Atheist and agnostic are two different things. | 57 comments (57 topical, 0 hidden)
athe-nostic (none / 0)

KenTX's argument comes from ignorance. It's commonly called the "God of the gaps" argument. Find a gap in knowledge and say "ha! see, science can't answer everything" and default to God as the explanation without offering any evidence to back the conclusion.

Knowledge and belief are two separate things and shouldn't be confused or conflated, that's the point of the diary. Pardon my semantics.

by mr science on 12/23/2008 03:24:39 AM EST

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KenTool (none / 0)
What is laughable is the fact that you e dont know  the difference between belief and knowledge.

If you cant distinguish the two

you need to move along


by Chinese Democracy on 12/23/2008 11:12:13 AM EST

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logic (none / 0)
It's not philosophy, it's logic. Look into it.

by mr science on 12/23/2008 12:05:13 PM EST

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But what do they call the (none / 0)
highest science degree? anyone?? a doctorate of philosophy? Because philosophy is the determination of truths that follow from a logical premise. Philosophy is the science of argument, and logic was born from it.

by Tin Hat Mafia on 12/23/2008 08:08:01 PM EST

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backwards? (none / 0)
Your last sentence seems backwards. Shouldn't it read, "Logic is the science of argument and philosophy was born from it."?

by mr science on 12/23/2008 08:59:14 PM EST

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Logic is a philosophy (none / 0)
Trust me on that one dude.

by z1p101 on 12/25/2008 04:22:32 PM EST

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Atheist and agnostic are two different things. | 57 comments (57 topical, 0 hidden)