Why do intellectually superior humans have around 7,000 distinct languages?

[lasthero]

It seems however that it used to be less abnormal in old times

Yeah, that’s kind of weird, now that you mention. The more and more mankind learned about the world, the less common supernatural events became. I can’t imagine why that is.

 

[Bungle_Bear]

So narrow that all things spiritual as well as the entire ancients records of history and all of Scripture are demeaned and ignored.

History and scripture are not ignored where they have something relevant and testable. Scripture rarely does, so for the most part it is ignored.

Only what is in the little locked ridiculous religious box will they consider 'real'! All else is imaginary! Hilarious. It's about time we had a revolution and renascence of enlightenment and freedom.

That's some pretty good projection. You know how you belittle and reject science because it doesn't agree with your box of magic tricks? Think about it.....

Viva la verite

I love how, in a thread about language, you confuse Spanish & French

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

You all try to use the same old trick.

Yea. The "trick" or requiring evidence for claims.

first you limit yourself to the natural sciences and to the belief system of naturalism

No. I limit myself to those things that can be supported by rational evidence.

, and then you argue that anything beyond that is fantasy because it doesn't fit in your limited views.

No. I argue that there is no reason to believe anything that isn't supported by rational evidence.

That your supernatural religious claims aren't supported by rational evidence, is not my fault nore is it my problem.

No, of course it doesn't.
It's called SUPER natural for a reason.

Cool. It still can't rationally be shown to be real.

So where does that leave your (not just you) opinion on these matters?

About the same as before you pulled that strawmen: that there is no rational evidence to support the existance of the supernatural.

It leaves it baseless.

No. "baseless" are the supernatural claims, on account of them not being supported by rational evidence.

Baseless, because you ignore or dismiss any knowledge or evidence of the matter.

What evidence?

You don't even weigh and assess it, because you have nothing to weigh and assess it when you ignore and dismiss it all.

What rational verifiable evidence am I ignoring?

But that's your free choice.

Is it? It seems to me to rather being a case of having no evidence to ignore....
If you have rational verifiable evidence, please share it. Inquiring minds want to know.

But it's delusional to pretend you know better, when you choose not to know at all.

Help me know. Share the rational verifiable evidence.

 

[dad]

And leprechauns! Don't forget about the leprechauns!

We get it, anything that is not based on believing in a same nature in the past is like leprechauns in your head.

 

[dad]

Some of those languages did not exist even 2000 years ago. English, for example.

The basic languages kept changing of course. But they did not appear out of thin air, it was Babel.

 

[dad]

History and scripture are not ignored where they have something relevant and testable. Scripture rarely does, so for the most part it is ignored.

Science is irrelevant as a tester because it was not there to test anything.

That's some pretty good projection. You know how you belittle and reject science because it doesn't agree with your box of magic tricks? Think about it.....

Magic is in the eye of the believer.

I love how, in a thread about language, you confuse Spanish & French

Call me inclusive if I add both.

 

[Radagast]

The basic languages kept changing of course. But they did not appear out of thin air, it was Babel.

It depends what you mean by "basic language" and "thin air."

Tok Pisin (used in Papua New Guinea) has appeared in recent times, as have other creoles. English has appeared in the last 2000 years.

 

[Radagast]

I love how, in a thread about language, you confuse Spanish & French

I think that what he's trying to say is that Indo-European is a "basic language." Certainly the origins of Indo-European are lost in the mists of time.

The phrase "Viva la verite" would be presumably a statement in Indo-European. Personally, λαλῶ la langue indoeuropäische as well.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

We get it, anything that is not based on believing in a same nature in the past is like leprechauns in your head.

Close, but no cigar.

I'll correct your strawman:

"Anything that is not based on verifiable evidence, is like leprechauns in my head".

You know, since claiming leprechauns are real, isn't based on verifiable evidence either.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

The basic languages kept changing of course. But they did not appear out of thin air, it was Babel.

That's hilariously contradicting, because assuming the obviously false Babel story is real, then that would necessarily require languages to show up as if out of thin air - since they would have no precursor languages.

 

[Bungle_Bear]

I think that what he's trying to say is that Indo-European is a "basic language." Certainly the origins of Indo-European are lost in the mists of time.

The phrase "Viva la verite" would be presumably a statement in Indo-European. Personally, λαλῶ la langue indoeuropäische as well.

Actually, proto-indo-european (indo-european is a language family, not a language itself) is a very well understood language, although it is a reconstructed language rather than an attested language.

 

[dad]

It depends what you mean by "basic language" and "thin air."

Tok Pisin (used in Papua New Guinea) has appeared in recent times, as have other creoles. English has appeared in the last 2000 years.

They appeared from thin air never having talked to anyone?

 

[dad]

That's hilariously contradicting, because assuming the obviously false Babel story is real, then that would necessarily require languages to show up as if out of thin air - since they would have no precursor languages.

If nature changed the way we processed information, all under the order and supervision of God, then there is no thin air.

 

[dad]

Close, but no cigar.

I'll correct your strawman:

"Anything that is not based on verifiable evidence, is like leprechauns in my head".

You know, since claiming leprechauns are real, isn't based on verifiable evidence either.

Don't hide science behind Leprechauns. They each need to defend themselves in the open as the bible does.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

If nature changed the way we processed information, all under the order and supervision of God, then there is no thin air.

No idea what you mean.
Sounds like word salad.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Don't hide science behind Leprechauns.

Huh?

[qutoe]
They each need to defend themselves in the open as the bible does.[/QUOTE]

Huh?

 

[dad]

No idea what you mean.
Sounds like word salad.

The change in nature was at the same time as Babel.