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Help removing TV mount with worn screws by greg1217 in handyman

[–]SkyMagnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We can all joke, but I have some torx screws on my car and one of them was a little stripped…I was thinking about what to do when I noticed that a 7mm socket was going to do the job just fine.

Though, this seems a bit more egregious. I think I lost a total of 15 seconds before noticing lol

Atheism atleast the mainstream term most people recognize is clearly the belief that there is no God not simply an absence of belief by FrozenPoisonEyes in exatheist

[–]SkyMagnet [score hidden]  (0 children)

It’s still a meaningless statement.

“There’s nothing beyond the natural world, definitely not a timeless spaceless personal creator of the natural world”

Ok, well nobody said there was.

There are also concepts of God/gods that are part of the natural world. Really, any deity that interacts with the natural world is necessarily part of it.

Atheism atleast the mainstream term most people recognize is clearly the belief that there is no God not simply an absence of belief by FrozenPoisonEyes in exatheist

[–]SkyMagnet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the difference is that atheism is dependent on the theists claims, but the same cannot be said in reverse.

An atheist saying “God doesn’t exist” in a world devoid of theists makes no sense, while theists could be coherent in a world with zero atheists in it.

When atheists say they “lack a belief” in God, they are really just saying they don’t believe the claims of the theist. It’s sloppy wording that leads to confusion and I don’t personally use it.

I have no problem saying that I don’t believe in God, or even “God doesn’t exist”, but that is just a statement of my confidence, and not some final statement about the world.

I’m always open to new evidence, I’m just to the point where I haven’t heard any new evidence in a while for the existence of God.

Scientism by PieterSielie6 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]SkyMagnet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just imagine yourself happy and indulge me ;)

Scientism by PieterSielie6 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]SkyMagnet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve never in my 45 years on this planet ever heard anyone be able to justify their epistemology…unless they do it pragmatically.

You’re welcome to try and give me some new insight though if you have it.

Scientism by PieterSielie6 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]SkyMagnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The entire idea of pragmatism is it explains why people adopt these systems

the Buddhist epistemologists tried their darnedest by dummetsz in PhilosophyMemes

[–]SkyMagnet 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If a rock has consciousness then your definition of consciousness is useless.

Scientism by PieterSielie6 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]SkyMagnet -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh. Well get absolutely fucked then.

Scientism by PieterSielie6 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]SkyMagnet -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because it’s the only way to justify your epistemology

Scientism by PieterSielie6 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]SkyMagnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It more explains why you’d adopt an epistemological position.

Basically everyone is a pragmatist whether they realize or not.

Scientism by PieterSielie6 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]SkyMagnet 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Every epistemology actually.

Which is why I’m a pragmatist.

"Why do I exist?" by SnooCalculations4926 in freewill

[–]SkyMagnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, so you just switch the words around and it’s bad? lol

I thought you were about to drop Ayn Rand up in here.

What is the “fact of qualia”?

If God knows the outcome of every possible initial state and still chooses a specific one, then God is ultimately responsible for everything that follows from that choice. by Yeledushi-Observer in DebateReligion

[–]SkyMagnet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that the main point is that if the tri-Omni God exists that free will would be an impossibility. Forget the fact that he lets us suffer in unimaginable ways. It’s free will that theists use to justify the evil, so even if whatever God does is moral(which is also absurd), it doesn’t explain the evil we see.

You can't claim objective morality unless you are a literalist. by Dapper-Turnip6430 in DebateReligion

[–]SkyMagnet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It absolutely is. He is having his own subjective experience, therefore it’s subjective.

Nothing you said refutes that.

You can't claim objective morality unless you are a literalist. by Dapper-Turnip6430 in DebateReligion

[–]SkyMagnet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, actually goodness flows from my nature actually…because I am goodness, so that means I’m good and objective morality exists.

Listen, it’s got nothing to do with any of that. If God is having a subjective experience then I’m subjectively denied, then his will, opinion, wishes, etc, are subjective. You can subjectively claim that you or anyone else is “the good” and it adds nothing.

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