Hypothetical Arguments Are Still Annoying
Posted on: May 8, 2009 - 1:31pm
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Hypothetical Arguments Are Still Annoying
If there were two atheists baking, and one of them made a lemon pie, and put it in the oven without the other atheist's knowledge, wouldn't the other atheist have to take it on FAITH that there was a lemon pie in the oven?
C'mon. How many kicks do we really have to have at this virtual can? It's embarrassing.
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If an atheist puts a rat in the oven, and another atheist opens the oven, what are the odds that Shrodinger's cat ate the rat?
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Roughly 843%. You forget, of course, that the oven is a multi-oven, and spans more than one oven-space. Therefore, we can conclude that the rat is actually five-dimensional quiche.
Saint Will: no gyration without funkstification.
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If an atheist has seen god and tells an atheist friend that she's seen god, wouldn't her friend have to take it on faith that his friend is an atheist?
BigUniverse wrote,
"Well the things that happen less often are more likely to be the result of the supper natural. A thing like loosing my keys in the morning is not likely supper natural, but finding a thousand dollars or meeting a celebrity might be."
If the moon was made of cream cheese, and an atheist ate it, would I have to take it on faith that Harry Carey is God?
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
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It is raining out side.
I am outside.
Therefore the moon is made of blue cheese.
BigUniverse wrote,
"Well the things that happen less often are more likely to be the result of the supper natural. A thing like loosing my keys in the morning is not likely supper natural, but finding a thousand dollars or meeting a celebrity might be."
That's what I'm talking about. This is the kind of superior logic that really moves us forward.
Saint Will: no gyration without funkstification.
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Pretty sure. I mean, it was an atheist who ate it, right? So ... yeah, that means God.
Saint Will: no gyration without funkstification.
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My favorite Monty Python skit that nobody's ever heard (because it's only on the album release of The Holy Grail):
[Mod edit for insane formatting]
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
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Hamby, something awful has happened, you need to fix your post.
I don't remember ever seeing that before. Hilarious!
BigUniverse wrote,
"Well the things that happen less often are more likely to be the result of the supper natural. A thing like loosing my keys in the morning is not likely supper natural, but finding a thousand dollars or meeting a celebrity might be."
I have no idea. I've checked the source code, and I haven't the foggiest idea what happened.
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
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Whoa! That's awesome. I wish I knew how to do that. Lol.
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, | As I foretold you, were all spirits, and | Are melted into air, into thin air; | And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, | The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, | The solemn temples, the great globe itself, - Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, | And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, | Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff | As dreams are made on, and our little life | Is rounded with a sleep. - Shakespeare
If an atheist makes a thread go kablooey, do the other atheists have to take it on faith that he checked the source code?
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
Notice that I didn't make any claims about my ability to interpret or fix source code? I just said I looked at it. Didn't look funny to me. Then again... I wouldn't know what funny looked like.
I'm sort of like the guy who looks under the hood when the car breaks down just to impress his wife, because he doesn't know jack shit about how to fix cars.
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
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Well, the code made me laugh a bit, so it must be funny.
If you kill off all the embedded <tr>,<td>,</td>, and </tr> in your post it should unkablooey the thread.
Not that I advacate it, this way is far more interesting =^_^=
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
That's the funny part. I nuked those very codes several times, and they keep magically reappearing.
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
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Still, a little bizarre now and again keeps things interesting
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
Somebody divided by zero
You know what? I even deleted the offending post, and guess what? It's still here.
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This is proof that the board is haunted. I'm an atheist so that means you all can thake that on faith.
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
Guys look under the hood hoping to see the gnome danceing around crying "Ha ha I broke the thingy-ma-hicky, see! " at which point the guy can fix the thingy-ma-hicky and never tell anyone he saw a gnome.
"Very funny Scotty; now beam down our clothes."
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If man was formed from dirt, why is there still dirt?
Holy fuck this is cool.
Since it's cut and paste it's almost surely the source code. Just delete it and post it again, but before you post drop it in notepad or something else that reverts everything it touches to bare ascii.
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Woah... Spooky.
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Yeah, that was all it was. I hope I didn't spoil the fun by fixing it, but I couldn't actually read any threads after Hamby's -- that's how wonky it went on my browser.
Saint Will: no gyration without funkstification.
fabulae! nil satis firmi video quam ob rem accipere hunc mi expediat metum. - Terence
One of my favorite bits of logic goes like this:
P1: A ham sandwich is better than nothing.
P2: Nothing is better than eternal happiness.
C: Therefore, a ham sandwich is clearly better than eternal happiness.
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"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
Yeah, I'm bummed too.
Well, time to actually address the OP, I suppose.
I have faith that the two atheists have faith that one of them is cooking a pie.
Though of course, my faith is based on the faith that the one that didn't put the pie in the oven can't get near the oven or smell the cooking pie.
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Yes, I am having fun with this.
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
It proves you're a prophet, obviously. Clearly it's not a coincidence- how could it be with that many righteous-sounding words all strung together?
Not at all. The other atheist can open the oven and check to see if there is indeed a pie.
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.
The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
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You should have had some hot girl on girl on girl action.
I know if I were there, I'd have suggested a foursome.
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.
The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
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It's fucking magic.
Nobody I know was brainwashed into being an atheist.
Why Believe?
I don't think that would be worth it for you, though, as I said: They didn't like pie. I mean... Pie! It's pie! How do you not like PIE!
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
So you're saying they liked pie, they just didn't like pie.
I, myself, am a big fan of pie. It really goes without saying, despite my just saying it. Redundantly. Unnecessarily. Redundantly.
...
I'm just sayin' I like pie, is all.
Saint Will: no gyration without funkstification.
fabulae! nil satis firmi video quam ob rem accipere hunc mi expediat metum. - Terence
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
I like cake.
Wait. Ummm. Wasn't liking 'pie' a prerequisite for dating you???
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I don't smoke, but I feel like I need a ciggerette right now.
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
Didn't Buffy the Vampire Slayer have Faith?