The Open Season Thread

[AV1611VET]

Going back to the Noah's Ark story do you know who first refuted it?

No one.

And just so you know, the original skeptics were true skeptics.

They would, on principle, refrain from making a judgement call -- on anything.

The idea was that, by doing so, they could open their minds up to a higher plane of existence and knowledge.

Whereas scientists weighed the evidence that they acquired empirically, skeptics abstained.

 

[Subduction Zone]

No one.

And just so you know, the original skeptics were true skeptics.

They would, on principle, refrain from making a judgement call -- on anything.

The idea was that, by doing so, they could open their minds up to a higher plane of existence and knowledge.

Whereas scientists weighed the evidence that they acquired empirically, skeptics abstained.

Wrong answer, but thanks for playing.

 

[AV1611VET]

Sorry, but your standards are not working standards.

Then how's come I'm not an atheist?

(This is the second time I've asked you this.)

 

[AV1611VET]

Wrong answer,

Then it must be the wrong Noah's Ark story.

 

[VirOptimus]

I blame Satan for racism.

No, its humans who are racists. Its all part of reality.

 

[VirOptimus]

Then how's come I'm not an atheist?

(This is the second time I've asked you this.)

I give up, how come you arent a atheist?

 

[AV1611VET]

No, its humans who are racists. Its all part of reality.

Well Rosa Parks certainly wasn't.

 

[VirOptimus]

Well Rosa Parks certainly wasn't.

And?

 

[Subduction Zone]

Then how's come I'm not an atheist?

(This is the second time I've asked you this.)

Because you refuse to use rational standards.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Then it must be the wrong Noah's Ark story.

No, you failed. You demonstrated that by your attempt at a diversion, a technique often used when a person fails. By the way, it really does not matter what the philosophy of the ancient skeptics were. Over time many concepts are improved upon and one of them is that of skepticism. The ancient skeptics had some good ideas, but their stance of not knowing anything would just make them nihilists today. And that is an intellectual dead end.

 

[AV1611VET]

No, you failed.

I'm not the one using a refuted Noah's Ark story though.

You asked who was first to refute the Noah's Ark story, and I said "no one."

If I'm wrong, then you must mean the story about Noah's Ark being discovered or something.

Why don't you clear the air and tell us?

 

[Subduction Zone]

I'm not the one using a refuted Noah's Ark story though.

You asked who was first to refute the Noah's Ark story, and I said "no one."

If I'm wrong, then you must mean the story about Noah's Ark being discovered or something.

Why don't you clear the air and tell us?

You know how the Noah' Ark story has been refuted. There is no need to rehash old arguments that you have lost countless times again.

 

[AV1611VET]

You know how the Noah' Ark story has been refuted.

Either that, or it hasn't been refuted.

Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

I'm sure you're aware of SEVERAL stories about the Flood that have been told over the years.

To say "The Noah's Ark story has been refuted," is too vague.

And are you ready to tell us now who first refuted [sic] it? and which one or ones (s)he refuted?

 

[Subduction Zone]

Either that, or it hasn't been refuted.

Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

I'm sure you're aware of SEVERAL stories about the Flood that have been told over the years.

To say "The Noah's Ark story has been refuted," is too vague.

And are you ready to tell us now who first refuted [sic] it? and which one or ones (s)he refuted?

Refuting bad interpretations of the Bible is not going against "the LORD".

Like it or not, it has been refuted if one makes the error of thinking that it is history. It does work as a morality tale. It does not work as reality. You confirm that every time that you drive your car.

 

[AV1611VET]

Like it or not, it has been refuted if one makes the error of thinking that it is history.

And what if someone correctly thinks it is history?

 

[VirOptimus]

And what if someone correctly thinks it is history?

its not, its a myth.

 

[AV1611VET]

its not, its a myth.

You're mything the point.

 

[Subduction Zone]

You're mything the point.

You don't have a point.

 

[VirOptimus]

You're mything the point.

And you dont understand what a myth is.

 

[Frank Robert]

Sure, but that doesn't make them theory-free.

What I posted was the definition of a scientific theory.

Though I agree with you philosophy of science is important, there's actually quite a bit of disagreement as to its value.

Disagreements are inevitable