MarkCorrigan
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Then why would you not use science if you outright state there isn't a better method? Why would you dismiss the findings of the science?
Merged The razor of Hitchens and the Spirits!
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Thermal
August Member
THEN WHY DO YOU KEEP ARGUING ABOUT IT???
The other methods only help the scientific method!
MarkCorrigan
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I genuinely do not understand what this means. It is nonsense in the context of responding to my post.
Thermal
August Member
He just needs to repeat it for another 39 pages. Sheesh, impatient much?
Axxman300
Philosopher
One fifth of Americans can't find Brazil on a map. Should be a giant red flag.
JayUtah
Penultimate Amazing
Then why do you continue to insult your critics for preferring the best method to determine reliable fact? Why do you keep insulting them and calling them names?
The only other method you've mentioned specifically is the historical-critical method, which is not relevant. The other methods you've alluded to seem to contradict the scientific method by emphasizing such things as cultural norms.
If you agree that the scientific method is the best method for determining reliable fact, and you agree that you don't have suitable evidence for the scientific method to work on, what is there left to do? Are we going to go around in circles starting tomorrow with another forty pages of AI spewage?
JayUtah
Penultimate Amazing
It's right there next to the American Ocean.
Axxman300
Philosopher
JayUtah, is a Genuine Skeptic, at no time did he have Pseudoskeptical manifestations! The people on this forum should take him as an example!
MarkCorrigan
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Yet more nonsense from you. Jay is agreeing with the people you're insulting.
In what way do Jay's posts differ from mine in their content?
If I accept that spirits exist, I will have to admit that there are things I don't understand, and that makes me uncomfortable.
JayUtah
Penultimate Amazing
Thank you, but personal flattery is irrelevant. You have been addressed by several people in this thread who have exemplified the process of skeptical inquiry. You have treated them very rudely. An apology to them would be in order, if you intend to proceed.
Axxman300
Philosopher
In your case these reactions are based on your unwillingness, and inability to present evidence to support your claims. You've come here looking for a fight, and complain when you get one. The disdain comes from your unwillingness to defend your claims in any way. You're just a troll.
If you're not a troll, and genuinely believe in spirits then gather your evidence, and present it.
MarkCorrigan
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I do not understand why you would accept spirits exist. There is no evidence for them in any way. The proper thing to do is to take this total absence of evidence as meaning that spirits do not exist until presented with evidence that they do.
Why would you presume spirits exist?
JayUtah
Penultimate Amazing
There will always be things you don't understand, and things that we as a species do not understand. The proven path to success is not to simply assume certain things exist for which there is no evidence, and attribute to them whatever observation you can't explain. The proven path to success in understanding new things is to approach the questions methodically according to evidence and according to methods that guard against known wrong ways of reasoning, such as confirmation bias.
As to your discomfort over the unknown, that's really not something we can address with facts and reason. You'll have to work that out for yourself.
Sorry to everyone on the forum! I have no prejudice against skeptics! I am only against pseudoskepticism but without prejudice against pseudoskeptics!
MarkCorrigan
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But you haven't explained adequately why you presume to insult many of us by labelling us "pseudoskeptics". You've attempted to, but your attempt was found lacking and the reasoning was pointed out to you. Instead of addressing those responses you simply restated your claim. A claim is not evidence.
You've also singularly failed to answer my question that you yourself have quoted.
You've also singularly failed to answer my question that you yourself have quoted.
Was it your son who wrote that?
In Christianity, many believe that souls continue to exist after death.