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No I didn't. OK, interesting.

I mean before this thread?

Just curious, have you argued these definitions before or are you posting them in all innocence?

Evidence is independently verifiable. That is what makes it evidence rather than hearsay.

No, it isn't.

:preach: Interesting choice of role models there.

Science learns from its mistakes. Creationists on the other hand are still insisting that their own brand of 'phlogiston' is not only correct, but that anyone who says otherwise is doing the devil's work and that the evidence can take a hike. Might not be a good idea to keep on with your...

Trust you? I think I need better evidence than that.

Brilliant. God keeps the sun spherical does He? Although a quick google of 'is the sun a perfect sphere?' gives you rather unfortunate results. Why do you guys do it?

Given God's track record I'm betting heaven is a major [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] up too.

Autism is fairly disastrous in evolutionary terms because inability to read social signals and other people's emotions is going to seriously hinder finding a mate and reproducing. All that social psychology stuff, group dynamics, empathy, conscience, laughter, humour, kindness etc, which is all...

Only if you have a particularly dull and unenquiring mind.

Yes, I can appreciate that the conscience is singled out by religion as a spiritual endowment. I think this is because it is far from obvious to work out how the conscience evolved, and it seems strange that we have an internal check on our social behaviour. But evolve it did, and it's function...

If your fantasy fiction was more than fantasy fiction you wouldn't have to try and protect it from reality by imagining that you have been let in on a secret that only special people like you can divine. Meanwhile, the relationship Christians imagine they are having with God is still just a...

I said "just about correct" as far as a relationship with their own conscience goes. The above has nothing to do with it. The above has nothing to do with anything beyond fantasy fiction, which is a genre people often enjoy in their teens.

This is just about correct. They have a relationship with their own conscience, which is an evolved mechanism of the mind to monitor social behaviour by imagining what other people would say about it. The relationship they are having is strictly in their own heads.

This is very nearly correct. They have a relationship with their own conscience, which is an evolved mechanism of the mind to monitor behaviour by imagining what other people would say about it. The relationship they are having is strictly in their own heads.

What word would you prefer instead of religion for what you do, AV? I can think of a few.

The evidence is the same whatever theory you come up with. The better the theory the more evidence it matches. If a theory can make predictions that turn out to be true then it is a better theory than ones that don't. This doesn't mean that any theory is complete or unchangeable. But theories...

Did you not understand the 2 pieces of evidence I gave you?