difference is proximity, but when you view them without earthly bias, you see that ...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @niza310 In order for the argument in this video to be valid, the author must establish the distinction between these phenomena.

  For example: Hearing and vision are demonstrably distinct. The eye's rods and cones signal the brain when receiving light, and the fine hairs on the eardrum detect a ...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @niza310 First, thanks for being articulate and polite.

  I am quite clear on the distinctions this video is making. it says that Knowledge and Belief are two different phenomena, and while one may be agnostic (claiming no knowledge), one falls either into the Atheist or Theist camp, based on one'...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @nickallah I call you a talking monkey because you got abusive defending this foolish video. You also whip out accusations, but don't develop your arguments. You just keep repeating yourself. EEK, EEk. Also like a monkey.

  I point you to epistomology, semiology, wittgenstein, and challenge you ...

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  eikonoplast said:

  In this video, FightingAtheist doesn't deal with agnosticism. He just splits it, and pushes half into theism and the other half into atheism. But chopping up somebody elses belief doesn't eliminate it, because it's not his to chop,

  Atheists want to co-opt agnostics for political reasons. They'...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @nickallah oh you bored, dumb, silly talking monkey. Did you wake up this morning thinking "Gosh, I can't wait for them to let me out of my cage after the experiments, so I can go poke the button machine, and say bad words on youtube".

  The dictionary is for clarifying common and colloquial word ...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @nickallah No, we both don't "know there is a big difference between knowing and believing". I don't agree that there is, much less that you can show me how they are distinct, and you haven't cleared it up for me, much less speak clearly on the topic, so you clearly don't know the difference eit...

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  eikonoplast said:

  Oh... and I say "BLAMM! WHO'S NEXT?"

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eikonoplast commented 7 months ago

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Getting Yelled At by One of My Heroes

Get the latest Penn EVERYDAY: http://crackle.com/c/Penn_Says I sat on TV, while my hero Tommy Smothers yelled in my face how pissed off he was at ...

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eikonoplast said:

You're not rationalizing. You're just holding up the idea of being humanly respectful and civil over being ideologically tribal and somehow pure.

Having an idol blast you is tough. I haven't been the same since Bowzer embarrassed the shit out of me when I was just trying to get change to play D...

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  Fox News Dumbest Anti-Atheist Question of the Month?

  MORE Fox News Bias at http://www.youtube.com/view...

  The bias against atheists and atheism on Fox News is consistent, as...

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  eikonoplast said:

  Yes, thats a pretty dumb question.

  As far as opening the town square, I think it's the towns prerogative to keep it free of "junk". I think free speech in this case would pertain more to the right of people to peaceably assemble to petition the government for a redress of grievances, not peaceab...

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eikonoplast said:

This video sums up by splitting the distinction between knowledge and belief. I posit that this is a false distinction. It's like trying to say "Sun" and "Star" are different, when science tells you they are not. It's just a semantical distinction based on the comfort of your chosen ism.

Becaus...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @nickallah The question I have is if YOU can DEFINE the difference between knowing and believing. I'm inclined to think you can't. And calling me stupid for asking, and thinking I should just know (not that I'm saying you did but I suspect you will), would be shifting responsibility for your ow...

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  eikonoplast said:

  @nickallah Binary fallacy, a.k.a. a false dilemma, is not an philosophical stand, talking monkey. Also, you don't talk like a real person, you talk like participant in a mass hysteria, who wants to falsely define the terms of the argument, so you can justify being angry. Look at talking monkey ...

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  eikonoplast said:

  Third, he makes a semantical distinction between Knowledge and Belief, without clarifying the meaning of his terms. I've heard this argument many times before from atheists, yet never any distinction between what makes something knowledge, and what makes something else distinctly belief.

  Herein ...

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