3 Dec 2000 (updated 3 Dec 2000 at 15:15 UTC)
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schoen: I have thought of
a much better
reason for rejecting the idea that God has falsified reality
- it is irrelevant. We assume that God did this well
enough so the world was entirely consistent. Then, there
are no features (or even possible features) that could
distinguish the world I believe we live in for the
fraudulent one created by God. So, what is the meaning of
the claim that "God could have faked evolution"? Not only
is it non-falsifiable, like most creationist statements, but
it is also non-verifiable. So it's meaningless. I might
respond to the rest of your arguments after I get some sleep.
And what, precisely, does
grep a{0}
match? I'm
quite curious.
deekayen: First, since AIDS
is a subject
upon which you are clearly clueless, why do you choose to
bring it up? Do you feel threatened by people's concern for
the victims of AIDS?
Second, what about unprotected sex causes the participants
to forfeit their right to life? You seem to believe that
even condoms don't make a difference here, yet the odds of
being killed driving to meet someone at random is higher
than the odds of dying of AIDS contracted from that person,
if you use a condom. Are people who drive cars deserving of
death also?
Third, do you have any idea just how racist
and stupid you comment about Africa was? Not only did you
make ludicrous claims about subjects you obviously know
nothing about, but you claimed that Sub-Saharan Africa has
merely one culture.
Fourth, if you have no sympathy for the people who have
contracted AIDS while engaged in activities in which you
disapprove, at least feel for the the babies, infected in
their mother's womb. Or the children who have lost their
parents to AIDS. Or the remaining members of the villages
who lose half their population. Or every person who has
someone they care about die of the disease. Better still,
get a clue:
AIDS.org
I'm not even going to try to address the truly repulsive
"survival of the fittest" notions you mentioned.
Thanks, schoen for the
/dev/mem trick that
saved this entry from Mozilla.