tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post111772268156869718..comments2024-03-27T09:11:00.450-04:00Comments on Incinerating Presuppositionalism: No "might be" About It: I AM an AtheistBahnsen Burnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030029491768748360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post-1160981942192619582006-10-16T02:59:00.000-04:002006-10-16T02:59:00.000-04:00Some other minor points..."6. If the first thing y...Some other minor points...<BR/><BR/><I>"6. If the first thing you do when you go to the zoo is to run to the ape exhibit so you can see your closest relative, you might be an atheist."</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, no. That would be the chimpanzees. And YES, it matters! Honestly, either Paul doesn't understand evolution or he's deliberately misrepresenting it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Also...<BR/><BR/><I>"13. If your kids are named Lucretius, Bertrand, Kai, and Ayn, you might be an atheist."</I><BR/><BR/>And if your kids are named Noah, John, Paul, Luke, and Mary, you just might be psychopath who kills her kids to save them from damnation.<BR/><BR/>You may also be the type of person who thinks it's your Godly duty to to have "as many children as nature allows", in spite of severe postpartum psychosis.TV's Mr. Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134940916393648860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post-1160980574619085872006-10-16T02:36:00.000-04:002006-10-16T02:36:00.000-04:00"2. If you tell people who think that humans are b...<I>"2. If you tell people who think that humans are better than slugs that they're guilty of "speciesism," you might be an atheist."</I><BR/><BR/>I could be wrong here, Dawson, but I think Manata is basing this strawman on the theory of evolution. He's being very unclear on what he means by "better".<BR/><BR/>From an adaptive perspective, yes, we're not "better" than a slug, because both man and slug are modern species, but it's not as though this has moral implications.<BR/><BR/>I'm<I> assuming</I>, of course, that this is what Paul is referring to when he makes this accusation. I could be wrong. Alternatively, he may even be referring to the animal rights movement, but who knows?<BR/><BR/>It's character assassition at the hands of the Clown Prince of Apologetics.TV's Mr. Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134940916393648860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post-1118563737816894112005-06-12T04:08:00.000-04:002005-06-12T04:08:00.000-04:00"12. If you think that women can kill their unborn..."12. If you think that women can kill their unborn children but Hitler can't kill the species called "Jews," you might be an atheist."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oh my god, is he really being serious? If I understand him correctly, that's the worst thing I've seen online in awhile (besides the hard-core porn I download daily of course).<BR/><BR/>"15. If you think Bill Clinton can get his jollies off by dropping his pants in front of interns but George Bush can't get his jollies off by dropping bombs on Arabs, you might be an atheist."<BR/><BR/>Hmm...a man tries to pleasure himself by having sex vs a man trying to pleasure himself by killing people. I see a little difference between those two, but then maybe that's because I'm an atheist =)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Nice work!Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708796218860983185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post-1117755038273762632005-06-02T19:30:00.000-04:002005-06-02T19:30:00.000-04:00Good one Dawson! I also made a response to Manatas...Good one Dawson! <BR/><BR/>I also made a response to Manatas list and I posted it over at Goose. But mine is not a refutation of his list per se, but a list of my own. <BR/><BR/>Manata seems to enjoy the fact that we are making our counter lists and refuting his list. He calls us copycats (well at least he called me a copycat). <BR/><BR/>I wouldnt be suprised if he looked at your well written response to his list, and then claim to be the victor because his list is more "humorous" as he did with me LOL! <BR/><BR/>That, to me, is humorous ;)Aaron Kinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059982934663353474noreply@blogger.com